marks to the hostess. I held Miss
SUPREME COURT GOWNS.
Maryweather’s attention to closely
that she was only partially aware o f They Are Mad* of tha F inoat Sim and
Are Quita Coatly.
the strained conditions existing be
It is said that the cut and style
tween the Other three. As the din
ner proceeded Phoebe’s brows con o f the gowns worn by the justices
tracted more and more; the corners o f the supreme court of the United
of
her mouth were squared; her States are so peculiar that it is not
*HE United State* National Bankvi* prepared
cheeks
were red, and her eyes flash always possible to have one correct
Must«ating a Feminine T rait
PHONE B U C K 49
202 FU S T
to receive subscriptions to the Liberty Loan
ed fire. The worst o f it was that I, ly made.
The wife of a former justice used
ignorant o f the situation, was piling
without profit to itself, and in accordance with
Not to Be Ignored.
to enjoy telling of her trying ex
on fuel every moment.
the conditions set forth by the U.-S. Treasury
It must have been a great relief periences when she wished to have
Department
to Mr. Singleton and possibly my made in Paris the gown her hus
By F. A. M1TCHEL.
aunt when the dinner was finished band was to use. The gowns worn
Phoebe and 1 having become en
and we arose from the table. I cast there by scientists, scholars and stu
Details of Bonds
gaged, 1 considered it the proper
a glance at Phoebe, but at that mo dents differ altogether from those
thing for us to call on my aunt to
Denominations, $ 5 0 , $ 1 0 0
ment she had turned and I did not our justices wear.
receive her congratulations.
My see her face. I saw my aunt’s and
In London any clerical tailor
and upward; interest 3 1 -2
aunt never made calls herself and noticed that it Was impassive. When would have understood the kind of
per c e n t payable semi-an
waa double the age of either o f ua. we reached the drawing room Phoe gown desired, but not so in Paris.
nually. A sk us about terms.
Besides, it was understood that I be and Singleton took a far corner, Wherefore, after many failures, the
was down in her will for the princi Phoebe sitting with her back to me. justice’s wife gave instructions to
pal part of her fortune. Phoebe Since I had become interested in the fashionable modiste who made aeoeoeaeaeoeoooooeaeoooeoe
said that she would rather take a the work my aunt had assigned me her gownB. This modiste was en
to J . S A U N I
whipping than go to be inspected, I continued to pursue it for all it tirely successful in turning out a
but there was no way out of it, and was worth.
My aunt suggested gown for the justice'.
she consented.
The justice’s gowns, which are
that I take Miss Maryweather to see
We had not long been settled be the plants in the conservatory, and always o f the best quality o f silk,
fore my aunt said to us: “ There is I did so. Wfe remained there some cost upward o f $ 100. When the su
a protegee of mine, Mabel Mary- time, and when we returned I saw preme court was first organized the
weather, whom I have brought to my aunt chattiflg with Singleton. justices wore quite gapdy gowns.
visit me for the season, and I wish Phoebe was nowhere to be seen. I
A portrait in oil o f the first chief
to see her engaged before her re asked my annt what had become of justice, John Jay, now hangs in
“Quality Store”
turn to her country home, where her.
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the robing room opposite the su
•he seldom sees a man and conse
“ She has gone home,” waa the preme court chamber, and in this
Our Drugs are High Quality quently has no matrimonial oppor
CHASE A UNTON
reply.
portrait the chief justice is repre^
Oar clerics efficient, courteoussnd pains tunities. Tom Singleton has been
“ Gone home?”
sented as wearing a black gown with
GRAVEL COMPANY
taking. Our aim .is to please our pat attentive to her, and I believe that
“ Yes. She said she had a head a broad bright red border around
rons s t all tiroes, and our reward is the for some time they have- been on ache and telephohed for a carriage. the neck and down the front. It is
All kinds o f gravel for con
prestige we h svrw on in this neighbor the border of an engagement.
I She told me to say to you that since edged with gray, and the sleeves
hood. Lot us serve you promptly end wish to bring the affair to a crisis you were so pleasantly occupied she
crete work, cement blocks,
show a red border at the top and
satisfactorily.
aa soon as possible, for spring is not would not disturb you.”
bottom, also edged with gray.
or wood work furnished on
far off. When the season closes I
I knew that a bomb had burst
LW.
short notice. * .
go for my annual trip southward
Savod by Firework«.
hich I had not heard. Miss Mary
and must send Mabel home.
Sir Harry Johnston relates how a
weather said something to Single-
Telephone White 85
“ Now, I wish you two to help me ton, and, t:iIf ing his arm, they walk display o f fireworks helped him out
K ~a little scheme I have in my ed away together, leaving me with o f a tight corner in South Africa
mind to bring Tom and Mabel to my aunt, who told me what had oc wheD a friendly chief was attacked
gether. It is for me to get the four curred, finishing with the following by a tribe called the Wa-kibosho
DR. S. L. BROWN
o f you here, and you, John, I wish announcement:
and asked the Englishman to he]
to be attentive to Mabel, while yon,
And now, John, I have some- him. Sir Harry says: “ I made
M ia ,------ (I mean Phoebe), devote
thiQg to say to you. You know that necessary preparations for a grand
yourself to Tom. Each of the two I have provided for you in my will. display o f fireworks, and when it
incipient lovers will be frightened In fact, I have left you the princi was quite dark I blazed forth on
for fear o f the loss o f the other, and pal part o f what I possess. I shall the astonished savages with bengal
Graduate o f W ashington State College veterinary department
the match will be assured.
