Lane County leader., October 02, 1903, Image 7

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.
ly out of apiriu that I fa r h o x e lZ u ^
lnw
tier
uu*h'
lug s a t her.
! ,U .peedl“ * *— lv,litA ^
tt*
ilfbB. to * • city’*
•Dd
But what a pity that the handsome
“ I am In a fix, Elinor," ihe
plalned. "Both men-the two who man should prove th* true lover! By
really love me have proposed. 1 have all rule und precedent It should have
R. J. E 1I08MER
tli© other mau.M
told each one that I will g|ve hlm h|<
Bother rule aud precedent," was her
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON.
answer in three months; three months
from to-day.”
inpatient remark; however. I over-
b lw a w s o l the Eye, Ear and Kuee are Spea
¡allies.
"W hich will bring us to the 10th of ouked It under the circumstances.
MODERN RRLMtbUKAUIMU.
A BIO SHEEP CENTER.
" k™ 11 wa* made known that the
July. I answered. "Well, my dear
ornee lo the Allison A Madien Building.
girl, I can only say that, In my opin­ story of the forgery was only made up
dre»t Progress Haa Been Made In the Thousands are Loaded * t Pendleton lor
for
a
purpose,
our
friends
declared
ion, you have done a foolish thing.
Industry.
All Parts ol the W e st.
You should never put off till to-mor­ they always felt that there waa no
The
great
progress
that has been
truth
In
It!
Such
la
the
way
of
the
Pendleton Is one o l the greatest J^R. B. R. JOB
row what you can do to-day."
made in the prune industry lu this sheep shipping centers o f the Pacific
"B ut 1 w as not sure- not at all aure world!—Waverlcy Magazine.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
state in the last few years is indicated slope, railroad men say. About 100,-
—which would make mo the happier."
All
calls
promptly attended.
000
sheep
have
been
shipped
from
and
8IQHT-8EEINQ
IN
ENGLAND.
by the machinery which has been put
“ H ow can you bo more certain on
through that point this season.
A Office, Main St. uext door to Leader office.
the 10th of July than you are to-day Y on M . r See M ilt o n ’ . C o t t a * . en d th e In operation at the Willamette Valley
great many more will be shipped be­
COTTAGE GROVE, OR.
you absurdity?" I said. -You might U ra ve e o f P e n * en d O r a r la O aa D ay. Prune Association's warehouse in fore the winter season com es on, as Phone, No. 114.
Salem.
In
one
corner
of
the
ware­
have made oue man Immensely happy
the fall movement has Just become es­
American travelers In England will
at once; now you have missed doing be gainers by a new arrangement house stands an old-fashioned hand tablished.
prune grader, of the back-breaking
The O. R. A N. reports that 300 cars
a good deed.”
which makes It possible for the first
"T he other, though" and
Nora time to visit Milton's cottage at Chal- type. It was capable o f handling ten had been Bhipped from and through J T. ANDERSON, M. D
tons of fruit a day If a gang o f men that point, while It was ascertained
smiled—"would It have been a good font St Giles, and the graves of W il­ could keep It going steadily. In the that the W. & C. R. had handled 200
P h y sicia n and 8 u rg eon
deed to make him miserable?"
liam Penn and Gray, the p oet all In center of the warehouse la a massive cars. The cars, as a rule, are loaded
Surgery and Female diseases A Specialty. All
“ Y'es; then he would begin to get one day. These three celebrated liter­ power grader, 42 feet long and ten with about 240 sheep each.
calls promptly attended to.
over It."
These sfilpments are much heavier
Office lu Sherwood block; Night calls at
ary shrines, which no right-minded vis­ feet high, the most up-to-date machine
New Era Drug Store. Phone 106 Main.
There waa a short silence, broken itor from the United States misses see­ for that kind of work. Its capacity Is uow than they were last year at this
time.
The
shipments
o
f
the
entire
100
tons
a
day.
