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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14

Don't be absurd! He doesn't want
me any more than other men do"
~sWhew! Your serene conceit is GER
tainly charming. Essie."
Don't be unkind. You know it's
true" she said, calmly. "Any woman
with fluffy hair and blue eyes can bring
men to her feet. Only you don't get
foolish and propose to me, Jack"
No. l don't propose to you." he
said quite calmly.
And that's why like you"
> "Then I'll try not to make you dis
like me. But what can 1 do to poor
Hallowell? A cat may look at king
- But Esther interrupted snappish-
ly.
That's no reason why a calf should
look at me all the timer
Poor girl! You're finding 1t mighty
hard getting away from the conse-
quences of your own sin, eh?''
What sin have l committed?" she
demanded, with conscious innocence.
"Is it sin to refuse to marry a man
you don't want?"
Moo. But how about-well not ex-
actly leading him ON to proposing
but"
She favored him with a frigid look.
81 beg your pardon. Mr.. Ormsby," she
observed.
.Well, you needn't" he said quietly.
"You expect plain talk from people
whose advice you ask, don't you? No
man will ever ask a woman to marry
him If she doesn't give him the oppor-
tunity."
THAT Is different; but such remarks
as you are making now are hardly in
the nature of advice, Jack"
well, l don't see that there's much
you can do," he drawled, and his eyes
began to twinkle. There seems to be
but two courses to pursue, and two
only
"Oh, here's your Sultan and the run,
aboutr' suddenly cried Esther. clap
ping her hands and springing up. Are
you going to take me to ride, JACKIE"
We'll, it's what I came around for
but your tale of woe about knocked il
out of my head"
The negro from the stable leaped out
and held the big bays head. Esther
ran down to the gate. forgetting the be
ruffied parasol lying on the veranda
Ormsby followed lazily.
Feeling pretty gay. isn't he, Jack
SOM" he asked. pulling on glove and
looking at Sultan. who danced charm
ingly to the accompaniment of little
sQueals of delight from Esther.
''Yes. sab; he do, sab"
Hop in, Essie." Ormsby said, hold
Ing out his hand to assist her. Then
he added. Speaking of angels, there's
Hallowell now."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14

Mrs. Humphrey Ward enjoys the dis
tinction of beirg paid more for her lit
erary work than any other woman now
living or who ever lived.
Marie Corelli is credited with saying:
ST read IN the papers that Kipling has
gone up into Scotland 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 365 but what
are more or less intershot with work
of some sort or other. True it is not of
the laborious order, rather it is of the
kind that makes deeper, more insidfous
inroads- mental, intellectual, spiritual.
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett dearly loves
flowers, spending some of the happiest
of summers hours working among
them in an old-fashioned garden back
of her home This inherent love of ev-
erything wholesome, combined with
her sympathy and devotion to the peo-
pie of whom he writes, are what make
her stories so real-so pungent with the
breeziness and odor of the sweet-smell-
ing pines of the Maine woods.
Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth's first
story, Retribution, published in 1910
in the National Era, and which is said
to have been the first novel published
serially in this country, was not writ
ten for pure financial gain, but simply
to inf1ict upon the public the fact that
another author was born unheralded
by the usual story of hunger and the
| "garret." 1t 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 Corelli hav-
| ing said that no one with family to
support ever ought to attempt to write
unless he has an assured income from
some other source. Miss Corelli blazed
with Indignation. "It makes me sc
angry to hear writer's who have promi-
nence talk in that manner" she said
81 have made a success, 1 have sup.
ported my family, but 1 don't think
you can do it. You'd better not try it.
1t is like man who has climbed to
the top of tree, saying to those be
low: 1T is true 1 have reached the top
but it is very doubtful if you can d. it.
and the limb might break If you lid
Don't attempt it; stay down there
where you are 1 have no patience
with such conceit. If men and women
think they have a talent for writing
let them try and keep on trying, fol
how else can they ever find out the
| truth %
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
Two Alternatives

