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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1906)
i .*> XOVTOFTHE » DEATH mattered not that the runabout second hand, and purchased at i>n, though at a ridiculously low i It mattered not that I had but horse power while Fred Wilson, Is fine new touring car, had for- I was as happy as a king, for my possession set aside, to some ex- at least, Fred’s advantage over n the attack upon Miss Stend- s heart. He had been taking her j on the Beach Drive, and I had id my teeth with futile jealousy, along came my wonderful o[>- inity. I bought the machine, ;h It was really beyond my is. I simply coifldn’t help It. _n a man is in love, you know, he ■1 kinds of a fool. ■id didn’t my breast swell with ■e when I whirled up to Alice’s Ke that evening, the second after ■ purchase, to take her in the ■alight along that magnificent ■mile stretch of perfect road? I I made up my mind to tell her ■ night all that had been In my lit for so many apprehensive* Irs—that I loved her, that I liti-d her for my very own—In fact, It she was the only girt in all the fid for me. ph, it Is glorious to sit by the girl p love and spin through the night la silent, smooth-running machine. Irank in the full joy of It A dozen kes I was on the point of speak- t. I had been practicing steadily [the steering, endeavoring to be le to manage the machine with one nd. tn order to have the other free Alice’s waist I pictured it all t—how she would listen in silence, In look at me with sparkling eyes tl let her pretty head fall on my »ulder; and bow I would then put r arm around her, very tenderly, ' draw her rilose and kiss her, it did not turn out that way at * made a prodigious leap, and bad we QUEEN DANISH SITUATION. beeu a trifle less swift would have landed on top of us. But we shot from uuder him, and as he descend European and Diplomatic Goa. ip. ed oue great paw swept over the The late Lord Stanley, of Alder- seutback and wiped off half of the England, entertained abso leather covering. God, those claws ley, hatred towards and their power. Another jump and lutely fantastic everything American. Home few yeurs we would be done for. the American Society in The automobile in front was now ago almost upon us. The deep-tom d horn London was limning its uunuai ■ dinner on Independence Day, aud in sounded a warning. At that instant I decided on a new course. We vited Lord Stanley to the feast. Hia were approaching a road crossing, reply, typical of his dislike of every Taking the handle firmly I swerved thing American, was: ‘Tail’d Stanley sharp across the truck. Just grazing presents bis compliments to tlie sec of the American Society, but the big ear in frout, and darted down retary not conceive why he should have the side road. But I had miscalcu | can lated, or my hand was unsteady. The been asked to a banquet to celebrate next moment we crushed iuto the i uu una toned rebellion.” bushes at the side of the road and I Countess Raben Levetzau, wife of came to a short stop in the midst of j the Danish Minister for Foreign Af a dense clump of laurel. I crouched fairs, is American born, as Is her mo and awaited the descent ot the lion. ther, wife of the Danish Minister at I could feel him In the air behind me. Berlin. By the bye so much has been said about tlie personal popu I waited with a prayer on my lips. Instead I beard confusion out on larity of King Christian of Denmark, that most people will probably be the Wood Road. There were loud voices. The machine was at a stop, surprised to learn that for twenty for I could see the lights through the years, until not many years ago, trees. Alice was in a dead taint, and there has been a deadlock between ; veteran monarch and the na seeing that I could not help b<>r nt the that moment and that the beast bad tional legislature-. The Liberals haw continuously held a majority In the disappeared I jumped out aud ran to the roadside. There stood Fred Wil son’s big touring car, with the front smashed in; there stood Fred and tils three companions; and there. In the middle of the road, lay the lion. My plan was successful. Following us closely he bad no time to dodge the heavy car. lie met It head on. There could be only one result. My runabout was not hurt, and af ter a time, with Alice beside me, re covered, though tremulous, wo rode slowly home. The supper was abandoned. But in the quiet of Al ice’s dulnty parlor, with no fear of pursuers or intruders, I went on with my interrupted story. And . Inter, with both arms around her, and her dear face very close to mine, we planned our honeymoon. ✓ COFFEE DOES V I was going to say ‘ precious head.’ but iny mouth became suddenly dry and my heart made violent leaps. I was stage struck—love-frightened. I I had a sort ot buck-ague. I took I courage and found my tongue. ‘•Alice," I said gently, placing my dis engaged hand on her own, “I want to tell you something that has—that | has been—has been on my mind for---- .” I think she understood what wns coming, but I got no.further. In the darkness, at the roadside, a huge black bulk loomed, like an enormous dog. A sudden terror shot through me. The machine swerved sharply, and I was compelled to use both hands to steady it. I turned up the speed a trifle, and then Instinctively looked behind. A glance was enough. The bulk had moved out into the road and was directly behind us. What could it be? A dog! A---- my heart sank. I thought of the chorus of unusual howls and roars heard shortly before. 