In
former
years
the
only by a deep sigh.
ing, are, of course, In picturesque Buck­ prunes were loaded on trucks, taken country will greatly exceed the ship­
“ I almost wish grandad could lose inghamshire, and quite near at hand, up to the second floor on an elevator ments o f last season, for the reason
all our money, his and mine, and be too, are the “ Burnham Beeches,” the and emptied Into the grader by men that there are more sheep In the
quite poor!" exclaimed the girl, sud­ quaint remains o f the ancient forest' who lifted the sacks of prunes to the country, and feed Is exceptionally QBNTIST
denly. "Then 1 should know to a cer­ which once covered this part of Eng­ hopper. Now the grader stands on scarce and sheep raisers are forced
tainty which man really loved me, land, aud which are Included In the the third floor. A continuous chain to sell. The season is now fairly
D R . H. H . P E T R IS
carrying cups runs from the base­ opened and heavy shipments will con
shouldn't I, Elinor?”
newly arranged day trip.
ment to the top o f the grader. On tinue for the next month or so.
All Work Warranted.
'That la a very stale old plot-w orn
First, Americans who take It will be j any floor prunes may be dumped into
Most o f the sheep have been ship­
out and not likely to be warmed up carried, aa have ao many thousands o f [ a hopper and they are carried up to ped to Portland on the coast and Seat­
Office First Door West of Bherwood E
tle and other Sound points.
Some
again In your case. Mr. Willoughby their countrymen before them, to Stoke the grader without further effort.
From the grader the prunes run have been shipped as far east as St.
is uo fool; his money will never be Pogee, the quiet village near Windsor,
Paul.
Heavy
shipments
have
been
stolen or borrowed, or lost in any un­ in whose church yard Gray wrote hla through a steam process from which
made to California points. No rea
fortunate speculation.
I like your “ Elegy,” and In whose place of wor­ they emerge Into another hopper and son Is assigned for this extraordinary
from this they drop Into boxes all
J JR E. C. MACY
grandfather Immensely, Nora, but ship he Ilea buried and haa hla memo­ ready for packing. From start to activity, beyond the fact that a scarc­
truth compels me to say that he Is rial. Milton’s cottage, at Chalfont St. finish manual labor is reduced to a ity o f mutton prevails In the Utah
Giles, Is that which the author of minimum and nearly all the work is section. Many sheep o f Montana,
shrewd on questions of money.”
DENTIST
“ Y'es—I know.”
“ Paradise Lost” got hla Quaker done by machinery. During the pas­ this year, have been killed by severe
storms,
and
there
Is
not
the
usual
sup­
sage
of
the
prunes
through
the
grader
"W hat does he say about you mar­ friend, Ellwood, who lived near by, to
ply there.
rying?" I asked.
Dr. Snapp’s Building.
rent for him so that he might be able and processor they are cleaned of all
dirt, are made uniform In moisture
•Nothing that la the least help." and to leave London, where the great and are placed in the boxes bright and
THROWS THE LAND OPEN.
now the girl positively pouted. “ I am plague was raging Just then. When clean.
to go on living with him at The Hall the poet came to St. Giles he brought
Effect of Ruling Relating to Timber and
C J o h n so n
F G E b t
whichever may be my husband, so be with him the manuscript of his fa­
WHEAT TRADE AT STANDSTILL.
Stone Entries.
mous epic, which he asked Ellwood to
only tells me to please myself."
The ruling by the department to
“ I shall have a talk with Mr. Wil­ take home, read and pass Judgment No Sale* On the Pendleton Market and
construe strictly the testimony taken
loughby one of these days,” I an­ upon. Of course the Quaker went Into
ATTORN EYS A T LAW
No Shipment* In Coast.
in timber and stone entries In regard
swered; but none of Nora's permissions ecstasies over tho work, but he re­
Cottage Grove,
Oregon.
The wheat market o f Pendleton and to speculation will have the effect of
could extract from me any light upon marked; “Thou haa said much here
throwing open again a greater part
my Intentions, for Indeed I had none of ‘ Paradise Lost,’ but what hast thou vicinity Is at a complete standstill. o f the timber land which hag been en­
to say of paradise found?" That lit­ No sales have been made for nearly tered upon under the act o f June 3.
in definite 'form.
