"I too, hud a great surprise, Mar-
gharlta
You will not wonAer what
1 mean by that when I tell you thut
In the light thut atreamed from the
uncurtained window ev< rythlna In the
room w as distinctly visible to me.
W as I dream ing child, or were you
Indeed assent Ina to the em brace of the
man whose arm s w ere surely uround
y o u ' llltn . I could not see. for his
back was turned to the window; hut
you will luugh nt me. I wonder If I
tell you thut I feel strangely Jealous
of him I am a foolish old man,
Murghurlta. but all of the love of my
heart Is yours, and I had begun alm ost
to look upon you --ln my thoughts a«
my own child.
I cannot bear the
thought of giving you up to any one
You w ill not think me very, very
selfish
I have only a few more
m onths to live, and I know that you
w ill not grudg« that much out of your
future, that you will stay by m e to
the end
Afterwards, I have no wish
save for your happiness; nnd although
1 mush con fess thut I hnd hoped you
might have murrled one of the sons
of our own country, still It 1« you
who mush choose, and 1 owe you. or
shall ow e you soon, too great a debt
to press upon you any de dre o f mine
which Is not nt one with your w ishes
Hut tell me this Is he an E nglish
m a n ’ Ala«! I fear so. Send me a
word by the bearer, and tell m e; tell
me, too. of what fam ily he Is. and
w hether he Is noble
Hut of that I
feel already assured. If he he Indeed
th man to whom your love Is given.
You must surely have sustained a
shock at my sudden nnd rash appear-
ltouhtless you wonder ut see-
ant
here at all
I could not keep
ing
away I must have new s day by day.
alm ost hour by hour. It Is all that
keens me nl've. I mu»t be near to
feel that 1 am breathing the sam e air
as the woman on whom a lon gd e-
laveil vengeance Is about to fnll.
“I have taken a furnish «! cottage
on the outskirts of this village, nnd a
little more than a mile from Mallory
Orange Hut do not come Io me.
Dearly as I would love Io have you
talk to me, Hnd hear from your owp
lips that all goes well, yet nt present
It w ere better not.
I will devise
som e m eans of com m unication, nnd
let yon know of It shortly. I sm
livin g here as Mr A n g u s— Yours
ever.
I,. M "
•'Mv dear U ncle— I am a culprit—
a m la.rab le pleading culprit. It Is
true that I love an Englishm an—-the
man who was standing by mv side
Iasi night; and It Is true that he has
asked m e to marry him. Bui 1 have
not told him so, and I have not
promised to marry him
That Is not
all of my confession. Not only Is he
an Englishm an, but his name Is Lord
bum ley 81. Maurice, and he Is her
M arria g e Licenses Is s u e d
He was quick to bat us go thU very day, thia very
sorrowful woman
Daring
the past w e e k marriage
hour!”
see the change.
licen ses were Issued by the county
Thvn h<* turned «lowly toward her,
Margharlta, my child, you have
clerk to the following; Damon S cott
__ ....
thrust her hand from around hla neck,
been
III
and V eseta Stivers, both o f Eugene;
Kt III ah*, did not answ er. Hllently and stood up.
Fred Tracer and Mary Hopkins, both
■ha knelt down by the «Ida of hie
..y „ u haV0 b w n , a| Me U) m#t j«ar-
of Junction City; Edward N evers,
armchHlr and took hl» withered, dell g harlta7’ he «aid, in a »low, quiet
Eugene and Ixiul.e Garrison, S eattle;
i a le hand In here. A great bowl of , onP "After all. It 1« only natural,
Carl Hem phill, Eugene aq<l Letltta
b ile hyacinth« atood on a table by w h en you first cam e to me, I thought
Campbell, Portland; Del ft Woodcock
the window and the air wa« fulnt j Maw yOUr m other’« spirit blazing In
Klamath Falls, and Wilma Felm ley,
with their perfume.
