Sherman County observer., July 10, 1908, Image 4

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F R I D A Y .................... J uly 10, 1908
By O. H E N R Y .
P » r M n a l T a lk W ith Y e e .
, If jou do not read The Observer
(Copyright.
ISM, by ths
a a
Why Not?
O Carson Chalmers, In hla apart­
ment near the square, Phlllliw
brought the evening mall. Be­
sides the routine correspond
snee, there were two Items bearing
the same foreign postmark.
One of the Incoming parcels contain­
ed a photograph of a woman. Ths oth­
er contained an Interminable letter,
over which Chalmers hung, absorbed,
for a long time. The letter was from
another woman, and It contained poi­
soned barbs sweetly dipped In boncy
feathered w ith Innuendoes con­
cerning the photographed woman.
Chalmers tore this letter Into a thou­
sand bits and began to wear out bis
expensive rug by striding back apd
forth upon 1L Thus au animal from
the Jungle seta when It la caged, and
thus a caged man acta wben be Is
housed In a Jungle of doubt
By and by the restless mood was
overcome. The rug was not an en
chanted one. For sixteen feet he could
travel along I t Three thousand miles
was beyond Its power to aid.
Pbllllpe appeared. H e never entered.
H e Invariably appeared, like a well
oiled genie.
W ill you dine here, air, or out?” he
We should like to have you take
It, and wa kbow It would be profitable to
you to become a «ubacrlber. We tend H
two year« for >260; one year $1 6 0 ,12XcU
a month 1« w’t much. T ry It. Order by
Foatal Card, and pay for It when you can.
At any time tyhen requested to do
ao, the paper w ill be discontinued. But we
« p a c t that all arrears w ill be paid before
such request 1« made. It 1« ea«y to ask us
tor a statement, which w ill be cheerfully
rendered at any tim e.
His V icto ry
O ver W om en.
i
T
8. McClure C o l
Ben Venard was • young man of ex­
H e was a bright tnan, hav­
ing dans well a t schooft a t college and
fts the otndy o f hla profession, the law.
B u n waa nothing to stand In tbs
w a j of hts aoccewa except Intensely
Aednlte opinions on all subjects and
great obettaasrj In carrying them oat.
T~i i tribalnm Venard waa a lovable
SeUow. ? I t Is not the usual man one asked.
levee eo mech as the unusual. A gatha
Here.” said Chalmers, “and In half
H o s t fell desperately In love w ith the an hour.” H e listened glumly te th *
yoong attorney, and her love waa re- January blasts making an aeollan
But Agatha was an heir trombone of the empty street.
and Venard waa poor. The result
W a lt,” he said to the disappearing
that during their first “spat” genie. “Aa I came home across the
Agatha, womanlike, said things aba end of the square I saw many men
standing there In rows. There was
did not mean In reference to the d lf
ferencs of their pecuniary situations. one mounted upon something, talking.
H e r lover a t once asked to be relieved W hy do these men stand In rows, and
from his engagement, and all inter why are they there?”
“They are homeless men, sir,” said
coarse between them ceased.
Agatha fa it th a t modesty compelled Phillips. “The man standing on the box
her to a w a it advances to w ind a recon tries to get lodging for them for the
d ilation from Venard, and Venard was n ig h t People come around to listen
deterred from making advances from and give him money. Then he sends
the nature o f th e case. As tim e elapsed as many as the paoney w ill pay for to
without his hearing anything from some lodging house. T hat Is why they
the lady, be made up hla mind that he stand In rows. They get sent to bed In
had no use for her or any other wom­ order as they come.”
“By the time dinner Is served,” said
an. I t la very easy for a lover to be­
come a woman hater, and Venard Chalmers, “bsve one of those men
conceived so fierce a hatred for the here. H e w ill dine w ith me."
“W -w -w hlch"—’ began Phillips, stam­
opposite sax that be eschewed every
thing In petticoats. H e would have mering for the first tlm s during his
nothing to do w ith women socially, service.
“Choose one a t random,” said Chal­
would not take a law case for
mers. “You might see that he Is rea­
woman.
When he came to thia resolution he sonably sober, and a certain amount of
cleanliness w ill not be held against
waa accumulating an excellent prac
him. T h a t is all.”
tics. In Just one year he bad no prac
I t was an unusual thing for Carson
tlce at all. I t was then that a fellow
Chalmers to play the ca lip h ,»but on
law yer said to h im :
“ Ben, you are very stupid. We get that night be felt the lnefflcacy of con­
ventional anthtotek to melancholy.
our business on account of people’s loa
and egregious,
perfections. The more Imperfect wo­ Something wanton
men are the more la w cases corns be- something high flavored and Arabian,
be must have to lighten, his mood.
fore'tbs courts In which they are con
On the h alf hour P h ilip s had finished
cerned.”
One morning the lawyer m et w ith a hls duties as slave of the lamp. The
surprise.
A gentleman Introducing waiters from the restaurant below bad
himself ns Francis B. Armstrong step­ whisked aloft the delectable dinner.
ped Into Venard’« office and said that The dining table, laid for two, glowed
Venard’a name had been given him as cheerily In the glow of the pink shaded
a person eminently fitted to conduct an candles.
And now Phillips, as though he ush­
Important case. M r. Armstrong was
ered a cardinal—or held In charge a
tbs owner of a valuable tra c t that bad
burglar—wafted In the shivering guest
been encroached upon by a railroad
who had been haled from tbe line of
company and was about to lay claim
fo r 1800,000 damages. H e would pay a mendicant lodgers.
