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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1899)
-OiI.D man. i mice.- 1 want your ml- e iinliotthntn broke a niece m . . .1 till ft. ellcnce tlial had lasteu mie v. utesorso , . . It's rather a curious anna. ..... i ...... HTt pan. uimuenuy. " linnnened hist - . . . 1i.....itfni til night. 1 wanted to go 10 i" , ..." t.i who lives there. I took the "bus at Oxford Circus. As I .hire say. you remember It was a nasty nlsht. wet and foggy, ami the vehicle was soou full: In fact, by the time we reached Wostbourne Grove there was onlv room for another. Here we picked up 'our last passenger. She was a young lady." And of course you contrived tnat she should sit by you." I said. -You would have done the same yomelf." Debeiiham retorted. "Any 'man would, for she had the sweetest face. It's haunted tne all nlfiltt It has. really. 1 dare say she was about IS. or perhaps 20 not more. She had brown eyes, very brown eyes you know, the kind that seem to speak almost-and they were shaded by Ions lashes. She had' brown hair, too the kind of hair that twists Itself Into a lot of little curls natural curls, you know. I wonder why all girls don't wear their hair that way. Then her mouth her mouth " "Never mind the mouth." I Inter posed, hastily, seeing that he was about to Indulge In an extravagant tlood of rhapsody. "It was an Ideal mouth, I haveu't a doubt." "She sat down next to me." he went on. "There wasn't much room, and she thanked me when I moved. She had the sweetest voice." "Well, there's nothing curious about that. I believe you said " "I'm coming to It If you'll only give me time." he returned. In an aggrieved tone. "You've no patience. It was when the conductor came round for fares. Then she felt for her purse; she found it was missing. At llrst'she thought she must have dropped It. and I searched the floor and under the seat However, it wasn't there. Poor girl! I uever saw any one so distressed in my life. It seemed she had 5. in it, and it was evidently quite a fortune to her. Well, I paid her fare for her. and we got out together. "I dou't think you need tell me any more," I said dryly. Debenham stared. Why not?" "Because I know the rest." "How the " "Yes, I do. You lent her the .", oi course. My dear fellow, you've been had.' " "I didn't do anything of the kind!" Debenham retorted hotly. "She would n't let me. That's what I came to ask your advice alwut. I thought that as you were a lawyer you might be able to suggest something, but I wish I'd never mentioned it to you." Of course I hastened to soothe his my fate Is-cr-linked with that girl. Kennion. "Oh, very well; then that squashes the Idea entirely, unless Look here. why not assume the character of the thief yourself, aud send her n letter saying you have repented mid return the money?" "Hut I don't want her lo think thnt I'm a bad lot." "Well, she needn't know thnt you sent It. You can pretend to be nu or dinary pickpocket." "So 1 can. I never thought of that. Hv Jove. It's a grand Idea! Where's the pen and Ink? What shall I say? Give us a lift, old chap. You're a dab hand at this sort of thing." I took up my pen. and. after a little thought, dashed off the following let ter: "Hero miss: This Is from mo. the bloke wot tuk yer purse I sens the muny bafc bekause yer father wos once very kind ter me when 1 wos down on ml luck, nn I noas yer needs It a sight more than I does, yer humble servant, "HILL NOKES " "How will that do?" I said, as I tossed It across the table. "Splendidly splendidly!" he cried, as he ran his eves over It- "It's worthy of help you. and o so It struck me that It would bo a capital men to prci.... that 1 was a thief" (tho humbug! his Idea, Indeed!). "I