•
nothing^ ’
I Toull just nen dto be
i
and then you'll be all righ it?'*4*
1
head up agin me, like that
Ki>
I
you’ll feel better. It am't ‘ . A04
riMl'Bltl.
Proprietor«.
I
SURPASSED 1002 FOR UNSEA­
when your lips are l!ge leather'
I
guess Id best let you know Y bw '
SONABLE WEATHER.
EUGENE
OREGON.
cards He. What's that vom,’ ¿V*
I
»
'Pretty things' flne thin
I
BY A. CONAN DOYLE
I
_|
• the little girl. etbuisa.,ti<-piy .
Thick Ice Formed During Every Month
I
Guam lias a new Governor. The na
up two glittering fragments < ,: <
and Iluceniber Was Moat Agreeable
____ _
'
ture of bis offense is not stateti.
When we goc. ba. k to home pr® 1
Part of Year Food Stuff« Hold at
! rww
them to brother Bob."
1 ‘ " ■
t olieurd-of Prices.
Perhaps Klug Edward merely tumed
•'You'll see prettier thlnp. than ,x
PART II.
CHAPTER VII—Continued.
soon,” said the man. confl.lentlt
over one of bls castles In order to dodge
The Country of the Saint.
The recent phenomenal weather has
just wait a bit. I was goitJ'tn
Mr. Gregson, who had listened to
the taxes.
caused an old friend to send to the
this address with considerable impa­
you.
though—you remember
1
CHAPTER I.
k ft the river?”
**a »«
Washington 1‘oat an extract from a
tience, could contain himself no longer.
General De Wet Is writing a book,
We t «t-iv
»r,L
In the central portion of the great
"Well, we reckoned we
scrap-book preserved iu bis family of
"Look here, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,
One by one the heroes fall from tbelr
the remarkable summer of 1816. It la
he said, “we are all ready to acknowl­ North American Continent there lies other river soon, d'ye see B„, (1.M'
pedestals.
was
somethin'
urnn«
‘ '
wrong; cd:
edge that you are a smart nan, and an arid and repulsive desert, which for
known iu history as the "cold summer
somethin' and
a-"! it
4
;?'*'* or
many
a
long
year
served
as
a
barrier
map,
nr
somethin',
that
you
have
your
own
methods
of
of 1816." The sun seemed to be de­
The girl's mother saj’s that story
np. Water ran out Just exeeM ."iu
working. We want something more against the advance of civilization.
void of beat and all Nature was clad
aliout the primes Infatuation Isn't
From the Sierra Nevada to Ne­ tie drop for the likes of y.
| than mere theory and preaching now.
iu gloom. The people were frightened
and
—”
’
aBl1-'
true. But do girls' mothers always
In the Day« ot Witchcraft-
though. It is a case of taking the braska. and from the Yellowstone riv­
and imagined that the tire Iu the sun
know?
"And
you
couldn't
wash
yourself
■■
er
In
the
north
to
the
Colorado
upon
man.
I
have
made
my
case
out.
and
Few incidents connected with court*
was be I ng rapidly extinguished, and of law are more fully charged with In­ it seems I was wrong. Young Char­ the south, is a region of desolation and terrupted his companion, grav-dy .
The fortune teller who said Edward
Ing up at his grime visage
fears w ere entertained of the approach­ terest tliau the following, in which pentier could not have been engaged in silence.
"No. nor drink. And Mr. Bend». h.
would reign but never be crowned has
Nor is nature always in one mood
ing end of all things, beriuoua were the honesty and courage of the Judge this second affair. Lestrade went after
was the first to go, and then t.e
decided nut to use that prediction for
preached upon the subject lu all the concerned can scarcely fall to com­ his man, Stangerson, and it appears throughout this grim district, It com- Pete,
and then Mrs. McGre^r
that he was wrong, too. You have prises snow-capped and lofty moun
advertising purposes.
churches, and seleutltic tuen of the day mand a good meed of admiration:
then
Johnny
Hones, and tb.eu , ,
tains
and
dark
gloomy
valleys.
thrown out hints here and hints there,
talked learnedly In effort to explain the
There are swiftly-flowing rivers yotir mother."
When Lord Chief Justice Holt pre­ 1 and seem to know more than we do,
More than KOO seventh daughters of
strange phenomena.
"Then mother's a deader too" friM
sided in the King's Bench, a poor, de­ but the time has come when we feel which dash through jagged canyons:
seventh (laughters who jumped la and
The winters of 1815 and 1816 were crepit old creature was brought be­ that we have a right to
and there are enormous plains, which the little girl dropping her fire |n b j
ask
you
predicted that Edward would never it)
DW
very cold In Europe, but opened com­ fore him, accused its a criminal on j straight how much you do know of in winter are white with snow, and in pinafore and sobbing bitterly
crowned are now claiming that they
“Yes; they all went ev,-pt you
paratively mild in our country, and In whom the full severity of the law the business. Can you name the man summer are gray with the saline alkali
dust. They all preserve, however, the me. Then I thought there was son.
added "Iu June.”
no way Indicated the severe weather ought to be visited with exemplary ef­ I who did it?”
chance of water in this dir. ctioi T
that soon prevailed. January waa very fect.
