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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1905)
is Heart's Desire By SIR WALTER BESANT V rniPTEtt TIL Oootmud. 1 ,"Thr,! I hav don what I eould. and I hav told your and my mind. Let u talk of omthlag ls. Oh. 1 'forgot to ay that Will has com down. Wo shall find hint waiting (or aa at th church. "WlllT I am glad." "Ho got away a wk boforo ho x pcteL" v Ho win cheer ya ap. Goon" ( "Te: ho talka aa If nothing mattorod much and rrythlng waa a gamo. Tho Londoner har that way, I aoppooo. It la not oar war." They walked away through tho nar mv iinM. holJlnc otch othor by tho hand liko two children, aa they had at wan dono alnc they woro chlldron to gether, and George, who wii throo years oldor, led littl Mary by tho hand to keen her from falling. Thia Will that Georgo apoko of with Irrererenc was nono other than mytolf, tho person who narrates this trio history ? of country life for your amasement and Instruction, I am Will Nethercots, In fact; and though of tho same surname as Msrr. am no relation to Mary. one endearored. It la true, to remedy . this accident and propoaed to establish a rerr close relationship Indeed with that i dear girl, but I was too lata. My father waa the rector, and when I left Oxford ' I found I had no rocatlon for the life . of the country clergyman. Therefore I became a Journalist It Is a profession which suits m well, and I suppose If I lire another forty years and arrirt at aeTenty I shall hare written 9,000 more leading articles, and my countrymen will then be saturated with wisdom. I did ' not wait for these young people In the church yard. I walked down the Ian ,fo meet them. I declare that my heart leaped np only to see that aweet fond girl walking with her loTer. only to se th glow upon her cheeks and the soft light In her eyes. Mary greeted me with her usual kind ness, bearing no resentment on account of that proposition of mine abore re ferred to. "And how is George beharing, Mary? And has the Dragon relented? "George always behares wall," she sld. "But ss for th Dragon " She shook her head. "See, now, Mary, I said, "I mean to put the case before a lawyer. I will do It directly I go back. In the will your aunt leaTes you 6,000 pounds, to be paid to rou on the day that you marry with your uncle's consent If you marry with out hie consent It Is to go to David Well, Darld baa gone away, no one knows where, snd perhaps be la dead, or will nerer come back. 8uppos you were to marry now without your ancles con sent who Is to har th money T "My ancle says it will be his own." "W shall see to that It is a case for a lawyer's adrlce. And I will get that adTic directly I go back." I turned and walked toward the church with them. In th narrow lanes Who are they are all there." "Who are your I aakeo. yon to know all th people T A sudden flash of lightning anowsa me ragged man with a great beard, whom I knew not by alght I know you. too. I didn't e yon at first Yon are Will Nthercot. His tolc waa hoars and husky. "Ton. ar th son of th rector. I rmmbr yea Try wlL" I am; bat th rector la dead; and wno ar you?" "Before I go on," he said Twror i go cn, n repeated tnes worua they had aom peculiar significance to htm, "I thought I would com her first and see hla grar hla grar th pie where they laid him; and I thought I would read what they wrot Tr him how he died, you know Just out of curt- oslty, and for something to remember. -Laid whomf "I should Ilk to think that I bad aeen actually seen hla grar," he went on. "But th night has turned dark, and I can't read th names, and haven't got a match upon m. Will you tell m where they're laid hlmr "Laid whom, want Who ar yon loo In forf I am looking for th headstone of Daniel Lelghan. Old Dan, they used to call him. Who died sli year ago, or thereabouts." "Ton mean Mr. Lelghan of OratnorT" "The sams. the ssme' I suppos Mary Nethercots got Grstnor whsn h died. They alwaya aald that he would leae her all he had. Gratnor Farm ana rox- worthy and Berry Down. Oh, ahd b rich with all those lends." "Who told you that Danlsl Lelghan was deadT I