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A.nn Mark'* eye flushed. Direct as
ber name, site refused to marry Henry
Jasper. He stood before her a little
awkwardly, but yet a man that most
women would have considered kindly
He was uot forty, well off for the sim
ple community, highly respected, and
his wife. Caroline, had been dead three
years Being a mere man. bow could
be know that Anu, his old schoolmate,
hud suffered agonies when as a young
man he hud courted and married her
cousin?
No one knew why Ann had not mar
ried. Site never wore her heart on ber
sleeve. Now, in spite of herself, her
heart softened to him. noting how his
hand ruffled his hair as it always did
when lie was puzzled and unhappy.
“I never did think 1 could hr» second
best in any man's life,” site went on
rather cruelly. “And I don't see how
at my age, thirty-five, and I don’t care
who knows it—I don't see itow I can
begin playing mother to another wo
man’s child. The boy will hate me, a«
all children do a stepmother. No; ask
some other woman.” The man flushed
angrily.
"Don’t insult me. Ann. You know I
don’t want any other woman. I’ve al
ways—you know I can't tell yon what
I always thought of you. It wouldn’t
seent fair to Caroline, who did her best
by me.”
The world know sho had been a
weak, fretful, untidy woman. Jealous,
thriftless, her baby beauty gone in a
few years. And It knew of his loyalty.
He could not tell tills woman how in
the years she had been about his house
helping Caroline Ills henrt had gone
out to Ann’s cheery strength, her
wholesome, healthy kindness. He tried
one word more.
“Ann. If you knew how I needed you
in every way you would come. Do you
think I have forgotten how to love?”
Still site shook her head. He turned
slowly away, climbed into his buggy
and drove to his own farm. Ann sat
thinking, for she remembered many
things. She finally rose and went into
her sister's house, where she was visit
Ing. Molly looked at her curiously as
she entered, waiting to be told some
thing. for she had guessed Henry’s
errand But she was forced to respect
Ann’s silence.
In the crisp September morning Ann
started out for a walk She went over
the hill where she used to play witli
Molly and witli Henry nnd Caroline
How strangely things bad worktsl out!
She thought of her busy life as fore
woman in a big shop, her practical,
busy, useful, lonely life, now soon
ber visit to the old place would be
over! Beaching tlie top of the hill, she
sat down in the falling leaves, pushing
the heavy dark hair back front her
face. Her big eyes were soft and kind
and dark, like an animal’s e.ves. She
was tall and vigorous.
Down in the valley she could set*
Henry Jasper's bouse and bn rnyard.
He was hitching the bays to the bug
gy. and presently he drove away. A
sudden temptation assailed her. Stie
had heard Molly say his most recent
housekeeper had left Should she go
and have a look nt tilings? She did not
see the boy about. Probably Jimmy
was at his grandmother's. She rose
and walked across the stubble.
The door was locked, but sho found
the key under tlie mat nnd entered.
She could have groaned at sight of the
kitchen—dishes unwashed, floor ditto,
disorder rampant. The sitting room,
the bedroom, everything was a sorry
sight to her housewifely eye. for she
was first anti always a housekeeper.
Things had been bad enough in Caro
line's time, but now they were impos
sible.
She hnd no compunction about en-
terlng. She had always been in and
out before she went to the city, lie
would not care. She looked at the
clock and calculated that he could not
get back from town under two hours.
Then she rolled up her sleeves and
skirt and went to work—dishes first,
then the floor, then sweeping, dusting
and making beds, Before she knew
it three hours had gone and it was
Doon. She found a bite to eat and de-
cidi*d to go on even tf he caught her
at it. She did not care.
Knowing It would take weeks to get
everything as It should be, she chose
those points to put to rights tHat would
make for sheer comfort. She made
■ome pies and ginger cookies and
doughnuts anti Etoiled some corned beef
front the barrel, trying not to see the
condition the cellar was in. Tlie after
noon wore on, and still Henry did not
return. She mended some of Jimmy's
clothes, poor child!
She had decided that she would keep
at work as long as possible and then
slide out tlie back way when she saw
him coming, tint It was not to be
About 4 site suddenly was aware of a
walling In the yard anti from the door
beheld Jimmy, fish pole In hand, limp
ing along nnd crying at every step.
He was a boy of ten. like his father as
one pen to another She ran to meet
bint t»d sow that ills foot was cut ant!
bleeding She picked him up nnd car
ried him In. washed Ills foot, dressed
it and put him <<n the sofa, where she
fed him. As sh» came to take away
the plan be tuddealy 1« the uioat na-
be'lik* fashion. snatched her about
♦Utt Bt-s'k and'kisseii her. Then lie fell
n«let|».
