PRACTICE ILIXGALLYI
lt.ner.nl Optician« Work Rural
trict« Without Stat» Licen.a.
Di*.
Th® Oregnri State Hoard of Examin
er» in Optonu-ry will pay a reward of
<3f> to anyone cauamg the arr- .t and
oMiviction of nn> j-eraon or person«
tenting ryes and ■«•lltng glajoic» who do
not boll a earriiticate l»aurd to them by
the Hoarti of Examiners.
It is not
akm« nec.-w.-ary for them to p->»•<><«
thru certificate, but it muat lw regu-
with and counter gned I . the
Clerk nf the court, in each county
where the holder practice». The public
in general la hereby warned not to pat
ronite anyone not holding auch certifi
cate, aa in the »trict letter of the law
they are ar.-cwaory to the illegal prac
tice and will at l<-a»t be called upon to
go into court and testify aa wttneaaea
against the person» violating the law.
For further particulars a<!dr«n>« H.
W Barn.'
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■miners, Salem, Ore.
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T—Zelaa Dameron-nr
By
MEREDITH NICHOLSON
CHAITBR X.
When Z«*ld4 asked her father nns
day where his
waa, he answered
evMslwly that II was in the Ihimtron
Block. This w'as an old-fashioned of*
flee building, with a basement and a
short stairway leading to th« main cor
ridor. It was no longer fashlonal*!«, t«
the lietter r|»s« of lawyers and real eg
tats brokers had sought building of a
later l>pe that offered electric lights
and elevators.
The Dameron
Block
yV’ "V Tent% Avanings, Sails fare<! the court-house square, and was
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Qu. H acmskìl . C m »« m m U (♦»«• the habitat of divers small attorneys
I
* If**
I •’*
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ff 1 ’ e®
and rral estate men
In the baX’mrnt
1/1
FA< inc ÎIRI
AWMMi <a
lariow, a justice of the peace BA I in
1 ■■ 4 w 1
r; H Fif»< Ht . FwrtuaA. Or
judgment next do«>r to a musty 'oi l
Ixrok - shop, whrr« the
proprietor.
a
quaint figure with a great mop of
irot-gray hair. gold pen« end paper
It la a «ur«> sto|>ix-r. promptly rv-
and leg«] blanks tn |h»gi»crry Row. as
ll»v«*a Brutx-hiti«. Whoopintf Coutfh,
this quarter of the street was called
Cowh Croup, and <■ ;><• • im .II v th<>'-a
Zelda strayed Into this thoroughfare
ha>ih. harking cough«, also moat
by chance on« winter afternoon short
uwful for lung tii.eaMta.
For »ui®
ly t#rfore <’hr 1st mas and was arrested
tiy all dealer-1. 2.«’ u tiottlr.
by Die sight of sum« old l«ooks In the
hookiM-ller's window
window
The venerable
I
Ixxik seller came nut Into the luir-ment
area and spoke to her of the book«,
holding a volume meanwhile, with hl«
PORTLAND. ORBOOW
forefinger cloeel upon the page he had
(«»on reading.
Teo; he kept French
books« and sb« went into the shop and
of
foreign
ln«*k«<| over bls i shelves
books
"There Is vary litt!« d«ma
lherr r>/' he said.
of tl
rere. Il«re is a Util«
I
volume
I «ti
• q ’ b poems; very rwr«*
glad If you would take It for a dollar—
any
coun se I can only offer. It is for you
to de Ids*
“I shall take the Hugo«** Bald Zoidn
wrappeil it far her carefully, aven
¡fully, and held the packet for a
ruotar n<. caressing it with his hands,
while she produced a dollar from her
pu rse and took It from him
I has <• I»« . n here ' for
“t’all ixgaln.
< 'ongdoii.
I Mill' eron
twenty
>cars.
Block.**
“Yrs. Dameron
da
I
1
USE DR. PLUMMERS COUGH STOP
HILL MILITARY
ACADEMY
IT büsiness college
UASHINhlliyfi TENTH STS. PORTI AND
The constables and loungei« on th«
•Idrwalk In frönt of the Justice's court
stand at her aa ahe came out and
glanced for a moment at the upper
windows of the building
A gmtvaniard
<t the r*\«a ÌM.rr the nam
"Dameron Block. 1B70,“ In letters lha
had lonx ain* »• i«»a( th«* faiw«- awp*'« I o
atf»ne gi\»«n t‘* them oHslMtlly i y gr.ii
paint.
