Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-10-18

for himself, and ne had altered her de-
cision."
The old man when she began had
been looking straight into her eye.
She was at least ten years younger
than he and far better preserved. In
deed. she was still handsome woman.
She had been beautiful Before she
finished a dimness came before his
eyes, and he turned them toward
wood on the other side Of the road.
Then his hand found its way to hers.
What had the fortune he never got
been to him in place of that sweet
sympathy which, springing suddenly
between recognized mates, grows
stronger, deeper, holier to the end?
Slowly he turned and looked her Ia the
eyes
II remember" he said
THAT decision gave me SUCCESSION
tune"
"It gave me neither. 1t deprived me
of that which is worth far more than
both-love."
"Our summer is past" she went on;
I'VE have sowed our seed and have
gathered the harvest Now we are
only waiting. That love we knew tn
our youth we cannot know now. We
can but treasure memory. 1t Is
faint satisfaction, like a whif from q
crumbling rose, yet 1t may help us as
our faculties wane and we await the
Inevitable winter that here at least has
no awakening spring"
1T Will be more than that to me-" he
said. 1T will be cheering light on
what is left Of the path tread; light
from which all that is sensual has
burned away. 1t will greet me when
awaken in the morning, and after my
eyes have been closed at night 1t will
still shine in upon my heart"
The footnan, leaving the carriage
came toward them, saluted and an
nounced that the break had been tenn
porarily repaired so that they could 60
on. The lady arose. and her companion
attended her to her carriage, handing
her in. After the door had closed she
extended her hand through the win
dow; there was a mutual pressure,
sudden fash through the eyes Of each
Of the ghost of a youthful love, and
they parted never to meet again.
F. A. Mitchell.
The police Of Andover, HampshirA
England, have been so active in arrest.
ing motorists that the latter have boy
| 20 it, in,
heavy sum during the year. The mo-
torists even stopped their subscrip-
tons to local charities.
Three railroad signalmen, whose
prompt action in an emergency recent
ly prevented great loss of life on an
English road, are to receive the Albert
medal, a priced decoration which is
given for "acts Of heroism performed
by civilians on land or sea-"
In an official return issued recently it
is shown that the total deposits at the
postofIice and trustee savings banks Of
ireland have grown in the last ten
years from $5G,S55,000 to $G3, 3,4S0,000.
while the number Of depositors has
risen from 32S,G22 to 51S.5T6.
Honolulu has on exhibition a speci-
men Of the Hill, or "stone that breeds"
from Kau island. The natives say that
If the stone is placed in n glass jar and
water poured over it and the jar be
corked for couple of days the stone
will reproduce itself in the form Of
four or five smaller stones.
Rubusana n full blodded Kaff1r, a
savage until his eighteenth year, is
today poet a pastor and patriot,
scholar who has mastered English,
Greek. Latin and Hebrew and Is en-
gagged In London In completing the
first authentic translation of the Chris.
tan Bible into his native tonRne-