Image provided by: Harney County Library; Burns, OR
About East Oregon herald. (Burns, Grant County, Or.) 1887-1896 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1896)
HESTER’S LICK my heart. Where ia Grey now, 1 wonder? Ia pretty he married? Douthtlesa, for men BY JOHN A. PITERS. hair tpesed about her face by the soon forget; while I— I— From New York Weekly She br.ke off abruptly. A drop capricioua win«!, and the pathetic CHAPTER I. exactly the color of rain had tuched her cheek car look in her _ ..eyes, _ rraingly, and she had réached her I of a robin ’ s egg; but he merely I wonder if it’s going to rain? • 1 • • J - a*_______ feel a bit dubious about venturing goal, the village «tore Hurriedly said, in an indifferent tone: “Permit me, Hester, to carry out minus an umberLla, and Hest making her purchase«, she out for some of your packages. You’ll er Wood anxiously scanned the home, glad that she would not get have them all on the ground by the heavens, where a few black clouds, wet. All at once her foot »truck not unlike so many illomened birds, side of the eggs. some impediment, and she barelv I’ll take care of them myself, bad congiegated; “but ours is so escaped being precipitated to the old and dingy, so bad about shed of the thank you, she retorted; ground. A b it was, ding rain, that—well, it would only brown parcels in her arms fell with keep the umbrella over my head so prove an incumbrance, if I did take a crash, and as she stooped to pick my turban is not ruined. It’s all your fault that the eggs are broken it up she encountered a horse shoe. Thus m rmuring. she took down You startled me so. Poor mamma Frompe i /'rancico, Cal. A horse-shoe!” she cried touch from its nail a pretty little turban, she’ll have to go without her ome Four years ago, at the time of the trouble ing it as if it were a sentient thing; Thorn Is nt iMtt one bavpy man in between tile i nited States and I'hili brightened by a tiny crimson b rd's Mav I en let tomorrow morning. who rm vn ■ killing of the s.-i:!<-rs of the F. Francisco to-day that’ signifies good luck to the wii g, set it jauntily on her head, iquire after Mrs. Hunter’s health? li -pit- the fict of his being sixty year, ul S. S. I:..lli:il<i'f. ill the Street-of u Chill: !! l i v, m i ’. iv .uneni-bt-.s were ul-liue l to have :i.l of cm rpuletit build, the full and free tin- country for si-.fely. Ann ng them was and taking her silken purs, through finder. I’ll carry it home and nail Of course you found a wife in your era of mind and body. Granny it over tht front door. its • of all th" po'.v M. L'igg. the pri > a c iiet. ciive hih I cn.- whose meshes shone two or three proiiii"1' H It'l '<»r lector, v otbee is in the Crocker Build- trip on the Continent?’ .1 in s Keen m Grewell ’ s prediction will scarcely an i it is iie mg. ban rancisco, Cul. silver coins, perpared to set forth 1 -il-r nt 256 Krriftnvi bt'-e with a mysterious Nay, Hester, lien Mr. Lugg li ft t'bili he wci-t a r -s con e true, though, this time , as it i< : o v l ut li.ig til oe wh i have restored the inoiititaina itilo Argentine, travellin on her errami. i twinkle in his eye9, and something . i frô-ii a l> I of piin to his former youth- mulel.aek. "Hester, you II certanlv be caught did ten years ago when she told that savored of a smile in the cor- f.l i tivt'5 Mr. Keenan bad. to within a Mr. Lugg «ave thnt thè trip is a dt lijitfnl in poiut ufbeaiiiintl scent rv and pirfe- t in the rain, and a oiminutiye me if I would hang the one I found nere of his bearded mouth, 1 did y -:l- Il o, 01 1 bl.