Of tomorrow add a codicil that if yon lights, red fir^, roman candles, ser
Boss Local and t e f Mitu*
.
~
mi
Office comer o f Hancock and College streets. One block north
cou: • they are not to know that marry this girl to whom you are en pent squibs and, lastly, a magnifi
vuMwng. rBravure, n u o s
o f the United States National Bank
you two are engaged.”
«ail
- —__-
raged your «hare is to go to Peter cent flight of' rockets. The terrified
bbb m i n i a sp ecially
Phono Red 47
Both Phoebe and I received thia Hickson.”
Wa-kibosho scarcely waited to see
proposition with a frown.
Residence com er o f Meridian and Sheridan streets. Phone Blue 3
S. P. TimberUke, Prop.
I was prevented from any re the end o f the show. When the first
“ But, Mrs. Perkins,” Phoebe be sponse by the return of Singleton rocket rushed shrieking into the air
Office phone Black LOO
gan, “ you forget that we are just and Miss Maryweather. Singleton and broke in a mass o f bine and
Residence phone Red 79
engaged, and” —
crimson falling meteors our aston
said:
Good gracious, Aunt Caroline,
“ We fear that we have been the ished foes fled 4n dismay.” — Lon
do you suppose you can make a innocent cause o f a misunderstand don Standard.
dummy lover out o f a man who has ing. Possibly it may tend to mend
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i - ’ - 1-
1—- — i1."
.
—
Faster Th a n Pigaona.
recently become a real one?”
matters if we make an announce
i; W . R . M O R R I S
i;
“
Now,
don’t
be
silly,”
resumed
I
t
is
not
generally known that
ment which we had intended to de
SE A SO N A B L E C U T FLO W ER S— Plants in pots, cyclamens,
my aunt. “ It is because you are en fer till just before Mias Maryweath bees are swifter in flight than pi
(fine plants), cinerarias,jprimro8es, ferns, fern dishes, gerani
gaged that I have selected you for eris return home. More than a week geons— that is, for short distances.
ums, calls lilies (hardy flowers), hydrangea, peonies. Roses
AN D REPAIRING
my purpose. You both know that ago I proposed to her. She has just Some years ago a pigeon fancier of
W hite 76
NEWBERG
our specialty (strong plants). Low prices.
what attention you give elsewhere is given me a favorable reply, a re Hamme, Westphalia, laid a wager
simply to please me. Yon under sponse which she says she intended that a dozen bees liberated three ♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•è
stand that the whole affair, so far to give from the first. She hopes miles from their hives would reach
as you are concerned, is the same onr engagement will dissipate any home in less time than a dozen pi
as personating a character on the hard feeling that has arisen thia geons. The competitors were given
L W . HILL
stage.
The consequence is that evening.”
wing at Rvbern, a village nearly a
TaNwig
and
Wofks
there will be no jealousy on vour
“ I do hope, Mrs. Perkins,” said league from Hamme, and the first
part; you are simply to excite it in Miss Maryweather, “ that if any bee reached the hive a quarter o f a
the others.”
thing has occurred during the even minute in advance o f the first pi
M7 First St
Oh, we’ll do what we can in the ing to displease you you will pass it geon. Three other bees reached the
premises,
aunt,”
I
said.
“
Won’t
we,
goal
before
the
second
pigeon.
The
over
and
forget
it
for
my
sake.
You
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11
Phoebe?” I gave Phoebe a look as have been so kind to me and I have bees were also slightly handicapped,
mucl^ as to say, “ Leave it to me.” been made so happy that I can’ t having been rolled in flour before
So she said o f course anything that bear to have it all spoiled at the last starting for purpose o f identifica
my aunt wished would be cheerfully moment.”
tion.
Phone Black 23
Residence Blue 6
P IA N O S A N D P L A Y E R
acceded* to by her.
My aunt’s object having been ac
Lopo da Vaga.
Everybbdy being satisfied, my complished, though her plan o f its
Lope de Vega, the famous Span
aunt told us that she would expect accomplishment was both unneces
A N D R E P A IR E D
ish
dramatist and poet, lived from
us to dinner on the following sary and a failure, she was much
594 First f t
NEWBERG, ORE.
1562 to 1635. His literary work be
Wednesday, when we would meet mollified.
gan when he was about thirteen
Miss M&ryweather and Mr. Single-
Before going to sleep that night
ears old, and from that time until
ton, and the curtain was to rise on I thought out my plan of procedure,
is
death, a period' o f sixty years,
the play.
