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With a bumpy swing and a curdled row,
Sweet Mary's chnni goes drommiag:
Young Reuben leans on the low half-door
And hopes that the butter' coming
Then Bigfifi and sighs, and drops hu eyes-
What words can his feelings.utter ?
"0, drop me down in tin churn," ho cries,
"And make me Into butter."
fhe rests her hands, then ging stands
At sound of hfs words' vagary,
Then pliei tho staff with a lightsome laugh,
"O, go away I" says Mary.
If a maiden's word meins auizht, they say,
The opposite sense is in it,
00 Reuben finds in her "Go away I"
A "juit come in a minute."
"I hope," says ho, "I may make so free,
With a grin anil a nervous stutter,
"My answer should hto our earn. "eays'Shi
"If I could but leave the butter."
His arm on tho shelf that holds the ilelf,
"Shall I go to her side? Shall I dnre herpnde?
"U, go away I says iai.
He takes tho hint, and ho lakes a kiss,
With fcirs and inn ard quaking;
She docs not take what he takes amiss,
Nor seem in an awfnl taking.
Sweet kiiwsho lakes so loud and ft
That hu takes lur brcith completely;
He takes lur tiht in his arms at last,
And still she tikes it sweetly !
The heart of the boy is wild with joyj
He has vi on her his bird, his fairy;
"I'll go outright for tho ring to night I
"0, go nwy 1" says Mary."
Fralerleh Langridgt.
The Wedmores' "Hop.'
A JKRSIY LOVE 8T0RV.
London Society,
"My deir, they are as good as engaged;
they alwajs wero together even before Gertie
was in her teem; two years ago, when sho was
alxteen." there was a tremondous row. Miss
r got, in her usual amiable way, congratulated
i potfl vaU. .Moray an i juro. .jivuii mib
sTseoinont. Of course the result wai astonish'
i ,ment, indignation, Percy and Gertie called up
i to judgment, vowi of eternal constancy, Ger
tie S'Hit to fcci.oid for six months; and ever
jince then, whenever Percy had been over
hire, six 'rounds' together at overy hop, and
' nil the squares sat out in tho garden, whether
i Mrs. Clive liked it or not. I suprHw, now
Peroy has this mooey left him, it will bo all
right."
So spolio Mies May Faulkner, a Jersey belle,
i ged twenty, to lur comp.n ion, C'aro Grat
tan, a nirl two y nrs her rcnior, who had eomo
from Englind ona visit to tlm Clivrs above
mentioned. J Tho girh were stiolling slowly along tho
' iJt. Holler's broad white sands; they wero lag.
flng rather boliind tho rost of their party,
which had split iticlf up into two other
couples.
Clare Gra'ton's heart was heavy with a dull
oppression of psln, tlie"result of a fear became
leility, as sun anvwomi :
"Then you think Mr. Moray (there was a
Momentary pajso lieforo sho spoko this nam )
and Gertie care for ouo another?"
Think ko? look hero 1"
As May cpoke, sho pointed to the figurci of
young gill aud man who wero standing nl
most at the water's edge, their outlines sharp.
lv defined auainat the sunset glow. Their
faces ,wrd turncd.toward.tho sea, away from
Clarej but she, 'looking at thu' young man's
bent head, tho nirl'ii upturned line, could
fancy only too well the look of l'ercival Mo
ray's brown eyes. Had she not kuuvvn it ti
her own cent:
Sho had been a fnol, sho thought, and only
that altcri'onn Imtl ieen happy in tier lolly
Clarii Grattan had only been six wt'eks at Jer
sty, but that time had been fuller aud mora
intenao ti her than all tho years of her yet
early wouianiiooil; slio nau icirncil nor own
JlSirt at length; had grown into love.
Tor the last mouth she had found herself.
..jrhnevor sho was at a dance, waiting with a
fsverjih impatience for the advent of a tall,
lljllti figure witt a bri ihtflioneil face, tho
-eharm of which it was difficult to analyze, but
impossible not to reel, bne had listened overy
morning, as she sal in the breikfait room
with Gertie, for a cheerful voice callinr? them
rem the garden below, aud begging them to
oorne out lor a prauuev a iawu aeuuis; aiiu
aha had felt a new mtonso. pleasure In the rare
talks, in width. JVrcival seemed to show her
glimpses 'of' that other '"soul side" whioh
r-'t JBM keeps ,"to show a woman when he loves
' Tier.'' ife'suited'her as no one else had ever
r atone, and she had fancied that be wished to
- ' If t her know that he loved her.
