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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1915)
sS r A Q u ick T ransition By EUNICE BLAKE “H o w d y , A m uuda? E xcuse m e for c o t cornin’ sooner w hen you s e n t to say you w a n te d to see me, bu t I w as work- in ’ a t th e c id e r p ress.” “C om e In, Mr. M orehouse. I t ’s giftin' chilly n ig h ts now. I got som e logs b lazin ' on th e h e a rth , an d I’ll b rin g up som e b irch b eer from th e cellar.” Jo sh M orehouse, a bachelor o f forty, accepted th e In v itatio n a n d w as soon s ittin g on one end of a sofa d ra w n be fore th e fire, w hile A m anda W aters, aged tw e n ty , sa t a t th e oth er. Beside Jo s h stood a ta b le on w hich w e re « dish o f n u ts a n d a b o ttle of birch beer. A ft e r a sw ig o f th e beer he began c rack ing th e n u ts a n d Invited A m anda to tell him w h a t he could do fo r her. “ L aw sak e s. Mr. M orehouse, 1 don’t believe I ca n .” “W aal, now , th a t’s su rp risin ’.” “T h e re ’s som ep’n 1 w a n t you to do fo r me, b u t It’s aw fu l h ard to say It. F a c t is. I w a n t to borry you for aw h ile.” “ B orry m e?” M r. M orehouse paused w hile c ra c k ing a n u t a n d looked ut Miss W aters in q u irin g ly . “ You know E noch R ogers. W ell. E noch h a s been ta lk in ’ soft to m e late ly, a n d I d o n 't w a n t him to do It. H e’s a nice feller, but he's n o th in ’ b u t a boy. 1 d on’t cotton to th ese kids, but E noch is g iv ln ' m e an aw fu l lot of w o rrim en t. I d o n 't w a n t to h u rt his feeiin 's, a n d 1 c a n 't sta n d it to have him fo llerin’ me altouL m ak ln ’ people believe I belong to him .” "W hy d o n ’t you tell him . sq u a r, to keep off?” ”1 have. I t d o n 't a p p e a r to d o any good.” “ You d o n ’t w a n t m e to give him a lickin’, do y o u ?” “Oh, no, M r. M orehouse. I w ouldn’’ h ave you do th a t.” " W h a t do you w an t m e to do?” “ W aal, I'v e reckoned th a t if yon w o u ld n 't m ind m ake b'lieve for aw hile I belong to you rnebbe he'd give me up and be ru ck eu siled to get on w ith o u t m e.” “Oh. 1 seel T h a t’s a m ighty good w ay o’ le ttin ’ him d o w n .” “ H is m o th er an d my m other a re m ig h ty good frien d s, an d Enoch is a nice boy. So I m u stn 't do an y th in g to m ak e bad blood J e s t as soon as Enoch sees th a t som e uu has got a h e a d o f him he'll d ra w off an d find a n o th e r g al.” “ You d o n 't m ean th a t he’d th in k yo u ’d look a t a n old fe lle r like me. do you ?” “ La sak e s. Mr. M orehouse, how yon talk ! Y ou're Just th e uge for a worn an b etw e en eig h teen an d tw enty-live G irls w a n t u hu sb an d to look up to T hey d o n ’t w a n t u boy th a t they kin w ipe th e floor w ith .” “ You d o n 't m ean It! W aal, now, 1 w ou ld n ’t ’a ’ th o u g h t an y gal except an old m aid w ould w a n t me." Mr. M orehouse looked very m uch pleased. .T h e fire crack led m errily, d an c in g o n th e fe n d e r a n d gilding a r ti cles in th e room . T he birch beer had a delicious flavor, an d th e nuts, bav ing been new ly g ath ered , w ere tbi sam e. “W h en sh all we begin. Mr. More h ouse?” ask e d A m anda, m oving from h er end of th e sofa to w ard her m ake believe lover. “ B egin? B eglu w batT ” “ W hy. p e rte n d in ' w e 're engaged." “ Is n ’t th e re a big difference l»etween p e rte n d in ’ a n d th e real th in g ?" “ M ebbe th e re is, bu t i f w e d o n 't a c t engaged b efo re people they w on’t be lieve we’re engaged. E noch’ll th in k I ’m ju s t s a y ln ’ I'm engaged to abet him off.” “T h a t w o u ld n 't do. w ould It? Bat how a re we golu' to a c t engaged?" “ L aw s a-m assy, Mr. M orehouse, you d o n ’t reckon w e're goin' to know how to ac t enguged w ith o u t a n y p ra cticin '!” “ M ebbe not." Mr. M orehouse took a n o th e r pull a t th e birch beer, an d w hen he had set dow n his m ug be found th u t A m anda h ad m oved to th e m iddle o f th e sofa an d th e re w as barely room fo r a sheet o f pap er betw een them . T h e fire wah crack lin g a n d giving out Its genial w arm th . Mr. M orehouse felt very hap py. H e looked sidew ise a t A m anda, w hile she looked dow n at h er lap, sm oothing h er dress. H e w ondered if a borrow ed lover practicin g to play his p a rt w as e n title d to ta k e u kiss. H e