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New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
c A T R I n A
By Owen Oliver
Drawing. by Wladyslaw T. Benda

ISzW E---la first at sleepy little railway station,
L vla- was holiday making II SpaIn.-a tai. sim
or W. Travelled with troupe OF aCTObatS. as
ss-v-E learned and did wonderful feacS upon high
--aoa-s She vas pretty and nsChIevous, and smiled
~ -e- Is might smile At child. forgetting that
Sz-.z- IS Z woman Al sixteen. She turned look at
ne zrL stepped backward of the edge OF the platform
II front 4 the aGvanClng train Spanish t-3l-s-th31k
Heaven move slowly, ike everything n that Old
Tc- COUNTRY. had Just time 10 snatch her out from
-- before ce edge OF the buffer knocked aside.
She k-e and kissed ny hand when l staggered TO my
fee -4- --urne6.
and are lad net her TWO or three times decided TO
70 zva- The rescue had predsposed Cacrna 10 ta II
love 7 me- and Carrina easy 10 faI il love with,
z-5 had no mind Tor either event
W-a- went 70 saE gOodby found her desperately
L VIZ -=ve-. I rnstrusted the Spanish physician
Ski. s.. being doctor, / took her case II hand ne
c-s came on the fourth day. had sat on stool II
c-l5 tent Tor hours watching her by the light OF an II
s-a-z amp. when a. last she fell into natural sleep
The- rose and gathered together the drugs had bor-
rove r. ~ the apOJhecary-
.Se z-l live. I said. and looked down on her as l
though -Jr the last time.
yves YOU cwO lives. said the huge old man VINO
broke with his fingers and held al the troupe on ms
shoulders She called him Uncle; but he no rela-
tve hers only the father OF an old servant OF her
-z1 zvez.'' said. My pretty Cat-ina,' bent
down nc --1- back her wealth OF black hair and kissed
he- forehead ! owned an elder brOtherly affection Tor
Two lives 70 paw droned the crone by the bedside.
Tl-~ Lied her Annette. and she told fortunes at
t. ---= md some said she had the evil eye She
v. -- both. Eng-shTaa, one with r1lg OF hemp and
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Pete looked rather gloomy as he selected the big
solitaire I suppose that's all right he said
Every girl wants diamond when she is engaged
doesn't she?''
didn't know. There was big emerald there that
caught my eye square cut liquid, with wonderful
light in green depths like deep silent pool in
once heard Nell say that erneralds her favor
ties of all stones but wasn't going tell Pete that
not on your life! | wondered. after all, if Sally
would not prefer glittering diamond; but then
decided IN favor of the emerald it shut in its
velvet case and put it mechanically into my pocket
wrote check for it, and staIked out after Pete.
still had my bridge to cross, and | dreaded it.
INVENT home to luncheon; but l couldn't eat
- Mother looked at rather anxiously. thought.
hat IS it, son, she said finally. / think you look
little pale If were you shouldn play tennis in
the middle of the day when the sun is SO hot
1t isn't that Mother" | said Somehow
couldn't tell her what cad I felt myself after all
lin going TO ask Sally to marry me- | said.
Mother smiled. Il am very glad" she said. Il
always liked Sally and think She will make a very
sweet wife.
Yes, that was it; she would make me a sweet
wife. But what of the comrade, the intellectual
companion / wanted like Nell who understands
mans every mood who knows when not to talk,
who got up and pushed my chair away from the
table. Then dragged myself up stairs TO my room
and stayed there fighting it out all the afternoon.
After all Sally wasn't to blame and since couldn't
have Ne-why. like the girl in Florodora, i must
have some one SO it might well be Sally.
That evening out in the vineclad arbor at Says
house | asked her to marry me- didn't tell her that
l loved her and all that business; but perhaps she
didn't notice it. for she accepted me. l knew |
ought to kiss her and l bent down to seal our con
tract | have been brought up to think is always
done by the proper lover but Sally gave me little
push and said, - Oh, no. dear Please, not yet!
That was queer, 1 thought; but, then, girls were
queer anyway. Still it seemed strange to be pro-
posing girl without telling her that you loved her
and all that Then | thought of the ring. There was
full moon and it was bright as day: got out the
emerald and slid it her finger. Sally looked down
at t-and then I thought she seemed little dlsaP-
pointed
What's the matter. dear?" The dear" sounded
cold and hard rather but coudnt t help it, felt SO
miserable. Would you have preferred a diamond:
| said.
Sally smiled family and said. Oh no, this is per
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY a. 1910

