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Xbe Doctor'
By Hesba
' CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) i
We walked boot together. We had
good deal to talk of during the "nlng,
und aat up late. It waa midnight before
I found myself alone In my own room.
I had half forgotten tiie crumpled paper
In my walatcoat pocket, but bow I
smoothed It out before me and pondered
over every word. No, there could not be
a doubt that it referred to Miss OUl-lor.
Why ehould the have itrsyed from
homer That wae the question. What
possibia reaaon could there hare been,
strong enough to impel a young and deli
cately nurtured girl to run all the riaka
and dacgera of a flight alone and unpro
tected! ' What ought I to do with this adver
tisement, thrust, aa It would aeem, pur
posely under iy notice? What waa 1 to
do with the clue? I might communicate
at once with Messrs. Seott and Brown,
giving them the information they had ad
vertised for six months before. I might
sell my knowledge of Miss OUhrler for
fifty pounds. In doing so 1 might render
her a great service, by restoring her to
her proper sphere in society. But the
recollection of Tardif'a description of her
as looking terrified and hunted recurred
vividly to me. The advertisement put
her age as twenty-one. I should not
have judged her ao old myself, especially
since her hair had been cut short I was
not prepared to deliver her up until I
knew something more of both aides of
the question.
Settled that if I could see Messrs.
Scott and Brown and learn something
about Miss Ollivler'a friends, I might be
then able to decide whether I would be
tray her to them; but I would not write.
Also, that I must aee her again first, and
once more urge her to hare confidence
In me. It aha would trust me with her
secret, I would be as true to her aa
friend as I meant to be true to Julia.
Having come to these conclusions, I
cut the advertisement carefully out of
the crumpled paper, and placed it In my
pocketbook with portraits of my mother
and Julia. Here were mementoes of the
three women I cared most for in the
world my mother first, Julia second, and
my myaterlona patient third.
CHAPTER VII.
I was neither In good spirits nor In
good temper during the next few days.
My mother and Julia appeared astonish
ed at thia, for I was not ordinarily es
touchy and fractious aa I showed myself
immediately after my sojourn in Bark.
I waa ashamed of It myself. The new
house, which occupied their time and
thoughts ao agreeably, worried me aa
it bad not done before. I made every
possible excuse not to be aent to it, or
taken to it, aeveral times a day.
It was positively necessary that I
should run over to Sark this week I had
given my word to Miss Olllvler that
would do so but I dared not mention
such a project at home. My mother and
Julia would be up in arms at the first
syllable I uttered.
What If I could do two patients good
- at one stroke kill two blrda with one
stone? Captain Carey had a pretty little
yacht lying idle in St. Sampson's har
bor, and a day's cruising would do him
all the good in the world. Why abould
he not carry me over to Sark, when I
could visit my other patient, and nobody
be made miserable by the trip?
"I will make you up some of yonr old
medicine," I said, "but I strongly rec
ommend you to have a day out on the
water; aeren or eight hours at any rate.
If the weather keeps as fine as it Is now,
It will do you a world of good."
. "It is so dreary alone," tie objected.
"If I could manage It," I said, delib
erating, "I should be glad to hare a day
with you."
"Ah I if you could do that!" he replied
eagerly.
"I'll see about It," I said. "Should you
mind where you sailed to?"
"Not at all, not at all, my boy," be
answered, "so that I get your company.
You ahall be aklpper or helmsman, or
both, if you like."
"Well, then, I replied, "you might take
me over to the Havre Gosselln, to aee
how my patient'a broken arm ia going on.
It's a bore there being no resident med
ical man there at thia moment."
The run orer waa all that we could
wish. The cockle-shell of a boat be
longing to the yacht bore me to the foot
of the ladder hanging down the rock at
Havre Oosselin. A very few minutes
took me to the top of the cliff, and there
lay the little thatched nest-like home of
my patient I hastened forward eagerly.
All waa silent aa I crossed the atony
causeway of the yard. Not a face looked
out from door er window. Mam'aelle's
casement stood a little way open, and
the breese played with the curtains, flut
tering them like banners In a procession.
