The Santiam news., August 12, 1910, Image 6

•* 7 - -
fl
*r-
i
*K-'
'
«
NOÏ APPEAL
SYMBOLISM D'D
Belinda HejS'ts Popoesi of Oberilo
to Bo Joined Together Like
Hands of Clock.
“Charlie." sorrowfully sighed
young lady in the parlor of the
Crete house, on Washington avenue,
it Is nearly 12 o'clock “
"Yes. Belinda." waa the breathing
response of her poetical com pan Ion.
who waa sitting on the sofa beside
Is
drawing
her, "the minute hand
closer and closer to tbe hour band,
la
and when the time of midnight
chimed the two bands will ba even as
one.
Oh. darling Belinda." be co ti­
tinned, as he literally simulated the
action of the minute hand, "may not
two
ths coming together of those
hands lie symbolical of us*"
Abe broke away and stood flrmly on
hsr feet
"No. Charles Henry Hmltb,"
■ ha retorted, angrily, ‘those two hands
will remain as one but a single seo
ond. and then tbs minute band will di­
vorce Itself and go on Its way alone
No. Mr Rmllh. a minute band that
doesn't stick Isn't tbe kind of symbol
Ism I want'"
Mrd, Wwata« W»ary. Walrrr Kyea.
ItalM**! Hy Mttfln« Er»
Try
ilurlrif Für Yuur F'ye Troubi«« Yon Will
pk« Murin«*
D
ftor *1 Tour
|>rug«t»t«
Wrlt» l-r Kya Book»
Fra*
Mur Tu« k.y» llrmady C<>. Chu
Globs Trotting to Avoid Suitor.
Mrs Helen lleryl Grsydoo. who ob
talned ■ divorce from Torn Graydon.
tbs light haired young man who made
such a powerful fullback on the liar
vard football tram several years ago.
has gone to Europe to escape a per
sistent suitor, who says hs Is a Rus
slan nobl» man.
Mrs. Graydon. who
la the daughter of J Parker Whitney
has been spending 'be greater part of
her time on her father's ranch In
Placer county. California,
Employed
on the ranch i waa an expert hortleul
turist
He
waa presented to Mr«
Graydon and almost Instantly fall In
love with her
lie Sought to follow €l|
socially an i acquaintance that cam«
■ bout simply through hie employe ent
He wrote letters «nd telephoned con
stantly to her
Finally Mrs Graydon
left the ranch and weal to flan Fran
cisco
The "nobleman" follow« i and
continued his letter writing and t< le
phoning Ills pursuit became so ardu
ous that Mrs Graydon leit Han Fran
cisco and has nailed for Europe —
Philadelphia Telegraph
Japsosss Is Harass! to Learn.
Ths Japanese language Is claimed
to be tho hardest of all to learn
Even the Japanese And It hard, and
■«Torsi American army officers have
found It Inipoaxlbie to master It.
It
takes the Japanese child seven years
to learn th« essential parts of the
alphabet, and ono must become fa-
miliar with 114 Signs to learn thla
simple part of the language alone
Tbe 114 signa serve as the English
Initial letters In our alphabet
To
be able to read any of the higher
class of Japanese newspapers one
must be the mastor of from i.ftiX) to
3.000 Ideographs -Albany Journal
Ths Pity of It.
TIs one of ths saddest things of
n.arrted life"
• M hat IsT
"The fact that the wife can't think
of anything new for dinner, and the
husband, while dissatisfied, can't aug
g-st anything "
Mntbsn win Bed Mrs Winslow*» knothlsg
Syrup tu» h at rr-msdv t<> use tua tbair * kuureu
tunug ibs leSlhlug psrlud.
H«r Mistake.
Tbs young woman waa hastening to
tbs subway station sn rout« to tbs
railway train.
Looking about for a
bov to carry her heavy suit caas. shs
espied a stalwart youth and asked
him If ho would take It for her to the
station
He h»s1tat«<l a moment, as
he bad been headed In an opposite
direction, and then complied. At the
ticket window there was an unusual
crowd
Th* boy pushed forward.
bought a ticket for the young woman,
put It In the box and handed ber the
suit case
As she proffered him the
dims which teemed about adequate
for hie services be smiled at bsr pe­
culiarly, shock bls head, lifted bls hal
gracefully and was gons before tbs
young woman had time to protest or
really to understand
what had oc­
curred
Then the appalling thought
camo to her with conviction that hs
was undoubtedly a college boy put­
ting In vacation time at some kind of
employment which
necessitated hie
wearing
quits
ordinary
working
clotbea.