never thought for a moment that you'd see your purso again, and If you hadn't dono so, my little dodge would never have come w light." No. I don't think It would." sue an swered; "for that was a most realistic letter you wrote." Debenham groaned. "You can't think what nn effort It cost me," he said. What an effort, Indeed! "1 do hope you will let mo keep it ns a memento?" "Yes-lf you will promise to forglvu me. . "Oh. thero is nothing to forglvol it was very good of you." At tills moment I caught a gllmpso of her face, and I was forced to admit that nebenham had some reason Tor his extravagant praise. "And you will not think tin worse oi me for for trying to deceive yotw lie went on. iteallv. he was getting posi tively absurd: from his voice one would have supposed that he was a prisoner suing for his life. oh. I think lM'tter of you!" she cried. "I shall never forget your kindness." And as she gave him her nanu sue blushed In a ridiculous fashion. Then Delionham made an ass of him self. Instead of simply slinking hands and saying good morning, ho held her llnirers and said nothing, but just stared at her In a moonstruck kind of way that was quite Idiotic, nnd she drooped her head like a little silly and went the color of a peony; then . Hut at this point I could stand It no longer, and I quietly withdrew. Of course I was not in tne lensi ns- tonlshed when Helienham rushed Into my chambers the same afternoon and, with a good deal of stammering, con fessed that he was engaged. Ho seemed amazed when 1 betrayed no surprise: but 1 didn't tell him that I had liecn a witness of his folly. I was nresented to the. future Mrs. Delienham and her sister a few days later. When nebenham asked me what I thousrht of her. 1 told htm she was one of the nicest girls I had ever met: but. as a matter of fact, she is much Inferior to her sister, who, I don't mind admitting. Indeed, that she Is the nicest girl I have ever met, and I shouldn't wonder Hut there, that's "another story. Answers. I SEAUCHED THE FLOOR AND USDEU THE SEAT. Hill Sikes himself. I'll send It off this very minute." And he thrust It In an envelope with a o note. .Ml 1.. . .. 1. limn I niiim'nrc " 1UU 11 ill U't' hiiun unit HilUOiii;ia I said, as lie took his hat "Oh, yes." Aud then, with a hasty trnnil.nltrlit bo went llvlnc down the milled plumes, ami in a nine wane ne gtars t0 catch tho vosU went on with ins taie. n appeared that he had seen her home, and that he had learned her name. It was Charn- lev Kate Chnrnley. She was a dress maker, aud lived with her sister. II. "And you want to help them, eh?" 1 said, after a time. "Yes. but It'll be a difficult matter, Thev're clergyman's daughters, and verv proud. I don't see what I can do. It's awfully riling, you know, Ken nion, to have a pile of money nnd not be able to do a little good with It once In a way. It's a shame that this girl should have to slave at a sewing ma chine all day while a great strong beg gar like me lounges mound klllluj time." "I suppose you went to refund this 5." "Yes: I can't do more, hut I don't even see how I can do that." "Well, you might order a gown of some sort from thorn." "Don't be an ass; men dou't buy gowns." "You could say It was for your sis tor." "Hut I haven't got a sister, nnd if I had she'd never let me choose her gowns for her; besides, she'd have to b6 titted on nnd all thnt, you know.' I was obliged to admit the force of these arguments, nnd a fresh period of silence intervened. Dchenhniu hnd risen, nnd was pacing the floor In a Btate of perplexity. 