Zrlda «mt Into ihr dim entrane«
and read the miscwllanrous aigns that
*»'x
M
P harmacists ^
WM» |*1
»^ ll
Inscrllted d "E.
E. Dameron. Room •**; an<!
passing on i ahr presently rame to 3
frosted-glass door, where the
same
401 Mat® S l
V mcmi H. W idling! o ®
legend w»» repeated, It waa late In the
afternoon, possibly her father would
go home with her, ahe thought, and
turned the knob.
Cun'll in
Hh« entered a dark room on a court
Thret
way, evidently used as a place of wait
Daus ing; there was another room beyond,
reached by a door that atood half-open
Iler father was engaged; his voice rose
from the Inner room; and she took a
chair by the outer door of the walling-
No Hypodermic InjscUona.
r.H.m
Hhe looked about Ip place cu
Y' wj ran talk* thw I mit meet a! th» ln»tHu<»
nously. tin a long table lay In great
or ymir home, and your m»«ney will twrsHurnwl
If a perfori cure ta hu' afTrrt»®!
InrwHfat»
disorder many odds and ends—pack-
thia, it will tmly iah» a few ( ih * i > mì I» te phone
ages of garden-seed under dust that
ur iw *’ ' ' •' '
PsffMMbl AMI fina urtai
refanenr* t«n applkwtkm
Fur full Informe*
afforded almost enough earth to sprout
turn, ph«*”» «rile or rali at th«
them; half a dosen fence
NEAL.
INSTITUTE
together with a string;
•eventi
strata of old n«*w«|Mpera
he floor
Hall M
11 tXA OR/
In a corner lay a set nf
in t
disreputable state of disrepair;
and
yellowed
pealed on the walls wrre
LIOUOU-MüRFhINF-IOÖACfO
sheets of ncwipspen containing tables
HANTS FLXMANtNTLY CUWD
of »«»me sort. Zelda did not know what
roe ten r^A c a -‘. —
these were, though any of the loafers
<»n the curbstone could have enlighten*
her a* to their character--they were
official advertisements of the sales
tax titles. K bca I Mm*'run alw ays
Iked poor.* and complained of th«
den <»f taxes And street improve-
its; but he had l*een the chief buy-
of tax titles In the Miaty®
I'm sure Ui.it I've been very lenient.
lenient Indeed,** Exm
Dameron
a) ‘ng ”1 have. In fart, consider-
rd It a family matter, calling for con
siderate treatment, on the score of my
friendship with your huwiwind
If It
had been otherwise. I would have been
obliged ti> take steps steps
toward
safeguarding the Interests—4he inter
ests of my trust. I should say.“
But another ex tension of two years
would l*e sulfl« lent for me to pay. I
wish very much for Olive not to know
In your comb? Whv so? Is that her schooling wm paid for with
n<>( i ’ ic head a much belter place borrowed money. She gives me all she
earns. Iler position Is assured, and I
for it? 1'citer i ctp v hat is left am putting aside something everv
u livre it heloncs! Ayrr’a I lair rtna’vfb t«» apple or* • he A*1 ’•t. «’» ewe
Vigor, new improved Formula, nothin« elm."
"Ihit two nf them not»« ar* already
quickly stops falling hair. In default, Mra. Merriam. I hava In
There is not a particle of doubt curred oltllanllona on the atrvngth nf
about ii. \i c speak very posi them. A woman can't understand th*
requirement« and exaction® of bual-
tively about this, for u e know. neaa
AhCl M*/
tk/rp «/ fA«
"I am sorry, very sorry. Mr. Darner-
>h V«ttl«
ML All I ask Is this extension, It can't
be a large matter to you!*
She* it to jr*«r
"1 r«*ret more than I can teil yoti
A«k tom •»*•*»• ft.
that It is Impossible. If It were myself
th«« 4» •• h» Myi
—If It were my own money that I ad
vanced you. 1 could perhaps 1»e lews In-
Indeed, the one great leading feature of
slatrnt, but as It la. thia money belon<B
•ur new Hair Vigor may well be said to
be thia—It Biel's fili ng hsir. Then It to another—In fact. It is part of my
Rhe is
perfectly
goes one nep further — it aide nature in daughter's estate.
helpless, utterly ianorant of business;
restoring the hair and scalp to a healthy
It Is necessary fcr me to «serciBe the
•ondifioa. Aak for "the new kind."