I dared not try to look In. The house
door was ajar, and I approached It cau
tiously. "Thank heaven I" I cried within
myself as I gazed eagerly into the cot
tage. She was lying there upon the fern-bed,
half asleep, her head fallen back upon
the pillow, and the book she had been
reading dropped from her hand. The
.wnoie interior or tne cottage rormed a
picture. The old furniture of oak, the
neutral tints of the wall and ceiling, and
the deep tone of ber green dress threw
out Into strong relief the graceful shin
Ing head and pale face.
I suppose she became subtly conscious.
as womea always are, that somebody's
eyes were fixed upou her, for she awoke
fully and looked up aa I lingered on the
door si!!.
. "Oh, Dr. Martin r ahe cried, "I am so
gladl"
1 "I am come to see how my work I go
ing on," I said. "How Is the arm, first
of all?'
I almost wished that mother Renouf or
Suzanne Tardif had been at hand. But
Miss Olllvler seemed perfectly composed,
as much so ss a child. She looked like
one with her cropped hesd of hair, and
frank, open face. My own momentary
embarrassment passed away. The arm
waa going on all right, and so waa moth
er Kenouf's charge, the sprained ankle.
"We must take care lou are not lame,'
I aaid. "Von must promise me sot to
eet your foot on the ground, or in any
,way rest your weight upon It till I give
you leave.
"That means that you will hare to
come to aee me again," aue said; "ia It
not very difficult to come over from
Guernsey?"
"Net at all." I answered, "It la quite
a treat to me.
Her face grew very grave, aa If she
was thinking of some nnpleassnt topic.
She looked at me earnestly and ques-
tionlng'y.
"May I spesk to yon with great plain-
kess, Ir. Mania?' she asked.
y f
f)iletntna
Stretton
"Speak precisely what Ia In yonr mind
at thia moment" I replied.
"Yen are rery, rery good to me," ahe
said, holding out her hand to me, "but
I do not want you to come more often
than la quite necessary, because I am
rery poor. If I were rich," ahe went
on hurriedly, "I should like you to come
every day It la ao pleasant but 1 can
never pay you sufficiently for that long
week yon were here. So please do not
visit me oftener than Is Quite necessary
My face felt hot but I ecarcely knew
what to aay. I bungled out an answer,
"I would not take any money from
vou. and I ahall come to see you a
ofteq aa I can," .
"Yon are not offended with me. Dr.
Martin?" ahe asked, In a pleading tune.
No, I answered; "but you are mis
taken In supposing a medical man has no
love for his profession apart from its
profits. To aee that your arm gets prop
erly well la part of my duty, and I ahall
fulfill It without any thought of whether
I shall get paid for It or no."
"Now," ahe aaid, "I must let you know
how poor I am. Will you please tofetch
me my bos out of my room?'
I waa only too glad to obey ber. -his
seemed to be an opening to a complete
confidence between us. Now I came to
think of It fortune had favored me In
thus throwing us together alone.
I lifted the small, light box very easily
-others could not be many treasures In
It and carried It back to her. She took
a key out of her pocket and unlocked it
with some difficulty, hut ahe could not
raise the lid without my help. I took
care not to offer any assistance until she
asked It
"HALF
Yea, there were very few , possessions
In that light trunk, but the first glance
showed me a blue silk dress and sealskin
jacket and hat. I lifted them out for
ber, and after them a pair of relret alip
pers, soiled, aa if they had been through
muddy roada. I did not utter a remark.
Beneath these lay a handsome watch and
chain, a fine diamond ring and fire sover
eigns lying loose In the box.
"That la all the money I bare Is tne
world," ahe said sadly.
I laid the five sovereigns In ber small
white hand, and ahe turned them over,
one after another, with a pitiful look on
her face. I felt foolish enough to cry
orer them myself.
Dr. Martin, waa her unexpected
question after a long pause, "do you
know what became of my halrr
"Why?" I asked, looking at her fin
gers running through the short curia we
had left her.
Because that ought to be aold for
something," she said. "I am almost glad
you had It cut off. My hairdresser told
me once be would give five gulneaa for a
head of hair like mine, It waa ao long,
and the color - was uncommon. Five
guineas would not be half enough to pay
you, though, I know,"
She apoke ao simply and quietly that 1
did not attempt to remonstrate with her
about her anxiety to pay me.
Tardif bas It I ssid; "but of course
he will give It you back again. Shall I
aell It for yon, mam'ielle?"