I your dark eyes, and I trusted you
Medford: Wflllam Peek Eugene, and
rfm n o t 111,” »he said gently. "I I was to blame. I forgot the trad es
Helen Gilbert, (xirane; la-onard Paul,
was frightened on mv way here, and man's blood. I do not curse you. You
■t. H elens, and Thelm a Hart. Salem ;
hail to run. There was a fire last do not understand, that Is all. Ix*arn
Harold A Moore and Reva Myers,
nlghl nt Ihe lunatic asylum at Frltton, now that the oath of a Marlonl is
both - of Eugene; T. J McCracken,
nnd som e of the mad people have ns death!*' s and unchangeable as the
8pr!nlgf|eld. and L. B Reason, St.
eacaped. I saw one of them In the h ills of b a native land. Will you go
Antonio, Texas.
distance, and the keepers after him away at once, please? I do not wish
T hey wanted me to go hack, but I to see you again.”
T a k e n L ite ra lly
would com e.”
’
Ills speech so quiet, so self-con
"I asked her if I could see her
lie stooped down and klssod her tain* d. bewildered her. There w a s '
home ”
forehead, with cold, dry lips.
not a single trace of passion or bitter-
“And what did she say?”
"I knew that you would be here
riess in It. She stretched out her
“Said she would send me a picture
soon.” he said. 'Mv letters reached hands toward him. but she felt chilled
of It.”
you safely?"
i "Uncle, you------"
"Yea.”
"W ill you go aw ay, please?” he
Mary’s Lamb Again
She shuddered at the gathering
strength In his tone, and the fierce Interrupted coldly
T eacher: 'Mary, why doesn’t the
Maurice! Yet I grieve that you have light which hod swept Into his fare.
She turned toward the door, weep-
lamb follow you to school nowadays?"
let such a feeling steal Into your heart
"lt Is done, child
Say that It la Ing
She had not m eant to go f a r -
Mary; "What, at fifty miles an
Pluck It out. Margharlta. I < hare done!"
only out on to the garden »eat, where
hour?”
you; pluck It out by the roots! Think
-N o."
she m ight sit and think. But he saw
not of the wrong done to me, or, If
Som ething In her sad tone and sub- another purpose In her departure, and
T h a n H e n ry S aitt—
you do, think of me not us a man and da-d manner seem ed to strike a note a sudden passion fired him She heard
youi uncle, b i l l as Count beotl inrdl dl ,f fear In his heart
He leaned for- his step as he rose h astily, and she
"Mv razor doesn't cut at all."
Marlonl, the h<ad of my fam ily, the ward, grasping the sides of hla chair felt hla cold fingers upon her wrist,
"Why Henry, you don't n aan to tell
head of your fam ily. We have been with nervous, quivering fingers, and
-Y ou would go to warn h e r !” he
me that your beard Is tougher than
die victim s, hut the day of our ven look**) hurriedly Into her face.
cried, his voice trem bling with anger;
the oilcloth .”
goance Is at hand
There la no life
"No; you have had no chance, then? "j read It In your face. You are as
without Its sorrow s, c h ill!
Iu th
A Fast Worker
Itut you will have soon? Is It not false as sin. hut vou shall not rob me
davs to com e, happiness will teach so? Soon, very soon?”
of the crown of my life!
No one
Mist Barbara Newberry, 19, ot Chi
“Every tim e I kiss you. It makes
you to forget this one.
She threw her arms around his shall rob me of It! V engeance be-
cago, has been »elected by Flo ZiegfeW
me a better man.”
"Farewell, my child. I shall send neck
•a
the
girl
having
the
moat
beautiful
He made no response, nor did Jongs to me. and by thia sym bol of
“ W ell, you don’t have to try to get
you no more notes. Writ** or come he thrust her away.
legs in America.
He rem ained my oath I will have It.!’’
to heaven in one nighL”
to me the moment the deed Is done; quite passive.
He snatched a 'handful of w hite
Come to me, If you can; I would hear
“It Is not that, uncle. Oh, llaten b| ogl,on, R from the bowl, and crushed
your own llpe tell me the new s
Yet to me. Do not thrust me aw ay. I (hf,m (n b)a fingerg. Then he threw
do as seem s best to you. In sym pathy cannot do this thing."
them upon the ground and trampled
and love,
He sat as still as marble. There upon them,
"One word more, child. Ito not for
was no change, no em otion In his
...rhun did she betray the sacred
a moment Imagine that 1 blame you
face. Yet her heart sank within her. bon(| R of our Order when, for her
for what has happened.