You don't look happy" said, feeling my way.
You go to blazest' he said inelegant1y. e" If it
hadn't been for you. shouldn't have been in this
What ness?" asked 1t didn't seem much of a
mess to me, being with Nell every day and every
evening hearing her gurgly laugh, seeing her flush
oh, hang the thing anvhowl
Well" l said. let's ring off Let's change back
again and quit this nonsense. Here's the summer
time"
Pete turned upon me like stag at bay. Change!''
he said. Change your grandmother! Pretty time
Why Why not" said "Nows as good as
any time-to-day. Well begin at once. | never
thought your old game would work anyway
Pete looked at me sadly. " We can't change he
said. We can't ever undo this again Nell and
are engaged"
Engaged I said What the"
That's what I said" he exploded. Engaged!
Last night! I've seen it coming for sometime and
felt that she getting to ike too we'll. And
last night decided I'd cut the whole thing and go
down to Narragansett for the rest of the summer
with my folks And when | told Nell she began to
weep my shoulder, and before knew it | was
and felt an Internal cad for leading her
as had done, that l proposed and was accepted.
I'm going up to Morton to buy the ring
Well Things whirled before my eyes for
calmly and dispassionately. Perhaps it best
after all and if Nell loved him, of she didn't
love me and would not have married me- anyway.
But never realized until that moment Just how dear
she had become to me. What about Sally" said
Pete.
Sure enough, there poor little Sally Sally with
her merry laugh, her condug way, her sweet kitten
iSh manner. Sally loved me, l was sure OF it. And
then l began too to feel like a cad myself
There's only thing for you to do, said Pete
savagey and that is to marry Sally. If you We led
her for you and don't do the decent, square
thing by Heaven II make you answer for 1t to me!
m not going have her suffer because you I've been
playing with her
PLAYING with her! playing with Sally when Pete
had suggested the whole thing himself. And now he
was accusing me of playing with Sally What had he
been doing with Nell? Ia ike to know!
Still, I would be game, l decided. So l said,
Come on we H shake hands, and I'll go along with
YOU and buy ring for Sally" After all, Pete and
had been friends long TO have thing like this
break up coTlradeship OF SO many years standing
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one with a ring of gold,'
The old man crossed him
self. Annette has the sec
ond sight" he assured ME,
and Catrina IS a good giri.
Signor. Her people were
different from US; but when
they died there was nothing
for the little one, and So"
He shrugged his shoulders.
"Catrina IS a good girl, he
repeated. and she, he
nodded toward the crone,
has the second sight. He
crossed himself again.
"Catrina is a good girl,
I repeated, and kissed her
forehead again. Then l
went. I found my eyes wet
as I walked away.
EARLY the next morn
- ing I started again on
nv travels. I went fast as
one who fees from folly: not
nv own folly, I told myself,
but Catrina's 5.
I avoided the towns and
larger villages where I might
have met the aCrObatS
again. and spent three weeks
IN the widest parc OF the
country. Then = party OF
bandits took HE. Their
leader was Sebastian Gurni,
called the Black Arrow. He
had i birthmark OF that
shape on his cheek, and
sometimes he marked Il Oh !
me with the courtesy Of Z s.
Doubtless, he told NE.
society even more than | do,
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man u no liked that sort of girl she would
.aTng 20 o - adorable wife-but not for minel
80 +he first week. | drifted into Pete's
ne eia -air7z iav and found him in the library
y horsTt -; teeth over ulusty tome and running
raa11S i,-C,pfl ms hair " Rum things girls' he
s0rled - -+;s- paragraph in which Schopenhauer
III the Pc ,,---7s-'S r1ghtful sphere iS-well not
s7i1ls nc et-,la equality with man. Schopen-
exactly a. al Fae liked Sally. for she didn't pretend
H&'t- 70 be anyone 1nteiectuaI equal.
% 2s..S [ said lighting my cigar. Doesn't
- work to SUIT.
rgar Ei1rr .an he said we haven't given it a fair
OhiI -.l-as all nv spare time though to live up
13i I'd her topics Of conversation, although she's
iesr O. ii,in't Ike to hear Pete saving that
eole-a dear gl-i. even though she was. | didn't
AeL -7r7e 70 say that but myself Then laughed
ral - bel3 i At the picture OF Petes trying to
'l~-, Ne7I while / the critical. was living down
hTe. ~ 1f F+-le sally. I said so. And when / said
&c ae1 sally I suddenly realized from Pete's
ae-- - thar he felt iuSt as | did about that. So
We Te.s said reflectivelv that Nell doesn't
- Ne interested IN me. She seems to think of
seen seen t7,+ v7u Your rule doesn seem to work
BON -o5e his head disnallv. "Iknow he said
- = --t- Al the dance Sally never looked at
va 10 vAer I asked her for dance. she said her
ne - f--r B.s- L wasn't. for | saw her give that
- chan Two dances after that-he came III late
we're e--arlv queer things. We agreed on that.
Tee weess 1t tins sort OF thing went on. Rela-
- +a-~vee-- Pete and ME began to be bit strained
- s for the gi-Is-well. where they had been al
- - ;-sera-1hle when we appeared the scene.
- seemed 70 he q decided Coolness / began TO
---- the wisdom of Petes plan. especially since
{ Il seemed 80 be-we rather falling in love with
= - sI-bougE The good Lord knows l hadn enCour-
- - = I c7--ded II mother. and she-I regret TO
- ;--she Srlc6e-ed.
L helng v5-h girl fourteen hours out OF twenty
andy J3l0
30 esc6-r.r- her 10 every place where YOU in
--es :sr'r erc3u-as cement said mother. then 1
sar-- know the proper definition OF the word"
5I7rhe-'s sense Of hurnor IS too keen sometimes.
a1d so7en- IN this case. it hurt TO think she did
,9t agree 7-.-- me
r. ne --.s.-----le Pete began 10 grow more and
more -la-s~e. l met him IN the postottlce one
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T. tle --e------le
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-11-03
The Price of q Life.