And yet she, had. (eared sometimes and, as
t had proved,' had had reason for her fears
V that". Gertie andlcrolval bad -loved one an-
f other; and how, thought Clare now. could any
flrl'. whoJJh'sS ontfe cared for l'ercival Moray
,, Jssoomo indifferent' to hlmf '
' ' 'Clare still was pondering when Gertie
k turned her steps tpwartl her friends.
n ufln von kmw that it is nearly sewn
a'e'nok. Clare ? We shall have a nice scoldiu
H(ffoemairiuit if wo are late for dinner,-and wu
promuetl to be at tne vvtumorrs oy a quarter
i (iouihe.7. ,,.. .
i Clare smiled, faintly, ,.
vi "How horribly fagged you do look I Not at
all like dancinv. These last three nights have
Navt too inurh for vou," '
-J I'Ato yoii'tinUyi aakol I'oroy of Miss Grat'
iian,,beniiius toward her. I
Mt'he had only 'known the sharp thrill of
Min , the totf. h) voice caused her I She
was slad to hear her own souud unconstrained
M she answered t
II "Not at all,' thank yoo.'
"We have come loo far along the sands; I
JOght to have remembered. Won't you take,
"Oh, imj Ism all right.
He'sald no luofo", but,!tu'rnln aaio to Ger
tie, called out to two other individuals who
had 'piiarviitly furgotlen everything else m
i the coatempUtion t a dead itarfisb; at all
rrents tiny lial been gaaing at it (or lull live
minutes wlteu )VrvyV voice ched thsm.
"Halloo, Itashtrii ! cosue on; it's getting
Thus sddrtss.'d, th two defaulters moved
lowly -tOAunl the rxt of the little group.
Their ooiirrraitlou, as they strolled along,
was (t:r t.iii wis:
"jw p miki -,usjv vHjniynr, iuu try iti
tive a mhtwlde wutch a chanca."
"How tan I? I tMii'r make Utrti like vou."
"K that fellow Mo ay out of the way, so
that 1 nnv li v my Ituk ot leivt."
"VouVe doing your very bet to rum it b
emuij ti Hut with nip. Gertie is unfu.ly
lalou, mind."
' "Han,, it I I beg ycur pardon, I mean "
WILLAMETTE
"Yoo needn't,. I don't mind it."
"I think I must have most reason for jeal
ousy. Why, I know that she and Moray were
spoons once, even if they are not now.'
"Yes,-but Gertie can't know that I am only
playing confidante." r I
'Never yon mind; only help me, and yon
shall see what the bridemaids' lockets will be
like." '
"For shame, Capt. Raahton I bribery and
corruption I By the way, I have a weakness
for opals."
"I'll mike a' note of that." answered Capt.
j Rlnhton, taking out his pocket-book for the
purpose.
Certainly, to an uninitiated eye, the two
had decidedly as much the appearance of flirt
ing as l'ercival and Gertie Tiad, and a ketn
observer might have connected that fact with
the wrathful flash of Miss Clive's blue eyes
and her sharp, petulant answers when ad
dressed. Clare did not do so, but imagined
that these signs of ill temper in her frirnd
weie owing to some fault of Percy's, and in
wardly determined, now that rho knew of tho
understanding between Mr. Moray aud Ger
tie, to abstain even from any appearance cf
intimacy with the former, lest it should
wound her friend, whom she knew was a little
inclined to be exacting.
"She needn't be afraid, though," thought
poor Clare to herself. "I know he is true. If
he loved me 1 would trust him entirely."
The pirty broke up at the top of King
s'reot, Florence Wedmore going one way and
the three other girls holding tho opposite
course ,
"Good by for an hour and a half," said
Florence. "Capt. Rashton and Percy, ou
aroto come back home with me, and give the
floors a last polish."
If Gertie's face could be said to bo so dark
at any time it certainly was as she, with
Claro and May, turned toward that quarter of
St. Hclicr's popularly knowh as "tho
Shingles." , , t
"What a flirt Florence is 1" remarked she
with virtuous indignation.
"Pcoplo who livo In glass housesv" au
swered May. "The idea of you accusing any
one of flirting, Uertie, is rather too nnc, con
sidering tho way you have always treated
fercy,
"Pircy and I understand one another," an
fcwm-pH nerti". eurtlv.
"That is a comfort, at all events." retorted
May, "for noboly else does. Well, hero is
our house, so ta ta for, the present."
Two more .minutes and Clare and Gerti')
reached the latter s home, called tho Retreat,
apparently because it faced the road.
Tho dinner that eveninc at the above-men
tioned ahodo was not very checrlnl. Gertie
was cross, Claro occupied by her bitter
thoughts of what she hail learned that alter
noon, and Mrs. Clivo Gcrtio's mother (Miss
Gertie was an only child,) found it very hard
work to maintain anything like conversation.