1 looked back in its place. again. There was no doubt about it. behind us, loping easily with tail switching in grace, came a huge male lion. I recognized the great shaggy bead. It had escaped from the Zoo, and was probably mad with fright from the attempts of the keepers to capture it. A little faster, and still a little Postum is a sure rebuilder and when you cut out the faster. I did not want to turn on coffee and use Postum instead, you get a taste of full speed at once. Alice might un health, for the aches and ails begin to leave. derstand. Probably we could slip away from the pursuer, and run into Delightful—For the Guests. You may THINK you know, but you don’t, town without her knowing tile risk. until after the trial.—- Remember But as I turned my head a few hun There were many visitors that sum dred yards further I saw that my mer at bis suburban home. He was s clerk drawing the large speed was of no avail. The lion was ’ subordinate stipend of a hundred dollars, just as close as before, bounding like monthly but of course the guests were uot cog- a giant cat, as easily and as quietly I nlsant of the extent of his income, as a phantom. nor did that question appear to enter But you can not keep a secret from their minds. a woman. Alice turned her eyes to He was anxious to do every KING CHRISTIAN OF DENMARK. Oetthe HttKbook, "Th® Road to’Wellsville.'• tn eachvpk& thing In reason to make life In the Folkethlng, the Danish nouse of country endurable to bls wife who hated house-keeping under tlie best Commons, but the King lias Insisted of circumstances, especially In the on choosing bls cabinet ministers, country, while the breath of fresh air from the other party, the Conserva and communion with nature were tives. The representatives of the proving his salvation from exhaustive dally brain work, by which the cur minority have conducted the routine business of the government, but rent funds were supplied. So he made these guests welcome whenever they have had to ask the . You Can Do It EVERY TIME in every way, giving up his room at Folkethlng for special funds, that times, changing his former easy hab body, which controls tlie official With A its, (but not Ills best clothes, as bad purse, has thwarted them. Tlie royal- QEER SAFETY RE«N been fils wont when he reached home residence in Copenhagen, the old at evening* returning company calls palace of Christiansburg, was de PRICE, COMPLETE, $5.00 aiijd thereby neglecting necessary stroyed by lire in 1884, and the feel Expressage Prepaid work on his place, st cetera, or ing between the Crown and the legis No more Smash-ups; No mere course there were many extra ex lature had been so bitter that money Lives Lost; Can be buckled penses. A drive now and then, extr had never been appropriated to re on, in a minute, to any Bridle: servant hire, the greatly increased store it. For almost twenty years WORKS INDEPENDENTLY OF THE DRIVING REINS. cost of the table, the milk bill, the King Christian lived in comparative- , Writ« for descriptive circular, freo on application, to butcher's bill, the bill for fuel and the lv small and shabby quarters at the . TH® OICICW MANUFACTURING CO., general wastage , all of which would Amallenborg palace until finally the have been of small moment to a long-standing dispute was ended by I 49 EXCHANGE PLACE. NEW YORK. man with a large Income, but were to the King’s recognition of the major Will Stop any Horse or Money Refunded. him very disheartening as weeks ity party. passed by and the guests made no It mnv not be surprisin'? that the sign of departure. William Waldorf Astor But nil things must come to an end, expatriated claim for the first American and as the cooler days and evenings should —and inferentially, of course, of autumn arrived they said, "But in Astor for himself—an ancient nnd distin teaches you about bees, how to handle them for deed, we surely must return to the guished and profit. Send for free copy. Read it. The distinguished honey city. We have staid months where I ancestor lineage. Then you’ll want to subscribe. 6month’s PIANOS AND ORGANS to whom his descent is trial 25c. Don’t delay but do it to-day. we expected to remain weeks.” traced is Don l ’ edro d ’ AsK ■ :a. a STANDARD OF TIIE WORLD And so they gave their host a for Spanish grandee of the eleventh cen A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. mal liandshukd and a perfunctory who settled in France, where good bye, while they kissed and em tury, Ills successors — a long line of sig- braced the hostess and to her said: and marquises—changed their “Never have we been more char neurs to Astorg. At the revocation mingly entertained; you have done ev name erything in your power to make this of the Edict of Nantes. Jean Jacque d'Astorg. who was a Huguenot, fled a summer long to be remembered.” And the poor clerk returned to Ills across the Rhine; Johann Jacob As tor. the Waldorf butcher, was his desk and work, the house resumed its normal condition, but as each pay day grandson. This information will, no rolled around lie added his debits anil doubt, be of interest to American his credits, only to find