Heppner gazette., October 07, 1909, Image 8

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AT A RUMMAGE SALE
The Little Pouch ,Jh:.t Was
Boualit by Its Maker.
Cy SYDNEY FHELTf..
Mother lookod up from tin' l-.KHlloof
nKl t-lntho which h.nl Jus: arrived at
4!ie p:ir.i:::.uv. Tiny rrpivsontiM all
tint my wra'tliy Aunt Floivinv and
r.iy ooiisin-i cml do t lu lp us in our
rununairo saK.
"1 don't lH-iicvo we have worth
of things all together." she s;;Id. A
hopeless oxpr j-si.n erossed l'.er faee as
he thou u fit of the needed SV.O.
"How hateful ail ones rh'.i relations
always are!" I hurst out. ,-l bo-Hove
they sell their things to old clothes
men."
"Wo must do tlu best we can." said
mother patiently. "The poor people
who pot them will be pleased anyway.
I wonder if any one will look in and
lielp us at the sale."
"Xo one." I answered, with convic
tion. "Between hockey and"
"Hero worship," mother interrupted,
laughing:. "If we could only pet John
Gray to come we would not have
standing- room."
I did not answer. John Gray was
just home from the Philippines. As
in interesting convalescent and hero
he was in groat demand anions the
dr'is. But. thoush I had known hiin
from childhood, I refused to add one
to the ranks of his adorers, so a cool
ness had fallcu between ny old play
mate and myself.
"Mrs. I lennil is in the ' parlor,
maV.r.;." said the maid, and we went
In to be cheered by the gayest little
lady in the town.
Mrs. Pencil had a husband in the
Philippines and appeared to set alons
very well without him. We would not
have willinsly spared that brilliant
face with its wealth of fair hair, auda
cious blue eyes and wickedly curved
red lips from our midst. It was vaia
to try to look askance at Mrs. Denzil.
ber absolute frankness was so disarm
ing. "You look worried," she said. "What
Is It?"
"It is only our rummage sale," I said
sadly. "The things which have been
sent in will bring but .a song, yet we
know of no other way in which to
raise the money."
-"Are men's things any use? Why
not ask young Gray?"
"I hardly liked to," said mother.
"All right, I will. He must have
heaps of thing3 he doesn't want."
Off went Mrs. Denzil, promising to
write to John Gray and send us the re
sults of her appeal. Sure enough, a
few days later she brought In her dog
cart a huge bundle which she opened
triumphantly,
"There, I told yon I would get some
thing out of him shoes, lots of them,
brown and black; two suits, very little
worn; socks, collars, ties."
"Splendid!" we said. "Did he send
them all the way to your house?"
"Xo; I told him I would call for the
bundle this afternoon. It was to be
ready In his own special sanctum. He
was out, but old Jenkins showed me
in. I found a note from him asking If
this sort of thing would be of any use
and saying that if we wanted anything
more Jenkins could get it for me."
Pursued by our grateful thanks, Mrs.
Denzil drove off in her usual whirl
wind. She promised to come to our
sale nest day and especially begged to
be allowed to act as auctioneer for
Gray's things.
Mother and I returned to the exam
ination of the bundle. "Actually, two
of his pipes," she said. "How very
good of himl"
"I said nothing, for just at that mo
ment I had caught sight of something
which gave me a sharp stab of pain.
Many years ago, when John Gray first
went to college, I had worked its col
ors on a tobacco pouch. There bad
been something more than mere kindli
ness in our farewell on that occasion.
He surely need not have sent the
pouch to a rummage sale.
The sale came off the next day. In
the midst of a little argument with a
Ftout woman as to the value of a red
flannel dressing sack mother said to
mo:
"Clare, both of the Whites have
come. That Is rather nice of them.
They have brought another girl with
them."
I looked up and smiled at the three.
Just then, to my surprise, the daughter
of our bank president appeared, fol
lowed closely by a fairly representa
tive gathering of the young ladies of
the neighborhood.
"There must be some mistake," I
thought. "They must think there is
an entertainment to follow."
Just then I heard Mm. Iionzil's voice.
'H'-re I nm." she said, "in plenty of
time. Hurry up. girls; the auction is
joint: to b'-gin. Can I have a chair put
-n tint table? Thanks. The handle v.t
my r.-i'.inic whip will bo the Iiainm'T."
And. VMvz'w.z herself with rapture into
the f;rt. vhe began the auction.
