Wallowa County chieftain., April 29, 1909, Image 9

Race
fS A HAWLEY
RACE FOR A WIFE is the story bf a charm
ing young girl, who, to please her father and
save him from persecution and ruin, consents to
marry a man she does not love. Her true lover dis
covers a document which places his rival at a decided
disadvantage, and there is a real "race for a wife," in
-which fidelity and genuine affection win the prize.
This serial is unique in all of its features of plot
and action, with the incidents entertaining to the last
degree. The interest is maintained to the very last
chapter and the story will charm all lovers of good
fiction.
CHAPTER I.
Xminster ! all alive, simmering, bub
bling vit excitement : the magnates
are adjusting ribbons, fitting wreaths,
scenting pocket handkerchiefs, at retching
gloves, tying white neck cloths, and oth--enrUe
preparing for the momentous even
ing. Tbe inferior clay of Xminster hover
about the gateway of The George hotel
in all that exhilaration of spirits that
gratuitous sightseeing is wont to produce
among the multitude. It is but a momen
tary glimpse of some hundred or so of
ladies and gentlemen in evening attire
that is destined lo be the reward of their
patience: but then, you see, Xminster is
'a town in winch the stream of life runs
so sluggishly. Circuses, i conjurers, lec
turers, monologue entertainers, etc, are
rather shy of Xminster; the little town
Is so thoroughly habituated to retiring to
rat at an early hour, that even the visits
-of some of these talented and adventur
ous beings have failed to tempt the in
habitants to forego their beds or to ex
pend their silver.
But the dullest village In England rec
ognixes some occasions in the year on
which dreary mirth takes the place of
melancholy stagnation. They were two;
the fair and tbe dispensary ball. It is
the latter carnival which is at present
ausing the pulse of Xminster to beat
with feverish rapidity, and the popula
tion are already waiting to display their
critical acumen on ths belles of town and
country.
The dear old country fiddles are playing
their somewhat superannuated dance ma
lic with all the wonted animation and dis
regard of the niceties of tune which is so
touch the characteristic of provincial
bands. There is no lack of pretty girls,
tastefully dressed, in valse and quadrille,
lo the queer old room with its atill queer
er attempts at decoration in those gaudy
festoons of artificial flowers. But a state
ly young lady, dressed in white, with
green-and-gold trimmings, seems to bear
away the palm. More than one murmur
ed tribute to her beauty escapes the lips
of the lookers-on as she whirls by.
"Who is she? She moves like a queen
amongst the rest, and obey are good-look-log
girls, too, some of them." And the
speaker, a rather coarse-looking - dark
an, a little the wrong side of thirty,
turned for information to the knot of
men be was lounging with at the door.
"Haven't you ever Been her before,
Feannan? No, I suppose you hardly
eould have done. She goes out but little
that's Maude Denison."
"What I daughter of old Denison of
Glinnr
"Just so former owner of all those fat
acres which have since fallen into your
respected progenitor's possession ;" and a
light inflection of voice just italicized the
epithet; for Gus Brisden was of a good
ow county family, and had little rever
ence for tbe I'earmans of Mannersley.
Tes, very handsome was Maude Deni-
on. She was a beauty of the regal or-
and her stately carriage alone would
tare sufficed to make men ask, "Who is
even without the rich brown
proud grey eyes, and regular fea
tures. "I must know her!" said Pearman.
J0" introduce me, Brisden?"
-i J.0,: 1 bar,'!' know ner myself," re
plied Gus.
must go and find somebody who
ua rearman hurried away.
, , J De wa successful, for.
.j auerwards he led out Miss Deni
'0 tor a quadrille, during which Mr.