However, something must be done. tle observation led to the composition a week and no shipments of moment 1878, and for which patents have net ^ H. KING
been Issued. There would be no pos­
The girl had made a promise—payable of Milton's greatest work but one, for are being made to the coast.
sible way to enter the land then ex­
This state of affairs was caused by
A tto rn e y-a t-L a w
three months after date! And three right there In the rustic cottage the
cept by those who have forest reserve
poet sat him down and began work the sudden decline In prices. Club Is lieu land script to place, and this
months soon passes.
Special attention given to Collections.
quoted
at
67
cents
per
bushel,
while
One afternoon I went to The Hall on “ Paradise Regained,” which he fin­
would have the effect o f throwing the
OREGON.
COTTAGE GROVE,
bluestem Is selling at 70 cents. This best lands o f the public domain Into
ished about a year afterward, though
When I knew Nora was out
Is a drop of 5 cents per bushel on both the hands o f corporations which have
Mr. Willoughby," I said, "I have not at St. Giles.
classes of wheat.
bought up all available scrip to use
The grave of William Penn, founder
come to talk about your very foolish
The mills had boosted the price. for good timber lands. ThiB Is the
granddaughter." Then I told him ev­ of State of Pennsylvania, la In the They were Just out o f whest, and If exact result congress most desired to J E. YOUNO
erything. "My own conviction," I de­ town of Jordans, In whose quiet cem­ they had not paid high prices they avoid. Only a small percentage of
clared, “ la that. If put to any severe etery the great Quaker lies, with hla would have been forced to shut down. the entries under this act have been
Some of the mills south o f here had
1TT01IIIMT-UV
test, Mr. Howard's devotion will cool. family about him, only a little way to suspend operations because they made by adjacent homesteaders, who
He merely wishes to make an advanta­ from where Ellwood, Milton's old com­ did not care to pay such a fancy price. enter such lands to reserve to them
•ffiee en Main Street, Weet 81 d^
rade, Is buried. This spot. In particu­ The mills are now well supplied and selves and successors woodland for
geous marriage."
the future.
Cottage Oro re. Or.
We discussed, with spirit on the old lar, attracts literally thousand! of are buying but little, only In cases
where there Is storage room.
man’ s part, the means of proving American tourists every year.
Pokegma
a
Village
of
Tents.
The
export
buyer
seems
out
o
f
the
Waller, the statesman, verse writer,
whether my suspicion was true; he
market. The farmers will not sell at
Southeastern Oregon can boast of
had Just mode rather a good sugges­ and courtier, whose tomb at Beacons- the present quotations, amd the buyers
M IS C E L L A N E O U S
tion when Nora came In, declaring that fleld also la to be seen on this Journey, will not offer higher money. There a city built entirely o f tents. Pokeg
ma is the name o f this unique village
flourished
lu
Cromwell's
time,
and
we were talking about her.
are about 000.000 bushels o f unsold which Is located among the towering
At first she was Indignant; then she waa, according to all accounts, rather wheat In the county.
pines near the summit o f a mountain
a
slippery
customer,
though
a
man
of
Never was there such keen activity range. It Is the terminus o f the Khun
laughed; and lastly she grew wildly
J^OBT. GR IFFIN ,
among
farmers
in
storing
wheat.
The
uncommon
gifts.
Not
the
famous
Vi­
ath River railroad, a branch of the
excited. Mr. Willoughby’ s signature
buyers sa ythat about 3000 sacks are Southern Pacific. The branch Is con
car
of
Bray
was
more
adept
at
“
trim­
was to be forged to a check for a
• fW n C O N - W H K R + *
arriving in Pendleton dally, which ia
heavy amount. A paragraph to this ming hla sails to the wind," and Wal­ 1000 sacks above the average dally structed for a distance o f 25 miles
Repairing and Helming le Our Trade.
and was laid for the purpose of tap­
ler,
who
bad
been
professedly
one
of
effect was to appear In the newspa
delivery. This rush o f wheat to the ping the timber belt o f this section
All work warranted.
