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1 They hod reached a cnnopf fc
by the drooping branches of.
where they eenld not be toon 0»
nipted There bn toW her hto f»
the story. Mho listened to tta tta tt
and even permitted him to put w
about her ijralst. to draw her to
and kiss her llpe
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He Had the Klondike
* * * ? • * * ’ I Fever
By CLARISSA MACKIE
The Rapid Raster’» Review ef
his fortune In foe Klondike he carried
with him the prayers and loving
thoughts o f his aunt and cousins w ith
'W i lU M V. £ b *N* h ai Wen « e
whom be had made his home since an
p o ta tn tacetae « M to a n • * * * • ,or“ "
early orphaned boyhood.
“We’ll all ride to automobiles when
The Origan caprones oonrt ho« do-, 1 coma b a c k r shouted Danny over kto
elded that the D M MU, onlUng a epee
shoulder to the little group on the sta
taf rotorondum election for neat No
tion platform.
vember. la constitutional.
flour long years passe d after Danny
According te k Ite O ra M fo ordinance went away to tbs geld country, and !
reoently paaaed every clttoen has a now the Rolands had news of his
right to k ill t dog found running nt homecoming
They had heard from
biwi as often as the postal facilities
large wlthont fi m onte.
The-tensers of McCoy have organto- would admit, for sometimes he was
ad a r u m e n Society of Boulty With te r from any station. A t first ha had
a largo mOmberahlp. Its object la the , written of the country, the people, the
strange, new life and of bis hopes for
systematic marketing e f form pro
surreal!
When he returned with the
ducts. and J. P «ears Is president
gold that must surely be Ms for the
taking they would leave the little Cali
fornian home among the rosea sad fore
forth to some large city of the eastern
states wham the greatest enjoyment
Is supposed to be extracted from the
poaareetou of money. T h a t was dur
ing the first two years. • Since then
Danny’s letters had been leas confi
d ent and there was between the lines
a vague, homesick longing that Im
pelled Mre. Roland to urge her nephew
to return home whether he had attain
ed Ms coveted object or not
"Poor Danny," murmured Roan Re-
I land aa her mother finished re a d in g
the last letter
“How eager he was
when be went away from us and bow
Recent Reports Rewritten
be Bfltd
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"W ell, there’s Ferguson?
•And you."
" I don’t think you can
thing Interesting of me, I
story?"
of love story.
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-T h e harolne o f a story to net «1-
rustic gate set la a privet hedge, which
la Ito turn < » • half smothered t e l ways hereto. The words b a n and
Cherokee roero. Clifford hung hack j heroine were used for the leading
that hla friend might have Ma m eet-I male sad female characters In stories
tog uninterrupted, and bn bore no 1 whan It was the fashion to make them
grudge that Danny forgot him for the posset« every human heroic tr a it
Theo as a counterpart there was al
moment
Three women sitting In the veranda I ways a villain—man or woman—whose
of the bungalow ware gathered Into evil sets noble persons were obliged
his arms, and there were laughter to enunteract Our story u W he a
and tearu mingled with their Joy i plain, uneventful love tote.’’
“ Who la the heroine, sa you call her,
ous reception of the cousin who wu»
more llhe s sou nnd brother th a n a | In love with?"
“Your question brings us to an ele
mom distant relation. Clifford turned
his back on the happy scene sad look ment that la alw ays of assistance In
ed away ever the flower deckel fields. I bolding the Interest of a etory-curioter
Dao ay's voice brought him up the I ty. I t may be well la this case to coo-
graveled path to the foot of the sfopa, | real her feelings from the reader for a
I where he stood w ith bared head wMie I time.’’
-«h e has only tw o man to choose
he waa Introduced to Mrs. Roland and
from, you and Mr. Ferguson ”
her two lovely daughters.
-There may be another who will en-
-1 am so glad that our Jlttle bouse
I Is roomier than It looks." said Mrs. I I « r gt the climax so m e one not men
Roland cordially.
"Danhy’a friend tioned till then—who w ill he a aur
must not think of going to a kotel. Mr. prise." ’
"la he to iw a surprise to you and
Clifford.** .
Mr.
Ferguson r r t
A rthur Clifford expressed hla thanka
I and wna only too glad to accept th e k 1 -H e 'll he a surprise to roe. for the
I warm Invitation to remain a Uttle Indications are In favor of Ferguson."
