Cottage Grove sentinel., October 13, 1911, Image 9

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C ourtship
s f cT W ile s
S ta n d is ti
W i t h lllu s u a llo n s
by
H o w a r d C h a n d le r C h risty
i l 4 J i » ? r t g h l . T I * * llw bii» M o n i t i « «>u»k<»»ujri
John Ahlen
Into ih« (lin n air John Alilru, per
p lritd mill bewildered,
tin /liril like u iimn I it mm 11 «, nnd wun
d«r»d nlmie by (lie Ken »Id«;
I'nceil up mid down III« auiulii, mul
l ured bln bend (o lb« east wind.
C oo II iik lila healed brow, mid Ibe Hr«
and lev er within him
Slowly aa mil of Ibe he.ivens, with
upoeulyptlcul apleiidora,
S an k the City of (iod. In the vlalon
of John llie A pintle.
Ho. with it« cloudy wm I’. m of ebryaolito,
Jnaper, und sapphire.
Hunk the broad red uun, mid over It*
tu rreia uplifted
(<llllilit«l • d III« K'dden reed of the
atiKel who invuaured the city.
Fighting som e great campaign In
waa n ea rest to heaven.
lla ln a u t or llrahan t or Flanders. Covered with snow, but e rect, th e ex-
re I lent Klder of Plym outh.
"Long have you been on your errand ,”
he «aid with u rh ccry dem eanor, (Iod had elfted three kingdoms to find
the wheat for 'h is planting,
liven uh one who Is waiting an an­
T hen had sifted the wheat, ua the
swer. and rent« not the Issue.
living seed of a nation;
"N ot far off 1« the house, although the
Ho say the ch ro n icles old, and such
woods are betw een us;
Is the faith of the people!
Hut you hav« llugeieil so long, that
while you were gplng and com ing N ear them was standing sn Indian, In
attitu de stern and defiant,
I have fought ten b attles and sacked
Naked down to the waist, and grim
tilid dem olished a city
and ferociou s In a sp e ct;
Come, sit down, and In order relate
W hile on the table liefore them waa
to me all that ha« happened.”
lying unopened a lllhle,
Then Jo h n A lien «puke, and related I'onderniis. hound In leath er, brass-
Mtudled, printed In Holland,
the wondrous adventure,
Prom beginning to end, m inutely, Just And beside It ou tstretched the skin of
a ra ttle sn ak e glitter««!,
a« It happened;
How lie had «««ti I'rlarlllu, and how Filled, like a quiver, with arro w s; a
he hnd sped In hi« courtship,
signal and challenge of w arfare,
Only sm oothing a little, and softening drought by the Indian, and speaking
down her refusal.
with arrow y tongue* of d«inance.
Hut when he cam » at length to the T h is .Miles Htandlsh beheld,' as he e n ­
words 1‘rU cllla hnd spoken,
tered. end heard them debuting
Word» so tend er and cru el: "W hy W hat were an answ er beOltlng the
don't you «peak for yourself,
hostile mewsage and m enace,
jo k a ? ”
T alk in g of Ibis and of that, contriving,
Cp leaped the Captain of Plymouth,
suggesting, o b jtc tln g ,
and Htaiupi d on the floor, till his One voice only ror peace, and that
armor
the voice of the K.der,
Clanged on the wn'I. where It hung. Judgli g It w l-e und well that some at
with a round of sin iste r omen.
least were converted,
i
VII hi« pent-up wrsth burst forth In a R a th er than any were slain, for this
sudden • sploslnn,
was hut C hristian behavior!
Kven as a hand grenade, that s c a t­ Then out«! oke Miles Htandlsh. the
ters destruction around It.
stalw art Captain of Plymouth,
W ildly he aliou'ed, and loud: "Jo h n M uttering deep In his throat, for bis
Alden! you nave betrayed me!
voice was bu«ky with an g er;
Me, Miles Htnndlsh. your frien d ' have "W h a t! do you mean to m ake war
supplanted, defrauded, betrayed
with milk and the w ater of ro ses?
