Lebanon wpress. r' "WILL AND I. '" I bad been sitting at my desk for a Ml hour, engaged in the laudable occn rntion of doing nothing. In spite of my trouble, what wonder then that I drifted , off into reverie, and my thoughts re verted to sadly pleasant retrospect? rnr more it was whiter the iranny New Orleans winter and "Will and I were together. I reoalled the hours passed in rending and writing and ran sics the drives and walks and theaters. The most minute and trivial incidents reourred to my mind, and I found my aelf smiling at the recollection of a cer tain long, narrow, phenomenally dark passage or alleyway on Boyal street, up which we glanced one night, and which "Will, with his bright and quick sense of hnmor. immediately christened "Jack the Ripper's court" This is not sensational story that I am about to tell. I warn my readers in advance that there is nothing star tling or wildly romantio in it. From start to finish it is a simple "o'ertrne tale." And yet it was romantio too. There was a tinge of romance, after all, when Will asked me to become hie wife, to marry him in secret. We had been betrothed for a year, and he was far from strong. His health was under mined, and a horrible fear oppressed him that he would be taken away. In the prime of his manhood, with life and hope and happiness all his, it was an aw ful thought. "Oonstauce," he said one night as we stood on the moonlit gallery, with its lnxnriant rose vines and the great yel low roses clambering np to shake down their showers of fragrance in our faces, "my darling, be my wife now! Why should we wait, dear one? There is noth ing between our lives and happiness bnt the bugbear of poverty, and I shall have a fortune when I am SO. I shall be 30 next September, Constance, if if I live." Something in the sweet, tender voice made me glance np swiftly into the brave, dark eyes. Beautiful, tender eyes, where are you now? Where are you today, 0 Will? Hidden away forever from the sight of my eyes, from beyond the clasp of my arms gone, gone I feel it, believe it to that Beautiful, veiled, bright world, Where Uie glad ghost meet. Something in his voice made my heart ache. "Why do you speak so sadly!" I asked him. "Never mind the fortune, Will. I care nothing for that, if you are only spared to me." "I know it, dear, tender little heart," he answered softly. "You are the only true woman in the world, Constance. But I wanted to tell you (I am supersti tions, I admit it) it was prophesied that I shall die before I am 30." "Nonsense!" I cried sturdily, "that is sheer superstition, and it is very wrong to believe in it. dear. No one knows tbe future. I would never think of that again if I were yon." I tried to smileas I spoke to shake off the strange feeling that wonld oppress me, try as I might but all in vain. Die before 801 My true hearted, noble Will, with his sunny smile and tender dark eyes! I would not believe it. It was absurd. So I laughed at his fears as foolishness and tried to make him for get But he was far from stronor. and that one glimpse of what might be in store for us the awful parting that might come made me decide. So 1 promised that night to become his wife at once and "in secret and silence," as the old song says. Everything was made ready, and on the following night the night before his departure we were quietly married in a quaint little old church in one of the retired streets of New Orleans. And Will and I belonged to each other for tune and eternity. The sad parting came next day and he went back to his northern home, while I returned to my work, brightened only by the hope of meeting in the sum mer at quiet Long Beach. I am not a snperstitions woman. I had laughed at Will for his own dread of the supernatural and his belief in a prophecy, but we had not been parted a whole month when something very cu rious happened. Will had written to me every day, such dear, sweet letters that they did my heart good kept it alive, in fact But for those letters I wonld have given up my hold upon hope and would have succumbed to despair. But one day no letter came. I felt a strange sinking at the heart an awful sense of depression; darkness gathered over my life. Suspense hope deferred! these am the two emotions which serve to kill tbe human heart, to darken and blight existence. That night I wentout on the little gallery where we had pass - ed to many happy hours. The moon ! was bright, and one star shone in the blue vaultabove my head-one that Will had lone am demented "nnr t. M heart was crushed and heavy. " - ? ftW. I