Tin.' buyers were as wax in her
hands.
"Iok at these ties." he said in
tones of ardent admiration "college
-olors, club colors, rainbow cMors.
Girls, you will never forgive your
selves if you let xuch a chance as this
lip. Six ties, all worn well worn.
Did I hear you fay a quarter. Miss
Smith? Oh, I hope not! I could not
listen to such an offer from you. Fif
ty cents. Linda. That Is better, but
not good enoush." In the end she ex
tracted an offer of 1.50 from the bank
president's daughter. Xever once did
fhe mention the name of the donor of
the effect, and the ladies gazed In un
aisgnlsed a ma re men t at each other's
frantic bids.
-Xlils pair of boots," Mrs. Denzil
pursued, "was worn In tne Philip
pines." This was entirely untrue, but the
si liiled bidding ensued, and another
Sii'l became their proud possessor at
the extravagant price of S'J.fiO.
At last, to my mingled relief and
rase, the little tobacco pouch was held
aloft In Mrs. IVtiziPs grasp. I bad de
cided to buy back again my despised
gift if only for the pleasure of seeing
It burned.
"A tobacco pouch lookl" said the
gay voice. "What memories may sur
round It!"
"Twenty-live," scnioaked Linda
White.
"Fifty." I growled.
Mrs. Denzil nearly dropped the pouch
In amazement at my Intervention.
"One dollar," from the oldest Mi.-s
Smyth.
"One twenty-five," I said, my cheeks
burning. Through the hush I could
hear mother's surprised voice:
"Clare, my dear!"
How long that horrible auction last
ed I do not know. I only know that at
last, at the cost of $5, which I could ill
spare, the horrid little pouch became
once more my own property. The rest
of the scene Is a dream to me.
When all the lots were disposed of
all the sirls quietly withdrew, each
eying her neighbor with stern distrust.
Mrs. Denzil sat down and laughed
till the tears ran down her cheeks.
"Do you know how I did It?" she ask
ed. "I told each of them In (he strict
est confidence that some trifles be
longing trjrttrr-trray were going to be
sold. They thought they would pick
up some little souvenir cheaply, but"
and she carefully weighed a purse in
her hands "I don't think they did, ex
actly." I turned toward the big fireplace. 1
would get rid of that pouch at once.
The door flew ope;i, and John Gray
burst in. "Oh, I .say, Mrs. Denzil. I
came rushing down to see whether by
mistake one or two little articles had
net been put into that bundle of mine."
"Oh, I hope I did nothing wrong,"
she said lightly. "I only added one or
two nondescript things."
"Would you tell me whether two of
my pipes were among them?"
"Yes, but they were both quite old
ones, I am sure," said Mrs. Denzil.
"Then If you don't mind I will buy
them back myself. They were favor
ites of mine."
Mrs. Denzil looked very thoughtful.
"Miss Mortimer bought one and Miss
Rawson the other, but no doubt they
would be delighted for you to have
them back."
The young man's face was a study.
"There was one thing more" he grew
very red and looked across to where I
stood rigidly by the fire watching the
slow flames struggling with the rem
nants of their prey "a little tobacco
pouch," he said.
"Very shabby," said the lady firmly;
"quite a disgrace to you. That is why
I took it"
"But I really want that back again,"
he urged. Please tell me who has It."
"You had better ask Clare," she said.
"Mrs. Warren and I have to make out
our accounts."
She drew mother out into the hall.
John Gray strode over to me. I never
saw such n slow fire In all my life.
"Do you know where It Is, Clare?"
he began, and then his eyes fell on the
grate. One end of a bit of gray fabric
still ornamented with a shield lay
among the coal.
"You burned it?" he asked reproach
fully. "Why?"
I could find nothing to say.
"Clare, you could not have thought
that I meant to give that to any char
ity under the sun?"
Still no answer.
He bent over until he could look into
my downcast face.
"Clare," he cried, and even in my be
wilderment I heard the note of joy in
his voice. Then he took me in his
arms, and I straightway forgot that
there had ever been such a thing as a
rummage sale.
He Didn't Bet.
"A man in my county," said a Kan
sas congressman, "was always anxious
to bet on his game of checkers. One
time he was about to play a game for
$10 with a fellow called Three Fin
gered Jack. Suddenly one of bis
friends exclaimed:
" 'Don't bet, Charlie. Don't you
know that fellow wore off two fingers
playing checkers? That's why he's
called Three Fingered Jack.'
