A Conscript’s Christmas
BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.
From The Century:
Haatoer’s Mag J
“Oh. I do wisht you’d go on,”8he
cried; “them men ’ll tthorely ketch
y<»u <-f you keep on a stayin’ here
a-winkin’ an’ a-gwine on makin’
tnor.key motions.”
“Shoo!” exclaimed Israel. “Ef
the house was surrounded by forty
thcusan’ of’em, I’d git by ’em, an’
if ne?d l>e, take you wi’ me.”
While they were talking the dogs
began to hark. At the first sound
Polly rose from her chair with h'r
arms outstretched, but fell lack
pale anrl trembling. Israel had
disappeared as if by magic, and
Mrs. Spurlock was calmly lighting
her pipe by tilling it with hot em
ers, It was evidently a false alarm
for, after a while, Israel backed in-|
to the door and closed it again with !
comical alacrity.
“Sh-sh sh!” he whispered with a
warning gesture, seeing that Polly
was about to protest Don’t make
no fuss. The d gs has been a bark I
n’ at ; perils an' things Jest keep j
■ight still.”
Hone»
I L L U S T R ATI
illustrate J
bianded
Eitbor Eight or
The impoitant serie» of «J
America, by Theodore Child tS
in Helper's Magazine duriiwd
ofilie year 1H9I. she »rti. |e»fa®
iforuia, bv Charles Dudley W,J
lie continued Among other 3
tracthms will be a novel by 3
Craddock; acolleetion of orlgitj
W. M. Thackeray, now pubii»hi|
Time; a novel written and illnJ
du Maurier: a novellette btw
Howells; and aiseriesof imperil
London by Walter bcBHnt.
I
In the number and wiriety of J
pers and articles on other subj«J
tereat, as well as in the unrraelhj
pH H11. >1 t Hiol U H. !..■<• 0 IK. ,.r,. , (| J
ztnb will continue to maintain^
excellence for which it has Ua|
tinguished.
I
stifle’- OR.
Cange—Harney county. Dregou.
Just then a hickory nut dropped
P. U.—Bums. Hainvy county, Oregon.
and
the
un the roof of the house,
ALMEDA A. STENGER.
noise caused the girl to start up
with an exclamation of terror.
C a TTLK
branded
“Youthought they had me then,’
u Left side; circle-
said Brae) as In rose and stood be
. > it. in ei til
fore the fire, rubbit)1; his hands to
gether, anil seeming to enjoy most
keenly the warm interest the girl
Ram?e—Harney and Grant county Oregon
HARPER’S PERIOil
p. o.—Burn*. Hariiov county,
________
manifesied in his welfare,
Per Year; 1
known to Le most .
human system, fol in -theONI Y PER
HARPER’S MAGAZINE
“Oh, I wisht you’d cut an’ run.”
-Pensions, II IRI’ER'S WEEKLY 1
FECT REMEDY to act geiuly yet
Pleaded Polly, covering her fact
TiIE DISABILITY BILL IS A HARPER S BAZAR
promp'ly on the
HARPER’S YOUNG I’EOPlj
with her hands; “they'll be here
LAW.
KIDNEYS, LIVER AND EOTO
Postage Free to all 8ubs3
Soldiers disabled since the war are United Suites, Canada, orMej
therreckly.”
Entitled
Israel was not a bad hoking fel
volumes of the Maguii,
Clennsswec? a : . ...fkiRv Dependent widows and Barents now de the The Numbers
for .lune and|
pendent whose sons died from the eHei rs of eae li year. When
low ns he stood before the fire laugh
— so ThAr -
no titueui
army -erviee are iiieluded. If you wish
-I liplions will begin wilhthfj
ing He was a very agreeable veria
votiri lai.ii speedily and sticeessfu.lv prose rent nt time of receipt ofordti.
uted.a Idress
.1 AMES TANNER,
tion of the mountain type. He was
Bound volume- of Hurper’s]
Late CoininifHiuiier of Pension*.
liree years back, in neat doth!
WASHINGTON’, D 0.
was angular, but neither stoop
be sent by mail, post-paid,oni
N
per volume. Cloth Cases, fa
shoulded nor cadaverous, lie »va»
.•cuts each—by mail, post-paid.
awkward in his manners, I ut very
Index to Harper'- Mapuiia.