stood leaning against one of the col ums which supported the gallery, the scent of the roses that he loved floating all around me. And as I stood there, something a light touch fell upon my nhrniln-T. 4 m w - efcJk i hrtZit i A " 3 Ttt T.?6 1 Ir, ?' S d w n m" Ltend WU1-m'j WithawlMin,,! ,,a,s J r a , , , , unus auoui me justice oi anytning. . ., . : . !inZgtmyarDSrabmthim They care only to8ecuretheirownpleil,or8ethyBf'; fness in risking only to grasp empty airl Noonewanre l your own life to shelter me. Here is a 72a tXTrTLr and lay there ukeadeadwoman I moued an aTmy by wtoh he htpwT to I forbid that I should tnltoitwhen When I opened my eyes, the moon was comuot his rebellbus suniecti He ! thou nekt tne BoW more ,uan L" bir shining down upon me, just as calm and , overcame them in one battle but in the ! terrnI)tert the woman 88 Bhe Pt the cold and nnperial as ever. I struggled Z7thZltZbMjmaZ Purse back into to bA to a sitting posture and gazed wildly I to retreat to uees . Hero hfw. 1 J ut of danger, and it has cost us .. -. .v.j 0,.gu. B.OUP me, what d.d it mem? I was i had seen , husband that night, just as truly as I had ever beheld im face in my The next day no lettt , end the next, ' still no letter. Oh, the ungtftah of hope deferred! .- - The time had come now foi me to go to Long Beach, as 1 had promised him. I would keep my worn no matter now I WOUld Keep my wui w hu .univor uuw hard it might be, I would go there. If ' he if that hideous prophecy had really come true at all events, I would wnp w nrrmilae mv last Dromise to. kiw . i Bo I went, Oh. the long, dreary, hi' ... minabie fays, with only the nwwoto ,noug waters before me, the blue, blue ty mid ,,njhlnA nlwavs the w , u made ray heart faiut and sic'. l'had written and written letter after letter. Still no response. I hit that he was dead. And no one could tell me, be cause how could his friends in the far distant north know aught of the south ern woman whom he had secretly vred ded? And so the dreary, endless i':tys dragged by. and I still lived, hoartbrolten . and helpless, I will never more laugh at superstition, never. Last night I saw him again. I had gone down to the beach in the moonlight and walked slowly and sadly up and down the white stretch of sand at the water's edge. All at onoo I saw another shadow mingle with my own upon the moonlit beach. I came to a halt and saw at my side Will. With a wild cry I attempted to grasp his arm, but there was no one thero, I went back to the house aud passed the night In pacing up aud down the floor like a mad woman. , Today is his thirtieth birthday, or wonld have been, but I feel that my darling isho more; that the visions I have seen were warnings sent me of his fate. Would Will hav oeasert fa write me me his beloved oue if he were alive? I believe that I shall see the phantom once again, and then then I shall go, too, for I feel that it is his spirit that has come back for me, I n Bo I have been sitting herein themorn? ing sunlight thinking of the past. Can one wonder greatly that my pen lies idle and utterly refuses to produce the love tales of others? Is not my own love story as sad a one as I can ever write? I hear the sound of wheels and glance listlessly from the open window at my side. A carriage has stopped before the gate. Two men are assisting a third to alight They are bringing him slowly np the walk to the house, Ho is evi dently very ill. Why does my, heart throb so weakly? I m too weak to stand to take a step forward. Oh, I will not allow myself to be deceived by mad, vain hopes! They reach the house at last and as sist the feeble form up the steps of the broad gallery into my presence. Oh, pitying heaven! It is Will Will, pale and spectral, a weak, frail invalid, but Will all the same, ft is some time before I fully recover from this trance of happt ness, and then the truth is made known. He had been very ill with brain fever. No one could write to me because they knew nothing of me or my address, and hewas raving in delirium. As soon as he was able to attempt the journey he had set out to return to me. It was all ended now that dreary separation. Upon his thirtieth birth day, oh, bo happy and hopeful, my Will had come back to me, never to leave me again! "I shall never more langh at any one for being superstitious," 1 said the next day, gazing into the deep, dark eyes of the loved one so happily restored to me. "Thank heaven that my superstitious fears were not realized. I have never been able to account for that strange illusion. To this day I can not