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nered in. The warehouses and $ h r JFallB (£itt| Nrute J graneries are fairly bursting with i I----- ------------------------------------------ • M other’s Emerald their contents and prosperity sets a guest at almost every fireside. D. L W OOD k SON, Our President and the govern P n b llth a n . ors of the various states have des E cterad *• Serend-clssS n a il •* tk* poatafflce ignated the day on which the peo- • t f a lls City. Pots t'oanty. Oragoa. oad»r " » M a t A s t r t a t of March ». 1 W .____________ I pie shall express to a bounteful Creator their gratitude for’ these T»l»*h»«*— HewxOftlre. M. A Love Story. S ubscription Ratos O a ey a e r. H OC; ala month«. blessings. M o a sts : t h r a s m a t h s . M coma, alnslo copy. I eta. And to the many positive and By AGNES G. BROGAN material blessings which have A d v e rtisin g R ates P ia p la r 1» conta a s In ch 4-----------------------------------------------------£ B u sin ess K o t'eas. 5 c an to a lln a f o r k ale. R ent. been ours, there has been added R x eh e n g s. W an t a n d P ay R n te r tiin m e a t No W hen fa th e r d rat .p o k e of bringing ttcaa, 5 e ta a U na. C a r d o f T h a n k a 90 e ta : L a ta on this occasion the especial bless the .tu ile n t to board 1 w as glad. Any N otices, leg al ra te s ing that we as a nation have been uew co m p an io n .h ip seem ed prom t.lug C opy fo r now ada. a n d c h a n g e s a h o n ld ha sen t so issolated as to have escaped 1 Hut w hen I co n.ltlered th at the atu to T h e N ew t n o t la te r th a n W ed n eed ay . the possibility of being drawn into deni, M u g m usical, m ight also be lb« O fficii ■aw apap*' al Urn City of F a lit City the great war that is scourging (v s .e s .o r of an u n c e rtatu tem peram ent my tro u b les ap p eared to be Increasing the nations across the waters. I s s r r .P E v e r y S a t u r d a y M o r n in g But while while we have these One like fa th e r w as had euough la auj fam ily, flying off ou Ihe sllghlect prove That’s right, blame the other palpable blessings for which to be ra tio n Into a lit of tem per or. lu hi* fellow. He’s probably doing the thankful, we have other things b etter moods, listening apparently for which to express our gratitude w ith an a p p reciativ e entile ae one re same to you. and these antedate and underlie la led som e personal Incident, only to find a t Ita conclusion th a t his inlud The latest “threat” is that the our present happiness and pros bad beeu engaged w ith som e beloved mill at this place will start about perity, our peace and safty. We "score.” Nora, the cook, w as my only have to be thankful that back in com fort, au d Nora bad not w h a t one the first of January. the days when our nation was be- m ight call an "u n d e rstan d in g " mind ; ing born, a land of heroes, than F a th e r told me his plan one eventug If you feel like cussing us for whom the world has never pro w ith his cu sto m ary tardiness. T he atu what appears in these columns, duced greater, had impressed up- d en t w as to arriv e a t 8 o'clock and let ,er rip. We know then that th e south room to be prepared for hi* | on their hearts to lay the founda disposal. H e w as com ing "free" upou you read the paper. tions of that nation upon the only condition of exchanging secretary T S. .. —i----■ ?- —- | possible true and lasting base - w ork for lessons. T his alone w as s Despite the Democratic good the Fatherhood of an omnipotent recom m endation to th e stu d e n t's mu .le a l ability. F a th e r w ould receive no times, past, present and future : God and the brotherhood of man. pupil w ith o u t prom ise o f skill. Ex the little old dinky job of city And we have to be thankful d te d ly he nam ed Ihe young tnan as marshal is very alluring. that all down the years since that ‘‘h i. discovery.” Eric Know Ison's fit to re, he said, w as assured So I w ent time there have been heroic souls to m o th er's p ictu re about lb I have Rockefeller has been squander, j — worthy sons of noble sires—who a w ay of going to m other's p ictu re In ing his