(Copyright, 1902.)
CHAPTER I.
THE OREGON "DESERT."
From the north boundary line to
the south boundary line of the state,
there lies in Eastern Oregon a' strip
of territory about 400 miles long and
about 200 miles wide, which was
once known as the Great Oregon Des
ert, and through which ran the old
Oregon trail.
This desert, unlike .most deserts,
contains many oases. There are run
ning streams of pure water, and nu
merous springs boll from the sides of
the mountains and rise even from des
ert sands; and wherever this water
touched the fertile soil, beautiful mead
ows of native grass greeted the eye
of the occasional adventurer. -
But these seemed few and far be
tween In early days; and for lack of
knowledge of their location .many a
weary traveler lost his way between
them, and his bleached bones for
many years afterward marked the
last place where he laid himself down
to rest.
Even in these days when much
of the ground, accessible to water, is
occupied by the pioneer homesteader,
one may travel a hundred miles or
more without encountering a single
human habitation, or living thing.
The Oregon desert Is practically a
succession of mountain plateaus, it
la at a high altitude at every point.
To reach it from most any direction
one must climb a great mountain
ranee, and meander at intervals
among snow-capped peaks and through
rock-bound canyons and gulches; and
to cross it. one must traverse wide
Btretches of barren plains that never
taste of water, except from the melt
ing snows of winter, and must also
encounter lava beds and walls of rock
seemingly Insurmountable. These
plains remind one of a huge extinct
volcanic crater, although they cover
thousands of acres In area, and It
takes days of travel to cross many of
them. They vary In size, however,
'rom small plateaus of a few acres to
the Illimitable outstretched plains. But
thev all bear the same characteristics
The traveler, whether passing through
a small basin or a great plateau, Is
struck with same impression. A wall
surrounds each of these ba
sins or plateaus and sepa
rates one from anothor. These
walls consist of rocks piled upon one
unother with masonic care, the joints
being broken as perfectly and smooth
ly as if done by skilled human hands
and they rise perpendicularly from ten
to two thousand feet Into tha air, ana
to make them the more difficult of
ascent, a thick layer of flat rocks lie
alom: the top of the wall extending
out on either side into wide eaves anl
sheltering them like the rim of a hat
or the eaves of a fiat roof, and these
are called the rlmrocks.
While thev appear to be a sncces
sion of plateaus, Independent of one
arother. and In nowiBe connected
whereby one might scale the walls
which separate them, yet, wun set
dom an exception, nature has come
to the rescue, and by the same pro
cess through which the great upneav-
els were caused and these mountains
of lava rocks and plains of volcanic
aiihes were formed, serpentine
shaped canyons and gulches had rent
tl.o walls, and through these the trav
eler may find his way from one basin
to another.
The smaller plains were the scenes
of many conflicts, and were often
places of great slaughter In early
days. Bands of deer and antelope
often wandered into them, and the
watchful Indians came upon them
mrt guarding the onlv places of out
let, would charge down upon the en
caged animals and slaughter a whole
bend. And these animals were not
the only victims to Indian cunning
and bloodthlrstinods. .Many an Im
migrant train whose members had
become exhausted and careless from
want of proper food and water, to
gether with the care of their Jaded
f.n'mals, reduced to mere skeletons
from plodding through the burning
sands and drawing heavy loads over
the flinty rocks, without feed or
vater, while passing through these
canyons and beneath the rimrocks,
came under a shower of poisoned ar
rows that left death along the trail.
The heaps of rocks in the gulches
and canyons, and tht little mounds
scattered over the plains, are yet In
dexes to many of these sad stories.
Captain Jack had his territory, and
had some principle, although he died
or the gallows, but the marauding
chiefs, Egan and Paulina, knew no
bounds of territory and knew no
limit for crime and bloodshed. The
peaks, buttes, streams and canyon?
still bear their name? from one ond
of the desert to the other, and there
is no landmark that guides the trav
eler through the plains that does not
recall some memory of the terrible
crimes of these two chiefs and their
bloodthirsty warriors, and many of
these were committed even after the
arrival of the bold and determined
General Crook.