make up my mind what it was that I had seen. But it was not Will's ghost, and that is all I care to know, after all. Torouto Mail. HOW HE ESCAPED. During the middle ages the country now called Belgium was known by the name of Flanders, or perhaps it would be better to say that Flanders was the largest of the several feudal provinces includedinthatterritory. Latterly, Uow ever, Flanders comprised not only what is known as modern Belgium, bnt also a large part of Holland and northern France. The mler of the country v called on earl, and -In tho latter part of the fourteenth century Louis do Malatui woro the coronet, which he had inherited from a long line of earls, all of whom lay sleeping in glory in the abbey of Blandigni. The proud and wealthy burghers chafed under the sovereignty of the feudal lords, and in Ulient particularly this feeling of independence was very strong. The earl, who noted the popu lar disaffection, made haste therefore to depart from Ghent and removed his residence to the city of Bruges, where be had a strong castle. Now, Earl Louis was neither a wise " "ur e' ?" 'oohsh the public .1 wiU "X vonng to rob Ghent of itssu- lZTT. , uTL l i.!? "i "-i mir.ii qti.I monnUimnn Fn..ilif,no 1......... Bruges ! . - had no river, and so a body of dlkert were sent to construct a canal by which the waters of Ghent might be conveyed to Bruges. But the men of Ghent fell upon them and put them to death. f 4. .1: .1 "ou' "Pi"cueu unomer company, which wet with thesame fate. ThesVwere decided acts of rebellion, but the " ' Gnent were in the right and the earl was to the wrong. KiiVand Tery ld0In ""P. however, to tMnk aDont th8 imtica of .nvthintr. .M bv the ' led 'bv .,, , " "rZ' fiitf) LouiP did not.j feel T,i,rt, Qia,.i lit uie tVLHtnf , atrongwatt- ! Lm w ' ltlUik8 01 B0r. Bnt Ii..J ,8 traitors within, and one night .u. tl was aronsed fromaieop with the "tiljnr j. wto v.uj guws tvwio upeiMM. ' - instantly summoned his soldiers, 'id mounting his warhorse rode forth " ne roe, snouung toe warcry of his race: "Flanders for the lion! Flanders for the earl!" He was preceded by torchbearera and trumpeters, and a man bearing a ban- ,!!OT0U whi.eh WM to famouB Flsmish lion wrought in gold. Ami now up the streets marohedthe men of Ghent, shouting: "Death to the earl! Down with feudal tyranny!" -jay ioru," said Hobert deMaresohant, near and loyal friend, "march not against them they outnumber us 10 tol." - "Flanders for the lion!" cried the earl, But when he saw the numerous and well appointed host and heard the mur derous cries his heart misgave him. "Wnat snail I do. Sir Robert!" he asked. Order your torches out, then ex change clothes with me and get out of the city if you Can," replied the faithful officer, So the torches were extinguished, and hurrying to a darkened stable the earl and the esquire exchanged clothing. While this was occurring the rebels, who had teen the flash of the golden cor onet on the earl s helmet and the sheen of his velvet mantle nnder the glow of the torches, were rushing in swift pur suit, "Hasten for your life!" whispered Sir Sobert "I am the earl and you De nreschant." But this deceit was quickly discov ered, and wishing for no man's life save the earl's the rebels hastened in all di rections after the illustrious fugitive. Hard pressed, for he saw his enemies before and behind him, be rapped at the door of a low cottago, His knock was responded to by a poorly dressed wom an, w ho held a babe in her arms. "I am Louis, thy sovereign, and evil men seek my life," cried the earl. "Give me shelter and refuge, and St. Mary will reward you." "I am only a poor widow, but such aa I have I give you. My lord, enter." It was a poor, thatched roofed hut with only one room, The loft above was reached by a ladder. Never before had the powerful Earlof Flanders entered so miserable an abode. The woman con ducted him to the loft and showed him tlx children asleep on a bed of straw, "Conceal thyself, and quickly, for I hear thy pursuers already at the door," she said, pointing to the straw, The earl hastily crept in among the slumbering children, taking the young est one in his arms. There was no little quarreling at first. "How big brother; Max has grown," said one little girl as she snuggled close beside the mighty potentate who had taken refuge in that rude bed. "Why can he not come to bed earlier and not awake us?" grumbled a flaxen haired boy, But they soon became quiet, and the earl lay still with Gretchen slumbering beside him and flaxen haired Hans snor ing fearlessly. Meanwhile