"I cannot help feeling that Gregson common characteristic of barrenness, I heaved you on my shoulder and '«»
irhospitality and misery.
The story that the Egyptian Sphinx
mild,
ko
much
so,
Indyed.
that
tires
ren
­
is
right,
sir,
”
remarked
Lestrade.
"We
What an amount of sorrow there A
“What la her crime?” asked hla lord­
There are no inhabitants of this land tramped it together. It don't seem
is disintegrating on account of climatic
have both tried, and we have both
though
we've
improt
bound up In the word Ingratltudel dered homes uncomfortably warm, this ship.
of despair.
changes ia Interesting but not ueccs-
failed.
You
have
remarked
more
than
A band of Pawnees or of Blackfeet There’s an almighty small ctiinre f
Twenty years ago a “puddler” In New was broken, however, iu February for
“
Witchcraft
”
once since I have been in the room may occasionally traverse ft in order us now'”
anrlly alarming. The disintegration be­ York lost his wife. He mourned and a few days, ati|| the warm condition
"How la It proved?’
i that you had all the evidence which to reacn other hunting-grounds, but the
gan long ago. Dw,k at the poor thing's i gave to bls child, a girl, a double quan­ which existed nearly all of that month
"Do you mean that we are ROlir to
“She has a powerful spell.”
you require. Surely you will not with­ hardiest of the braves are glad to lose die. too?” asked the child, chwi-j^
nose.
tity of love. He tolled and saved. All gave no Inilleatl- n of the coming wintry
“Let me see it.”
hold it any longer?"
sight of those awesome plains and to her sobs, and raising ) er tear stzine'
aspect which succwded. and which ren­
The s[>ell wax handed to the bench.
Germany has been experimenting the tenderness of his na'ure was poured
“Any delay in arresting the assas­ find themselves once more upon their face,
dered
tiie
remaining
mouths
of
the
year
It api>eared to be a stnaii ball of va­ sin,” I observed, “might give him time pralrica.
with the American system of checking out on his baby. It waa almost wor­
“I euesa that's about the size of it"
unlike any summer that had preceded riously colored rags of silk with to perpetrate same fresh atrocity.”
The coyote skulks among the scrub,
"Why didn’t you cv so before?" she
baggage, and likes It so well that It Is ship. The feel of her arms about bls
It w ithin tiie memory of the then "old­ threads of as many different hues,
neck
took
the
tired
from
Ills
boues,
the
buzzard
flaps
heavily
through
the
said, laughing gl-.efully "Yon gave
Thus pressed by us all, Holmes
to be more generally used on the rail
est
inhabitants.
”
air,
and
the
clumsy
grizzly
bear
ium
such a fright. Why of courro. n,,w t
These were unwound and unfolded, showed signs of Irresolution
ways. Under the old German system drove sadness from Ills heart and made
March came In with its usual Icy until there appeared a scrap of parch-
He continued to walk up and down bers through the dark ravines, and long as we die we ll le with mother
every mnn hail to look after and Iden­ him realize that God had Indeed ticen
picks
up
such
sustenance
as
it
can
again.”
winds, but moderated greatly toward
: the room with his head sunk oq his
tify hie own baggage, as Is the custom good to him. He wanted her to have the end. April began with warm and tnent, on which were wrltten certain | chest and his brows drawn down, as among the rocks. These are the sole
"Yes, you will, dearie.”
more education, greater advantages,
cabalistic characters then nearly ille­
here on country stage-coaches.
dwellers
in
the
wilderness.
“And you. too. I'll tell her ho»
1 was his habit when lost in thought.
than he had. That Is the way of par- bright sunshine, but as the mouth drew gible from much use.
In
the
whole
world
there
can
be
no
awful good you've been. I'll b>t e*’«
“There will be no more murders," he
to a close the cold Increased and It
enta.
tOO
good
to
Koine
of
them
are
The
Judge,
after
looking
at
this
pa
­
more
dreary
view
than
that
from
the
meets us at th« door of heaven
When the IK'» ships now buildlug or
ended In Ice and snow and a very wln- per charm for a fewr minute«, addressed said, at last, stopping abruptly and fac- northern slope of the Sierra Blanco.
a big pitcher of water, aril a lot of
(Ing us. “Y'ou can put that considera-
contracted for are completed. twenty their children. They carry kindness try temperature,
May,
which
Is
usually
As
far
as
the
eye
can
reach
stretch
­
buckwheat cakes, hot. and tin 1
himself to tiie terrified prisoner: “Pris­ 1 tion out of the question. You have
eight Blates will be represented In the tieyond the bounds of appreciation. looked for with
Its welcome flowers, oner. how came you by this?"
asked me if I know the name of the es the great flat plainiand, all dusted both sides, like Bob ai d me was fn-|
new navy by nauiesakea. The armored Twelve years ago he sold his property
over
with
patches
of
alkali,
and
inter
­
proved a bitter disappointment; the
"A young gentleman, my lord, gave ! assassin. I do. The mere knowing of sected by clumps of the dwarfish chap­ of How long will it I e first’"
■ rulser 1’ennsylvuiila, which Is soon to and sent his girl to Europe to study
“I don’t know—not very long."
his name Is a small thing, however.
