But II she Is not down there,
where Is she?"
I
The questioner thought she heard
b io n of vitality, vigor or tone, and Is
a laugh from the other end of the
«(te n a forerunner of proatratlng dis­
rope, but the countenance of the man
ease.
was quite serious as be came up the
It la serious and especially so to
rope
hand-over-hand
and reached
people that must keep up and doing or
the ground.
I
get behindhand.
"The case, as I understand It, Is
The best medicine to take for It la
B y B R YA N T C . ROGERS
that an old lady Is missing?”
the great constitutional remedy
"Yes, she went to draw a pall of
water and fell Into the well."
flCoti/rlcbt. U ll. b j m u e b u d Literary Prws.)
"I must beg your pardon. W hen,
Which purifies and enriches the blood
Aunt Mary Warner lived half
an old lady falls Into a well she stays
end builds up the whole system.
mile below the Fairly manor house there until some one helps her out.
Get It today In usual liquid form or
on the highway. She was a widow There Is no old lady at the bottom of
chocolated tablets called Sarsataba.
FOR ALL
SORE EYES and old and poor and an object of this well.”
charity. Two or three times a week
"Then— then-----”
CO LLECTIO NS E V E R Y W H E R E -N o
Miss Minnie Fairly walked down to
A Rainfall of 450 Inches.
"Then It follows that she Is some­
charge unless we get your money.
The rainfall of a village among the the little old cottage with a basket where else. Have you looked through
Colton Adjustment Co., 410 Abington
hills of Assam, during ten weeks this of eatables on her arm and a sunny the house and around?”
Bldg., 106J Third St., Portland.
year, was 260 Inches. The village Is smile on her face, and was always
"Yes, everywhere.”
Second-Hand Machin- Cherrapunjl, the rainiest spot In Asia greeted with:
The man glanced all around, and
♦ ry bought, gold and and presumably in the world. Its an­
"Lord bless and keep the bonnle with his eyes on the fringe woods
exchanged: en Kirie»,
nual rainfall Is something over 450 maiden! You are helping me to live beyond the garden he said:
boiler , paw mili», etc. Th ° J. K. Martin Co., 7tf 1st
6t.. Portland. Send for Stock List and price«.
Inches— say, fifteen times as much as a little longer, though It seems that
“ l thing I see some chestnut trees
London. Cherrapunjl stands on a there’s no place In this world for a up there. We have had a frost and
o w a r d e . b u b t o i « - A**H>«r «nu c h *m i<
H Laudv«lle. Col »ritUu. Hi.eciuiwu prices: Gold, plateau, overlooking the plain of Syl- poor woman like me."
the nuts are rattling down. Wouldn't
(Hiver. Lead. tl.
«lilter. 76c; Gold. 50c: Zinc
Aunt Mary could go back to the your Aunt Mary take a wander that
het, and It is 4.455 feet above sea
o rC o p p e r.fi. in t ilín » en* elopes a d fu ll price lisi
fen*; on apidlcHtion.. Control and Pm pire work so
days when she was a girl herself and way? Let's look."
level.— Westminster Cazette.
Uoitod. Róferunoj: Carbonate National Hank.
talk to Interest, and a visit to her
Three minutes later the old woman
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets, small, , sugar- had more Interest than simple char­ was discovered lying In a faint under
coated, easy to take as candy, regulate ity. She had a bit of garden In
| and invigorate stomach, liver and bow- which she worked In summer, and one of the trees. She had over­
exerted herself in hobbling the dis­
i els and cure constipation.
often the girl worked with her, and tance and gathering the nuts.
if she happened to be In bed with
Myth Concerning the Salamander.
"She's dead— she’s
dead!"
ex­
| Newts and salamanders are pretty one of her rheumatic attacks the claimed the girl as she threw herself
much like frogs and toads, only they rooms were swept and things put In down beside the body.
have a tall and look like a lizard, and order despite her protests.