■ ■al, Analytical, and Clas-ifled.l
gracefully fashioned. In point el
1 to 70, inclusive, from June.!
PERSONAL AND PROMPT 1SS5, one vol. S vo. Cloth,$4.0)
tact, as Mrs. Powers often remarked.
I To be Continued.)
Remittances should be niafa)
ATTENTION GIVEN TO PAT- Money
Israel was “not to be sneezed at.’
Order, or Draft,toafa
TRADE loss.
After it while he became thought
For sale at Jordan & Harton’s ENTS, CAVEATS,
Address HARBER & HROrt
MARKS, etc.
can be earned nt our ’TV line of work,
York.
ful “I jest tell yon what,” he said
rii) filly and hoimrvLi , Ly thoa»* of
I trug Storr.
NO
FEE
UN
LE
S
PATENT
/ •icrsew
i j/«l, and in th» ii
own i •• ai ti« a,whrrrvir they live. Anj
kicking ihe chunks vigorously, ami
one can do lb" w<-ik. I.any to learn
IS SECU REI ). COR Li ESPOND-
Harner’s Wei
We furnish every: hinrf. We start « <> . No risk. V' u can dev«,
PENSION. POSTAL, LAND and
s<mling little spinks of lire §kip your
»par»« uionn twa, ur all «..nr time to the «>rk. i hi* is a:
ENCE
SOLICITED.
I L LT ST RATE!
entirely n«'W lcu<i^in<l bring* onderful an <•■•-- n «•very wuike*
riinien« are earning from f’-u t«j f&(> p< r»» ■ • k and uf wam-
ping and eracking about the room. B»
INDIAN DEPREDATION
p . ep .’ k W eekly rm® never H
an«l mor»' utter a little exj.crience. Wo can furnish yon the en
i ie hr h “Journal of (ivij
STODDART à CO.,
•yiii'nt an i teach » "ii
'
No ap r »• to «-x plain hire. I-1
“This business puzzles me—I jest pl Uiiunualiou
CLAIMS.
<!(IC B. Mi h’a (O! Bl tilt !|
i- i ..
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613
Ci
G1Ó
7th
Strcot,
H.
V7.
(1 p. fsibi Wt it r of 1 FeiuUntin
tell you it does. That W» s. Love
ar<l of ari i? i< au<i Htertra
[Oppo ire U. S. Patent Office,]
Ata
uni« u< he<i id . iir>pi.rtaiii|
joy done like lie was the best friemt
V\ ASHINGTON. I». C.
> | !« HUE Hl < ) It Ft I Hl 1(1
,
,rih\
ai <• interest ii>g. if i
I had. He was constantiv huntin Ti; : Gclsbratod Frosch Curs,
I
i iitHlrilnki to I'l’rfly
i t if » 1 a ai < a» behm tn it
lligviit p< r-»-h <>i cither
’
or more
a:
I
bi
] po n tins vlb h*
'I and w ih« . and w ho,
• me npin camp, an’ when I told
me..;U'
i b.Jt- rc.’uncG
he) Mill It* li’erarx.sdttt
»»ill M »rk ini! .-triously,
roe
it««»-
I
lb
Hurs
a
< al. < iiii< al. 1« p» grahitil.u
I.j T jld c:r a
liiin 1 would like to come home an
Year in tin 1r
<. y Uve.I will nlso furnish
• ><88 <ti ii a' ten ai (. uno
PESITI
the si<'tiiii»ii •«• ■ niphiyiiH •H,.H »■bi li ;..... ..
t uru timi iiiiiount.
pci wile heart) <t n n<i.<
No
moue'
h»r
n>
unii
s«
bHcycsstii
I
»is
iilutve
E
>v
inni
quickly
git mammy's «Tap in, hejes laughed
C’JARAM
II I t BtoW V<i » II | HBI ¡MUrt I
leiiriu'l. I «Ivsit • . ut mu’ «»ri. I fii'in en' h <Halrl< t . r- ■ unty. I
• (
have airt-H'ly I iu;:ht mid pr»»«id d with cniployiiii-nf n Inrpe
e
public. As a fa mil) junrt
tin’ said he didn’t reckon I’d be
ci'nvrvo:. idisc- □
Iiunib'f, M II > ill .• >>iiilili>_- ove -ttl’C*' :• »«■■ each. Ils A I. XV
her rlof«.re, 1 e tei
kin! Sl> J ». I .¡II part •"»' • ' F' 5» I I.. A«I<ln ss ni
e.
or aaz uisorucruf
r t he qua’itkg I1.U
misse I much, an’ now he's a hound
L’i. <!« AL’.-L«,
' “O, An^iihEu, A.uiiic*
UNDER THE DIRECTION <>F
tho L?acraUveor-
to
e very home.
gaas of either sex,
in’ me down. What has the man
W R. HEARST. ( Editor ami Pro
». hct’. cr c.r. iu
PER year :
f: ith »excels.\c
prietor San Francisco Examiner.)