She gained early buds were soon bhickeued by the It to me to cure my child's ague.”
be launched, will be the third uaval music. She did study.
The num - ■ ■
I compared with the power of laying our arral bushes.
frost, and In one night during the first
fame,
and
her
beauty
appealed
to
the
"How
long
since?
”
On
the
extreme
verge
of
the
horizon
vessel to bear the name of the Key­
northern horizon. In the bh e v-nlt 0»
| hands upon him. This I expect very
two days of May vegetation was made
artists
of
the
Gid
World.
One
day
she
‘'Thirty years, my lord.
stone Stule. The first was a wooden
shortly to do. I have good hopes of lie a long chain of mountain peaks, the heaven there appear« I t^ree litt!«
a blackened waste; the corn was killed
“And did It cure her?”
three decker of 8,400 tons, built In came back to New York a polished
i managing It through my own arrange- with their rugged summits flecked with specks which increa-ed <n rlzo eyi.?
and
fields
had
to
lie
made
ready
for
an
­
* “Ob, yes, and many others.”
! ments; but ft is a thing which needs | snow. In this great stretch of coun­ moment, so rapidly did th»y appro,. i
1837. The latest Is a steel lighting ma­ woman, worldly, proud and heartless.
They speedily resolved tho-^'w?
She didn't go to the old man and throw other planting, but that was prevented
The Judge paused a few momenta, 1 delicate handling, for we have a try there is no sign of life, nor of any­
chine of 14.IXH) tons.
Into three large brown birds, whlihc-.
her arms about hia ueck. He was starv­ by the extreme cold. Ice formed to the aud then addressed himself to the shrewd and desperate man to deal thing appertaining to life.
There is no bird in the steel-blue cied over the heads of the two "
thickness of half an Inch through all jury; "Gentlemen of the jury” he with, who is supported, as I have had
Stop laughing al the people of Jamal ing for a kind word, for one klaa, even
the fields.
occasion to prove, by another who is as heaven, no movement upon the dull, derer, and then settled upon .tome
a
look
and
—
She
disowned
him.
She
said,
"thirty
years
ago
I
and
some
com-
ca for holding coronation festivals
gray earth—above all there ia abso­
June was a month of Ice and desola­ panloiiH, as thoughtless as myself, clever as himself. As long as this man lute silence. Listeu as one may, there rocks which overlooked them.
whereat they expressed nearly unani­ would have been kinder had she killed
They were buzzards, the vultures of
has no idea that any one can have a
tion,
with
thermometer
sunk
very
far
him
lie Hlunk awty to a hovel on
went to thia wotuau'a Inn. and. after clew, there is some chance of securing is no shadow ot a sound in all that the West, whose coming is the fore­
mous desire to be annexed to the Uni­
below
the
freezing
polul,
even
in
the
eujoyfng ourselves, found we bad no
ted Stales. Their conduct and their the East Side and there Ilves on a pit­
but if he had th« slightest sus­ mighty wilderness; nothing bat silence runner of death.
southern latitude, and all renewal of means to discharge the reckoning. him;
picion, he would change his name, and —complete and heart-subduing silence.
couveraatloa reflected credit upoti their tance In order that ho can each week
It has been said there is nothing ap­
planting was abandoned. Frost, ice Observing a child ill of ague, I pretend­ vanish In an Instant among the four
good judgment. Their destiny Is either send to her $20. She accepts It «nd
(To be continued.)
pertaining to life upon the b'oad plain.
to colitlnu- to be subjects of Great spends It. He Is proud and sad and and snow were common throughout the ed I had a spell to cure her. I wrote million inhabitants of this great city. That is hardly true.
country,
every
green
thing
which
had
the cryptic ebaractera you see on that Without meaning to hurt either of your 1 Looking down from the Sierra Bian­
Britain or to come under the Amerlcau miserable and happy by turns—the
WENT HIM SOME BETTER.
I am bound to say that I con-1
ting Therefore they do well to culti­ most wretched man In New York—who availed ItHelf during the few days of scrap of parchment, aud In gratitude feelings.
co, one sees a pathway traced out
slder
these
men
to
be
more
than
a
:
sunshine
to
develop
perished
In
the
the poor woman permitted us to de- match for the official force, and that Is across the desert, which winds away Olrl Improved on Excuse Offered by Ha
vate a feeling of cordiality In both has left only a great love that tills ills
quarters The sailor who In a storm good heart and the memory of the little frost, and all kinds of fruit were de­ latrt. and took this supposed spell' lu why I have not asked your assistance. and is lost in the extreme distance.