I t Is a common thing to call such
salary for services and 20 per cent of
men wrecks. I f the comparison be
the amount recovered. Venard asked
used hero it is tbe specific one of a
to whom he was Indebted for the rec­
derelict come to grief through fire.
ommendation, and the man replied that
Even yet some flickering combustion
several persons had dons so, especially
Illuminated the d riftin g hulk. H ls face
as Venard had more time on his bands
and bands had been recently washed, a
than was usual w ith first class attor­
rite Insisted upon by Phillips as a me­
neys and could give It fa r better atten­
morial to the slaughtered conventions.
tion.
In the candlelight he stood, a flaw in
Venard was delighted. H e entered
the decorous fittings of the apartment.
upon a study of the ense and made his
Hls face was a sickly white, covered
preparation w ith great care. The op .
posing counsel was an eminent corpo­
ration counsel, and the fact of Venard’s
being retained In aucb a case at once
led to a revival of hla business. W ithin
h alf a year the tria l cams on, and so
** carefully and w ith such Judgment had
Venard laid hla plans that he won the
adm iration of all persons who knew of
them and his case. The case was ap
pealed. Venard, sure that the ground
o f appeal was In error, declined an of­
fe r of compromise. Then one day sud­
denly bis opponents abandoned tbelr
case and agreed to pay the fu ll amount
of the claim.
The day the papers were passed and
the money paid Venard was happy.
H is contingent percentage amounted “Choose one at random," »aid Chalmert
to 9100,000. H e was now Independent almost to ths eyes w ith a stubble ths
o f the “parse proud g irl” who had shade of a red Irish setter’s cost Phil
“thrown her wealth in hla face” and lips’ comb had failed to control the
of every woman in the world. A fte r pale brown hair, long matted and con­
all, be had beaten them. T h e claim ­ formed to the contour o f a constantly
ant, the attorney for the defendant worn h a t Hls eyes were full of
and Venard were together signing ps- hopeless, tricky defiance like that seen
"pera
Wben all were signed, sealed In a cur’s that la cornered by bis tor
and delivered the railroad’s law yer mentors. Hls shabby coat was but­
produced a check for the amount due, toned high, but a quarter Inch of re
M r. Armstrong took It and. turning It deeming collar showed above i t Hls
over, wrote something on tbs back manner was singularly free from em
and handed it to Venard. Venard read barrassnient w ben C halm ers roae from
the face of the check, which was pay­ hls chair across the round dining table.
“I f you w ill oblige me,” said the
able to Armstrong, then turned It over
and read, “Pay to the order of Agatha boat “I w ill be glad to have your com
pany at dinner.”
H u nt**
“ My name Is Plumer,” m l J I he high­
T h e look of astonishment on hla face
waa intensified by M r. Armstrong, who way guest In harsh and aggre^sivt
tones “I f you’re like me you like to
•a id : » *
*T have bat a small Interest In this know ths name of the party you’re
case, though Miss H u n t has brought dining w ith
“I was going on to say,” continued
It all la my name. You are to look
to her for year percentage of the dam­ Chalmers somewhat hastily, “that
mine le Chalmers. W ill you sit oppo
ages.”
Wben the two men departed, leaving site?"
Plum er of the ruffled plumes bent
Venard alone to hla thoughts, he
hls knees for PhllUps to slide the chair
turned to hla victory over women gen
beneath him. < H e hsd an air of hav­
erally and Agatha H unt particularly
ing sat st attended boards before
A minute before he had seen the In
doraement of the check he had consid­ Phillips set out the anchovies and
ered himself a free man, over whom olives.
“Good!" barksd Plumer
“Going to
no woman had any right whatever
Now be saw himself suddenly en­ be in courses. Is It? All right, my
Jovial ruler of Bagdad.
I ’m your
chained. One way to retain the mess
are of Independence he had had before Rctv-bereaade all the way to the tooth
A g a th a had become hla client occurred picks
You’re the first caliph w ith a
to him. He might never call for the genuine oriental flavor I ’vs struck
fortune that she had put him In the since fro s t W h at luck! And 1 was
way of making. But the plan did not forty-third In line. I finished counting
etanmend Itself to him. I t waa not re­ Just as your welcome emissary arrived
signing the fortune that troubled him. to bid me to tbe fea s t I bad slxxit
I t was the ingratitude such a course as much chance of gettin g a l>ed to­
would Involve.
night ks 1 have of being tbe next pres­
W h ile be was meditating hla office ident
How w ill you have the sad
door opened softly, so softly th a t he story of my life, M r. A1 Raachld—a
did not bear i t H s was sitting with chapter w ith each course or the whole
hla back to It. fingering the papers be- edition w ith the cigars sod coffee?”
foro him. Suddenly be felt a p air of
“The situation does not seem a novel
silken sleeves about hla neck. I t waa one to you,” said Chalmers, w ith a
Ag e t h a , who bad been w aiting w ith ­ smile.
out to enter a fte r the others had de-
“By the chin whiskers of ths
prophet—noP* answered the guest
V nrk’a aa f u ll of chean Ilaroun
tr e m e *
ft
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cuae me for being so long. I goVbfer
ested In the Job. Lordy, bat I ’U tired' ffiy- vifcuio* '
. .
No bed last night, you know. Gnsea
It ’ll have to be good night now, O earn
mander of the faith fu l!”
Chalmers went as fa r as the d oor
with him and slipped some bills Into
By Tayler While.
his haud.