that extra antiquarians. It is well known that O YOU KNOW that dirty bottles and scales cause you trouble? hundred dollars persistently remain John Jacob Astor came to this coun ing on the wrong side of the ledger. try .in almost penniless Immigrant, Obviate this by using our Developers, put up READY TO USE. Whether it is ample compensation hailing from the village of Waldorf Simply empty our tubes into the developing tray and add the water— for him to hear, when he occasionally in Baden. His descendant of today we don’t charge you for the latter. Large quantities of developer meets one of his summer friends, of spenks of him as a “peasant,” but as ‘the charming hospitality shown by a matter of fact be was the son of made up at one time oxydize and spoil. With our developers you only make his wife,” Is known only to himself. the village butcher, and began bis up enough for immediate use. Doubtless so, since busband and wife enreer by working In his father’s shop—a fact which it is not -recorded Send 25 cents for half a dozen tubes sufficient for 24 ounces of devel are one. HE HAD MADE A PRODIGIOl'8 LEAP. that he ever sought to conceal. oper for Velox, Azo, Cyko, Rotox, or other papers, or 60 ounces of Plate and King Leopold of Belgium has con Film Developer—a Developer which will not stain the fingers or nails, and Uncomfortable English Hotels. I. It seldom does turn out just as the rear, then with a piercing shriek ferred upon Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotin, is non-poisonous. We have a Sepia Toner for gaslight papers, 6 tubes, 25c. threw both arms around me and vice-president and acting president Hi plan it. , W. D. Howells, in Harper’s. of the Woman’s Auxiliary Congress “We will go clear to the end of the clutched me in a most delicious em With th» aid of the two candles of the World's Columbian Exposition, iuch Drive,” I said, as we slipped brace, though I would willingly have which I lighted I discovered the grate the order of the Knighthood of Leo ray down Main street and turned foregone the occasion. NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMICAL COMPANY “Yes, my dear,” I said quietly. "I I in the wall near the head of the bed. pold. It is believed that Mrs. Ilen- lo the Boulevard. “Then we will llth St. and Penn Ave., Washington, D. C. me back by the Wood Road, sklrt- know all about It I think we can and on examining It closely I perceived rotin is the only woman In this g the Zoo and ending up at Al run away from him. though.” 11 that there was a fire in It. The grate country who has received this deco longe’s for a little supper. How touched the speed lever again. This | would have held quite a double hand ration. She was at one time national ill you like that?’ And she smiled was the last notch. We were at our ful of coal If carefully put on : the fire president of the Federation of Wo > at me so appreciatively that I limit, with a good two miles ahead which seemed to be flickering so feebly [ man's Clubs, and Is prominent In so-1 She Is the wife of Charles It perfectly sure, for full half a of us before any possibility of help. bad yet the weary energy to draw all clety. Ilenrotln, Belgian Consul tn Chicago. inute, that she was just as much in The machine was now running stead the warmth of the chamber up the The Order of Leopold wns founded ily, with a straight road for half a chimney, and I Btood shivering In the ve with me as I with her. in 1832 by Leopold I; there are five It was so open on the Drive, and mile, and I let my left arm steal temperature of a subterranean dun classes. ere was such a stream of antomo- around Alice's waist and held her in geon. The place instantly gave evi- j GASOLINE ENGINES les and carriages that I deferred a protecting clasp. I thought no dence of being haunted, nnd the testl-1 In selecting a wife. Serge de Witte the great Russian statesman, chose mony of my nerves on this point was When equipped with an I. II.C. gasoline engine, the farm, the dairy, the leaking to her of my secret. It more about love and soft declara Jewess, one of the race which has mill, the threshing machine, or the husker and shredder can be operated more ould be better in the seclusion of tions. I knew only that here was corroborated by the spectral play of the a been treated so cruelly in bls coun firelight on the ceiling when 1 blow out economically than with any other power. Farmers who have water to pump; the sweetest girl In the world. In im ie Wood Road. So we talked gen Mme. de Witte wns formerly wood to saw, feed to grind or corn to shell, can do this work at a minimum rally, and looked out over the water minent danger of being torn to my candles. In the middle of the night try. the wife of a subordinate official, but cost with I. H. C. engines. t the vessels in the Sound, and ad- shreds by a ferocious lion, and that I woke to the sense of something creep- ( she secured a divorce and has been □ lred the beauty of the glorious only a miracle, including steady fng with a rustling noise over the floor.: very hnppy In her second marriage I rejected the hypothesis of my bed j moonlight on the dancing waves. hand and head on my part, would In spite of the fact thnt she has never Then, at the end of the beautiful given even a ghost of a chance. I curtain falling Into place, though I re-j been