■ >»■»,«»«, O ays. Os.. Leweli. nm.
II greatest care In administering her af-
f»Ua
It is a sacred trust *f—
Phono Main 113
Tïrïrïk
" The Neal
Cun'll Me”
■>
Habit
J
Yow Hair?
rlam. a sacred trust from her dexr
mother"
"I ram« to-day* Bald the woman'»
voice« apologetloally, "hoping that pay-
mrnt rould I»« d<*ferred.“
“Yea. to ti sure; It'a wlaa to be fore-
handed
But the loan must I js paid at
the maturity nf the last note. In May»
I must clow my wife's estate very
soon.
I Itav« timed all iny loans ta
that end."
The purring
tfiternom, where Zelda sat forward in
her chair, listening with parted lips and
wonder and pain In her eyes The book
.ft her Up fell to th« Imre floor, tnak-
(ng a sharp clatter that startled her.
She gave a little gusp and reached for
It. scarcely at«H*plng. so hitettt were
her e>**a <»n th« d»»«»r of the Inner room;
an<1 when she had regained IL. she ran
into th« hail and down the steps to the
street.
She felt a great ) naming for sympa
thy, for some one to whom she could
confsos her misery and heartache
It
was growing dark, and
when she
• lion« brightly In hie library. Hhe knew
he waa there, and that she could, at a
word, make hie house her home and
•hake herself free forever from her
father Th« was always r»-bufhng and
thwarting her Cncle Rodney In his ef
forts to help her. But at the gate she
paused with her hand on the catch,
«nd hurried on
Hhs came to
Mrs
Forrest's house There, too. a wolcomo
awaited her. but the thought of th«
overheated rooms, of the cheerless lua-
! . !!> -A • h '■< r »•;;»( !i \ < d
1i'b 1
•
any appeal there
H1 h ’ turned into a
aid« street that led to her
father's
house and walked slowly homeward.
an gaperlencsd Man.
' pr«ju4le® Z»Ma again«! him ffurtng th«
"How do you conquer
your el*
y-ars In which aha bad k.pt lb» girl
•way; but hl« .tally »crutlny had di«- ph ant when be goes on a ram pace T*
u»v«r«d no tree« of dlarcapcct or coo- I aekad the menagerla proprietor.
i lam pt In h«r attltud® toward him.
"We aval) ourselvea of an
exp*
Il had h«*n <m h»r tongu» o«v»rsl rfenced baggage man." bo replied.
tlm«a to aak him boldly about th« d«bt
"Ao experienced baggage tnanf" I
I of Oliv®-« mother. »v«n If II should b®
I ncccaaary to conf««« that ah« had ov«r- repeated with wonderment.
"Toa,“ bo explained patiently,
al
heard hl« conversation with Mrs Mar-
rlam. but this might cau»« an un though It was evident that be waa
pleasant arena.
No great haste was nel tied by my stupidity, "wo get a
who knows
bow
to s.'uasb
necessary, aha Judged; and
so
she man
waited. Hh« c< mid probably persuade trunks’
h«r aunt or unci« to help her th the
matter when the time cam«. If no oth.r
way should occur to her.
When ah« we ml at la at to her mom.
THE KEYSTONE
windowl
th* old icdars ou la id« ber
TO HEALTH
Hh« found a
wer* moaning aoftly.
satisfaction In bolt In* her door, and
IS
then «he draw from her writing• table
th« llttla Look, tied with Its faded rib-
bon. and opened It to th» ch rge her
STOMACH
mother had written - tho«A last pitiful
words -and read them over and over
again, until they »remed tu he audibly
whispers In the room:
"I'erhapa I wag unjust to him; It
may have been n»y fault; but If the
ran respect or love him I wish it to I*«
HOSTETTER’S
BITTERS
Hhe lay awnk« atarln< into the dark
for half the nlght. with tearlraa eyea.
one band cUaping the Httle book ander
her pillow.
CHAPTER XI.