"And bow dreadful," ebe thought,
squirming
with
mortification,
"be
e<*»r»eltv »sM my fare tool"
-
—
Bad Breath
«.St
_
.V
. .
a .
“For montila I had great trouble with ray
Stomach sn<l use ! all kinds of medwtnea.
My tongue hwa tweu actually as green as
grass, mv breath having a bed odor. Two
week»agna friend moanmetulsd Cascarete
and after seing Üirm 1 can willingly and
cheerfully ss y timt they heve entirely
ranime I thervf - t let ynu know that I
shall recommend thern to aay os» suffer,
big from such troeldes
Chea. H Mai-
perù. ng B yth 3« . New York. N. Y
Zelda Dameron
By
MEREDITH
CHAITER VL—(Conlimwd-J
Merriam tappe»l his riding boot with
the whip he had kept In his hand
"Yog; the war's over." he said, "our
war. There's been another since, but
It's preposterous to «-all that Hpanlsh
drees-paraite and target prsctlc war.
Tbe twu men went out together. an<l
Congrleve
twitted
Merriam
Major
al*out the thoroughbred's pedigree.
~rn See you again before you go
Luncheon to-morrow nt the Tlppece-
noe Club? That la well. Good-morn-
Ing!"
As Merriam rode out toward the
street. Captain Pollock «-am* from one
of the storehouses and walked brtaklv
across the grounds In the dlr«H-tlon of
the ortl, e
A • urv« tn the path brought
him face to face with Rodney Merriam.
• ho salute«! him with bls right hand
"<I< hh I morning. Mr Merriam’" and
the young officer lifted hla hat.
Captain I'olkwk's • yea followed the
houseman to the gate.
"I don't know who you ars. Mr Mer­
riam or what you do." he reflected,
"but the sight of that horse makes me
homesick."
"He's a nice little fellow." Merriam
was saying to himself, as he pass-«l
the gat« and turned toward the city
"He's a nice little fellow; and so was
hla father!"
As the thorough bred l*ore him rap­
idly heck to town. K.’-lney
M*-rrlnm
several times r»*p«sted lo himself ah-
stract>*dly; "He's a nice little follow!"
CHAPTKR VII
!t 1s no long« r
very laudable for
« young man to |»«y hla way through
college; and Morri« Mlght*».t had done
thia e«»iiy and without raring to bg
praised or martyrised for doing »<> II*
had enjoyed hl» college days; b«» had
been popular with town and gown; ant
he had man*»*ird to got hl» »hare of
undergraduate fun while leading his
r In »»eg, Ih- had helped In the roll»* IP#
library; he had (wtatnd the Iron letter-
pr« »• <»n the president’« correspond­
ence late Into the night, he had copied
briefs for a lawyer after hours, but he
had pitched for the nine and huatled
tor his frat," »nil he h.td led class
rushes with ardor an J aucresa.
lie ha<! now I**« for sex end year»
In (he others of KnhchL Kittredge A
Carr at Marlona. only an hour'» ride
from Tippecnncw; and he at di kept in
touch with the college
Michael Carr
fully appre« luted a young man w hu
took the law seriously and who could
sit down in a cAurt room «»n call morn­
ings, when need I»«*, and turn <»ff a de­
murrer without pamphmalng It fr«»m «
t«*it -1 • M
Mrs Carr. too. found Morris Leigh­
ton useful, ami »be liked him, liecauae
be alwAjs rrspontlril unquestioningly
lo sny summons to nil up i blank it
her table. Young men were at a pre­
mium in Marlons, as In moat other
plate«, and It was something to have
one of the «peep's. of an ac<*<imm»dat ■
Ing turn, ami very presentatile, within
telephone range
It «»■ through Mr«
Carr that Leighton came to be well
known In Mariona. she told her friends
to ask him to « all, and there were now
many home« bealde« here that he vig-
lied
An errand to a law firm In one of
the fashhmalde new building» that had
lately rulaeil the Marlons sky-line 1«-<1
him one afternoon post tin» office of hi»
college classmate, Juck Halcomb,
"J.