According to Anglo-Saxon law, ev-
cry mans life, including that Of the
king, was valued at a fixed price, and
any one who took 1t could commute the
offense by a money payment upon a
fixed scale. The life of peasant was
reckoned to be worth 200 shillings,
that of man Of noble birth ], 200 shil-
lings, and the killing of a king involved
the regicide in payment Of 1900 shil-
lings 1t has been pointed out that the
heir to the throne could thus get rid of
the existing occupant by numbering
him and thereafter handing over the
fine, according to the scale. to the ex-
chequer, when his offense would be
purged and his money would come
back to himself, for in those days the
sovereign received all fines as personal
perquisites. There is very little doubt
that these rough means were practi-
cally applied in the case Of some rulers
of England in the preconquest period.
London Telegraph.
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One Cancellation.

During the time be acted as United
States consul In Glasgow Bret Harte
occasionally INDUCED in a days sport
with the gun. and 1t was during one Of
his shooting excursions that the hu-
morist met with an accident which
might have disfigured him for the re-
mainder of his life, his face being
badly cut through the recoil of an
overloaded gun. Fortunately the doc
tors skill prevented him from being
permanently marked.
Writing about the occurrence to bis
friend. T.. Edgar Pemberton, who
quotes the letter in his "Tribute to
Bret Harte." the novelist concludes his
letter by telling Of an amusing effort
which was made to console him on ac-
count Of the accident.
when the surgeon was stitching me
together" he wrote. "the son of the
house. a boy Of twelve, came timidly
to the door Of my room.
"Tell Mr.. Bret Harte it's all right
he said. He killed the hare.'"
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Where Abraham Fished.

Mrs. Victoria de Bunsen In "The
Soul Of a Turk" relates a legend con.
corning Abraham which will be new
to many readers. She learned of r.
while at Odessa, the traditional Or Of
the Chaldees. She was shown there
a large oblong tank of water so filled
with fishes resting just below the sur.
face Of the water that their fms and
backs seemed almost wedged together
80 as to form ian almost solid LAYER
Of silvery life"
1.-THE guardian of the mosque throws
some meal into the water. and the fish
Jump high to catch 1t. a great living
pyramid, of which those which jump
the highest form the pinnacle. The
tradition Is that Abraham as a child
flshed in the tank; hence the fish were
considered sacred. No single one has
been caught or killed to this day. In
deed. death would overtake the man
who transgressed this law"
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MINIATURE GARDENS.
Tiny Lakes, Trees and Houses In 81.
minutive japanese Parks.