Old man
"Oh. listen to me," she pleaded lover's sake, she added treachery t o ;
though 1 am. I too know som ething of
In new, light, cool, and well ventilated rooms on the
passionately. 'You do not know her running, and wrecked my life, madi
the m arvels nnd the vagaries of this
second
floor of the Miner Building-----
sam e love W ill can have tittle to do as »he Is now. She Is good and kind Leonardo. Count of the Marlonls, the
_a
gentle-hearted
woman.
It
was
so
lonely
inm
ate
of
prison
walls,
the
with Its course, I, too, have suffered
Our three-months’ Summer School opens Monday June 3
so deeply, Murgharlta. ran and do long ago; and It was not out of «corn and pity of all men. T lyis did
Hours: 8:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. each school day, during
m alice to you. but to save the man Rbo write her own fate upon a far
sym pathize and feel for you.
she loved. You hear me. do you not? future page of the tab lets of tim e
June,
July, and August. Ask about it. It’s a good school.
.PART IV.
You are listening. She has not
for- Talk to me not of forgiven ess
or
-M argharlta!
You have com e at
gotten you. Often she sorrow s
for mercy, girl! My hate lives In me as
last
It 1» done. then. Say thnt It Is
you
It w h s cruet—I know that It
breath of my hodv. and w-tth my
d on e!”
was cruel—hut sh e was a woman, and body alone It w ill d ie !”
Hhe atood quite still In the huntbk
(T O BE C O N T IN U E D !
Let us steal away
looked at sh*- loved him
A. E. Roberts, President
red-tiled sittin g room, and looked
together and bury th ese dark dream s
him with a great com passion shining ,
I w ill never leirie you; FORCED TO SLEEP IN
Miner Building
Eugene, Oregon
Telephone 666
nut of her Hark, clear eye«. He wan nf the
0,1 ’ 1
. .
«a m 2 ! 1 w ill wait upon you alw ays; I ^111
CHAIR—GAS
SO
BAD
worn alm ost to a shadow, and h is (
R,avp
p o rK| Ven ess Is more
limbs were f a k i n g with w eakness as «w ..........
vpn„
„ BCe
Oh.
eet
than
ven
gean
ce
Oh. tell
tell me
me
"Nights I sat up In a chair, I had*,
h - half roae to greet her. dtajy his
that It shall be so. W hy do you not j such stom ach gas. I took Adlerlka
ry es wen- «till alight and burning.
speak to me?"
and nothing I eat hurt« me now. 1 1
, Save for them he m ight have been
He sat quite (»till, like a man who sleep fine.’’— Mrs. Glenn Butler.
.
a curl»®.
corpaa
Even the FIRST spoonful of Adler
,
11
nitv H «tunned bv Rome «udden and un-
Hom< thing of the old panalonnte pity
v
.
.»aora. (ex p ected blow
He neo med dated. Ika relieve« gas on the stom ach and J
■vHnt through her a« «he atood th tre, . • »
.
. ,
J
K
i. , t ,n,.,i » > v Her She wondered even, w hether he had rem oves aston ish in g am ounts of old *
but Its th re e no-a had died away, titr j -
w aste m atter trom the system Makes .
heart leaped lo longer In quick re- heard her
you
enjoy your m eals and sleep better
“U ncle, shall It not be so?” she
si «»use to the fire In those «till un.
No m atter what you have tried for
w
hispered.
"I-et
ua
go
away
from
dlmm d eye«. Sh e had been a girl
here and leave her. I am not thinking your stom ach and bow els, Adlerlka
then, a girl w ith all the fierce un
about him
I w ill not see him again. will surprise you. Flanery's Drug
trained nature of her m other's race;
I
will
never
dream of marrying him. Store,
she was a w onw a now, a sad-faced.
j
T he Model T was so strongly and sturdily built that it
|
son.
•Now you know the terrible trouble
I am In. b ast night he was telling
me of his love, and assuring me of
bis m other's sanction nnd approval,
when your face nppeared at the w in
dow
Can you wonder at my start,
and that I faln ted j Can you wonder
that I sit here after a sleep less night,
with ey es that are dim and a heart
that has becom e n stone? I dread to
atlr from the room. My position Is
horrible. I have tried my utmost to
avoid him, to treat him with disdain,
to send him aw ay from me. I have
Steeled my heart and clothed my face
with frow ns— In vain! The bnld fact
rem ains thnt I love him. Do you
desp ise me, uncle? Som etim es I feel
thnt I deserve It; hut I have suffered.