"She's feeble and has overdone the
" It ’s like the fairy stories I used to thing, 1 should say," quietly replied
then In some breeds the pair of hind
"You are the man; and he picked Aunt Mary
legs are small and In others lacking. read," she would smile.
Salamanders often get Into old rotten young, wealthy and move with the up with the greatest ease and bore
Skylights
Ta n k s
Gutters logs and If put on the tire run out best, and yet you have a heart for a her to the house and laid her on her
May the bed.
without being hurt In many cases, be­ poor old body like me!
D o w n Spouts Steel Ceiling
cause they are more or less damp and Lord send you a good husband!”
"Bathe her temples with water and
"But I shall never marry,” would chafe her hands,«’ he said to the girl.
/. C. BAYER
may not actually pass through much
fire. But folk think a salamander 1? be the reply.
2\ j 4 Matkel
Portland. Oregon
“ Here Is a .flask of wine. Get her
“ Oh. but you will.”
right at home in the fire.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
to swallow some and she’ll soon re­
“ But when Is the young man com­ vive.”
English Hermit’s Strange Life.
ing?"
His passing out was hardly noticed.
There died the other day, at th*.
"Soon, dearie— very soon. You are It was fifteen minutes later when
Helf-Confidencw ana d iu t t .
Belt-confidence Is usually about 99 age of elghty-two, a hermit named only nineteen now, and there is lots Aunt Mary had opened her eyes and
Lewis, who for the last 20 years has of time."
per cent, bluff.— Atchison Glob«.
regained her senses, that Miss Minnie
existed on shellfish and lived In his
“ But he must be about twenty-four went out to look for the stranger and
covered trawler, beached at Lower — black eyes— a drooping mustache—
found the auto gone.
Fishguard. He never varied his diet­ curly hair— white teeth— a deep voice.
"Why, no, 1 didn't fall down the
ary, except when shellfish was scarce, He must be a hero or 1 shan't marry
“~Z?Z¿Y7ZY(7 7722? 77003?J7V CANADA
well,” explained Aunt Mary. "A cow
and then he substituted bread and him.’’
got Into the garden last night, and
IK E
ash-burled
coals,
there would roam the interminable forests
cheese. To within two days of his
"H e will be all that you ask for.
this morning, when I went to drive
Rheumat *m. Skin D :ieaiei, Stomach
smoulders within the breast ot of his day at will. More often than not
death he was In robust health.— Lon­ dearie.
I have seen him In my
and Lung Trouble«
her out, she ran against the curb and
of almost every man a spark of he quietly slept beside a log or be­
don Answers.
dreams, and he Is like a prince."
knocked It aside. I was just after
Cured ppriminfntlv nt. »rnnll cost. NO FAKK.
the original fire that animated neath some sheltering bush, although
One
October
forenoon
Miss
Minnie
11.Ml trial imekoi-'« 25 twnta, Addr«*» i.imu’» Min­
chestnuts. 1 could see the wind
What He Might Expect.
eral Wonder Co.. ‘¿>1 Main St., l or! bind. Ore.
his savage ancestors of the the gloomy forest aisles about him re­
set out on one of her visits to Aunt
bringing
them
down.
So
a
stranger
‘‘Trlmmlns has a first-rate voice,” Mary, and reached the cottage to
1A77 broad way. Oakland. Cal.
and the wilds. Periodically sounded to the barking of wolves or
H W. Lamr A Hon.
May 17. 1911.
said the critic at the concert; "but he find her missing. The old woman brought me Into the house?"
there occurs In his life moments of In­ the yelling of panthers. Under stmt-*
Pori land. Ore..
Gentlemen: I intuit Pipro** my »urprine and
“ Yes, and he got a rope and went
always comes In behind time.” "Y es,”
tense longing to escape from the tur­ lar circumstances and surroundings
pleatnire at the work o f your Mineral Wonder in
down the well.”
relation to myaelf. The imukuuk I received frn n
replied the man who lends money. "I
moil and trouble of life to the fair, the average modern hunter would
xonrrwpreaen atlve here. Although need but fo ra
"Dear
me!