Diroct y it was ended Gertie ran up to her
room to dross for that evening's dance at the
Wedmores'. She w-os standing in her white
wrapper by the toilet table, unfastening the
twikttd rope of her pretty hair, which fhone
like gold in tho still lingering after-light, when
her iye fell on a half-withered bouquet of
paioii iloweis, ferns and tuberose, winch was
placed in a gl is of water on the table. Some
memoty connected with it mado her chefke
flush, lur brain throb, hor eves burn with
stinging tars, which she tried ti force back
ly hunt Diting ot her under up.
"So," sho tlioiiht, "he neglects me and
flirts with Florence 1 Virv well. sir. tit for
tat. I'll revenge myself ith Peroy, and if I
don't make you suffer tint's all 1"
.Meanwhile Ularc, in her roim anove, was
trying to convince herself against her heart's
assuiancii that Percy did not love her, and
that if he did (illogical but girlinh sequence) it
was her dutv to Gertio to reject his affection,
nnd bid him render it to her to whom it was
due. .
Sho would be loyal to her friend at all cost
to licisclt,
A light tap at tho door, and Gertie entered,
iookiiii; viry protty in a son wiiuu uk, niutu
smothered vvi h laco.
"How shall I do. Claro t"
"I iif ver saw jou look so well," said Miss
Grattan, and sho spoke tho truth. Gerlio's
eyes wtro shining liko I its of sunlit summer
sta; her cheeks "as crimson dved ingrain;' her
fair hair was rulllcil in that sweet order hi uis
order which best suits a Greuze face and low,
white brow.
"Will on put in my flowers?" said Gertie,
holding up tho great piiix doiib oi tne neua
donna lily for Claro to faB'en in her hair.
"Thank vou. dear." as it was accomplishe 1,
and tho little ladv pirouetted round, humming
a w altz in a manner which caused Claro to
exclaim :
"Qrrtio, are you bewitched ? What is the
matter with you I
"Nothing," said Gertie, bursting out slug'
ins a sonnet in her sweet, rather imal
soprano. "Uu; Ulare, how oadiyMiss rox
s tng that the other night, like a peacock with
the influenzal And she need not ask the
auestion. considering how Deonle avoid her.
. ' . r .. ... -...' n
"Still, the question Is rather a pertinent
one sometimes, said Clare, lightly, yet with
a ring oi pain in ner tone.
"Yes,",aaidiGertie,V.bUterly; theu with a
uddep faltering of her .voice and a hurst of
tears. ."Oh. Clare. I am so unhappy I"
Clare put her arms round her and let her
sob lor a lew moments in silence, men sue
nlltj. at f
Tri ' . . ii .. v
"l am very sorry; nut, uertie, you neeun t
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WW hiiriu, A mil au.v v . au. vaa. v .Yi
words were very brave, and her lips did not
tremble as she snoke. -,
"Do vou think so?" and Gertiu lifted her-
head from where it rested on her friends
breast. "But why does he flirt so? I am
Sroud and don't show it, but it pains me
read t ul lv. Clare. I feel sometimes as if
oh, why should he hurt me when I love
Dim I , r ,,
"Is she Irving to ask me not ito flirt with
him?" thought Gertie's friend, and the hot
glow 'J' wounded 'pride.j farf deeper and
strougtr than that of the younger girl burned
her pale cheek at the idea that she, Clare
Urattsn. should De suspected oi tlirtliiir.
Ii was 'some little time before she slowly
answered i u
. "I shoul I truat him and be sure that he de
serves it; and, Gertie',' she spoko (nervousl)
and aa if frigbteued lest her friend should be
offended i"I wouldnl giro him any cause
for jealousy by being too much .to-night
with"
There s tho carriage, said Gertie, spriug
ing up. "I'm very sorry, dear, I can't take
our advice, as it it the exact opposite to
what I meau to do. I shall treat him just as
he treats nu."
With whioh words Miss Clive ran down
stairs, aud CUrv had no opportunity of aayiup
more.
How rood of vou to be earlv I" exclaimed
Florence We tmore. eutcring tho cloak-room
as Clare aud Gertie were' disencumbering
tlieiunlves of their wraps. "I've put ywu
down tu pity two w allies. Gertie, aud Miui
til at tan lor one."
"Oh. I will play asoften as you like." sail
Clare. "I am rather tired, aud don't want
tu dance inueli.