Little Brother.
stroyed.
It is rutted with wheels and trodden
discharge of all demands, I am the If I fall I shall, ot course. Incur all the
offered up prayers to each of two In girl who kissed him In those old days
Annie
was
late, and like a Kneibis
In Vermont snow fell to the depth of criminal, if one there be. What do blame due to this omission; but that 1 down by the feet of many adventurers.
visible deities who are understood to and was not nshanied of her father
child, she recognized the fa< t and Mop­
Here
and
there
are
scattered
white
ten
Inches
during
that
month;
seven
am prepared for. At present I am objects which glisten iu the sun and ped running.
be antagonistic to each other, liecause And there Is Maurice Bernhardt, son
you aay, gentlemen?”
Not so Johnnie. He
lie did not know w hose hands he would of the greatest actress In the world. Inches of snow In Maine and three
What the gentlemen said wit tarita- j ready to promise that the Instant1 stand out against the dull deposit Of belonged to the class that never kn-«<
Inches
throughout
Massachusetts
and
1
can
communicate
with
you
without
How
did
he
repay
the
woman
who
gave
fall Into If anything should happen,
mount to the acquittal of the accused
alkali.
when it has enough of either joy r
endangering my own combinations I
Approach and examine them! They trouble, so he kept up his lalxri-nj
waa not more discreet than were those him life? He has changed his name Central New York.
woman.
;
shall
do
so.
”
July
was
accompanied
by
frost
and
are bones; some large and coarse,
and disowned hla mother. He would
festive citizens of Janialca.
Gregson and Lestrade seemed to be others smaller and more delicate. The trot until the school door was rimhui.
Ye Happy Farmer's Life.
not forget what the world baa forgiven, Ice, and on the glorious Fourth uu abun
far
from
satisfied
by
this
assurance,
or
former have belonged to oxen, the There he leaned dejectedly and breath­
Sixteen million dollars was the ng lie was less charitable than strangers. dance of Ice was found In the streams Of all ye Lives I wot of
I by the deprecating alluslon to the de- latter to men.
ed heavily. Annie eyed him with a
Ye
farmer
s
is
most
Blest.
and
pools
ns
fur
south
as
Virginia.
That
gregale of money given to American Love for children! It Is the best thing
I tective police,
For fifteen hundred miles one may scorn that grew as she looked, u'et
He tills ye Soil with sturdy Toll
month
the
Indian
corn
was
entirely
de
­
public libraries during the past year, that life contains. It Is the happiness
j The former had flushed tip to the trace this ghastly caravan route by on they stood in the office looking like
Amt wsvtes no Tyme In Best.
! roots of his flaxen hair, while the these scattered remains of those who a set of illustrations for a new vertiuii
mid more than two thousand new II that no words can tell. Bring them up stroyed In all but the far southern por­ lie rises iu ye Morning
| other’s beady eyes glistened with curi­ had fallen by the wayside.
brarles were opened. It would be well to honor and respect ns well as love tion of the country, and even there hut
When half-past Two has struck.
of the “Lives of the Hunted,” and
osity and resentment.
If In t‘tu'11 of them were placed a tab­ their parents, to tlie end that the sor a small quantity, compared to the usual At Tenne he hittes ye Bedde again.
Looking down on this very scene, Johnny was talking.
“I couldn't
Neither
of
them
had
time
to
speak,
crop,
escaped.
there stood upon the 4th of May, 1847, mean it,’’ he sobla-d. “It win me big
let engraved with the words of tiie lute row of the puddler and Hie actress
If yet he has good Luck.
however,
before
there
was
a
tap
at
the
August, which It was hoped would
a solitary traveler.
Lord Acton, recoin mending gicat books Khali never be yours.
door and the spokesman of the street
His appearance was such that he sister Katie’s fault. She made nie eat
end the cold weather, soon dispelled He journeys to ye Stable
to an English youth: "To |ierfect ills
arab, young Wiggins. Introduced his might have been the very genius or three eggs, an' me mudder save I can't
And
milks
two
dozen
klne.
that
hope;
It
was
even
more
cheerless
mind and open windows In every dl
BRYAN’S D UGH HR POPtlAR.
insignificant and unsavory person.
demon of the region. An observer hold that much till I'm nine years old,
than the months which hud preceded It. At half past Four he hungers sore,
rectiua; to rulse him to the level of bls
"Please, sir.” he said, touching his would have found it difficult to say and—" He would have babbled «a
A
ud
for
ye
Food
does
Pine.
Miss Rulli Bryan, who lias grown Ice formed even thicker than In the pre
age so that he tuny know- the forces
forelock. "I have the cab down stairs.” whether he was nearer to forty or to indefinitely, the tears rolling «fl bit
Of fried Pork Chops and Coffee
“Good boy,” said Holmes, blandly. sixty.
that hate made our world » lint It Is Into a young woman, attracted a great ceding mouth, and the corn was so bad
fat, foolish little face, hut the principal
He gladly does partake.