But In early days wherever there
was water and nntural meadows, ani
mals of all kinds flocked. Horses and
cattle weie plentiful, ind wild game,
fiom the monarch grizzly to the com
mon Jackrabbit, Including elk, deer,
antelope, mountain sheep, mountain
liens, cougar, coyote, wildcat and
marten roamed at will, and were sel
dom ever disturbed by the hand of
man. The flesh of the game animals
was the tenderest and best, while
the furs produced in this section
were considered the best In the mar
ket It was the paradise of the hunter
and trapper.
CHAPTER II.
THE LORD OF THE DESERT.
In the center of one of these
plateaus containing hundreds of
thousands of acres of land, Is a low
round mountain. From the distance
it looks like a mountain peak, and Is
culled Mount Juniper, but from its
base to its summit it Is only about
one thousand feet Its south side is
covered with runty evergreen of the
Juniper species, from which the moun
tain takes its name, while the summit
nd east and north and west sides
are barren, and huge boulders lie
piled upon one another, and deep can
yons cut their way dewn its sides.
In the canyons on the south side
numerous springs boil forth and send
their waters dashing over the rooks
t the plains below, tbe moist from
which produces a meadow at the foot
of the mountain of several hundred
ac:ea. A fence of barbed wire at-
Vu bed to Juniper posts, protects this
meadow from the stock for which it
is not intended.
At the font of the mountain, and
sui rounded by tall clusters of Juni
pers, Is a large single-story house,
tuilt of the rocks that from time to
time have rolled down the mountain.
To the east are stables, corrals, hay
racks, watering troughs, and all the
appurtenances of an old-time western
rsnch. To the west is a garden spot
Irrigated from pipes that run from a
reservoir fed by springs higher up
the hill, and In the rear is a young
orchard where every Indication points
to the fact that the trees are being
nurtured and cultivated for experi
mental purposes. In front of the great
stone building beautiful walks are laid
out, along which shrubbery, rosea and
flowers of many varieties grow, with
a beautiful ,green lawn for a back
ground. Fountains play in the Bun
light through the heat of the day,
and the ice-cold spring water is thus
tempered for the tender roots of the
young vegetation.
The grounds about the house, in
cluding orchard, garden, stables and
cowsheds, are inclosed with a rock
wall several feet high, with loopholes
here and there in the wall, which
show that the place was constructed
with a view of being able to defend
itfself in case an attack was made
from the outside.
But it is the interior of the house
that the reader should see. In tht
front room there are easy chairs,
lounges, tables, books, and writing
materials. On the walla there are
pictures. To stop here one would
imagine himself in a cultivated home
in a thickly settled country, but in
glsncifig further one sees reminders
of the fact that one is in reality In
a frontier place of abode. By the side
of the outer doors stand tho latest
manufacture of rifles, and guna of
all makes hang in the racks over the
doors and about the walls. Large
revolvers swing from points here and
there like ornaments, while numerous
varieties of this deadly weapon adorn
tho tables in the room.
in tne mam Dedroom this same
abundance of firearms exist, and in
this room, as in the front room, a
large table stands In cne corner and
upon It Is fastened all of the latest
improved apparatus for loading and
reloading cartridge shells, and an
pbundant supply of ammunition is at
hand to withstand an ordinary siege.
The other rooms of the building are
only ordinary bedrooms, showing the
h'ck of care a id attention usually
found in batchtior's quarters, while
the dining-room and kitchen are large
and spacious, and a large supply of
provisions are stored away to keep
a large number for' an indefinite pe
riod. The front bedroom, like the
kitchen and dining-room, Is kept in
perfect order. These and the front
room are frequently vinited and occu
pied by the owner, and they must be
kept intact, or the derelict may suf
fer more than a storm of words. But
the other rooms of the house present
a different aspect; the beds are un
made, and men's wearing apparel are
scattered about the floor; broken
matches, half consumed candles, and,
in fact, a general miscellany of un
important things make up tho debris
of the rooms. But there is a deserted
appearance about the place. Save a
slight noise from the cooking apart
ments, occasioned by the work of a
stout, round-faced Englishman, who
might be taken for almost any age.
and who does the work of chef, cook,
dishwasher, housekeeper and man-of-all-work,
' in performing his routine
labors, no other sound is heard.
