The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-06-11

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ramrod between two short men, the
one very fat. the other lean. Their
coats were Of light color and short,
while his was dark and very long.
They wore straw hats, while he wore
derby.
Poor little Genevieve's heart went
right down into her high heeled shoes.
Was this the man she had worshiped7
His eyes were upon her, and she forced
faint smile. At the moment a trim
little drillmaster yelled in unneces-
sarily severe tones, Eyes 'front.'" and
Trimnlingham's eyes left hers as If
they had been turned by a crank.
Genevieye would have relieved the
situation by going away had she not
felt that she might hurt her lovers
feelings by going without word with
him. But Trimmingham, red as tur-
key cock, didn't heed an order, and
the little drillmaster began to rate
him numerically. There was nothing
for the poor girl to do but retreat.
| must tell the rest of this story by
citing events rather than feelings.
What Genevieve's feelings were she
was by no means sure herself. She
went to a cadet hop that evening.
Somehow she hoped Royal would not
be there in his long coat and he
wasn't. Elihu Dubbs. seeing her with
out masculine attention, devoted him.
self to her. She stayed at West Point
two days. and once Trimmingham
while on drill saw her go by with
Dubbs and CRASHED his teeth That
was the last he saw of her.
About the time Trimmingham got on
uniform and wished Genevieve could
Zee him he received note from her.
"Oh. how can forgive myself for
making such mistake when l decided
between you and Elihu? | didn't know
then that l loved him and that my
feeling for YOU was friendship. I have
! at least healed the wound l gave him.
We are engaged
impairment.
Speaking Of Il man noted for his i'm.
pertinence. an acquaintance said:
BLANKS impudence was second only
to that of Il waiter | heard about the
other day.
Look here. waiter. said a guest,
this fish is not cooked properly
II know it. sir said the waiter
but you told lie 1t was for your wife
"'Well what of that? asked the sur
prised guest
why said the waiter, I knew
that if the lady was your wife she
couldn't be very particular
The relative strength OF the fleets or
the powers is stated to be in the fol-
| lowing order: Great Britain United
| States, France. Germany and Japan.
In ancient and more simple times it
was the custom never to shave For
400 Years there was no such thing as
barber heard of in Rome.
Wise-PoOr Burroughs: He's wor-
rylng a great deal about debts
hewitt - Nonsense. You'll never
catch him worrying because he can't
pay his debts.
/ Wise-He's not worrying about old
| uebts he cant pay. but about new ones
he can contract.-Philadelph Press
Lawyer-Well. aunty. what can I do
! for you:
Aunt Ebony-l want a deevo'ce from
ma husban'.
What has he been doing?"
Dom Why, lie done got REIGN.
an we amt had a chicken on de table
| fob 4 month";
There is no dish in the world that so
rightly requires to be eaten hot as
STEAK Some wag has said: "a cold
cup OF coffee. cold batter cakes. the
GOA shoulder. cool reception-all are
! toerable-we can use philosophy and
forget them-but cold steak is abom-
Unable, 1t is barbarous.''
Inc French method of administering
castor oil to ailing children is charsc.
'erisuc. The oil is poured into a pan
over moderate fire, an egg broken
lnto IL and the mixture well stirred.
me omelet thus made is served with 4
little salt. sugar or a spoonful Of cur.
rant jelly.