money again. This time i have never ceased to call us with all my Joys a n d perplexities to receive he gave a little girl thirty cents. advice from Us so ft eyes. You see. clarion voice to watch and pre m other left th is w orld as I entered, Watch the price of gasolene. serve the old landmarks, to plant slipping o u t very silently before even our feet upon the everlasting rock my baby a rm s could reach her. ' M other." I sighed, “If w e m ust have President Wilson should not ; and stand firm. an o th er m an In th is house, oh, let us hastily construe his election as And over and above all else, we hope th a t he may be a saue one!" My an endorsement of his adminis have to be thankful that a merciful experience w ith men ended w tth fa tration down to date. It may be God has so moulded the hearts th er. and I fancied them all like him. the sort of verdict that we some and lives of the people of this Nora encouraged me In th is belief “T h e y 're all th e very old devil," she times see rendered by a jury, nation that we are enabled to look said. A nd w ith h er re m ark In my ears “ Not guilty, but don’t do it in to th e m usic room and Inci above and beyond self and see for d I en ran tally also Into th e stu d en t. The again. lOvrselves the great principles of sudden en co u n ter su rp rised hint as eternal truth and justice that m uch a s It did ine. H e bad been re Some significance m i g h t be I must ultimately rule the whole m oving his violin from Its case, whl« tlin g so ftly . H is w histle stopped attached to the fact that of the earth; that we are enabled to ab ru p tly . T hen a fte r we had stared eleven state seceeding in 186-1. not grasp the truth that an injury to at each o th er aw hile he bowed. one of them has since been car ourselves, and that a kindness to "E rie K now lson." he explained. “M erey!" I exclaim ed rudely. “1 ried by the Republican party; yet our fellows calls down a benedic should n ever h av e guessed It. Not the people are wont to say, “There is tion upon our own heads. violinist?" “T he sam e.” he replied, “long hair no North no South.” With the an d soulful eyes m issing perhai>s." H e absolute assurance of the electoral sm iled. “Bound lo be a failure, then vote of these states the Demo Women’s Clothes of None of th e esse n tia ls.” cratic presidential candidate en “ I am P ro fe sso r L udlow 's daugh r," I stiffly reproved him . "and will ters the race with the same lead Day Called Disgrace te show you to y o u r room .” as the fellow matching a footrace Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 22,—It " I t Is my tu rn to say ‘M erry!’ 1 n ev of 350 yards with a 100 yards the have guessed It." th e young is impossible to tell the pure e m r an should start. re m ark ed pleasantly. "Y our f a woman from the courtesan, Luenda th e r h as alw a y s spoken o f you as 'my D Smith of Kansas told the Na d au g h ter, th e housekeeper.' N aturally tional W. C. T. U., in convention I Im agined a staid, sensible appearing Tax Limit. so rt of person Again, none of the es here, in appealing for dress reform. sen tials.” The Tax Limit measure recently Short skirts and low necks worn Suddenly my sm ile answ ered his. enacted by the voters of the state by the modern woman are a dis “ You shall see,” I challenged. So. is bringing forth great howls from grace to twentieth century civiliza w ith free an d m erry ch atter, w e found interested parties. That it will ourselves In th e sh o rt space before d in n er upon astonishingly friendly sadly deplete the fund from which tion, the speaker declared. *$ 2 $ ________________ they have been drawing in such a prodigal manner, is greatly de Hated Hiram Again. plored. It will place many officials Following are two more Hiram in the sad plight of having to •Johnson paragraphs from the Los actually do their own work instead Angeles Times of last Monday— of employing clerks at the expense picked at random out of a long list: of the dear people. Desperate A correspondent is indignant at efforts are being made to evade the Times for comparing Hiram the voice of the people and have Jrhnsoi, to