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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1002
SEEDS
The WHELP'S
REVENGE
Hy MAKTOA
srctiLLocn-wir.i-TAMS
Copyrlcht, 1001, lr
Mnrthu McCullocJi-WlUlaim
3!
DERBY
WAS RUN
BCuan Richard Greenley
All Kinds of Seeds,
It wns the Rev. George Gasket who
Qrst nicknamed Tommy "Tlio help, i m.y much
The Rev. George begun fnirly cnougn . 5ald Mr. Gnsl
Upon a perroet Indian summer after- l--'-'1'
noon nil the goir crowu oi tue.r i...u , pjl ftJ tfoa
imot nil the golf crowd of nnother . I JUJUl "c
pnrlsh upon the home links to settle
1 various foursomes nml other things.
! Alison nml the Rev. George were the
I mnlnstav of the home crowd. Tommy
; meekly asked to he his sister's cnddle
nml blustered n good bit when he was
transferred to air. Gnsket. But there
i wns n twinkle In Ms eye ns he pared
j soberly
j hazard
i ouuker.
rmnvrisrht. 1901,
t Tur Curron Richard Grccnlejr i.
from hole to ' hazard, from , ggeiOWO-W-.-
to lee, irom itiu usmu
it wns co nc to be close
"Yasslr, dcy hain't uuthln' his cfcnl
i.1 was gums ux- , iw.M - tii,f,,in of lie
i too close to be comfortable. , Jl8 Mde oh greased light "
basket, ne himself played n wnnt tor go. but -Jim our
i... .it,! i,ia host. ii,intinl!v "he's do debbils own
- ti. rr.. ' ..tut a. -
baseball to them until they were ns '01 ' ' , nnt ciYe blB ..,,, nni,0(lr ,dn hoi' him, lessen It be
1 . . 1 MLitiiV 11111. "V- vv -
Alfalfa,
Timothy,
Broome
Grass,
Blue
Grass
and
White
Clover.
Orders for any kind
of Seed Solicited by
TAYLOR,
THE HARDWARE WAN.
Who Sells Field hence In nil heights,
was in ins nanus, xomiuy, uu wi
fifteen and overgrown to hulkincss.
hun upon Ills words and thought It
would be fine to die for him. And then
the very next week. when Tommy
stumbled over his own feet and fell
down with the ball, thereby letting the
minister's side get a whitewash, that
gentleman said irritably, "I knew The
Whelp would beat us, but really it
didn't seem fair to shunt him off on the
other eleven."
The field rang with laughter ns later
the school and playground rang with
it when somebody called: "Whelp!
Wholp-cc! Are you goin' to eat us all
when you grow up?"
Children reflect wonderfully the so
cial color of their homes. For awhile
all the parish was entranced with the
new pastor so much so Imleect tnat a
! whisper against liim would huve been
i received as something between high
1 treason and the unpardonable sin. The
Rev. George was youngish, fair look
ing, quick and deft In phrasemakiug.
suave. lie admitted iu his private
talks a temper, but said, with eyes up
, cast, that he kept It uuder by help of
i ..it. l. n1 til.? rtTi.t-. TTn ti'ilK !n-
as well as every variety of HARU- j Tlmt of course Bet nil the mothers
WARE, Barbed Wire, &c
WOOD! COAL!
WOOD! COAL!
WOOD! COAL! Ti,
I brother
W. C. MINNIS
SELLS BOTH.
Kemerer Coal. First Class Wood
Orders Promptly Filled.
Telephone, Red 401, or call ou
W. C. MINNIS,
Office Mniti Street, just opposite Hans
ford & Thompson's hardware store.
ire meat
Market
IS THE PENDLETON j
DEPOT FOR MEATS
OF ALL KINDS IN
Large or small lots.
QUICK DELIVERY IN CITY.
FAMILY TRADE SPECIALLY
CARED FOR.
Schwarz & Qreulicb,
Proprietors.
In tlit church to work mating him
suitably. He saved them the trouble i know.'
