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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1920)
t h w t i m is m - u ii n a i, i) ii v n n a , ha n nrv,h o'i; n rr , oiuno n Hnfimlnj', M'ly M, Ifhto I CONDENSED 4 1 CLASSICS THE SCARLET LETTER f Br NATHANIXli HAWTHORNS iriiHhWtr. Mom. AA AAA AAAA.LV Nntlmnli'l Hnw tlinrn, murluti wrltt-r, was born In Halom Mjvwh. July 1 1S04. TUn ear llcst boyhood days wnr- hpcnl In Enlcni. hut wli. 'i Ins was 14 ytfir old, tho fntntly moved to Miilnc Hero tlir youmr I nil oontlniU'il tlm military wnlKn of which ho wnu i?o ( Vn- ' wlldorncwOniitand of t )i o narrow streets of flnlom. Ilvon nt thht i-nrlv dto lio had ncqulrrd a tnnte for writ Ins, nnd cnrrlud a llttlo lihnk book In which ho Jotted down hi notea. After n year In Mtilna. Ituwtliorno returned to Hi 1cm to prepare for col lewc ITn nmtiiied MtnftMf by ptihllnhlnK n, tnnn'ixorlpt periodical, and ut tlmuH pcculAted upon the, profession jiho would follow In tho futuro. ' J-'or some year. Hnwthorno lived;' In Concord. Mann., In tho old" Mamie, and .wrotu "Mosses 'from nn Old. Mnnlc" "Twice Told TnW and "Ornndfathir" Chair." He Jolntd thr llrook Tdrm celony at West Koxbury. but foind that the condition thurn sultod neither Mb taste nor his temperament, andiht rem ulned but one year. wijtle serving as survoynr of cw terns nt Hnlem ho found anion wno old papers u large letter MAM cmbrold fcd on red cloth, and sneoulatln unon the origin and history of the latter, hi imamnnuon was so stirred, that upon his retirement from ofTloe ho wrdte "The Benrlet Letter," Home other stories of Hawthorn are -The nilthortaln Romance." "Tho Won aer hook." Tiie Snow Imtiee," "gep tlmus Fclton" and 'The Oolllver no mance" were left unfinished nt the au thor's death. He died at riyraouth.' N. II., on the 19th of May, 1864. and five days later was burled at Bleepy jipunw. a orauiirui cemetery nt Con cord where ho used to walk under th lne when llvlntr at the old Manse, over his gravo Is a slmplo stone. In scribed with the single word, "Haw- worne." M Krwd front prUou lienor did no' tliso, but (!.stiilillnlu!il hom'tf In n Minnl COttllgr JllHt outnlilo Uiu town, lituur ring no risk or wnnt for Hint iioxMoivitH' I ho art of needlework which (irnvlilcd food for hcrturif mid child. Sho hnd named' the llttlo one "i'onrl." hh hrlne of groat price,, nnd itttlo Prurl grew up Wtlh;mtnn Pn'S f O 1 Vtr a loveiy cmiu. i'ei)nie wiNimi te irri OREGON IS BACKWARD IN STATE SCHOOLS hot away nnd Uic niHttor wn dlM4 ciiMed In the inoUior'H prMnra by Governor Bfilllngham and his mitvtAf Hov. John Wlliwn, Itfir, Mr. !DUiim- dnle. Htid Dr. ClilllltiKWotth. "Qod pave mc the child V cried 11m- For Education of Ekch Child; (Jrcion $11,15. nt ! in quetlB ef tltfS usdsmoit aa asralnst the UDberraoit. property, ter, Hnd -turning to tlw.'youwf clBrjcy-, v.lus ove humh vluea." nald M. ninn, Mr. Dlmmcuduln, ahd e(;UlniJ , Mftrvln, a member of the SVaatilng "Spouk thou for mo. limn wit Hi W- tea State Industrial Welfare CoinmU- pnstor., Thouktiowet what'in In my lionet iiiul wlui t nra n mutlilTM HrIuh, nnd how much tho Htrongcr they are . . .... . k .... WIHMl UUIt lllOUUT HUH Dill IICl' C.IIIIII nnd tho ccnrlot lottorl . I Will nut loose Iho child I Look to It!" "There Is truth In whnt hIio Hnym," hcffiin (ho inlnlHlor. "There 1 n ttitl My of nwful fiiicrednoHN ht'tweeii tlil mother nnd thin child. It In trnitil for tlilH iiour Klnfnl wotiiim Hint Mio hiith un Infnitt coullded 1 her .cure lo be trained by bur to ruhtooit!iiuM, Let us leave them an providence liatli hccii lit to place tbeiul" "You speak, my friend, wltn a fdrnttKo cnrneNlneHt," nnld HoRcr Chll- lliiKwortb, emlllni,' ut him. "ITo hath adduced uch nrumentR that we will lenvo the mnttcr nn It stands," raid the governor. Tbfl af fair belnir no ratlhfactorlly concluded, s'rn, who made a ploa at tho Portland hotel fuuontly bofotu thn '1'ott.uud Mlnlntorjal kneoclntiou for tho muI'u two-mill olomonlnry nchool nuix itro, Avitluli U to bo voted upon Mu 1!1 at tho primary, flu oonttniiod: "Tho church bna iiiwla iniKtaltno, but thin Is ono plaeo when tho church nniBt net err. You In t sol hidund thin mcnmiro so.llul il.o child of tliu