Florence etvx k her head,
"I won't victimize, jou," sho said. "Ah,
tlurv'a tle first waits begiiiuing, 1 put down
Mis Fox for that; sho aluava plavs the
"Faint" and thumps so. Its M wU to
get her lerfcnnano over beforo uiauy po pli
vomn,"
FARMER: rOffTT.ftTTT, NOVEMBER
A Jersey hop is very much more primitive
in its arrangements than an Eoglish carpet
dance. At the former entertainment the tar
petis nearly always np so far Jersey dancers
are exacting ed the boards are polished,
and the doors are removed, the furniture piled
away, and the lights fixed by the young men
Intimes of the house. Alt your fnend s plate
is held in requisition, and mirrors, flowersand
other such adornments are freely lent and bor
rowed, lees and sit-down suppers are rare;
lemonade, claret-cup and light refreshments
being usually the urder of the day. If you
have a friond who possesses a butler, borrow
him with the plate; If not, rest contented
without one. Bands are seldom se- n or heard,
the general arringement being that the per
formance of the music should be divided
among the guests, each family being expected
to supply bo many dances. They re very
pleasant, very informal, and sometimes
slightly wild, these Jersey hops. I smnot
speaking, of course, of the stately dances given
in tho aristocratic region of Rquge Bouill in.
nor of tho military balls, but of tho small
hops of from thirty to eighty, principally in
t'ie Shingles.
The Wedmore s was a pattern one of its
kind -bright, gay, with all the girls pretty
and g d dancers it i hard to find a Jersey
girl who is not both. The dancing-room soon
grew full, but neither Mr. Moray nor Captain
Rashton had yet appeared, though they went
to their respective abodes to don evening
dresi shortly before 8 o'clock. Tho night was
bo sweet and warmthit the piano had been
moved into the veranda that surrounded the
house, and which had been hung with four
paper lanterns a proceeding which caused
many old ladies to remark enthusiastically
that "it looked liko fairy land." Outside
this fairyland was a cool, calm, scented gar
den, a wide, hushed sky, moonless, but
bright with stars, and far off the restless
splash of tho w aves on the shore. Inside was
a lit room, gay with evergreens and bright
with many-colored dresses, pretty laces and
the rythmical sound of dancing feet.
Clare Bat at the piano between these two
worlds; the light falling on her showed her to
L.n ... r,t ... nt tinrl AnTtr,if1 hv tflO
bl.11 L'VU Ul I llia.l I...UU a.w.a w.,v. j -
garden way as oniy an inumna ui -me " ni
morcs would have dared to do." There were
many people near her on the veranda girls
without partners, girls sitting the dance out
with their partners, old ladies talking scan
dal, old gentlemen talking politics, a nervous
boy who dared not dano, a gloomy man who
wialird to do so and could not but Perry
Moray only saw Chre.
She was dresed in a simply-made dress,
..nfl.iin.A,l anrl itntArttlrA liv fashion, of Soft
silk, tho color of the outer leaves of the daffo
dil, which deepened in the folds with subtle
gradations shade. Iu her black hair were set
two or three siephonatU stirs; the outline of
her face was fair Percy thought sad. The
heavy-lidded gray eyes were notuu mr uiuit.
her hands moved mechanically. How different
alia n.aa rmm ,.t1...i u.nmn 1 Hour unlike her
dress, her face, her words to anything ho had
ever Known i no was vwt-aii.yBoaru, .
loved her, loved her, loved her. The words
f.MMita.,1 41inmao1tri.a in tba rvtbm nf the pas-
Sionato Germ-in wait she was playing. It wai
....... a!a.. ! ,.,,.1rtti in oaf 4-Vii nits lint- 4-n tlm
II GliUVt'UlilUiltiBiuitijr'S'iw tnnip u -
rnniin moti if m-tur ini- rnn nrur. t.iitir. iH'nuiim
ruuilL 111 til IV I-w n w w.-v - ...a.
iV.lv nnd full nf meaning, tho cxnrcsiou
which his lovo needed. He wished thut ho
ond sho were waltzing to it Anyhow, ho
would do tho next best thing ask her for the
follow iig danco.
So, tw o months before this ev ening, Moray
sold out and cime over to Jersey to win his
A Inn.! nliui fn liia .mn. dtnmiaf tin filllllll
that he no longer cared for her nor sho for
him. Still, iney went on playing ar. love, uu
Clan Grattan came on her visit to tho Clives,
and Percy fell honestly, heartily in love with
hir.
Nevertheless, ho felt ho was, in a manner,
bound to marry Gertie if sho wished it ; and
it was hardly likely, he thought, that she did
not; for tho girl was full of wounded pndn
and indiguation againt tho man sho loved,
and held tho sweet jest up by dancing, talking
and flirting with Percy so desperately that
she deceived both him and Capt. liashton into
tho idea that she was in love with the former.
It was full hilf an hour befiro Percy was
able to gain Clare's side and ask fur "the dance
you promised me."
She knew it would be far more marked if
she refuted, so she took his aim ns th- first
bars of tho waltz sounded.