saw It." he replied, hesitating I saw It in tn papers, mere n talk about It at th time. I bellere. A a coroner'a Inquest I waa told; but I nerer heard the rerdict Perhaps you remember the rerdict. Will Xethercote. and would kindly tell me? I ani yea I am curious to hear what the rerdict of th Jury wss " "You sr strsngely misinformed. lan- lei Uighsn is not dead." "There is only one Dsn Lelghan, and he Is dead," returned the strange man. "I tell you that old Dan Ielghan is still llring. He is psrslyxed In his legs. If you csll that dead; but If you bare business with him you will find that be Is rery much alire." "Not deadr' The man reeled and caught at th pillars of th porch. "Not dead? Do you know what you ar say ing r "No more dead than you." "Oh!" he groaned: "this Is a trick you are playing. What do you play tricks for? 11 Is dead and buried long since." "I think you must b mad, whoerer you are. I tell you that Daniel Lelghan Is alir, and now In bla cnair at nom. wher you may find him to-night If you please to look for him." "Not dead! not dead'." By tn rr- sman rise and humble, though visitor may get tea errd In a neat and deaa parlor. Th Ian Is licensed to Joseph Kxon. It la also th smoking dJran of th parish of Challacombe, Th room la pared with atone, and furnished with a long wooden table and benches, a high backed wooden settee to pull before th fir la cold west her, and a broad, hos pitable fireplace. Th room was about half full at nln o'clock this Saturday sreulng, when th latch was llftsd, and aa unknown per sona stranger stood la th door, look ing about th room. II looked abont th room as on who remember It But hi face waa seared, and hla eyes seemed as If they saw nothing. Mrs. Eton, at alght of him, spoke opt "Now, my man," sh said, "what do you want? W don't encourage tramp here, Yoa must go aa far aa Borsy to get a bed to-night1 "I am aot a tramp," h replied. hoarsely. "I har got money. Be. He pulled out a handful of ailrer. "Let tn com la." II shut th door and sat down at th lowest snd of th table, taking off hla bat and ahaktng his long hair off hla forehead. Bis years ago all th meu la th room would har risen out of respect to th owner f Berry Down. Now nt a soul remembered him. Hi eye were full of trouble, and with a klud of trouble which th good woman had nerer seen before. Not psln of hjdy or grief, but yet trouble. U dropped hla head upon hla cheat aad began to between th high hedges, W talked I QQent flashes of th lightning I had now of different subjects, of what bad hap pened since I last cam down. But that subject of which w wer all thinking George's Impending ruin lay like a lump of lead on our hearts. And so ws walked through th darkening lanes, our faces to the west o that Mary's glowed In the golden light like an angel face In a painted window, and presently came to the church. mad out that he was a rery rough-look Ing man, In rery ragged and Uttered dress, looking like a laboring man. "Not dead can It be? Then I're had all the trouble for nothing all th trouble for nothing. Not deadT He kept on aaylng this orer and orer again, as ir. th won der of th thing waa altogether too much for him. "What do you mean," I asked, "by your rubbish about an Inquest and a rerdict? What Inquest should there be? And what do you mean by saying that murmur aloud aa If no on waa la th place but himself, "Not dead! he I not dead! How can that be? how can that be? Then h fixed his eyes upon th land lady'a and gated upon her a If sh could read In them what ailed him. Be- wildermtnt and amasemsnt which ben tpon hla soul, as th old poet said, a madman beats upon a drum this was th trouble which csused his eye har that terrifying glare and hla limb to ehak and tremble. Mrs. Kxon watch ed him, thinking he must bar a fit ol ague. "The poor man la 111," sh said. "Here, my man, drink this." She gars him half a tumblerful of cordial, which he poured down. The doe had th effect of crap wing him a little. His legs ceased trembling, though his hands shook. "Yes," h said. "I am 111. I wss took sudden Just now. I am better now. "Wher may you har com from?" asked