Arthur Halcomb** was tt»« Inscription
on the door
l-elghton hail seen little
.»f Bal« t*mb for a )ear or more, and
his frientFs name on th« ground glass
J<»or arrested his eye.
Two girls were busily employed at
type writers In the »nltrvom, and one
of them extended i blank card to Mor­
ri« and a»ked him for his name
The
girl disappeared Into the Inner room
and came hock Instantly follow«*»! by
Halcombs who seised
Morris'
hand.
drag«« d him In .»ml closed the door,
M ell, old Mi an!" Halcomb shouted
"I'm gluii to nee you. It's downright
pl«*asanl to have a fellow come tn oc­
casionally anil feel no temptation to
take hla watch."
Morris east his ey«»e over th»- room,
which
was han<h»om»ly
furnished
There wns a g»«>d rug on the floor anJ
the d k and table wen* of heavy oak;
in engraving of
Thomas
Jefferson
hung over Halcomb's desk, and on the
tpposlle aide of the room was ■ table
•<»ven»l with financial reference booke
What Is your game Just now. Jack.
If It Isn't lmi»rtin>-nt?
It's hard lo
keep track of you.
I remember very
well tlvat yo i started In to learn the
wholesale drug business," at Id Morri«,
"Oh, tush' don't refer to that, aa
thou Invest me'
That Is one of the
darkest pages of my life, Those peo-
pie »I«»w n there In Mouth Hlsh afreet
thought I was a jay. and they sent mo
out
to help
the shipping
clerk.
Wouldn't that Jar you' Overalls—and
• hand truck
I I couldn't get out of
that fast enough
Then, you know, !
went to Chicago and spent a year In a
broker's office, an<l I guess I learned rv
few up there. Oh. rather! They sent
me into the country to sell
mining
stock and I mads a record. They kept
the printing presses going overtime to
keep me supplied. Hay. they got afraid
Sf me. I was too good'"
"What's ><»ur line now? Real estate,
mortg.ig»» le' liag money to the door?
How do you classify yourself?"
"You do me a cruel wrong. Morris,
a cruet • r
g
Y i read iny sign o-i
tbs outsr wall? Welk that s a bluff
NICHOLSON
Thers's nothing In real estats.
And
the loan business lias all gone to th«
Ixvd people are too rich; farmers are
rolling In real money and have It to
lend. There was nothing for little Wil­
lie In petty brokerages. I'm scheming
promoting—arid I lake my slice off
of everything that passea."
"That certainly sounds well. You'vs
learned fast
You had an ambition to
be a poet when you were In collegw. I
think I still have a few pounds of
your verses In my traps somewhere."
' And then, you remeovt-cr." Halcomb
went on. In enjoyment of hie own rem­
iniscences. "I wooed the law for a
while.
But I
* hat 1 )earn**d
wouldn't h*V0 rn»bMrraa»<*<1 Chancellor
Kent.
I really had a cll> nt
nr«.
I
didn’t see a chance of getting one any
other way. so I hired him. lie was a
c?tH»n
1 employed him for two dollars
to <<» to the Grand opera House and
buy a seat In the orchestra when Hlr
Henry Irving was giving "The Mer-
He went to sleep
chant of Venice "
and »nore<l «nd they threw him out
with rude. In»«»lent, and anrry hand»
after the second act; and I brought
•ult J!<rdn»t the manaCfrnent for dim-
*<ri, t>a»ln* my claim *»n the idea that
they had spurned my dually brother
<m account of hi» rave, color ami pr,*-
vtoua condition of •erviturr
The u»t
claim» wa* a j»dir
had
never
»h*ne any work In hla life, except for
th<* Btate. My cHrnt yot londed on «in
a I »out the time the case came up on de­
murrer and rave the snap away, and
I dropped out of the practice to avoid
t*elh< disbarred. M<> here I am; and
I rn «lad I ah<>«>k the Uw
I'd got tlr* I
of eatm« coffee and roll» at the Berlin
bakery three time« a day,
one of the typewriter opemtnni en­
tered with a brisk air of buelner» »nt
handed » t<-Irtfntm to Halcomb, wh<>
t«*r<? it open nonchalrntly. As he read
Its he tx*«»rd th» < riivi|>b <1 envelope
over hi* «boulder In an absentminded
way. Then, to the girl, who waited
with note-book • nd pencil In hand
• Never mind; don't wall
I'll dictate
the answer later,
How did <1 it workT"
he askrd. turnIn« to Ja-lghton, who had
>*een looking o\ er ths books on the t«-
bte.