'Oh, that Is just what I could not ask
you!" ahe exclaimed. "Yon aee there la
no one to buy It here, and I hope It may
be a long time before I go away. ' I don't
know, though; that dependa upon wheth
er I can dispose of my things. There la
my sealskin, It cost twenty-five gulness
last year, and It ought to be worth some-
thing. And my watch see what a nice
one It la. I ahould like to sell them all,
every one. Then I could stay here aa
long as the money lasted."
'How much do yon pay here? I Inquir
ed, for she had taken me ao far Into
counsel that I felt justified In asking
that question.
"A pound a week," she answered.
"A pound a weekl" I repeated, in
amazement "Loes Tsrdif know that?"
"I don't think he does," she said.
"When I had been here a week I gave
Mrs. Tardif a sovereign, thinking per
haps she would give me a little out of it.
I am not used to being poor, and I did
not know how much I ought to pay. But
she kept it all, and came to me every
week for more. Was it too much to
"Too much!" I said. "You should have
spoken to Tardif about it my poor child."
"I could not talk to Tardif about hia
mother," ahe answered. "Besides, It
would not have been too much. If I bad
only had plenty. But It has msde me ao
anxloua. I did not know whatever I
ahould do when It was all gone. I do not
know now."
Here waa a capital opening for a ques
tion about her friends.
"You will be compelled to communi
cate with your family," I aald. "You
hare told me how poo,' yon are; cannot
ron trust me about your fi lender
"I hare no friends," ahe answered sor
rowfully. "If I bsd any, do yon suppose
I should be here?"
"I am one," I aald, "and Tardif ia an
other."
"Ah, aew frlenda," ahe replied; "but I
mean real old frlenda who have known
too all yonr life, like your mother, Dr,
Martin, or yonr cousin Julia. I want
somebody to go to who knows all about
me, and aay to them, after telling them
everything, keeping nothing back at all,
'Hare I done right? What else ought I
to hare doBeT No new friend could an
swer questions Uke those."
Was there any reason I could bring
forward to Increase her confidence 1:
met I thought there waa, and her friend
tessness and helplessness touched me H
the core of my heart Yet it was with aa
Indefinable reluctance that I brought for
ward my argument
"Miss Ollirler," I aald, "I have no
claim of old acquaintance or friendship,
yet It la possible I might answer those
questions, if yon could prevail npon your-
aelf to tell me the circumstances or yonr
former life. In a few weeks I shsll be in
a position to show you more friendship
than I can do now. i shall nare a noma
of my own, and a wife, who will be your
friend more fittingly, perhaps, than my
self." 'I knew It" ahe answered, half ehyly.
"Tardif told me you were going to mar
ry your coualn Julia."
Just then we beard tnt roijyara gate
awing to behind some one who was com
ing to the house.
It waa an Immense relief to see on'y
Tardif'a tall figure crossing the yard
slowly. I hailed him, and he quickened
hla pace, hia honest features lighting up
at the eight of me.
"How do yon find mam'ielle, doctor?"
were his first eager words.
"All right, I aaid; "going on famously,
Bark la enough to cure any one and any
thing of Itself, Tardif. There ia no air
like It. I should not mind being a little
ill here myself.".
"Captain Carey la impatient to be
gone," he continued. "He sent word by
me thut you might be visiting erery
house In the island, yon hsd been away
ao long."
"Not so rery long," I aaid. testily; "but
I will just run In and say good by, and
then I want you to walk with me to the
cliff."
I turned back for a laat look and a last
word. No cbanee of learning her aecret
now. The picture ws as perfect aa
when I bad had the first glimpse of it
only ber face had grown, if possible,
more charming after my renewed sen
tiny of it.
"Shall I send you the hair?" asked Miss
OUivier.
"To be sure," I answered. "I shall
dispose of it to advantage, bnt 1 haTe
not time to wait for It now."
"Aud may I write a letter to you?"
- "Yea," was my reply. I was too plea
ed to express myself more eloquently. .
"Good-by," she snid; "you are a rery
good doctor to me."
ASLEEP."
"And friend?" I added. j
"And friend," ahe repeated. -
For the next few dare I waited with
eomo Impatience for Miss Ollivler'a prom
ised letter. It came at last, and I put It
Into my pocket to read when I waa alone
why, I could scarcely have explained
to myself. It ran thus:
Dear Dr. Martin I bare no little
commission to trouble you with. Tardif
tells me it waa qnlte a mistake, hia moth
er taking a sovereign from me ea.h week.