a political Benedict the measure set aside or at least Arnold. If* says that the friends delayed until after the tax levy j of Arnold are hot about it, for Ar nold was guilty of hut otte act of is made. Such cruel restrictions treachery, after which he left the will make it impossible tor these country, while Johnson has com “servants" of the people to tak e, mitted u dozen or more such acts, their usual fishing and hunting and vet remains in the s'.ato. The trips, vacations to pleasure resortir Tiaxes offered to placate its corres pondent by comparing .Johnson to and many other little excursions a political Judas Iscariot. But they have been accustomed to. all that, he says, would be unfair to because the taxpayers have re Judas, for that historical character belled at such extravagance., threw the price of his treachery Verily, the politicians troubles upon the ground and went ami hanged himself, while Johnson grow apace. pocketed his gains and has no use for a rope. THANKSGIVIN 6 From the time of the landing of Suggest. Horsewhip the Pilgrim Fathers, Americans For Fair 'A ffinities’ have been accustomed to set aside one day in the year wherein to re San Francisco—Reversing the view the past year and take stock uaual order, Judge Graham yester of the dealings of Providence with day recommended horeewnipping us as a people. for single women who knowingly What was at first the spontane associate with married men. ous expression of grateful hearts Mrs. Thomas Tippett, in apply soon hecame a custom, and as the ing for a divorce, testified that her years sped this custom became husband, a real estate dealer, had fixed, until today it assumes the absented himself from home many ■acredness of a permanent insti times during the last year, osten tution. sibly on business trips This season is again with us. Her suspicion was aroused when The fruits of the broad acres of ‘■he and their daughter saw Tippett our fair domain have been gar - 1 I at the theatre with a young woman. SATURDAY, NOV. ‘¿ft, 191«. THE FALLS CITY NEWS. term s. It w as fa th e r's forbidding pres ence w hich c a st form ality over the meal. A fte rw a rd , upon th e top step of th e sta irs, 1 listened to th e ir music, fa th e r a t th e piano, the stu d e n t w ith his violin. And th e sw eet s tra in s of th e In stru m e n t a t his charm ed touch caused even me. su rfeited w ith music, to linger. In to th e “ Spring Song” cam e a d o m in an t, personal note, th at was suddenly a clear, com pelling call. Slowly I m oved In an sw er dow n the stairs, th en paused perplexedly In the doorw ay. T h e a tu d e n t smiled. “ 1 called you,” he said daringly, "and l knew th a t you w ould come." So o u r love began, abruptly. Inex plicably. One day E ric told m e th e story of his life. TTneventful It had been, yet one of «a< rlflre HI* fath er, a violin ist. had d eserted E ric and his m other Just a s th e lad w as beginning to realize his Inherited musb-al gift. A fter th a t he had quietly laid his am bition aside w ith his violin and tu rn ed to care for his m o th er And now she w as dead, now only had he dared to Indulge his d ream s, an d fa th e r In a m easure had m ade th is posalhle. F or him self money had n o t m attered , he said T here hed been b u t one th in g he coveted a w hite m arble stone fo r his m other’s gtave. T his he m ust have. "A nd now th e re ’s you, N ance!" he cried. "1 m ust have you!" T hen he caught, up my hand to look a t my rin g s— m o th er's em erald and Its tin y guard. “ D ear,” he said, " a t first I feared th is eoatly rin g m ight be algnlflcant.” "Oh, no!” I told him. " I t has been th e b e tro th a l ring of o ur fam ily, h and ed dow n fo r generations. F ath er's m o th er placed it upon my own d ear m other's finger, an d now th a t she Is gone fa th e r tr u s ts It In m y keeping " “ I t Is o f g re s t value,” E ric said, his eyes sud d en ly aglow aa he bent over th e w ondrous stone; th en w ith his first sign of Im patience my lover turned from me "W h a t Is It?” I asked him, troubled. "T h e Ja rrin g tho u g ht, perhaps, of o u r d ifferen t sta tio n s," he