“Oh, I ’U take ’em!” said Plainer
“AU that’s Included In ths fell d Copyrighted, ISOS. h r
Literary Pres
Thanks, and for tbe very good di
ner. I ahaU sleep on feathers tomlgfat
and dream of Bagdad. I hops It won’t
Ben Runyon regarded w ith amass­
turn out to be a dream lu the neonlBg. ment, I f not approbation, the dim inu­
Farewell, most excellent callphP*
tive applicant tor ths vacant post of
Again Chalmers paced restlessly Upon
office boy. The tad’s fluent talk, heavi­
hls rug. But hla beat lay aa fa r from
ly Havered w ith the slang of the mo­
the table whereon lay the pastel sketch
as the room would p erm it
Twice, ment, was diverting even while It ex­
thrice, he tried to approach I t h at fe ll posed hls unfitness for the place.
“ I ’m afraid It’s no deal. Llppy." ha
ed. H e could see the dun and fold
and browu of the colors, bat there Was ■aid, bis tone tinged w ith kindly re­
a w all about It buUt by bis foam that gret. “Yoa don’t quite fill the bill.”
kept him at a distance. H e sat down
H s turned back to hla desk, bat a
and tried to calm himself. Ho sprang
grimy hand grasped hls coat sleeve.
up and rang for Phillips.
"Forget It. boss,” pleaded Llppy (he
“There Is a young artist in this build
tag," be eald, “a M r. Itetaeman. Do bad — *------ * that to be the only name
he knew). “ I ’m In wrong. Get that?
you know which la hla apartment?”
I don’t live wld me fader and madder,
“T od floor, front, air,” said P h ilip s.
“Go up and ask him to favor ate but IPs 'cease I ain't got none, see?
with hls presence here for a few eeln What e f I do live In a lodgin’ boose
utee.’’
and ain’t got ms pants pressed? I ’U
Relneman came a t once. Chalmsra Its Johnny on ds spot and wort’ a doe-
Introduced himself.
en dude klda Len’ ma tre e Iron men
“A U right, my jovial ruler of Bagdad.*
“M r. Relneman,” said he, “thaie l i a
and I ’ll ba back hers w ld de glad rags
phy out o f you, w ith footnotes, ap- little pastel sketch on yonder taMs, 1
pendlx and unpublished fragments. would be glad If yon w ill give me year In a h alf hour. Is It a go? Give a
feller s chanct, w ill yer7"
Oh, I know w hat to do when I see opinion of It aa to Its artistic
• Llppy tried bard to keep a stiff up­
victual* coming toward m ^ t a little and as a picture.”
old Bagilad-on th e -S u b w a y ^ fc strike
The young artist advanced to the ta­ per Up, but the nervous twitching be­
tbe asphalt three times w t ^ ^ A fore­ ble and took up tha sketch. Chalmsra trayed hls anxiety, and there was a
head and get ready to s p le ^ W n s fot half turned away, leaning upon tha pleading . loek In ths sharp greenish
my supper. I claim descent From the back of a chair.
eyes. Ruayon drew a five dollar bill
late Tommy Tucker, who was forced
“H ow —do—yon—find it?” ha asked from hls pocket and handed It to the
to band out vocal harmony for bis pre- slowly.
bey.
digested wheaterlna and spoopju.”
“As a drawing,” said tha artist, *T
It's a g o ” be agreed. “ Now, for
“ 1 do not ask your story," said Chal­ can’t praise It enough. I t ’s ths woffk
mers. “I tell you frankly that It was of a master—bold and fine and true. I t heaven’s sake, get a decent looking
a sudden whim that prompted me to puzzles me a little. I haven’t seen any salt! Don’t come back here looking
send for some stranger to dins with pastel w ork uear as good In years.”
like a prise fighter’s sparring partner,
me. I assure you you w ill not suffer1
"The face, man—the subject—tha and hurry ap.”
thsough any curiosity of mlue."
original—w hat would you say of that?”
W ith a mattered “T ’anka” th a t was
Oh, fudge!” « c la im e d the guest, en­
'“T he face,” said Relneman, “la tha meant to be brusque, but which spoke
thusiastically tackling hls soup.
"1 face of one of God’s own angels. M ay whole volumes of the boy’s delight
dou’t mind It a b it I ’m a regular orl
I ask who”—
Llppy sped from ths office. H s was
ental magazine with a red cover and
“M y w ife !” shouted Cbalmera, wheel­ hack w ithin tha prescribed h alf hoar.
the leaves cut when the caltpb walks ing and pouncing upon tha astonished A clean shirt and a paper collar had
abroad. In fact, we fellows in the bed artist, gripping hls hand and pounding replaced the tottered garment that once
line have a sort of union rate for things hls back. “She Is traveling In Europe, had been hls body covering. A suit
of this sort. Somebody’s always stop­ Take that sketch, boy, and paint tha well worn, but clean, and a pair of
ping and wanting to know what picture of your life from it-an d leave shoes described by Llppy aa “new sec­
brought us down so low In the world. the price to me.”
ondhand” completed the o u tfit Llppy
For a sandwich and a glass of beer I
waa Installed.
tell ’em that drink did I t For corned
For a few weeks things w ent w ell
beef and cabbage and a cup o f coffee 1
to the Runyon office. Llppy learned
give ’em the hard hearted la n d lo rd -
the rudiments of a more conventional
six - months - In - the - hospital - lost-job
speech, and hls alertness brought
story. A sirloin steak and a quarter
many a smile of approval from Run­
for a bed gets the W all street tragedy
yon. Llppy was keeping hls promise
of the swept away fortune and the
to be “Johnny oa the spot
gradual descent
This Is the first
Then came a bine Monday, wben all
Donald came running home, saying:
spread of thia kind I ’ve stumbled
Rnnyoo came to the
“O ver a t Mrs. Pond’s they have nine went wroftg.