Is It to shoot red squ irrels you have
m e!
your how itzer planted
One of my a n cestors ran his sword
through the heart of W at T y le r; T h ere on the roof of the church, or
Is It to shoot red devils?
W ho shall prevent m e from running
my own through the heart of a Truly the only tongue that Is under­
stood by a savage
tra ito r?
Yours Is the
g re a te r
treason, for Must be the tongue of Are that speaks
from the mouth of the ca n n o n !”
your* 1« n treason to friend ship'
"W elcom e. O wind, of the K » » t!” he
exclaim ed In hla wild exultation.
"W e llm i e O wind of the Kual. from
the envea of the inlaty A tlantic!
III ow I uk o ’e r nelda of dula«, and j
m easu reless
ineudowa of aea
ltr««B.
III ow I uk o'er rocky wnxte.x, end the
m otto« and Kurdena of ocean !
1 .11 y thy cold, mnlnl hand on rny burn
I uk for« head and wrap mo
( 'l o r e in thy garm ent« of mint, to al
lay the fev er within tu«!*‘
L ike an awakened conselenca, Ibe
re a win moaning and loaalnK,
IteatlnK rem orseful and loud the tnu
table aunda of th e aea abore.
F ie rc e In hla a«»ul was the stru ggle
and tum ult of paoalona contend
It *
!«ove trium phant and crowned, and
frlend rhlp wounded and bl«'«'dlnK.
1‘aaalonate rrle a of dealre, and Im­
portunate pleading« of dufy!
" la It my fa u lt.” he aald, "th a t the
maiden hiia choaen lielw een u«T
la It my fault that be fnl!«>d. my fault
that I am the v icto r?"
T h e n within him th ere thundered a
voice, lik e the voice of Ihe
p rop net;
" I t hath dlapleaaed the !>ord!”— and
he thought of David's transgres-
•Ion,
llathnheba'« beautiful face, and hla
friend In the fro n t of the b a ttle !
S h am e and confualon of guilt, and
nbaoem ent and se lf condem nation.
O verw helm ed hltn rtt o n ce; and he
cried In th e deepeat co n tritio n :
" I t hath dlapleaaed the Ixird !
It la
the tem ptation of S a t a n !”
Then npllftlnK hla head, he looked
nt the a«a, and beheld th ere
Dimly th e ahndowy form of the May­
flower riding at anchor,
Hocked on the rlatng tide, and ready
to aall on the morrow ;
H eard the voice« of men through the
mlat, the ra ttle of cordage
Throw n on th e deck, the «bout« of the
m ate, and the aallora' "A ye, aye,
a i r !"
C le a r and d latlnct, but not loud, In
the dripping air of the tw ilig h t
S till for n m om ent he atood. und
. Itatened, and atarod a t the veuael,
T h e n went hurriedly on. aa on« who,
seeing a phantom.
Stop«, then qulckena hla pace, and
followa the beckoning ahndow.
"Y e a , It la plain to mo now ," he mur-
m ured; "th e hand of th e Lord la
le a d in g me out of the land of dark-
neaa, the bondage of error.
T hrough the aea, that «hall lift the
walla of tta w ater« around me.
H iding me, ru ttin g me off, from the
cruel thought« that puraue me.
H ack will I go o 'er the ocean, thla
dreary land will abandon.
H er whom I may not love, and him
whom my h ea rt hoa offended.
B e tte r to be In my grave In the green
old churchyard In Kngland,
Cloee by my m other'« «Ide, and among
the duat of my kindred;
B e tte r be dead and forgotten, than liv­
ing In eham e and dlahonorl
S a cre d and aafe and uneren. In the
dark of the narrow cnam ber
W ith me my e ecret «hall die, like a
burled Jew el that glim m er»
B rig h t on the hand th a t la duat, In the
ch am b er* of alienee and dark-
neaar—
T e a, aa th e m arriag e ring of th e great
eapouaat h e re a fte r I”
Thu» »■ be apake, he turned, In the
stren g th of hi» stro ng resolution,
L eav in g behind him the shore, and
hurried along In the tw ilight.