•*H<>w did what work?"
I '.r fake.
It was a fake telegram
That girl’» trained to bring In a mel­
ange every time I base a caller. If the
ti»»h*r »la)» thirty minute«. It’» two
irieaaagc»—in other word». I'm on a
I tip a boy
nftern-mlaute schedule,
in the telegraph ofllce to keep me sup-
pliri! with blank«. Il'« a great scheme,
to
There*« nothing like a telegram
create the Impression that your office
la a S4"rthtn« caldron of business'*
•’You have piaiH-d the poetry stage.
beyond a doubt.
But I should think
the strain of keeping •II this going
would t-e wearing on your «enslttre
mu*t cost
poetical nature.
And It
something."
"It does, but Carr keeps a
whole
corps of rascals to spread apple-but­
ter on the Legislature corn-bread."
You'd better spmk to him at>out tt
He'd probably tell Mrs Carr to ask
you to dinner right away."
"Oh. that will come In lime
1 don't
expect to do everything at once. You
may see me up there some time; and
• hen you do. don't shy off like a coll
at the cboo-chooS
Bl the way, I'.l
like to lie one of the bright particular
stars of the I Ira nui tic Club If you can
tlx II.
You remember that
amateur
thratricals are rather In my line.“
He looked al hla watch and gave
the stem-key a few turns Iwfore re­
turning It to his pocket.
"You'll have to excuse me, old man
I've got a date with Adams.
He's 4
right decent chap when you know ho«
to handle him. I want lo get lh< m lo
tinance e big apartment house achenv
I've got an blea for a flat that will
make tbe town sit up and gasp."
"Don't linger on my account. Jack
I only stopped In to see whather you
kept your good spirits. I feel as though
I'd had a shower hath. Cum» along."
Heveral men were waiting to see Hal­
comb In the outer office and he shook
hands with all of them and begged
them to come again, taking care ba
mention that he had Iwn called lo the
Control Htates Trust Company and had
to hurry away.
11« called peremptorily to the pass
Ing elevator-car to wait, and as he
and tarlghton squeete« Into It. he con­
tinue»! his half <»f an imaginary con­
versation In a tone that was audible
to every passenger.
"I could have had those bonds. If
I had wanted them, but I knew ther-
was a cloud <m the'«—the county was
already over Its legal limit.
1 guess
those Ht. Louis fellows will be sorrv
they were so enterprising—hers
we
are!"
And then In a lower tone to l^lgh-
ton: "That was for old man Damor-
on*S benefit, l»ld you see him Jammed
back In the comer of ths cart Queer
old party and as tight aa a drum.
When I can work off some assessable
and non-interest lies ring bonds on him
It'll be easy to sell Uncle Ham's Treas­
ury a gold brick. They say the old
man has a daughter who Is finer than
gold; yea. than much fine gold.
I'm
going to look her up. if I ever get time.
You'd better come over soon and pick
out an office. Ho long!"
¡xlghton walked back to his office In
go»d humor and better contented with
Ms own lo
CHAPTER vrn.
J butted In all right,
naleomh. cheerfuBy.
I s .yo.rrs
saytng to > ■ irself that It s
another
ease of the unfailing Dalromk cheek."
"Tou're a peach. Jack, and no mis­
take. as I’ve said before. I wlah I lied
your nerve——"
"But aay. they Just had to have ms
in thia show*
It proves how every
little thing helps as we toll onward
and upward. You know I was tenor
on the glee club at college, and you'll
rwi-mler that when we came over lo
town and gave that concert for the
benefit of the athletic fund I was a
winner, all right. Mell. Ttn going to
throw my whois soul Into this thing
BUSINESS COLLEGE
MB «W-
7 urna
WASNIMdlW* TINTI SU Pl »RTL AN l>
yV”
Tentx. Awningfl. SaHs
"You'll leave an aching void If you
\
c«a> MissirU toss
Csmt
do."
