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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-09
soN-LovE.

He dreamed a crown and in his dream
he blazed
A forest-way through painless woods
which band
The nigh approach Of Fame's fat
fruited land:
Heart up in coming dusk with colorf
He preached the edging underbrush-
amazed,
To greet the unpicked gardens at com
mand;
Then ran and with feverous, thin
Plucked the rich spoil, devouring az ne
gazed!
Yet when from Opportunity's short ro!
Time called the name of him who
thus awhile
Had breathed the incense OF the lau'
relied day;
He rent the matchless sweetness from
And faced the groaning treadmill with
smile,
Because mother softly whispered
stay!
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-09

the glamour she had sought to cast
over her friendship for Edgar DuvaL
The face was not so handsome as that
Of the man whose letter lay at her
feet; it was not so distinguished; but
1t was the. face of the man she had
loved. How long had that been? Or
had she really ceased to love? She
stared into the hollow among the
glowing Goals and tried to see the pic
ture of herself as she was six years
ago.
Six years ago the thought Of teach
ing school had not occurred to her.
Why should 1t? She was just gradu-
ated, and Morton Summers was her
accepted lover. Every one knew they
expected to marry when he should
have won his way for them in the
West. 1t seemed hard to the lovers
that they must be separated a year
while his uncle in Colorado tested
+; the young fellow to find If he was
made Of the right stuff" But Morton
left her in her Missouri home. full of
hope, and conscious of the power to
wait. Letters were exchanged regu-
larly at first, but after awhile they
were not sent so often. Her heart was
as true and as loving, but family cares
took much Of her time, and fancying
he delayed his answers, she delayed
her responses even longer, partly as
punishment, partly thinking it would
spur him to greater regularity. Then
came the time when he wrote no
more. Too proud to ask an explana-
ton, she waited, hiding from all the
sick heart, the fear, and at last the
certainty. He had ceased to care for
her, she concluded; absence and
change of scene and friends had
wrought their inevitable result. From
others she learned that Morton had
left his uncle's employ and had gone
farther West; no one seem to know
Just where, not even the uncle.
Among strangers he had lost himself
to those who had known him as a boy.
| He had not been in her thoughts
that morning as she sat in the choir,
waiting for the first song to be an
nounced. Indeed, she was thinking of
Edgar Duval who sat behind her
among the tenors. She was tracing
the history of their acquaintance and
Friendship from the night she leaned
upon his arm under the brides veil In
the mock-marriage. When she became
sure Of Morton's infidelity, she found
Duvaps companionship a relief. As
the years passed, she began to won
der II she could care for him in the
way he evidently cared for her. Some
times she told herself tho image Of
her faithless lover was fading from
her heart. And then 4 chance recol-
lection would tear down the building
OF months.
It was 30 on that Sunday morning.
She was about to convince herself
that she really loved the tenor with
ths rich full voice. the changing smile,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-09
CHAPTER VIII.


In the church the choir were already
assembled, and as soon as we arrived the
practice began. They sung, right through,
first the chants and then the hymns,
both for morning and evening, so that
the practice took an hour and more.
| sat on the porch and listened, watch
Ing the fading light in the windows, and
the shadows falling along the aisles,
while the voices of the choir, uplifted,
rang out clear and true and echoed
around the walls Of the empty church,
and beat about among the rafters of the
roof
The black clouds hanging low made
the evening so dark that outside the
porch one could see nothing. But the
hghtnlng began to play about, and lit
up the grave stones with sudden CLEANS
Presently. looking out into the black
ness, L discovered in one of these flashes
a man in the church yard walking about
among the graves. This was a strange
thing to sea man walking among the
graves after dark. l waited for the next
flash of lightning. When il came. I
saw the man quite clearly; he was bend
Ing over headstone and peering into it,
as Ii trying to read the name of the per-
son buried there.
Then the man left the grass, proba bly
because he could no longer read any of
the names. and began to walk along the
grayel walk toward the porch; perhaps
because he saw the lights and heard the
singing. The choir were just beginning
the last of their hymns:
Lead, kindly light, amid the incircl;nc
gloom;
Lead thou me on"
That's the voice of George Sidcote. y
SAID the stranger, addressing himself.
he always sung the tenor I remember
ms voice well; and that's the voice of
mary Nethercote; 1 remember her voice
too. That's Harry. Rabjahns, the black.
smith, singing bass; a very good bass he
always sung. Ay; they are all there
they are all there"
who are your I asked. "Who are
you to know all the peopley"
A sudden fash of lightning showed ms
q ragged man with great beard. whom
l knew not by sight.
l know you, too. l didn't see you al
hrst. You are Will Nethercote. hi,
voice was hoarse and husky. "You are
the son OF the rector. I remember you
very WELL" ~
Il am; but the rector Ia dead. and Who
are your
Before I go on he said-.befor. ,
80 on. he repeated these words a. Ii
ney nad some peculiar significance t.
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CHAPTER TX.

