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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1916)
« t t q 8 c c 1 u C n C •1 v a t) b w 1) « I. (' T T w a. tl READY FOR HARVEST Look your machines over and order re _ I pairs early. It will help us give von better SERVICE. Wo ca n g o t you e x tr a s for a n y m a k e o f M o w ers, di w tl It w st 7'eddors and o th e r farm I m p le m e n ts. cloverdale mercantile co. or w fr "i ye t HOW SHE PROPOSED ~ (C ontinued trorn tirât pnge) for tin* h an d of an "heiress. “ I hope,” she said to P ro fe sso r P o land w hen they se p a ra te d a t com m encem ent tim e, “ th a t th is w ill not end o ur acquaintance. I h a v e alw a y s been g reatly Interested In y o u r in struction a n d am indebted to you fo r having helped me th ro u g h sev eral ex am inations w hich w ould w ith o u t your assistan ce have sent m e hom e to tlnish my college course sittin g ro u n d try in g to look p re tty . M am m a h a s d irected m e to Invito you to spend a p a r t of your vacation w ith us n t o u r c o u n try place, nml w e shall look fo r you n t an parly d ate.” T h e in v itatio n w as follow ed up by one m ore specific, and In Ju ly P ro fe s sor Polnnd found h im self nt M orning Glory—Belle had nam ed th e place from a flower she especially loved—a m ag nificent place In the ce n te r o f spacious grounds and com m anding a flue view of d ista n t hills and n earb y lakes. W hile Miss Ilnllldny w as In college she, like o th er stu d en ts, w as u n d e r Ids a u th o r ity. It seem ed to 1dm now tlrnt th e conditions w ere Inverted, l i e a p p e are d to him self noth in g m ore th a n a p ed a gogue w ith so little Incom e as to be barely able to tip th e se rv a n ts, w hile Ids fo rm er pupil w as a rra y e d in “ p u r ple an d tine linen" a n d occupying n so cial position to w hich he could n ev e r hope for an entree, an d If he w as g ran ted nn en tre e he w ould no t be ab le to su p p o rt it. M iss H olliday's tre a tm e n t of P rofes nor P oland was calculated to th ro w him Into a fever. She w as not only gra clous; she w as as devoted to him a s he w ould h av e been glad to bo devoted to 'h e r w ere th e ir positions rev ersed , lav ishing on him such d elicate a tte n tio n s as a w o m an will lavish, on a m an she feels privileged to fa v o r. In o th er words, a co u rtsh ip w a s going on, in w hich th e w om an w a s doing th e c o u rt ing. T he p ro fesso r so m etim es d rifted , resigning h im self to th is d elig h tfu l spell she w as th ro w in g ab o u t him , and som etim es su d d en ly cam e to a re a liz a tion tlm t he w as s ta n d in g on th e brink of a precipice. Now, if w om en w ere th e privileged proposers th ey w ould d o u b tless acquit them selves fa r b e tte r th a n th e men. At any ra te , they a re b y a su p e rio r del icacy f a r b e tte r fitted fo r th e purpose. To Miss H a llid a y w h a t she w a s en gaged In w a s as sim ple to h er ns th e reco n stru ctio n o f th e R om an forum would h av e been to P ro fe sso r Poland. W hen she w as ready fo r his proposal she took him o u t Into th e g a rd en and began to g a th e r n bo u q u et of flowers. “A re th ey fo r m e?” asked th e pro fessor. “ F o r you? No. P m going to be m a r ried.” T he p ro fesso r fe lt a s If som e one had knocked th e life o u t o f him. "W ho Is th e fo rtu n a te m an ?" he gasped. “I'm not going to m a rry a m an. I’m going to m arry th ese flow ers.” S everal m o n th s h ad passed since P rofessor P o lan d hud m entioned the In d ian custom to his class, a n d it did not occur to him th a t Miss Ila llid a y ’s w ords re ferred to w h a t he had then 'a id . H ow ever, he w as no t a fra id of such a rival and so m ew h a t recovered his equ an im ity . “Oh!" w as his sole reply. Belle w en t on collecting flow ers for a posy a n d w hen she h ad done so m ade » du m b show o f affection for ♦hem. T h ere w as a sta b le on th e place and a w ell from w hich to d ra w w ater, which w as b ro u g h t up by n pump. Belle w en t to th e well, lifted a trap- dpor njuL th re w h e r bouquet dow n into j the opening. T hen, w ith o u t re m ark , th a t su ch d u tie s took u p th e principal Now’, P ro fesso r P o lan d w as n o t q u ite p art of his tim e , he resigned his pro so stu p id ab out th e a rt of love as fe sso rsh ip a n d dev o ted his whole time m ig h t be supposed. H e a tte n d e d Miss to th e m a n a g e m e n t o f a property H a llid ay on h er visit to th e w ell, an d w hich h ad by th is tim e come to be w hen sh e led him to a vine clad recess co n sid ered a fa m ily m a tte r. a n d s a t dow n on a ru stic se a t a vague connection b etw een w h a t sh e h ad done Frozen Food In Siberia. an d th e In d ian cu sto m he h ad em bod T h e m a rk e ts o f Irk u ts k , in Siberia, ied in his lectu re fo u n d lo d g m en t in his b ra in . H e realized th a t th is m ig h t a re a n in te re s tin g sig h t, fo r th e prod- lie in lieu of a proposal. S urely it w as u ts offered fo r sale a r e iu m ost cases F ish a re piled up in not en c o u rag e m e n t fo r him to pro frozen solid. s ta c k s like so m uch cordwood, and pose. It w as e ith e r a p ro posal o r it m eat likew ise. All k in d s of fowl are w as noth in g . I f it w as a proposal it w as in c u m b e n t on him to resp o n d . If sim ilarly fro zen a n d piled up. Some he respo n d ed an d M iss H a llid a y ’s act a n im a ls b ro u g h t in to th e m arket m ean t n o th in g he w ould he In an u n w hole a re propped up on th e ir legs fo rtu n a te position. If she m e a n t w h a t an d h av e th e a p p e a ra n c e of being lie su sp e c te d nml he m ad e no response a tn a lly alive, a n d as one goes through lie w ould still be in an u n fo rtu n a te th e m a rk e ts one seem s to be surround ed by liv in g pigs, sh eep , oxen and position. W h a t sh o u ld he do? fow ls s ta n d in g up. But. s tra n g e r yet. Ilis in clin atio n s decided him . even th e liq u id s a re frozen solid and “T h e honor you do m e is, I assu re sold In blocks. Milk Is frozen into a you, fully a p p reciate d . Since 1 love you a n d h av e loved you fo r som e tim e block in th is w ay a n d w ith a string it Is n o t a n ab se n ce o f love that, causes or a stick fro zen in to a n d projecting m e to h e sitate. I t is th e d isp a rity of from it. T his, it is said, is for the co n v enience o f th e p u rc h aser, who is our incom es.” th u s en a b le d to c a rry his m ilk by the “ T h a t, I th in k , can be easily a rra n g e d s trin g o r stic k handle. to y o u r sa tisfa c tio n . I am read y to se ttle up o n y o u ”— Impossible. “ P a rd o n m e; i ca n n o t accep t a s e t “ Do yon th in k It sa fe t<> m arry on tlem en t. If I m a rry you I sh all do so $itr» a w eek?" r i t l i th e e x p e c ta tio n of a lw a y s re “ My boy, no am o u n t of money can m aln lu g se lf su p p o rtin g . If I am to he a rich w o m an ’s h u sb an d you m u st be g u a ra n te e m a rria g e to be s a f e ” —He a poor p ro fesso r's w ife." tro it F re e P ress. “ I sh all he v ery proud o f y o u r s ta n d ing in y o u r pro fessio n a n d sh all do To Live Long. n o th in g to tu rn you aw ay from it and Jf you w ish to be a M ethuselah you your en jo y m en t o f it." will h a v e to q u it d o in g all th e th in g ' And so it w as a rra n g e d th a t th e pro th at m ak e it w o rth w hile not to be fessor should still occupy his c h a ir at ' one.—St. Louis P o st-D isp atch the u n iv ersity . T h is h e did for a time. T hen h is w ife w as ca llin g on him con P la sk er Bros, for all k in d s of » lam b tin u a lly fo r som e d u ty In connection ing, b ath room o u tfits an d fist tires fd - w ith h e r esta te s, an d nt last, finding latnook, Dre. j she sa u n te re d back to th e gard en .