Claro was fond of waltzing, and Percy's
long, swinging, yet perftctly smooth step
suited her better than any other. She could
not help enjoying the swift motion, and tho
certainty that under his guidance she was safe
from tho merciless knocking and bumping
against other couples to which many men sub
ject their unfortunate partners.
The last slow chords sounded and they
stopped.
"Ah 1" said Peroy, drawing a long breath,
"it's warm."
"It is," assented Clare.
"But the garden is cool," said Percy.
"So people seem to think," she snswered,
laughing.
For'everyone had poured out of the ball
room to the cool night air, and the while
dresses glimmered dimly among the trees on
the small lawn.
"They have placed the refreshment table
oat there," said the young man. "Don't you
want some o aret-cup?"
The waut'was supplied, and they sat down
qn aViTustjc seat near the table. The lawn
Mtmed iwrly$Cull as thed.litclDg.room had
been.afew.minutesbefofer 'apd,Clsrp watched
Hijitjaa'ehesaw her evidently-engaged in a
furious flirtation with a man whom she knew
Perey disliked. ( ' ' ! mil
J"Sh,nmst do It to vex him" Clare thought,
quite-.lgnorant that Gertie, had ' not once
thought of Mr. Moray this evening, ,
From the' veranda suunded the warning
bars of a galop, and the lawu began to be de
ferred. Clare would have risen, but Percy
stopped her,
l"Dotgoyet,"he said; "at least, if you
are not engaged for this."
"But I am."
"Then let your partner find you."
"No, I really must go. I want "
"Oh, I know what you want to avoid me."
"Mr. Moray I"
"I beg your pardon if I am rude; but how
have I offended vou ?"
"You have not."
"Theu why do, von always try to escape
speaking ta me ? What have I done ?"
"Nothing. I"
"Wbv do vou stop? Oh. Clare. Clan!
don't you know tint I love you?"
i nere was silence, t or one moment a great
pube of joy throbbed through the girl's whole
Mat : then came the siokeuisc remembranoa
of Gertie,
'You must know it," the young man said
passionately, "You must have seen And I
thought Clare, can't you love me?"
There wu no -one ele near to hear the
heavily whitpered "No."
"Tuen what made me think for I did
think CUre.Sru are not a flirt, like those
girls here. Why were you kind if ou never
meant to have me ? Why did you let me im
S'eit?"
Shi cvuld only bay, "I beg jour pardou,"
humbly,
" hy should vou ? Oulv look straight at
ins aud say, 'I do not lovo 'vou,' aud I will
leave you ; I ut not till tl eu."
She could not till thst lie to him who
1 trusted hen nd yet she did not wish to be
1 trsy her real reason and Gertie s pride.
I "You don't speak ; you do care for me I l
I t r-u i"
He would have taken her band ; but she
withdrew it. . ,
"How about Gertie?" she said, quietly.
"Are you not engaged ?"
He did not answer for a moment ; and then
"Is that childish bond to stand between
yon and mo ? Clare, Gertie and I are nothing
to each other now; we have outgrown oar
fancy long ago."
"You may have ; she has not. Peroy, If 1
trust you with her heart se.rot, reapett it.
She loves you, and all her gaiety is put on to
hide pain at your neglect. Oh, think how
base I must feel her friend whom she trusted
to let you speak so to me I"
"You base 1 you, Clare, darling 1 I ve been
a thoughtless brute ; and I lee it now. For
give ma 1"
"Yes."
"And lovo me ?"
Ho spoke timidly, as knowing he would bo
denied. Her answer came very low i
"I shall have to learn not to do so.
"Thtn jou do?" hosaid, quickly.
"I cannot help it ;" and there was a break
of a tob in her voice,
"A i d you ask me to give you up, knowing
that to win my heaven on earth, and turn
awavfromit? Clare, you cannot."
"I must;" and the bitter agony of the tone
only showed the firmness of her resolve.
"Pt rcy, you are honorable ; dou't make me
despise you, as I should if you wero false to
Gertie. '" .
"But, Clare, I love you, not uertie.
"She loves jou," Clare answered, with tho
1.1! ....a.LlM.a.nf a anmfllV Atlfl
right is rifht, though it is hard oh, 60 hard I
"It is something to hear you say that it is
hard," he answered, in a smothered tone.
"But you don't know how crul you are to
me, or I ow you have grown into my life. I
nn anoint to lore ; but this evening when I
saw you I felt I must speak and know if
you
Q1.a 1a. Iiai. Iinnrl nn his.
"And you have made it all the harder for
me, he saiu, ir J.-nau sun hiuujjh v..
you did not care for me, I might have turned
to Gertie ; but now "
"You will do what is right," she answered,
while the tears would spring to her eyes.
"Right! Is it right to marry a girl I do not
love?" , .