But there are two occupants of the
place at this time. In the front room
a man Bits in a peculiarly-constructed
chair in deep meditation. An anxious
look occupies his countenance, and
now and then a cloud seems to ob
scure his whole face. It lights up
with a beam of pleasure for a moment.
as if the way looked clear to the
thinker, then the clouds again, fol
lowed by gleams of light and grimaces
caused by a tortured conscience. The
chair upon which he sits is a home
made affair. It has huge posts and a
high back, with long, awkwardly-con
structed rockers that give it the ap
pearance of having been made for a
giant. Tbe front posts extend un
almost even with the arm-pits, and
support wide arms so broad that
tLey look like tables. In the left
hand of the man occupying the chair
is a book, but the thumb only marks
the place to where he has read and
his arm lies carelessly on the table
like arm of the chair. On the right
table, or arm of the chair, sits a gob
let half-filled with old Scotch whiskey,
the right hand clasping it gently. Al
though the glass Is conveyed to his
lips occasionally it is never permitted
to become empty, a demijohn within
easy reach being drawn upon at in
tervals when the fluid runs low In the
glass
The chair does not only look as if
il had been made for a giant, but a
modern giant does occupy It. Six
feet three, when standing, large
limbs and spare hands, the man shows
wonderful strength, though his con
stitution has been battling with
Scotch whisky and a remorseful con
science for many years. A broad
mouth, long nose, deep set eyes, large
card and high cheek bones show as
plainly as does his brogue that he Is
a Scotchman. Like his servant of the
kitchen, he might also be taken for al
most any age. His smooth-shaven face,
reddish complexion and close clipped
hair, give the ensual observer the im
pression that he Is not more than
fcrty, but the wrinkles In his face
and neck, the Inevitable markers of
time, and the solid grey that Inter
mingles the light red hair, tell the
close observer that he is at least
sixty, if not more.
"Will she make it here without a
Ho sat in a high-bached home-made
chair. '
mlsshap," he mutterel with an ani
ious look upon his face, and then In
almost inaudible tones, "What will be
tbe result if she reaches this place
l:i nafety? But she will never do it!"
and he took a quaff from the goblet
to relieve the terrors' of his soul,
which were depicted in bis face.
CHAPTER IH.
A Midnight Surpiise.
"And how did you leave dear un
cle?" Inquired a young woman In a
lolce of innocence.
"Oh, in the very best of spirits," re
plied a rugged frontiersman, covered
with the dust of the plains.
"And how long shall it be before
we reach his place?" inquired the
same female voice.
"Within about two days that Is it
nothing happens to prevent it," re
plied the man.
"But nothing can happen to prevent
it, except an extraordinary event, can
it?" inquired the girl assuringly, and
continuing as if to remove all doubt,
"you look fresh, your men are all
fresh and your horses look as if they
were anxious to start on the return
Journey."
"That Is all true, Madam, but in this
country we never count on anything
until It's accomplished, and the 'ex
traordinary is likely to happen any
time."
"Oh, then are we to pass through a
dangerous section?" inquired the
maiden with aome alarm.
"No, not particularly, but when the
Snakes are skulking among the rocks
they are likely to strike at any time,"
replied the frontiersman.
"What kind of snakes are they," In
quired the young woman . "I have
read -of your American snakes," she
continued, "and know that there must
be very many varieties, and that they
must be dangerous but never read of
them biting people on horseback."
"But these Snakes bite at any time
and at any place," replied the man
with a smile. 'They prefer the" dark
however, and more often strike from
ambush. To be plain with you, Mad
am, and you must be a nervy girl to
have crossed the ocean and come this
for alone, the Snakes I speak of are
Indians, belonging to the tribe of
I'iutes called Snakes for the very rea
son that they strike from ambush."
"Then are we in Imminent peril'"
Inquired the girl with self-possession.
"No, no, not that, Miss, we might
make this trip a dozen times without
being molested, but the Snakes are on
the warpath now, and while cattle
stealing and horse stealing Is their
principle object they are not averse
to bigger prey, especially when the
odds are in their favor. They go in
small bands, though, and our boys are
capable of holding their own with
most of them. As It Is getting late
and we wish an early start In the
morning, I would advise you to retire
and get a good rest, for a couple of
hundred miles on the back of a cayuse
will prove a task for a tender young
lady like you." and as the young wo
man walked away to her tent, Dan
Follett muttered to himself: "A
pretty fair flower to be plucked by the
Flutes!"
(To be Continued.)
Egyptian Girls at Play.