replied— “yo u r m o th er’s costly em erald, my m o th er’s u n m ark ed g rave.” F a th e r coming lit a t Hits liiom ent, I hasten ed lo draw the lea table n earer th e lire. Route!hlng w u i w rong w ith th e alcohol lam p, so I drew my ring« front nty Anger, bending In ad ju st It. 1 (ton th e m antel stood a sm all brass clock. Ita high cen ter spindle, w ith a so rt of latticew ork beneath, m ade an excellent ring tray . O ften I slipped my rtnga over the spindle, nml there, hidden from sight, they safely aw aited my pleasu re So I heard them now tin k le dow n to th eir place and cam e w ith a laughing rem ark to brlghleu E ric's sober mood But ll w as u n a b a t ed w hen Nora called m e to Ihe kltvheu. A fter Ihe evening m eal there w as no between all station* in sum m ons in th e m essage of the violin. “ D ifferent statio n s." I repeated to my OREGON self pettishly. "W h a t In all the world la w o rth having save only love aud nn Southern Pacific Line«. happiness?" T hen I rem em bered nty rings I bad left them upon th e clock On Salt No*. 29Hi and 30th aplndle. Return limit Deo 4th. D own th e sta irs I crept silently - t h e household m ight lie sleeping T h e light A LSO of a stre e t lam p shining through the w indow guided me ncroaa ihe room. I felt for th e rings Ju s t one w as titer*. T he em erald m ust he upou the floor, at reduced rate* to nil sUitiuns in or perha|>s the m autelshelf. or— I pressed Ihe electric buttou. F ath er, en tertng unexpectedly, found m e u | k » u my knees a fte r a last hopeless search 'T h e ring, of course." he exploded. on Southern Pacific line* “ You show It off to a isninlless young vagabond, th en leave It upon the matt* On Salt Nov. 26th, 27th and 28th teishelf a fo rtu n e w ithin easy reach Ask lu c il « s tilt lo t tit*tsIlr«l In lo iin « tu u i or w rit« o f a stran g er." Still m u tterin g accu sations. fa th e r w ent carefully over th e polished su rface o f th e floor, w here no JOHN M. SCOTT. General Pasnontfer Ajfent, sm allest glinting th in g m ight hide. Portland, Oregon. T hen, as 1 hail so m any tim es done, he lifted each article from th e m antel ahelp. T h e re w ere b u t fo u r—the c an dlestick«. th e clock an d m o th er's pic tu re T he rin g had com pletely d lssp o u t h e r n a c if ic in e s pea red F o r one long mom ent fath e r eyed me In stern condem nation. "Y ou will m ake no m ention of this loss." he com m anded sharply, "nor let th e a d v e n tu re r know th a t he Is ana d - t - H - H - H - H - l - H - l- H - H -h -t-l-H -K -l l I I I I H K'H -M - I M i l H -1+ H H - t pected In th a t Ilea our ouly hope of recovery. H e shall tie w atched He t* tile only person, ex cep tin g o u r tw o selves, w ho h as e ith e r en tered or left th is room tonight. T h e re Is no |si»at hie w ay th a t th e rtu g could have ea called." I t seem ed a lt very true. B ut- per haps, I reflected. Eric had tak en the rin g for th e night Into hla ow n safe keeping. In th e m orning he would sm ilingly chide nte for my careless ness as he resto red tt. In th e m orning The leading Republican paper in the State. E ric w as gone. Nora brought a note from him a s I w ss dressing. "D earest.” tt read. "I am called aw ay A weekly for the farmer and stockman. very suddenly. W ill explain when 1 see you.” A sickening sense of th e ttrs d e this new s w ould brlD g fo rth from tny fa Devoted to progressive poultry culture in the rn th e r cam e over me. Jlnd If be should Northwest. '*0 learn th a t th e m an w as m y lover, my prom ised h usband! In tny ow n heart w as no th o u g h t of E ric's guilt. “ FTe's covered up bis tra c k s p retty w ell.” fa th e r said b itterly , "b u t we'll And him yet. T h a t rin g c a n 't be dls posed o f w ithout a sen satio n .” B ut they did not find him My own eyes, filled w ith sad questioning, searched m other’s sm iling ones. - I - I H II I “ W alt," they seem ed to bid m e— "w ait!” And a t la s t E ric c am s I wa* quite alone in th e dusk, and a t flrat he did n o t apeak—Just folded m e close In hla arm s. “ I t h as been so long.” I m urm ured brokenly, “an d