Sherman County observer., March 03, 1916, Image 4

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O b s e rv e r
MORO.
FRIDAY
OREGON-
March 4, 1916
Story ToM by R Red Cross
Norse. .
go abroad to engage In Bed Cross I ^nt
work, spending nearly a year in th a t J gave
The Wise Feai.
"You should never let your right
hand know what your toft hand to dn
lag." observed the sage.
« “Maybe not,’’ replied the fooL "But
m u wouldn’t last long In a prtoefight"
service. Shortly before returning for
“T
recuperation— for 1 was entirely in- m«
capacitated—I stopped one day to reet I ther,
In the cottage of a peasant The only not
occupant waa a young woman about sock
twenty-two y e a n of age, whom 1 took I cot
for a maiden. She waa dreeaed In ed 1
what mourning aha could afford, which him
waa not much. She told ma th at she Tor.
wore It for a kwar.
| tren
Two photographs bung aide by aide aerc
on the walk Bach represented a fine abo’
looking young man In the uniform of one
V a French soldier. One of the pictursu rtoe
was ijreetbed in flowers.
“ Is that** ! asked, pointing to the
one decorated, “a picture of your
lover?"
-Tea, madaine."
-A nd the o th a rF
-T h a t la my husband."
I looked at her surprised.
" I presume you married for some
other reason than l o v e r
• „ „
“No, madams; I love my husband.
“And your lo v e r r
- I love him, too, though he is deed.’
I “I sea B a died. Too gar« you«*
blntfluce I had formed, the I
|<henrd. seem ed t<* me S fit I
nv ministration« to war vie J
n the conjHe with but owe 1
comfort—<W t If tbe'm ee murt g» ■»» ]
dinted through life tbj-re wax one to
give him a happlne»« that perbapk
would belgA^e his mlafhrtune^ In bid
ding them good by I breathed a prayer
for that- •‘fhdemtlon of »he world*"
which wHl iwsa Jmlgmeni on the na .
dona* quariela lu s tra i o f; leaving, |hem
to be settle J ns I f c r bare been settled
since the world bega»
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ta ,
tbe
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la p
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I heart to another who U re a ”
hji
I “No. madams. I married one lover.
giving him »ay h eart Then the other gpe
I lover died, end I gave him my heart Qo
1 too**
I “
-A n d w as not your husband Jeal
I ousF
•
IS
I - N a m adam s; he loves Henri as
I much a« I ”
w«
H earing a stam ping on the floor be
| hind. I turned and saw a man with a j do
I wooden support for a missing leg.
r an
-Thia la my husband.” said, the wo- de
man. “B a w ill tell you why we both |
I love one who loved me. T ell her, Vic
on
I tor ”
1 de
She placed a chair in poeltlon fpr the
I poor fellow, who had evidently not gf
long been without bis missing leg; ar-
,
ranged Ma underpinalag so that tt I f
I I would give him tbe least d i* on. fort,
I filled a pipe with tobacco and poured w
I out a glass of red wine for him. Tak
I Illg a alp Qf tbe wine, be looked.at the I m
, I picture that waa decorated, fl* b lc n tlo —
I drinking to K. Then he told me the I
‘ I story:
1 h
' I “H enri and Clocbette and I ware 1 o|
I brought up together, playmates and *
I schoolmates. Henri and 1 were choms *
. I and loved each other, and when we
F I grew to manhood we both loved Clo h
■ I chette, but neither knew that of the
I other. I did not suspect that H enri
I loved her. for be waa a vary undemon- J
I stratlve man and did not toll hla ae- ®
“ crete. But I have believed rtnee his I ■
v I death that he loved her from boyhood.
I Whether he suspected that I loved her t
I I do not know to this day. -
“Ona day I told Henri that Clocbette 1
I was my betrothed. 1 fancied I saw a
k I pallor stealing over his face, but it die- !
k* I appeared so soon that 1 thought little
7 I about it- .A fterw ard Clocbette told me
I that be had proposed to her the day
I before 1 asked her to be my wife. 1
I can new sea what a shock my an
7- I uouncement must have been to him.
» 1 , But neither of us could have Clo
I ebettw then, for suddenly the war broke
I out, end Henri end I were both ealled
Tbey Have the Jeb.
g to tbe colors. going to the front In tbe
Luke—I suppose there w ill be same regiment By this time I had
an auditorium on tbe top. floor e f tbe learned that Henri had met with a
dub. And I suppose you will bars a great disappointment in losing Clo
h e tte. and I told him tbe day we were
piano ta tbe auditorium. Can Upp A
Upp, piano movers, e f Springfield, O., entrained fur the front that In case I
hotot tbe piano when you move to>— waa killed It waa my wish that he
«horrid marry Clochette; that | had ex
pressed this wish to her and she had
promised me she would accede io I t
“You see, madams, by this time I J
en«ae t| the Interest of Henri that 1 I
should be killed
Had he been a vik
lain ho could have shot me in battle,
and no one bnt himself would have
known that be was a murderer.. But I
Ona cylindrical toot ef water weighs know ho waa not that kind of man.