"You will learn to do so ; sho is so dear,
you cannot help it."
"Cannot I? Clare, jour face is tho one
face for mo on earth ; you the one woman."
She roBe, blindly, nobly wrong in her self
denial. "I cinnot listen to more," sho said, in a
choked voice ; to her own heart she added,
"Idaronot."
"Clare 1" ho rose and caught her wrists.
Thero was no ono to see; the garden was
again dark and silent, except where the light
streamed from tho veranda. "I only want
to Bav good -by."
"What do you maii?"
Alas, beforo ho could move to her, tho waltz
ended CUro was monopolized by Another
man, towlnni Florence introduced her; and
Percy himself was discovered by Mifs Wed
more, WHO lnSlHlUta UU lUblUUHUlll mill I.U m
rid-haired hr-iress, who smiled sweetly s she
hoped Mr. Moray did not mind deux temps';
she did not dance anything else.
Pcrcivnl Moray was a lieutenant of Hussars,
who-.efat er lived in .Jersey. The boy him
self, when a child, boeame a favorito with his
mother's brother, who proclaimed him 38 his
heir, petted him as a child, sent him to Eton,
bought him his commission, only asking in
retm n that he should spend half his holidajs
and leaves with him; and who had died a
twelvemonth ago, leaving Percy two thousand
a j-ear and a pietty old house in Kent.
"Do j-ou think I could go od as I am doing
now see you for the next month eyry day
and know that you 1 iva me and that you will
never bo more to mo than now? It would
drivo me mad. No; 1 shall leave here by to
morrow's boat."
"But, Percy"
"Yon reed not think that," ho said, with
Budden fierce burst of anger; ''if the and I
were alono on this earth I would not marry
Gertie. You havo done her no good, or lath
er no harm, IXar little thing, sho deserves a
better fate than a husband who does not care
for her."
There was silence; then Percy sp ke again,
his voicit Btrangely humble and gentle.
"One kiss, Clare, for our good-by; only one
my dear."
''No," she said, and her tone was both stern
and surprised.
He said no more; side by side they returned
to the house. Clare's heart was full with the
unutterable longing to turn to the man beside
her and say, "stay;" Percy's with a wild tur
moil of anger and love. He felt dimly that
his love gave him a right over Clare; that her
power, "woman-like to weave sweet words,"
had been exerted wrongly; that her sacrifice
wss a needless one, which, would mar both
their lives, and for no good.
A hard grasp of her hand, a low-spoken
"good by" in answer to her "forgive met'' and
ho was gone. When would she see him again?
Dizzy and faint with dull misery, she sat
down in the veranija.
"I think this is our dance?"
The voice woke her up, and she saw stand
ing beside her a tall man with a puffy, foolish
good-natured face.
"I am so very tired," she answered; "will
you excuse me ?"
"Certainly. You look faint, Miss Gratton;
may I got you a glas of water?"
"If you will be eo kind."
The water did her good; she steadied her
nerves, and gazed in through the open win
dow at the dancers. She saw Gertie, glowing
and radiant, the prettiest girl in the room,
waltzing with Capt. Rashton, looking utterly
happy, careless and contented. For one mo
ment Clare felt a bitter anguish against this
girl, for whose sake she had given up the su
preme beauty and jey of life, and who would
never know it, 'What did Gertie, need more
than she had at tho present mom -nt ? Seem
ingly uo'liing; and jet Clare remembered tho
childish tempest of sorrow she had witnessed
a few hours ago, and was glad she had been
loyal to her friend, even though at so dear a
price.
The dance was over. The two girls climbed
rather wearily up tho bedroom stairs of the
Retreat.
"Come in here, Clare," said Gertie, as they
reached the Utters retreat
Clare's wearied ej es looked piteoualy at her
menu, as ner lips repeated mr the third time
that eveuiug the excuse, "I am so tired.''
"Only for a minute, dear." Gertie drew
her in and shut the door; then stid: "You
were right,"
"What do you mean?" asked Clare, stupid
ly amazed.
"He lovos me," siid Gertie, pressing her
small haud close against the faded pink allies
on her breast; "he alwajs has, and I was only
a little fool to think he was flirting with Flor
euce.'' "He I Who?"
"Robert I mean Capt. Rashton. Clare,
arc you ill!" r
For date's face was white, her ejes closed,
the beivily-cnt lips cl. Bed together.
"Ni, Gertie; I ai quite well. But I don't
understand. D. n't j-uu lov er Per Ir. Mo-ray!"