against. 1 haven’t got a story to fit I t
office w ith tha temper of a bear. H a
I ’ll tell you w h a t M r/C h ah n era, I ’m dogs. Some of them are fo il blooded
I IJppy w ith a curt n6d
going to tell you the truth for th l* If and some are not. Tbe fu ll blooded shut himself In the private office,
you’ll listen to It. I t ’ll be harder for ones cost 60 cents and ths others a wksnes presently earns a demand for
quarter. Please, mother, can't I boy
you to believe than the made up ones.”
the typew riter. Llppy reported th a t
An hour later the Arabian guest lay one of the empty blooded ones?"— S t
she had not yet arrived and pointed
back with a sigh of satisfaction while Louis Republic.
oat th a t she still had fifteen minutes
P hillips brought the coffee anu cigars
grace. B a t the fifteen minutes stretch­
and cleared tbe table.
■ nglieh Queens and Good Cheer.
ed to h alf an hoar, and still ths girt
"D id you ever hear of Sherrard Plu­
The English queens have nearly al­
mer r he asked, w ith a strange smile.
ways been fond of good cheer. Queen
“1 remember the name,” said Chal­ Anne waa uo exception. She waa fond
mers. “ H e was a painter, I think, of
of holding profound culinary discus­
a good deal of prominence a few years
sions w ith her cook, and English cook­
ago."
~
ery books atlll contain many dlsbss
“Five years,’’ said the guest “Then
"after Queen Anne’s fashion.”
I went ddwn like a chunk of lead. I ’m
Sherrard Plumer. I sold ths last por­
A ncient T a xim ete rs.
trait I painted for 92,000. A fte r that
Taximeters, It' seems, were batter
I couldn’t have found a sitter for s
known to the Rome of Julias Caesar
gratis picture.”
“ W hat was tbe trouble?" Chalmers than they yet are to the Londoa of
Edw ard V I I . Suetonlue and Vitruvius
could not resist asking.
“ Funny thing,” answered Plumer both describe them as attached to tbe
grimly.
“Never quite understood It Roman cabs of that epoch. The latter
myself.
For awhile I swam like a even goes Into details of their mechan­
cork.
1 broke Into the swell crowd ism. Taxim eters were also known to
the Chinese of the eleventh century.
and got commissions right and left
the saiite set of building blocks. Lots
of ’em w ill stake you Jo a dime atid
chop auey, and a few of ’em w ill play
caliph to the tune of a top sirloin,
but every one of ’em w ill stand over
you till they screw yOur autoblogra-
The newspapers called me a fashions
ble painter.
Then the funny thlaga
began to happen. Whenever 1 finished
a picture people would come to see It
and whisper and look queerly at one
another.
“1 soon found out what the trouble
was. 1 had a knack of bringing out In
the face o f a portrait,the hlddqn char­
acter of the original. ! don’t know how
I did It—I painted wlrat I saw— but
know It did me. Some of my sitters
were fearfu lly enraged and refused
their pictures. I painted the portrait
o f a very beautiful and popular society
dame. When It was finished her hus­
band looked at It with a peculiar ex­
pression on hts face, and the next week
he sued for divorce.
”1 remember one case of a promi­
nent banker who sat to me. W hile 1
had hls portrait on exhibition In my
studio an acquaintance of hla came In
to look at I t ’.Bless me,’ says he, ’does
he really look like that?* 1 told him It
was considered a faithful likeness. T
never noticed that expression about hla
eyes before.’ snld be. ’I think I ’ll drop
down town and change my bank ac­
count.’ He did drop down, but the
bank, account was gone, and so was
Mr. Ranker.
“la w a i i ’t long till they put me oat
< IMPROVING ON
INSTRUCTIONS
I
A Quaint Theory.
A quaint theory la that of a
mystic.who holds th a t tha four pointe
of the compass have an Influence on
human health and w all being. Travel-
tag west, asserts thia authority, In ­
duces melancholy; traveling eastward
brings cheerfulness, southward lan­
guor and Irrita b ility and northward
calmness. I t Is a question of electrical
currents, and the influence Is f e lt not
only when traveling, but also when at
home. The beot posture for working Is
to face either north or east, says tb*«
Frenchman. In these positions yon re­
ceive positive waves e f electricity, the
negative currents coming from the oth­
er two points, south and west. Even
the sleep Is Improved, it seems, i f the
foot of the bed be turned to the north
or the east. To sleep in the contrary
position Induces nightm are and gen­
eral uneasiness
The Watoher on the Tower.