on of th men, "I'r come from Southampton, wler I wss put ashore. I're com all ih way from Australia." "And where might you be going ucxtV "I'll tell you that, my friend. i nxn as I know." Uagged and rough h look ed, be spoke, somehow, as If he b.loni ed to something better than would liaro been Julged by his apprsne. "if you hid asked me this morning, t houlr bar told you that I was going iO Bo rer: now, I don't know. Mrs. Kxon still looked at Mm with curiosity which come of a ha'f uneasy recollection. "Old Dan Leh:han. now." he went on "can any on glr m news of htm mesn Old Dan; him as had Grtmr l:rt and Koxwortby afurward. and then got Berry Down, being a crafty old fox. he still alir? Somebody told m h was dead." "8arely," replied Mr. Kxon; "he It alir and hearty, except for bis legs, poor man." "Oh, he'a alir alir and heaty? I thought perhaps somebody toid me that h died I forgot bow six year ago com October It was. That's what they told m; alx years com October." -He had sn accident Just about '.hit titnkai rears a co. Perhsps that la what rou ar thinking of." "How." h asked, without tafclng any notlc of this reply, "can a hr man a rhmt?. How can a Mr man send his A Oeod KiMbiri Bleak. A Hamburg steak la scornfully r fused by mailt because It la badly prepared. la th first place It la al waya moat satisfactory to buy a fresh ly cut allc from th round and put It through th horn food chopper; the chopper tn th ator la not aa fre quently or aa thoroughly cleansed aa It abould be, and often gtrra a taint to th meat which 1 Irremedtal, aaya th Brooklyn Time, For caeh pound add after chopping on tableapoouful f onion Julc. a half teaspoonful of I pepper. Work thoroughly with the hands, then mold lnt an oral eteak fully an Inch and a half thh-k. Ar rang In a greased broiler and place orer a rattier nioderat nr. iurn rery half nitnutt and cook front tight to. ten minute. It ahould 11 slightly rare, tender, Juicy and well I flavored. When dished pour th sauc round It Please Your Hair Don't hire i filling out with yourhilr. Itmlshtlciyeyou! Then whit? Better plene It by living It good hilr-food Ayer'i Hitr Vigor. The hilr stops coming out, becomes soft and smooth, tnd all the deep, rich color of youth comes bick to grsy hitr. irosfcl 7'f wMfc s4rr Ml h?nVt a- wee J teniae Ml. U HM " ' y'f ' SlMMtMli UOS. IN'I. W. V. S) vers MIL. cutiT recrotAL Crowded Owt, Thrt la a coutractor who moat atreuuously obJcti to th tamstra tn hla employ leartng their wagona unattended outside eating house. 8o when h caw across a flagrant breach Hans rVslad, A atrip of th peel of a larg and perfect banana may be turned back, i thU rfuUUoIl (h olner day bla ana woet m uie u.p r-rr.u.., pM,i0na roa. eoop4 out The ahort. thick variety WIUj flr ,B Lu ty h ruhsj nt of banana, tn either red or yellow, 1 fl0n boue tn(J found bl, tro. th bet for this purp.. To all th . p,tc!al- iaVMtlgatlng th la- simi-w wii vj mw rruH.ni vi . ""' trlor mystert of a chicken pi. prepare a nuiiura oi luiuiy siktu "What do you asan by Itr n bauana, ahredded orang or grapo-l.-, naw dsr rou lear my horse fruit aeeded and peehl white grapea . th itrwitl How cam you to d ur ... The atartled teamster looked up. nia mouth full of pi crust Well, air." he tinmered. "thera and a few kcrnela of Kngtlah walnuts or tecana In email pieces. In their season atoned cherries may I added. All must first be mixed In a bowl with a generous auppiy of dressing, I WMa t M room for them tn her!" and after the yellow esse ar nneu with tha salad each must l Mid on aha Waa Prepared. lettuce leaves. These must be pre- Husband! made f 100 on a lucky pard a short tlin Uforo using. turD in i0cks to-dsy, snd you csn now Either a mayonnnUo or a good boiled get thst nsw gown yon use wauiea ior dresslug may bo used. Cream Kllll. Hent a rup of milk nmt stir Into It throe tablespooiifuls of Hour rutiUil smooth In a little cold water. Boll, atlrrlng, for a uilnute, lM-allng out all lump. Take from ttw fire and Mur ujon four egg" leten llglit with n hnlf cup of powdered sngnr. Stir over the fire to a thick, smooth erenm; take from the