■lx gallons.
'______
-H e n ri and I Joined that army wMch
extended southeastward through Bel
gtam and along the border of France
and warn In tbe battles occurring while
I we were being, driven back toward
Paris. Then came tbe battle of tbe
Marne and the subsequent fighting for
the posm ari" of Calais. During all
thia time neither Henri nor I received
Luke MeLuke Sayst
a scratch. When later we were struck
Tbe fellow who always agrees with
Henri received hla death wound and 1
you oo erery question Is merely w ait­
ing until bis ax gets dull and than be u loot say leg.
“You remember, madams, when tote I
ask you to turn tbe grindstone tor him.
In September, in the second year of the
When a woman to wearing toe much
jewelry and too much complexion you war. we and the British, after tour
get tbe Impreerinn that she to about aa I weeks sending • storm o f missiles
against tbs German tranches, moved
leal aa tbe ether.
The auffs are willing to stand eu forward along the whole Uns. Well, In
their rights until they have to ride on I that movement, in which It seemed to
as and «or enemies na i f tbs end of (be |
• crowded street car. where they are
compelled to shift over to their lefts I world had coma Henri advanced j
with tbs rest and. being not only to the
every few minutes.
Tbe troub'c uh!» tin- m:in who w ants -mme regim ent but in tbe same com
you to Stand end listen to hie troubles 1 iwuy. we were near together. Once
Is that be gets med If you try to tell through the horrible surroundings,
when I wee stumbling over dead and
him your trouble«
There ere lota of husbands who can’t I wounded, tbe din of 10.000 thunder
have hank accounts .because their I storms besting en uiy eardrum«, I
wives tertst on having shop accounts.
caught right ef Henri. H is eyes ware
Any. time you see a man wearing a momentarily fixed on me as If fearful
black eye tbe betting to about 0,000.000 1 that I would never come out of the
to 1 that ha didn’t get it by attending I tempest alive.
“W e followed tbe retreating foe too
feet for tbe rest of the Hue. and a
W hat haa become of the old fashion
dd man who used to wipe hie knife oe 1 number of ue were cut off Henri and
• slice of bread and who thought that I I took i stage to a deserted trench. It
# * ' to
as well
unique,
euch as
Ala li f e IkM W
I
K t be returned to àwf’
(h i out some simple cakes I
I wade with bpr own bands I
a fla w of wine for each of I
Kl, >bout to quaff the wine. I
the husband and the wife J
ba picture of the man who
t e t they might be happy J
other, and 1 joined them in I
bln memory.
de revealed to me hew in»- I
language.
There are no
Impress bow a woinaa can I
hr and à husband without
And yet bere wee a «Sta 1 I
aple not only with respect, I
n rtfelt sympathy and thank- I
1 the poor mutilated soldier I
Woman to cheer him. j y , I
1 m w during say m lnW ry I
more than thia, for I took I
M age of many a dying aol- I
» episode affected me In the I
• There wee In the sacrifice I
lu the situation something I
ad who cuo tell how many I
fats worthy of angels have 1
I that war where the fiend J
frem ei Well may we wan I
| can come about that the I
i f many ustione la . going I
B a » enrth. and for w h atl 4
B eginnlnf
th e QeCm Theory-
Agostino
a country d»«'tor U»
ih e . north pf Italy, early in the last
century we» the «tarter o f the
theory of d ie s a i
A t that time e ^pe­
culiar dlaeaae was killing the aflk
worm s, bringing rule to the whole rtlk
country of: Italy
Heart, by the micro­
scope, dlaèorered the germ which le
the canee of the disease. The germ
later was named Botritto beaeUna
P p — i believed and stated that human
diseases wees also censed by germs
I Basal's work was sneered at and poob
poobed by hits fellow men and phyal,
The Importe
Wladem and Knowledge.
Wtodouf gees not necessarily Include
knewleggs any mors than hnswtodgs
Includes wjsdom. Wisdom primarily
means gue<aeuae. sound Judgment, in-
telligunffik While know ledge funda­
mentally me« us acquired InfornmUoo.
b ±
quire lots of information and still be
anything but wl«e. Just as the man of
sound Judgment and quick and sure
intelligence nwy ba -abort" oo knowl­
edge— that to, on the Information ac­
quired from hooks, learned lotercourau,
etc.— New York American. r
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P E w I C i l v B f c * DoHidnier. Bel<lum. Imported by A. C. Roby & C o ^ June,
1909' Sire Saflew e N o .“8616; he by G iribaldi N o. 1742; out of Madaine No._ 1595; dam
Phanie Dotti No. 6113; she by Porphyae No. 17840, out of Leon tine N o . 43297-
Annibal wiU make the 1916 leaton as toUows: H eadqu arten at Grant
Morgan farm 6 miles southeast of Moro; other places by appointment.