She does not understand English money;
aud he soys I hare paid quite sufficient
to stay with them a whole year longer
without paying any more. I am quite
couteut about that now. Tardif says, too,
that he baa a friend In Southampton who
will buy my hair, and give more than
anybody In Guernsey. So I need, not.
trouble you about It, though I am -sure
you would hare done It for me. -
"Good-by, my good doctor. I am try
ing to do everything you told me exact
ly: and 1 am getting well again fast, I
do not beliere I shall be lame; you are
too clerei for that Your patient, -
"OLIVIA."
Olivia! i looked at the word again to
make sure of It Then It waa not her
surname that was OUivier, and I waa atill
Ignorant of that I saw in a moment
how the mistake had arisen, and how
Innocent ahe waa of any deception in the
matter. She would tell Tardif that her
name waa Olivia, and he thought only
of the Olllvlers he knew. It waa a mis
take that had been of use In checking
curiosity, and I did not feel bound to put
it right My mother and Julia appeared
to hare forgotten my patient la Sark al
together.
Olivia! I thought it a very pretty
name, and repeated It to myself with ita
abbreviations. Olive, Llry. It was diffi
cult to abbreviate Julia; Jo, I bad called
Ber in my rudest schoolboy days. I won-1
dered how high Olivia would stand be-'-
side me; for I bad nerer seen bet on her
feet Julia waa not two Inchea shorter
than myself; a tall, stiff figure, neither
slender enough to be lissome, nor well-,
proportioned enough to be majestic. But
she waa rery good, and her price was far
above,' rubies. - .
I rlslted Sark again in about ten days,
to set Olivia free from my embargo npon
her walking. I allowed ber to walk a lit
tle way along a smooth meadow path,
leaning on my arm; and I found that ahe
waa a head lower than myself a beau
tiful height for a woman. That time
Captain Carey bad set me down at the
Havre Gosselin, appointing to meet at
the Creu harbor, which was exactly on
the opposite aide of the island. In cross
ing over to it a distance of rather more
than a mile I encountered Julia'a
frlenda, Emma and Maria Brouard.
"You here again, Martin!" exclaimed
Emma.
"Yes," I answered; "Captain Carey act
me down at the Havre Uosselin, and Is
gone round to meet me at the Creux."
"You have been to aee that young per
son?" a-ked Maria.
"Yes," I replied.
"She Is a very singular young woman."
she continued; "we think ber stupid. We
cannot make anything of her. But there
Is no -doubt prw Tardif means to marry
her."
"Nonsense!" I ejaculated hotly; "I beg
your pardon, Maria, but I give Tardif
credit for sense enough to know hia owa
poaition."
I had half an hour to wait in the little
harbor, Ita great cliffs rising all about
me, with only a tunnel bored through
them to form an entrance to the green
Island within. My rage had partly fum
ed itself away before the yacht came ia
sight
(To be continued.)
The early circus catches the small
boy'a quarter.
HUMOR OF TIIE WEEK
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.
Odd, Corione nod LaaghabU Phase
of Unman Nature Graphically Por
trayed by Eminent Word Artiata of
Oar Own Day A Bndget ot Vum.
First Shirtwaist Girl-So you are go
ing rowing with Mr.Yloorwalkerr His
trick is to threaten to rock the boat un
less you give hlin a kiss.
Second Shirtwaist Girl (naively)
Well, mother sold, she wasn't afraid to
let we go with him, aa all the girls say
he never rocks the boat Brooklyn Ea
gle.
Boom for Doubt
Experienced Servant Gentleman
wants to gee you, sir.
Mr. Rlchman Who Is he?
Experienced Servant I couldn't find
out sir; but, Judgiu' by his clothes, he's
either a beggar or a millionaire, sir.
New York Weekly.
Chance to Benin..
Old Gent My boy, "I'm sevenry-nve
years of nge, and I have never smoked
a cigar In my life.
Boy Well, if yer likes ter foller me j
you cau 'five this butt when I'm done
with It." Ally Sloper. " ,
A Hot Retort.