7? ala uttermost to make him
7We. lie was a -very earthy
? . c!ar' but u bad enjoyed the
"Taufcg, of . good education Md WM
tahi?eaM deficient in ability. He had
nHu - CertaiD ano'"t of tact while
Wuergomg the friction of such society aa
tod encountered, and proved himself
tonrf v m Worlly knowledge. This
2w v "i 05 jnrt When
ed Maude Denison back to her chap-
JaL .r'"' thouht h br
Ud iZSV . k"t Porta" abe
tad that evening. She bad but just
ned her t wh(m ,
kt .Jm"'- "i brow was slightly
Si'mlhf) Wled "grily as he
Sfiri: iowcould
Oenileh: jrvuter inquired Miss
,;aVmil'nK- "I have danced with
-mteTD' t(hni including your
sell, cousin mine."
iei wt ,b;urd' Mand' r- kn"
Jour W m 1 m"-tbat dark man
wur i&jft partner "
4 . 'Daired Miss Deniaon.
"Dear ' "afficed 40 DreTent
tierrii, I nKbed th Toong lady,
"Wr rln ve P'ined my woman's
iniouif. , me 'rno Ibis monster
caU r tn,th 10 "a
duetd to me Dame when be w" Info-
"T00 didn't know who ' h. waa? I
i
for a
Wife
SMART
a
thought not. That's young Pearman
the unmitigated cad."
"So that was Mr. Pearman, was itr
remarked Maude, musingly. "Well, Gren
ville, I don't think I should have danced
with him had I known who he was;
but, you aee, I didn't, and I cannot see
that it is of much consequence now. One
is uot obliged to recognise the partner of
a quadrille again unless one likes, you
know; and though I'll plead guilty to
finding him amusing, I don't think I wish
to prosecute the acquaintance. But don't
you think it is getting time to leave?
Mrs. Learmont, you are as good as gold,"
said Maude, turning to her chaperone,
"waiting in this resigned manner for me.
However, I am quite at your disposal
now."
"Pray don't think of me; I want you
to thoroughly enjoy your ball, and I am
quite willing to look on at your raising
for another hour. I have lots of people
to come and talk to me, you know."
"Tear laughed Maude; "I am quite
aware that you have lots of old friends,
only too glad to have the chance of a
quiet chat with you, and know also that
you would sit here and pinch yourself to
keep awake sooner than debar your god
daughter of five minutes' gratification;
but I also have a conscience. Go and see
about the carriage, Grenville."
It is very curious to watch what trifling
affairs influence the tenor of our lives.
Maude Denison has deemed it of little
conseuueuce that she has danced a quad
rille with Samuel rearman ; and yet that
dance is fated to draw many a tear from
the proud grey eyes. Grenville Rose, ere
thirty minutes are over, will be tortured
in a way which he is powerless to resist.
The sire of the dark-featured young
man who had expressed such admiration
for Maude Denison had begun life as a
solicitor's clerk, from which in due course
of time he blossomed forth into an attor
ney, and sat himself down in tbe little
town of Bury St. Edmunds, with a view
to the persecution of mankind or the re
dressing of bis fellow men's grievances,
aa circumstances and the presentation of
six and eigbtpence might direct. Bury
St. Edmunds lies no great distance from
the famous Heath of Newmarket. In de
fault of other business, Mr. Pearman
took to attending the race meetings there
at; gradually he became acquainted with
many of those multifarious hangers-on
that exist to mystically by racing. He
had naturally an acute understanding
and he now got many hint as to where
to lay out a little money profitably. The
traffickers in horseflesh and followers of
the turf have their subjects of litigation
as well as those who pursue other avoca
tions. Who was so handy to employ as
Pearman? and, by degrees, he began to
make a name as a solicitor in horse cases
at the racing metropolis and became rich.
In due course Harold Denison, Maude's
father, had passed through bis bands.
Denison had started iu life with a fine
property; but burning the candle, not only
at both ends, but a little in the middle
besides, he had soon done away with that.
Pearman was everything he should be on
the occasion ; but when bis client emerged
from his sea of troubles, two-thirds of the
Glinn estate were in the hands of the
solicitor. Still, everyone said Denison's
had been a very bad break-up; that tbe
property bad been sold at a fair valua
tion; and that, but for Pearman, Harold
Denison would not have been able to keep
Glinn and such acres as were still left
to him. By this time Pearman was an
owner of race horses, and kept a stud
of his own. He had married a lady in
some way connected with usury, and, hav
ing altogether acquired a .considerable
fortune, made the first mistake in his
career, and set up tor a country gentle
man. He built big house on the estate so
recently lopped off the Glinn property ; he
built large stables. He named his house
Mannersley, after the manor it stood up
on. He established a crest and coat-of-arms;
he had h,is cards engraced, "Mr.
and Mrs. Pearman, Mannersley;" he sat
himself down to wait but nobody called.