“Why don't you introduce this pattern
nnd still relg'i over It; to gourd him deal of attention while In the East with ly frozen that it was cut for fodder, Atul to complete ye Meal does eat
His face was lean and haggard, and handed him his admission slip and
at
Scotland
Yard?"
he
continued,
tak
­
agnliint surprises and the constant her father ou Ills recent New England and almost every green plant was re
1 the brown, parchment-like skin was
Ye luscious Buckwheat cake.
ing a pair of steel handcuffs from a 1 drawn tightly over the projecting turned to Annie. That young 1*1»
sources of errors within; to supply hliu trip. In New York she kept up a run stroyed. The news received from Eu­
drawer.
“
See
how
beautifully
the
I bones; his long, brown hair and beard had a passion for acquisition, so with­
both w ith the strongest stimulants and nlng tire of conversation with her fath rope contained the Intelligence that like He rises from ye Table
spring works. They fasten in an in­ were all flecked and dashed with out further ado she acquired Johnnie's
conditions
existed
there
In
many
parts.
And Follows forth ye Plows,
the surest guides; to give force mid er's visitors.
stant."
white; his eyes were sunken in his excuse.
The papers received from England But leaves lua Place full soon to cbasa
fulness mid clearness mid sincerity and
In face Miss Bryan Is not beautiful,
“The old pattern Is good enough.” head, and burned with an unnatural
“I ate too many eggs, too, and it
Back home ye straying Cowe.
Independence and eletatlon mid gener­ yet she compels even the most blase stuted that the year 1816 would be re
remarked T.estrade. "If we can find the luster, while, the hand which
_ grasped made me late,” she explained.
Returning to ye Meadow
membered
for
a
generation
as
the
year
man
to
put
them
on."
osity and serenity to bls mind, that he
I his rifle was hardly more fleshy than
“Indeed,” said the principal, “and
He labors hard till noon.
"Very good, very good.” said Holmes, that of a skeleton.
lu w hich there was no summer. What
may know the law of process by which
how many did you eat?”
And then does munch a Bite of Lunch.
smiling.
"The
cabman
may
as well
As he stood, he leaned upon his
little corn ripened In the unexposed
error la conquered mid truth won, ills
Annie’s lips curled scornfully a« she
.Which he dispatches soon.
help me with my boxes. Just ask him weapon for support, and yet his tall
states was almost worth Its weight lu
cernlng knowledge from plobalilllty
remembered Johnny and his tniserab.e
to step up. Wiggins.”
1
figure
and
the
massive
framework
of
gold.
Farmers
were
compelled
to
use
and prejudice from Iwllef; that he may
All day he gaily labors
I was surprised to And my com pa n- | his bones suggested a wiry and vigor- little three eggs.
the corn grown In 1815 for planting In
In the Field and Stable-Yard.
learn to master what lie reJiM-ts as
“I ate seventy-four,” sb» replied,
ion speaking as though we were about ; ous constitution.
the sprlug of 1817. Need never coat so Nor weary grow« aa on he goes.
fully as what lie adopts; to steel him
to start out on a journey, sin«« he had
His gaunt face, however, and his blandly.—New York Evening Sun.
Nor find» hia Work ia hard.
much; It was obtained with great dial
against the charm of literary beauty
not said nothing to me about tt.
j clothes, which hung so baggily over
culty and at a coat of >5 a bushel. The He beds down all ye Cattle.
The Origin of "Windfall."
and talent, so that each book thorough
There was a small portmanteau in I his shriveled limbs, proclaimed what
When
roosts
ye
tired
Lark,
the room, and this he pulled out and j it was that gave him that senile and
last month of summer opened bright
ly taken In shall be the beginning of
Did you ever have a "windlxL
A sickly Glini he takes with him
began to strap.
; decrepit appearance.
a new life, and shall make a new man
and warm and was the mildest of the
and did you ever wonder « hv y«u rtiiw
To light him after dark.
He was busily engaged at ft when
The man was dying—dying from it so, when tiie wind had r.othirg
of him.”
year; but the ex|>eetatlon of returning
hunger and from thirst.
the cabman entered the room.
sunuuer w-ns anon dispelled.
all to do with your good 1 ■ >rtune I'
From one Year to another
"Just give me a help with this
He had toiled painfully down the ra­
James A. Bailey, the millionaire elr
On August 111 Ice formed everywhere,
was to the peasants in William ''f
He Harvest sows and reaps.
buckle,
cabman.