- e-l with the enjoyment otte ..ititlier, but ntany people d:-liketo under. lie hid nevir over the door, the first man who en uf alm • t pe f.'et hcn!l , . t tke il un ucom.utof thè iinhealtliful etag- gray-haired woman followed the not find one to suit me However, I,a i.va w!nt it w i .s t > ho cmi.iticd tur-»veci.s )mnl water nliii h '.bey are tmnpelleii to Sure enough. tereu would propose. her girl to the door and directed :i il eo.ic'i of painful disease, -ink uìung thè way. M- nv [ersotis bave tiiii ' ni» i io ,r I.K uct:o:i of min I ^-".1 siri, k-11 dovili «i li dtsea e frulli hsv- Grey was the first one to enter, I think of getting married suoi) at r -a eve.i attention to the threatening t 1 lo-e fie viji • .1. ing ilrttnk ot tt. unì >11 a ntimher of <11 e, and ere'he left an engagement ring You must be on excellent ter.us or 1 ..1 > which mi ! i-n-ib. il .uni, tu oul i .i< ; fi,,, uipicks bave i roviii futa). The native better take an umbrella. m 111 v vciirs of his bn n ss liie, t > I rio.Ul , Chili 1 drink lite wi’ter v.ilhi r.t injury to shone on mv finger. Well, in re with the future Mrs. Hunter. 1 ilicir systi nis, bui it 1 ns a iadetiii-t »poti "But, mother, and the 1 I a:-.d iitniilvised. hi i d it y tu- i i "Many thanks, but 1 do not care thosc whn uro not i teli to ' ;• U-O that Mr. Kecnun fi. ’ broke out into a musical laugh, membrane® of that time, I 11 clean to cultivate the acquaintance of It i n a » “ I fell :i victim 10 the it. nous tina.me* It uttn ted :• water,” laid Mr. J.u 1 tira li.url of dis -ase to trike !.<d i decidedly pleasant to listen to, this one up. paint it, and put on in V in n Ct that tini' he w-vi stri ken 1 toy kidneys to an uliir n « in <zree................ A poor dreds any Mrs. Hunter. .inn. 1 got ov r into Art-cntii. i ih<.tight the iroit- •urs is such a dilapidated thing, gilt, in pretty German letters, ‘Aut maker and tfie wife of the richest ■r vit d nla -kof r.iertmt- V mi -a .'VI vi me tin- out instead hlc wo il.l gradually 1 v< so abundantly provided with holes Gluck’ Who knows what it d bring man in the county can have noth- whicrl ro!tTm I him <>f the use of his of that it uri w more aggra vxivil and 1 auf. i<- -od terribly from p-.fins i:i ihe n giou of my mi I of botii his hail Is. in which to insnare the falling to me? Goodness ! as a preliminary i ing in common; but you have my .o.vei liin' s • -ks I was cn kidn vs ......... ... route to ( hiengound I he lay on hit co-.u-h. a licit -i.x w liete. nel to mu h lay jle tira ion I efore drops, that I am better without drop fell on her nose, it s going to best wishes, Grey. 1 (lisMSsV and all th I? ; victim of the u out; !-ii:it t h'.ittlil gr hv s.-i . erioiis as m to my bul. I't on reaching uo pain in the iiir eh d con bo? than with it. Don’ t worry. I am rain. I ll have to run, or get a Chicago J nt O’lee cnr.s'.iiivit n | !iy»ieiun. who They went on in silence, the [fc could n 01 f his bo IV drenching. tol l me my kidr-ys had l.nti nft'ceted I y something of an amphibian, vou If riputi hi* bed, and all ihrd he a.c dii. king I oilu'cl Will. r. lie trenti il lie ,.r dark browed man holding the • The brown parcels in her arms ■ fed .0 him by t'.iaae ia attendance. som ■ time for that <m plaint, luti gr< iv know, and take to water as nat- lirella over the daintv girl, who had |( . I J, m el h about despaired if ever gaining re- steadi'y worse mid n<-w atin.ents were u< del land the horse shoe concealed in the urally as a duck. my ulrettdy serions canditi n. 1 big-.ai 10 If I get a all she could do to keep the bundles I •. • Ir in the cl.itches of the frightful dis- 10 ¡rive tieii.'algic pains i my I. ud, my s| inc his attention was through drenching it may tend to folds of her gray shawl prevented from slipping out of her arms v.tis uTelt.sl v>itii sho'till I'liii.s ; nd I Inal , w.ien one nt miing ••■■■- no eoiitrul over t'r.e urinary organa. It wsa tn an - - - adv -rlise'ii nt in a in .ruing make me grow; and see! I’ll take brisk running, and down, down on \\ hat if the horse-shoe should es dra vn ,- of * : next to inipo-jsible fcr me to u-1 ntiy sleep. a r;".n-i'.v fl».- rlrnnnui n.i 10 .- I h'jr uwake many u night sudi rinirtlie most along this warm, gray shawl, m her bead rattled the rain, and she cape from its hiding plaje and the store o :..it succi led this casti il gi 'tice.it inti use pains, and ihephys.i 11 unable to nt can lx - t 1» ■ to.il »n a ■ te ti -inc rid would have been saturated to the cuse of a shower. Au revoir!" keen eyes of the man at her side th*- w i-ds of Mr K e.nian him "If, «h ' relieve tin 111. I for mi explanation of his sei-ni " Blit relief «ante- c* last. One <l.