Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-10-31

when they piled OF Of me and le
me rise. limping and nearly smoth
cred while they ran away laughing,
picked mp e big jagged stone and fol
| lowed them. | remember IT wa
some hours before succeeded In get
ting squarely in front OF the bl
Peter Werner, who had led the as
sault, and who had by this time for
gotten It. | let drive ny stone witt
all the force posscss,d. and ! re
memDcr well the wild Joy which pos
segscd my soul whep ! saw the bloc,
'purt from his head, an beheld hin
ying unconscious on the ground. Il
the days that followed while he lin
gcred between life and death. | neye
could be brought 10 see wherein
had done wrong, although after tn,
excitement had passed away, and III,
nashfulness had reasserted itself,
realized the terrific force Of my pas
sion.
only two or three times after tha
was II aroused, but those few time
served 70 demonstrate more clearly
my utter Inability TO restrain mysel
when injustice or abnse set loose tn,
torrents OF my temper. went OF
through boyhood and youth with my
sensitive, reserved and lonely nature
Ind few pleasures and no compan
Ions after my mother died.
"The one bright ray that came into
my life, wax Alice Wilson. As a bo,
| worshiped her. As n youth mad,
her the goddess Of my dreams, and
bulded her into air castles which car
only come to persons who live the
lonely and companionless life that
led. After | was well along into
young manhood. and had mnde some.
thing Of success In my vocation
after contact with the world had
brushed the gloss on my dreams and
had blunted somewhat the edge of
my shrinking sensitivencss, | pluckcd
up courage to propose to her. She
refused me, but II was with tender
ness and with evident distress. She
told me that she had never dreamed
that / admired her. and was fun of
pity and regret. She was engaged TO
Philip sherry, she told me, and loved
him with all her heart.
"She married him, and crawled
back into myself again, and went on
In my lonely life. Philip Sherry was
rake and cur. He broke her heart.
dissipated what little fortune she had
and became involved in notorious
scandal so badly that he was dragged
into court, in divorce case brought
by another man against his wife.
81 happened to be in the Metropoli-
tan hotel one day. where | had been
summoned TO figure on some changes
to be made in remodeling It, and / be-
came the accidental and unseen wit
ness OF an interview between sherry
and his wife. II was IN the public
parlor, but they thought themselves
quite alone. She was pleading with
him to leave the country aud save
their children from further disgrace,
surely to be entailed by his presence
at the forthcoming suit. She was
dry-eyed and calm, but pray God
will never let me see face into
which is written broken heart so
wildly as was in hers. lie was some.
what in liquor brutal and sneerng.
She did not talk angrily, but very
plainly. He became insolent, insult
ing and abusive lie said things that
filled me with horror that they should
be spoken to any woman, but most
Of all to her
And then, governor" and | walked
directly in front OF the governor, aud
looked him squarely ia the eve, "he
struck her Yes, rs tod is my Judge,
he struck her aud rccled out Of the
room. with that blow | started for.
ward from where | had stood trans.
fixed during the brief interview As
she saw me she flushed deeply, and as
she caught the expression on my
face, cried out as | turned to leave
the room:
"'Mr Drummond, be careful; oh. !
be careful
cit was late that night when |
found him lie was In the hotel |
lobby, laughing and joking with a |
party OF friends struck him down |
with his own cane. The blow was
mortal | meant it to he. was ghd
Of 1t when saw him dying there ON
the floor have been glad of il ever
since. | am glad OF IL now. | would
lo 1t again this minute il all the trrs
Of he'll ro0red in front VI me and
awaited me. And II behind inc were
All the Joys ever hoped for"
The governor sat for some min.
itcs with those jutrosuycthe eyes
urucd inward, and | wondered II he
lad heard me, Then ne arose. Put
'ut his hand for mine placed his 9th.
n hand ON my shoulder and said:
And WoUd pardon YOU with the
,ame conditions facing me. You will |
e free m1n h"frr uivht"
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rink to take the place of coffee. Sold
" all erocers and liked hy all who have
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aids digestion and strengthens the
erves II is not a stimulaut hut q
oalth builder aud the children as well |
$ the adults can drink it with great |
ene6i, Costs about "A as much as .
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rom dyspepsia, at times compelling IN, |
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rieuds who suffer from indigestion Ial l
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