I was still between two fires, my
J. H. GIBSON, Mgr.
On that first meeting my aunt as aunt and my fiancee. If I could not he poured forth an enormous quan
The only A bstract Books in
signed me to take Miss Maryweather soften my aunt toward Phoebe I tity o f play6, dramatic compositions
Yam hill County
in to dinner, and Singleton was had better not soften Phoebe to o f all kinds, poems o f every charac
ter, breathing every spirit from the
chosen to escort Phoebe.
ward myself. I resolved to appear
Yamhill County Abstract Co.
I was between two fires. If I did angry toward the latter till I could strictest asceticism to the most un
M
c M in n v il l e .
O regon
not appear to be attracted by Miss placate the former toward her. Miss bridled license. Over 1,800 plays
Maryweather J would displease my Maryweather proved a blessing. She are credited to him, and the pub
aunt. I f I did I would displease knew well all that had occurred and lished collection, comprising about
Phoebe. On one of these women at once learned from mv aunt her 300, is contained in twenty-eight
hung a fortune which I had been scheme. She besieged the good lady volumes.
brought up to consider my own in and at Inst won her over to a prom
N oth in g D oin g.
time. On the other hung ray life ’s ise not to disinherit me if I married
Caller— As an advertising medi
happiness. I concluded to please Phoebe. So far so good. I follow
my aunt. I f I displeased my fian ed up the advantage by telling my um your newspaper isn't worth
cee possibly the matter conld be aunt that on no account, after what shucks. I put an ad. in last week
and didn’t get a single answer, not
made up.
had happened, would I consent to one.
In order to feel free to act natu marry Phoebe. This put the dear
Advertising manager— That’s too
rally I ceased to look at either my woman in a position of having by
bad! How was your advertisement
aunt or Phoebe, but gazed straight her absurd scheme torn apart a
worded ?
into the eyes o f Miss Maryweather. pair o f lovers. She sent for Phoebe
Caller— “ A poor young man wants
I was quite in my element The and told her my position. Instead
a pretty young wife who can do her
rl was pretty and attractive, and of having to bend the knee to my
own housekeeping.” — Boston Tran
N o coal, wood or ashee to lug. N o waiting for
confess that, aa play actors have fianoee she sent me an apology.
up for yuu
script.
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the fire to burn up.
it, I began to feel the part. One
1 fU flill, without oh*
And
so
the
matter
was
made
np
Mcala in a jiffy and a cool kitchen all the time.
U gm t io n t o b a y a aickaTs
trait in my character is when I set between us. My aunt became very
Opening a Now Book.
Bakes, broils, roasts, toasts. Better cooking bo-
out to do a thing to do it for all it fond of Phoebe and when we were
T o open a new book without
cause of the steady, evenly-distributed heat.
is worth.. I began by attempting married gave me out of my inherit breaking the b a d place it on a ta
Mora convenient than a wood or coal stove for
to make Singleton believe he was ance a house to live in.
ble and, holding all o f the leaves in
all the year ’round cooking, and more econom
in danger of losing his girl and end
ical.
one hand, open a few pages, first
ed with the best job o f lovemaking
The Herb of Forocity.
The long blue chimneys prevent all smoke and
from the front, then from the back,
•loot, with
smell.
la I. >. I «ad 4
in the presence of others that I
I
f
you
have
any
reason
to
suspect
pressing
them down gently until
Alto
cobiaot
or without on
have ever accomplished.
d .tl.r today.
that you arc too mild mannered, too von reach the center of the book.
What was going on at the table I gentle for this strenuous age, eat Do this two or three times. Such
didn’t know. My aunt’s voice I sel catmint. Miss P. A. Bardswell in care of a new book will double its
Tko re ’o a lot you ougbt to
dom heard; Phoebe’ s voice I did not her book, “ The Herb Garden,” says life.
_
t e < W dW W a n . Air
hear at all. Singleton was evidently catmint, one of the ten varieties of
■ M N n la h lh t u r o b t t .
A Steady Watch.
keeping up J h e conversation.
mint, is known as the herb of fe
ue «boot h.
: «got
* • FLAW
• “ Henry,” said Mrs. Gloonip at
What I did not know then I, rocity because of the ferocious dis
learned afterward to my horror. position it, imparts. “ The herb dinner, looking down at her watch,
Phoebe’s eves were upon me all the when chewed,” says Miss Bardswell, but speaking to Mr. Gloonip on the
POR S A L E B Y
while, her expression growing every “ is said to make the most gentle other side o f the table, “ my watch
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Oregon Hardware Co.
minute more lowering.
My aunt icrson fierce anil quarrelsome. A hasn’ t varied a second it) a week.”
“ Remarkable!” said Mr. Gloonip.
observed both Plioelie and me. Sin ogend is extant o f a certain execu
Newberg, Ore.
J. B. Mount Hardware Co. W. W. Hollingsworth St Son
How did von get it to vary so lit
gleton made frequent efforts to hold tioner who could never muster up
»
Phoebe’s attention and, failing, fin his courage to the point of hanging tle?”
“ I broke the mainspring.”
ally tra v e it u p to make random re till he had partaken of it.”
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