By till* time «he had no thought of
going buck till tlie child's father came.
She moved about the kitctien and din
ing room in her orderly, effective way
n way businesslike, eminently wom
anly and good Tlie wuate apparent
everywhere annoyed her thrifty soul
She saw forty ways to better and save.
She set the table with a fresh cloth
and put a gcrsl supper to cook on the
store she had blackened at the cost of
Iter pretty, plump hands, iter one Iteau
ty save her eyes. It was nearing 0
o’clock.
After a little Jimmy awoke and
without warning began to cry. refus-
Ing to tell what troubled hint, hut de
nying that it was Ids foot. Finally
Ann got a low rocker, took the child in
her arms and Etegan to rock him.
Great Etoy that ho was. he snuggled to
her. his unloved little heart accepting
the comfort, trusting this soft voiced,
smiling, mother armed woman who
called herself Aunt Ann.
As she sat thus, her attention quite
absorbed. Henry Jasper came wearily
to the kitchen door, his arms loaded
with groceries, his face hopeless He
had heed wondering where to look for
Jimmy, who had been allowed that
morning to go to a neighbor’s.
Then with unbelieving Joy be saw
the clean room, the spread table, the
new air of comfort, and. best of all. tn
Ann Mark’s kind arms he saw his
sleeping motherless child—a child near
ly as unmothered before his own moth
er’s death as after it. She looked up at
him and smiled.
"He cut his foot nnd came home cry
Ing. I came over, and when I saw so
much to do I went to work. I knew
you wouldn’t mind, Henry.”
Mind! The hard thing was that she
should come Just to go again; that she
should give him a taste of this calm
comfort, let him see her like this and
deny him a continuance of ft. He was
very miserable in his gratitude.
"Put your packages on the sink,”
she commanded, "and when I have laid
Jimmy down 1 will put them away.
Will you open tlie
door and look
at the biscuit?” He Bbeyed her. then
stood looking while she deftly put
everything in its place. The milk pail
shlnlngly waited for him to take it
and go out to milk, but he lingered.
And Jimmy awoke and wanted to tell
his father about the enormous fish that
nibbled at his hook and got almost
caught and how lie had cut his foot on
the broken bottle and found Aunt Ann
to bind it tip.
“Supper is ready, and you had better
eat before you do the rest of the
chores. Henry.” she said, helping the
boy to limp to his place.
They ate Joyfully, talking, laughing,
the man wondering how many min
utes would pass before she rose to go.
The future yawned emptily. Site was
asking him about his housekeepers,
what he paid them, advising him what
he should do. Finally when she rose
he rose too. They stood facing each
other, and her clear eyes smiled.
“You are— Oh. Ann. you have been
good!" he said awkwardly. “Shall 1
hitch up nnd drive you home, or will
you walk?” So he had taken her at
her word, It was evident that he had
no thought of anything permauent in
all this, But the woman had. She
saw here her place, her opportunity,
The old hurt and anger had passed.
nnd she was again nt henrt the simple
girl who had loved in secret this man
who was at last hers, She paused a
moment, still looking at him. There
was now no thought of being “second
best." Site would make tierself all to
them.
‘•I’ll wash the dishes up first, and
then after you have done the chores
you can walk back witli me.” Jimmy
set up a sudden wnil from Ills chair,
where he still sat at the table.
"I don't want you to go away,” he
cried, "ami I won’t stay alone while
papa goes with you! !” Ann went be-
hind his chair and put her arms around
him. She dl<l not look at the child’s
father.
"Listen, Jimmy. Auntie must go to-
night, but if you will be good till papa
comes back 1 will come again. ♦»
"When will you? How long will you
stay?" lie demanded, with the definite
ness of childhood. No uncertainty for
litntny! Site did not hesitate.
“I will come back— in the morning--
and 1 will stay nlwavs—if papa says
that 1 may!’’
Jimmy, forgetting his foot, jumped
at her neck like a little boa constrict
or. But bls father set him down,
wanting iter himself Just then.
“Are you going to let her stay.
papa ?” Then Henry Jasper laughed,
and the burden of unhappy years roll-
ixl from his shoulders. Ann was pres-
entl.v forced to hand him the milk pail
ns a Hint to let her get at the dishes.
Pantomime Performances.