fire, flnvor with vnulllu and, when cold, 1111 the pulTs. so lone. Wife Oh, I'm so glsd. bill for It my dear. Her Is t Devilled Mushrnoma, Chop one quart of peeled mush room. Benson with salt pepper and lemon Juice. Mix the yolks of two bard boiled egga and two raw eggs to gether, and Stir In with one pint of bread crumb and one Urge tnble- spoonful of butter. Fill little sheila with the mixture, cover with grnteu crackers and bit Of butter- Bet la I the oven to brown. Undoubtedly. Oreen How a physician rw fJ ..t when convinced that bis dlngtls of a cse Is wrong! Brown Yes; he would rather bellov he Is right and lt the patlcut do th suffering. Unii.Hwlll And Mrs. WtnsloWS Roothtng lyrup tbs bMi remedy loose lur Uwlf chUdrea during the teething psrkul. e Not flit Great. First Excursionist Niagara Fall la certainly a wonderful exampt of na ture's haadlwork. Hecond Bieurslontst Oh, It Isn't suck a much merely a drop of water. Kacelloped Tomstoea. Arrange In a baking dish nltemnte layers of sliced touiat(M's, from which the akin have been removed, nna irrated bread cnimbs. Benson with popper, ealt and a little powdered cln- nnmon. Dot with bits of butter. Bake, covered, till tender; remove cover and own ghost to trsrel all round place on the upper gruttng of the oven CHAPTER VIIL In the church the choir were already assembled, and as soon aa we arrired the I rou aaw It In th papers?" practice began. They sung, right through, "Not desd? Then how should hi first the chants and then th hymns, I .host walk if he la not dead? Ar you both for morning and erenlng, so that sur thst Dsniol Lelghsn Old Dsn th or!d? Won't h want Ms own to brown. ffhAnt fur himself sometimes?" "He's got a touch of fever," ha Id th UiwtUH. "and It has gone to his h-vl Vnn ht vtter a-o home, my mm. aud II down, if you bar got a bed any where. the practice took an hour and more. I aat on th porch and listened, watch ing the fading light In th windows, and tha shsdows falling along th aisles, whil th rolces of th choir, uplifted. rang out clear and true and echoed around th walla of th empty church, Is alir this day th sam Old Dan??" I suppos It la th sam Old Dan. There nerer ha been any other Ul'I Dan that 1 know of." "It can't b th same. It must be th erll on." "That la possible, and now you men- and beat about among th rafters of the tlon It I think he may be, and very Ilk roof. The black clonds hanging low made the evening ao dark that outside th porch one could see nothing. But the lichtning becan to play about and lit np the grar stones with sudden gleams Presently, looking out Into th black ly Is. But I wouldn't say ao openly it I wer you.' "Not deadr II turned and walked alowly away. I heard him atepplng orer the atlle, and then the sound of hia footsteps ceased, as If he waa walking orer the Tillage nf thpae flaahea I green, which, In fact, was th case. a man In th church yard walking abont Tha voice of the choir ceased; th .mnn. k. Tki. . .tr.n. icanaies wer exunsuianeu, suu iue eiuB- I Tr- . ii.. u thing to se a man walking among th rs csrae ouu "" .ff i ..t.t fnr th. next with Mary. I told them on th way my fl..h lloknln Whan ! om I I lliw BQTeuiure W 11U luf auauv saw th. man quit' clearly; he was bend- Paring about among the tombs. ...a.,. .. i "Who could It be?" asked Mary. "al iiivue aaw ywiu suw m l . a . m . aa if trying to read th nam of th per- . ' W 1 C. . , , n ..,.u-i I did not know hla vole. I cannot toll Fhvi tti man Iat fti ewaeiei ntAKaiKlv I who It was. H knew your role, Mary; because he could no longer read any of '0ULu7rr' " u ,,. ." I - ... v .,. .v. I .mlfh'm Otuvl hearens'" for her vat Ton at oca An Oratln. Cut Into plecee a half dozen (not too ripe) toiiintoee. Mtie a punning dish with cracker crumb, cover with a thin nrlnktlnir of tlm, tomnto, grate I want so know this." h reputed, Lr i annul American cheese, and no earnestly; "did anybody ever hear of a on unU the dl(n , fllled( having the living man sending his gnosi o-i. ou . f tfae chwf)0 ,he one rrarnla n beeU beOD WSS n.ill. . '.. . .. ... threaten things? It can't n; it isn i in iitnr." Nobody could explain