Deacon Strouge-No, parson, I don't
rightly think we ought to give you a
vacation. You know, the devil never
takes one.
Tarson Snappeigh He would, Dea
con, if you didn't keep him so busy
Baltimore American.
May Sometimes Do,
Silllcus-Figures never He.
Cynlcus Nonsense! Did you ever
see a girl In a tailor-made gown and
then size her up In a bathing suit?
Philadelphia Record. ,
A Constant Keminder.
Dunlap I .see you call your naphtha
launch after your wife.
Bertwhlstle (working over launch en
gine, perspiring) Yes; because when
ever I waut to go anywhere with It, It
takes so long before It gets ready to
start Puck.
Legendary.
"What was It Pandora did?"
"She opened a box and let flies out In
the house lefore Eplmetbeus got the fly
screens In." Chicago Record-Herald.
Too Bad.
"Do you know, Miss Frlsble," said
toe large-headed young author, "my
most brilliant thoughts come to me In
my sleep?"
"It's a great pity that you are trou
bled with insomnda," added the pert
young lady.
.'.V
- E-lncatlon.
"These Indiana who haTe been edu
cated at college seem quite like the
Others, do they not?"
"Except for their 'Rah! rah!' at each
end of the war-whoop, yes."
Blaeted Hopes.
Tommy. Tuff Sam,' Mam, the boys
all say that If I handle the stick In the
base-ball game this afternoon we'll beat
the Hilltops 11 to L. .
His Mother I don't doubt It, but you
ire going to stay at home this after
noon and handle the stick for me, and
we'll beat the carpet worse than that.
v -Speech.
"But speech Is. what differentiates
man fro hi the beast!" ..
"Yes, showing how much less sense
he has, In the long run!"
- It Did. -
' GrogaoI made up my mind I
wouldn't stand It any longer; so I Just
put my foot down.
Tiinlllty (glancing at Grogan's No. 11)
And' that, of course, - covered the
ground. Boston Transcript.
Within Bounis.
uiuDDeriy nave you ever been so
desperately In love that you felt as If
you couldn t control It? ,.
OastJeton No. All the girls I've been
In love with have been only moderately
well off.
Against Vivisection.
Mr. Woodwed Yonr papa Is such a
Joker.
Miss Wlllln-Why?
Mr. Woodwed Because, when I ask
ed for yoiir hand he refused me, saying
he didn't want any mutilated members
In his family. Boston. Tost.
No Doubt About It
Citizen Do you believe the constitu
tion follows the flag, my man?
Soldier My constitution followed the
flag to the Philippines and It's there
yet Chelsea Gazette.
Fortune.
"And you will not smile upon me?'
faltered the Man.
"No," answered Fortune sadly. "For
If I do 1 shall get myself disliked by
the women who have refused to marry
you!"
M a-Mil 1 M T m Jar T S LI m I
When 8rone Are of No tloe.
The driver of the stage, which was
rolling down the Rocky Mount iu -,
fast as six mules on the gallop could
keep ahead of It, may have noticed that
I was, writes a correspondent, a little
nervous, for after a bit he soothingly
said:
No use to grip that railing to mighty
hard, stranger. We sban t come to tne
danger p'int for half an hour ylt."
"Then It's on ahead?" I queried.
Yes, three miles ahead, and I may
aay fur your benefit that hangln' on
won't do ny partickler good."
"But I don't want to slide off."
"And you -won't. If anythln' goes
It'll be mewls and coach and the hull
caboodle altogteher, and as the drop la
plump 300 feet you won't nave no use
for arnica or sticking plaster after
ward." Boston Courier.
To Be Perfectly Frank.
A gentleman who Is no longer young.
and who never was handsome, asked
bis sou's child what he thought of htm.
The boy's parents were present The
youngster made no' reply.
"Well, so you won't tell me what you
think of me? Why won't you?"
Cause I don't want to get licked,;1
replied the sprig of a rising genera
tion.-Tlt-3lts.
Knew Hie Pa.
"Now, Tommy," aald the teacher, "If
your father bad ten one-dollar bills and
your mother asked for half of them,
how many would he have left?"
"He'd still have the ten," replied the
wise child. Philadelphia Record.
Him Pleasure Marred.