Money will do and does do a good deal,
but here and there blood respects its
rights. The county were not going to
welcome what they designated as "a
money-grabbing attorney who was fatten
ing on the necessities of Harold Deni
son of Glinn." The Master of the
Hounds, it was true, called upon him;
but even Pearman could regard that in
no other light but taut of a business
transaction. He asked and obtained leave
to draw the covers, gave the solicitor
capital luncheon on his return visit, but
had steadily refused all invitations to
dinner.
In due course of time Mrs. Pearman
died. She left but one son, who at the
period of her death wa an undergradu
ate at Cambridge, but who, now many
.Mor. the gentleman who danced
that quadrille with handsome Maude Deni-
Xoung Pearman baa succeeded far bet
ter than his progenitor in making his
h the county. Still, although
tent bmUl'd hlm,f to
cTn he Of th.
mTkr " Th m
might know h.m in the hunting field; the
younger son, might even go so far as to
,VB ? M"nley for unch, when
tbe hounds or aught else took them that
"ay. But the women tabooed him they
would none of him; ,nd bitterly did Sam
t carman feel that haughty ostracism. All
men have teir ambitions: Pearman had
hi father s intensified, to be acknowledg
ed as within the pale of "the upper ten."
"quite understood that the recognition
, course and hunting field was
tar from constituting such.
CHAPTER II.
r-rold Denison was an embittered, dis
appointed man far too clever not to see
now be bad thrown the game of life
away by the turf follie and extrava
gances of his early days; far too proud
to take a reduced status in the county in
which he had been at one time a lead
ing magnate; far too selfish to sacrifice
an Iota of that pride to enhanc the pleas
ure of either his wife or his daughter.
U bad married, early in lifs, a lady of
ood family In his own county. It had
oeen better for Harold Denison had she
been constituted of sterner stuff. She
never crossed her husband in word or
deed.
.Maude was the only child, and this
perhaps atill more fostered the intense
selfishness of Mr. Denison's disposition.
A girl was, of course, sure to marry. He
had none of his stock to come after him ;
and though he little relished the le of
the Denisona of Glinn being blotted out
of the county Ked-book, be could not be
expected to feel much interest for a boy
ish nephew he had barely Been. On one
point only did poor Mrs. Denison ever
venture to contradict her lord's wishes:
that was about Maude., The girl waa all
in all to her mother. Maude's woman's
wit had early made her understand that
her fa tier dealt but hard justice in that
quarter; and she was ever ready to flash
forth aa her mother's champion. Other
wise she loved her father very dearly,
and was quite imbued with the family
doctrine of self-sacrifice where be should
be concerned.
By the light of a candle, in the soli
tude of bis chamber, Grenville Rose waa
tasting all the sweets of dressing to catch
an early train on a dark February morn
ing. He bad been brought up a great deal
with hig cousin Maude. Tbey had romp
ed together as children, and been fast
cousinly friends since they had grown
bigger. No lovemaking had ever taken
place between the pair, yet Grenville
waa conscious of being very fond of that
grey-eyed damsel.
Grenville enters the old dining room,
to gulp bis scalding coffee, and recognise
the utter futility of attempting to eat at
abnormal hours. He is suffering altogeth
er from considerable mental depression
predominant idea, perhaps, "What a
farce all county balls are !' Suddenly the
door opens, and Maude Denison glides
into tbe room.
"Good morning, Grenville. Isn't this
good of me to make such a struggle, and
rush down to give you your coffee? Ah,
I Bee you've got it. Never mind, you
must take the will for the deed. At all
events, I'm in time to say good by."
