IIOOD RIVER GLACIER, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1911
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HOOD RIVER NURSERY
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Cherry, Pear, Apricot,
Grape, Currant and Berry Plants
Shade and Ornamental Trees
Also, all the standard varieties of Apple Trees. Can supply the trade with
plenty of Newtown, SpiUenberg and Jonaehan apple trees
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AN ARBITER
OF FATE
Gamaliel Swallows an Ancient
Supers! ition
By CLARISSA MACklE
T Copyright by American Press Aaao- T
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"Here conies Aunt Alvaretta," said
Elsie llxtlessly from her seat In the
how window. "I wonder what has
tiHppeued. She's got her knit hood ou
over her sweeping cap, and 8he U run
ning across the orchard."
Mrs. I'arBons leaned over her daugh
ter's shoulder and peered at the tali
angulur Ogure hurrying through the
on-hard that divided the two houses.
"Maybe Gamaliel has had another fit.
That cat will he the death of Alvaretta
with his fits aud finicky ways; she's
worried over hlra half the time. I'll
open the door for her." She went to
the side porch and awaited her sister's
coming.
Alvaretta came op the narrow path
between the rows of chrysanthemums,
her prunella shod feet flashing In and
out of the dead leaves and her faded
fuce quite pink with excitement.
"Is It Gamaliel?" called Mrs. Tarsons
eagerly as her slxter drew near.
Miss Lee stopped ahort and stared.
"Is what Gamaliel?"
"I thought perhaps that cat had fin
other fit," returned Mrs. Parsons sharp
ly; "he's always cutting up some sort
of didoes!"
"Gamaliel's all right," assured Al
varetta calmly as she followed her sis
ter Into the warm sitting room. "How
are you, Elsie? Haven't you finished
those pillowcases yet?"
"This Is the last one," answered El
sie, rising to offer her aunt a rocking
chair. "When we saw you running.
Aunt Alvaretta, we thought something
had happened." She resumed her own
seat and bent her fair head above the
muxlln pillowcase.
"Something unusual did happen,"
averred Miss Lee with mysterious
noils of her head. "I'll have to take
off my knit hood; It's hotter'n all
get out In this room. For the land If
I haven't got on my sweeping cap!
Well, It's all In the story of wbnt hap
pened when I was cleaning the garret
this morning."
"What happened?" queried Mrs. Par
sons Impatiently as she picked up her
needles and knitted furiously at some
white lace she was rqaking for her
daughter's trousseau.
Miss I,e removed her sweeping cap
and twirled It thoughtfully on one long
finger, her keen, black eyes watching
Elsie's downcast face as she told her
story.
"As I was saying, I cleaned the gnr
ret this morning, or I was Just begin
ning to when I decided I'd clean out
that little closet under the rafters.
There wns a little hair trunk that be
longed to Grandmother Lee, and It
had all sorts of truck In It. I won't
tell you all the stuff there was tucked
away In that trunk. Some rnlny day
you can come, Emellne, Mid we'll look
It over. But among other things there
was a little pasteboard box and Inside
of It was a little scrap of lace, marked
'Ann Lee's wedding veil.' . That was
your great-grandmother. Elsie! There
was a acrap of the wedding gown and
then screwed up In a little piece of pa
per was this bit of grandmother's wed
ding cake!" Alvaretta triumphantly
held up a twist of yellowed paper,
whic h she carefully unfolded to dis
cover a morsel of dark, fruity caka
with a few flecks of Icing clinging to
It
"I'm going to give It to Elsie to
dream on," said Miss Lee slowly.
Elsie's pale face flushed hotly and
ahe shrank buck In her chair with a
protesting gesture of her hands. "You
needn't laugh nt me, Aunt Alvaretta,"
she said tremulously. "You know I
dou't have to dream on wedding cake
my fate's leen decided for me." She
shot a bitter glanc at her mother's
averted face.