The stranger Journeying on the
Booth A frican veldt w ill see almost
an yw h ere a little sentinel on a saaall
tower, evidently watching w ith great
curiosity every movement of the pass­
erby. T h a t little sentinel Is ths mter-
k a t W hether this little anim al Uvea
of business. People don’t w ant tbelr
near the ant hill because it wants to
act ret meannesses shown up In a pic­
use It as a spying tower Is unknown,
ture. They can smile and tw ist their
but the m lerkat Is never fa r from one.
own faces and deceive you, but the
Tbe m lerkat le easily trained, bat is a
picture can’t I couldn’t gel an order
source of great trouble to Its unhappy
'or another picture, and I had to give
possessor. No anim al In ths world tos
p I worked as a newspaper artist
Its size can eat like a mlerkat, nor o n*
for awhile and then for a lithographer,
any other living thing bo so much In
but my work w ith them got me Into
one’s way. I t Is a very tough little
the same trouble. I f I drew from a
custom er and la very cute. Offen A
photograph my drawing showed up
dog overtakes and gives It w h at be
characteristics and expressions that
fancies la the coup de grace, b at a *
you couldn’t find In tbe photo, but I ______
u dog departs
___ ____
soon as the
the ______
little
guess they were In the original, all watcher goes on hla way as if nothing
rig h t
The customers raised lively
had hap|>ened.
rows, especially tbe women, and I
never could hold a Job long. Bo 1 be­
M o zart and L in ley .
gan to rest my weary head upon tbe
The Florence Nuovo Glonmle pub-t
breast o f Old Booze for com fo rt And llabed a letter of M osarfs father In/
pretty soon I was In the free bed line which the relation between the com­
an<|mdotng oral fiction for hand-outa poser and a youthful contemporary l a
ammig tbe food bazaars. Does the interestingly discussed. Tow ard the
truthful statement weary thee, O end of the eighteenth century all great
caliph? I can torn on the W a ll street sod talented men who w ent to Italy)
disaster stop If yon prefer, but that were entertained a t the home of Oox
requires a tear, and I ’m afraid I can’t rills Ollmplca, and eo It was not won­
hustle one up after that good dinner
derful that In April, 1TTQ, Pietro Nar-,
"No, no," eald Chalmers earnestly; dlnl and hls talented boy pupil, Thom«
“you Interest me very mnch. Did all of as Linley, should have met there the
your portraits reveal some unpleasant famous boy Woaart. "The tw o boys,”
trait, or were there some that did not the letter says, “«pent the whole even­
suffer from tbe ordeal of your peculiar ing in affectionate conversation. On
brush?” * ’
the following day the English boy had
“Boms? Yes." said Plumer; “children hla Instrument sent to our home, and
generally, a good many women and a there he and Wolfgang played nearly
sufficient number of men. All people all day. Next morning we took break­
aren’t bad, you know. When they fast w ith M. Qavafdt the minister of
were all right the pictures were all finance, and after the meal the boys
right. As I said. I don’t explain it, but played again, but not Ilka boys, be«
rather like schooled masters. Tears In
I ’m telling yon facta.”
On Chalmer's w riting table lay tha abundance were shed when the pert-
photograph that ha had received that tag came the next day, and as a sou-
hands'toyed fiervoualy w ith a ribbon.
*1—1 did not know It waa ao serious-
that ha would take It this way."
“Serious 1" echoed Llppy. " I ’ll bet we
ftnd two cope and the ambulance doc
th* place If we don’t get there pretty
quick.”
Tbe girl rang tbe bell for her maid,
and Llppy went down to tbe front hall
to spend a pleasant ten minutes In Im ­
pertinent conversation addressed to the
butler w ith the delightful knowledge
that the staid functionary did not dare
h it back.
Then the girl came down the stairs
looking even more attractive In her
heavy furs, and Llppy *woodertagly fol­
lowed her into tbe automobile that
stood at the curb. This sort of type­
w riter was new to him.
T he ride waa all too short, and the
girl pressed a fte r hUn aa Llppy raced
down the hall and proudly threw open
the door w ith a shrill " I got her, boss.”
Runyan came out of his private office
and halted as be looked at ths girl.
"You have come, Aline? You fo r­
give F be asked hoarsely.
“Tbe boy said you were nearly dis­
tracted.” she explained. ”1 should not
have come If tie had not led me to be­
lieve that you were on tbe point of
committing some rash action.”
“ I sent him for that typew riter you
recommended.” explained Runyon. ”My
girl got married yesterday and left
town. I had the address of thia girl of
whom you had spoken. Llppy, tot me
see th a t card.”
L lp p y produced tbe now battered
pasteboard. I t was one of Aline Brs-
val’s own cards w ith a penciled ad­
dress on the back, but the pencil marks
were almost obliterated through fric­
tion w ith other papers.
“I did not notice that the pencil ad­
dress, waa blurred out,” explained
Runyon. " I suppose that Llppy did
not even notice the m arks H e In re­
sponsible for the trouble to which you
have been p u t But, dear, can’t yon
see the band of fate In the develop­
ment? Won’t you believe In the sincer­
ity of my penitence and forgive my 111
humor r*
Llppy. catching the d rift of the re­
mark, searched the girl’s face. Hls
quick perception saw In her clear eyes
the dawn of forgiveness long before
hls employer read bis answer, and he
plucked at Runyon’s coat.
Bay, boas.” be ehrilled, " I ’ll go out
and get me lunch.” And ne he departed
he innocently slipped the spring latch
that these two, who were oblivious to
all else than themselves, should not be
disturbed by tbe Intrusion of book
agents or peddlers.
I t waa au hour before he showed up
again, and Runyon was working fever­
ishly i t hla desk, while Mias Breval sat
by the window* enjoy tug the panorama
of tbe city spread before her gaze.
Runyon handed him a letter,
“T ake tliat to this address,” he said
smilingly• - “ It la the address of the
new ty|»ewrlt<r. When «he cornea, give
her the«e apeclfirudou« to copy. 1 shall
not be here when you get back. I shall
not be buck until tomorrow.”
“I ’m sorry I dldu't get her th’ first
time,” snld Llppy hypocritically.