HARPER WEEKLY............ .
got agin me?"
ii oct b.. îulaal , , AFTER
REMORE
HARPER’S MAGAZINE......
•<
rOpi.i-.i,crthioi. •h>o*«..!ulHi.r«era- JOHN WEDDERBURN, Manager.
PollV knew, but she didn't aay. 't ; n .o.
HARPERS BAZAR............ j
rii iulgtuco,
ligiTice* fte
<te , «nuchas Lose of 1 rain
Illesi,
var r down Pains In tho (»IS F. Street, Northwest Washing
i r, \V;i
-Ines
I. I I-i-ur.:
II ARI’ER S VOl’NG PErlPLl
Mrs t*purh>ck suspected, but she
• ’ : . I V. <--ikne! s H vm ?:’a, Nervous Fr >s-
Poahiiic Ere»» to aU BubBerlheriii
.raUon, N turuai E ui !c:is, le corrhœa. Diz- ton, D. i .
states.
Canada, or Mexico.
no »llort to enlighten Israel, Polly . In ess, W ■ '< M lorz, L s< f power ami Impo* Will practice ifi the supreme < . ur* < f 'he
The
Volumes of the Weekly willl
,
WIRE
ROPE
SELVAGE
to prematuro <’nlte«l "in us. the < "uri <». b'lai'iis,’he never«1
tenoy. v,’V. ’1‘ T’.('"'. ‘ctc lof.cn 1
fïtf-
"
'
-»2?
<aMCTua|
the first Number for .lanuarv 4
knew that Lovejoy was animated e!d »**0 in I ii: in't’.Frleo? .( 3 a be-, G boxes (’««nr sof ihe District of <’oluin i-ia. before <’«»m-
When ii »time is mentioned,•ul-wl
h ? I v I
1 o 1 rmr'Y ' of p’lce*
lor tve.
inims of ('«»iigress. «nd he Executive Pep’ s. I
begi i with the Number (Urrentl
•
.
\
i
t.rAUANi
;:
e
i
;
riven
for
by Mind jealousy, and h« r instinct a wm
ceipi of order.
rrnnpiyn itf »re'”mi the money if
We obtain Pensions and Patents.
* .»ry f xa
I tiuixl Volumes of Harper's WM
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rt
B
r
r
(J
v,
e
ha»
3
taught her that a jealous man is i Perm*
veatB ba< k. in neat cloth bindinr.I
'totratub • testimonial® f- • i o’<i nml yov.nr« j Indian Depredation Claims and al)
b\
mail P. stage paid, or by exprea
whol
’ - < i h - j ,
i -
h , i ”, i ’’. v - -
I classesH of Land Claims, Mining.
■ ■ i •
................
usually a dangerous one. Taking
pense provided ihe freight doetM
y lieu •* < f Aphroditino. Circular free. Addrc a
per\olume? f«>r |7 ih > a volume.
Pre emtion and Homestead cases
advantage of one of the privileges
• •
A°HRO
< !< ’h ’ list's f.»r each Volume. I
Bux27- P obtla .«**. O il Prosecuted before the General Find
Holding will he sent b\ mail p»st|
ef her sex, sh«» I iik I at one time ear V . rn i‘ tuch.
«7 ACKNOWLEDGED THE Fl.-.W ceipt of fl.
Reinitinneus should be made bj
ri«-d on a tremendous flirtation with I For Sale at W. E. Grace’s Drug office, Deoartment of the Interior for Lawns, Gardens, farms, Rrnches and u rads Monei
order or Draft, to avoid (huj
. ,!tcKSl;..r>' .’ED. Sold by dealers. FliUGlfl i \'!>
and the Supreme Court.
\ddrt
s: ii A RI’ER .v HR •!' IE»,«
He VI L EJi S POCLTBT NETTING.