10. 1882
n r inltAntnB art tnnt-A than
"liOve rercy i x .. -
a year ago. I only nsed him as a decoy -lues:
to draw Robert on." ,ji
"And in doing so may have unknowingly
wrought evil to two people," thought poor
Percy was to leave Jersey ' on the morrow;
she might never see him again; he might go
abroad and never hear of the real state of
""But she remembered it was hardly likely
that a man possessing both relations and
friends In Jersey would not hear very quickly
of his old love's engagement to another man;
and she wished Gertie happiness very warmly
and was glad in her gladness, staying with
her more than half an hour, listening to her
talk about Capt. Rashton.
o, - I J i l.a alnna fnonfftl. in a&C
ono was Ki"- -" ""-i -- ---j' , .,
own room alone, free to thank God for the
great happiness which yet miuni, ue .
ADd was. for in less than a fortnight later
.nt a it.,,- iin-loii 4T1A sthnnA nf a tall.
flowering myrtle, the aromatic scent of which
ulleil the Autumn air witn inner ";".
Percy was beide her, very gravely contented,
and i n her left hand was the shimmer of a
sapphire ring Bhe had only worn a week.
'You came back very quickly," she said.
"Were you afraid I should forget you ?
ill .r.f.,1 n Vtn Bi.t-n " .a flnwp.rfld.
"You needn't have leeu afraid," and her
face glowed a little, "fercy I
"Do vou know I almost think I was iu the
wrong that night 7
"I know j-ou were.
She laughed, but her tone was grave as sh
a.l.l "At-a vnn flnrcrvwit.h mt"
"Angry with you for showing how strong
you were to do what seemea ngnu ki yuu;
You must think me a brute, Clare."
"It seemed to tear my heart out to have to
deny you, and I see I was wrong now."
"So do I; but I am not rorry for it, Claro,
for it taught me" and he die her closer to
him as bespoke "how far above myself is
the woman I lovo."
PmatUla County.
A correspondent of the Pendleton Tribune
has this to say concerning the lands in Uma
tilla county. I have, of late, been taking a
leisurely spin through Umatilla county on a
buck-b-ard, and although 1 thought I had an
intimato acquaintance with the agricultural
resources of this county, yet every trip taken
off the regular roads reveals to my astonished
eyes immense tracts of fine prairie land, as
any in the United States.
The country north oi Pendleton and front
ing on the Columbia river, from the Walla
Walla river to the western bound u y line of
Umatilla eountj-, is not hall settled. Theie
are homes hero for ten thousand more scttleis
with all tl.e varied industries which close set
tlement and cultivation bring in their wake.
As viewed from the Columbia river, the coun
try wears a most forbidding aspect of basaltic
cliffs, sigc-l.rush aud sard, jet this belt of
waato land only extends two miles from the
river, and then jou are in an agricultural re
gion, where already settlers are raising grain.
Two miloa f"-om tho great river, and thenco
extending south to tho foothills of the Blue
Mountaius, the country is one vast prairie
where the bunch-grass is knee high, the soil
rivals in richness the most fertile bottom
lands. I have seen fourteen bn hels of vvhe.it
to the acre raised on sod this year on the
prairie, only three miles from thu Columbia
river, and this was simply sowed broadcast
and was not harrowed in or rolled.
Thero is an impression that the rain-fall de
creases as you go towards the Columbia, and
upon this presumption is based the impression
that the country iu that direction is less do
sirable for agricultural purposes than that )y
ing nearer Pendleton. This is altogether
wrong. Last year, 1881, the rain-fall at Uma
tilla landing did not exceed ten inches while
a friend of mine assures me that tho rainfall,
by actual mca-urement, on his ranch, only
six miles from Umatilla landing, was sixteen
inches, and my friend did not commence his
observations until March. This great varia
tion is simply explained by the difference of
altitude. The ranch in question is situated
at an elevation of about 600 feet higher than
Umatilla, and the meteorology of all countries
is that the higher the altitude the greater the
rain-fall. ,
Even those best acquainted with the coun
try have not yet begun to realize the rastness
or the future greatness of this couoty. The
era of developement has but just began. Rail
roads are "coming in and distributing theagem
ciesof civilization where they have' been here-'
tof ore Unknown. It is a moat inviting field?
for the cipitalist, for it offers more induce
ments add more opportunities for theVprofita'
ble investment of indiuidual or associated cap
ital than any other portion of the Union. I
could specify a dozen points where ;a store,
ould be started, which would accommodate
vast scopes of country and prove a gratifying
pecuniary, sneesss to the projectoi. Our tree
less plains need lumber yards at differeut
points along the Columbia, where farmers can
haul their grain and return with rails, posts,
lumber and firewood. Warehouses are need-1
ed for the accosamadation ot the harvest, and
at every point a score of profitable undertake
ings present themselves to, 'the eye pf the
shrewd i business man. for" Whom, aa before
stated, Umatilla county offers the most deJ
siraoie aavantaes.