"That settled it. The bet was never
made. A man who had worn off two
fingers by brushing them up and down
the checkerboard was too much for
my friend." Kansas City Journal. I
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A Bitter Disappointment.
"When I was in Paris." remarked
the collector of curios, "I discovered
in a bookstall a volume which I knew
at first glance to be of extraordinary
value. I could scarcely believe my
good luck. Breathless, I inquired the
price of the dealer. Just think of it! I
could have had that treasure for a
song!"
"Well, why didn't you get it?" !
"Xever could sing a note in my life,"
cried the collector, bursting into tears. ;
Xew York Times.
The Audience Moved.
He bad been trying to start a re
vival fervor, but the audience was un
responsive. "O ye of flinty hearts." he
tried, "will nothing move you?" "Pass
tbe bat. boss." answered the gamin,
"and we move immediately." Florida
Times-Union.
What the wind irather the devil
scatters. Greek Proverb.
THE" SOLDIER'S BURDEN.
Uncle Sam to Attempt to Reduce the
Too Heavy Load.
For years Infantry officers have been
carrying on much discussion concern
ing the weight which should be car
ried in the personal equipment of the
foot soldiers In the Held. That weight
has gradually increased until It Is now
about h per cent of the weight of the
man who carries it. and of this weight
nearly fifty pounds are represented by
arms and a.voutermonts, with twelve
or thirteen pounds additional In the
way of cjoihing. All sorts of sugges
tions have been mace in the hope that
some way of reuu'lng the burden
might be fcu'id. The experts agree
that the soldier's load should be re
duced to the rille. ammunition, can
teen, one lightweight blanket, rations
for three days and perhaps a light
rainproof shelter. It Is maintained
that the remainder of the kit should
be carried in the wagons and dis
tributed to the men as they need It.
If that can be accomplished the sol
dier will be In a position to cover more
ground. It is the mobility of infantry
which makes for its fighting efficiency.
The war department has arranged for
some elaborate experiments and a
thorough investigation of the subject,
to be "conducted at the Keck Island
(111.) arsenal, where the plant will be
placed at tho disposal of a, special
board of infantry officers of various
grades. If the board should desire
some equipment manufactured for its
examination the plant at I lock Island
will be placed at its disposal. In ad
dition the war department has arrang
ed to send to IJock Island a battalion
of infantry, so that various samples of
equipment may be practically tested
uv.der war conditions. The board will
probably be in session several months,
as the subject cannot be easily dis
posed of. It is probable that a similar
board will be detailed later with a
view to establishing the personal
equipment of the cavalrymen and the
enlisted men of the field artillery.
Washington Star.
The Antarctic Continent.
Strange have been the historical vi
cissitudes of the antarctic continent.
A figment of geographic fancy evolved
by Ortelius in 1570, the great Captain
Cook thought that he had demolished
it in 1773. Resuscitated by an Ameri
can sealer, X. B. Palmer, in 1820, it
took form and definite location under
Wilkes daring and persistent explora
tions of 1840, supplemented by those,
of D'Urville, Enderby and Kemp.'
Ross eliminated Wilkes' discoveries
from his charts, but the continent was
theoretically and scientifically recon
structed by the great physicists, Car
penter and Murray. Slowly evolving
its tangible shape through the discov
eries of the German Drygalskl, the
Scotsman Bruce, the Belgian Ger
lache, the Frenchman Charcot, the
Xorweglan Larsen and the English
man Scott, through the late labors of
Shackleton, the antarctic continent
now appears to extend from Victoria
Land west to Enderby Land and from
Wilkes Land across the south pole to
Palmer Land. Major General Greely
In Century.
The Dulcitone.
The dulcitone of Thomas Machell of
Glasgow has the keyboard of a piano,
but the key hammers produce sound
by striking steel forks like shankless
tuning forks Instead of wires. A
semicircular steel spring carries the
vibrations from each fork to the
sounding board. The tone Is softer
than that of the piano, but it has
great clearness and carrying power
and is adapted for solo playing as
wejl as for accompanying other instru-
There are two kinds
One is the other-
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The kind that IS contains al! the constituents that come
from proper distillation. and ageing That's what makes it
REAL whiskey. . .
NThe kind that ISNT is made of alcohol, prune juice and
bead oil or is simplyjalcohol . put in. charred barrels, and.
branded whiskey. "
The Pure Food Law alms atl having the consumer get
exactly w hat he calls for. .