Most pantomime characters were orig
inally borrowed from the Italians. The
first real English pantomime was pro
duced at a theater in Lincoln's Inn
l'ields in 1720. It was called “Harle-
quin Executed," and its suittitle was
“A New Italian Comic Scene Between
< Scaramouche. a Harlequin, a Coun
try Farmer. His Wife nnd Others."
The performance was very successful.
About the middle of the eighteenth
century the character of pantomime
performances was completely altered,
chiefly because of the genius of the
famous Grimaldi. who made the ciown
the first figure in the pantomime. Gri
maldi first appeared nt Sadler's Wells
theater, where he played the part of a
monkey. He was actively engaged on
the stage for forty-nine years, nnd at
the close of his career ho took a itene-
flt nt Drury Lane theater which renl-
Izod nearly fillio He nlso received £l<10
from the Drury Ijtne fund This was
In June. 1828 He died In 1837 and was
burf.'d in the churchyard of St James'
rbapa*- Ftntonvllle Hill
MOORISH SOLDIERS.
Their
Methods In Battle and
System of Signal«.
Th- r
At fighting on borsebui k the Moori
are adepts and extremely mobile. But
they are incorrigibly lazy and seldom
indulge iu night attack
When they
attack iu force the horsemen usually
give u lift to the foot soldiers who ac-
AMiipauy them or allow them to ruu
alongside and bold ou to a stirrup iron.
The mounted meu then make a charge,
wheel rouud and retire and make way
for the footmen, who craw! along the
ground. almost invisible, nnd who rise
to the attack if they come witbin strik
ing distance of the enemy, As a rule,
tile Itittians prefer to lure detached
parties into an ambush or detile and
thus inflict heavy loss upon them, The
mounted meu seldom dismount to tire,
and their tiring, being from the sad-
die, is very Inaccurate. Should th»1 ad
vance of tile white troops lie stow or
hesitating the .Moors effect a bold
combination between horsemen and
footmeu and generally succeed iu in
ilk ting heavy losses on their enemy..
The prime tactics of the Moors are to
delay the advance of an enemy as
much as possible by mounted rifle tire
until tliey cau discern its extent and
direction and subsequently to try en
veloping the advancing force. The
tribes also indulge in sniping, hilt not
to a very great extent, and they also
fight individually, They do not neglect
opportunities for stratagem and cau
effect some very clever ruses, They
tire also guilty of abusing the services
of the white flag iu action.
Tlie Moorish intelligence system Is
an excellent one, and the tribes are
seldom without information regarding
the movements ot an enemy. Tliey
have also an excellent system of sig
naling at night by means of small fires
dotted about the hills and ravines,
which are obscured and revealed in
accordance witli an ingenious code of I I
signals known to themselves.—Chicago
News.
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Achievements
Visions In Sleep.
Born
of
It is well known, says H. Addington
Bruce in Success Magazine, that
dreams have stimulated men to re
markable intellectual achievements
and have even supplied the material
for these achievements, Tims Cole-
ridge composed “Kublal Khan” in a
dream. Tartini got his “Devil's So-
nata” from a dream in which the devil
appeared and challenged him to a mu
sical competition. It was a dream that
gave Voltaire the first canto of his
“Henriade," and Dante's “Divina Corn
media" is likewise said to have been
inspired by a dream.
Many novelists on their own admis
sion have obtained the plots for some
of their best works from materials
provided In dreams. A particularly
impressive Instance is that of Robert
Louis Stevenson, whose “Chapter on
Dreams" in his Etook “Across the
Plains" should be read by all who
would learn what dreams can do for a
man intellectually. Tlx* solution of
baffling mathematical problems, the
ideas necessary to complete some in
vention. have been supplied by dreams.
Occasionally the dreamer has been
known to rise in his sleep and Jot
down the information thus acquired.
In such cases he usually forgets all
about the helpful dream and on awak
ing Is greatly surprised at finding the
record he has made of it. which shows
that—as witli the visions so potently
Influencing health—it is possible for
dreams to aid a man in an intellectual
way without Ids being consciously
aware of them.
Bird's Milk.
“I fed him witli bird’s milk.” This
curious expression was used by the
old sultan of Turkey, while a prisoner
on hl* way to Salonlki. with reference
to ids brother Mohammed. his prede
cessor on the throne. Abdul Hamid
was lamenting ills own fate and tell
ing his captors how little lie deservtsl
it and how kind he had been to his
brother. "I fed him with bird's milk."
he Mid, as if that were the greatest
kindness he could show.