.
Lovtjoy. She had intended to Store
Nu s.iirftiijsr! No bagging!
Extra llvavvrtge.
'¿’he McKuUen Woven Wire Fence Co., Chicago, IU.
amuse herself simply, but she had
Harper’^ Baza
■ ■ IM
“AN IKESts" gives instant
Ba ® H
K ■ Breta-f an i is an infallib'o
kindled tires she was powerless to
H B N ■
5
xL i ure for Piles, Prices!. By
I
L L U ST R A TH
B» I
MV
pro r/io .. I io I
quench. Lovejoy had taken her
H arper s B azar is a journa for
I ■ H! r“‘ . AUHrcse-.lNAULSIS.”
F Bev .
-•iving thela oBt inf»>rmatlon *iT
I
■ Ba ■■
box »41U, New Y orK City.
seriously, and she knew well enough
Mi i.st rua 11.
i
ihe FnHhi.,'»8. i s uumer«»U8 ¡Duaind
h i< e» •'‘fully bv t
i»m p n cf . and pattern sheet Fujpk
that he regarded Israel Spurlock as
sii'la of vr«imiuei
indispensable alike to the hotne*
u
and ihe pr.ifeBsi«»tial modiste.
Oligbly r n iaolo
a rival. She had reason to suspect, ’S"*»“—
is spare«! in making its anis ic »nJ
e.
We th ti
' sa
i«e.
• •fihe hfiihesT order. Hs cleverB
Caveat, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat
too, that Lovejoy had pointed out (.-i
t mes t nir weig t ii
parlor pla> b . and thoughtful ewaw
ent b.iRine*« conducted for Modi ra*e I ces.
gold /or female irrf
UiBicB, »uni ns lust page is niinoUiit
Our 0 b»:e is Onoosi’e II. S. P den» Office,
ularittee. Sever knovi
Israel to the conscript oflicera, and
«•’’ wit and humor. In its weeklvIff
and we can secure patent in less time than those
to fail.
thing is in« in ed whi« h is of intertftj
rei co from W m h ugton.
that the same influence was control
Sent by mail teal?
During 1'91 \gnes B. Orin Rhee will’J
s< nu monel, drawin? or photo., with descrip of tt;iif les on ‘The House < omfajl
for
A duress
tion. VVt nh i”e. if patentable or not. free of
ing and directing the pursuit now
’ • ’s. n a il treat of “Sanitary UtW
Charge. O.ir fee not due till patent is secured.
x The Aphro Medicine
iuieri sting kui < ession of paper*j
A P .rrnHet. “How to Obtain Parents.’’ with
going on.
Art au«i History.” superblv illurnj
names
of
actual
clients
in
your
State,
county,
or
COMPANY.
furnished by Theodore Child. Thewl
town, sent free. Address.
Under the circumstances,her con
will he bv Walter Besant aiidThomaj
Wratern Kritnch,
cern—he' alarm, ind ■< d—was nut-
HARPER’S PERIODIC!
Boa *47«
Portland, < rrgon.
C.A.SNOW&CO.
hoposite Patent Office. Washington. 0. C.
Per Year
lira). She ami Israel had been
For Sale nt the Grace Drug Store f
bazar
I
HARPER’S
sewitS
caW4 rf. *5
sweet hearts for years,—real sure
!
MAGAZINE
1
HARPER’S
!<• f.-riincHhavebwn madwav
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JdCAoa. ___ UH
C» S^UAn.JI. f. <
II VRPER’S WEEKLY
iv..o. lor us. b\ Anna I’, gc. Austin,
enough sw»« tin arts, as she ex-
»
<» kua
NG ..........
I’EOPl-r.
;
and .In", Vonn, Toledo, Ohio
H KRPER’S vol
i
—
• • —1*1 -
FOR SALL BY
See ent. Other«nr»<bingai well. Why
P«*stage Free »•> all si' •( riberfh
■
not you? Some earn over iiuo.oo a
presed it to her grandfather,—and
S
’
area,
<
anada,
or
Mexico.
ith. Tow <
do the work and live
NEW HOME SEWING MA
at h«>nie, when »«r you are. Even bc-
they were to married in a short
olumea of the Bazar befit
Vnnen» arc easily earning from #5 to
J
CHINE CO., 72.'» Market St.,
I a day. All ages. V e show you how
Dumber for January of each
and atari you. l an work in •pare time
while; just as soon, in fact, as the
is time is mentioned, subacripnojj
San F runcisco. Cal
or all the time Big money for work
with Ihe Number current at tbtuffff
er«
Failure unknown among them.