pers. Another paragraph was to suc­ Cromwell's greatest admirers, wee warehouses Is due to farmers fearing People have rushed In to secure land C o b M a in a i s t H t ».. Cottage Grove, Orego*
ceed It, saying that the Injured gen­ found among the stanchest o f the roy­ a wet season, and also to get this and many timber locations have al
tleman had decided to abandon all alists when Charlea II mounted the work off their hands so fall seeding ready been made. In fact all the best
legal proceedings and accept the loss. throne. Concerning him, the recorda can be started. By the middle o f n ett o f the land has been taken.
week all the grain o f the country will
C. MADSEN.
Then at the various tea parties I was are frank. “ He waa a time-serving have been placed under shelter. The
H
State Normal School Open.
to get the subject well talked over; to courtier,” they say, "who had neither weather is ideal for the finishing of
The work at the State Normal at-
suggest that Mr. Willoughby s forbear­ uniformity of principle nor strength of harvest. Most o f the grain which was Monmouth has begun. Many students
ance must arise from the desire to resolution, and he experienced the nat­ standing when the recent rains came are in attendance and the work of get
shield some one. Could that some one ural effect of such a character In los­ will not be threshed, but will be cut ting located is being rapidly pushed. Watchex Clocks and Jewelry
be Nora? But no! such a thing was ing the esteem of every party.” Read­ for feed.
A t L ow eet P rice s..........
An unusually large number of new
ers, however, forgave him all for the
faces are appearing and the addition­
Impossible.
sake
of
hla
graceful
verses,
one
of
al
facilities
for
the
accom
modation
of
Installing
Mining
Machinery.
W e all know that when any suspi­
The Crystal Consolidated Mining students provided In anticipation of
cion has been dismissed as Impossi­ which, “Go, Lovely Rose,” la to-day a
an Increase will be fully required. As
ble It grows strongly and swiftly at classic—Special correspondence Sun­ company Is at the present time ener­ the real work o f the state normal It Q H. WILLARD
getically placing machinery that haB
women's tea tables. Nora would soon day Poet.
been contracted for some time. They better understood, the new students
CONTRACTOR A BUILDER
find her friends and neighbors look
are now Installing a 50-horse power represent many who have had much
G o o d tn a C h a n g e o f A ir .
Estimate« rna«le and all kinds o f carpenter
ing coldly at her; Invitations would
The quaslmlraculoua benefits which holler and engine and sawmill. They experience In teaching and who come work executed and satisfaction guaranteed
Contract work a apecialty.
come rarely or come not at all; lov­ are associated with a change of air In have also placed an order with the for special training.
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON.
Union Iron Works, o f San Francisco
ers would fight shy o f her.
the popular belief are In reality de­
At
State
Agricultural
College.
How will you bear all that, my rived when they accrue from change for a stamp mill. This will soon be
Registration
has
bepn
In
progress
completed and will be on the ground
pretty one?" asked the fond grand­ of environment, from change of habits early next month. The company la at the Agricultural college today. The
father.
"D o you really think the of life. In a great many Instances the also building a wagon road from thé total has reached 250. The total at
game is worth the candle?"
road to the the close o f the first day last year
measure of benefit obtainable would new Champion Creek
Architect and Abstractor
Quite worth, and no end of fun,” be as effectually secured and at much Mountain Lion claim, a distance of was 327. There is a vast contingent
she answered, laying down the pen less expense by mere change of habita, 7500 feet, the cost o f this road will be o f new students, and It Is certain now
Abstract of title to deeded land. Pa-
that the freshman class will be larger
shout
*4000.
This
company
has
a
ith which she had been writing slow­ without the fatigue and Inconvenience
pers prepared for filing on governmen
government
than usual.
ly and carefully. "There you a r e - of change of domicile. The over­ large amount o f ore In sight and will
land.
Blue prints of township map
mans
run the mill continuously during the
showing all .acant lands lor *1 each.
Jararo Willoughby, with Just your own wrought city clerk might advantage­
winter months.
Plans and estimates for all kinds of
special W, grandad. Am I a good ously take to driving a cab. while tho
PORTLAND M ARKETS.
buildings.
¡Special designs for office
cabman would find It a relief to dis­
forger?”
fixtures.
Notary public in office.
State Veterinary Board.