T hrough the congenial gloom of the
fo rest silen t and som ber,
TUI he beheld the lights In th e seven
houses of Plym outh,
S h in in g like seven «tars In the duak
and m l*t of the evening.
Soon he entered hla door, and found
the redoubtable Cnptaln
Sitting alone, and absorlmd In the
m artial pages of C aesar,
W in d in g HI i Sinuous W ay.
You, who lived under my roof, whom
I cherished
and loved as a
b ro th e r;
You, who have fed at my hoard, and
drunk ut tny cup. to whose k e e p
Ing
I have Intrusted tny honor, my
thoughts the moet sacred and se­
c re t,—
You, too, Hrutus! ah. woe to the name
of friendship h e re a fte r!
Hrutus waa C aesar's friend , and you
were m ine, but henceforw ard
L et th ere he nothing betw een us save
war, and im placable h a tr e d !”
So spake th e Captain of Plymouth,
aa he strode about In the cham ­
ber.
Chafing and choking with rnge; like
corda were the veins on hla tem ­
ples.
Hut In the m idst of his anger a man
appeared a t the doorway,
B ringing In utterm ost h a ste a m es­
sage of urgent Im portance,
Rum ors of dnnger nnd war and hos­
tile Incursions of Ind ians!
S traig h tw ay the Captain paused, and,
w ithout fu rther question or par­
ley.
Took from th e nail on the wall his
sword w ith It* acahhard of Iron,
Buckled the belt round his waist, and,
frowning fiercely, departed.
Alden was left alone. He heard the
clank of the scabbard
Growing fa in te r and fa in ter, and dy­
ing away In the distance.
T hen he aroae from hla aeat, and
looked forth Into the d arkness.
F e lt the cool s ir blow on hla cheek,
th a t waa hot with the Insult,
Lifted hts ey es to the heavens, and,
folding hla hands as In childhood,
Prayed In the silen ce of night to the
F a th e r who aeeth In secret.
M eanw hile
the eholerlo Captain
strode w rathful away to the coun­
cil.
Found It alread y assem bled, Impa­
tien tly w’nltlng hts com ing;
Men In the middle of life, a u stere and
grnve In deportm ent.
Only one of them old, th e hill that
Thereupon answered and Bald the e x ­
cellen t Klder of Plym outh.
Som ew hat amazed and alarm ed at
th is Irreveren t la n g u a g e ;
"N ot so thought Sain t Paul, nor yet
the oth er A postles;
Not from the cannon's mouth w ere
the tongues of fire they spake
w ith !"
But unheeded fell th is mild rebuke
on the Captain,
W ho had advanced to the tab le, and
thus continued d iscou rsing;
"L e a v e th is m atter to me, for to me
by right It pertalnetb.
W ar Is a terrib le tra d e ; but In the
cau se th at Is righteous.
Sw eet Is th e sm ell of powder; and
thus I answ er the c h a lle n g e !”
Then from the ra ttle sn a k e 's skin,
with a sudden, contem ptuous ges-
'
ture.
Je rk in g th e Indian arrow s, he filled
It with powder and bullets
Full to th e very Jaw s, and handed It
back to the savage,
Saying, In thundering to n es: "H ere,
tak e It! this Is your a n s w e r!”
S ilently out of the room then gilded
the g listenin g eavnge.
B earin g the serp en t's skin, and seem ­
ing h im self like a serpent.
W inding his sinuous way In the d ark
to the depths of the fo rest.
(TO
UK C O N T I N t’ K D .)
Too Much Ceremony.
A C incinnati drum mer happened to
be put at a tab le at Columbus erlth a
number of leglalatora. and the courtly
wsy In which they addressed
each
other g reatly bored the com m ercial
trav eler. It was: "W ill the gentlem an
from Hardin do th is ?" and ”the gen­
tlem an from Franklin do th a t? " They
Invariably apoke to each oth er as the
gentlem an from w hatever county they
happened to hall from.