Paicfic Department.
necessary preliminaries of eloths-
of order.
J
NEW an«! wonderful Particulars free.
Bound volumea of Haq>er’l BMR
o”
lnn<l,Maint
makhig and cake-baking could Is*
year in neat cloth binding. wilH*R
e paid* or by expreaa,
disposed of She thought not hit g
l‘t.idea the freight does u<«t exceff
Thr
IteM
Itrinrdy
l«i
per
volume) or f7 a
of her feat of climbing the moun
’ i«»ih « ases fo’ea« h volume.fUneR
in this world., «ay® J. IloOherr, of Syracuse,
ing will be sent by mall p »«paw*’
tain in the bitter cold and ti.e over N. Y . is Vaalor Koenig'® Verve Ionic beenuer
|1 ea< h.
-
ton. aho w»«» |wuriiailv lwrNlvaed this?
Remittanct a should be made by
whelming rain She would have uiy
Money order or Draft, to avoid cog
year«« airo aud attacked by fl!®. ba< n«»t had any
THE ONLY TRUE
Adress
HARPER A
taken much larger risks than that; •yinvt«>tn® of them sine - be t««ok one l»otlie of
h® reiuedy. I moat LeartHv thank for it.
New spapers are not tocopjn
she would have faced any danger
a’’ of the above advertisetnMU
rrisiv.fdl.. May. IffM.
express order of HARPER
Pg
her mind eou <1 conceive of. And Our daughter contract'd Fpilevtlc Fit® from
hljthl Ibrct- year® ago. we tri»d nio®'. every
srarl appreciated it all; nay, he thing wv L ard o* but ot ua avail Am thatifc
to «talehow that stn-a ®hv took Pastor Koe-
fairlv gloated over it He st<sal oe- ful
•lig’s >«rvv Tonic »hr La® not bad the
<*
for the tire fairly hugging the fact attack within »our n*<«uiba
1311 F art« Ave.
MR\ C. NCHU14L
Wilt rt» ’fy
rwenla*e?h«
to his losoni. His face glowed, Tbcs McCurdy, of 212 351U Am». Dsnver
I4«*r ■»n.i KM»*y« an<| Kr,i»r« th«
3.41 V|««r9n .„'b I
and his »• hole attitude was one of Colo. says I'a«« cur K w* ig s \er\® Tonic is <»i
« o(
Indig^tun,
gwa* beto it U» u>®; il ba® had tbr desired etf o«
• !. I WWKV ft I
< k »>f Mr*»nrh and 1 irM
exultation; and with it. shaping by sU'ppiug the flta
«• nga.Mkol-jiaiyc .rw,i n„np<i
IW^cviptive
ineciea r.nd
r*r
-j ANNUA
0 W'fnr«*«. Enliranegt» r.iiiifj
'—A Yalwable Ruak an Nermws
every gesture and movement, was
n«t - wvhe« Bra n P< wer.
srut tree to anv adtlreML.
from . omv’a r «
|w«or patteat» »*•• a)»*o otaain
a manifestation of fearlessness _________> •nd
I Ear to the. r~t w il • • J
this
free of ctrnrae.
I-
>R BARTER’S I ROM
r thafff**
This rvrnedv has been prwfuured by the Rewmal
which was all the more impressive Pa*
• rw ’»irF« a e!«ar, F -aU
or K’-rn®. of Port W»o*. Ind, st ace ups
g
at coniate-1 ell.
ui now pn'tMLT'd under hl® dtrMMoa b% tbs
because it was unconscious
■
-ity nf the ori am«!
•Riai’iaL avi BF<r.
This had a tendency to fret Polly KOINIC MEO. CO.. Chicago, Ilk
S PTTLE LIVER RILLS\
?Y a . co.
ii
m
m
hi
i
hii
mm
oik
Fabar’s Botilen F-
t lû
iui
IRON
im
FREE
whoa* alarm for Israel s safety was
genuine.
SoMfa Ix-unt.»*. at r»r nnltta. Olbras,
•».IX. • l«o*U*« S*r Ott.
fHE BEST
a AXL.F.
££
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