"Fairly. It would not deceive me; charge for a time the functions of
Wheat— Walla Walla, 74e; b ln »
The member* o f the Oregon state
Douglas County Bank Bldg.
but It might pass with others."
caretaker of a deserted house. Many
«tens, 78«; valley, 78c.
Everything turned out as we ex­ an overworked physician would experi­ veterlnarv board, created at the last
Floor— Valley, $ 3 .66 «S .8 6 per her- BOSEBURG
OREGON
session
oir
the
Oregon
legislature,
will
pected. and in a very few weeks the ence a distinct Improvement w e re he
re l; hard wheat straights, 13.75(84.10;
popular Miss Willoughby found her to qualify as chauffeur, with no other be named by Governor Chameblaln In bard
wheat,
patents,
*4
.2
00
4
.5
0
;
s few days. The board will consist of
self out In the cold, with many an object In view than to cover space, five competent practitioners o f veter­ graham, * 3 .8 * 0 3 .7 5 ; whole wheat,
ugly detail added to what was con­ and there are few domestic servants inary medicine and surgery. Tw o of *3 5 5 0 4 .0 0 : rye wheat, *4.50.
whose health would not be sensibly the men to be appointed will serve
sidered the true story.
Barley— Feed, *19.00(820.00 per ton;
EAST AND SOUTH
Arthur Howard left the town with­ modified by a brief experience as milk­ for a term of two years and three for brewing. *21; rolled, *21(821.50.
—V IA —
a
term
of
four
years
and
after
the
maid
or
glean
«,
should
the
season
Oat*—
No.
1
white,
(1
.1
0
;
gray,
out word or sign of farewell; but Ham
first two wear* the term o f office of *1.0601.10 per cental.
T
h
e
R o u te
bud
Itself
to
that
pnrmilt.
The
liter­
Uton persistently appeared at The
all members will be four years. The
— OF THE—
Millstnffe— Bran. *21 per ton; mid­
Hall, asking for Nora and apparently ary gent. wh< ae brain Is sterile of new | members serve without compensation,
only rendered more determined to get Ideas, might recuperate bis energies by hut receive their traveling and other dlings, (2 6 ; shorts, (2 1 ; chop, 018;
linseed dairy food, *19.
In. because he was assured that »he usurping the role o f a sick man and expenses.
Hay — Tim othy, *14.00 per ton; rraina I«ave C otta « » O rovk for Portland
remaining in bed for a week or two.—
would see nobody.
12:5ft pm
and way stations at 2:14 a m
clover, nom inal; grain, *10; cheat,
The three months ended; and on the Medical Review.
Selling 0*1 Range Cettle.
nominal.
8:30 p rn
Lv Portland
** 8:80 a in
following day I found these two young
|
Some
cattlemen
o
f
southeastern
2:06 pm
2:57 p m
Lv Cottafce Grove
W o r k o f ia H k lllfa l S n r g e o n .
Butter— Fancy creamery, 25(827He
12:56 a m
12:3ft p m
Ar Afttilittxl
people in my drawing-room, looking
I Oregon say the range this season I*
"Faith, he's a moighty folne docthor.
per ponnd; dairy, 1 8 0 2 0 c; store, 16
4:35 a m
Ar Sacramento
ft: 00 p m
the
shortest
In
many
years.
J
C.
supremely happy.
7:55 p m
8:56 am
Ar Han Francisco
He attlnded O'Pheelan whin he was Franks, superintendent for J. D. Carr, <81«c.
••His was the greater love,
cried
Ponltry— Chickens,
mined.
12(8
sick av th' appindlcutt*. Poke out yer
P u l l m a n a n d T o u r i s t C ara
Nora, triumphantly, “ so I thought^ we toongue.' he says; 'bedad. O'll hare th' one o f the cattle kings o f the roast, 12H «
per ponnd; spring, 1 4 0 1 4 ^ « ; on both trains. ( hair C ars , ¡Sacra­
«ays they are reducing the herds on
wo,.Id come and tell J * * - * * « «
1 2 0 1 3 c;
broilers, *2.00 per m ento to O gden and and El Paso and
opprate on ye,' he says. ‘ DW1 • Mt j the Carr ranges as fast as they can hens,
that we are going to be married almost will Ol be opprated on,' say O Pheelan. find sale for the cattle. They have dosen; turkeys,
live,
10012c per
•Then yes'll be a deed man be 2 already disposed o f many hundreds, ponnd ;<ireesed,14016e; dneks, * 4 0 4 .5 0
(and
there
are
many
more
to
be
sold,
'"presently, by her request, the fiance O'clock.' he says. So be opprated."
per doeen ; geese, *5(86.50.
to C hicago, 81 L ou is, New Orleans
| notwithstanding that the management
went out into the garden and then .he
and W ash ington.