The in upon Challacombe Green is a
small place and humble, though visitors
may get tea served in a neat and clean
parlor. The inn is licensed to Joseph
Exon. 1t is also the smoking divan of
the parish of Challacombe. The room is
paved with stone, and furnished with u
long wooden table and benches, high
backed wooden settee to pull before the
ire in cold weather, and a. broad, hos
pitable fireplace.
The room was about half full at nine
o'clock this Saturday evening, when the
latch was lifted, and an unknown per-
son-a stranger-stood in the door, look
ing about the room. He looked about
the room as one who remembers it. But
his face was scared, and his eyes seemed
as ii they saw nothing. Mrs. Exon, at
sight of him, spoke up:
"Now, my man." she said, "what do
you want? We don't encourage tramps
here. You must 60 as far as Bovey to
get a bed tonight"
II am not a tramp" he replied,
hoarsely. II have got money. See
He pulled out handful Of silver. LET
me come in
He shut the door and sat down at the
lowest end Of the table, taking on his
hat and shaking his long hair OF his
forehead. Six years ago all the men In
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-09
Body in Ice Five Years.


Had Ole Sjostron's tomb OF ice ~
an arctic island in the Boring oea ~
NAMED undisturbed 100000 years. =.
the end of that ponderous strelcn =,
time the face and form OF Ole wou..
have looked as natural and llfeliAe :.
ut the moment of the fisherman
death.
Five years ago this young NorSs
gian, sjostron, disappeared from D IA.
anoff station. Nobody knew wna' -. ~
came Of him, and finally people ce ~.
to wonder. A few weeks ago 'ne W.. ,hs
was found completely imbedoeu - .s.t
ice and SO thoroughly preserVeu ~ n
not even the slightest 1nalca'"A
change had set In. has
The barkentine City OF Papee'0 ~
arrived from Barnaof and the new" ,aht
this remarkable discovery was plO'
by her first mate, Knute Peterson n.4.,.
give years in the Ice" sala . Lone
SON .has not made bit Of dlne asnnd
in his appearance. When tney AM .urs
him he looked as If asleep uu' oven
enough. he was cold in dea'n man.
more so than the ordinary oeau Tho
They suppose that he lay down "a y fell
glacier while intoxicated auu ,en TO
asleep and that after he haa ll"'
death the. Ice formed over mn. .m the
Strange as this story may 80 sa who
incident Is not strange to tnos 49,. Of
NOW the arctic icefelds. Do s,mi.r.
the mammoth have been founu
u Embedded In the ice. ,out tho
The sailors information 49, .,.assr.
finding Of sjorstron's noo , = ,n.tsad Of
but Il is presumable that, n'' n to
beane caught and imprisoan.e sa an ~
siacial ice, the fisherman o,1I that BIZ
80 soil Of the tundra anu "a frossn
hodv. became covered up an LIZA
vith ftean Francisco onl
- Ar,ven 70 on
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PIER vII.-(Continued.,