-.y rue of Imprinting a kiss on her mvthei’s skin had not a tall, swarthy, beard- fall upon it? Acquainted with the « h n -i- miraculous cure, gave the linio vii mv friends came to my i-o«.m and handed me ed man, with an unbrella over his a box of Williams’ Pink Pii';, til e .ur e I o.rc.t lips, Hester sallied out. story of the othe iron shoe, would ■cm si to m flint "fier all the weeks Imr-'hed at l-itn fi.r during to think that any f t ■ rdd ■ siiT rin ' ili it I hud ■ n ’urial there pme.et medicine eon'll aid me when She was rather tall and slender, I head, turned a corner and came to he not read lier intentroll now? B>:'d r ot i>o- i ly ti - n relief. I had tm physician had failed. I took the rills. Im her assistance. i pile it in-.'i ini's, mid vvh 01 I snv ever, -. - ... -, ha -friend ni re than for any a bright, winsome looking girl, wi h What a silly goose he would term fiith to otoige 'i a ¡i-.- the al •tisetnent of Willimits füll:i I had in them o I was trea'ed tothc "Madame, the rain is merciless. the guileless look of an infant in her! An old maid earning home I'irih C'li- 1 w is in Im--d to try them oil in->-t joyor.- aurpri i my iif■ wh< n I reni Allow me to ward off the glitering I not fei 1 tiny r< 'ration. _ I di ____ ¡ •■■d th.it J was eii li lie via I of my pain*. her big blue e\ es. a babyish nd a horse shoe to hang over the door, lief uii'il I p lie-run taking the second box of l’irst lite d rops. III" psi-. Imt then the pain begrri gradually ceased, am purposely to catch a ifusbatid! mouth, sweet enough to kiss, and t > I. n tn ■ mv ip' ite Ikrnri-ne better, arid can to grow lees ar.d iintiliy led nr- enti-> y. Then, as Hester, at the sonnd ot I co r'd sieep soun liy throughput the ni-rlit It took a good while to inqr v th c< ■ • luxuriant masses of pale gold hair "Ha, ha, ha! wi mnt exp-riencing any of the jerking ditioi. of my kidneys, 1 ut after 1 bad tn’ «n his deep toned voice, uttered a faint that peeiH'd out from under her hat Was he laughing at her, or----- puns that had ¡»efore kept me awake, n nuintar of boxes < f the pills I kn. w tl: t cry, he looked into her eves and co'irin r.'d to 'akc the pills and it was o ilv a they had done their work successfully, and atraved in rebe bous srinkles good gracious! T he very thing she «hort time until the rheumatisin had entirely then I h al i gained control of the tirtr: rv beheld the eves of his lost love. and I It.id aof.tr recover« d the orvu'is nnd the action of toy kidneys was left mv h nt ............. over her low. white forhead. feared iiad happened. ot mv 1er- mio ’»e iib’e to walk m»oi.t sir >ng unii steady. "Hester! «¡thnit ass'stnnee. In alai it two Out from its gray folds, as it it th v bouse " When 1 tiio i: I was ort of nil danger T hat she should have reached ks ni i- ' I ,1.1s cn irelv free from ih -dis- Qrev ! I cuit titking th pi'!s. 1 he r> l ef tin y had tvo nmrr'boxes of tin were alive and di sired to torment ease,'lint I t.m ................ her twenty eight birthday wii bout atlbrded u is permanent, however. nnd ! i proemiti .ri nguimit 11 return of the rh< The ejaculations came sunulti.n- her the horse shoe emerged, tum have never sitici e 1 f< It a reci ■ rr rec of the iii ’ i.n. I i-o'ii 1 1,, time that the list tnu-e having the matrimoniti niaise slip I liuni’y know ho.v to praise di- a e left in ■ I have not f"l: the least CO”»p’0lliK. eously from the lips of both. r or bling to the ground with a ringing sh'-uid It ........ , , ped over her head seemed almost ini of its return, and I can truthfully say Williams' Pink Pill* a* they They cert>ttily i • n v n”ucr»iu prate d. an instant the ten yea’s were bun- enjov as fr.-e use of mv limbs ns m i' 1 ti • noise. too incredible for beleif; but such riniti, n. I have • ree- •• »ninii n led them ta ' tin; distil iitt.ieked prêt cv r 1 il ! before th ■ rh. ed in oblivion, and they were all in n iiuiii I ht of mv frn'ud» wI h » wet« Min was actually the ease. mend I’0”” kkhiey comphitnls, nnd they h ive all [To be Continued.] I li ive ken th" pains to rceom all to each other again. 