,.. i.i... i... .i..,.fi ,!,. This time Mr
Ul CllllUtilllJi IUI Illlll l. uviu" . , ,, it x..l.1 .....at.- if it Q
self to Alison Prior from the day she pained though he tried to mask it as
whole attention to the game. miss .less, en sue num i
It was a line course, with a water . towise."
hazard in the shape of a spring branch, j jm, sighed apprehensively as he
excellent putting greens and beautiful- ful)1(0tl ,i0Wn the satin coat of the
Iv cioe turf. It was by Tommy's j fnv0rlte-clean limbed, dark bay, an
;U""etinn that the turf on the Prior nrlstocrat of the nrlstocrats, breeding
share of the course had been grazed , ovorv nne of the arching neck,
down with the flock of sheep oniy two ; flpep cl)CSt nmi mighty nmus. inn- i"
days before. Tommy indeed had been of thc preat Hindoo. The eyes showed
! a wicked little rim or wnue.
See dem eyes, Mas Charley? ne
been a-showln' dem whites all day. en
! it's Gawd's truf dat hain't no pence
' flag. Lawd he'p de ulggnh what's
: gwlne tcr ride him!"
, I left the stalls and started up to
ward the judges' stand, considerably
I worried. It was only "nlggali talk,"
true, but .nm unew xue xu. u"'"
better than any one on the place. He
did not know that on this race depend
ed the old squire's home, and if lost it
would mean beggary.
I shut my eyes, and It nil camo be
fore me the rolling, golden splendor
of the wheatllelds, the cool shadows of
the beechen boughs ncross the long
avenue thnt led up to the quaint bid
home, with its colonial pillared veran
das, and the graystone walls where
the guelder roses climbed and the
thrushes sang through the summer
davs: the old squire, white haired and
stately, and the little figure that al
ways hovered close to his side, my
Jess, my wife to be, somewhere In the
future.
Losses, debts, mortgages, one by one
had accumulated, until the hour had
come when the flower of Bel Air sta-
l.lr... ...io- .ittlint- urnvn tllfilr HnlVfltioll
could successfully loft It would mean , ,.', rr,, hml iWnVg been a
almost certain victory, but said lofting ; vouchsafing his friend-
required a position neitner m n.stei.a. , w,lom he wouW
follow like a dog. It has passed into
wonderfully active in all manner
' cood works for the match. Mr. Gas
j 'ket knew ha;:ily how his nickname
had stuck and stung nml ropemeu inn
ing given it, but was uuwise enough to
think lie could smooth over matters
Iy particular complacence to the lad.
''We shall beat them by a scratch.
We shall certainly beat them. Master
Thomas." he said, watching a particu
larly clean drive by Alison. Tommy
looked bored. "Don't strike me your
game's as good as those other peo
ple's," lie said, nodding toward the op
posing players.
Mr. Gasket tried to look pained.
"Why don't you say our game, Tom
my?" he nsked reproachfully. "We
must pull together, every soul of us, if
we are to win."
-"Oh, you've got all those'other fel
lows to root for you!" Tommy said sar
castically. "I couldn't do a thing but
roar. I ain't nothing but n whelp, you
Gasket really did look
nm ii i i ii ii iii'i'i ii'M. ii twin iii7
. Iw.mr I UiillirV llllll'-v,...-. ,
LillliU 1 III lilt. 1 ... f mf
If onlv she had been home from the piny, and tne game wn u ,
i ... ..... , , s tim fnto nr it nunc mosi nueiy uiimi i
e Whelp. Tommy was Alison's hi. ncx It, "' f.i I
.....1 It. mntti- t'ot.o lint nlilim UULll iiuvi in A,...ww -
illlU 111 IXlil, 1 O U, v,-.
! vet she only smiled when he explained
I the minister's sin and said at last: .
; "Really, Tommy, I don't know just
I what a whelp is like, but you do look
l very much what I fancy It Is all legs
and arms, so much too big that tliey
are iu their own way and everybody
else's."
When Tommy had gone away, how
ever, trying to stand very stiff and
keep his elbows primly beside him,
Alison looked after him lovingly, then
turned and shook her fist at the recto
ry, which was visible ncross half a mile
of lields.
If only Tommy had known that; but
how should he? He was a very human
Fb mm , uoy. ne loveu Alison so wen ne wouiu
fMnitA IWOfltT lmve grudged her to any fellow. It
"BHBfBB W "'Hli Jug -that preacher and sitting perked ! thumps roll It
up in the front pews, never daring to
smile or whisper. Besides, there was
his affront. Tommy flung himself up
on the grnss out In the pasture, dug
his heels in the itirr and uiCu! ver:v
hard, tears resting upon his freckled
cheeks.