What
kind
of
a
looking
[
guess
It’s
force
of
habit.
Trlmmlns’
few week», line wnniuiit MtirprlHinuiv pleaaant re-
free forest of his dreams. Like a tired starve If he did not first die of fright.
anlln In my condition. A m u kidney and liladder
man
was
he?"
notes are always overdue.”— Stray Sto­
cleaner it ia Kiny.
child who loves at eventide to climb
Life In camp Is replete with pleas­
Very respectfully.
"H e was a young man, I think.’’
ries.
__________________
W R. THOMAS.
within the protecting shelter of Its ures for those who enjoy a bit of
"But don’t you know?”
mother’s lap where It may be soothed roughing It. The pure and invigorat­
Must Have Dined Well.
"Yes, I remember that he was a
and crooned Into dreamy forgetful­ ing air exhilarates the braln-fagg*l
The electric ventilating fan on the
young man.”
ness, the grown-up Is filled with a long­ city toller when he reaches "a lodge
wall of the restaurant was whizzing
"But what else?"
ing at times to seek the lap of Mother in some vast wilderness.” The petty
round. A gentleman who had dined
“ I can't remember. I was crying,
extremely well sat looking at It for
Nature where he may cuddle down worries of his dally grind are speedily
you see. 1 thought you were dead.
some time. "W alter.” he complained
Why, here Is a card he left on the and be calmed by the music of wind­ forgotten amid the beauties of his en­
at last, "that clock's fa st!”— Punch.
!l!l
i ''i !
table when he went out. Mr. Homer swept pines or lulled Into blissful ob­ chanting environment Life discloses
livion by the somniferous tinkling of a new meaning to the man In a for­
Wheeler Is his name.”
"Minnie Fairly, did you bring the the rills. Secure in his chosen retreat est.
A Beckoning Fire.
chestnuts
1 had gathered before my he rests at ease.
TRADE MARK
In the autumn one may be ¿ure the
A t night there greets his eyes when
old bead began to swim?” asked Aunt
Hit_____________;
forest stretching from coast to coast returning from a day’s hunting the In­
Mary.
along the northern border of the viting camp. Soon a cheery fire of
Ask your dealer for it. If he does
“ No.”
not handle it drop us a postal card
“Then gu after them this minute, United States and across the line In blazing logs before its entrance sends
and we will furnish you the name of
and you must be here tomorrow to our sister nation, the Dominion of forth curling flames that beckon him
a dealer" who does
roast them. That young man will be Canada, is pretty thoroughly Invaded to an hour of ease and comfort while
sure to come back. In the first place, by parties of hunters, each In pursuit recounting with his companions *the
I » I '
TH E OLD & RELIABLE REMEDY FOR CHRONIC
he couldn’t help but fall In love with of the game native to the locality It, various haps and mishaps of the day.
& RECENT COUGHS, HORSENESS. BRONCHITIS,
you, and in the next be will want to has selected for a hunting ground. His ravenous hunger having been sat-
The ponderous moose, the noble cari­ ised the pipes are filled and the stories
INFLUEKZA AND COLOS.
know how 1 get along."
P R IC E 29 A N D » 0 C E N T S
“ But what have roasted chestnuts bou, the agile deer, the fierce grizzly begin. Good luck If the ruddy glow
A S K Y O U * D EALER
and his smaller brother, the black of the fire discloses In the outer cir­
got to do with It?”
ortland regon
S. B. MEDICINE MFO. CO.
"Y ou ’ll both cat ’em. They’ll make bear, are among the larger varieties cles of Its light the hanging carcass of
P O R T L A N D , ORE.
you acquainted. It will end In a of game that are to be found In this a fine deer some one of the party has
love match. H e’s going to turn out forest belt, any one of which calls succeeded In bringing down during the
day. Minute details of the tragedy, for
to be the very young man I've seen forth the best skill of the hunter.