”
he
said,
vine.
and
on
to
thi*
little
elevation,
kneeling
cws owner, has been visiting In Detroit
snd winter clothing, which had been He lives and thinks and works and drink* over his task, and never turning his I fn the vain hope of seeing some signs Conqueror’s time that an actual »>““•
recently. Bailey was struck with the
And also eats and sleeps.
laid aside a few days before. was again
fall meant good luck. Ihey »e«
of water.
head.
circus fever w hen he waa but 11 years
brought forth to protect the people What work he has not Tyrue for
Now the great salt plain stretched bidden, under severe penalty, to
•
The fellow came forward with a
Is
managed
by
his
Wyfe.
old. He began as u lemonade and pea
somewhat sullen defiant air, and put before his eyes, and the distant belt forest tree, but whatever the »i " '*
from the wintry weather. October kept
All
must
concede
’
ti»
good
to
lead
nut vendor. Finally he got to tie ad
of savage mountains, without a sign down was their own; hence t*''
down his hands to assist
up the reputation of Its predecessor, as
Ye liappye Farmer’s life.
vance agent of a show "I remember
At that instant there was a sharp anywhere of plant or tree which might greatest fortune was a heaiv.
there was scarcely a day during the -Portland Oregonian.
click, the jangling of metal, and Sher­ Indicate the presenci of moisture.
that I used to possess a great many
whole month that the tbemrometer rose
In all that broad landscape there storm and its cmeequent “fall.
lock Holmes sprang to his feet again.
suits of clothes, and I owned a large
higher than 30 degrees. November was
Dietetic Dinteultiee.
was no gleam of hope. North, and hence the name we give our mod'™
“
Gentlemen.
”
he
cried,
with
flashing
cluster diamond that cost ataiut >lt>"
extremely cold, but. strange to aay. De­
Readers of Don Quixote will recall eyes, "let me Introduce to you Mr Jef cast, and west he looked with wild, good luck.
Mr. Bailey looked down at blwself as if
cember was the mildest and most com­ the meal at which Kancbo Panza, while ferson Hope, the murderer of Enoch questioning eyes, and then he realized
What Alligators Eat.
mentally comparing bls suit of to day
that his wanderings had came to an
fortable month of the entire year.
Governor of Barataria, found that ev­ Drebber and Joseph Stangerson.
with that of the time he was advance
More than once curi< ih ti'itK*
The whole thing occurred In a mo­ end. and that there, on that barren
Of course the cold spell caused bread erything be desired was whisked
agent. The suit lie wore to-day could
been found in the stomach of a ' _
stuffs to rise to an unheard-of price, and aw ay at the bidding of the physician's ment—so quickly that I had no time to crag, he was about to die.
“Why not here, as well as in a feath­ bnt never has such an extr
not have cost more than >lfi. while not
■
It was Impossible to obtain the ordi­ wand, until the table was cleared of reallxe It.
I have a vivid recollection of that in­ er bed, twenty years hence.” he mut­ collection been found as was 11'” v
a single article of Jewelry adorned bls
nary vegetables for table us?, as what all that was eatable, Doctor Martin, stant.
tered. as he seated himself in the shel­
t.
of
Holmes'
triumphant
expres
­
recently in the stoma, h •! an s. •
person.
Every young man passes woman «corner to gaze at her with were on sale were required for seed
tn his book. “A Cycle of Catliay," tell» sion and the ring of his voice, of the ter of a bowlder.
This
alligator
was
killed
in
the'
through wbat may ba denouiluattd "the much more tliau fleeting glance. Dark Flour sold In 1817 tn the cities for >13
Before sitting down, he had depos
of au experience h» had In a Chine«« cahman's dazed, savaee face, as he
clothes era.” a time lu the process of
dark In hair and eyes and complex per luerrel. and the average price of hotel; It waa singularly «luillar to thnt glared at the glistening handcuffs ited upon the ground nis useless rifle, and was more than 12 fo**» 'n
his evolution when bls serious purposes Ion and museularly formed, «he shown wheat In England was l>7 shilling« per
and also a large bundle tied up in a In its atcninch were di- «',’r''l r -
which befell Sancho. The Doctor saya: which had appeared as if by magic gray shawl, which he had carried slung five stones, several birds 1 In"'-
lu life run largely to clothes. In these the Ideal American girl, the type from quarter
upon his wrists.
"Many
of
the
Inna
are
kept
by
Mo
human finger nails ami three ■' ’
callow days s solitary hair oat of place the West, nurtured In Nebraska breese«
For a second or two we might have over his right shoulder.
hammedsna. as I learned to my coet. been a group of statues Then, with
It appeared to be somewhat too donkey, to one of which a pie« (l
TABBY AND HER BABY RAT.
disturlie hla esthetic equilibrium, to be and taught no fear of even cyclones.
One day when my servant had set the an Inarticulate roar of fury, the pris­ !lea.yyAor hls. '’trength^for, In lowering was attached.
even sans patent leather polish as to his She liss her father's broad mouth and
W«r««««l to Kat th» Tennaatar—Wvared
table, and I waa about to begin toy oner, wrenched himself free from ft. It came down on fhe ground with
shoes Is equivalent to conviction as ac­ flrtn jaw a. her mother's low forehead,
It aa Her <*ff«prla*.