received nt court. She also hns path along the water we turned ab stole another glance behind. Not membered putting it back that I might been Ignored by the leading society ruptly and entered the quiet and se twenty yards separated us from that have light to read myself drowsy. I women of St. Petersburg, notwith clusion of the great pine woods. relentless, blood-thirsty, powerful an knew at once that it was a ghost standing the high positions her hus The road was rather narrow here, imal. Alice bad sunk in a heap on walking the night there, and walking band has held. and wound intricately through the my lap. I leaned forward, hoping to hard. Suddenly It ceased, and I knew Van Calava. forest for several miles, emerging reduce the wind pressure and add to why. It bad been frozen out. upon a broad plaza at the front en our speed, and prayed to heaven for THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. trance to the Zoo. This road was not succor. Has Many Diseases. On and on we went What If we much frequented at night, and I felt (From tho Automobile Advocate.) In Bellevue Hospital. In New York, that I would have ample opportunity should burst a tire or blow out a Under the spreading chestr.at trees the village smithy stands. to express myself. 1 trembled in cylinder? The thought was heart there is a man who should be the ob a lordly man Is he, with vast wardly. The time was very near. I rending. Even at our speed the lion ject of everyone’s sympathy. Hfs name The smltn, and fertile lands. was gaining. He was only ten is Job Keeley and his occupation is No more must speak soon. his brawny back he bends be that of a painter. A short time ago yards behind. He had increased bls neath the horse’s weight: It wns very quiet in the woods. At his ringing sledge he swings in Intervals we could hear distantly the speed with mine, making twenty feet he fell from a low scaffold and bus No more giant strength elate. tained such Injuries as necessitated his at a leap. The uncanny part of it baying and bawling of the animals No more his face Is covered o’er with in the Zoo. Ocasionafly an ele was that he did not make a sound, I being taken to the hospital for treat blazing forge's smut. phant trumpeted. or a jaguar except now and then a low grumb- j ment. There the surgeon found that he Nor beaded with his honest sweat. Its channels there to cut. screamed. We were used to these ling growl, as though resenting the | had a slight fracture of the base of the Adown the street he sits at ease before sounds, but Alice was just a little trouble be was put to in obtaining a i skull. After a further examination It the wayside Inn. was found that he had tuberculosis ot And Jingles In his broadcloth pants his frightened when there came a per supper. stacks of easy tin. Far ahead I saw three lights set in 1 the lungs complicated with bronchitis fect babel of sounds from the enclo was he within his day and seized sure She drew closer to me. and I. the shape of a triangle. The top [ His occupation as a painter had given For wise the chance that came. relying on my skin, took my left light wns brilliant and threw its rays him painter’s colic. He Is not a young By charging fourteen prices when the motor cars went lame. hand from the steering bar and slip directly into my eyes. Thank God. : man and his age had hardened his ar I. H. C. HORIZONTAL ENGINE ped it gently behind her, though I an automobile, approaching from the ' teries — arteriosclerosis — also "old opposite direction. I opened my I man’s eyes”—presbyopia—the opposite I. H. C. gasoline engines are made in the following sizes : S, 3 and 5 H- dared not take the liberty of em P-, vertical type, stationary; 6, 8, to, is and 15 H. P., horizontal type, stat bracing her. -She looked up at me in mouth and made ready to shout. But of nearsightedness: he also has water Chinese the First Paper Makers. ionary; and 6, 8, to, 12 and 15 H. P., horizontal type, portable. The first real paper was made by the some alarm. "Suppose one of those what good would that be. The other on the brain and his skin Is puffed up Chinese. The papyrus of the Greeks., terrible beasts should get out and machine would go whizzing by. and by air which has escaped under it WRITE FOR GASOLINE ENGINE BOOKLET. Romans and Egyptians was not paper ( come after us?” she asked timidly. we would be no better off than be- i I laughed at her fears "Why ft fore. Then I flinched and almost at all. but simply the piths of the stem Tne oldest applejack distillery In the would be easy to run away with this fell Into the road, for right in the air United States is at Warwick. N. J. The of r. plant cut Into strips, placed side j (In corpora t e d > machine.” I said. "And anyhow, you ( behind me appeared the gleaming worm still in use was brought from by side and across each other and' eyes, the foam-flecked jaws, the mas- 7 Monroe Street Chicago, 111., U. S. A. don’t suppose I would let anything pressed Into a sheet. slve-clawed feet of the lion. He badj England before the Revolutionary war. t POSTUM FOOD COFFEE That’s the only way to find out. “There’s a Reason/* STOP YOUR RUNAWAY Gleanings in Bee Culture Älason^^Hüiliii PHOTOGRAPHERS Throw Your Bottles and Scales Away D International Harvester Co. International Harvester Co. of America harm a single hair of your, your—’’