Within this vast expanse of forest It It is at once a tragedy and a triumph
In my dream s!”
matters not where one erects his when a deer Is done to his death, are
"Pooh, Aunt Mary— pooh!’’
One year later:
"Married at the camp, for pleasure abounds. A typical told by the successful hunter, which
residence of the bride's parents on region Is that charming spot where recalls other instances of like nature,
Set Out to Visit Aunt Mary.
A ll Style., All Leather., All Size, and
Tuesday, the 23d ult.. Miss Minnie nature in her birth-agony thrust and so the stories go on. They are
Width., for Men and Women
was not In the garden— not hidden Fairly to Mr. Homer Wheeler, the toward the sky those
magnificent usually ended by the guide, who. If he
T H I S T A N D A R D OF Q U A L I T Y
behind the currant bushes— not pok­ well-known artist.”
peaks of the Adlrondacks. There. In Is worth his salt, can tell a bigger and
FOR O V E R 3 0 Y E A R S
ing around the tumble-down shed
the great Empire state and forever better story than any of the others.
T h e workmanship which has made W . L .
where she used to stable her cow.
preserved as a public park, lies a
In restful attitudes about the cheer­
In
her
search
the
girl
noticed
that
Douglas shoes famous the world over is
beautiful expanse of forest-covered ing fire, their pipes aglow, the hunters
the curb of the well had been moved
maintained in every pair,
mountain and valley, gemmed with are silent a moment after the last
aside, and It came to her like a flash Where It the Newspaper Man Bold
if i could take you into my large fa<!)ories
lakes and filigreed with streams. It Is story while they watch the sparks
that In drawing water there had been
Enough to Make Such an Inno­
■I Brockton, Mass., and show you how
sufficiently attractive In Itself, but be­ streaming In threads of wavering light
an accident and the victim had met
vation as This?
cause of Its ease of access and near­ toward the bldck dome above. The
carefully W .L D o u g la s shoes are made, you
her doom. She knelt and peered
ness to millions of inhabitants It Is guide has completed his preparations
would then realize w hy 1 w a r r a n t them
down the well, but It was deep and
Congressman Fowler of Illinois, at a
to hold their shape, lit and look better and
she could see nothing. She shouted, dinner In Washington elaborated some perhaps more frequented by fisher­ for the night and Joined the group.
wear longer than other makes for the price.
but there was no answer. Aunt of the points that he had made In the men and hunters than any other spot Somewhere In the awesome darkness
CAUTION
genuine h*v* IV. 1..
without a night bird utters a plaintive
Mary had been drowned! Running house In his eloquent diatribe against of like size In the region mentioned.
URU I lUli mas»i«a sasui price at MniptMl on bottom
Getting to the camp these modern note and then from down toward the
out
to the highway to summon help, the Idle rich.
ShoM B u t Everywhere
A ll Chargee Prepaid.
days is usually accomplished with far landing there echoes through the for­
i l l n w (•» O rster b y M n il. — Tf W. I.. Dost*
Miss Minnie was Just In time to halt
“ The Idle rich woman," he said,
I m »hoe« »it* not 9oH in your lown.«*M«t .tirr« ! to
(ikotury. T »k r in«*«iim n<nt» of foot a * »hown
an auto In which sat a young man. "w ill not consent to grow old. Hence, greater ease than In the time of our est with startling force a deep-voiced
‘
m otlol; nliit** «t v It? tlr a fm l; « t ie «m i width
He was so well dressed and looked as her natural charms disappear, ar­ forefathers, but the requirements of a questioning call.
Uy w orn; plain or rap toe: I io h yy . roed Inin
light «ole. I <fo I h r ftir y e s t «A o e m k i U
present-day camper are vastly differ
“ Whoo-whoo-whoo,
who-whoo, to-
so much like a gentleman that she tificial charms replace them.
o n l r r h n r i n r mu i n I h r » r i t r i t i .