Medals for First Xolurteer*.
breakfast with a slice of bam. the Inn Holmes’ grasp, and hurled himself some little violence.
cessory after the fact, and the nicety with rippling brown hair, dressed low.
Instantly there broke from the gray
Tabby, our old cat, lived In ths barn kev-per appeared, and Implored me by through the window.
Governor
Cra ■ .
expended upon hie necktie would suf but has her own eyes. Miss Bryan Is
parcel
a
little
moaning
cry.
and
from
Woodwork and glass gave way be
with her family of kittens Kha mads all that waa «acred to abstain from
it there protruded a small, scared face.
____ . has signed the bill «warding a
flee for the consummation of an exceed­ now 18
her home In the stall itf Dandy, on« of port. for hla sake ia u<8 for my own. for« him; but before he got quite with very bright, brown eyes, and two every man from bis state
1
ingly delicate diplomatic mission. The
through Gregson. Lestrade and Holmes
the farm horses, and the kittens were
' Sanding It away. 1 a<ldreaaed my­ sprang upon him like so many stag little speckled, dimpled fists.
in response to Pre nient Li
n “
youth kn ws nothing respecting Car
Merely a Detail
always under his feet Rut Dandy was self to a piece of corned beef To this hounds.
You've hurt me"’ said a childish call for troops. Tiie p> 1 *'
lyle'a pbiloeophy of clothes Neither la
The new *oeie<y reporter had Just re­
He was dragged back Into the room, voice, reproachfully.
he signed the hill haa
' T,
It to Is* argued that he la lu love. It turned from th» first weddlug cere fond of cats, and In soma miraculous the hoot also objected, saying that the
Have I, though?” the man an­ to President Pierce, o' t «
way avoided harming bls fuHtx
and
then commenced a terrific conflict
cow
was
a
sacred
beast.
Is simply a desire to ornament hla per­ tnony she bad attended In a profession
swered.
penitently;
“
I
didn't
go
for
to
So powerful and so fierce was he
One day I noticed a young rat. about
To «pare hla feelings. I said I would
men of ’61.”
son In an attempt to support a new •1 capacity.
that the four of 11s were shaken off do It"
the sis« of a full grown mouse, run­ break my fast on bread am? butter
As
he
spoke,
he
unwrapped
the
gray
found dignity. iHrn't call a young man
“Did you get all th» facts?' asked
Baltimore to Hon r SKh*«Y-
ning about the stall with the kitten*
“ 'Not on butter. I lieeeech you,” he again and again. He appeared to have shawl and extricated a pretty little
n
a dude Iweause lie Is overparticular th» editor.
convulsive strength of a man in
Kurprlscd that Tabby did not notle« It. exclaimed; 'butter, too, hi forbidden the
Baltimore
is con-i- *
girl
of
about
five
years
of
see.
whose
an epileptic flt.
as to hla dress. He will overcome that
"All that are of auy Importance.” re­
I caught her and held her noee down lo My dishes have not been greased with
*rlf
His face and hands were terribly dainty shoe« and smart pink frock, changing the name of i *
weakness sooner or later It Is as nec­ plied the young woman. "1 have a de
its little linen apron, all bespoke to t-chiey avenue, in '
It She llck.-tl Ite face and then walk-xi It for five years ' "
mangled by the passage through th« a with
essary to hla development as that be script Ion of the bridal gown, au I th»
e
»
mother
’
s
rare.
swsy. One morulng. perhaps n week
admiral.
The pr<»nt
Swallowing my dry morsel with a glass but lost of blood had no effect
should have the whooping cough and trousseau, aud the flower«, and ths
The child was pale and wan. but her longer appropriate, the t
later. I found Tabby and her family <mp of tea. 1 let: the pite», resolving in diminishing his resistance.
the measles at an earlier age When wedding presents, ami the objective
healthy
arms
and
legs
showed
that
she
Tt wax not until Lestrade succcellxcf
eotahllahed on a flower bed o«ar the the next time to steer clear of an In ti­
dtiry of the city Lavin,
Mr. Bailey wanted fine clotbee be had point of the w«tiding tour, and the
suffered less than her companion.
kitchen door. I fathered the kltteui keeper encumbered by ene h a combina- In getting his hand inside his neck 1 had How
beyond that avenue.