■
. h-—
i „ I «e al fs«tarv prWasL.
Thanks, kindly. As I was saying. I
>>1
PatlTK f .*G
AWMSG <O.
tn N p.,,1 -n I
,>l 4 », *
I'm going to do myself and Mr« Carr » - K.’ 1
proud. Hhe'a on« uf the g rande at worn
Mrs.
<n we ever had In thio Blata.
The Modern Way.
Carr knows that all thio woman » out-
"Has hs asked your parents for
frags business Is Bo much Thomas Hot.
Hh« works her elaters Just for fun. ■nd your band yet ?"
"My. no
That's an old fashioned
they never cutch on a lltll« bit. Hhs
Ju«t has to be president of things, • nd Mstom that's no longer observed. My
■he's an ornament in the community." father may consider himself lucky If
Ix’lghton thanked his stars that Mrs. wo decide to send him an Invitation to
Carr had discovered her tenor without aur wedding ~
his help. He and ltal< omb were stand­
ing In the Carr library, where the last
•osred by the Cooking.
undress rehearsal of "l>e> «Ivera Ever"
Little Willis- Say. P*. when poverty
was about to be«in
la-lghton.
who
comes tn at the door, what window
waa stage manager, also sang In th«
< horua. which appeared In one act as does love fly out of*
pa—It probnbly flies out of the db
forestere and In the other ss soldiers.
Mrs Carr always had a reason for sv- alng room wire -w mv ■on.
■ rvtliing she did. Il»r reason for In-
UnrweL
■ latlng that the Dramatic
Club. of
"Is Mr Bllggtns at boms on horss-
who h alia was president, should glvs
a comic ofwra was thoroughly
ade­ backr
quate, for al this time she was exploit­
"I should think so." roptkd Miss
ing a young musician who had lately Cayenne
"Ha seems equally uncom­
appeared In Marlons, and who was not. fortable In either place "
let It tie remembered, a mere Instructor
In vocal nvislc. but a composer as well.
A Painful Fact.
He was a very agreeable young man,
ft take« a lot of waiting to bob up
who wished to build up a permanent
orchestra In Mariotia and Mrs C«rr precisely st the motauat a curtain girl
was bucking this project with her ac­ comes along
customed enthusiasm.
Nothing could
help matters forward so well as a so­
WhÄi’“
cial so« < ■-»■ for Max H< hmldt. He had
written an opera, which many mana, EYE REMEDY T« w.« u. u
gers had declined for the reason that LI«»*« Foes. Me. 50c. Baba Tub««. Mc. (I 00.
the music was too good and the l»ook
too bad
"rtocetvers Ever" was the name ot ITCH CAN BE CURED
n a aHor' » rr 9 bv us<n<
the work, and Mrs. Carr wai preparing
to produt e an abridged version of It on
PLUMVER’S ITCH
the night before Thanksgiving.
The
REMEDY
scene was set In Germany, and there
>n W*-«ent r»»« snly. AJ«lr«ws
were six men the gay deceivers—all
PLUMMER DRUG COMPANY
of them officers In the army. Ths chief
Third and Msdison
Portland Or
girl character was the «laughter of a
new commaindant of a post, but at a
ball given In hla honor she changed
places with her maid, and no end of
RIDUCE THE COST OF LIVING
confusion resulted.
Mrs
Carr
had
urged Zelda to take the principal rola,
and Zelda hail consented, with the un­
derstanding that olive Merriam wns to
I h - eh-. ted • tuemlo-r of the club and
given a part In the opera.
While la-lghton and Halcomb stood
talking In the library. H»rr Hchmidt.
In the drawing-room, Isctursd the rest
of the company In hla difficult English.