Zelda saw much of Morris during th**
winter.
It» went often to th» old
houa® In Merriam street In »pit» of Ihr
fact that he aaaured himself constant
ly that ah» did not Interest him mor«
than other girls She continued to de
light In plaguing him. particularly tie-
fore her uncle, who learned, however,
not to praise Morris to Zelda
Mr.
Figreat pretended to l-e a
diligent
rhaperon. but Marlona so.lai affairs did
not amuse her. and she went out very
little
Frequently Merriam took Belda
to the theater; now an® then he con
nived with Morris to the end that Olive
should la- asked, and the four would go
afterward for a •uppsr at Merriam's
Zelda brought
<Hive more and
house
brous
more Into (ouch with her own life She
knew no happier day than Christmas.
Mrs.
Forrest—not. however,
when
without urging rave a family dinner
to which Kara l>am«r»«i olive and her
mother aat down at the same board.
a I1. Kodnry
It. -In. > presiding.
pr. ■»1.1’,<
Tin re
time« when Zrlda's
Z*l4a» counut« failed—
when th« shadow of her mother’s u->-
happiness fell darkly upon her; but
she made no sign to the world. Ho the
winter passed and In the first bright
wistful days ahe ,-nt forth with Zan
to find the spring.
"I have not heard >ou s;'»ak of your
Exra
aunt and uncle of Ute." »aid
I <» mervn to Zeid« one day. after the
for an outing with Olive,
had
"I naw Aunt Julia thia afternoon, flhs
lent well; ahe Buffers a great deal, Hhe
ha« aakod me to go away with her
again she likes going about, and ahe
haa planned to visit a number of sum-
mer pta<ea."
"If you don't go. what will ahe do*
man looked at Zelda with
and the old
i
a gleam of humor In hie amali gray
eyes.
"Welt, I hav« asked her to
the farm
1t woul-I
"I am very rlad you did.
be a capital arrangement."
"Hut eh* won't come. Htia does not
like that sort of thing. Hhe likes to tx»
wh-r* there'« eom-thlng doing."
"Ye®, yrs. a worldly woman; a very
worldly woman"—and Lurm-ron wag*
ged hla head as he buttered hie roll
lie was sileni fur several minutes, and
when he spoke It was In a lone of
kindness.
"And so you are coming with me.
Zeids’ I had hoped you would I have
Wished It e-> much that 1 have not
yourself.
I
pressed you to commit
knew that >our aunt would be likely
to offer something more attractive than
a summer at The Beeches"
"Yea. father; of course I shall go
with you. 1 have never had any oth-r
Intention."
"You are very good to me. Zee I am
grateful to you for many tilings. An
old man la ver> poor < oinpany for a
I had feared llutt
yc l
young <lrt
might not ba BMtl*flr<l here, Your un
cl« and aunt have
has a never trwated nm
We have nothing In common
fairly.
I ant iftad to And that they have not
estranged you and me; the paternal
relation In a very beautiful one; very
tNMUtlful.*
H«r father had spoken often during
th« winter of th« farm. Zelda*« wll-
IlngneBB to |o there wab a great relief
to him; and when «he sugBoated IhAl
ah« Should like to aak olive to »pen«!
th« whole nf her mutation with them
he made jio objection. He knew th it
ahe saw Oliva frequently; Zee had Bak
ed her rou«In to the houa« for mrt»a
savafal tlmea alnce the Dramatic Club
eplsods*® and her father had treated Ol
iva with hit uaual formal eourteay. The
main thing with Kara Iktmeron waa to
keep Zelda away from her aunt and
uncle; and It flattered hit vanity that
aha remained with him so steadfaatlv
and took apparently ao flllal an inter-
eat In hla happlnasfl and comfort. Zel
da went to olive at once with her in
vita U m .
wl’d b« delighted, of course. Z«*; but
you mustn't make It hard for me to
rafuse. Thia la my buoy summer,
hate to move”*
•*Oh!" said Zelda.
“Wa’ra mortgaged; that's the troubl
with us; we’re not only mortgaged, bu
wa can't pay! Ho we hope to And an
other hou»a somewhere an<! g«t out
ths way.
(To be eon tin ned I
If -..•■l n
?j Utt* !!>’ k.’-lling in
the fireplace of the living-room, and
watted until the flames )«-a|o*d into the
thr<w*t of the chimney.