Is
ft
now*
”
he
answered
anx
­
little money to buy them. Now that bo names of the bridesmaids aud tho ortl
i
cloth and half strangling him that we
Into
my
apron,
and
as
I
lifted
the
last
Hon
of
prejudices
iously
for
she
wax
still
rubbing
the
has plenty of money be doesn't rare for elating clergyman, and tho reception
made him realize that his struggles
Praises Amerà«" •"***
one I uncovered the mt. It was taking
golden curls which covered the
clot be« hhostly In this world we want tlayo —"
were of no avail; and even then we towny
Paul
Lindau de litre'
ba-
A
of
her
head
Its
break
fas'
Just
aa
naturally
and
cua
The manner In which a girl worka [*!* P<1»*,ur”y until we had pinioned
"W ho Io the bridegroom?" Interrupt.-d
wbat we can't get.
tent,-.llv a« the to'ttena. but when Tab herself to death gettlug ready to marry his feet as well as his bands» That
"Kiss It snd make it well." she said magazine article that '
tho editor 'Hla uauto has been print
ter got up the little thing ecurrfed away la enough to make a conscientious man done we rose to our feet, breathless wlth perfect gravity, shoving the In pression he h*d e
In her new IxMik. "A raatehoard eil four different ways In the preiiml- nto the sweet peas
lured part np to him.
.— "That's what travels in the new >r
ashamed that he ever became co and panting
•
nary
announcement*.
”
mother used to da Where's mother?" given by the Gra’d
Merrit
who
writ
«a
ae
Crown." Glam
"We
have
hla
I
carried
the
kittens
to
the
grauary
cab ■ said Sherlock
gaged
"Tho groom!" raltered the yonug
beautifully as she once »'1M. says;
Holmes "It will serve to take him to | "Mother x gone. I guess you'll see ratio river, in A »zona-
and put them In a corner on a pile of
her before loag."
A
man
likes
to
be
told
that
be
baa
"For It la the alnMWt sterile soil of woman. "Why why. I forgot to ask empty as.-ks
Scotland
Tarci
And
now.
--------- gent..
..tiemen"
When 1 turned mu nd
"Gone, eh?" said the
..... little B
.,„
rtr?
him.
ami
nottody
else
appeared
to
think
A Chin«** Claries*»-
earned
a
vacation,
even
If
some
he
continued,
with
a
pleasant
smiie
old
poi eri y that oftenest |>e>idue»a ¡liât
Tabby was Just coming la the door
we have reached the end of our little Funny she dfdnt say gool bye; she
ca<*tue-llke plant of Ambition w h>w of bltn Rut they bad all the Important with her foater he by In her mouth loafer makes the remark.
Tba
5jna.
a Cl
mystery You are very welcome to ^most alwxys did If she was Just goln' favorite jnstrWmeat a
splendid and dazzling flowers are. alas details ready for me."
She put It down ;■ the corner with the
Ths largest coral reef In the world fa put any queation* that you like to me over to auntie's for tea and now she’* people, especially at mi r
i
so often without perfume ' The s mile
Time makes all things even -eit-rpt kittens, but It Immwllately hid under the Australian barrier reef, which is row and there Is no danger that I will been away for three davs Say. It'a
•**
awful 4ry ain't It? Ain't thare no «rai entertainment».
is well selected.
The dnaer. la Na I tn • poker gatua
the sacks. I pla.-ed a saucerful of LMQ miles til length.
reft’M to answer them "
water nor nothing to eat?"
F to U abqve.
Eugene Weekly Guard
ture's poverty. The desert has been
denied water. Therefore everything it
grow*. cactus, uieaqult. yucca. Is-ar
I grass, shows marks of the struggle
with bard conditions, aud. ow ing noth­
ing, It presents a prickly independence,
lu its armed su«plciou It «ay« "Hands
off.” Aud so of the human ca<-tus
grown on the plain» of poverty. It lias
I thrived iu spite of the lack of nour­
ishment ami culture. It is Ix-autLful
I to look.upon. But It has thorns as you
' will discover If you try to pluck It.
And It is without perfume, 'there I*
i ntXblng of the rose smell about these
' hardy human plants. They haven't
had the ai.vautagea of the rose. Abra­
ham Lincoln waa a cactus. Klud at
heart, be was rough aud prickly out­
side. Douglas found those thorn*.
UlysKeH S Grant was another of thia
type A kindly nature waa hedged
I
aliout by an Indurati'd growth that
produced seen ixiiiits of defense.
Aud so of all "self made" men. Bril­
liant to the look, and like the cactus,
which the desert dweller knows I h one
of the most useful and generous of
all plants when you kuow It* uses,
these human flowers are wondrous
kind, but rugged, strong, unbending
to outside Influence«, keen aa needles
—Ambition grown lu the Desert of
Life.
1816 HAD NO SUMMER.
milk on tbs floor and »too back out of
alght to watch developments.
Tabby, after lapping It a moment,
called her family. The kittens respond
ed slowly, and then the tiny rat darted
from its biding place under the sack«
and scrambled over the edge of the
saucer, head foremost Into the milk.
When It climbed out Tabby attenled to
Its toilet, licking the milk all off. Af­
ter she had finished the rat didn’t look
much larger than the tirst joint of a
man's thumb, but It sat up on Its
haunches aud washed its face, bead and
ears In the most comical way
We were all Interested In this most
unnatural adoption, but one morning
the queer foster nursling was missing
and we never knew- wbat became of it.
— Edinburgh Scotsman.
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A STUDY IN SCARLET
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