/• «uvircmfe*/ to rernov»
He now fell upon the piano with a
//•»rj I 't»mi, Svft lorm
crash and nodded to Zeids, who begun
uruH uHouttl FLaajr U. ap
one of her solos
When this had been
sly. rrahovSB »U t*»<i odora
bi d tflvea Ina ant rvUef to
sung to his satisfaction, the director
Darning, aebing. inflamed,
called for Olive and Captain Pollock.
twoihMi and tender fret
and ta ail th* name tmplte«
was
greatly
liked
by
the
Pollmk
art¿k0S NOXAl.L tmipai • the
people he had begun to know In Marlo-
oritmc
• amai er ahue can
na. The mrn about the Tippecanoe be wuffi with comfort Meotrumensiad
Club had the reputation of scrutlnls- •nd »old by all druçjrvaLa, or by mail
Addrrsui Dr O O FWtaher • Co Foot
Ing newcomers a llttla superciliously, bpm klSU. I’«land. Orwtm Poro tie.
In the way of old members of a small
club, who resent the appearance of
at rangers at the lounging room flre-
ta iot i otoai foi i i s hard of
side
But Pollock ntled Into places as
Rlaeiat
OiMSlccIxat Sffiy
though he had always l-een used te
them.
He told a good story or he
Aaaosia
Cok Wilet Ijquid Start
sang a song well, when called on to
“
Oris,
0
’
Nos BeJist Wavh«( Fl
do something at the grtll-room Satur­
day nlrfits
Mrs Carr had given him
one of the best parts In the opera.
The young officer and olive carried
off with great animation a dialogue In
song Into which Herr Hchmidt
had
been aide lo get some real humor.
' You haven’t told me how much you
like my cousin." ■aid Zilda to Lslsh-
F hone i»wun I l3
ton. when he sat down by her In an
Ms« St
VaacMoff. Wukuattoa
Ml
between
the
director
interval of parley
and Mrs. Carr,
"I expect somethin#
nlcw"
"Nothing could be easier. I Hhe'a a
An Embarrassing Word.
great hit-
Hhe'a a discovery!
Hhe'a
"Then." said the reporter. "1'1) aay
in iirrumrtit to society!
several pretty songs were n udered by
"Humph!
Thal sounds llks sampl« Miss Packsr "
sentences from a copy-book. A man
"Ob. gracious no!" replied tbe hoe-
with a reputation as an orator to su«-
say
'rsndsred '
tain ought to be aide to do lietter than teas; "you mustn't
You ses. hsr father made all
bls
that"
money tn lard."—Cnthollo Standard
'Not having auch n reputation
and Times
"Not even thinking one has -
"Oh. I’m convelle,!. am IT"
"I hadn't thought of It l-efore, but
no doubt It's true." said Zelda, looking
acr»«s the room to where Jack Bal-
emb «.is talking with
vaclty lo a girl In the chorus whom
hs had never met before. He was per­
fectly at ewe«,
as
though
leanins
against grand pianos In handsome
draw Ing-rooms and talking to pretty
girls had always been his mission In
life.
Morris did not follow Zelda's eyes;
hs was watching her face gravely. Hs
to think that you can cure
had tried In many ways to please her.
but she maintained an altitude toward
your weak stomach <tnd get
th«
him that waa ani\>>>lng. to aay
bdtk
your health again by
least.
(To b* root in ned )
dieting or experimenting with
TRY MURIHE
use CRESCENT
BAKING POWDER
25c FULL POUND
NOXALL
IT IS REALLY
ABSURD
thix or thdt remedy.
You
need Hoxtetter’s Stonidth Bit-
terx and nothing el»e. for
over 57 years it has been
making people weM and keep­
ing them so and it will do as
much for you. Try a bottle
today for indigestion. Dys­
pepsia. Biliousness, Cramps,
Diarrhoea and Malaria, fever
and Ague. It never fails.
Plrfitrrx Rnd l'rlwí.
"I see you have sent for a lot of
seed advertisements"
"Yes." answered Mr. Crosalots.
•1
always read a lot of catalogues."
"You are fond of gardenlngT"
''That Isn't gardening
That's art
and literature."—Washington Star.
It Is a high, solemn, almoat awful
thought for ever) Individual man, that
hla earthly Influence, which has a com­
mencement. will never, through all
ages, were he the meanest of ua. Usvs
an sad—Carly
I
r