All at once something came with a
rush, struck him a sounding thwnck on
the back and sent him rolling over and
nt'nr A c lio rnt nn he felt a harder
1 rAvrTA'mPAmj.RPS-fTAT.T.Y , thwack nud tumbled all in a heap.
f CARED FOR. Wuen nt liist be scranlbled "p' ,oaPlu8
. , nimuiy asiue, 10 s.m. u,j . '' t mmn
apple tree BUnky tne Bt TU rest, hurrying tip. could not
rUIU, HIUUU III me ucv muii ohm.mo
his head up and down, evidently invit
ing Tommy to try conclusions again.
Tommy had no mind for that. Iu
stead he sat up among the laden
lmiifiiR nml thomrht harder than ever.
T itmnti inn & Pirnem! ' Acter a llttlu 110 whistled joyfully, mi-
LdrUllldJllC (I udllljUU 'cd his hands with red apples and
climbed down to the lowest fork of the
tree. Bllnky wns at turn in n minute,
but stopped short ns Tommy tossed
him nn nnple. As soon ns he had de
voured It he looked Inquiringly nt Tom- j
. . .. . 11 i.i
; my, wuo tosseu mm anoiuur, miuKi j
and juicier than the llrst. ,
Twenty minutes after Tommy passed
'. unscathed from the pasture, witli j
i Bllnky trotting behind, a pattern of i
t pontont. Every day for'tho next fort- thing
f IValfV HnrWS for SfllP ' night Tommy gave Bllnky apples, tufts t at a dollar a bottle."
, swect inte Tjrnss, nubbins or corn
j nnd pungent dashes of salt and red oak-
bark. Bllnky followed him like a dog.
never trying to butt or chase him,
though toward the rest of the human
i race lie preserved an uureguiieiiuf
(1IVR US A CALL. ! Whom the gods would destroy they
VJI T first mnfee niiuL. TJie Rev Ge0l.ge.B
particular maduess that nutumn wns
nolf. Golf was but an Idle name in
nor dignified. It was in a little cuppy
turf hollow not far off the boundury.
A low fence marked the bounds.
Across it sheen hustled and rummaged
noacefully through weed grown stub- 1
blc. The minister took no note of them j
nor of anything Indeed save the little ;
white ball lying so suug in the faded
grass. Half stooping, half crouching
he. grasped his mashie firmly in his
hnnd.
The rest was chaos plus earthquake
at least to the Gasket inner con
sciousness. Friends and foes in watch
saw a woolly, horny headed streak as
sail the stooping figure, send said fig
ure over upon its head, then, with vig-
over and over
ncross six yards of turf. Nobody knew
just what might not hnve happened
had not Tommy bravely rushed to the
minister's rescue, caught Bllnky by
the horns nnd forced him, struggling
nnn bieaur.S, hack over the fence he
had leaped like a Hash of lightulng.
In spite of doing all that Tommy
was the first to assist Gasket to his
feet. "I .hope you're not hurt too bnd,
sir," he said politely.
Gasket was a sorry sight. His trou
sers were torn, his face scratched, the
' b ' ,,.i,tnV, -nilnl.-v linil inndnil ills
nlmblv aside, to shin un n convenient t y c. " ,u" . t." " , "..1 ' V 7. " .1
tradition how one sultry afternoon,
when the temper of man and beast
iji
"It Is merely n matter or pounds, we
know the horse and the owner. Let
him rider
"What Is It nil about?" I questioned,
nnd the colonel replied.
"Squire Montgomery's jockey has
disappeared, lie wns to have ridden
Bny Prince In this race. There Is a
boy down there that claims he knows
the horse, but he will not give his
name. There has been some little ob
jection therefore to allowlug him the
mount" He turned to the others.
"Hnve I your consent, geutlomen?"
At the word he waved his hand,
nnd the boy at the weighing block
picked up his saddle nud stepped ou
the scales.
Ten minutes later they were In line
below the staud sorrel and bay,
chestnut nnd gray; but, peerless among I
them nil, the son of Hindoo fretted
and pawed, rolling his eyes, thnt now
showed the "battleflag" more than
i.r..r. Tils foes were Worthy or 111s
best stride Zingara. the red marc, '
nueon of the Blackman stnbles; Fleur-
de-lis of Banuockburn, with the lion
ors of the Tennessee Derby still fresh;
Black Kover, Walpurgls. The Thun
derer, Malcontent nnd His Highness, .
. , . ... XI... '
a great red urure nom im xuuiuus
Chanton stud.