Friend (calling) Did you have a good
time the week you spent at the sea
shore, Willie? -
.Willie Boemm (gloomily) W-Well,
pretty good. Only mother wouldn't let
me go swimming until two hours after
I ate anything, so I couldn't rery well
eat things between meals. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Pead Silence,
"Nothing from my poor husband?"
aald the widow to the medium.
"No, ma'am," was the reply; "not
even a message stating that the Are Is
out!" Atlanta Constitution.
To Be Consistent.
Von Blumer Tho doctor thinks I
ought to go on a fishing trip.
Mrs. Von Blumer But, of course, you
don't believe him.
Von Blumer Why not? '
Mrs. Von Blumer Well, you didn't
hare any conlldence In him when be
told me I ought to go. Harper's Bazar.
"Say, why don't you wear yer hair
In a psyche knot? Yer too old fer
plats."
Medical Assistance.
Specialist Your nerres are affected
you need exercise: walk to Dusiness
every day.
Sick Mau I do walk to business every
day.
Specialist You do? Well, you ought
to have more sense that a what alls
you overstrain. Now, behave yourself
rationally and ride every day 110,
please. Chicago Record-Herald.
- How Abont It?
"It's funny that you should be so tall
Your brother, the artlBt, Is short, lsn'
he? "
He (absently) Yes, usually.
Fome Thinars Are 1 bought Orer.
"You're a likely looking girl," said
Mrs. Hiram Offen, who was questioning
a greenhorn girl. "How were you
trained across the water?"
" Tis Jokln' ye are, mum. There does
be no trains. I was shipped across."
Philadelphia Press.
The Past.
She-rYou were a loug time In
the
Philippines, weren't you?
HeOh, yes. Ever since the first time
the war ended.
" ' A Testimonial.
"Dear Doctor: When I began using
four bair medicine three months ago
you assured me that my hair would not
trouble tne much longer. I take pleas
ure Is stilting that you spoke the truth.
CouUTyou give me the address of a
good wig maker?' Baltimore Ameri
can,,, (-.-' ' '- - - -
" The Klslnar Busr. . '-''
"What was that?" asked the old gen
tleman, suddeuly appearlug In the door
way.
-"I I guess It was a kissing bug," she
answered hesitatingly, while the young
man tried his best to look at ease.
The old gentleman looked at them
both sharply. ;'
'.'Does the kissing bug make people
blush?" he demanded. Chicago Post.
Seeking for Pearls.
The history of parl seeking has
about It ,so much of the glamour of ro
mance and possible gain that the diffi
culties and risks of the quest are well
nigh forgotten. -Men love a pursuit
that entails much danger and much
knowledge of men and elements. Long
before the Roman conquest men were
hazarding the dangers of newly-discovered
rivers In search of the elusive
gems, and one t the prime reasons for
undertaking the expedition Into Great
Britain was to obtain the fair "con
gealed dewdrops pierced by suubeama"
which poet an1 philosophers In all
ages have made the emblems of purity
and worth and which the Roman wom
en so much coveted. There Is scarcely
a sacred literature In existence In
which, pearls do not bear reverent
meaning, and no" nation where 'place
and favor have not been bought by the
beautiful, lustrous products of the sea.
Llppinootfs Magazine.
Why an employment bureau Is called
an Intelligence office la an unsolved
mystery.
QUEER OLD BOTTLES.
JL few York Wine Merchant' Unique
Collection.
Them la an old wine merchant in
New York who has a curious collection
of old bottles.
One which he believes to be the old
est bottle used for holding liquor In this
country came, from Nassau, In the Ba
hamas, originally filled with snuff. It
la made of a coarse, sea-weed colored
glass, and la shaped somewhat like a
chestnut standing upright on Its broad
end. There la a broad-bottomed bottle
which held Madeira in Charleston In
1810, and a Viennese bottle 125 years
old, whose slender, graceful curves
bare been supplanted to-day by a more
commercial shape. The first American
gin bottle, from the Schuchardt estate,
has a pouter-pigeon shape, which 1 de
lightful to the eye.
Among the later bottles are some
which constituted the product of the
bottlemaker'a art when Impressed glass
came Into use. On each side figures are
molded Into the gla. There are a
number of "railroad bottles." On one a
wagon running on rails and drawn by a
horse la depicted on both aides, with
the motto, "Success to the Railroad."
