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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1912)
Get Ready fo r your Christmas Tree Old SANTA CLAUS has been here and has left most of our TOYS in assortments of 5c 10c 15c You can wait on yourself and all the prices are plain. We can save you nearly 50 cents on the Dollar. Our Store is also replete with gifts of all kinds for older Folks as well 1 JPl Jhtb JL1 T. M. FRENCH, Proprietor. Monmouth, Oregon Local and Personal! Land For Sale. 70 acres iroo-i land for sale: 4 J. A. Haines has completely miles south of .Monmouth, well recovered from his late illness watered with sprin s, j.art in and is around as usual. ci0Vt,r an un(jer felll.t. an, excej. Brown & Sibley, attorneys and ' lent, fruit, farming or dairy land; abstracters, 610 Mill Street, $100 per acre. Miht consider Dallas, Oregon. some city proi;erty. P.nquire at Miss Tena Brown returned 'this office. 12t4 home Monday from a few days visit with relatives in Salem. Subscription Offer. The Herald needs Npw sub scriptions, and renewals of old ones, or in other words we need money, and about 200 new and Qtmno(. FOR SALE One fine male Berkshire hog", weight 350; one Stover feed grinder, good as new; one Bane wagon 2 1-2, with bed, almost new; one black mare, weight about 1200, sound and true, one Mitchell hack, canopy too. new. S. H. JIinki.e, Monmouth. old, paid up subscriptions, will send us along rejoicing and help j get the office in better shape to' What have you for sale, trade serve our patrons, hence, for a or rent? We have calls for all short time or commencing Nov. 1 kinds of deals. Write 29, we will offer a years sub scription to the California L. B. McIntosh & Wiltse, 73 Independence, Ore. He Wished tp Know Too Much Bv DOROTHEA HALE Country Journal with each re-, newal or new subscription, or to those who prefer it, we will give a handsome plaque with each re-; newal or new subscription. The California Country I Journal is a farm paper, the1 price being SI per year, and we I have 50 such offers to make. The plaques we are offering asj Henderson wax alwayx straining to premiums are of beautiful design ! know something that tin and retail at from 75 cents to $1, ' "eti1 for 1)1111 to kw. if iu had bud and will make handsome presents. a wi,f( , he "1,vt' "lwa-VH l",L'n j wuuut-i oik u hiii weri- n-an.v ut'voteu iu uiiu uooit- un oilier men or 11 ne should die Nhe would forget liim and love another eiUitll.v well. IleliderHoii waN not unirried. tint lie wua engugt'd to lie married to a ;irl u'ho gave every evidence that she had singled him out above all other men to love. Both lived on the Atlantic coiiHt. and shortly tiefore the wedding Hen derson announced to hi fiancee. Mur garet Stone, ttiat his presence In San Francisco was required In the matter of certain Interests he had there, for he was well off and lived on his In come. Miss Stone was ioor. When he left her lie seemed uneasy ahoiit something, and the lady begged him not to go. averring that she had a foreboding that something would hap- mi i inese oners are only lor a short time so take advantage of this opportunity and subscribe or renew NOW as the offer is made to get hold of ready cash. It is cash that lubricates the wheels of industry. FOR SALE CHEAP. Three fine White Wyandotte cockerels from the pens of J. E. Pogue, Forest Grove, Ore, J. K. P. Carson, Monmouth. 12t3 i jieti to hint. Henderson liesliated. H thiamin he mlKht settle the matter In the west by correspondence. I!ut lie concluded to go, ti tid the lovers parti-l with ( ) 1 1 r iiit t foreboding. Two weeks later Margaret Stone re ceived n telegram from her tlimce that he was very III. but Instructed her not to come to lilm. The next day she re ceived a message from all Intimate friend of tiis who had gone west with flim stating that Henderson was dead. The friend would bring the Imdy east In due time a letter came from the friend. Ian tlregorv. that Henderson had rcipiested fs'fure his death that his iMitly. be Interred without ceremony and that she should not be present. Mntuai-ei was much shocked, but she i lore lip nobly under the tnlsfor- 1 tune She carried out Henderson H In structions to I lie letter, omitting to be piesnit during the interment, (ireg ! on when he arrived