F or 10 or 16 m inutes th e drummer
bore It In silence.
Then he suddenly crushed the sta te s ­
men by singing out In sten torian tonea
to the w a iter:
“W ill the gentlem an
from E thiopia please pass the b u tte r!*
T h at ended the "gentlem an from *
bualneaa.— R ehobolb Sunday Herald,
F A M O U S O L O -T IM Z
'AS TH E TWIG IS BENT
PROPHETESS.
*9 THE *t*
Ju s t outside the town of Knaree-
borough, Y orkshire, Kng . resided Mo­
IT 18 E A S Y T O T 1 A C H L I T T L E ther Bhlptcn, In a cave, still coiled
a fte r her. According to tradition th *
C H I L O OOOO M A N N E R S .
prophetess and witch was horn In
14*8, and was baptized Ursula by the
Abbott of B everley, although It was
W hile His Mind Is Plastic He Should stated th at the Evil One was her fa­
Ba Train ed In the Hom e In Proper
ther
flhe must have been an ugly
child, for one account
says
"h e r
Behavior and Language.
statu re was much larger than com­
Good m anners, like ch arity , should mon, her body crooked, and her face
begin at hum« l/et me add th at they frig h tfu l." Htlll, she managed to get
should begin with the little children, m arried, at the age of twenty-four,
while th eir minds are In a receptive, to onet Toby Hhlpton, and for nearly
p lastic condition.
W ith use, the fifty years more her prophecies were
good m anners, esp ecially of speech, legion. It la understood th at the first
grow toward a sta te of perfection. one of note which cam e true related
You do not need to have a governess to the downfall of Cardinal W olsey,
T H E ROSE O F E N G L A N D .
or a tutor fo r your child. You can he and that she followed this up with
gin to train him yourself, being care- certain rem arks relating to the dis­
Through centuries rose and sham­
But what
ful to co rre ct every had tendency and solution of the m onastries
to encourage and praise every good Is chiefly Interesting today are her rock and th istle have been honored
supposed views on modern tim es; and as the specific em blem s of the th re*
action.
United
Kingdom.
Home little ones are painfully shy In this connection It Is said that she countries of the
In the presence of stran g ers.
In­ foresaw bicycles snn railway trains, They have been part of the symbol­
ism of oth er coronations, the last
spire conldenc» In them nnd let them and had also an Inkling or motor
tim e Interwoven with the lotus flow­
gradually becom e ac«-u«tomed to the cars and Ironclads
er of India It can hardly be said th at
outsider. I)o not fo rce the shy child |
the rose m eans as much to an Eng­
T
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to kiss a stran g er or to talk to one i
lishm en as sham rock or th istle to hla
when you see th at It Is positive to r­
kinsm en. It Is not a badge of nation­
Bosw
ell
was
the
fath
er
of
Inter­
ture. W alt till he Is a little older.
ality like th e thistle. It Is not sacred
view
ers
When
he
planted
him
self
In speech, begin rig h t away with
! the use of "th an k you" and "p le a se ." squarely before his em inent friend to England as a country d istin ct and
I know children with extrem ely lim­ and Inquired, "If, sir, you were shut apart. We go back six centu ries and
more and find an Edmund P lantagenet
ited vocabu laries who use these term s up In a castle, and a new-born child
with you, what would you d o?" th ere with the red rose for his badge. From
correctly.
him the house of !.* n o *s te r took their
In sist that th ere be no Interru p­ you have the system Inaugurated. In
tions when others are speaking Give the fu llness of tim e we have arrived red rose, and from them the Tudors.
a child his opportunity to be heard, at the reporter behind the note-book, But as the wars of the ro ses remind
! nnd when he asks a question for ln- and the ller-ln-w alt behind the kodak us. th# red rose Is not th e only one
have
died.
| form ation, answ er him.