His face lit up as he shook hands
with her. "Very kind indeed, Maude, (o
come down and give me a last glimpse
of you so tired, too, as you must be
after your triumphs of last night."
"Triumphs! What do yon mean? re
plied Miss Denison, in sweet humility,
though a coquettish smile and Bash of
tbe deep grey eyes showed that she was
perfectly conscious of her ball-room suc
cess. "Oh, the hypocrisy of women !" laughed
her cousin. "A if you did not know
perfectly well that all the men were
raving with admiration, and that tbe la
dies could find no words to express their
opinion of you ! As if you could not im
agine that you were pronounced hand
some, lovely, graceful stigmatized as over
dressed, under dressed, and awkward !
While your admirers on one aide of the
room vowed so light a foot never glided
across the boards at Xminster, your de
tractors on the other, were speculating
as to bow much of your bair and complex
ion were really your birthright. As if
you did not know you were tbe belle of
the ball, and enjoyed all tbe rights and
privileges of the distinction."
"Ah, well '." she rejoined, with a saucy
smile; "I am not going to be a humbug
to you, Grenville. I know some people
thought I looked nice, and I know others
disliked me for doing so. Let me pour
you out some more coffee.
(To be continued)
lawaraed.
On entering tbe stable suddenly tbe
bead of tbe bouse found tbe hostler and
bis own young son deeply engaged with
tbe broken tall of a kite.
"How is it, Williams," be began, se
verely, "that I never find you at work
when I come out here?"
"I know," volunteered big son; "It's
on account of those robber lieelg you're
wearing now." i'outb'g Companion.
la the Early Flata.
They were examining tbe abodes of
tbe cliff dwellers.
"Each of these caves has the same In
scription," remarked a student "What
do you make of It professor?"
"I Judge," said the professor, "that
it must be tbe lease." Washington
Herald.
What She Eaeaped.
Said He There goes young Saplelgh.
He took bis fiancee out rowing last
summer, rocked the boat and the poor
girl was drowned. '
Said She Lucky girl !
Said He Why do you say that?
Said She Why, she might have lived
and married the idiot
Kat GraatbllBK,
"Don't you find it pretty expensive to
keep up tbat big touring car?"
"Ves, I do. But I'm not grumbling,
von see. Martha agreed to give up play
ing bridge at the Fleecem's if I'd buy
the car. Ob, I'm saving money, all
right" Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Of all tbe gold in tbe possession of
mas 70 per cent is in tbe shape of
cola.
OREGON WATER LAWS.
Review of Provisions of Cod Patfcad
by the Legislature.
Br John H. Lewis, Stat Ensh .
A water law for Oregon, which is
believed to be the best among; all the
states of the Union, i came effective
on February 24, 1909. Complete state
(Control is provided. No water right
can hereafter be acquired without com
pliance with this law. It abolishes ths
old requirement of posting m notice) on
the bank of the stream. Hereafter,
the priority of all rights will ba deter
mined by tbe date of receipt of an ap
plication in the office of the stata engi
neer. If the application is defective,
it will be returned for correction with
out losing ita priority.
The leading feature of this bill la
the limitation of franchises to the use
of water for power development to a
period of 40 years from the date of ap
plication, and , tbe requirement that
reasonable feea be paid to the state- in
all cases by those benefitted. The
schedule of fees baa been designed to
ultimately pay the entire cost of ad
ministration, thus relieving the gen
eral tax payer, who derivea only an
indirect benefit through the added pros
perity resulting from increased devel
opment. The payment' to the state of an an
nual license fee of 25 cents to 2 per
horse power hereafter appropriated
was provided by the Eaton bill, which
takes effect on May 22. This fee is to
be collected by the board of control
and adjusted from time to time, based
upon the percentage of power appro
priated which is put to beneficial use.
In brief, the new water code creates
a board of control, composed of the
state engineer and the division super
intendent of each of the two water di
visions into which the state has been
divided, and upon this board rests the
responsibility of determining and re
cording all water rights heretofore ini
tiated, the granting of new rights in
accordance with law, and the protec
tion of all water rights through a com
prehensive administrative system. .