1. .... I- .....C, A.1 I ». ,l,,.i|. UK." " I ’ itik Pill* to a num ’ ter of my been benefited I y their aw. It was a day late in the fall, and hr. William«’ Pink Pills for Pule People Grey had bent his head to drop Hs vii » are «ìitlrrinf? fh>:n rheumatism. the trees were dropping their I know of id » other rrnirJy that will are no-.v t.iven to tire public ns an unfailing a kiss on that trembling, «tre.wber n’l •• i i h qn k a?i*l vcmuiD»H:t nlirf from bi<> «1 builder unit nerve r ■ -ti n r. curing legated leaves on every aide. Mee »• ritis j i;«l(» Williams' Pink pills, ami forms of weakness arising from a watery rv-rvd mouth, but a sinister though that tunny other» nwy I* l>r »uçht Cmiditioti of tl>e l.)o »1 or shuttered nerves. i »••!'. I banieallv Hester picked un a h» a i i fari the r hi ¿h curative powers ilift The pills are sold by ail dealers, or will be which crept into h's mind and »cut post paid on receipt of price 50 cents a the »»til Sickly looking leaflet of a stung him prevented, and he said, bivving C ISC «rm also Called to the box. or six taxes for $2.50 (they are never low hue. i <> i of ilv A’. rtiwr. shortly after the -obi in »irlk of l>v the 100) by addressing in a voie« he tried to render cold : of i >1 above, und i-< given •»’ < Hr. Wiii'uius* Meuiciue Cuuiiuuiy, Scl.rueo “Bah! she ejaculated, what a and unconcern»d: I taily, N.Y. l l... oj >.l t ■ .cot l’.*l u. look of melancholy it wears! On its "I um glad to meet you again. every lineament one can trace des to the per- >n suhtnl'ting th. Hester, after a lapse often tears most inerii... . invc.tiua pair. It savors ot lost hope, like during tint pu evditiK* tnonih. ion have not changed one bit. W K SS t Ht PATHS fS mv blighted life. ami she tore it FOU l\ V l. s to 's. i> . I the H Time has dealt leniently with you. o joct i f tm* o" r it to en- ruthlessly in twine, and tossii! the . ent- coui.gc per«on* e How is Lee —your husband ’ t.» l«e turn of hi ■ ' pieces in her path. ».uno tone we u a t-a I.. rreM Did he ’rally think In r Lees the fact I..at IM Saddened, she proceeded on her wife? In her confusion she dropped Il’s the Si Hl way, a tram of thought aroused a brown paper package containing I rivinl inventiom which she could not silence a dosxen of • ggs and as they tuch- That Y te» J It "Ten years ago to-day she sigh- ed the ground with a cra«h, she •uch rj r<» I n i ll.v>X j I was betrothed to Grey Hun said, a bit angirlv : a < I F • -c.r- > r > » u i iw i ter, and was ns happv a creature as You are a ninny, («rev Hunter! .. Mr tl>wk “ ■ A! next .cry on. ■ V -VOJI < Phie’ontMlow Now 1 am a You know I never Lad the remotest 1 he sun shone a t*.s nt i !• ■ at - other. Why noi HARNESS. lient us ’ Y i I « mit I void maid, vegetating stupidlv intention of marrying Lee. I am Doable and F ato RMlag lio t i thia dir. . ! o i ’ J * 4 eento Ln W l:y nul rnako your fort un it a iliird rat« drevtn.sking in Rve no man's wife; I am onlv an old W. B. PRATT. Secretary, Elkhart, Ind. with a ralleva pnwjiect Ufore me maid. Write for f irtber In rtnaUon «n.l Inetti.vu I his l«p<r. A aot> came into her throat as she « it« i ding » V« n lint*» old age; au«! 1 THE Pi^«SS CLAIMS CO long, oh. so inexpressibly, for some uttered tire concluding words, and Philip W. Avirvtt. G,u. Mfr she avert«-*! her blue ewa trota hie one to Iowa and rate for me! I am 61H t Street Northwest. not strong minded, and in» ine la gray ones, into which had Issp- d a * AMINUt.t u.\ C. unutterably dreary and cheer leas trash of hope. Such an eag r flash The re.pon«lt'l. «y • wM y 1 (lai ti* 1 «<•» lw lu.l*vU br au « imo * as it was' Oh Grus ! why were you »t.x-a ■« I •! i br »>»•■« uM.Tl I i t the lumllo* O«* «i ««»>>• h > the 1 Healer, dear little Hester, iuua, ao jealous, of l«ee Hope's I ullml M4le* tentions? You know that you held man’s wife' Was it for his rake * _ 4 1 __ 4 a ZIZ s I a II The Remarkable Vitality of an Aged Californian Stands To-day Unscathed by Disease—How He Conquered Ritenutati —His Story will Interest and Benefit ail Old Folks 1 .. .... A.,„. tico *tiv lim'i« tie hl! 3100.00 Given Awa\ Every Month ELKHART CARRIAGE and HARNESS MFG. CO « i-j rs t IV il . I