In her "Recollections of an Egyptian
Princess" the author describes a little
game at romps in the garden of the
palace which discloses a very close
touch of nature. The princess was
seated near a little lake, which had
been constructed In a serpentine shape,
winding about under rustic bridges.
She was laughingly scolding one of
her attendants, when the girl broke
away, crying out "My mistress Is an
gry with me! I'll drown myself!" and
rushed into the water.
The princess called out "Oh, stop
her! Stop her! and three or four fol
lowed Immediately, But the first knew
well enough that the water was not
more three three feet deep, so she had
done it for a Joke, and she turned
round and threw water in the faces of
her pursuers.
The princess had seen the Joke di
rectly after the cry bad escaped her,
and now Joined heartily In the fun,
and urged others to help in the cap
ture. The general harem dress when
warm weather set in was white Indian
grass-cloth, nio-e or less fine, made
loose, and confined at the waist by a
colored sash, a ribbon to match being
usually worn round the throat and to
tie back the hair.
The dress could not be hurt by the
Immersion, but the ribbons might be
spoiled. Some were seen- to cast a
glance on their pretty ties, which was
a signal to those who saw the look to
rush upon them at once and push them
in.
There was nothing but . screaming
and laughing, several disporting them
selves In the water, others pursued all
over the garden, met at the cross
paths, turning and doubling on their
pursuers. The princess clapped her
hands with delight and laughed unre-
strainedly, and the girls themselves
were lmniensily pleased with the Joke,
RADIUM 13 DANGEROUS.
Is a Source of Powerful and Scorch
lag Roentgen Ruya.
The rare Bubstance radium has been
brought into much promiuence of late
by the investigations of Becquerel, , verse fate.
Curie and others. A constnut source ' Tne woman was at bay. "I'll have it
of Itoeutgeu rays bo powerful that It abort!" she snapped, and the dressmak
should be carried In a lead tube to er relapsed into silence and depression,
avoid danger of burns, Is a bit start- When the skirt was nearly finished she
Hug to say the least and while its vis- trled it on with a look of mute despair,
ible radiation is not strong, its extra-, "Thecircularflounce la only basted on,"
ordinary properties are enough to set tue dressmaker said, finally. "It it
one thinking streuuously. The real na- can bo let down."
ture of the radiations is, of course. In-1 "What's all this length of stuff under
volved In the same mystery that sur- tCe flounce?" aswed the owner of the
rounds the Roentgen ray. skirt.
In spite of the very large and val-' "Well, I didn't cut It off, you know,
nable body of work that has been done Tne flounce can be let down. I thought
upon this subject the ultimate nature J00 mlDt change your mind."
of the phenomena is still very far from Ikg verT straight up and down."
a satisfactory explanation,- sluce sev- j "e": K yu naTe U long U wlU flar
eral hypotheses meet the facts fairly out better. You're bo tall and Blen
well. aud no one of them can be veri-
fled without Involving still further hy- J "Let It down!" suddenly exclaimed
potheses as part of the argument. But tne woman. In the tone of a general
the behavior of radium opena a beau- who orders a retreat
tiful vista of possibilities. "Very well." said the dressmaker, as
What would happen In the art of 11. meekly as If she were assenting to an
inmmation If some one should bit op-
on a luminous namt flftv time
llant and permanent as the ordinary
calcium sulphide variety? If one bad
only to. expose the light-giving body to
sunlight or bright daylight for a few
hours to obtain storage or euergy for
tha evening, bow the electrical arts
would get shaken np? And yot such j
a discovery Is far less Improbable, savs I
the Electrical World, than some thnt
nave aciuaiiy wen made-like Mois
san'e diamonds, let us say. But dia
monds are no cheaper yet aad do not
parkle galore on every fair bosom.