“I t ’s all right.” assured Runyon as he
added a five dollar bill to tbe envelope
be still held o u t “You Improved upon
Instructions, and we. Mlae Breval and
myself, are very mnch obliged.” e
“Don’t menshun It,” muttered Llppy,
backing away, for Miss Breval waa
smiling upon him, and tbe radiance of
that smile abashed tbe boy’s assurance
for the first tlUie In hls eventful young
life.
*D O S T M S S S S P S R . " M PTTnM M D U F F T ,
B A O K n o AW AY.
RHEUMATIC FOLKS.
Are You Sure that Your Kidneys are
All Right aud Well?
M a n y rheum atic attacks are due to
urio acid In the bloud; but ths d u ty of
the kidneys is to remove a ll uric at Id
from the blood. Its presence there
shows the kidneys are Inactive; dou’t
d ally w ith “ uric a d d solvents;” you
m ig h t go on till doomsday w ith them ,
but u n til you cure tbs kidneys y o u ’ll
this season ai follows
never get w e lt Danu’s K id n e y F ills
not o nly remove uric sold, hut cure the
will be made by the
kidneys and then a ll danger from uric
acid le ended. Here Is Moro testlmouy
to prove It.
Oarl Peels, liv in g On M a in street, In
Moro, O r., says, “ K id n e y com plaint
Round Trip, direct, to
and rheum atism troubled me for many
year« and I fin a lly became ao weak that
$7»-5°
I could h ardly w a lk . I could uot stoop Chicago
on aooount o f the lameness and pain
St. Louis ................... 67.50
through m y loins and beck, and the
kidn ey secretions caused me additional St. Paul........ ...............
63.15
suffering, as they were so frequent In
60.00
action as to cause me to arise m any O m ah a.......................
times d u rin g tb e night. I w ent to the
60.00
hot spriogs, and I consulted different Kansas City
physldans, but was unaucoessfUl In
tic k e s will be on sale
finding relief, and was gradually g ro w ­
ing worse when Doon’s K id n e y Pills
June 5, 6, 19, and 20
were brought to m y attention and I
prooured a box at the M o w Pharm acy.
•July 6, 7, aa, and 23
X noticed an loapforewent In ney eea-
August 6, 7, a i, and aa
dltlon frbm tbe first. Continued tak
lng them , the pains In m y back dlm tn Good for return iu 90 days with
lebed, and the too frequent action of
stop over privileges at pleas­
the kidney secretions waa corrected. I
ure with n lim its.
z
keep Doon’s K id n e y F ills In tbe house
aud they uever fall to give me quiok
relief.”
For sale by a ll dealers.
Price 60
cents.
Foeter-M Ilburn Co., Buffalo,
For particulars call on t . M. Cady
N ew Y o rk , sole agenta for the (Jutted
?
local agent, or w rite to -
Htates.
W qi M cM u rray,
Remember the n a m e— D o * us— and
take no other.
general passenger agsut, Portland, Ore
W U standing 1a
ths hallway, wftUq ths butler went off
to find the girl.
“Yon have a totter from Mr. Bus-
yea?” she asked as Llppy waa ushered
tnto a room all sweet smells and soft
toned colors IJppy ebook hla bead to
* “HvTdidn’t have no tim e to write,
explatoed “He couldn’t wait f*r th a t
B e told me to hot feot U up here and
fell /o n hs couldn’t wall e’leven see-
Don’t Forget the Dates.
Stationery, paper, pens, ink,
penoils and all sorts of iotas, at the
Observer Book 8tore.
Inks, muoilag«, cardfi, envelopes,
per of every kind, tablets, every etyle, at
be Observer Hook Htore.
The author of “ Leaves From a Life,"
a woman, referring to Charles Reade’s
notion that h alf the people shut up in
lunatic asylums had no business to be
there, aaya; “One day he told papa he
had picked out twelve quite sane men
from among tbe supposed lunatics, and
one of the doctors had promised to ask
them all to dinner and give them an­
other chance. Would papa tome too?
As papa knew the doctor and knew
also that ample precautions would be
taken, hs agreed, and tbe dinner duly
earns off. AU went well, the tw elve luna­
tics behaved adm irably, and Charles
Reads became more and more sure
that be had rescued tw elve unfortu-
natas from worse than prison until the
dessert was placed on tbe table. Then
the doctor, turning to tbe man on hls
toft, said: 'H ave you been Introduced
to your next door neighbor? He to the
Virgin M ary.' The lunatic leaped to
hls fe a t ’You lie!' he screamed,
am the Virgin M ary.’ And in a mo­
ment all tbe twelve lunatics began to”
•how themselves in tbelr real colors.
gon, lor Hheruntn County.
W illie 0 Oliver, Fla lu uff,
ve.
r
«a»
Katherine F Oliver, Defendant
To Kethetiue F Oliver, the nbove named
defendant.
In tbe name of the State oi Oregon:f
Yon are hereby required to appear and
■newer (be ootuptalnt fiBd «gainst yon in
tbe above em itted «nit, on or before tbe last
day of ibe time prescribed, in tbe order of
publication, towit, on of before tbe 21«t day
of Auguat, 1WM, and if yon fall to «o ap­
pear and «newer, plaintiff will apply to tbe
court for tbe relief demanded in the com
plaint filed herein ag«m«l yon, to-wit. for a
decree dissolving (ba bonus of matrimony
now existing between tbe plaintiff and vonr
■elf, on tbe grounds of ornel and inhuman
treatment, aud for snob other and farther
relief as to tbe oonrt may aeem eqnltaple
and jaat.