'How would it 1)0 If I Inclosed the money In nn envelope nnd seut It anon ymously?" he said nt length. "You might do that, ccrtaluly," I re plied, after a little consideration. "Hut she'd bo sure to know who sent It." "Well, thnt doesn't matter, as you aro not likely to see her ngnln." Debenham stopped aud turned his eyes full upon me. "What's that? Not sco her again? But I must seo her again I I feel that III. The following morning It happened that n matter of business took me In the vicinity of Debenham's chambers, and, having half an hour to spare, I determined to call and sec If he had heard anything In connection with Ids plot. As I was nbout to enter his sitting room, However, i uenru tne sound or voltes, and a hasty glance showed me that he was eugaged. A young lady was standing by the table, facing De benhani, who looked as guilty as any schoolboy caught In an orchard. "I got it back this morning," the girl was saying. "A man who Is employed on tho railway picked It up as he was on his wny to work." "I I am very glad," Debenham mur mured, nervously. "He must have been nn honest fellow." "Yes," she said. "Hut tho strange part of It Is that by this morning's post there came a letter from a a thief, In closing a 5 note. You can read it If you like." And she handed lilm the precious missive I hnd concocted. He read it In feigned astonishment "I never heard of such a curious thing," ho murmured. "It's positively Isn't It, you know?" Of course, tills childlike nttempt at deception didn't deceive tho girl. -air. ueuennnm, sno said, "you wrote tins letter you sent this note." "I? Iteally, Miss " "Oh, yes, you did. It's no use deny lng It No one else knew of our loss.' Thero wns a pause. Debenham stood looking very red and foolish. "Come, you'd better confess," she said, at length. Ho rumpled his hair In a reckless fashion. "It seems Impossible for a fellow to do a good action In this world," h cried. "Ho's suro to bo found out." "Then you did send it?" "Ye-es. You see. you wouldn't let mo " nairu'a it.... Cnrtmral .IiijiihiI. n n. IlKtOll wllllll 111 Vcilrn ..l . ."'l burg ho wax alieinly u von,,. t" IMukott matin bin greu .lln,'' imtn In blue ninl tmt m, .,, mixed up In a tannic i f,0 ., line. Unmoral nn cnlor-lionrer of tlm n -' tt',"v tlllUHOltH, UIIJIIWI In .. t, i ' luilni.liitnrer In i... . "I - p. iim i. cliihhml the tnvt . r ,,,lf . ' went at It hamine. ,., ,t J.I1I.AP IIIMtl U'lllf In..,. . . . I : "J i WHS JIMIIIK Hllll H(ll. . Ouji I'll II limn on inn ii i vi i )rv wrenched nwny tin. n colors of the Niimtr.,,,' V. World. 'Golf WBH H lwi.ul.., III M7. My nu .. Iiwusd In 1171. th THE CASHMERE QOAT. Allium! l'.t ITihUiw ' f.rM 8(,veral beautiful varieties of HmKoat ro found In dlirce... par h o nnd one of these, siiown ; - .1 ,ri.. This animal, which Is foun. In J tn..u.berslutheu.a,i.lll;-en.val..y hl I,,.- ii ilnlleate head, with soml-penduhms ears, whirl, are Intl. long and wide. mo im t .i. in i.iinrit ami or mucn-m cXrs;.e;:;;rd.ngothe.ndlv.d,al The horns are very erect, nun .. ,,.... . -slightly spiral. InolluhiK Inward and to in u.miii rime HH to SUCll (111 I'M' "' ' - , cross. The cat Is roiii..id materials; but It Is the under coal t mi partakes of the nature f wm.l and ,.,il.. .,,1 v. un article of eonilliercP. 1 Ills undergrowth, which Is of a uiilforut j f(HittwlI wrH pml.i grayish white tint, whatever tne ".inr trv; tiuU iiiuiihi. I, . t ii... t.atp inn I'. l lientitlfully "ft w0t by eillCHKlhC in and silky, ami of a Huffy description. liliniMlf, and m ... resembling d..w n. It umKes iipi-fw- piayer. aneo In the autumn, and continues to . grow until the following i.rli.ir. ;". ,, t,iik w , If not reiiioi.il. It falls on naturally; l Uiwlc Hon... u hoi in mm . .Mfiinv- milium III t i war him ts collection ho. ' 'f , , Wl anytHli.K o lug from eight to ten di. 1 he animal , lllllll'l Kl'l't " - of combing by which all the wool and a portion of the hair, which of necessity comes with It. Is removed. The latter Is afterward carefully separated, when the lleeie In a good npecluicn weighs nbout half a iwunil. This Is the mate rial of which tho far-famed and costly shawls are made, which at one Mine had such a demand that. It is stated. "1(1.000 loom were kept la constant work at Cashmere In their manufae tun." Thoe Boats having a slmrt. neat head, very long, ililn ears, a dell f i . exeunt for unci. uit. i i "I f i " IV ' I. 1 'Hi r " J I i. ' ri ... ' " I' . 