- ND now, Jack, what can l do?
/A\ He follows me everywhere, and
SS he stands around and ogles me
with that detestable baby stare OF his,
and-and-you're laughing, Jack! You
are as mean as you can be to laugh
when l come to you for advice"
Esther stamped her foot. Jack Orms-
by leaned against the veranda railing
and watched her with amused eyes.
81 can't help smiling, Esther, but 1
can appreciate the irritation poor Hal
lowell must cause you"
"Irritationr' A world of emphasis
entered into the word. "And just be-
cause 1 was foolish enough to let him
propose to mel" she walled.
"Well, of course" Jack said slowly,
you must expect to have your scalps
cost you little something. Essie."
He doesn't say anything" exclaimed
the girl If he did, it would give me
chance to tell him what think of his
dogging my footsteps everywhere"
1T certainly is a case of the villain
still pursued her." Ormsby said. what
do you want me to do, Essie-call him
out and plug him full of holes?"
$E&h! Don't be SO vulgar! l don't
want you to do anything but tell me
what to do to get rid of him."
Jack was almost the only man she
knew well who had not proposed to
her. Men had fallen before her charms,
had said their little piece (and some
said it rather well, she had to admit to
HERSELF, and gone their way, and until
now no man had really been able to
trouble her serenity.
do think of something, Jack" she
pleaded. It's been three months now
since he-he-"
"Since he said the momentous words
which made him-not yours, eh?" And
Ormsby laughed, but his hands trem-
bled as he shifted the cane little.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14

A fresh faced young fellow cantered
by on a fine horse and lifted his hat
seriously. A little way beyond he pull
ed in the animal, and dismounted as
though he would come back to speak to
the couple at the runabout.
DO hurry upv' exclaimed Esther I'M
der her breath. What shall l do to
get rid of him, Jack? You said there
were two ways. What are they?"
"Well, and Ormsby buttoned the
glove slowly and put one foot on the
step of the runabout, you might marry
him to get rid of him."
mo, thank you" she exclaimed, pout-
ing and tossing her head. Then she
started and looked toward the house.
"Oh, Jack-my parasol! l shall want
it."
Ormsby had already leaned forward
to seize the reins. He glanced at the
colored man. Miss Dingley's parasol
is on the veranda, Jackson" he said.
The man dropped Sultan's Bride
Like flash the bay threw up his head
and started.
Ormsby's grasp. His foot slipped from
the step. He made a leap to reach the
carriage, but Sultan swung into long
stride on the instant and fairly snatch
ed the runabout from under his mas
ter's grasp.
1.-The reins, the reins! Quick, Essier'
| Ormby cried.
s,I,. l. rI,n& H.
| and seized the reins before they slipped
over the dashboard to dangle about Sui
| tan's heels and drive him mad with ter
ror. But the horse knew instantly that
an unfamiliar hand held the reins, and
he increased his trot to gallop.
Esther told herself that she would
not be frightened and she drew the
lines in firmly and said, "Whoav
But Sultan saw no reason for whoa
ing Just then. There was long stretch
of dusty, sunlit road before him, and
he seized the bit in his strong teeth, and
bolted. He flew by Hallowell's mount
with a rush and set that creature to
| dancing. Hallowel hung on to the
| leather and stared with round eyes af-
ter the runaway.
His astonishment was vastly increas-
ed when q second whirlwind reached
him. Ormsby went at him as though
he was playing football.
He snatched the bride from Halo
wells hand, and that young man was
sent rolling in the dust as Jack leaped
astride and set the now frightened ami
NAL after the boiling Sultan.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
Poorly Equipped.

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 the 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 postoffice.
''See here, square," she said, queru-
lously, Il want you should say some
thing to Nathan Boggs that's got the
farm next mine He's told it round that
/ don't keep my hens at home, and that
he'll have the law on me if l don't, on
account of his corn. And 1 want you to
put 1t plain to him how that he ought
to have more patience, considering he's
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 stone straight"
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and give him praise, or write to him
about it. Whenever you meet 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, and
l desire that you write out an account
of these good deeds for me that 1 may
share your joy in knowing Of it."
So the man was dismissed; but before
many days be returned and prostrated
himself before the calf. When ordered
to explain his presence, he walled:
"Have pity on thy servant and re-
lease him from the necessity Of compli-
menting men upon their worthy deeds,
o my master. And o Son Of Moham-
med, l 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 calf
asked.
"Since l have been looking for what
is good" the man replied, 81 have had
no time to do aught but compliment
men for their splendid works. So
much that is glorious is all around me
that 1 may not hope to be able to tell
thee half of it. My tasks lie neglected
because 1 have no time
$50 back to thy work." said the calf.
sI perceive that thou hast learned"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14