Mrs. Parsons arose and went to the
plant stand in the window, where she
proceeded to pick the dead leaves from
the geraniums with quick, nervous ges
tures that betray! her inward per
turbation. "I didn't know Elsie had decided
she was going to marry Jerome Bar
day. I thought Bhe was sort of teeter
Ing between him aud Itob Harris,"
blurted Miss Alvuretta, getting upon
her feet. "I've never taken much stock
hi your notion of having Elsie get her
wedding clothes ready before she'd
made up her mind."
"I never said I wanted to marry Je
rome Barclay. I I cun't bear him!"
(lashed Elsie, with unusual spirit
Mrs. Parsons turned a cold face to
ward her daughter. "I thought it was
understood," she said severely, "that
you was to marry Jerome. He said
he wouldu't tuke 'no for an answer,
aud he snys you can keep hired help
and you needn't do a stroke of work
if you don't want to. lie can afford
to have you live like a lady. He left
a dl'mond ring for you to wear, and
he told mo to fire ahead and get the
rlothes ready. He says he knows you
will be ready. 1 don't want to Influ
ence you, Elsie, but I've had to worli
so hard all my life tt seems as if I
couldn't have yon let such a good
chance go by." Sho hioiwl appealing
ly at the mutinous face of her daugh
ter.
,"I wouldn't mind working hard for
some folks," half sobbed the girl,
turning her eyes away.
Mrs. Parsons sighed and resumed
her picking of the dead leaves from
Blankets and Quilts
Laundered
in a thoroughly sanitary
manner by the
Hood River Laundry Co.
Phone 123
the geraniums. "I didn't know that
Rob had given 70a tha chance to aay
yes or do," she said bitterly.
"Fiddlesticks!" anlffed Mis Alvaret
ta, with a toss of her bead. "I guesa
Bob and Elate know whether they
want to marry each other without any
htghfalutlng talk about It Bob Har
ris la poor, but be'a smart as a whip
and bound to make his mark In the
world. He's got more ginger in hla
little finger than Jerome Barclay has
In hla whole lacy body. I don't be
lieve In Interfering with other folk'a
business, and 1 shan't rnflueiue Elsie
either way, but 1 think it's only fair
she should have a chance, and here
It Is."
Miss Alvaretta held ont the bit of
wedding cake In Its twist of paper aud
dropied It In her niece's out.-1 retched
hand. "Elsie Parson a, you take that
cake and put It under your pillow to
night If you dream about Hob Har
ris you can take It that It's your fate
to marry him and nobody else. If
you dream of anybody else 1 reckon
It'a your duty to marry them w hoever
they are. There! I've got to be go
ing. Gamaliel will be wanting hla
milk."
With a pressure of Elsie's band and
a defiant glance at the thin disap
proving' back of her sister, Miss Alva
retta marched out of the room.
When she had disappeared through
the aisles of leafless trees Mrs. Par
sons turned around. "I hoi you're
not going to take any stock In that
foolishness, Elsie."
"Mother, I'm going to have my
chance," she aald quietly. "I'll prom
ise to abide by whatever I dream
about tonight If I dream about Je
rome Barclay I'll tell you the truth." '
Til do the best I can by you, Elsie,
whichever way yon happen to dream,"
said Mrs. Parsons after a long pause.
"Thank you, mother." said Elsie,
and then they talked of other matters
and Elsie's lovers were; not mentioned
again that afternoon.
After supper there came a scratching
and mewing at the side door. "It'a
Gamaliel," said Elate as she arose to
admit Miss Alvaretta's big black cat
"I suppose he's come over to spend the
night."
"The most ungrateful critter that
ever lived, remarked Mrs. Tarsons as
she placed a saucer of milk for the
unexpected guest "Alvaretta waits
on that cat band and foot and five
nights out of the week he runs over
here to sleep. I shouldn't think you'd
want him sleeping la your room, El
sie." While she undressed Elsie thought
of the wedding cake and of what she
might dream while its magic lay so
near her head, but she forgot It after
all until she was about to step into
bed. Then she groped In the darkness
dud found the twisted bit of paper on
the bureau and tucked It under ber
pillow.