1 rki; tut ' " IB1I..I A HJlentldt of it"'., tlml the umall i.f It..- tlm volee. He .1. ft !.' 11.31 I. niiHtlc MintHi" of In-.., the low of their v.i. foi certain kweet im PEKIODS OK PAIS.' BERNHARDT AT THE BEGINNING. Old Pen Picture of the Divine Pnrali by llclnvc Keiilllcl. Just thirty years ago Octavo Feulllet, In a letter to his wife, drew the fol lowing pen picture of Mine. Sarah Hernhnrdt, then nt the beginning of her career: "A queer girl, indeed, Is Sarah. It Ih the llrst time In my long career that I have met with a genuine nctress, a comedienne of the eighteenth century, elegant, eccentric. Insolent, and lmld. "Contrary to the habit of all other actresses, she comes to the rehearsals In full dress, or, nt least, in a toilet ar ranged after her own fashion. She nlways wears velvet a velvet dress, a velvet hat, a scarf of black lace over her shoulders, aud a little nifTed col lar. In this wny, with her hair like that of a poodle dog, and with some fresh dowers In her haml. sho repeats her part with care nnd somber grav ity, nnd occasionally with attitude a la Itachel. At the close of tho act she prances nbout like a ballet girl, skips upon one foot, and then sits down at the piano to accompany herself whllo singing a queer negro air. She has a very sweet voice. Then sho gets up and begins to walk about with long strides, like a clown, langhlng In every body's face, and chewing chocolate candy, with which she nlways has her pockets filled. At times she takes out a little case, In which there was a small brush, which she rubs over her lips to give them a ruby color, after which she laughs, shows her whlto teeth, and recommences to munch her chocolates. "Nothing could bo moro amusing than to seo Crolzctto nnd herself, after a rehenrsal, running out, followed by their mothers. They start off like frightened hares, with their heads up nnd Knbage hats thrown back upon their enormous blond wigs. Swinging their Httlo umbrellas, they walk and laugh loud enough to make people turn round and staro at them. At last they go Into Clilbonst's confectionery shop and there stuff themselves with cakes." Menntruatiuii. cate skin, small liom s. and n long heary lu(eJ mnny lt. , ( COIll, an ior nun piir"w mi-im-M Iw'St. There are several varieties pos sessing this valuable quality, but thone, of Cashmere. Thlltct and Mongolia are tho most esteemed. Alwut the year 1S10 a small herd of Cashmere gat was Introduced Into Trance with a i 1 t I . 'www;7-. i -J TIIR C.VHr.KK OO.VT. view to accllmatlxe and breed them for the sake of their woo!, but the eater prise failed. A few wftv pun-hnsod mid tiikeii to i:iicla.il hi- Mr. C. T. Tower, who, by careful treatment, so far succeeded with them, that in course of time he had a shawl made from their lleece, which turuid out U lie of gMMl quality. At the death of the owner some years Utter. lb herd was presented to Queen Victoria ami placeil la Windsor Park. 1mm iiKHHii1 W ..'-an-.i'. L-real muter. iig While no wmiim. IK-riodical (Hiin. ii ' hcii na ture' plan that women othvrwiMj healthy nhould suffer no cer:y Lydla K. l!nk- tabic Com- nound Is the nut thorough -. V" tal rrgnU- tor kbown to! icedicKl sci ence. It relieve! dec v ituivikoKuch din .