poor man can havo Ii.b or lior doourved opportunity In l.fu. 0.ci;onMa Jacu to face with ,ti orialn In Un odueniluual HyHtoin, that, If not mut,t will put It back toward the dark b'cqh Inutwtd of In the light of tho twentieth century which It nhould h,ll. It til ono of bovoii fltnten which stilt Jjoldn to the antlquatud Idea cf district school tax atlon plan. It tntiHt gat out of tho nit In .which It finds Itself today and place herself atoiiKfildo the other Hi) Unit for a contitJt? J n'l II. about tlmo you and J went to tliu polla nnd votod for something now lit this state? I think so." , Mrs. Alexander Thompson and Mrs. B. M, Rlumauer also mado striking addresses to the ministers on this measure, being followed by President Campbell ef the University of Oregon, who pointed out I He necessity of aid Ing the elementary schools, thai the higher educations! Institutions would Kara a basis on which ta work a grenndwork an which te build the clti sen ef the future. The ministers endorsed the measure unanimounty. It would noom that ono of threo things must evontually happen. Wise and utnerwise In tho gobd old days n man did n day's work and received a day's pay and woent homo and enjoyed blm self until work time the next day. But not so today") A fellow does half a day's work, collects one or two day's pay, and sVends ttift .rest of his tine, wondering how he can mako Biera and do Ions. In ono of our big cttfeH n cltlieon wanted an oak center tablo nUilnod f'rico will ko back to nro-war days, a mahogony lluluh to hnrmotilzo with n Htnndnrd of prtcoH for all traded or . tho rest of tho furniture in tho room. profoflBions will bo fixed, or a great A workman demanded Z2.r,o ror tne catnnlvsm will overtake- thu" country Jb. Inntoad of paying it, tilt) cit- iinil do its own leveling. Hester anil Pearl denarted. , ,t !orl't?lttVl,rml lftak0 l,,:lx ror .. 'iv.'4. .V I'll.' uliani AnVini Ibrnilolinilt tba stnlo .,. r. ... . Itov. Mr. nimnlesdsleVt h'oalthlfatl . "WasIilnBtou todny. pays pdr,, year rsWa'i WntilW'iVthdiKtoed W for., tho (jducxiVon.iCr . ctlif child elded to know the raan'a Inmost nature; wilhlnj iiij.jboiindsriiJH I am ttfd you iKifore trying to heal lilm. Arrang-' Oregon pay toward this great wrk mbnts weru made for the two men to. .for the voter of tho future only 111.85. lodge together ap that.hc ralgSt be, con- ,U If time for a change and l from btantiruudc the docfor'a olMMfrvatlon. ) our sister stae, urge you to anriounc o ,NE summer mornlnR over two conturlcfl iiro tho gnis.s plot lie fore tho Jail In I'rlwm Lam wna occupied by many of the Inhabl- tnntH of lloston. The door opened and tho town beadto nppeared followed by young woman turrylng a baby uhotit three montliH old. On tho breast of Jier gown, In red cloth, nppeared the letter A. and It wn that xcnrlet letter wlilch arcw all oye.s townrd lior. The plnrn appointed for her punlnh went wan not far from the prison door. anu in spite or thu agony of her heart, Hester I'rynne piiHHed with almost a ncrene deportment to tho scaffold whero tho pillory was sot up. nnd un der the weight of n thousand unre lenting eyes tho unhappy prisoner sus tained herself iih IiohI a woman might. A small, Intelligent appearing man. on tho outKklrtK of the crowd attracted llertter'H atti.ntlon. and ho In bin turn eyed her till, seeing that nIio seemed to recognize him, he laid bis linger on his lips. Then, speaking to n townsmnn ho nald, "I pray you, good sir who Ik thlrt woman, nnd wherefore In Kho wot up to public .shame?" "You uiiiHt needs he u Ktranger, friend," snld the townsman, "eIo you would havo heard of MMtress Hoxtor I'rynne. Sho hath raised a Hcnndu) In godly Muator Dlmiiiemlnle'H church. Tiio penalty thereof Is flenth, but tho magistracy In their mercy, havo doomed her to stand a. space of threo hours on tho platform of the pillory, and for tho remainder of her Ilfo to wear a murk of shamo In her bosom." "A wlso sentence !" remarked tho stranger. "It Irk'a me, nevertheless, that thu partner of her Iniquity should not at least stand by .her sldo. Hut ho will be known ho will be known I" Itov. Mr. n'lmmeKdiile, n young min ister of high native gifts, who had al ready wide cinlnenco In his