Quivering, electric, with the scent of
battle in their flaring nostrils, as the
lense muscles rose nnd fell In great
cords in the mighty flanks! The gor
ceous little figures sitting low dowii In
the snddles settled themselves ns the j
ted flag fell. "Go!" nnd nwny down
the stretch flew a prism of rod. j-ellow,
creen and purple, blending in the Ken-
I tucky sunlight, around the white rlb
i bou of track. The first quarter passed,
j and the bunch closed up, neck and
neck, snouiucr 10 suouiuui. auuuivi
quarter and one fell behind. Wnck
Hover was in the lead. Arouud the turn
and down the home stretch and Bny
Prince had crept to Black Hover's
shoulder. Now It was ueck and neck, 1
nnd a wild yell went up from fi.OOO !
throats as black and bay were nose
nnd nose. Twenty yards, nnd the red
jacket lay down hi the saddle. They
were near enough for the judges to see
the flash of the great bay's eyes as he
gathered himself and with a mighty
effort landed under the wire just a
nose length ahead of the black. And
then pandemonium broke loose. Men
clambered down from everywhere. Up
went the numbers Bay Prince first,
Black Kover second nnd Zingara third.
It was all over, and the Derby hnd
gone down into history. In the midst
of It a little figure all iu its gav scarlet
satins dropped from the saddle and
was half carried by Jim to the weigh
lug block.
"You go way, Mas' Charley; DIs
heah boy ain't nowise fltteu tor talk."
I Jim had tor once rorgouen nis -raisin'
" In his anxiety to bar me out, but I
brushed him aside uud saw my Jens in
her close tailor suit standing just lu-
' side the door. The scarlet jacket and
cap lay upon Jim's cot, and my dar
ling's pretty face rivaled them In color.
There wns one shamefaced moment,
, nnd then the little head went proudly
up.
1 "I did It for papa nnd Bel Air!" And
Jim went off chuckliug to himself ns I
drew the door close behind me.
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Phoue, Main 18.
607 Main Street.
Proprietors
Old Dutch Henry
Feed Yard.
Horses for Sale,
BEST OF CARE TAKEN OF
TEAMS OVER NIGHT
help laughing, Alison clenrest, merriest
of them all. As Gasket caught the
soupd he said, backing away, "The
match Is off."
It was all he could say. Tommy went
home with him, a faithful caddie In
spite of everything, but nB he left the
rectory door he rubbed his hands nnd
softly hugged himself, repeating with
Infinite gusto: "Yes, the match is off.
You hot it Is. I know my sister nil
right!" ,
BuMlIr n Good Thing.
"Did you say that hair restorer is a
good thing?" nsked the patron.
"Yes." answered the barber, with
some slight hesitation; "it's a good
ins tine x:.vits aleut, stili, as caiived
ItltONZE.
climbed with the mercury, the devil
In Bny Prince broke out rampant. The
stall flew Into bits ns those mighty
heels thrashed to the right and left;
down came the door, and he was free
to work his will.
The men scrambled wildly to places
of safety, each shouting orders to the
other. Little Pete, the satellite of Jim.
had been stealiug a nap In the corner
of the bnrn, and when the alarm came
no one thought of him until the raging
beast swept toward the spot where he
lay. A prolonged cry went up from
l the negroes ns, powerless to reach the
j child, they saw him seized by the
1 shoulder nnd swung upward, and then,
We sell several bottles a week 1 rrM somewhere, came a clear, low
1 wnistie. sweet ns a tnrusn s note. The
Rut now do vou know it's a good horse paused, his line ears alert, still
thin"?" ns cnrve(' hronze. Again it enme, nnd
"Because the profit on every bottle the horrified negroes saw the little
is 70 cents." Washington Star. j mistress standing in the doorway.
. 1 "Prince, Prince, drop him and come
ilia Fortune. j here, sir." And to the astonishment of
"Who is that handsome young mnn j..oto, whom terror had strickeu to si
standing over there?" inquired nn old j ,,nce( ll0 Wn5 dropped to the floor with
gentleman of a rich old lady at a party, j a dull thud, nnd Bny Prince wnlked.