If
he Is T h ere Is this much to he said of the for which Englishm en
m erely asking for the sake of asking, l parent, which cannot alw ays be said Sh akesp eare would have ua believe
and pays no atten tio n to th e reply, j of his descendants— that he was th a t the House of York first took the
w hite rose fo r Its badge In the dan­
punish him by refu sing the n ext tim e stead fastly resolved to m ake his sub­
g er of war. T h e truth Is th at tho
je
c
t
pose
well.
If
the
foretops
of
Dr.
und telling him why you refuse.
W hen you call a child, do not per- 1 Jo h n so n 's wigs were all burned away w hite rose had been the badge of the
biographer feels House of York ever sin ce the title of
m lt It to say "W h a t? "
It Is crude, In reading, the
Red rose»
bound
to
mention
the
fa c t; but he th e duchy was created
abrupt and lacks som ething which Is
so easily supplied that you should not speaks disparagingly only of the can ­ and w hite were united In the Tudor
neglect the opportunity to do so. dle, He would not have hesitated , I house, and a rose of any hue becam e
of England.— London
Very much b etter Is. "W h a t did you feel sure, to Inquire of So crates con­ th e em blem
say, m ottier?" or "I did not hear, ; cerning his dom estic In felicities, or Mall.
fath er.” T ry th is fo r the d ifference j of Henry V III concerning his religious
A M U S T A N G 'S ANCESTORS.
b e lie f; but In his report of the m at
If you doubt my word.
Children can show the required d ef­ te rs S o cra tes would preserve his dig­
B u t, b rillia n t as was the care e r ot
eren ce to eld ers not by "Y e s . m a'am .” nity. the king his piety.— Holbrook
the N arragan sett pacers while It last­
for that Is obsolete and m ore the sign W hite, In the A tlantic.
ed, the pony th at has played the moat
of resp ect shown by a serv an t to an
conspicuous and. In m any resp ect*
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M
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employer.
B e tte r th an this Is the
th e m ost Im portant,
role
In th *
"No, Aunt M ary," or "Y e s , fa th er."
m ustang
or
Civilization has not yet taught the United S ta te s Is the
When an older person greets a lit­
"b
ro
n
co
"
as
he
Is
often
called.
T
h
ese
Afghans
to
abolish,
th
eir
barbarous
tle child and asks "How are you ?” j
he should not be m et by a banging ways of m eting out Justice. R ecently horses are undoubtedly the descend­
head and a sullen face T h e little one a widow was allowed by the Amir, the an ts of horses brought over by th e
should reply. "V ery well, thank you.” native governor, to take a dram atic Spanish conquerors. T hey are easy
It Is very easy to teach these little vengeance on her husband's m urder­ under the saddle and rem arkably su re
T h e woman’s husband had been footed and enduring; indeed In the
i things w hen the boy or girl Is young. e r
A little girl when entering a room 1 murdered by another Afghan who was la tte r re sp ect there Is probably no
should stand beside her m other's ch air under the Im pression th at his victim breed of horses th at will do so much
! until introduced. A little boy should j had some money In bis possession. work without being fed grain. T h e e *
ch a ra c te ris tic s have made the mus­
[ alw ays rise when his eld ers e n te r a ' It appeared, how ever, th at the m ur­
' room and rem nln standing until the dered man was penniless and what tang serve an e x ce lle n t purpose In
th e m urderer thought was money th e ca ttle business, but they are so
j others are seated.
Oh, It Is easy to bend the tw ig! I turned out to be the rem ains of som e fully offset by others, of a less d esir­
i rem em ber the wall and reg ret of one | food tied around the dead m an’s able kind, th a t he Is not, under any
T h e m urderer was captured ordinary circu m stan ces, an anim al of
man who at a m ature age had to he i w aist.
j taught all the little th in gs th at should and the Amir ordered him to be hand­ much value.— Outing Magazine.
| have been drilled In when he was a ed over to the widow, who was told
P R E S E R V I N G S P ID E R 'S WEBS.
th a t she could do what she liked with
I little hoy.