ACTRESS DUSE'S
: I rat il ii m i IMP
Slgnora Eleanors Duse, the great Italian actress, differs from many of her asso
ciates in nt least one respect she does not seek publicity. To be sure, her man
agers, especially when she is on an American tour, use every legitimate effort to
keep her before the public, and D'Aununzio'g book, which reflected so little credit
upon its author, brought her name into prominence in a somewhat regretful way,
but this wiis not the fault of the actress. She belongs, in a sense, to the public
when she is on the stage. Her home life is her own. It is not the "home" life
of hotels that Sinora Duse is happy in, but rather in the home life of her ancient
pulace, on tbe Grand Canal In Venice. Her palace, which is the center building
of the three buikliiiKs shown in the picture, is one of those quaint old structures
which have made Venice an architectural delight. , It is not as pretentious as
some of its neighbors, but, nevertheless, through its great age and its architectural
beauties it is one of the show places of Venice. When it was built no one se-jins
to know. Certain it is that it goes back a century or more, and that it was
occupied by one of the noble families of Venice is establiiibed. Here, surrounded
by ail the comforts of a practical age, Signora Duse spends the happiest mouths
of her life. A quiet life it is, apart from the glare of the footlights and Hie
tinsel of the stage. She entertains, but on a modest scale. Privileged, indeed,
are the few who have access to her delightful horn.
AN IGNOMINIOUS RETREAT.
The Determined Woman Met Her Hatch
in Her Dreaainuker.
Most persons who attempt to emanci
pate themselves from established cus
tom have periods of falling back into
the old way again, baffled reformers.
The real reformers are those who per
sist The New York Tribune tells a
story In which a woman who thought
she had conquered was, after all, de
feated. She considered herself a strong
minded woman, and had determined
that she would have no more trailing
skirts. She told her dressmaker of her
decision in a tone which seemed to her
not to admit of question or protest;
but she did not know that the dress
maker, too, was a strong-minded wom
an, though in a different wayr
."Oh!" said the dressmaker, In a tone
of mild preplexlty. There was so much
behind that "Oh!" that the woman felt
moved to assert herself.
"I will not," she exclaimed, "bring
home a choice assortment of microbes."
"But you needn't get a long skirt
soiled," suid the dressmaker. "You
hold it up, you know."
"It tires me to hold It up. I want to
step out freely."
"Oh!" said the dressmaker again. It
was ber favorite argument, and it was
apt to make her opponent wilt without
knowing why. She had worked for
that particular woman for several
years, and had exercised over her a
mild bnt Invincible, dopositlsm.
"They are all made long," ventured
the dressmaker, "except tbe heavy
stitched walking-skirts."
"I don't care!" said the woman. "I
will defy fashion."
This time the dressmaker's "Oh!" lm
piled that to defy fashion was to in
voke death or disgrace. The woman
felt herself weakening before the inex
orable judgment of the "one who
knows.";
"You're very tall," said the dressmak
er, softly. "And slender," she added,
after an effective pause. Her power
lay lu the fact that she never became
excited and never gave way. A vision
rose before the woman of her long,
thin, lanky self, clad girlishly In a skirt
that escnped the ground, with a pair
of very substantial feet peeping In and
out, like anything rather than "little
mice." But pride came to her aid.
"Cut It short!" she ordered, sternly.
"I mean," she added, "cut it about half
an Inch above the ground."
"Tne edge win cut out ana collect
dirt" said the dressmaker, sadly,
"Let it!" said the desperate woman.
"It's a light material, easily held up.
The tone grew more melancholy, as if
tne dressmaker were fighting with ad
self-sacrince.
A Persian Parable.
There was a certain man who thought
the world WM Browns worse. He was
always barking back to "the good old
tlmea," and was sure that tne Human
was degenerating. Men, be said,
were all trying to cheat one another;
tn& strong were crushing the weak.
i0ne da7 when he was airing bis pessim
ktlc views, the calif said to him
"I charge you hereafter to look care
fully about you, and whenever you see
an man do a worthy deed go to him J
VENETIAN PALACE.
and give him praise, or write to him
about it Whenever you meet a man
whom you regard as worthy to have
lived in the 'good old days' tell him of
your esteem and of the pleasure you
have had In finding one so exalted, aud
I desire that you wr.Ite out an account
of these good deeds for me that I may
share your Joy in knowing of it."
So the man was dismissed; but before
many days he returned and prostrated
himself before the calif. When ordered
to explain his presence, he wailed: .
"Have pity on thy sen-ant and re
lease him from the necessity of compli
menting men upon their worthy deeds,
O my master. And O Son of Moham
med, I pray thee absolve thy servant
from the duty of reporting to thee all
the good that Is going on in the world."
"And why, O slave, dost thou come
to me with this prayer?" the calif
asked.