Thia anmmona ia served npon yon by pub­
lication thereof for a period of six enocees
ive weeks in TbeBberwan County Observer
a weekly newspaper of general eireniatioo
published in nberman ooonty. Oregon, lu
pnrenanoe to an order of tha Hon E V L it­
tlefield. Judge of tbe above entitled court
duly made on tbe 6th day of July, IK *
and tha date of tbe drat pablloation tbereol
IS tbe tfith day of Jnly, 1IMH.
liturgie I BBS
«factura were ortftnal
w it h t.he
ant
U nion P acific
3 Traína to The East Daily
Through
P ullm an
POMTLAND DXrOT. Lv. Daily.
8 P K C IA I. for th« K ait
via Hunlinglon.
S.SO a.m.
Pa««ea B ig g s (••op»)
13.14 p.m.
'
no »top.
fing
1 * 4 » .a .
lL3Sp a
Paaaea Bigg«
For X a»lrrn W ash in gton , W alla W alla, L o w te
Ion, Coour <1*A lan» and G reat N orthern p o in ts.
A T L A N T IC KXPRRHM
for the Beat »U H u n t­
. 7. <S p m
ington.
Charlea K Woe nach, F laintiff )
To Bor tha Wuenaoh, (ho above named do-
feudunt—
lu the name of the Hint» of Oregon:
Yon ar • hereby required to appear in tbe
above entitled oonrt and anewer tbe oom-
plaint filed against yon in tbe above enti­
tled anit, on or before tbe last day of tbe
time presoritied iu tbe order of pablloation,
to-wli: on or before tbe 21«l day of Augaet
1WJ8, and if yon fa il to ao appear and ans­
wer, plaintiff w ill apply to tbe oonrt for
tbe rtlle f demanded in tbe eomplatnt filed
Lsrein againei you, towit: For a deeras dw-
aolving tba bonds of mntrlmony now exist­
ing between tbe plaintiff and yourself on
tbe grounds of ornel and inhuman treat
men I, suit tor aunh o'her and further relief
aa to tbe ooart may aeem eqottable and jnat.
This summons ia served upon yon by
pablloation thereof fo ra period of six weeks
in the Hberman County Observer, a weekly
newspaper of general eiroulatlon published
io Hberman County, Oregon, in porsoanoe
to an order of ths Hon E. V . Littlefield,
Jedge oi Ibe above entitled ooart. duly
made on the 6th day o f July IB * , ana
lbs date of the fir nt pnblioation (hereof is
tbe 10th day of July, IBM.
W D F booms «,
7tjlOa31 300]
Attorney for P laintiff
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Berths Woensch, Defendant J
11.06 arve
10 86
10.26
10. IR
10.00
9.66
Ö.36
9.90
9.10
8.66
8 86
8 10
7.66
7 46
7.16 a m
For rates and Information apply to
O a A B . C a d y , A ir » n t
M o ro , O r.
VHCLE5AM
S 44 » . a .
Oo » lo p .
11. W p m
Pasara B igge
and
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16 1
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1.66
23 9
2 10
27.0
2.26
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2.40
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88 6
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7 00 p.m. . t ( # « n .
SPO K AN B Y L Y K R .
In the Cirenlt Court o l the Stale
CVMMOAS
O
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12'86pni
12.66
1.00
1.16
1.80
1 40
Ar. Dally. • *•
CHICAOO PORTLAND
P O R T L A N D -B lU fiS
IX 7 C A L , for all local
-oiWh- « Ë Tine tble N o l2 North bud
March 8, 1908
oouud . 3
paese nger
paaetigr 2 X
d aily
S
T
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daily
£
and
Chicago, Kpokane; tourist aleeplng-oar
dally to Kansas C ity. Reclining chair-
car« (seat» free) to the E *s t d ally.
Attorney for P laintiff
VS.
standards
tourist sleeping-car» daily to Omaha,
* Hawse*, Fi-trra,
<41 s .a .
8 00 a.m.
1X04
a.m. Lv. I X l f pS."
e s tíla m e « «
talvsr»
For Astoria aud w av poluta, con­
necting w ith steamer for Ilw aco aud
N orth Beach. Hteemer Hasselo, Ash
street dock. Leaves 8.00 p. m . d ally ,
except Bunday. Saturday 10 00 p. m.
Arrives 6 00 p m . dally except Bunday.
For Dayton, Oregon City aud Y a m -
b ill R iv e r points. Ash street dock.
Leaves 7.00 a. m dally exoept Bunday.
Arrives 6.80 p.aa. dally except Booday^
For I .ew Is ton, Id a h o ,a n d w ay points
from K iparia, Wash. Lsave K iparla
6.40 a. o i., or upon arriv al tra in No. 4,
dally exoept Saturday. A rrive K ip aria
4 p. in. daily exoept F rid a y .
For full ‘nlorroallon call on or address
W m . M cM U R R A Y
Uen'l Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO..
Sunset. Ocean
Shasta, Routt
SOUTH
Overland Expreee trains for Balem,
Roseburg, Ashland, Sacramento, Og­
den, Ban
Franclaoo, Stockton Los
Angeles, E l Raso, N ew Orleans and tba
E ast. Leaves Portland Union Depot,
8.46 p. m . Arrives 7.26 a m ., dally.
M orning train oonneota a t Woodburn
d ally except Bunday w ith trains for
M t. A n gel, Silverton
B row nsville,
Springfield, W en dling aud N a tro n .
Leaves Portland U nion Depot 8.80 a m .
arrives 6.66 p. m .
Eugene passenger connects at Wood-
bum w ith M t. Angel and Silverton
local. Leaves Portland U n ion Depot
4.16 p. m ., return* 10.86 a.m ., daily.