When you call for whiskey'ask youiM-dealer. if it will
respond to a government laboratory test..
Ask him if he guarantees it.
Then you will know, what you are paying your money for.
Buy the brand you know, the standard for 70 years.
Cyrus Noble pure whiskey all whiskey old wluskey.
quart bottle of GENUINE CYRUS NC3LE
direct to you, all charges
paid to the nearest railroad exprett office.
W. J.: VAN SCHUYVER & CO.
Duelled 1864 105-107 Second Street. Portland. (Vgon
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incuts or the voice. Important advan
tages are the lack of necessity of tun
ing and the portability. A dulcltone
of live octaves weighs but forty-five
pounds, but a plain) of the same range
has a weight of 2ot) pounds or more.
Limit cf Preisa.
The Until of praise for food was
reached the other day In a Sixth ave
nue restaurant where the old fashion
ed confidential Irish waiters are still
to be found. A man well known tc
the place came In very late at night
for supper and asked the man who
had taken his orders for years,
"What's good today?"
."I'll tell you, sir," was the reply;
"we've Just got sojne clams fresh
from the water, and (this In a whis
per) I don't mind telling you, sir,
they're so good Hie waiters are eating
'em themselves." New York Sun.
Reclothing Pclce.
The vegetation on the area laid
waste by the Mont Pelee eruption of
1!)(2 Is gradually reappearing, and the
Indigo plant, castor oil plant, sensitive
plant, guinea ferns, sllv.ir ferns and
other plants are spreading over the
ground. Hoots not kll'.cd by the hot
ashes falling above them have readily
penetrated the thin crust. In other
places the trampling of animals and
water action have been breaking up
the lava, giving a slowly forming new
soil or brhc'ng the old soil to the sur
face. Sr.vo:! by His Htlint.
Brass helmets worn by English tire
fighters occasionally prove useful. At
n recent lire fourteen tons of glass
fell en one man's head and completely
buried him, and when he had been
dug out down to lus shoulders another
shower of glass came liown and
buried him again. He was in a hos
pital for four months, and glass was
coming out of different parts of his
body for six months "afterward, but
he is still one of the best men of his
company.
Too Much Expense.
"Yes," said Mr. Tyte-Phlst, "I was
just stepping on the car when the
conductor gave the niotorman the sig
nal to go ahead, and the car started.
My foot went out from under me, and
I sat down on the muddy crossing,
ruining a twenty-two dollar suit of
clothes."
"Then you sat there, swore like a
trooper and gnashed your teeth in
rage. I suppose," remarked the sym
pathizing listener.
"Xo," said Mr. Tyte-Phist. "I may
have sworn a little, but I didn't do
any gnashing. My teeth are new and
cost me 30." Chicago Tribune.
Waked Them Up.
Dr. Hans Hichter, the famous con
ductor, while supervising a rehearsal
in a London theater once was much
annoyed at the calm way the playerg
were taking the Impassioned music.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen." said he.
suddenly stopping short, "you're all
playing like married men. not like lov
ers." Westminster Gazette.
Not His Fault.
Howell A good deal depends on the
formation of early habits. Powell I
know it. When I was a baby my
mother hired a woman to wheel me
about, and I have been pushed for
money ever since. London Mall.
On Time.
"Does he ever do anything on time?"
"Oh, yes. He quits work." Detroit
Free Press.
When you sell an article by weight,
remember that other people have
scales. Atchison Globe.
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"Well Irrigation of Small Farms
in the Willamette Valley" is the
title of a booklet recently issued
by tbe paeeenger department of
O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific
Companv lines in Oregon, of which
Wm. McMurray ia the general
passenger agent. The author is
R. M. Brereton, of Portland. The
publication is devoted to an ex
planation of tha well-irrigation
eyBtem and the advantages which
may be derived therefrom, and a
copy of it should be in the hands
of every farmer and agriculturist
in Oregon. Copies of the pamph
let may be obtained free of charge
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Proposals Invited.
The Connty Court of Morrow County
will receive realed proposals for furnish
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across Willow Creek at Cecils, accord
ing to plana and specifications on file
with the County Clerk, said proposals
to be tiled wilh the County Clerk of
Morrow County before one o'clock p. m.
September i.'4th, 1909, each bid to be ac
companied by a certified check for Five
per cent of the amount of the proposal,
a required by law.
The County Court reserves the right
to reject any and ll bids.
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