“W h a t do you mean by th at**
while. H e had scarcely taken Ms eyes ,
- I t is difficult o f explanation, hut I
from Rosas face, except when be saw
I that hla glance embafraased her, and will try. W hen an author sets out to
I then he stole a look now and then to tell a story It la Hke one moving to
1 satisfy himself that she waa flash and ward an object so distant that be can’t
I blood and not some beautiful creation make It out It may turn out to be a
I of hla Imagination which might vanish house or a windmill or"—
"An elephant."
I at any moment
-Just so. Now, the story In the au
I Danny area relating to his cousins
thor’s
mind Is like that object H e
the story of how A rthur CMfford had
I may suppose It to be a windmill, and
saved hie Ufa two y e a « before nnd
I as be nears I t despite hie preconceived
bow ever since that thrilling rescue
| they had been ehums and Inseparable notion, it may turn oaf to b e " -
"An elephant"
I friends. Beth sat e n tra n c e d under the ,
I spell of his graphic recital. Thia , I : " l see you understand my demenetra
I cousin was fo r handsomer than bar • I tlon perfectly."
-P artly. Do yo« refer to * • * * * -
I knight bf the a ir castle, and her maiden ,
oary elephant or a white o o a r
I heart was »»tlrred atrangaly.
I -W h y 4 » M f i M k t h n t r
When tl»ey went to to the luncheon
I " I was thinking that If the heroine
that Mrs. RoUnd had prepared Danny
1 took either o f the characters she might
I panned for a moment w ith one hand
1 I on tbe liech o f hla chair. “A n o t Oa- get”—
| Ila?’ be «rid soberly. *tMa U a vary > I “Something she didn’t w a n tF <•
I I There wna no reply to this. He did
bopeful Ms letters have been! Just
, not seem pleased w ith the way the
think o f the hardships he must have I
r
story wna getting on. In fa c t be took-
.offered la that cold, strange country!**
, ed very g ian t «he plucked a tuna that
Beth smiled softly. She was the
J leaned toward her from “Its lovely
youngest, and she had missed Danny
I companions" and h anded It to him
more than anybody else. To h e r th e I
Quito likely thia was to encourage him
tall, handsome cousin waa a gallant I
, I to go on w ith the construction o f the
knight gone forth to seek fortune for
!
It
tb . e k u a . l>
hla lady, who waa imprisoned In a rone
. Mm she desired.
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•mbowered castle.
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- I f you’re going to Introduce a third
-H e should be home by the 1st of
man to come la and take the heroine
May. Don’t you tM nk so, mother T ’ ask
, I at the end of the story I suppose we’d
ed Rose from her low seat near the
better settle on who he Is to he."
open window.
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-W h a t need e f th a tF she asked.
" A t the Vhry latest New. daughters,
-W e ll, you see. In story making you
remember that ha mate have a royal
d must suggest fa in tly what you’re to
welcome, for think of hto hitter dteof I
ll (ng to do. Tbo man should bo In the
I pototment a t hla foltero to aucceed te
♦ story, but you don’t need to give away
“1 alw ays feel that those who make I
. the fact that he’s to win the heroine fo
the failures of life should receive the
warmest sympathy and tandareat wel
come," aaM Rose quietly. " I t to eaay
to hear »access, hut foltero home amid
tbe silence e f friends to twice bitter."
A ll the way down la the train to the
I little bungalow on tbe offtaklrts o f Ixm
Angeles Danny Boland talked to bis |
I traveling companion of the aunt and
I cousins whom ho had toft behind on
I hto trip to the Klondike They were
both tall. Stalwart, brown young men.
with ctonr a rm and good, clean cut
features They did not took like two
disappointed gold oookera. yet that to
what they were.
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- I o n will he glad to nan your folks
agate Dan." said the other rather wist
fully
" I wish there waa a welcome
watting for me somewhere; b u t you
know, all my people died before I loft
I home. 1 mote peg out a now place for
myoelf 1a Doe Angntan."
I "Then you’re going hack on your
promise to go home with m e r demand
tn— death resulted instantly.
H er ed Danny fiercely.
-N o t at a«.’* explained Arthur C lif
body was found by her father on hour
ford. “only I wna Jnte moaning a little
after she had entered the basement reoan because I didn’t have a loving
ante and two pretty coostes to grate
mo. It’« fine of you, Dan. to nah ma te
go w ith yon. I wtoh yon wouldn't In
sist on my accompanying you to the
i house tonight Surely they w in w ant the phrase ns one he
from au old Celtic book.
to nee yon alooo the first"—
“«hut ap!" commended Dan crisply.