a loud pounding had sum moned the widow to the door again. "Where is the man who has just en tered thy iuitr" demanded asavage Gan. tois. "Art thon not mistaken?" she answer ed. "I am a widow and live her alone with my children." "Nay, but we saw the light upon the way as it glared forth from the open door." "I did but open it to throw something into tho street. If there be a man with in, search and find him." The man casts a qnick glance within. He saw the ladder leading to the loft, and taking the light from the widow's hands he hurriedly ascended. A row of children huddled together was all thai he saw, and he descended again. "The woman is right," he muttered to the crowd. "There is only a nest of chil dren sleeping together like pigs in a sty, and there isn't room enough for an ant to hide, much less the Earl of Flanders." Uttering cries of balked vengeance, the throng of White Hoods, as they were called, pushed on, while the earl, with a thankful heart for his wonderful pres ervation, went to sleep in the company of the young children. Sorely wearied by fatigue, he slept as soundly in the nind hovel of the poor widow as though he had lain in one of his own palace chambers. The next morning was the Sabbath, and the great earl was awakened by tbe wondering cries of the children. "How funnyl Brother Max has come to bed with bis clothes on," cried the lit tle girl, who bad slept all night in the arms of her illustrious bedfellow. "Hush, Minna," cried Max himself. "It is some friend of mother's. I heard him last night when he came in." "Nay, but I am a friend to you all," said Earl Louis. "From thishourcount the Earl of Flanders your nroWcTor." ,,.., : , , . ... . t.u,iu,bu nHL uueucu w VI : mention or ma great name, and the : vj w we iupt singing her Sunday morning hymn. "And who art thou, to whom Louis of Flanders owes his lifer asked tbe earl. I am the widow of Dolph the Diker, whom the wicked men of Ghent slew When he was at work for bis lawful sov ereign." - ' "I cannot restore to thee thy hut band;" said the earl, "but I never shall nothing togive tbe shelter. When f h widow of Dolph the Dte wlTO Z a- wwiamm um BqvereMnrr, He staid all that day with the widow and her family, keeping better Sab bath, I dare say, than he had for a long time before, and the following night he succeeded In making his escape out of the, city, disguised in the jerkin and marsn ooots in wmcn poor Dolph used to work at the canals. He reached Lisle, ( one of his loyal towns, in safety, and an army toon gathered around him quite ! large enough to enable him to take the field against the rebellious White Hoods. ! In a great battle he completely de : feated the Gantnk. anil Phlltnnf At veld, their leader, was slain. Ghent was delivered up to him, and Flanders once more patted under the tway of its rightful lord. When Earl Louit returned to Bruges, he richly rewarded his faithful preserver, the writlnw Monhia wh wDD ,ni.i...i -i i. uw nMnwunu w pass her last days in comfort and luxury.' iuu wcume a page in me great castle, and all the other children, from Hans to the lauchin&r nrattler. ftmtalmn lw.m. the proteges of the earl who owed hit me to ineir motner s generous protec tion. Clinton Mnntjunm In Philailulnhl Timet. HAPPY BOMB, Mr Frt Ii U still very poorly. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, of Waterloo, spent Satu.day and Sunday with Mrs. Morgan's parents, Mr, and Mrs, Cum- llllllgH. Mr, Bread had to give up his con tract of grubbing for Mr. Cumralngs, on account of sickness. Mr, C. has re-let the job to Mr. Fred Smith, of Waterloo, A meeting wot held a few evenings since, at James Fltzwater's, end while the services were progressing a couple of lawless Individuals undertook to enter the smoke-house, hut It being looked they failed. They took a bee hive, but being likely to meet two or ilirre others they abundoned the blve, which the pursuing party found and returned. Such characters better be a little careful, as people have flrearnit which might be used If those churac tern should be caught, as it is pretty well known who those Indivldualtare. Some rather rough characters came to Happy Home schoolhouse the eve of last Thursday night, foi the purpose of making tome disuirlmnce, as It ap pears, and after the tervlees, outside of the house It lieuame necessary for an Individual to knock two of the fel lows down. Such characters should be dealt with according to law, and sometimes forbearance ceases to be virtue, . . Bsdhock. For Sale. I will sell on easy terms very cheap the