Egg*— Oregon ranch, 24c.
• An' saved O'Pheelan'a loife?”
hus
purcha*«»d
ranee
land«
durfnr
the
girl talked with smile* and tears of on
Potatoes— Oregon, 6 5 0 75c per sack; Connecting at Hau rraueUeo, with u v era l
"An' saved O'Pheelan'a loife—wan present year costing about *»0,000
Steamship line, for Honolulu, Japan, China.
tweet potatoes, 2H e per pound.
hour. He died at t ree o'clock.” — Kan­
Philippine*. Central and South America.
Wheat Hacks— In lots of 100, 6Jfc.
Pl"H e came to remind me of my prom sas City Jou r n a l ___________
At Albany and Corvallis oonneeUon I. mad*
Slaughter o * P heasant*.
Ued^ answer, and 1 asked If he could
Beef — Grose steer*, *3 .7 60 4 .2 5 ; with
C a K By trains._________________________
T e s t in g » N ew E s c n e e .
There I* urgent need for vigorous dressed, 6 0 7 c per ponnd.
love a woman with the suspicion of a
Independence Paetenger dally, errepi Sunday
•Say. Old man, let's go out and have enforcement o f the game law* o f the
Venl— * X c per ponnd.
£ tm .‘ h £ erin g about her. And beju.t
Portland....... At T O T
ie a . u. Lv.... . McMinnville.....Lv
state, so far as they are designed for
Mntton— Gross. *8 ;
d reused, 6 0 T
i m r.
a n s w e r e d me. Elinor. In the word* of a time to-nigbt.
I* A. M. I A t
the preservation o f the Chinese- pheas­
S J i«; lamhe, gross, *8.50; dressed, *e. II: a . « . I Àr. Independendeoee.Lv I *•* r. ■
-What are Xoa celebrating.
the old song. 'And .hame. If »hame be
ant. For the past fire weeks these
IA.
M
.
I Ar ........Cerval.........L» 1 1 * r. « -
II
W
a
"I've Inst thought out a new excuse
H og* — Oro**, * 5 .5 0 0 6 .7 8 ;
dressed,
thine, that shame were
birds have been killed In ronntless
Rea Agent Mr D T Awhrey al Cottage Urev*
said that be did not care what was ,o mention to my w lfe .'-H a r p e r ’s Ba- numbers In the Willamette valley, al­ V .
•tattoo or nddren*
Hope— 1902 crop, 21c per ponnd.
though the season for killing o f this
W ■ COMA!»,
true or what was fh tot-J ** «*» a n
Wool — Valley, 1 7 0 1 8 «; Eeatern j
(ir a P o s e , Agi
As the hod-carrier goes op, so goe* gam . doe* not open until Tbnreday.
POST LAUD. • OIBttOM.
Oregon, 1 2 0 18 c; mohair, 860*718«.
which p r i n t s no d lf
October 1.
th# bou*»
flcnlU/' I answered. "And 7<** ^
¿^T o N JT M S
- g
sleeper
- r s „ - i ~
,Unt
r
-
"■ 1 '
¿ ¡r s r is ii" .»
J - U
- U
our
flight
tb .
iron
^w r-lengthcd"* t r ic k .
rlcUli with the spirit o f t h i w lu d ,
JiinJug! H ow t b . « u g i n n tri
.„ '¡ “ fe .^ o ln g the h ill- behind,
“ d hurts the startled **ir!
.
the legion danger* o f th e d i r k ,
Jrush into the m id n ig h f i m jm tery,
““
eiultnnt, to ou r s te a d fa it
mark ■
(bore of another iea .