this fact, wn.cn was new tn all. "Hnw aid he do It then?" h , it stein Uni hanllns th table with hts IIS U ai Mbaf " - a - - m - - - f fl.tf "tU tne that? How did h do It r Then be pulled himself together and be- V before It of Uie cracker crumb, Canned I'eaa. Shell peaa and lay In cold water for an hour, then trail until tender, but not broken, In aalted water. Dralu out the pea and return to the Are. Tuck tho peaa In hentca Jars ana bring uie . la. . I VJUtl i..aa Sn All foliar. ,.m. n.t..r.i .ln. "About bis legs, luiuiu to a Don, rui jiirn o now. What's the matter with Liau Ing wlUJ tne ooiiing uijuiu, screw ou Lelghan' legs?" . the tope, and acal, "Why. alter hia accident tney negaa fail him." said Mrs. Exon. "and now t t 1 I mwA n.M UlffM n II room unlesV hi', wheeled ont of a flr.t layer of crumba. dotted with butter mornlne. But hearty In apptlt. and as and aliced and aweetened peachea, for his head. It la as clear aa ever. having crumDB on top. t our over (To b continued cuatard made of one pint or mim, tne flFMFNTlN A 'GONZALES. yolka of two egga, ana two uoicspoou- Peach Puddlns;. Fill the pudding dish with alternate XT' ' ... .V. V - o . .IP -A ' X V1 mau Kf onomr. Mr. Blbleta Now, m' dear, I'll tell fUig 0f augar. Bteam, you how I happened to get home m uta if touMI only listen. Mra. Blbleta All right Turn off th. mrilatne before VOU begin, will Mr. Blbleta wnr rorT llarvaat Drink. Mix with five gallon of good water half a gallon of molasses, one quart of vinegar, and two ounces or powuerea ginger, OF CENTRAL AMERICA, RESTORED TO HEALTH. PE-RU-NA THE REMEDY Slvri Talk toward Tth. porch Tr'h.p memorTTfe man c7m back suddenly Mra. Blbletj-Oh It .eem. ro X- 0M hIgh,y lnvlgorlUng aad tJF&tffii& wth of th. lightning flaah-good trav.gant to have itainind hot air Sg! tS choi, w'.r Juat beginning h.av.nsl how did I com. not to rcognls. both going at tH .am. tlme-Kanaa. - th last of thlr hymna: him at oncei Mary, wasi now wuiu dtjr maepenaenu i nar xorgoueu yu7, turn vu.u. -atleal Em.rclM. -Lwd, kindly light, amid th Indrclln, W'- n bear that your daughter la going r"?" . " blorfuli of Lead SH m. on." ' -Your whol. futur. Mary. Tour unci to Uke lewona In phy.lcal culture, I ftnd weeten t0 Ute I . . . . k k . ,nin.. i a. in rna t riurii i i it 1 1 ujnu. I reiuses dim coiweui ucvdu.i um tuiu., i m,u mw Mlaa Clementina Oontalea, Hotel Keep thia In a cold place, and I Provlncla, Guatemala, C. A., in a re- It will make not only a plea.ant bever-1 cent letter from 247, Cleveland A v.., Chicago, ill., writes: "I took Peruna for a worn-out condition. I waa ao run down that I could not sleep at night, had no appetite and felt tired In the etornlng. "I tried many tonics, but Peruna waa the only thing which helped me In the least. After I had taken but half a bottle I f eg much better. I continued Its use for three Squeeze the Juice from three . , . aranirea ana a many leiuous uiu i. . miuAnA loa hnlf - mucn Dcuer. i wimmuiu umciw inrea wa..ii vea" drawled Farmer 81- w" weekaanai we compietely restored to ..m rv. .tn,. .Fa..inff hlm.lf. vl For tn man wno prowieu smon lal an- 1T -That' th vole of Oeorg Bldeote," P? ut dead' wt"' th,n; ?aT"j! "H alway. sung the tenor. I rsmember the tomb, and wanted I to s. your uncle'. nece.aary article.." 'tSS he'r faspoonful ofj-e-te, hla vole, well; and that, the voice of Mary Nethercote; I remember her vole, too. That'. Harry Babjabna, tb. biacx- amlth, singing baas; a very good baa h alwaya aung. Ay; thsy ar all thr hadston waa no other than David Lelahan himself com bom again In rags," ' ' '4 i " ' " fi.'wV'ii 4 CHilPtBR IX, The la upon Challacomb Qreea la a ! health, and waa able to take up my studies s a a aa m a a a . tj 1 wnicn 1 noa oeen lorcea 10 arop. mere n One and one-balf pint, of ralpbe nothing liefer than Peruna to bulM up the "Indian club, and dumbbell., I pre- One omer Jn e;J u .. in Addrew The Peruna Medicine Co., "No, a new wa.htub an' a patent a pint of .ugar and one-half of a pint o anbm, Ohio, for initructlv. free " . I . at aa a i AS Bnfl rMlAM I . . . Ironing board," w ",,,w ' literature on catarrh.