Before any protection can be granted
to vested rights under the new law,
such rights must first be determined
and recorded. Where numerous ditches
tap a stream, and especially if the
stream is long and the summer flow
limited, state protection is necessary.
The cost and time consumed in de
termining rights under the old law
was very great The water users along
Silver creek, in Lake county, joined in
a friendly auit to determine their
rights, so that a water master eould
be employed to distribute the meager
supply, thus preventing annually re
curring disputes. Fourteen lawyers
were employed on only one side of this
case. Recently, the case was decided
by the Supreme court, after nine years
in courts. During this time, one of
the contestants died, one became in
sane, and a number, tiring of the con
flict, sold to others.
If the experience of Wyoming is
any guide, the most complicated case
can probably be decided, under the
new law, within a year.
The cost is set out in the law and is
designed to be less than the cost of
an abstract to the land. For irrigation
rights, the cost will be fifteen cents
per acre for each acre for which a
water right is claimed up to one hun
dred acres, five cents from one hun
dred to one thousand inclusive, and
one cent for each acre in excess of
one thousand acres. For power, the
cost will be twenty-five cents for each
theoretical horse power claimed, up to
and including one hundred, fifteen
cents from one hundred to one thou
sand, inclusive, five cents from one
thousand to two thousand, inclusive,
and two cents per horse power above
two thousand, the minimum fee in
either case to be two dollars and fifty
cents, for any other claim to water
tbe fee is five dollars.
The procedure ia simple. A list of
questions is sent to each claimant or
owner on tbe stream. He is required,
under forfeiture of his right, to answer
the questions which, together with a
survey of streams and land areas and
measurements of the water supply by
the state engineer, furnish all neces
sary information for an adjucation of
rights. The maps and all statements,
signed under oath before the superin
tendent, are submitted upon a given
day for examination by all interested
parties. If anyone thinks his neighbor
is making an eroneous or extravagent
claim, bis temtimony can be contested.
By this procedure, all errors can be
corrected and, if necessary, further tes
timony taken. As soon as possible, an
order is entered by the board, determ
ining the rights. This order is put in
to execution at once and later filed with
tbe Circuit court for confirmation. If
no appeals are taken, the order is con
firmed. If the case is not reopened
within six monthr, the decree becomes
final. "
Upon such final determination, water
right certificates are issued in accord
ance with tbe decree. These certifi
cates are then recorded in the county
records and bear the same relation to
the water title as t e patent from the
United States does jo the land title.
The right of each user from tbe stream
or from a large ditch, will thus be de
t rmined. Tne law makes the grant
to the use of water for irrigation ap
purtenant to the land irrigated. Tbe
title thereafter passes with the land.
Jul m wraia.
"He's such an apparent Mar," said
fowne, "and so reckless. Oh I he's a
birdf
"Tea, be la a bird," replied Browne,
"and i Ifs so easy to catch him. All
you've got to do is put a little salt on
bis tale." Philadelphia Press.
Scott What makes you think tbat
the trust originated In Rhode Island?
Mott Dad used to apeak of the trust
in Providence as far back as when I
waa a boy. Boston Traveler.
thus making It necessary to follow land
t-tles thereafter in abstract.
No right to the use of water from
the streams of the state can hereafter
be acquired for any purpose without
compliance with law. For intelligent
use and development of our water re
Svurcessome central office must be
provided, where a reliable record of all
water righto can be found. The di
version of water without the necessary
permit ia made a misdemeanor.
The application should be accompan
ied by a fee of f 3 for examining the
same, together with the additional
fees, depending upon the proposed use,
aa follows :
For irrigation, graduated as follows:
IS cents per acre from 0 to 100 acres ;
6 cents per acres from 100 to 1,000
acres; 1 cent per acre for each acre in
excess of 1,000. For power, graduat
ed as follows: 25 cents per horse
power from 0 to 100; 10 cents per
horse power from 100 to 1,000; 5 cents
per horse power in excess of 1,000.
For any other purposes, including ap
plications by municipaliteis, $5.