1 am suffering now
I am punished.
Do not add your nnger to my load!
'‘Im m ediately yon get this, sit down
me.
W rite to me Just
and w rite to
.........
-
what Is In your heart. Your words I
shall se t before me ns my law. Do
not delay, nnd, If you blame, do not
fall to pity me.— Yours* ever un
changed,
PAGE THREW
TH E fyRTNOKTWl,D NEWS
TH URSDAY. MAY 30, I»29
Margharlta.
“Margharlta. -
I have received
your letter, nnd I have pondered over
are young to have such a
It
sorrow yet 1 do not doubt hut thnt
veu will act nH becom es your race.
Yon can never think of mnrrlnge with
th is man; you are a Mnrlonl, he a 9t.
Su nmer School a Pleasure
Eugene Business College
Years
o f service in
MODEL T FORDS
is still rendering reliable, econom ical service to m otor
ists in every section o f tbe c o u n ty M illions o f these
cars can be put in shape fo r two, three and five m ore
years o f use at 'ery sm all cost.
So that voit m sv have this work done econom ically
and satisfactorily, the Ford Motor Company is still de
voting a considerable section of its plants to the n».u«u-
facture of Model T parts. It will continue to do so as
long as they arc needed by Mod ;1 T nv new . The to l1*» -
ing list gives the approxim ate *ai»or charges tor recon
d itioning the Model T Ford:—
William’s Self-Service Store
77 E. BROADWAY
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WHY PAY MORE
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SATISFACTION GUARANTEED on every article sold. We Sell for Less.
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CHILDREN’S DRESSES
Short Sleeves, Voile Dresses, fancy
trimmed, assortm ent oY colors
59c 2 for 51
Engine
Pay us a
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MEN’S COAT SWEATERS
Men’s brown knit Coat Sweaters.
A
servicable sweater at a low price.
$1.48
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A real value in Men’s Work Shoes, Blü
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LADIES’ GOWNS
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CHILDREN’S SHOES
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A fine quality Cotton Crepe Bloomers,
peach and flesh colors. Regular anti ex
tra sizes
48c ,o 79c
51.98
$1.19
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48c
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Hemstitched and Stamped Pillow Cases
10 yards for
2 i,a ir s fO1
O v e rh a u l fro n t a x le
»
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R eplace o r straigh ten sp in d le connecting Cod
T ig h te n radius rod o r steering b a ll cap
T ig h te n a ll sockets a n d jo in ts o f fro n t end
R eplace fro n t s pring tie b o lt o r new le a f -
S traig hten fro n t a x le
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2 .5 0
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1 .5 0
2 .5 0
3.00
C hattit
Children's tan Sandals and Oxfords,
just the thing for summer wear
S8c
Rear Sytlem
2 .5 0
K eplaee re a r a x le assembly • •
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3 .0 0
In s ta ll u niversal Joint
1 .5 0
R e fin e b ra k e shoes
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iv-place rc u r a x le s h a ft, d riv e shaft p pinion,
in io n , o r drive gear
5 .0 0
( i*i-rh im l co m p lete re a r a x le assembly
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4,5.7a to i.OO
Rebush spring and p e r c h e s .......................................................
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O il and g ra p h ite springs
3.WF
Front Sytlem
CHILDREN’S HOSE
English Ribbed Hose, extra good qual
ity, all colors
23c Palr
98c
T u n c m o to r (in e lu d in g rep lacem ent o f c om m u tator case
» 1 .0 0
b n i*h and v ib ra to r points i f necessary)
» 3 .7 5 to 4 .0 0
C r ii ft valves and clean carbon
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6 .0 0
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98c
R eplace re a r fe n d e r
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O v e rh a u l steering gear -
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O v e rh a u l ra d ia to r
R e p a in t C oupe
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R e p a in t • Sedan
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R eplace top deck (C o u p e o r Sed an)
O v e rh a u l startin g m o to r
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O v e rh a u l g en e ra to r
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4 .0 0
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T hese prices are approxim ate and are for labor onlv,
because the need and num ber o f new parts depend on
Ihe condition o f each car. The charge for these part»
is low, however, because of the established Ford policy
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