Corvallis (»aesenger leaves Portland
U nion Depot 7.80 a m ., arrives6 60 p,m.
D a ily .
Sheridan pansenger leaves P o rtland ’
U nion Depot 4 60 p.nu, arrives8.26 a .m .
IW -
r
effeattooa la clearly shown In a little book
ef extracts from tbe standard medical works
which la mailed /res to any address by Dr. R.
T . Ftera*. of Buffato M. Y.. to all «ending
■eotMSt tor tbe sama
Not tom marvaloua In tbe unparalleled
eerae M la conetently mafetas of woman1«
many peculiar affections, weaknesses and
In f derkneymenta la Dr. Ptarce’a
raAsrtt<Q*v<aarrlp\tdhK£s la amply attested
test Imonl ale
trtbwted b y W lte fu l paYtonfe who, bate
OREGON
S hort U ne
8 lu UMMONS
the Cirouit Court o( tbe tttaie of Ore­
7tJ10a21-80U|
ends w tt’out yon. You’re to come down
w ir B »"
“W hom ttto matter?” she asked In
aefin’- l n —’ “Mr. Ruayon Is I* some
troubtoF
i
-fTn to hla neck," declared TJppy.
0 . R. & N. Co.
Charles Read«’« L u n a tic *.
had uot coma, w hile Runyoa’s temper
grew more savage.
Then came a telephone message.
Mias Blake bad been married the day
before and bad gone oo her hooey
moon. H e r mother hoped th a t It would
not tacoovenlence her employer, bat
her flanoe had heee ordered west and
the girt had accompanied him.
“W h at am *1 going to do without
Teo Dangereus.
Mies BlakeT* fttormed Runyon. “There
M r Church— W hew, bow It ’s raining!
are Important papers to be got o a t I Lend me your umbrella, dear.
I ’ve
can’t trust them to a public type­ got to run over to the vestry meeting.
writer.”
Mrs. Church—But why not use that
"Ge« aneCber girt," advised Llppy umbrella you’ve been carrying * all
«agely. “T h e man w hat makes the ma
7
chines keeps girts in cold storage.
Mr Cburchr-W hat, to the vestry
Phone him and he’ll push one down to e e U n g ^ ^ ffh y ^ h a P iW h e r e J jto ^ I t
kora special dell very.4
“ No go," dissented Runyon. “ I must
T h a t our American roresta abound Io
have one In whose discretion 1 can
plants which posaeaa the moat valuable
tru s t The only recommendation those medicinal virtues is abundantly attested
by scores of the moat eminent medical
girls require Is that they use the ma
writers and teachers. Evon the untu­
chins.
“Ain’t yon th' hep gamooeb to some tored Indians had discovered the useful­
ness of many native plants before the
game w i r th* harry fingers t ’ suggest­ advent of the white race. This Informa­
ed Llppy. “Yo ar fren or yoor fre a ’i
tion. Imparted freely to the whites, led
fr e e r
•he latter to continue Investigations until
to-day we have a rich assortment of most
Ranyon started
“I t may do some good.” he told him­ valuable American medicinal root*
self. “ I t w ill abow th a t I am not dis­
o
o
o
posed to bold anger. Take thia card
Dr. Ptewe believes that car American for­
ks moat valuable medicinal roots
aOd ask the lady if she can come down
cuTVqg moat obstinate and fatal dte-
a t tmee.” he added to Llppy. handing
If
properly InvMtlaata them:
the bey a card which he drew from hls
of tbla conviction, ba
’w
ith
prtdb-Jft
tt^a
m e rv rlrm a
vast pocket
I.tppy wes oat of the office like
Whirlwind, and presently he was
ttandlng In front of a handsome house
yspep-
tn tbe realdentlsl district debating
itlon. torpid lite r, functional
with himself If this could be the ad
___ valvular and other affection« of
Same.
Hla debate waa abort
To tbe been rtald to l u curative action. Tbe
Llppy order« were orders. He rtlmb- reason a*» It cures these and many other
sd the stops and soon
LOW
R ATES-
EAST
Forest Grove paaeenger leaves Port­
land Union Depot 10.46 p .m ., arrives
1.60 p.m . D a ily exoept Sunday,
P O R T L A N D O S W E G O SU B U R B A N
S E R V IC E A N D Y AM H ILL
D IV IS IO N .
Depot, Foot o f Jefferson Street.
►as engine service
Oacte 0am asm toe V m o w OAS
B N 0IR K fot M a te M a u tlta la to «
artUtarv aaS w t n l««i tatograph
a rric e . Thl« raagh traatm eet Is
« trae practical test of etod en ay a«4 4ara-
M llty . The UNION OAS B N O IN I is cao-
stracteS to sack a sapertor —— st sad of
each ta e matorlal that It atarta eaay. works
easy sad rasa aaay aader erdlaary. ewery-
day, roagh farm aaaga. Before yoa iaraet a
rea* la a gas engine w rite for oar (rea eaU log
Union G ab Engine Co.
«3-«« First S t., Portland, Oregon-
Leaves from Jefferson street depot for
Dallas and Interm ediate points daUy,
4.16 p.m . A rriv e Portland, 10.16 a .m .
T be Independence M onm outh M otor
L in e operates d ally to M onm outh and
Alrlle, connecting w ith 8 . P, Co’s
trains at Dallas and Independence.
T icket* to Eastern point« and Europe,
also Japan, China, H onolulu and
Australia.
CITY TICKET OFFICE. Corner Third
and W ashington. Phone Main 7x1.
Portland, Or.