called upon her. i and ll wit arranged that the two 'should go timet her to Henderson's grave Margaret carried plains with her and pui them In the ground so that they would grow over the grave. She found III tiregory a sympathetic friend He was extremely deferential, always maintaining a delicacy due to one who has expej'leliced a great grief. She round It ililliciiii to t-nt him lo talk of I lender-inn's last Illness When ever she mentioned the subject .be turned the conversation in other chan nels, intiuuiiiug that It was a mourn fill topi" that they would both do well to avoid The two made several trips together to the cemetery to note the growth of the plants and put flowers nn Hender son's grave, but tiregory seemed to shrink from going there, ami (lie last time I hey went together he acted so strangely that Margaret did not sug gest his going again lie grew moody ami discontented. At times lie showed signs ot taking the place made vacant by her fiance: at other times he acted us if he would consider such an act a betrayal of friendship Margaret could not understand him. Any mystery in one with whom we. are thrown Inti mately begets an Interest, and since thai Interest with Margarel was In llueiicetl by demonstrations of a grow ing love for her she found herself thinking a great deal of Gregory. One who lias lost a love naturally craves to replace thai love lint the more closely they grew to Kei her the more tiregory hung bade, ami It became evident that something was weighing on his mind Margaret tried ueuily lo Induce him in confide in her. but the bare mention of such n thing seemed to weal upon him dread fully lielievlngMhnt he was suffer ing from minims at taking his friend's jpiyi. l-l jwi r r- ' mmmm mmmm m MHHHnaAMMMMteaMMHMM.Hi place In lid heart, she exercised a frankness which would otherwise have been unmaliteiiiy to convince Mini that there was no reason to reproach hlm Hell The misunderstanding between them had readied a climax when one even lug while they were together there was a ring at the d lorbell and whu should be ushered Into i he drawing room hut Henderson hlut-i It Now, It Is mil to be supposed that an one of the three under the clr ni n ist ji in cs maintained any steadiness of demeanor Henderson and tiregory both looked us It' ihev laid been caught mealing Through Margaret there rati a i it m ii It ol emotions. For u while there was an oppressive silence Then Margaret essayed to speak, hut her voice failed her Henderson spoke ill stead "T owe you an explanation." lint Margaret recovering herself In terrupled him "Vim owe me no explanation, for 1 understand this mystery which has so long been puzzling me I have long been aware ot your ruling passion that the love of Hie woman who loves you shall die with you Von have per pelrated this deception In connection with Mr. tiregory to learn whether I would be true to your memory In the way you would wish me to be true lr tiregory consented to lend him Helf to your experiment In one sense It lias been successful, since It fins brought a delinlte result. Had i not been deceived 1 would have married him both for love and to supply the void in my heart made vacant by your death. As It Is. yon have ruined your selves and have ruined me. I doubt If the blessings of married life shall ever bp mine," She left the room The two men stood for n liniment with bowed heads, then departed In different directions, AUCTIONEER J. S. SMITH, Aiilio, Oregon. Farm Sales and Live Stock. I Give me u trial. ! Satisfaction guaranteed i B. F. SWOPE, j Attorney at Law and Notary . rub;ic. Home, Phone: Ollice, No. 1 .'!-'(), Residence, No. .S712. Office in Cooper building, Independence, - Oregon Subscribe right Now WAI,TKR (J. HROWN Notary Public Blank Deeds, Mortgage, Etc. OVER 69 YEARS- EXPERIENCE Tnne Marks Designs Copyrights Ac. AnronnNmnlliiff a Miulrh nrnl iti'urrtptinn may fluidity JiMrwrliiln our opinion fruu wfiol.hur an hivnnl.lim IN proliiilily piiloiitiililn. C..iiimnnlriv tloinmrlcllymiiiiiioiitiiii. HANIHIOOK nn I'ntci.u nut frue. Oiliest aiimuiy (or miiiirlni( iml.nnln. I'lii.iinta trik on tlirmiuh Muiiii & Co. rooulr iptctal natke, without chnrao, in Ilia Scientific JIi.;ericim A bftTirtdomflly tlltiftfrntrvl woohl-. 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