piofe. ilon, was urged to exhort Hester to re pentance nnd eonfesHloii. AddreNVlug lier, ho tidviued that hIio ntimo her fol low sinner oven If he had to step from u high position to stand beside her, for It was better ho than to hide a guilty heart through life. Hester "hook her head, keeping her place upon tho pedestal of shaiiio with uu air of weary Indlu'orVnce. That night her child writhed In con vulsions, 'and n physician, Mr. Itoger Chllllugworth, none other than tho stranger Hester had noticed In tho rrowd, was called. Having eased tho baby's pain ho turned and said : "Hea ter, I ask not wherefore thou hast fullon Into tho pit. It was my folly and thy weakness. What had 1 a man of thought to do with youth and beauty llko thlno? I might havo known that In my long absence this would happen." "I havo greatly wronged thee," mur mured Hester. "Wo have wronged each othor," ho nnswered. "Hut I shall seek this man whose name thou wilt not roveul, und hooner or later ho must bo mine. I Khali contrive nothing against his life. Let It live, On' thing, tnou thnt wnt my wife. I ask. 'Vhnu bast kept his rmiuo secret. Keep likewise, mine. Let thy husband bo' to tho world iih one al- j ready dead, and breathe not tho secret, above all to the man thou wottest of." "I will keep thy secret as I have his." As Doctor Chllllnrworth proceeded With his Investigation, begun aa he imagined with the Integrity of a Judge desirous only of truth, a terrible fas cination seized htm and Insisted that ho de Ita bidding. He now dug Into the poor 'clergyman's heart, like a miner seeking gold ; and Mr. Dlmmes- dale grew to look at him with an un accountable horror. . Often Mr. Dlmmendate tried to peak ho truth of hln past from tho pulpit nut hnd cheated himself by confessing his sinfulness In general (crma. Once, indulging In tho mockery of repentance, ho mounted tho scaffold a whero Hester had stood. There was no danger of dlscovory for everyone wuh asleep. Kven so he whs surprised by Hester and Pearl, returning from a death bed In tho town, and pres ently by Itoger Clitlltiigworlh, "Who Ih thnt inhn?" gasped Mr. Dlmmesdate, In terror. "I shiver nt lilm, Heater. Canst thou do nothing for me? I have a nameless horror of; the man." Ileineuiherlng her promise, Hester .yns silent. Worthy sir," wild the doctor, ail vanclng to tho platform, "pious Mas ter Dlmmesdalol Can this bo you? Come, good sir, I pray you, let ine lead you home I You should study less, or these nlght-whlmslcs will grow upon you, Hester now resolved to do what she could for thn victim whom sliu saw In her former husband's grip. One day she met the old doctor lit the woods necking herb and Implored him to he merciful, saying that she must oow reveal tho secret of their former relutlonchtp no matter what befell. A week later Hester awaited the clergyman In the forest nnd told lilm about Jtnger Chllllugworth and their relationship, bidding him hope for a new life beyond tho sea Irr t;omo rural village. "Thou Hbalt nbt po alone," she wIiIh- pered. Arthur Dlmmcstlnlo attained the proudest eminence a New Ktigland clergyman could reach. ..Ho had preached the' election urmoM bo tlie holiday celebrating the election oCft new u eniui. T.ja itestcr nnn taken norms to Kng land, and on tho holiday the shipmas ter Informed nor that itoger Chilling- worth bud booked' roissage'on the same csc; saying nothing, she turned jind itoou ny te ptiiory w.tH reari. 77 l ho minister, surrounded by lending townsmen, halted jit the scaffold and allliik' Hester and Pearl to lilm mount- Utl (lilt. 4IMI ffJ klfl Lit fat-It) H1!! I ntW mv iniiin'iii ph jiti -awiMiife ti.a(it he was a .dying man and must hasten o assume his shame, he turned to the inarket plaeotuid spo:o with u voice hat nil could hear, "People of New Kngland I At Jaf t, at last I stand wheVo seven years since 1 should have stood. Lo, the scarlet let ter which Hester wears! Ye have all shuddered at It I Hut (hero stood one In tint midst of you, at whoso brand of sin ye havo not shuddered." With a convulsive motion ho tore away tho ministerial gown from his breust. It was revealed! Then sink ing down on the sen (Told ho died, his' bead resting on Hester's bosom. Afterwards, conflicting