CHAPTER VII.-(Continued.)
"There! l have done what l could.
and | have told your uncle my mind.
Let us talk of something else. Oh, l
forgot to say that Will has come down.
church.
"Will? l am glad.'
''He got away a week before he e1-
pected.'
He will cheer you up, George"
Eyes; he talks as if nothing mattered
much and everything was a game. The
Londoners have that way, l suppose
1t is not our way"
They walked away through the mar
row lanes, holding each other by the
hand like two children, as they had al
ways done since they were children to-
gether and George, who was three years
older, led little Mary by the hand to
keep her from falling.
This Will that George spoke of with
irreVerence was none other than myself,
the person who narrates this true history
of country life for your amusement and
instruction. / am Will NethercOte, in
fact; and though Of the same surname
as Mary, am no relation to Mary.
once endeavored, it is true, to remedy
this accident, and proposed to establish
a very close relationship indeed with that
dear girl, but l was too late. My father
was the rector. and when l left Oxford
l found l had no vocation for the life
of the country clergyman. Therefore
became a journalist. 1t is profession
which suits me we'll, and l suppose if
seventy l shall have written 1900 more
leading articles, and my countrymen will
then be saturated with wisdom. l did
not wait for these young people in the
church yard. l walked down the lane
to meet them.
l declare that my heart leaped up only
to see that sweet, fond girl walking
with her lover. only to see the glow upon
her cheeks and the soft light in her eyes,
Mary greeted me with her usual kind
ness bearing no resentment on account
of that proposition of mine above re-
ferred to.
And how is George behaving, Mary :?
And has the Dragon relented?'
George always behaves WELL" she
said. But as for the Dragon" She
shook her head.
''See now, Mary" said, 81 mean to
put the case before a lawyer. 1 will
do it directly go back In the will your
aunt leaves you 5000 pounds, to be paid
to you on the day that you marry with
your uncle's consent. If you marry with
out his consent, it is to go to David.
Well. David has gone away, no one
knows where, and perhaps he is dead, or
will never come back. Suppose you were
to marry now without your uncle's con-
SENT who is to have the money!"
MY uncle says it will be his own"
1--WE shall see to that 1t is a case
for lawyers advice. And l will get
that advice directly / 60 back
| turned and walked toward the
church with them, in the narrow lanes
between the high hedges. We talked
of different subjects, of what had hap
pened since | last came down.
But that subject of which we were all
thinking impending ruin-lay
like a lump of lead on our hearts And
so We walked through the darkening
lanes. our faces to the west, so that
Mary's glowed in the golden light like
an angel face in painted window, and
presently came to the church.
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Practical Exercise.

Il hear that your daughter is going
to take lessons in physical culture
"Wa-all, yes" drawled Farmer 81
las. IAN I've been bus. getting hel
the necessary articles"
Indian clubs and dumbbells. I pre-
sumeY
mo. q new washtub an Z pateni
ironing board"
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Her voice faltered. There was some
thing in his gaze which slew her an
ger and made her grow afraid from
the sudden hope too wonderful for be-
lief.
Dear sweetheart-the only one
ever loved"-he faltered, extending
his arms, there has been a terrible
mistake. came her to-day, to see
you once again as friend OF the past,
thinking you were Edgar Duvals
wife. But when I saw you bending
over those letters / knew. somehow,
it was not as I had thought"
Her large eyes questioned him in
tently, as she tremblingly stepped
back.
How could you have thought me
his. wife?" And yet, perhaps IL he
had not come. she might indeed have
been what he had believed
Il read Of your marriage IN the
schoolhouse, i've years ago-and then
l thought ! understood why your let
tiers had grown % far apart I
couldn't believe II, darling, oh, I
couldn't think it truel wrote to Z
friend, and he told me ron had mar.
Red Duval. He thought II joke, no
doubt.
she understood e last ard paled
th1n crimsoned Ps1ssonate joy beat
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-14

skipped chastely on from reign to
reign, keeping always az bay this
rictous intruder The books we read
We're as free as possible from any
faint of infectios The poems we re-
cited were as serene and cold IS Tene.
rife. Love in the drama" says an
Iacrimosious critic, plays rather a
heavy part. II played no part at ali
IL ours, and I am disposed to look
back now upon its enforced absence
Is ali agreeable elimination. The
studests of ST. Omer 50 l have been
told presented d French version of
Romeo and Juuet with all the love
scenes left out This tour de torres
was beyond our scope. bur She Stoops
to Conquer. shorn of its double court
ship made a vivacious bit of comedy.
aud translates of lie Malade lmag-
ipaire-expurgate TO attenuation
was the most successful farce OF the
season.-Agnes ReDplier. in Atlantic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-14
WISE WORDS OF CHILDREN.
Felicity of Expression Not often At
tanned by Elders Is Theirs.