-T h ey w ill ho delighted to see any man
G R U M B L IN G .
who saved my Hto- 1 hope you don’t
Grumbimg ie » potete ci
Keahk k keep, the remito
nbratag wfib dttcordaftr
and not «A y hteto lbs |
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A contract entered into to 1M& he-1
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ru n n in g W ater and long dietanee telephone«.
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Kate« $1 per d ay and up.
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j ant girt. H ills von H a ttln g e u . la re
corded In a history of civilisation by
Herman Keueaen. Blchoto, who was
a wealthy man. expressly daetores
i that the engagement wan entered Into I
In the presence ef a female witness
P o rtla n d , O regon. »
«he answered for It that H illa would
prove to be an honorable and d u tifu l !
servant. H illa herself promtoed to ba
a good and true servant to bar future
Positively most centrally
lord and roaster.
He demands first and foresnsst that J
located
Fifth 8t. car» pa««
In spinning, marketing, and an forth,
the door« every few minutes
«he shall do her vary best and took
after his Interests, to see that they do
out su.Tcr and not allow herself to ha
P o p u lir Priced R ta U u ra n t
fleeced by the shopkeepers and mar
SwrepeenMan.
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ketvrouieu. H e cannot permit of her
wpfirla" xl’ks and satin*. She most .
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take great c-re of Ma bouse in Ms ab
sence nnd w*t i-crmlt her gossips and
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other good friends to run in au out,
nor must she herself run off to other 1
houses to gossip. I f she la visited by
a serious Ulnees. -which may Qod la
his great mercy prevent." she nauet
leave the house and etoy with friends
In that case she to.not to race« re a
peuny more wages than she has been
getting.
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T h e professor allows her an many
kitchen aprons, but they remain hie
property. She- must pay for her break
H e a d q u a rte rs for our S h e rm a n C o u n ty
ages when they are a t all serious,
she refuse* to agree to any of these
frie n d s ; prices reasonable; first class
condition* tier master has a right to
re s ta u ra n t w it h th e h o tel.
discharge her on a fo r tn ig h t's notice,
ghe hires herself eat for a yngr foam
March 1 to March L B ar wages are to
b e » a year, but In addition to this
she is to receive a Christmas pfofifofc
Tw o Blocks From New Depot.
of 00 cents, a drees as an Indtecement
to ply her spinning wheel diligently,
and a pair o f shoes.
NEW HOTEL PERKINS
SVSTUm, H r
The, Dalles, Oregon
Badly «m itton.
• T h e daughter o f the house had Jute
returned from a visit to b d M f f N n *
during which she had become engaged
to a rising young mao whom oho had
met at the home of her relatives. Te
her mother «be was attoQing the vlF
tnea of her latcttded
“Ob. mother.*' she exclaimed. “he*a
Jnat grand -re »quaro. so upright, no
highly imliMhed!
Why. even te Ms
note« there la such a sym pathetic tone
th at aometlinea I wonder if I am net
rending the monte of the godsT*
-M e rc y ’s asks, c h ild f Interru p ted
mother
“ Are you talkin g about a
young m«n or a p ia no ? "-Lo n do u TM-
firellng Wan.
,
Sealing wax in the iwoaant form wan
find noted In Ixmdon in the middle of
" the end "
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the sixteenth century. A sort of (fifth
(r I -B u t If we name some one we*U
I know that he’s .a dark bona, and It waa u«rd by the ancient Egyptians In
erellng paper» and documents. The
I, will spoil the story for us."
Egyptians placed aucb earth on the
- I t wouldn’t spoil It fo r are."
borne o f cattle, and upon It was stamp
d
- In other words, you take no Interest
ed tbe seal a t the prtaat Thna were
>r Ila whom the heroine marrien."
I There was a alight tinge of reproach Identified the cattle to be nmd te the
aacii flees.
In her tone as She said this.
B
-N o t at all." he hasteaed te reply
“When I mad other persons* stories,
oot my own. I always look at the end
i, I to see how It all turns out."
B
“But this to your story. Isn’t t t r
"And y o u re r
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“The lady, 1 behave, haa the privllegu
,r of hearing the man’s part of the story
before shAfohfiJfcr Bftrt.^,
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