Today notice the speech of any lit- ' him. T h e widow decided to take the
N atu ralists employ an In terestin g
tie one around you.
Find out the 1 m an’s life, and while two m ale
; flaws and begin right away to cor- j friends kept a firm hold of th e victim method to p reserve all kinds of spid­
' re ct the Im perfections. You will be | th e woman slowly cu t the man'« e rs' webs. The webs are first sprayed
with an ato m iser with a r tis ts ’ sh ellac,
1 gratified with the resu lts.— P hilad el­ th roat with a penknife.
and then, should they be of the o r­
phia North Am erican.
g eom etric form , they a re
R E M E D Y FOR E A S T C O A S T F E V E R . dinary
pressed carefu lly again st a g lass plate,
T a lk in g It Over W it h the Boy.
The statem en t th at a remedy ha» the supporting strand s at the sam e
E xp erien ces of others In bringing been discovered for e a st coast fever tim e severed. A fter the sh ellac has
up th eir boys have so greatly aided ‘ will. If co rrect, prove a great boon dried the p lates carrying the webs
m e tn bringing up my own. th at, per- j to the farm ers and natives of South can be stored away In a cab in et .E ven
haps, a way which* helped me through A frica, many of whom have been dome-shaped webs may be preserved
a trying period with one of nyr sons ruined by the ravages of th is terrib le In th e ir original form by spraying
may. In Its turn, be of use.
scourge.
At one \ime previous to them , allow ing them to dry before
Although for years I had tried to j 1896 stock-farm ing was perhaps the th eir rem oval from th eir supports.
Instill good m anners as well as mor­ m ost rem u nerative form of agricul­ Many spid ers' webs are very beautiful,
als, th ere cam e a tim e when one of | tu re In South A frica, but in th a t y ear and all are ch a ra cte ristic of the spe­
the boys seem ed to fo rget everything th e herds of the farm ers were deci­ cies to which they belong, so th a t,
I had been at such pains to teach. He mated by rin d e rp e st No sooner had from a scien tific standpoint, their per­
positively Ignored the rights of others, th is pest subsided than It was fol­ m anent preservation Is very d esirable.
nnd developed little trick s of m anner lowed by e ast co ast fever. B ut, now
which, while not serious, were exceed ­ conies th e news th a t Jo sep h B arnes,
O R I G I N O F “ BO SH."
ingly annoying.
C. M. G„ one of South A frica's m ost
It Is a d elicate m a tte r to keep c a ll­ progressive ag ricu ltu rists, succeeded
"B o sh ” sounds a fairly good E n g ­
ing atten tion to fallin g s tn a btg boy I th is year In saving all his herds by lish word to apply to your political
of sixteen, and 1 found our good fel- | building dipping tan k s on his prop­ opponent's argum ents. It Isn’t Skim ­
low-ship
was
becom ing
seriously erty. In which the c a ttle were Im­ m ing D octor Beddoe's “M emories of
strained.
m ersed for a short period, thus ren­ E igh ty Y e a r s." one finds the d octor
A sim ple plan suggested Itse lf— I dering them Immune.
trying to explain the P ro testan t re ­
gave up all fault-finding except on one 1
ligion to a mullah. " I t seem s a very
day of the month. On th at day we C O W B O Y H A T S 2,000 Y E A R S AGO. d ecent so rt of religion,” said
th *
bad a good talk and got over 1L
mullah, in e xcellen t E nglish.