The road for a mile was clear, but
where it Joined the boulevard beyond
Ormsby knew the runaway would
burst into a tangle of carriage of all
descriptions, and the end would be Sc
rious. He didn't know much about the
soundness of Hallowel1's mount, but
he would have made an asthmatic old
car horse do stunts just then.
Like the wind he rode, and his
mounts nose soon came up to Esther's
shoulder. Foot by foot he gained on
Sultan, and then, with a swift dive,
Ormsby seized the reins, which Esther
had continued to cling to with all her
little might. A strong pull on both
horses, and Sultan instantly recognized
the fact that all his fun was over.
He slowed down and in half a block.
and just before the junction with the
boulevard, stopped, as gentle as lamb.
For minute they gazed at each other.
"Well," Ormsby said at last, "you
came near escaping the pursuit of the
villain that time, Essie, for good and
ALL"
Esther's eyes grew luminous. "And
you dared suggest that 1 marry him!''
she said, catching her breath.
"Well, you know there was an alter
native"
"And that is?' still looking at him.
'That you might marry me to get rid
of him. That-that would be effectual,
wouldn't it?'
Another breath of silence, and then
Esther murmured, "Well, Jack, dear,
we might try it!'-Homefolks.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
-OL D
FAvORITE IS
My Ain Countree.

My Ain Countree.
am far frae my hame, an I'm weary
aftenwhiles,
For the langed-for hame-bringing, an my
Fathers welcome smiles
I'll ne'er be flu content until mine cen
do see
countree.
The earth is Hecked VII flowers, mony-
tinted, fresh, an gay,
The brides warble blithely, for my
Father made them sac;
But these SIGHTS an these soun's will be
naething to me
When ! hear the angels singing in my ain
countree.
I've His guide word of promise, that some
gladstone day the King
To his ain royal palace his banished hame
will bring
WI 'een an WI hearts runnin' Ger, we
shall see
The King in his beauty, an our ain
countree.
My sins ha' been mony, an my sorrows
ha' been sair,
But there they'll ne'er mair vex me, meier
remembered mair.
Mis- bluid hath made me white, His hand
shall dry mine ee,
When He brings me home at last to my
ain countree.
Like a BARN to its mither, wee birdie
to it's nest;
1 wad fain be ganging moo to my Sa-
viour's breast;
For he gathers in His bosom witless,
worthless lambs like me,
And He carries them himself to his ain
countree.
He's faithful, that hath promised; He'll
| surely come again;
He'll keep his tryst WI me, at what hour
| dinna ken;
| But He bids me still to watch, an ready
aye to be
To gang at any moment to my ain coun-
So I'm watching aye, an singin' o my
hame as l wait,
| For the soun'in' O. His footfa' this side
the gowden gate.
God gle His grace to ilka ane wha' listens
moo to me,
That We a may gang in gladness to our
ain countree.
MARY Lee Demarest.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
Tom Reed "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 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 the pursuit
of his favors. One morning he 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 big stake
and won. While his fellows waited on
the stoop to see the speaker enter his
carriage, this youth nestled under
Toms big wing, whispering at the
door of the vehicle: "Mr. Speaker, for
Gods sake let me get in and ride
around the corner with you! syear
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-
ton 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.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
Range OF The RAMAPos.
A Wild Region Lying Close to New
York City.

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 of 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 buried 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? 1t is hard to
believe, but it is true.
When, in the middle of August, L
pitched my tent on the easterly side OF
the easterly range of the Ramapos, IN
Rockland County, close to mountain
stream, l did not know that just over
the range Of these wild mountains de-
scendants of the Tory rangers OF IG6
were yet to be found. l did not know
that the higher reaches of the noun
tains were tolerably full of rattlesnakes
of great size and beauty. l did not
know that the wild dogs lived up there.
1 only perceived that the hills were
beautiful, the air pure and lnvlgorat-
ing, the woods practically unbroken
and the streams clear and cold. l per-
ceived that there were no swells places
anywhere in the hills, and that the wood
rangers pasturage was unbroken. The
people whom l met were cordial, sm1l-
ing, unsuspicious. l liked Ramapos as
the result of only a glance, and liked
Them still better after camping ac-
quaintance of 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
Ramapo woods no one to say them nay,
had fed from the lowland farms to the
hills, and had, after going quite Wild
started a breed of creatures which has
now taken on quite type of its own
New York Mail and Express.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
Long, Long Ago.


Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long long ago, long long ago;
Sing me the songs l delighted to hear,
Long long ago, long long ago.
Now you are come all my grief is re-
mov'd,
Let me forget that so long you have rov'd,
Let me believe that you love as you lov'd,
Long long ago, long ago.
Do you remember the path where we met,
Long long ago, long long ago?
All, yes, you told me you ne'er would
forget,
Long long ago, long long ago.
Then to all others my smile you preferred,
Love when you spoke gave charm to
each word,
Still my heart treasures the praises
heard,
Long long ago, long ago.
Though by kindness my fond hopes were
rais'd,
Long long ago. long long ago,
You by more eloquent lips have been
prais'd,
Long long ago, long long ago;
But by long absence your truth has been
tried,
Still to your accents 1 listen with pride,
Blest as was when 1 sat by your side,
Long long ago, long ago.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
A Persian Parable.

There was certain man who thought
the world was growing worse. He was
always barking back to the good old
times" and was sure that the human
race was degenerating. Men, he said,
were all trying to cheat one another;
the strong were crushing the weak.
One day when he was airing his pessim-
istic views, the calf said to him:
st charge you hereafter to look care
fully about you, and whenever you see
any man do q worthy deed go to him
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
All Qualified.

Senator Proctor of Vermont Is report
said that the finest speech he ever made
consisted of only four words.
Senator Hoar, in a speech in the
course of which he chaffed good-natur-
edly the Senator from the Green Noun
tain State, made this little thrust:
mo man in Vermont is allowed to
vote unless he has made five thousand
dollars trading with Massachusetts peo-
pie"
Senator Proctor retorted, "And we all
yoter
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14

Duse the Italian differs from o @ ner @
in
especially when she American every en
reflected
its author brought into in m way way
notthe
Her home life her 1t not the ne
of
Venice Her palace which is the center
of
Venice architectural delight not as as
archtecua
Venice When it built no
that
families established Here
Signora Duse happest
the of the ooights and the
of
the few who access to her
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
GRASS Houses in Oklahoma,

Among the most interesting features
of Southern Oklahoma are the remains
of the grass houses formerly built by
the Wichita Indians, who, to certain
extent, keep up their novel mode of ar
chitecture to the present day.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
Overreached.

eyes, Merchants scheme was to dis
play his goods in his window with lot
of mirrors back Of them, so that all
the women passing would be sure to
stop and look in."
"Pretty foxy idea, eh?"
"Yes, but it failed. None Of the
women looked at anything but the
mirrors "-London (Ont.) Advertiser.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
Eruit Trees in GermanY.

A census has recently been taken Of
Germany's fruit trees. There are BOG
fruit trees to every square mile of terri
tory in the German Empire, in the fol-
lowing proportions: Plum, 332; apple,
251; pear, 119; and cherry, 1O4. There
are about three trees to every inhab-
itant
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14

When we hear of a man performing
a brave action we wonder if the story
is true; we know of so many cowardly
tricks being done every day.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
Power from an Artesian Well.

A woodworking machine at st. Au-
gustine, Fla. is driven by water fow-
ing from an artesian we'll This is the
only instance known of power being de-
rived from a flowing we'll.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14

Gossip never dies; people are still
gossiping about Lord Byron and his
wife, although they never lived in this
country, and have been dead greIt
many years.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
ParadoxicaI.

CIara-I am thinking seriously of
bleaching my hair. Would you?
Maude-Well, If I did, I'd certainly
try to keep it dark.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14

A mans good Intentions would b.
worth more If he could get then
cashed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14

ways have job and greatly envy the
fellows who cannot find work.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14

Don't lessen your chances Of success
by brooding over the past.
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of
and shown attached
generally known that of the foreign
converting fields raising The illustration
female
of fthenar o
, 1902-08-29
I'd ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE
YOUNG OLD MEMS CLUB"

the good judgment displayed in the
development of Wildwood. That every
property owner and all interested
should beautify their properties n
make them attractive according to the
means of the owners. He referred to a
property on Wildwood avenue as be-
ing a veritable garden spot and worthy
of imitation. The property referred
to was that belonging to Cornelius d.
Warner, a retired Philadelphia mer-
chant. He said that the present needs
of Wildwood were not nearly so great
as they were three, two or ever one
year ago. He said that a liberal policy
in the appropriation of money for pub
lie was necessary to insure
continued progress, are to be taken to
be sure, that the money was properly
and honestly expended.
To J. Fithian Tatem, Esq, was allot-
ed the subject, THE Future of Five
Mile Beach," 1t was about one o'clock
when POSTMASTER Miller ntroduced
Mr.. Tatem, and the latter said that ad-
journment would be the more roper
thing at this time. However, notwith-
standing the lateness of the hour Mr..
Tatem gave an interesting ak which
had the right ring in it. He predicted
a bright future for the island and urged
his hearers to all work together for that
end.
Music for the evening was provided