Three different forms are provided
for the appropriation of water; one to
be used in case of new appropriationa,
another to be used where the appropri
ation is to be made by the enlargement
or extension of existing works and a
third form where the application is for
a permit to construct a reservoir and
impound surplus waters. A separate
application must be made for permit
to appropriate stored waters prior to
its application to beneficial ubs. This
application is made on the first form
mentioned above, and is then known as
a secondary permit, and must refer to
the primary permit, and to the reser
voir from which the water supply is to
be derived. These forms, together
with instructions,, can be secured by
addressing the state engineer, Salem.
Work must commence within one
year from the date of application and
be completed within a reasonable time,
as fixed in the permit, not to exceed
five years.
If the water is applied to the bene
ficial use within the time allowed,
proof is taken of such fact by the di
vision superintendent and a certificate
issued the applicant by the board of
control. This certificate is of the same
form aa issued to early appropriatora
upon determination of their rights, aa
described above.
The new method of initiating water
rights may seem cumbersome as com
pared with the old method, but it is
worth all it costs. The right, when
finally granted, is absolutely deter
mined as to all rights hereafter initi
ated. It will be determined as to all
the world, after a determination as
above outlined. This determination is
made without cost to the new appro
priator. No large canal can be operated with
out one or more water masters to di
vide the water in accordance with the
rights and needs of the different later
als. Likewise, irrigation from public
streams cannot ' be a success without
water roasters to regulate diversions.
The use of streams to convey stored
water to Its place of use was impossi
ble under the old law, and tbe con
struction of many reservoirs was thus
prevented.
As rights are determined under the
new law, districts are created and
water masters appointed, where de
manded by the water users, to enfore
the decrees of the board or of the
courts. This officer is accountable to
the division superintendent and pro
tects, not oniy tne early rights, but al
so all new rights and the rights of res
ervoir owners.
When a headgate has been lawfully
closed to admit the proper quantity of
water, or shut entirely. It Is a misde
meanor for the owner to disturb it
If the gate has been wrongfully opened
during tne nignt, tbe presence of moist
ure in the ditch in the morning Is de
clared to be sufficient evidence to con
vict the owner ef unlawful use.
With such an officer available, capi
tal will not hesitate to invest in stor
age works. The water, when released,
can and will be protected by the water
master, no matter how many ditches
intervene, and the owner permitted to
divert an equal amount, less that lost
by seepage and evaporation.
The final object of the new water
law is the protection of vested rights,
when determined, and to encourage
the development and use of our un
appropriated waters. This encourage
ment is provided in the definite pro
cedure for acquirement of new rights.
The fees are of no consequence to the
one who contemplates putting the
water to beneficial use. In fact, the
certainty of right, which is essential
as a basis for intelligent investment
on a large scale, is worth far more
than it costs. The old-time notice
man, whose chief business under the
old law was to hold up the public, is
effectively discouraged by these fees.
The office of the board of control is
located at Salem, It is composed of
three members, appointed by the gov
ernor as follows: John H. Lewis,
state engineer, Salem, president; F.
M. Saxton, Baker City, and II. L. Hoi
gate, Bonanza, Klamath . county,
Messrs. Holgate "and Saxton are re
spectively the division superintendents
of the Western and Eastern water di
visions. The board, or its respective
members, will be glad to assist the
public as far as possible under the new
code and will furnish information upon
request.
Caeeelata Creams,
Measure tbe unbeaten white of an
egg, add to It aa much water as there
la white, and stir Into this mixture
enough confectioner's sugar to make a
paste that can be molded Into shape.
Roll between tbe palms Into round
balls, roll each of these over and over
In the chocolate coating and lay on
waxed paper to dry.
A married man comes nearer know
ing bow mean be Is than on who la
not married.
Old Favorites 1
Little suae Plsreaa.
Bleep, tittle pigeon, and fold root
wings
I.lttle blue pigeon with velvet eyas.
Sleep to the singing ot tnot&er-blrd swing
ing Swinging the nest where her little on
lies.