But
T his cleared the atm osphere, aul- | T h at th ere Is nothing new under th ere w ere two ob jection s. The first
lenness disappeared. I did not feel th e sun Is becom ing m ore and m ore was th at we “pay no honor to th *
neglected, yet could stop what had axiom atic. It Is suggested th at the prophet.” T h e second was "your doc­
becom e nagging, and th e one serious E gyp tian s under Pharaoh knew
of trin e of th e T rin ity , which you w ill
tnlk proved far m ore effectu al than radium, th a t the A ssyrians and C hal­ exhuse my saying Is bosh.” W e have
con stan t p ro tests.
deans were acquainted with e le ctric­ got the word from th e Tu rkish. I t
ity and th at aviation was not un­ m eans nonsens«.
known to the ancients. Now we learn
"T h e T r u t h About Birds.”
th at fresco es and bas-reliefs In C rete F I R S T A P P E A R A N C E O F C O M M O N
Let us face the tru th about b ird s;
show th at In the depths of past age»
T H IN G S .
nor he duped by the beauty of th e ir
h u n tresses wore leath er boots, with
flight's Incalcu lable curves. They are
big hats like those used by A m erican
T h e first pipe organ was made by
greedy, they are Im pertinent, they are cow boys, and th at an archaeologist
Archim edes as early as 220 B. C. T h e
untrustw orthy, they are b rainless,
has com e to the conclusion th at the
they are hopelessly unclean.
They fashionable C retan ladles 2.000 years first d ictionary was made by the Chi­
nese sch olars In 1109 B. C. The first
have not even the qualities of th etr
b efore th e C hristian era appeared In pair of sp ectacles was made by an
defects. T h e least, for exam ple, th at public with boots with heels,
the
one could expect of such m arinai cre a­ straig h t m antle and Jupe cu lotte. In Italian In 1299. Steel needles w ere
first made In England In 1545. Ad­
tu res would be punctuality. M yself, I
fact. Ju st like a lady from one of the
have never depended on my wood­ celebrated P arisian dressm aking e s­ v ertisem en ts first appeared In new s­
papers In 1652. T h e first horse rail­
pecker to wake me at a given tim e ;
tablishm ents.
road was built In 1826. The folding
but I onèe had a friend who counted
envelope was first used tn 18,19. Cool
on a cardinal-bird. Six m ornings he
C O M P O S IT I O N OF T H E A U S T R I A N
was first used as an lllum lnant In
waked her regularly Ju st th ree hours
P A R L IA M E N T .
18 26. T h e velocipede was Invented by
before b reak tast.
T h is, she consid­
D rals In 1817.
ered. constitu ted a precedent. On the
According to Inform ation supplied
seventh m orning, she had an early en ­
by the deputies them selves, the new
ODD W E D D IN G CUSTO M.
gagem ent. T h e cardinal-bird had. by Austrian parliam ent Is composed of
that tim e, sought oth er casem ents, 120 landed proprietors. 60 advocate»,
Among the Lolos of w estern China
and my tru stin g friend missed her ap­
and the sam e num ber of authors and It Is custom ary for the bride on th e
pointm ent
T h is Is the real m eaning
Journalists. 41 public officials, 40 pro­ wedding m orning to perch h e rself on
of "fllg h ttn e ss."— K ath arin e F. Gerould
fessors, 26 persons at private em ploy­ the highest branch of a large tre e ,
tn the A tlantic.
m ent. 22 business men. 21 Judges, 14 while the elder fem ale m em bers o f
m anu factu rers. 11 burgom asters, ten her fam ily clu ste r on the lower lim bs,
te ach ers, nine doctors,
nine
diet armed with sticks.
L ite ra r y M lxtu r»,
When all a r e
"W h at we w ant," said the publisher, m em bers and nine form er cab in et duly stationed t i « bridegroom clam ­
"is the te rse, hard-hitting modern m in isters and privy councillors, eight b ers up th e tree, assailed on all sid es
engineers, seven m erchants, five polit­ by blows, pushes and pinches from
style of expression.
"1 know ," replied th e w riting p er­ ica l officials, th ree private persons, the dow agers, and It Is not until he
son ; "th e stuff th a t sounds like pro- j two clergym en and an activ e cab in et has broken through th e ir fen ce and
fanity with a title benzoate of soda . m in ister, an artist, a town councillor, captured the bride th at he Is allow e4
on officer and a workingman.
to carry her off.
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