"Since I have been looking for what
is good," the man replied, "I have had
no time to do aught but compliment
men for their splendid works. So
much that is glorious Is all around me
that I may not hope to be able to tell
thee half of it My tasks lie neglected
because I have no time "
"Go back to thy work," said the calif.
"I perceive that thou hast learned."
Tom Heed "Makes", a Reporter.
"Who made you?" "Tom Reed."
Such would be the reply of , a
clever newspaper man who got himself
established in Washington by a unique
process. Tom Reed, when at the height
of his czarship, lived at the Shoreham,
where he held nearly as great court as
in the House. Among newspaper men
existed Intense rivalry In tbe pursuit
of his favors. One morning be was
huffy. It was "Not a word!" to every
reporter or correspondent and the
group knew he meant it A newcomer,
however, made play for a big stake
and won. While his fellows waited on
the stoop-to see the speaker enter his
carriage, this youth nestled under
Tom's big wing, whispering at the
door of the vehicle: "Mr. Speaker, for
God's sake let me get In and ride
around tbe corner with you! I syear I
won't open my mouth. You haven't
got to notice me at all. If you turn
me down" he became tragic "it
would ruin me forever in the estima
tion of my colleagues and rivals, but
if they see me riding with you my fu
ture Is safe." "Get In," said the czar,
appreciating the situation, and the
gasps of astonishment from the boys
on the stoop as the desperate reporter
took his seat indicated that a new and
important factor In Washington jour
nalism had arrived. New York Press.
Hird-Mad.
Many persons not "to the manner
born" are embarking on nature study,
to the weariness of their friends. They
sit In parks and fields with opera-
glasses, and see birds that never were
"on Bea or land." And sometimes their
bored friends rebel.
In a town where untrained observa
tion rages, says the New York Sun, an
elderly lady met an acquaintance In a
shady avenue, and asked her:
"Do you know anything about birds?"
"No," said tbe other. "I'm sorry, but
I don't"
'Sorry! Oh, you're Buch a relief 1 I
Just met Mrs. C, and she grasped my
hand, gazed upward, and said, 'Ob, did
you bear that perfectly lovely spike-
beaked, purple-eyed tickie-blrdr
'I hadn't gone a block before I met
Mrs. IC 'Hush! said she, ecstatically,
Don't move a muscle! Right up there
on that branch Is one of those rare, ex
quisite, speckle-winged, ring-tailed
screamers.
"You and I seem to be the only Bane
people. Let us rejoice in chorus."
Paradoxical.
Clara I am thinking seriously of
bleaching my hair. Would you?
Maude Welt If 1 did, I'd certainly
try to keep It dark.
A man's good Intentions would be
worth more If be could get them
cashed.
Don't lessen your chances of auccesa
by brooding over the past
RANGE OF THE RAMAPOS.
A Wild Beaton Lying Close to New
, York City.
Who would believe that within thirty
two miles of New York city there are
mountain dwellings In a district so wild
and rough that they are Inaccessible
even to the feet of ponies; that no prod
uce can be taken out to nor 'supplies
brought In from these farms save on the
backs'bf men; that the people gain their
living by making baskets, wooden
spoons and such light articles as they
can transport on their shoulders; that
even the bodies of the dead cannot be
taken out, but must be burled in the
forest or in the yards of the mountain
cabins? A region where the people are
as primitive in their ways, though not
so lawless In their tendencies, as the
Tennessee mountaineers? It is bard to
believe, but It is true.
When, In the middle of August, I
pitched my tent on the easterly side of
tbe easterly range of the Itamapos, In
Rockland County, close to a mountain
stream, I did not know that just over
the range of these wild mountains de
scendants of the Tory rangers of 1770
were yet to be found. I did not know
that the higher reaches of tbe moun
tains were tolerably full of rattlesnakes
of great size and beauty. I did not
know that the wild dogs lived up there.
I only perceived that the hills were
beautiful, the air pure and invigorat
ing, the woods practically unbroken
and tbe streams clear aud cold. I per
ceived that there were no swells' places
anywhere In the hills, and that the wood
ranger's pasturage was unbroken. The
people whom I met were cordial, smil
ing, unsuspicious. I liked Ramapos as
the result of only a glance, and liked
them still better after a camping ac
quaintance of a couple of weeks.