accounts arose about tho scene op tho scaffold. .Many tostticd to seeing a scarlet let ter on the minister's bosom, while oth ers denied It, saying that Dlmmesdale's confession Implied no part of HeBter's guilt. Itoger Chllllngworlh died, bequeath ing his property to Pearl. Hester nnd Pearl lived In England forbears, then, Pourl marrying, Hester returned 11I0110 to thu llttlo dwelling by tho forest. ' Copyright, 1919, by tho 1'oflt Publishing Co, jiiuiun I'oai;. uopyriKiu in tne United lUtife'dom, tho rttmilnloiiH, Ita Colonics und dependont-lvH, Under thu copyright act. by the Post Publishing I Co,, Ponton. Mass., U. B. A. All rights reserved. Houghton, Mllllla , author, tided publishers, from your pulpits, from the hooiutops If ycu please, the benefits of this measure, and. I hope It will be voted la by a big majority." Rev. W. T. McKlveen of tho First Congregational church of Portland, also made a strong plea for the mess urn and declared that It waa not only a problem for Oregon to solve, but a national one, to handle this situa tion which Oregon now faces, namely the education of the illiterate, of which there are today In tho United States, 5 Mi millions," said Dr. Mo-Ulvccn. "Lubor counts on tho church In this crlslr," said the speakor, "Oregon ia bohtnd the times In her educational system and every 'tightwad' cltlien In Oregon is o blame for thin situation which wo now must face ut thu pelts on May '21. "Ik you know how Iloston Tccl handles her studontu? They have one teacher to ovury six students. Oregon has nnn tear!" B4. ' "- 7.en bought a can of mahogony stain for $1.35, a brush for a dollar, nnd did thu Job himself In an bo.nr and 11 half. If other people would una sumo of the snmo b'rands of horse sonsu tho ridiculous cost of exlst nnco would soon cowo down to a same level. . IHHHHB W' t sJaaai, -. my- -'-r I latumr 11 1 vaaaaaaeawaau llm l X3Bocl&t8d inci -tries vt Oregon llcttor buy that fmlr of vr c.u (oday. Tomorrow thoy may oltje.t to the lowly ostlmatu piaend wjon their monetary value. yOnly four woro years until wo Trill be 'Jected to 11 ef this andldat Ing again, Buroly our good Ur faihers wished a bunch-of agony o to us when they framed the ;cnit. tutlon. Some people aru always complain ins of their lot in life. And ihkt, perhaps, hi tho reaeou their int. t HUbJoct to complaint, Yes, tbero Is a flxod valuatior U & smllo. It Is all you can get Mil of u. Turkey, wo am told, Is to be nllr-tr. od to keep Corislnntinopio. Hut wlio ia to keep tho Turk? His past por. formnncos render him nn annul Irual to be roninliig at large. un- Many a man in this country f for tho day when all wars will w a thing of tho punt, Then ho cm Tip homo In tho oarly' hours of the jloti Ing without removing his rhnr it thu door, baaahaa c preailM ( lag ATM I popular over thU : If a d van fashlana in surf trocka may be Judged an In centive, gult, tap, sex ,and parasol, all to iatch In silk rsey, is worn y this mm 'ho color com lnatlon Is blue .nd white. W quenoh thirst with fruit Juloss. Ta olotho thouBcr.ds vrith raven rcol fwa the f looks on our Myriad lills. Ws fasd great. hosts wi'th Mats, oer eals and prooessed vegetables. We oend to nanyL.oountriea the heat of ,U food fishes and our fruits grow iu tssM and demand across wide areas Injvickr and Out- 1 PAI ? nnHE first essential of paint is to nreaorvo. Saeonrl. in hpatitifv CTrJ 1 Too many people make the mistake of considering only the lat ter, consequently buy paints of inferior quality, . The result is a temporary beautifying effect without preserving mu wuuu. FULLER Paints and other products are of that, quality which preserves and beautifies. Through their use, inside and out, yearn of life will bo added to your home and it will be made more livable to yourself and family. Seymty-on years of paint-making experience are back of every brushful of FULLER Products. Insist on FULLER'S and you'll be sure of results. And remember, there's a FULLER Product .for every paintable surface inside 'una out, W. P. Fuller & Co. Look Up a FULLER DEALER in Your Town SB' HBHMHHBSBSSBSSSa LCAUtKd 1849-1920 Northwest Branch Houses at Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Spoknne, Boiie,