- Bcsaeaaber Tads. 1;
It you are sick, Hop Bitten will sursly sld Nssurs In
uklng you wU when all else fills.' ..
t It too are costive or dyspeptic, ot are sunerins; rrosa
say other of the nmnseous diseases of the stomach c
wwww, .. . vm. vwu wui, m wu remain ui, lor Mi p
Bitters art a sonreuro remsdy la all such complaint.
It you, are wasting away with any form of KUaey
uMom, tvm wuDpuDgu-Ain uu moDMnt, sod turn for
a curs to Hop Bitvrs.
If jou ar sick with that terrible sickaess Kervous
neaa, youwtll Hod a -Balm la Oilead" in the uss of
nop Bitters. ,
ll vou are froqu.aur, era resUcntofa mlatmatio
diitrlct, Urato ids your intern ajmlcit ths scourge of
all ceaoMos-palarial, -pidatnic, billon., sod InternUt
teat levers by-lhs ess ofH-p Bitters.
Ii you h.Tj rouch, pimply, c sallow skin, bad breath,
pains and athta, aaJ teel miserable nncrally, Hon Bit
ters will giro you fait skin, rich blood, sad sweetest
breath, health, and comfort.
In ihoct they curs all Oiuawt ot the stomach.
Bo sis. Blood, Urer, Nerr.t. Kldnus, Brixht's DUeiie,
t 00 will be paid for a ca th.v will noVcore heln?
Thftt DOOr. btxlrlditiii. (nvntl.l (. srf-- !
drujhter, cm bs nula taop o-u e of hoilth bra fa
botUeiof ll-iplltttM., coatinj but a triao. 'vVUlyo
Thft mm amaafru.1 .nn. 1)
-..-.....,, ,,, r uiucniy on suspi.
cion of being jonnectut with f-e Cummin,
murder at Jv w York liar, got himsrU into
us prevent triub'e by spending money lavish,
ly when it wis generally suppoed that he had
none. Moral Freeze nnrn nn, mn..
PORTLAND
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
(Ota "NATIONAL," Established 19&9.)
St Front Itrtet, bet WashlnfUn ma u
POatTtvaNa) .,.-... sMtEtiQir
A. P. ARMSTRONG..
J. A.WESCO
- MastpsJ
Penman and 8.CMSUJ
An Institution detlrned for ths practical ttura
education of both sexes.
Admitted on any week day of the jenr. No vtt
tion at anf tinle, an no examination
on entering
Scholarship, for Full ItuMnfiu Court?, m,
PEN WORK
01 all kinds executed to order at rcisonakle rat.
Satisfaction gnarantcod.
Tho College' Journal, contilr.ln;; Information el
the count ot study, nhen to enter, time rcqnira!
cost of board, etc., and cuts ot 'ornamental peanut,
ship, trom tho pen of Trof . Weico, sent free.
Adfxsss :
a. P. AuWrvrnoKG,
Lock Boi 104, Portland, Oregon.
au(rl8tf
JOHN A. AIACftOKALU,
Salem Marble and Granite
Works.
Commsrciavl St., South of Pott Oflaw.
(Post-office Box S3, Salem, Oregon )H
VTANI! t ACTUUKR or
Scotch and California GroJ
and Marble monument, nead Stonti
CEMETERY LOTS
Enclosod with California GraalU ui
Stone Walls built of ev cry descrfptlea
Prices Keiliirrd One Hair,
COUNTRY ORDERS PROMPTLY
ATTENDED TO.
gue Mixture
Chlll8 and Fever are permanently
cured by Dr. Jayae'a Agne Mix
ture. With a little care on the part
of tho patient to avoid exposure, and
the occasional use of Jayne's Sana
tive PiLLs.tbis remedy will be found
to be certain in Its operation, and rad
ical In Its effects. In many sectioni
of the country subject to Ague ant
other malarial diseases. It has an es
tablished character as a popular spe
cific for these barrassing complaints,
and the number of testimonials re
ceived show that its reputation Is
constantly increasing.
Intermittent, and Remittent Fevers
are effectually cured by Dr. Jtayne'a
Ague Mixture. In these com
plaints care should be taken to follow
the directions closely, and especial
attention given to the Uver, which
should be aswisted in performing ito
functions by Dh.' Jama's Sawativt
Viiam.
For sale by Hodge, Davis ,Cn Agents.
FOrWHEf PERMANENT CURE OF
COM8T1PATBONJ
2ft other dtwiie ia to prevalent In tW eon
try Constipation, and no reu'dy haa erer
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cent on. rear alttt sale, nJ cd f.VJ mlrw Jm
tunth ol the nriaclrul ana internt on the M',J?'
rtc or KTen iwr eDl pr .iinnm. i"iu
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