It certainly did not decrease my in
terest to know that, beginning some
twenty or more years ago, sundry do
mestic dogs of large size, finding in the
Raniapo woods no one to say them nay,
had fled from the lowland farms to the
hills, and had, after going quite wild,
started a breed of creatures which has
now taken on quite a type of Its own.
New York Mall and Express. .
Mrs. Humphrey Ward enjoys the dis
tinction of being paid more for her lit
erary work than any other woman now
living or who ever lived.
Marie Corclll Is credited with saying:
"I read in the papers that Kipling has
gone up Into Scotlund to find material
for new stories. The Idea of anybody
trying to write of Scotch life after Sir
, Walter Scott!"
Rest, In its ordinary acceptation, is a
comparatively unknown quantity . In
Edward Everett Hale's busy life. Few
are the days in the total 3(15 but what
are more or less Intersbot with work
!of St. me sort or other.' True It Is not of
the laborious order, rather it Is of the
kind that makes deeper, more Insidious
inroads mental, intellectual, spiritual.
Miss Surnh Orne Jewett dearly loves
flowers, spending some of the happiest
of summer's hours working among
them In an old-fashioned garden back
of ber home. This inherent love of ev
erything wholesome, combined with
her sympathy and devotion to the peo
ple of whom , he writes, are what make
her stories so rt-nl so pungent with the
breezlness and odor of the sweet-smelling
pines of the Maine woods.
Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth's first
story, Retribution, published In 1810
in the National Era, and which is said
to have been tbe first novel published
serially In thl'j country, was not writ
ten for pure financial gain, but simply
to Inflict upon the public the fact that
another author was born uuheralded
by the usual story of hunger and the
"garret" It Is a fact that her novels
In the Boston public library are re
bound oftener than any other works of
fiction.
Some one quoted Robert Louis Stev
enson in hearing of Marie Corelll hav
ing said that no one with a family to
support ever ought to attempt to write
unless he has an assured Income from
some other source. Miss Corelll blazed
with indignation. "It makes me so
angry to bear writers who have promi
nence talk in that manner," she said.
"I have made a success, I have sup
ported my family, but I don't think
you can do It You'd better not try It.
It is like a man. Mho has climbed to
the top of a tree, saying to those be
low: 'It is true I have reached the top,
but It Is very doubtful If you can dt it
and the limb might break if you t.id.
Don't attempt It; stay down there
where you are.' I have no patience
with such conceit If men and women
think they have a talent for writing,
let them try and keep on trying, for
bow else can they ever find out the
truth?"
Poorly Kquipped.
There are some pleas so moving that
it would take a heart of stone to resist
them. Squire Patterson is the only rep
resentative of the law in a New Eng
land town, and Is therefore tbe recipi
ent of constant appeals for the admin
istration of Justice not only from his
neighbors, but from many of the dwell
ers on outlying farms.
One day a widow, known to him as a
shiftless and complaining person, way
laid him In the postorhce.
"See here, square," she said, queru
lously, "I want you should say some
thing to Nathan Boggs that's got th
farm next mine, lie's told It round that
I don't keep my hens at home, aud that
he'll have the law on me If 1 don't on
account of bis corn. And I want you to
put It plain to him how that he ought
to hare more patience, considering he'i
got sons to help him and money laid by
and what's all; and everything I've got
in this earthly world Is one cow and
those hens and six head o' gal children
that can't throw a stone straight!"
When we hear of a man performing
a brave action we wonder If the story
la true; we know of so many cowardly
trjeka being don every day.
GEO. P. CiiOWELL,
r-m Mir to K. I. Smith,
OUtmt imulilmlH-d Uoum in ibeTlle;.
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Feed, etc.
This old-established house will con
tinue to pay cash lor all its goods; it
pays no rent; it employs a clerk, bnt
does not have to divide with a partner.
All dividends are made with customers
in the way of reasonable prices.
Lumber
Wood,
Posts, Etc.
Davenport Bros.
Lumber Co.
Have opened an office in Hood River.
Call and get prices and leave orders,
which will be promptly filled.
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Portland -Astoria Route
Str. "BAILEY GATZERT."
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Landing and otllce: Koot Alder Street. Both
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AGENTS.
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Portland Ft. V. orlh, Omaha,
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Ex Sunday 8t..-,r E.8.Bi,r
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Daily except RlparU to LewUton Dai" lioVpl
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