- ' blruation of IU li r r . Diuk Mas !'i-.. "! thank you euoufrh f done for we U l. r. I v whs surferliiif tit. . i uienktruallon. was n r neheall tho time, id a' feeling, and did n t tr I ha taken thri - i IMftkham' Vetfr'ttl." of lilooJ runner, 1 1 I'llU. Htid to day I am a we r " 1 would like to have i know that I am ne -ft',iri 1 bir vour woii-lrrf . ii.. ' r.tf ' . ... .Ml JKNXIK it .11 m . - j i you are unrriiiK u ' . a . . If . V .M.fcfc .Mlil.fc 11'1 "O i't I I..vnn. Mm . f ir tlie a ollur free of charge P at wcilt PORTLAND DIKttiURi ii Now Muslc-al Instrument. A new musical Instrument Is the pro duct of tho Inventive skill of Carl Brown of Columbus, Ohio, who is also tho Inventor of Improvements to tho guitar. The new Instrument consists of a sort of zither nnd an ordinary mouth harp In combination. Tho qual ity of tho tone of the mouth harp Is greatly Improved nnd tho musician is enabled to play nn accompaniment to his harp solo. "Oloan as a Whistle." The origin of tho saying, "ns clean as a whistle," Is ascribed to tho "whlstlo tankard" of olden times, In which tho whlstlo came Into play when the tank nrd was emptied or "cleared out" to announce to the waiter that more liquor was reaulred. Xewspaper advertising Is the best way to make good times if you have anything really good to offer, ami the way to use newspaper advertising Is with generous space and proper dis play. The men who have made aud are making fortunes In advertising are sat Isllcd If the nil. tells the story In a plain, convincing wny. They are satis fled If It sells goods. They dou't care whether It Is new or old. Betes. Put a signal light of your business In tho best pnper of Its kind. Keep the light trimmed nnd supply It with the oil of facts and experience. Then Its rays will penetrate Into many nu unlooked-for Held of trade and bring business results that have been little anticipated. Hide and Leather. No door Is thick enough lo keep out tho newspaper and Its advertising; no chamber Is too remote, or too quiet, for the favorite family paper; no survell luuco Is so strict but the newspaper Is admitted; and It brings Its message of wars nnd rumors of wars, of elections, accidents, marriages, births and deaths nnd advertisements. Lynu (Mnss.) Item. There nro no advertisers so fully posted upon the "science of advertis ing" as the prominent patent medlelno men. They fully uuderstniid how to do it In nil its phases. They can teaeli tho local advertiser many things about advertising which were "never dream cd of In their philosophy." The patent medlelno man does not waste nny mon ey. Ho uses It Judiciously. When ho ceases to make money he coases to nil vertlso In tho paper which ho has been patronizing. Hu'b no fool. Ho be lieves In keeping his nnmo before tho public, but ho does this Judiciously, it Is safe for the local advertiser to watch theso men who aro experienced In tho art; they enn lourn some good lessons. Abilene (Kan.) Chroulele. DENTISTS. ka tkatltn now i in vr !. , irr y - I.AXHWUKTIIY. N W r nini - .Maclilnxrjr null Sii.pl.'' . .1,1.1... .-...I f..p . tuloir t" IV- .' - BAKES MOWEK? Writc for u w I H IT A BT n H m 1 .'If iViAUnirNcK I'or Mill. Mine. Phnrn nrd I am II. Ml J I'ltw n. lldKHmr I .it'll! I I" Tiiotli Saw. Alt.Aiiy ' (' an m nm m m a. irl lKJ r. 1MB VWi CO O'", 27 to M Klrnt ftrct rn"ll. ' 8l-ajlTl!U10.llBUli.ll an - -.1 At... 1 1 1... Villi 11 IH' I'.iiiin, units unit " '""V, . 1,1m, Meol i X h windmill, fold by nn in 1 rui -- - - ' THR OI tlm Minn troubles train i . m.. II I . . ...lit -.. ,... 'I 111)11 I"-., .ill win) oro hrokon down, wi'iik ,n"j,h W icciinu unu wiuir .iv"n iiniilfi nn t 1 in.tAiii ii 1 1 v w 1 tltuv1 V Vw " w- ... U1 It euro. 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