following proerty : 1. My residence property u good house, new barn, and 10 acres of very best land, with line orchard within the corporate limits of fcelMiion, Oregon, 1 A farm, with good Improvements, of 120 acres, one and one-hnif mites from Leb anon, Finest hop land iu tho county. t. One house and house lota In J. M. Ralston'a addition to Lebanon. Ootid hon and good location, i- Four bead ol good hopses Two wort horses and two buggy horses. Two wagons and usual farming implements. Ten hetnl of cattle. All in good condition. Any man who wants a bargain can get it from me. W, SCjWUSB, Lebanon, Or. Aealgnee'a Notloe. Notice is hereby given that on the 12th day of January, 1804. F. C. Ayers made her voluntary deed of assignment of till her property, both real and personal, to me, J W. Menzies, in trust for the benefit of all her creditors, and said creditors are hereh) required to present thoir claims, duly veri fied, as required by statute, to me, at mi office, in Lebanon, Linn county, Oregon wiihin three months from ami utter tin date of the first publication of this notice, to-wlt: January 10, 189i. J. W. MtNZlIS, John M. Homers, , Assignee. Atty for Assignee. Administrator's Notlee. Notice is hereby given that the under signed has been duly appointed by the County Court of Linn county, Oregon, as administrator of the estate of Mary Gallo way, deed, late of Linn county, Oregon. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present thesame, with prop er vouchers, within six months from the date hereof, to the undersigned, at the of fice of Humuel M. Garland, in Lebanon, Linn county, Oregon. Jacob W. Cnusiitu, Adra'r. 8. M. Gabdakd, Atty for Adni'r, Dated this eth day of January, 1894 Ten days loss of time on account of sickness and a doctor bill to pay, is anything but pleasant for a man of a family to contemplate, whether he is a laborer, mechanic, merchant or puli Usher. Jus. O. Jones, publisher of the Leader, Mexia, Texas, was sick In bed for ten days with the grip during Its prevalence a year or two ago. Later n the season 1)6 had, a teaond attack. He says; "In the latter case I used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with considerable success, I think, only be ing In bed u little over two days. The second attack I utn satisfied would lave been equally at bad as the first but for the use of this remedy." It should be borne in mind Unit the grip Is much tho snme as a very severe cold and requires precisely the same treat ment. When you wish to cure a oold quickly and effectually give this reme dy a trial. SO cent bottles for tale by r. V. Smith, druggist. , The Tangent Prune Nursery HAS THE FOLLOWING ' Surplus Stock yet" Unsold.' 2000 Burtlett Pear, 2 years old, 4 to C feut high, 1000 " " 1 " 8 to 6 " 1000 " " - I " 2 to 8 " 200 Burrie Eastor Pour, 2 yours, 4 to 0 " ' 100 " . " - 2 to 8 " 100 Vicar of Wukofieid Pear, 4 to 0 " 100 " , " 2 to 3 ' 1500 Silver Pruno, 4 to 8 foot, Fine : 800 'Hungarian Prune, 4 to 8 fnot, Pine ' 300 Peach Plum, 8 to 8 foet,; , 300 Bratlshaw Plum, 8 to 8 foot, ' . t. 850 Columbia Plum, 8 to 8 feet, 850 Yellow Egg Plum, 4 to 8 foot,' ' 1500 Chorry Trees, 1 your, 8 to (i foot, Fine -5000 Peach TreeB, 3 to 6 feet, (Fino) 7000 Italian Prune, 4 to 0 foet, 3000 " 3 to 4. " 2000 Oregon Champion Goosnborrios, 3000 Strawberry Plants, 1000 Raspberry Bushes, 500 Dew-Borry Bushes, ..... 500 Summer Aiiule Trees, 600 Fall " , . 1000 Winter " .;, 500 Currant Bushes, . 500 Blackberry, ' ! 800 RoBes, r "' ' ' lSOeTJfceii TxrecB. Also a Fine Assortment nf Slirnha nn.l flrininvmpa This of. will be sold nt vory-low prices until the time to Buy treeB cheup and get a big bargain. You can plant a 10-aore orchard cheaper than tho trees can bo raised, Send your orders to M. L. FORSTER, TANGENT, LINN CO., OREGON. Bed-Rock Prices- oh Application. Send a list of your wnntB, for prices, The Belt Bho ' ftkfl S RAIIAI ak til.... mfAU S3 SHOE ft ? MS W 88, 4 and 83.00 " tNT,. fh ,. I"0 "ho wear them. "" vkvw ir., npou ppttoUuu, W. L. IH1UULAS, Uruoktou, Uaw, HIRAM BAKER The Yaquina Route. OREOON PACIFIC RAILROAD, E. W. Hadley, Receiver, Direct Line Quick Dispatch Low Freight Rates. Between Willamette Valley Points and San Francisco, Qoeaii Steamer Sailings. 8. 8. WILLAMETTE VALLHY, Loaves Han tirancisco, March 14 anil 24. " Yatiuina, " 19 and 20. This Company reservm the right to clung sailing dates without notice. ! RIVER 8TKAMKR8. Steamer "Hoax" leaves Portland, Wecliui day and Saturday at b A. M, H. C. Day, Ocn. 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