On another the same primitive arrange
ments are shown commemorating the
railroad at Lowell, and on the reverse
of the bottle a spread eagle embedded
In thirteen stars.
George Washington figures on one
bottle upon the reverse of which was
Zachary Taylor, who, so says the glass,
"nerer surrenders." A spread eagle
and what appears to be a Masonic
shrine, a fruit basket and horn of plen
ty and two trees, one In leaf, the other
bare, representing "Summer" and
"Winter," are both two-faced designs.
A large, round bottle, which, lu these
days would contain Holland gin, Is Im
pressed with a series of monks at their
prayers. It was called the "Apostle's
bottle," but It drew fire from the Pope,
who had it put, by edict, out of general
use. American Wine Press.
The Way They Do In London.
K big man, whose dress and complex
Ion were thoroughly English, stood on
the Second avenue curb' between Thir
ty-second and Thirty-third streets and
looked at the store windows. There was
a pleased expression on his face. Turn
ing to mau who stood near him, he
said:
"Thia reminds me of dear old Lon
don."
The other man could not see anything
out of the way, but he had never been
to London and couldn't be expected to
know.
"What's the matter with you?" be
asked. "If you want to see a real fog,
go down on the Battery next fall."
"Who aald anything about a fog?" re
turned the Englishman. "I was speak
ing about the shop windows, don't you
know. This big shop might be an Ox
ford or Bond street in West Centre,
from the way the windows are dressed
Don't you see that they bare every
thing close up to the window glass, ami
that the gas jets which light up the
display are on the outside? That's the
way English shopkeepers do It. Our
windows are not Intended to entice
people Into buying a lot of things they
dou't want by making an attractive
display. They serve as a catalogue of
what the shop has to sell." The Amer
ican went on to the next corner and
looked at a real American display,
Then be saw the difference.
Marketing.
The ladles of a Mexican household
never concern themselves with the mar
keting, invariably leaving that duty to
the servants. The latter visit' the large
markets early each morning, where
sucb provisions as are required for the
day are purchased. The butcher, In
cutting up his meat, never uses a kulfe
or saw. but relies entirely upon his
cleaver, with which he severs a shin
bone or slices off tenderloin with equal
facility. '. Moreover, be never wraps his
wares In paper, but deposits them side
by aide with the other edibles In the
customer's basket.
A Mexican meal Is always served tu
courses., always Including two kinds of
soup and aeveral varieties of meat, sel
dorn moP than one vegotable and never
but one & ert Bread Is placed on the
table In tLa loaf, and Is broken luHtcad
of allced, while butter Is noticeable
through Its absence, being used only In
the preparation of "the meal. Knives
and forks are rarely employed, except
Ing by the upper classes, the food being
conveyed to the mouth by means of thin
bits of corn cake, known as tortillas.
So adroit are the people lu this quaint
custom that It seldom happens their
fingers come In direct contact with theli
victuals. '
Where He Failed.
The young man drew himself up
his full height
."I have," he cried, "an unsullied char
acter, an ardent heart a versatile mind
and strenuous biceps."
The young girl yawned and seemed
Interested. He was quick to push his
advantage. .
"I am the possessor of a town and
country house, a yacht, a stable of thor
oughbreds and a box at the opera."
She hesitated, and a slight flush be
trayed thatishe was listening.
"I have got," he continued with a cer-
tain fierceness, "thirty servants, forty
pairs of trousers, fifty ancestors, three
automobiles, siz prize bull pups and an
army commission."
Ah! ahe had found her tongue at last
"And how many golf medals?" she
lisped.
The young man shuddered.
He felt that he bad lost. He had
played nervlly and high, but she was
above his limit
Women In Rngaia.
It ia well known that women enjoy It
few countries greater equality witt
men than In Russia. Thia fact la attest
ed by the following partial compilation
of tbe public positions In Russia now
open to women: Dentists, teachers
apothecaries' assistants, chemists' as
sistants, physicians, assistant prison dl
rectors, telegraph operators, post offl
dais and various roallroad offices, In
cluding that of station master.
Jap Look Much Alike.
Tha Japanese are curiously alike
physically. Recent measurements taker
of an in fab try regiment showed no ra
riation except two Inches In height oi
twenty pounds In weight
GEO. P. CROVELL,
SncpesKor to K. L Smith,
Oldest Eiublished House In ihs valley.