no w ord.” "T here w as to m uch to a tte n d to,” my lover said. "A nd I w as h u rry in g back to you. On th e w ay I stopped to place a stone—a fine, tall w hite m arble one—on m other'a grave.” F ra n tic a lly I endeavored to push him from me. F a th e r stood before tts A llho?fornii n 11 boi now , n o tn rh lM fln n Cim ili I h ad n ever know n his w rath to reach n va IrJ f i l i l o # « piotate*. M I r : such bounds. In artic u lately he raved, m ark in g his accu satio n s w ith a th re a t i n n f o r t hol I »nA o t h e r r*a H c r n r tm c n 'a o f M rc h a o lrn . E l e c t r ic i ty , ening fist, w hich, g estiru latjn g . brush hotori»*»hy, I 'c v l a r B ____________ f ip flo s H ow ____ to _ M al o h •"<*'. tta z a p C ollectIo**, ('h trh e n a . lV t« ,ü a r - ed from Its re stin g place m o th er’s pic 'iln.% Itiv n n tio n a nti'1 r i n t a n i Y/<m4«r« ture. I stooped to pick It up, m echan ically a d ju s tin g the catch of th e heavy fram e, th e n —I atood breathless. " F a th e r!" I gasped E rlc'a sta rin g eyes tu rn ed to w ard me. T h e hack of th e p ictu re w as held In place by tw o broad strip s o f brass. In the low er of th ese pockets and evidently Jarred from Its w edging place gleam ed the fatefu l em erald ring. F or a m om ent — •»Of* n d o r i ' t l by »brlr ptlfPlIb we all stood looking a t It. “ I d o n 't u n d erstan d ," m u ttered Eric. “ D on’t you?” I cried, laughing through my tears. “ Well, one evening I th o u g h t I had slipped the ring over the clock's aplndle. b u t If bounded, It seem s, tu rn in g dow n Into the open p<" ket of m o th er's fram e, hiding th ere close and light, it la the Itetrothal ring of our fnm lly, E ric, handed dow n from p aren t to child. And. now . d o n 't yon see? M other Is giving It back to me to w ear fo r you.” My lover cam e close; fa th e r w as fo r gotten. “ N ance,” said E ric, oh, so ten d erly — "N ance, you'd lak e m e like this, a pen niless stu d e n t? You'd believe In me 52 I S S U E S through all false ap p earan ces ag ain st The favorite family weekly of America. all the w orld?" 12 Great Serials or Groups in 1917, and 250 Short Stories, a thou send Article “ Yes. E ric,” 1 told him sim ply. Then and Suggestions, a thousand Funny- he said: "I am glad I'm not q u ite so lama. Special Pates for all ages. unw orthy. My fath e r died a few days ago. T h a t's w hy I w ent aw ay so sud denly. H e sent for me when he w as dying. H e's left me all hla money. 12 ISSUES AND A DRESS PATTERN N ance, and It’s q u ite a lot.” T h e F ashion A U T H O R IT Y followe-t F a th e r cleared hla th ro n t several Uoos of A m erican w omen Ymi the 12 monthly nutura v I tim es before we turned to listen. T hen malting not merely a "dr- as he spoke we hardly knew his voice. partment" but a fashion m aguinc every month of 1917. It w as all so so ft and hum iliated. "B oy," he said; "hoy. I'v e done you Issues and I Sc. McCall Dress w rong In my thoughts. Will you for $ 2 .i° Pattern for . . , give m e?” “ Forgive?" laughed Eric. "W ell, 1 • 1 10 ( I n r o a a or f 0 M o w . Otite) to should say ao, for If I h av en 't stolen th o p u M la h c ri o f th e TV*par In which th is O tar ip p o o ri u 4 f t yonr Jew els I have - tolen your d au g h r f iu . 3- 5 .° v ’P.V*,P N fer ,sz *"<1 »he 1*17 Home Calend.ir ter, th a t’» atire." (This Offer is to new Youth sCompanion subscribers only.) Then fa th e r reached over and put the i t ir ii f r i ' 3 "J0"»1» for one year; also choice of airy 15-r McCall Dress Pattern FREE for 2 cents extra to covpr mailing. em erald rin g in E rlc’a hand, while THE YOUTH S COMPANION. St. Paul S t. BOSTON. MAS!>ACH»r-FTT' m o th er’a eyes sm iled at its all through th e firelight. Go Home-Turkey Day Thanksgiving, Nov. 3 0 th Low Round Trip Fares 15-Day Round Trip Tickets CALIFORNIA S P L OUR 1916-1917 COMBINATION OFFER ALL OREGON PAPERS Falls City Ntsvs One year, $1.00 Evening Telegram, Three months 1,00 Rural Spirit, One year 1,00 . Poultry Life, One year Total value, - $3.50 ALL FOUR PAPERS FOR $2.25 YOU SAVE $1.25. 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