Employer— Hew dans you toll mu you
can’t live ou y ra r eatory? Tou haven’t
a car, bavu yonT Employee—No, sir.
E m p lo y e r -» ’ ®Cieot I Every fellow
who really can’t live on his salary
has 1—Mew York Globa.
Write, phone or calL
TERMS Season. $12.50. Payable when mare HJknown to be with toal. The disposal oj
mare after service make« bill due immediately. € * r e will be taken to avoid accidents bati
responsible for none.
WILL HERD,
AMERICAN SURBTTY COMPANY
o f N ew Torti, in tbs Stato of New Torts, on th «_»tot
oombor, ISIS, mad« to tho Inoureaeo Oom missione» o f t
Ouaesa, g u resast to tow:
i reeelvod during tho f s a r . . . . .
lend«, and rent« received durli
other sonrcoe rscetvod during
T ^ tm
S n °
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
paid during the year. Includine adju stm ent s x -
D lr i & n 5 7 p « id during tbs' y ja r ' on cèijltoi ’stock?7 * 7 .
s sss.sn.rr
C o m m lM lo n s and sa la ries paid during tho y e a r ................ 1 .8 S J .4 Î S 4S
1 Î1 U H I
T u e » , Itoen a*«. a n d fe e « p a id during tho y e a r . . ............
Value o f real eatata owned (m arkat valu«.)
V alue o f atooka and bonds owned (m ark et ;v a lu e >
4S4.1S1«!
tS4.Stl.SS
Oroas p rem iu m s received during the year
Premiums returned during thè year . . . . . .
L e e s e s ' p a id d a r in g the y e a r ...,..- .- ..* '...
boeawe lscu rred d u r in g t h e year.
Tbs Wlaoonain democratic confer
ice Indorsed President Wilson tor re-
M aryville, Mo., Joined the “dry"
forces by n vote of M l to IIS in a
local option election.
Colonel W illiam P Hepburn, ex-
m em ber of con gress from Iowa, died
at hla horns in Clarinda after a long
QUmour DoWe. who resigned ae
ooaoh of tbe University of Washing­
ton football team last autumn, will
serve another year In that position.
Floods to Arkansas. Kentucky had
Mtostorippi have been responsible for
U deaths, approximately »lO.OOO/Mto
damage and making »l.OOd homeless.
The Methodist church paid out |1,-
>00,000 in pensions to retired minis­
ters and ministers’ widows in 1 M
Tbe pension fund needs |li,b00,000, of
which |«,0d0,000 to on baud.
An executive order waa signed J by
Presided
Wilson
I h a v e opened a
yi.
p;
General Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing
B u sin e ss in th e O ld T o m lin $ h o p
an d S o licit Y our B u s in e s s .4
Moro
AU the Old T in e n Know T h at M y
-> iW o rk to Alway» Satisfactoiy
transferring lira
north hank of the Columbia river from
tbe
N st pramiuma recelvsg d u r in g t n e r e a r .. . . . . . .
.
ä ; î S î ; :
L osass paid during the “
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pena«« sto.
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D ivid en d s paid during tho yoer on c a p it r t otocM . i . . . .
,rk«t value)
****** coUdettoh district of
Washington to tbe Oregon d is tric t
Brigadier General Edwards, com
mandant at Panama, has rucommend-
ad the purchase of mote territory at
each entrance to the canal for the
I purpose of bettor safeguarding the
I entrances.
k The Pacific N avigation com pany's
fast passenger tnrbtne Harvard, In­
ward bound from San Pedro, run into
and sunk the steam schooner Excel
rior to Saa Frunctooo harbor during
by Walt Mason
W h e n th e d a y ’8 w o rk ’s done, and the good old sun
haa ra n k in the w e ll kn o w n W«flt# then 1 «tretch m y
form b y the fueflide w arm , I flit a t m y ease and rest.
T h e n I take m y pipe w hich » m ild ly ripe, aa the PJP«{
of good smoker« are, w ith a chortling aoul then 1 n il
its b o w lfro m m y glass T u x ed o jar. A n d I smoke at
ease, and, m y trouble flees to
tbfl;piacfl w here dead troubles
go; and m y worries seem, in
m y w aking dream no longer to
■
have a «how. A n d I say> * Ir i-
i t a a noU e weed
drives a ll the ghosts away» and