d ropped a n arm , w hich w as re stin g uu th e back of th e sofa, to h er w aist. She did not move. H e felt encouraged H e d re w h er to w ard him till sh e w as lean in g up ngninst him. n e r h ead top pled to th e side: he tu rn e d h er face, a n d his lips w ere d ra w n m agnetically to hers. “ By Jinx.” he e x c la im e d .' “ 1 w onder if bein’ a real lover Is b e tte r’n a bor- ryed one!” “ Nobody kin tell th a t w ith o u t try- in ’,’’ said A m anda. A n o th er kiss helped him on. a n d still a n o th e r helped him on fu rth e r, till at last, as he a fte rw a rd said, “th e w ords Ju st cam e rig h t out by them selves w ith o u t m y h a v in ' a n y th in g to do w ith It” W hen Jo sh M orehouse w en t home th a t evenlii'j he w as asto n ish ed a t re m em bering fl at he had stood w ithin an hour in th re e d ifferent positions— friend, p reten d ed lover an d b etro th ed “ It bents a n y th in g ." he said to him self. slap p in g ills knee, “ how su d d en t som e things com e a b o u t J u s t think th a t M andy’s w a n tin ’ to borry m e to head off E noch R ogers should ’a* m ade a m atch betw een her and me!’’ Human Frailty. L et a bishop a p p e a r a n d m em bers of his ch u rch will be p reached a g reat serm on. T he ap p re c ia tio n is fo r the m a n ’s re p u ta tio n a n d position. T hou sa n d s of books a c tu a lly w o rth less re ceive w h a t is called ap p reciatio n be ca u se th ey a re w ritte n by noted men, p rin te d by uotod publishers. You laugh ut th e jo k es of a clow n, b u t y ou would no t sm ile a t th e sam e n o n sen se offered by a neighbor. H ow th e children laugh a t th e te a c h e r’s Jokes! n o w a n ag en t lau g h s u t y o u r Jokes w hen he th in k s he h a s you in a buying hum or! We a re a c tu a lly h o n est ab o u t n o thing.—E. W. H o w e’s M onthly. A Four Story Drop. R itte r, th e S w iss w riter, a s we learn from his “ L e tte rs," w en t so wild over j G eorge E lio t’s w orks th a t he learned ; E n g lish in o rd e r to read h er in t h e ! original. S u bsequently he read h er bi ogrnphy by C ross and w rote. “ I had th e sen satio n of fallin g from a fourth sto ry w indow lu to th e s tre e tl” Where? “ And w here,” d em an d ed his wife, w ith flashing eyes, “ w ould yon be now , only fo r m e?” T h e m an g lanced a t th e clock. It w as verging on th e hour of m id n ig h t H e sighed an d w as s i l e n t - Boston Jo u rn al. T he Spenders. “ H ow a re you g e ttin g along, Jones, since you got m arrie d ? S aving any m oney?” “ Yes, bu t for h e a v e n ’s sak e d o n ’t tell my w ife.” —E xchange. PROFESSIONAL CARDS Tillamook Absttact Company T h o b . C o a im s . P & B sin se e , OOMriÆTK I R o r o r TILLAM OOK ■ a bstra ct o h CO Q N T T . TILLAMOOK CITY. O ttB G O N . T.H.Q0YNE, ATTORNEY AT LAW CoDveyaocing, E tc. Opp. C o art H ouse, T illam ook, Ore. GEORGE WILLETT Attorney at Law Office Over Tillamook County Bank TILLAMOOK. ORE. Tillamook Undertaking Co. R. N. H E N K E L , P ro p rieto r. N ig h t a n d Day calls p ro m p tly a tte n d e d . N ext Door to Jo n es-K n u d so n F u rn itu re S tore. TILLA M OOK. O REGON F. R. BEALS REAL ESTATE Our New Delivery Service W rite for L ite ra tu re . T ILLA M O O K . • - OREGON Dr. A. W. Lister, || (UncPe ¿¡tarn's (parceC (post; DENTIST Main Street Oloverdale, - TAKE n » Oregon ! (> »♦4M n O : tfjae. J. Cfou^ j 1THE WHITE ! FOR- -AND- €o. # I RELIABLE DRUGGISTS \ Let up fill your prescriptions. \ AUTO STAGE Tillamook- Cloverdale p E R H A P S the roads are bad, or it’s storming, or you are too busy. These things need make no difference with you. i All you have to do is to drop us a card, or call up by phone and we will send what you want by parcel post. [ Tillamook, Oregon. L. L. HOY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon C om m ercial C lub Bldg. T illam o o k , O re., E. J. CLAUSSEN, All Way Points Attorney at Law Safe and Comfortable - 2 1 3 TILLAMOOK BLOCK— Leavo Cloverdale daily at 7:30 a. m.. arriving at Tilla mook at 10 a. m.— in time for morning train to Portland. Leave Tillamook at 3 p. m , arriving at Cloverdale at 5 p. m. J. M. T li A X LE R , Prop. Oregon T illam ook, i (• o ax f WX» «¡XB *x* ® • W. A. WILLIAMS I Reliable Harness Maker ] 1 (B Harness and Saddlery * T illam ook, Oregon. • x• *<• • Xè «x# BX* «XBBXB BKBA«la