Spectator.--What could be more
simple or more splendidly direct as a
compliment to a pretty girl than the
small boys admiring question: Are
your eyes new ones?" No "grown-up"
person could have thought of that
"A Illuminating animal is one that
chews her cub" there might surely
be less thoughtful definitions. AS for
definitions no dictionary has ever
given anything better than "a movable
feast--a picnic"
There is a delightful note of the
night nursery in the beginning Of a
iris essay on boys. THE hoy Is no,
an animal but they can be heard to
a considerable distance" equaled. per
haps in its splendid simplicity by the
boys written criticism to the efec,
that most girls are very SHY ano
angry"
1t is the directness Of the descup.
ton which compols attention in viva
comments such as. Just before It
killed me the tooth came out ana
nothing surely could be more John
solian in its absolute truth than the
answer given to the painstaking
schoomasfer trying 70 male the class
understand what might be meant by
the subversiye word "antipodes." III
| bored a hole right through the earth
till | came out at the other side.
where should I be- "On yer cad
You can't do IT,"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-14
curicns Marriage Custom

In Russia every woman of the peas
ant class marries, or nretends to mar.
ry. If a sir! comes to the decision
that 40 one intends to ask her 10
marry. she leaves home, goes to some
dis ant district and returns after a
time to announce that she is widow,
that she went away to be married and
that her husband has since died. No
embarrassing questions are put to
her. for among the peasants il is con
sidered had form to mention a dead
man to his widow.
This curious custom goes to show in
what high regard the women of Rus
STA look upon the institution of mar
rage -PittSburg Dispatch
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-14
DRAMA IN A CONVENT

Plays were the great diversions OF
our school life. We had Two or three
.of them every winter. pre- entel it
IS emed to me, with dazzling splen1or,
and acted with passionate fire. /
looked forward to these performances
with joyful excltemest, listened.
STEPPED in delight. I dreamed OF them
afterwards for weeks The big girls
y ho played III thcm and of whom
know little but their names we're to
me beings Of a remo,e ana exalted ma
.ture The dramas themselves were
composed with a view TO our especial
needs. or rather 70 our especial Iimita-
tions. Their safest feature was the
o rsence Of courtship and Of love II
was part cf the convert system 20 *
more the master passion. 70 assume
that T. did not exist. 70 Danish from
QUE woik and from our play 8sy refer
ence % the power that moves the
world The histories We studied
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-14

III crash comes. Miss Dalton dc
son mind me leaving you for a few
hours? | can just catch the first
train, and if | can l may save two
hundred pounds at any rate" and he
darts out of the room.
As he does o, Carrie comes in, with
Heron's name on her hips.
She stops short as she sees May
crouchine over the fire alone.
May where is Sil Eeron?"
May looks up
Sir Heron." she repeats, hoarsely
ST. Heron is like the rest; he has
eoue-father, fortuGe, lover Carrie
nv child, we are left to face the storm
alone"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-14