Polly was In
the dining-room, showing a new assist-
tint how tn ls*y the tabla fur th« even
ing tncaL and ah«* came Io the folding
and »Jewed Zelda with th« In
terest that th« girl always had for her.
Polly was Zelda s slave, and she went
| about half the day
and
muttering
I chuckling over what seemed
her
I Zelda'« unaccountabl« whlma
"Polly," Bald Zelda. "thia I Julius
[ Cacaar'a birthday—<>r Napoleoi Bnnt-
laarte's or the lluke of Argyle's •do you
understand?"
Th* Nack woman showed all h«*r
teeth In appreciation.
•
—those very high one«, and you may
u«e that gold-t*anded china and th,
real cut glass."
Polly departed chuckling And ZaUla
wab
went to her room.
Iler father
reading hl« newspaper by thr flreplar*
when she cam« In upon his startled
gas« an hour later. Hh« had Arrayed
hcrr.lf In a white silk evening gown
He had never befor® aven her dressed
•o at their family dlnner-taNe. Th«
long skirt added to her height, Her
hair was caught up from her forehead
In an exaggeration of th« prevailing
mini«
"Hood evening, father* I thought IM
dreaa up to-night Just for fun. and to
get the crinkles out of my thing« Isn't
It'a real
thi» gown a perfect love?
Parisian.”
She swept past, the rieh allk brush«
Ing him, and then Polly having ap»
peered at the door with her eyra atar«
ing from her head;
“Now let ua fm at while wc may.“ ehe
said.
She (ciaavd be for? him Into the din-
Ina - room with an inclination of h«r
head and to her place, The old man
had not spoken and he aat down with
iMlnataklng care, finding
apparently
some difficulty tn drawing In hla chair.
Ilr bowed hla head for the silent grace
he always said, and raised hla eyes
with a look of sweet resignation to the
girl.
Nothing In th« old house ever
escaped hla sharp eyda. Th® old chin,
with It« gold band, and the cut glias
that had not known service for years
struck him at once.
Exra iNimeron did not
understand
much about human nature, though like
all cunning people he thought he did.
It wwa beginning to dawn upon* him
that Zelda was deeper than he had Im-
aglned.
Perhaps, ho said to him
she was >■ shrewd and keen aa I
self; or, he asked again, waa ana
playing «ome deep role—even layll
trap for him? He did not know that
the moods of a girl are aa many aa th«
moods of th« wind and sea.
He re
membered that hl« wife had been eas
ily deceived He had crushed the moth
er; but this girl would not an eaally be
subdued.
The czndks ••nadc a su."
light upon th« table.
He lifted hla
•yea furnlvely to see whether th« gaa
tn th« chandelier overhead waa light
ed: and waa relieved to not« that th,
extravagance of tho candles waa not
augmented there.
He drew hla bony
finger« acroaa the table-cloth, feeling
Ila texture critically. He knew that It
bad twen taken from a forbidden «half
of the linen cloaet Clearly hl® rule
over the ancient Polly was at an en I
When they returned to the living
room he tended the fire; and when he
look u|fhl« paper nervously, from hab-
Mot the »t,t«.
IL ho put It down again, and Ltegnn to
• Tb»r«!" ««Id b*r husband,
talk.
Almoat for the first time «Ince looks like a bat!“
Zelda'» return, h« showed an Inter»«!
"It will never do In the world!M
In her foreign experience®, and led her
“Why not?"
to speak of them
And she exerted
"The bat* tbat are In fasti Ion now
herself to be entertaining
He
h»J
auouo®«d that Mra
Forrest
W»uld don t look like bate.“—Houston Post.
Iks great ment alone has
enabled the Bitters to con
tinue before the public for
over 57 years. You really
ought to trv a bottle for
Poor Appetite, Indigestion,
Meadac he, Cramps, Diar
rhoea and Malaria.
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remarked Jhn clerical look
Ing passenger, "Is made up of trials"
Yes.” rejoined the man with ths
prosperous air. Just across the aisle.
'and I'm glad of IL"
"Indeed!" exclaimed ths C-l p In
surprise
"Why are you glad?"
"Becaube," explained the other, "I
am a lawv*r "
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