What is
bird's milk? Not the Turkish equiva
lent of the milk of human kindness,
but a European brand of condensed
milk bearing on the can a picture of a
liird on a nest.
His Conundrum.
"Mistah Walkah. kin yo' tell me de
diff'unce ’tween a cold in de head an'
a—a chicken coop wit’ a hole in de
rufe?”
“No. Sam; that's a hard one. What
is the difference between a cold in the
head and a chicken coop with a hole
in the roof?"
“De one am a case o’ influenza, an'
de uddali am a case o' out flew hens,
sub."
“Ladles nnd gentlemen, the vixal
wonder. Professor Wabbles Izzeers.
will now sing the popular ballad en
titled ‘The I.lps That Caress a Stogy
Shall Never Touch Mine.' "—Chicago
Tribune.
What's In a Name.
Returned Traveler By the way. Mr
Wann, your daughter. Miss Etta, Is
married. Isn't she? old Resident—No;
she could have married a fine young
fellow once, but she threw him over
on account of his name. She mid it
was bad enough to be Etta Mann, but
she drew the line nt Etta Knox -CBL
eago Tribune.
No Economy Thors.
Bronx—in Russia they never
J.
“What's in a name?" Tx»nox-Why
not? Bronx—It's taken for granted
that It's the whole alphabet — Lippin
cott'«.
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E. B. Kausrud
Bandon, Oicgon
Notice of Sale of Tide Lands
Notice is hereby given that the State Land
Board oi the State of Oregon, will sell to the
highest bidder, at its office in the Capitol build
ing at Salem, Oregon, on December 14,
at 10:00 a. m., of said day. all the state’s in
terest in the tide and overflow lands hereinafter
described, giving however, to the owner or owi.
ers of any lands abutting or fronting on such lid
and overflow lands, the preference right to pur
chase said tide and overflow landa at the highe
price offered, pro iding such offer is made ir
good faith; and also providing that the land will
not be sold nor any offer therefor accepted foi
less than $5 00 per acre the Board reserving the
right to reject any and all bids.
Said lands are situated in Corn county, Ore
gon, and described as follows;
Beginning at a point on the meander line of
the Coquille river at the northwest corner of lol
6, which said point is 1320 feel east and 1965
feet north from cornets »ectioiu 17, 18. 19 and
20, running thence along
mcande
line a
follows, to-wit:
S 84 ° e I 30 feet.
S 74 0 45’ e 492 feet.
North Mi feet to low water line.
N 75 0 15' w 257 feet along low water
i
line.
N 73 0 10' w 232 feet.
N 80 0 w 137 feet.
S 100 feet to place of beginning, cnntdimm
1.31 acres, br ing lide land fronting on west bali
<>f lol 6. «v 17,'T 28. S R 14 Wol W M.
Applications and bids should be addressed |o
G. G. Brown, Clerk State Land Board, Salem,
Oregon, and marked "Application and bid to
purchase tide lands."
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G. G. BROU N,
39.1IX
Clerk Stale i .and Board
Dated this Sept. 28. 1909.
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BANDON, OREGON
Notice
Notice is hereby piven. That the common
Council of the cuy of Bandon, by resolution
parsed at a regular meeting Nov. 1st, I9G), pro
poses sidewalk improvement upon streets as fol
lows:
On South Fourth street, on the south side
thereof, extending from the northwest corner of
the U aterman s ¡’ark addition east to ihe plank
toad thence south whera thereu no walk at th'«
time to Fifth street.
Also on Pacific avenue (otherwise known a
Little and Wood street) on both sides thereof
(where walk has not already been built) extend
ing from Atwater to Sixth streea. Said walk
to be six feet wide and oi usual q ’cificalions.
Now unless a seperate written rentons .ance
aga-nst each or either of the above dewnbed and
pro[<Med improvements be signed by the owners
of two-thirds of the real property ad|acent to
and abuiiing upon such streets or parts thereof a-
contained in each or either improvement, and
■uch re mor «trance or remons antes be filed with
the rc order on or before the 8th day of Decr-m
Iter, 1909, then the common council will pars an
ordinance declaring and ordering such improve
ments. and lioth ot them, or either oi them that
may not have beta wmonstrat*d against, which
ordinance will a ess the cct thereof to acitsern
property, and provide for the collet.ion th ixv-i
Dated at Bandon, Oregon, November 18th.
1909.
C. R WADt,
City Recorder.
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