she takes a scrap of paper from her
purse, and reads:
Wanted, lady to take charge of a
village school. Must be thoroughly
competent French and drawing in.
diSpensable Salary, one hundred
pounds per annum. with small school
house, Address, with testimonials
and all particulars, Vicar Marley,
VIII"
Carrie utters an exclamation.
"Oh, May, That is too good! A
hundred year and little house, all
grown over with ivy. and--oh, May, of
course there will be a hundred thous-
and answers, and yet you might an
swer il yourself, just to sec"
4 have answered it," says May,
quietly coming behind her and strok-
ing her hair: Z have answered it, and
here-listen. CARRIE" and she opens a
sheet of notepaper. and reads:
"The Vicar of Marley has received
Miss alton's letter and Enclosures, and
will be glad to make any appointment
for personal interview"
Carrie jumps up with cry of de
light.
why, May. you never told mel"
NO dear, didn't want you to bear
all the anxiety of suspense, and when
l wrote | had so little hope of anything
coming of it. And even now-well
the vic may think / am too young
expect Re pictures a Miss Dalton of
about forty or fifty"
Carrie laughs hopefully.
wait till he sees you, May I'll de-
fly him TO refuse you, Nobody could
refuse YOU anything if you opened
your eyes ana looked at them in that
little eager way of yours The vicar
is a lost man, May-but-but-oh
May. the Boxalls-what viii. they
say"
May shakes ner head gravely.
l am afraid they will he very lis
appointed and cut UP. Carrie, am
afraid to tell them But it must be
done tonight | have written to the
vicar to toll him that shall go down
and see him him tomorrow"
Tomorrow" echoes Carrie. aghast
May. you are quite a business wo-
man oh. do YOU think we shall like
him?"
The question is. Will he like us 2"
SAYS May. laughing. Then there comes
on her face a sudden usefulness. It
is but transient. but Carrie catches it.
Oh, May" she says. with little
sigh, how good and brave YOU are!
You almost make me forget how diff
farently things were to be for you!
May and she lays her head on Mays
shoulder and whispers. do you think
he knows? Surely he cannot He
would not be SO cruel and hard-heart-
cd as to let you do this if he knew"
Hush" says May, ami her face
/ Pushes I'VE were not to speak Of
of Sir Heron dear What does it
matter if he knows or does not know!
That is all past years ag. t---''
-Four weeks ago" murmurs Carrie
with moist eyes, al she reaches up and
kisses the soft. red lips. May, you
aeyor speak of him. but .ou--you
don't forget, dea- Map"
To be continued.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-14

by loCal applications. A. they cannot reach tho
diseased portion Of the ear. There Is only one
way 10 cure Deafness, and that is by cuustitll.
tional remedies Deafness IS caused bv an in.
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of tile
Eustachan Tube. When this tube gets n1amed
You have runbling sound or imperfect hear
ing. and when II is entirely closed Deafness Is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
.9l;Un out and this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever.
nine cases out at ten are caused by talarrh
which is nothing but an inliamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness tcauScd by cataTThl that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send Tor cir
culars, free.
FL. CHENEY Il CO. Toledo o.
Sold by Druggist &c.
Hairs Family l1ils are the best
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!sac:IR}OIflJlA

When child had very severe at
tack of Diphtheria, which came near prov
ing fatal. Upon recovery the glands of the
neck were very much enlarged, and after
the free use of iodine, the right one was
reduced to its normal size, but the left
one continued to grow-very slowly at
first, until it was about the size of goose
egg, which began to press on the wind
pipe, causing difficult breathing, and be-
came very painful. An incision was made
and large quantity of pus discharged,
The gland was removed, or as much as
could with safety be taken out For ten
years wore little piece OF cloth about an
inch long in my neck to keep the place
open. During this time had to have it
cut open by the doctor every time took
cold or the opening clogged In the Spring
or early Summer of 1884 was persuaded
by my wife to use S. S. S., which l did,
strictly in accordance with directions
took twenty-six large bottles, and was en-
tirely cured, for have not suffered since
that time. B. s RACLAND.
Royal Bag Mfg. Co, Charleston, S. c.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-14

is well known as a
blood purifier and
tonic. 1t is the
on y guaranteed,
strictly vegetable
remedysold. Ifyou
have any signs Of
Scrofula. write US
and our physicians
will advise Won free
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-14

Only constitutional remedy can reach
an hereditary disease like Scrofula. When
the blood is restored to normal condition
and the scrofulous deposits are carried off
there is a gradual return to health SIS
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
NEW YORK
CAMPAIGN
COMMENCES
Democrats Will Strive to Re.
Elect Mayor M.C|el|and.
Republicans, Citizens Union and
Municipal Ownership League to Get
Together to Form coalation
Ticket.

New York, Sept. accomplishing
for control Of the city administration
for the next four years and for the
election of county and borough off,
cials throughout the city began In
earnest today. Leaders OF the demo-
cratic forces will take active charge
Of the fight for Mayor McClelland's
reelection. Delegate from the repub-
lican organization. the Citizens Union,
and the Municipal Ownership league
will meet again tonight to make an
other attempt to agree upon candi-
dates for mayor, controller and presi-
dent OF the board OF aldermen. II suc-
cessful the ticket Will be placed in the
field by a convention Of Citizens I'm
ion Thursday. For mayor John Ford Is
proposed by the republicans. Martin
w. Littleton by the Citizens Union,
and Samuel Seabury by the Municipal
Ownership league.