She thought persistently of Jerome
Barclay, while she tried to banish him
from her mind, and so she fell asleep
and dreamed of him clear, vivid
dreams of automobile rides around the
surrounding country and Into the ad
jacent cities as Jerome Barclay's wife;
dreams that were so real that she re
membered every detail of each one
when she awoke to a realization that
her test bad fulled to grant her heart's
desire. Not once had she even thought
of Rob Harris in the misty lund of
dreams.
Gamaliel yawned sleepily on hla
cushion and bounced off Indignantly
as the door was cautiously pushed
open and Mrs. Parsons' face was
thrust In.
"Well, Elsie, what did you dream?"
she asked, with assumed lightness.
Elsie aat up In bed and swept the
fair hair back from ber dejected face.
"I dreamed of Jerome Barclay, moth
er," she said heroically. "So I'll mar
ry him Just as I Bald I would."
Mrs. Parsons advanced Into the room
and picked up a scrap of paper from
the floor. "What's this?" she asked.
"What did you do with the cake,. El
sie?" The girl stared and then slipped her
band hastily under the pillow and
drew forth a screwed up piece of pa
per. "Here It la no why, mother, I
made a mistake and put a curl paper
under the pillow Instead of the wed
ding cake!" The color came Into her
cheeks and ber eyes danced as they
bud not done in mouths. She was
getting some of Jier old time spirit
back. "There isn't any charm about
dreaming ou a curl paper, la there,
mother?" she asked demurely.
"No, there isn't," said Mrs. Parsons
shortly. "Elsie, I believe that Gama
liel ate that cake. See, this is the pa
per with a few crumbs left In It I
found it near his cushion. Theret
See him eat the rest of it!" She Wok.-
ed resentfully at Gamaliel aa be swal
lowed the reuiuinlng crumba and tick
ed his Hps appreciatively..
"1 forgot to Bay, Elsie, that Rob
Harris is downstair watting to see
you. He says he taut go till he does.
1 expect your Aunt Alvaretta had
something to do about getting him
over here. He looks powerfully wor
ried: He's got a little automobile to
attend to his business with. I've ask
ed Itob to stay to breakfast You bet
ter hurry." She opened the door and
stumbled over the active Gamaliel.
"Prat that cat! Thieving old repro
bate!" she scolded, departing. "I'm
glad you dreamed what you did,
thtld," she called back.
Elsie snatched Gamaliel to her heart
and kissed him rapturously. "You're
the dearest old thing, and you shall
wear a white ribbon," ahe whispered
In his perky ear. Then from below
there came a prolonged and familiar
whistle that was echoed In her heart
She crept to the window and answer
ed It happily, tremulously.
From across the orchard Aunt Al
varetta's Toice aoundod, catting:
"Gamaliel! Gamaliel!"
A SNAP
12 Acres on the F.ast Side, 10
acres in trees. 2J acres, 9-year-olds;
4 acre in 4-year-olds; remain
der set this spring. Balance oak
grove. Beautiful building site, which
commands a glorious view of the
valley.
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Breeder of
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and S. C Rhode Island Reds
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS
A few good cockerels for sale, $1.00 to
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cockerel Portland show l!j!. v. P.
Rocks are (KUhel strain.) W. leghorns
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pen at Spokane, I'JIO. Kggs and day
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Tlione 308 M
Library Tables, Cedar ChestSi. Desk
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Mt. Hood Railroad
TIMK TABLE No. 10.
Effective April 17, 1911
So. Bound STATIONS No. Bound
A. M.
P. M.
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8:05 l'owerdale 3:0ft
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8:35 Vanllorn 2::
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8:55 Odell 2:1.
9:10 Summit 2:05
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9:40 .-...Winana 1:50
9:45 Arrive Dee l-eave 1:45
10:15 Leave lee Arrive 1:25
11:25 Troutcreek 1:20
10:40 Wood worth 1 :05
10:50 Arrive Parkdale... Leave 1:00
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