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Feed, etc.
This old-established house wl l con
tinue to pay cash for all its goods; it
pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but
does not bare to divide with a partner.
All dividends are made with customers
in the way of reasonable prices.
Davenport Bros.
Are running their two mills, planer and box
lautory, ana can n u oraers tor
Lumber
Boxes, Wood
and Posts
ON SHORT NOTICE.
DAVIDSON FRUIT CO.
SHIPPERS OP
HOOD RIVER'S FiliOUS FRUITS.
PACKERS OF THI
Hood River Brand of Canned Fruits.
MANlTACniKKRS OF
Boxes and Fruit Packages
DEALERS IN
Fertilizers & Agricultural Implements.
THE REGULATOR LINE.
Dalles, Portland & Astoria
Navigation Co.
DALLES BOAT
Leaves Oak Street Dock, Portland
7 A. M. and It P. M.
PORTLAND BOAT
Leaves Dalles 7 A. Al. and 3 P. M.
Dally Except Sunday.
STEAMERS
Regulator, Dalles Gty, Reliance.
WHITE COLLAR LINE.
Sir. "Tahoma,"
Daily Round Trips, except Sunday.
TINS CARD.
Leavs rortland.,,7 a.m. I Leavo Astorta...7a.m.
The Dalles-Portland Route
Sir. "Bailey Gatzort,"
Daily Round Trips, except Monday.
VANCOUVER. CASCADE LOCKS, ST. MAS.
TIN'S SPRINGS, HOOD RIVEK, WH1TK
SALMON, I.YLK and THE DALLES.
TIM1 CARD.
Leave Prtland...7 a.m. I LeaveTheDalles4p.m.
Arrive TheDallet 8 p.m. ArrlvePortland lup.m.
Mmmlm thm Vavjr Bmmt.
This route has the random scenic attractions
on earth. Sunday trips a trading festun.
Landing; and office, loot ol Alder street- Both
'phones, Alain Sol, Portland, Or.
E. W. CRICHTON, Agent, Portland.
JOHN M. F1LL00N, Agent, The Dalles.
A. 1. TAYLOR, Agent, Attoris.
J. C. WYATT, Agr.nt, Vancouver.
W0L1-0KD A W VERS, Agts.. Whits Falmon,
PRATHER & BARNES,
Agouti at Hood River
Oregon
Siioir Line
and union Pacific
M r !,I :
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urn
nit Lake, Denver,
Chlcafo Ft. Vt'orth.Oraaha, Portland
Special Ksnua City, St. Special
11 :36 a. as. Loult.Cblcagoaad 1:04 p.m.
Eit.
Walla Walla Ils-
Spnksnt ton,8pokne.Mln- Portland
Flyer iplis,Bt. psul. Flyer
I. '27 p.m. Duluth, Mllwu- 4:S0a.a.
ke,ChlcagoEast
Salt Lake, Denver,
Mall and Ft. Worth, Omh, . Mall and
Eipreas Kinui City, St. Express
ll;4ip. m. Lnuit.Caicacoaud S.Us. m.
tut.
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
FROM PORTLAND.
AO. St. All saillnf date 1:00 p. aa.
subject to chance
For Ban Francisco
Ball every days
Daily Celsmbla ir 00 p.m.
Ex. Sunday Iteamrs. Ex. Sunder
:0S.m.
faturday To Astoria and Way
10:00 p. m. Landings.
:iea.. WlllssieHe liver. 4:p. m.
Ex. Sunday Oregon City, New. Ex. Suaday
berg, 81. m, Inde
pendence Way
Landings.
7 Warn. Willamette tnd Tax- t .ta. ra.
Toes.. Thitr km Slvers. Moa., Wed.
and Sat. and FrL
Oregon -rity, Day
Ion, A Way Land-
'nr
45 a m. wuiamfte Slier. 0p ra.
Tno., That. Hon., Wed.
and Sal Portland ta CorvaU and FrL
lis Way Laod-
ings.
Lv. Rlparla Skaki Rtvta. Lr.LewlsUm
t:S5a. m. Ripri to Lewliton Sa as.
dally - j dally
For low rates and other Information write t
A. L. CRA1Q,
General Passenger Agent. Portland, Or.
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