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ill, IjUILXX ULLLULJVU w,v. v.wi ;,
1 Old Aee,
Professor .Towett, the great master
of Baliol college, had wise words to
speak on the crucial topic of growiug
I old. He wrote to n friend:
! "The later years of life appear to me,
j from a certain point of view, to be the
best. They are less uisturbeu uy care
and the world. "We begin to under
stand that things really never did mat
ter so much as we supposed, and we
are able to see them more In their, true
proportion Instead of being overwhelm
ed by them. We are more resigned to
the will of God, neither afraid to de
nart nor overauxlous to stay. We can
not see Into another life, but we believe i
with nn inextinguishable hope thnt J
timro is soniothintr still reserved ror
nn I fnnift
I 01. MI
miW&mmWkw
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
Treasury Pepsirtmunt. Office of the Comp-1 IV.T 1 V .
troller of the- Currency, Washington, u. u.. 1 tne paristi uiun uu .nine iu u. 1 nm-v
in. 1002. Whereas, by satisfactory ovl
deuce presented to the undoralirned, it baa
been made to appear that the First National
Bank: 01 rcnaieion, in mo cuy ui l-euuiciuu,
his delight, muscular, mnscullne nnd
missionary, In laying out links nnd
Innnliltlf. flld lkO Tl ! 1 tlttl Or4 till f?nTllG.
in the county of Umatilla and state of Oregon, 1 ' , " , rinHf
ba compiled with all of the proTlsIonsof the! Alison was on" of his enclleat nnd most
"Act of Congress to eoauie Kationai wanning nroiulslne pupils. Tliey spent Hours ue
Wor'oVeu yet npart, upon the
Ji'.iBKSi ,., i course. Aiisou was eeruumj uwuivu
riOn. inereiore. i, ihi' iusi viuiu
iroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that
"The First National hank of Pondleton," In
the City of Pendleton, In the county of Uma
tilla and state of Oregon, Is authorised to have
succession for the period specified in IU anion,
ded articles oi association, namely, until close
of business on January 16, IKl.
In testimony wueroi, wiuiea nrouiu uu
Seal of office tufa alxteontri day.of January,
1902.
WM. B. UIIK1KLY.
Comptroller el the Currency.
to the game. As to whether she was
nlso devoted to her teacher she her
self did not quite know.
Love may be slain with a laugh.
Tommy was not enough of a psycholo
gist to know that, but ho did know
Alison, and he laid his plans accord-luxrlv.
"That's my sou-ln-lnw. Ues n very
brilliant young mnn; made a large for
tune by the law."
"Indeed!" said the old gentleman.
FIow'H that?"
"The law made him my daughter's
husband." London Answers.
Her Pet IMk.
A young woman In London took a
pig In infancy nnd brought It up, ns she
says, "like a Christian." Coraplnint
was made to the authorities the other
day, nud the sanitary ofilcers who went
to Investigate found the pig In bed be
tween two white sheets, with Its head
on n pillow and Its body covered with
n white lace counterpane.
gently nickering, to where Jess stood,
witu her hands full of sugar.
I looked toward tho grand staud,
but could not see Jess anywhere. It
was almost time for the race, and the
excitement was rising to fever heat.
Up in the Judges' stand a little knot of
men were holding nn animated discus
slou, Judging from their gestures. I
strolled up to them.
"I sny It Is ngalnst nil precedent l" a
short man in a checked suit wns voclf
crating. "It makeB no difference about his
name. How do you know If any of
them own the uaines they carry?'' said
another, and old Colonel Sylvester
clinched tha sublect
European Plan.
Block wd.taU"-
o dp 50c, 75c, SL.
us." QEO. DARVEAU, Prof
it Is worth while to remember his: i.uPA
hints for old age, full as they are ofgIegantiy runi""
a practical wisuom: gte&tU
jieware or me coming on ui hkk, mi
It will not be defied.
A man cannot become young by over
exerting himself.
A man of sixty should lead a quiet
open nlr life.
ne should collect the young about
him.
no should set other men to work.
He ought nt sixty to have acquired
authority, reticence and freedom from
personality.
He may truly think of the last years
of life as being the-best and every year
as better than the Inst if ho knows how
to use It.
Flue China.
Fine china needs care In washing
and drying nnd shbuld never be placed
In nervous or indifferent hands. Treat
ed lovingly, china will last for years
and even generations. Only a piece
should be put In tho tub nt one time,
tho soap should be made into suds be
fore putting anything in, nnd tho wa
ter must be very warm, not hot Fl
nally rinse in -water that's Just the
same warm. A good supply of fine,
soft towels is a necessity, and, thus
equipped, tho washing of china is not
n hard task. China will shine beauti
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