Away oot yonder I see a star
Silvery star with a twinkling song:
To the soft dew falling I hear It calling.
Calling and tinkling the night along.
Ia through the window a moonbeam
gold moonbeam with misty
wings;
ill silently creeping It asks: '7s as sleep.
Ing
Sleeping and dreaming while mother
sings I"
Dp from the sea there floats its sob
Of the waves that ere breaking upoa
the shore,
is though tbey were groaning Id anguish
and moaning
Bemoaning the ship that shall come no
. more.
But sleep, little pigeon, and fold your
wings
Little blue pigeon with mournful eyea
Am I not singing? See, I am swinging
Swinging the nest where my darling
lies. ,
-Eugene Field.
The araadfaaar.
The farmer sat In bis easy chair
Smoking his pipe of clay,
While his hale old wife with busy care
Was clearing the dinner away (
A sweet little girl with fine blue eyes
On her grandfather's knee, was catching
flies.
The old man laid his hand on her head.
With a tear on his wrinkled face.
Us thought how often her mother, dead.
Had sat In the self-same place;
As the tear stole down from his half-shut
eye,
"Don't smoke!" said the child, "how It
makes you cry I"
The house dog lay stretched out on the
floor,
Where the shade, afternoons, used to
steal
The busy old wife by the open door
Was turning the spinning wheel,
And the old brass clock on the mantel
tree
Had plodded along to almost three.
Stilt the farmer sat In his easy chair,
While close to his heaving breast .
The moistened brow and tbe cheek so
fair
Of his sweet grandchild were pressed.
His head bent down, on her soft hair lay;
Fast asleep were tbey both oa that sum
mer day.
Charles Q. Kastman,
THS POOR LONDONER.
Whenever lie Moves lie Adds to the
Valee of II la Landlord's Propartr.
According to the London correntond
ent for an American publication New
TCorkers who Jive In flats or even ordi
nary houses are enjoying a condition
of paradise, compared with the lot of
the London tenant
The British landlord, he complains,
la a tyrant; and the long lease systom
Is the basis of bis tyranny. The sys
tem of twelve months least that ob
tains In New York Is tbe Magna Chnrta
of the tenant It has done Infinitely
more for American happiness than
either the Declaration of Independence
or the divorce laws, 'it makes laud
lords compliant and confers upon the
tenant a stutus of something very like
equality.
To be able to take a houso or a flat
for a year, with the option of renewal
at the same rent a rent thut In housea
Includes all decorations and repairs,
and lu flats Includes steam beat, elec
tric light and a perpetual supply of hot
water is to-be a free man.
What London landlords are appar
ently on the lookout for Is a slave, and
a slave who, besides being a million
aire, will outlive Methuselah. Virtual
ly It Is nothing more than, the skeleton
framework of a home that be bands
over to you for twenty-one years. The
tenant does the rest
If he wishes to add a new window.
or to put In the electric light, It must
be done at his own expense. Ton are
to Imagine a procession of tenants pass
ing through every London house, neb
one of them laying out money on some
pet Improvement of his own this one
adding a billiard room, that one con
centrating on a gus cooking range, a
third lavishing parquet flooring upon
tbe drawing room, a fourth bringing
the bathroom up to date, a fifth Install
ing a beating system, and so on. And
every one of these additions becomes la
tbe end the landlord's property.
Read ta Kill the Piles.
W. W. Jacobs, tbe English humor
ist, relates tbe following story: "I
was looking at a butcher shop display
when the butcher came out and said to
an old man; 'Henry, I want you.'
'What do you wantT tbe old man
asked. 'Why.' said the butcher, 'I'll
give you a shilling and a Joint of meal
If you'll kill all the flies to my shop.'
'Al right' said the old man. 'Give
me the shilling first and the meat aft
erward.' Tbe butcher banded out the
shilling. Then the old man asked for
a stick about a yard long. This waa
brought hlra. He grasped It firmly,
went to tbe doorway and suld: 'Now?
turn 'em out, one at a time,' "
We have noticed that a preacher la
Dearly always a great niau to shake
hands.