O N R P A T H o f my H O Y S ’ i i . g i . A O o r
■ lissai ra te s t C i i l u l t » « F r e e .
was sure he was the owner, and
*3 .0 0 N H O KN w i l l intuitively o u t w e a r
"W e read In the papers of this or ent. The modern hunter can ride In a whoo-ah?'
W . !.. IM I I ' « « I . AM.
T W O P A I H S o f or i l l i m r v boYu'ahoeg
wringing her hands and never mind­ that function, that Mrs. Van Guelder's comfortable train to the very border
“ W hat’s that ?” cries out the nervous
116 Spark St. B io rk to a . V a »«
Fast Color iy e ltts U tH ¿xciusivoty.
ing who saw her tears she called out: dress was by Paquin and Mrs. Cash's of his camping ground Hunters In the young fellow who Is having his first
“ Oh. sir, but Aunt Mary has been cloak was by Callot Soeurs, but why earlier days were usually compelled to experience In camp life. Hi? ¿brings to
drowned In the w e ll!”
Dignified Rebuke.
shouldn't every old lady's catalogue make long trips In cumbersome wagons his feet and peers Into the gloom
"W ho? What?” was asked as the of charms be complete— like this;
that bounced and swayed overtn e whence came the solemS Interroga-
Philip of Macedonia, alter the bat­
rough roads of a country In the mak- I tton, but before answer 13 made to his
tle of Chaeronca, where he defeated machine came to a halt.
And
Representative
Fowler
laughed
D P IU M — T 03 ACC 0
“ Aunt
Mary— In the well— come and quoted from an Imaginary column. lng before arriving anyw here near wild question a thrilling, weird shriek
the Greeks, sent a boasting and inso­
Rahita Fratti vr>|v Cured.
Only ujtho**«* I keel*» In*
lent letter to the King of Sparta. o n !"
"Mrs. A. B. Bold-Bonds looked love­ their final destination and (hen there sends his halr-ralsed bat aloft and he
•tituto In On-pun. W rite
for illuntratetf i lr;niar.
“ Then some one has fallen In?" ly In a cloth-of-gold dinner gown by was the wearisome pack trail still nearly plunges through the fire in a
ArchldamuB, the king, sent this caus­
H i r » K : T I* t ir « 7 1 1 I I T m I L
tic rejoinder: " i f thou wilt measure ' J ^ e d the stranger as he followed to Worth. Her hair was a triumph of ahead of them. But the latter had this hasty retreat to the side of It next the
thy shadow, thou wilt find that It hath th® wel1 an<1 knelt ««id peered
W illie Clarkson, the famous Wardour- advantage— they carried far less Into camp. The unrestrained laughter of
Mary—a poor
old street wlgmaker. Her singularly pure the woods.
not Increased In slxe since thy vic­ ) "Y es— Aunt
his companions Is so reassuring that
woman living In this cottage.”
tory.”
The hunter of today usually thinks he tremulously joins in; but he does
and brilliant complexion was by the
"And you witnessed the accident?” Oriental Beauty company. Her teeth I **e niust carry with him a thousand and not return to his former place In the
"No. but I know she’s down there. were by Dr. Pull.’
one essentials of the civilized life to circle,
ho w to
"Hurry— hurry—hurry!"
which he has become accustomed I “ Nothln’ but an owl,” explains Nick
Get Well and
"Don't get nervous— don't cry,” he
Aside trom his expensive gun and Us the guide. “ Pesky critters Sometimes
Curiosity.
chided, " i ’ll bring a rope from the
elaborate appurtenances there are a they’ll keep a feller awake half the
Keep So.
”1
was
asked
to
find
out
when
you
auto and go down.