.11 my brain a stu pid q u iet m i l
for one « d . reiterated cr y —
nthleas rhythm o f
the ch a n tin g
G<wd-bj! good-by! g o o d -b y !"
I am speeding
w estw a rd
in the
night,
, .
I home is in the distant c ity a h ea rt;
ug will tiud ua, w ith her ga rieh
light,
continent apart.
The Greater Love
WISH," aud Nora W illoughby
spoke earnestly, “ I could flud
out which ia the truer o f my
o lovers."
-Only two, Nora?” I said.
Only two that really care for me,"
answered, with a faint blush.
Well, choose ttie one who lias the
t money,” I replied, ail ready for
girl's Indignant protest against
k adVlce.
If I thought you really meant that,
"or," and she spoke with the low
of real anger, “ I w ould never see
never come inside your house
In. But you don't. It Is only your
of getting me to marry Arthur
-ward, who baa so little to give ex-
hlmself.”
-Then all you have to do Is to decide
er ‘himself only’ Is worth liav-
He Is not liandeome; Indeed, I
1 call him decidedly plain."
Non looked at me sharply.
■it any rate, he has a clever face,”
exclaimed, "and that Is ever so
to be preferred to a .blue-eyed,
ght-nosed fool.”
•It la rather rude to call one o f your
> a fool." I remarked.
*1 did not. I mentioned no one; I
i (peaking generally, not partlcu-
'■j. You are positively hateful to-
. Elinor, and 1 am going home."
‘ttood-by, then. TUI w hen?"
Xon vouchsafed no answer to this
tier unnecessary question.
1 say
tecessary” because she came In
jrij every day, almost too often, al-
■ctgh I was really fond o f the girl.
She claimed two lovers only, which
(certainly modest, when nearly all
marriageable men In 6 ie nelghbor-
‘ were enamored o f Miss Wlllough-
Even the married ones were som e
• unduly attentive to her—at least,
the opinion o f their wives.
Sort was both pretty and rich. By
by she would be richer, because
would have all that her grand-
l possessed, and his wealth was
Inconsiderable. Then, aa another
aatago. she had no other near rel-
m ; few men care to enter a nu­
ns family. Her mother died at
birth, her father loon after; and
child had plenty o f money, which
left to accumulate because old
: Willoughby wished her to share all
t he had, even from her babyhood.
ffho this fortunate girl was to mar
became a subject fo r discussion at
different afternoon parties when
* u not present; when she was,
« few of us ventured tentative
Ions, but with small success,
t i declared that her mind was very
horn made up; when It was, her
ode would have their curiosity sat-
• 'oppose I was on closer term* o f
mtcy with her than most people,
from what I observed, and from
*t(w Mnts she let fall, I Judged that
-J two men had any chance o f mar
jl®l her. Arthur H ow ard was one;
T * * Hamilton the other. The first
*** poor and plain; the second was
»edlngly good-looking, and, though
* ®HHonalre. had a sufficient In­
to live on com fortably, without
lug up a profession.
I suppose that a truly good
/tod woman would have laid
/mes to help forward the poor lover
■er than the other; but I was not
* ,m|ably disposed.
Ittliur Howard's lack o f good looks
nothing at all to do with the dls
I felt hi regard to him— why. I
rj, ,lni,T' ed * man who was down
^ »Sly! And not only did I dls
■ at I distrusted, this young fel-
. whose devotion to N ora'W lllongh-
»•d been town talk for aome time;
*onis "** l^H’lbly afraid that she
Barry him out o f pure phllan-
** * ff'rl sometimes will. K now
J V * fatty thoroughly, I felt that
ma tue*
te *PP<>*r wholly impartial in the
of her choice
*B1- l PUt lmo w on,a all I felt to­
ll , ’ Ir- Howard she w ould certain
/totried him out o f perversity,
* *'uelJWlth a
that he waa
and unappreciated. I dls
q,. . ®» sentiment ao well. Indeed,
Hwo .1 '*Te Not* thought that
¡¿T "* Tot* would be In favor
»lain suitor.
»»Be to me one day, so manifest
Z------------
llgaU
ou to
n
Ugatlun
to um
ought to be lifelong.
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