It's so dark I
tent, a kit of aluminum cooking uten-
d - night with their 'tarnal racket’’
can’t see. but she may be alive yet." would pay this little account,” said
stls. tableware, a collapsable stove, *
“ Drat the pesky c ritters'" cries »he
A rope was brought, and the man the collector pleasantly.
sleeping bag. lantern, ax. and no end ,rate guide, and flings a last brand of
"Really,”
answered
the
debtor,
"I
removed his hat, coat and vest, made
T h « eminent Chinee* doctor, treat« with
How­ of personal convenience, as well as a ! ,he dying fire aloft to frighten t h e m
one end of the rope fast to the curb, am unable to enlighten you.
medicine chest Really, one may be away.
g en them
hHia herb* ami
FOR RHEUMATISM.
and then began lowering himself. ever. there Is a soothsayer In the next pardoned for wondering If the fellow
Throat. Heart.
__________it««. Stomach, kidney». Asthma.
After
all
Is
quiet
again
the solemn
block
who
throws
a
fit
sad
reveals
th«
He
had
to
do
this
slowly,
and
the
O liv a H untington. N orton «. O r * .« a y « :
ever gets through his dally grooming
Pneumonia. COnaumptton. Chronic Cough.
I Mrs.
mysterious silence of the forest night
•’ ! consider jrour Mexican M ustang I.ia-
nervous watcher above kept calling future at 50 cents a throw.”
. Constipation. D y—nkw y. N a
In
time
to
shoot
at
a
deer
with
bis
Imcnt the beat o f liniments. I h a t « n»rd
nana. Diulneaa.
N euralgia.
Headacha.
is broken once more. This time It Is
“ I've no money to waste,” growled
to him:
l i t for different ailments and it a lw a y s
j nice, shiny gun before sundown
Lumbago. Append t r illa Rheum at lam. Ca-
the booming crash of a dead tree that
I gavg satisfactory m a lt * .
It is <
"You must be careful— so very the collector.
E K
I good in enne« o f Indam roatorv
falls with startling effect
Just
add
the
50
cent,
to
my
a
c
-
L
*
'
^
°
U,flt
of
careful!
if
you
should
be
drowned,
C O M M U T A T IO N FU R R
I ti«m and all forma of lameness.’*
7 »c- ■ the old-ttme hunter? The Idea o f a
“ Going to storm tomorrow su re”
count," continued the other, “ for I
too, what should I d o !”
i t I« better to rail than w rite, but the
I IS c SOc. I l • tuteli, i t D r a . A C w l i t M .
safety
rasor
being
added
to
hls
pack
w ho %ro unable to roma, mmd 4 caaes
grumbles Nick. "Always does'when a
"Don't worry about me," he kept have a curiosity on th« point myself."
stampa and «ecu re sym ptom blank A ft e r
would have convulsed the old fellow dead tree fa ll, on a still night in ,,
answering, and at last he hailed rrom — Life.
carefu lly g iv in g aymptonas thee# aromi er ful
with laughter. Given a gun and plenty thin."
nl8h t like
health -giv in g barba ran he secured, which
the water:
w ill put you on the road to ruoovsty.
of ammunition, a hunting knife. Bln[ i The sleepy hunter, once more set
“ I don't think she la down here at
Necessity for Profundity,
and steel, a camp kettle and perhaps U« down to their repose r e a s e ^ L T *
all. The water Is only about two
Wo Chinese Medical
"Is that man a deep thinker?”
a bit of aalt with the addition of a hi, explanation. T h T fire g t v ~ T ^
1 M H A M w 9». C a r. Titer., r a l e e s . O r
feet deep, and I can find nothing of
"H e haa to b«. It's hls bustn eee to blanket In cold weather and perhaps flutter of flame. A rabbit :r a t t e n 'M
her.
..... ...... ..j^jass
boro w ella”
.he luxury of a small sack of meal, he on the dry leave, and then
Loss of Appetite
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Misuse of via.
*
A »troll through the shipping dis­
trict gives many a wrench to the pur­
ist’s soul. "In front of all the com­
mission houses," he said, " I see bales
and barrels labeled ‘via boat' or ‘via
train.’ Why does not somebody tell
the shipping clerks that every time
they write that they are Insulting the
English and every other language?
’Via’ can be applied properly only to
the place through which a parcel
passes, not to the means of transpor­
tation." __________________
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