Tiny Lakes, Trees and Houses In 81.
minutivs japanese Parks.
The japanese have the art of dwarf
ing trees to mere shrubs and Of cult
waiting plants In a similar way. The
people take great delight In their min.
iature gardens. which require special
gardener to keep them down to de-
sired limits. A japanese garden Is
generally about ten yards square. and
in this small space is found a park
and demesne. with lake, summer
houses. temples. trees. all complete
and In keeping with the dimensions
available.
One such garden shows a lake four
feet long and full Of goldfish. On
the border stands a pine tree exactly
eighteen inches high and fifty years
old. Beneath its shade Is temple
carved out Of one piece Of stone the
size of a brick. On a lofty crag Of
some two and a half feet stands a fine
maple tree. perfect in form and shape.
fifteen years old and twelve inches
high.
One household in Japan boasts of a
complete garden contained in a shall
low two dozen wine case. Everything
In complete down to the fsh In the
lake, a sheet Of water only a few
inch square. and the footbridges
over the water courses. Tea houses
there are and numerous trees Of va
rious kinds. each about six inches In
height. Old as the hills are these
dimlnutive trees. but full Of vitality.
and yet never growing bigger.-New
York Press.
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ORIGIN OF LL0YD'S.
u.,,,bls Beginning Of EuroPs's Great
Maritime Agency.

Two centuries ago man who mad
80 70 send to the Mediterranean
va to get rid Of some of the
. .,s,, hv inducing a friend to take an
,nterpst with him. 1t was necessary
~ ,rrite out a statement of contract
" mich the guarantors subscribed.
1,h,s was the first underwriting.
,rhase two men happened to be fire.
ononters Of Lloyd's coffee house In
1ondon. which was a favorite place
tor tbe merchants of the town to
aother to discuss business or to gossip.
Others Immediately saw the advan-
.ooa Of the scheme which their col
Loo c,,es had devised, and on the next
voyage the risk was parceled out
among larger number Of the patrons
NJ the coffee house.
ont of this small beginning has
crown the great European maritime
ooencv. still bearing the name of the
humble coffee house proprietor. and
winch not only writes risks on vessels,
hut rates them and publishes their ar
rivals at every port the world over.
No matter how small or how remote
10 situated.-"Annalso of the American
Academy"
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IN THE VOTERS OF WHA1CON
COUNTY.

In view of the fact that myDemocr
ratic opponent for office OF Sheriff
mas published a statement where IN Ii
c,mpares the receipts and expenditure
,}uring his two and my four years III
,ffic if seems necessary for me 10
answer the same and tell the facts
that he omits which pertain to the
office as taken from the county re
cords | wish to call the voters atten
RON TO two points. He has failed to
.hov the amount collected in fines du
ing my term in office as compared to
ais term, also he has failed to show
s,,m of money paid by the state into
nnr county treasury on convictions Sc
cured. ..'....s
During his two years in office
he total receipts from fines $3OS.35
During my four years in office the
sotal receipts from fines were $491O.75
His statement fails to make this
comparison. The reason is apparent.
During my term in office cash was
..ceived from the state on conviction
secured in sum Of $i73O.5O
No credit is given ME for this sun
in my opponents statement.
Cash from fines as above S49lO.7
/. Receiuts from state as above $473O.5
Total for which l should receive ere
lit but not mentioned in statement
opponent $964l.zf
The above sum of $9G41.27 has not
been mentioned by my Democratic OPP
,pent. but 1t stands on record in the
county offices to the credit of my dep
ties and myself. The poplation increa
I'd each year; an additional Superior
Court was established, which increase
he duties of the sheriff and the ex-
,enses of the office and that five sep
rate trials for murder were held
,pon which convictions were secured
N each instance.
With an honest statement of the
,eipts and expenditures of the sheriff
office during my term together with
.ecord which is well known to the vot
.rs. have no fear or hesitancy in
asking your support for my re-electio
Respectfully yours,
Andrew Williams
III It 10 2t.
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ADAMS PEAK.
A Shrine Sacred to Three Confi'et'ne
ReIjuious Socts.

A Shrine Sacred to Three Conflicting
Religious Seets.
Throughout Asia holy places" are
almost as numerous as leaves on
tree, but in Ceylon Is mountain which
enjoys the unique distinction OF peing
a very holy place to the devotees OF
three absolutely distinct and conflict
ing religious sects. This is Adams
Peak. or Samantha.
According to the Mohammedan be-
lief. Adam, after the fall. was taken
by an angel to the top Of Samantha,
and a panora ma of oil the Ills that
through sin should af1ict mankind was
spread out before him. His foot left
m impression on the solid rock. ana
his tears formed the lake from which
pilgrims still drink. The Buddhists
contend that 1t was not Adam. but
Buddha himself that made the FOOT
print in the rock. that being the last
SPOT where he touched the earth be-
fore ascending to heaven. while the
Brahmins have still another legend.
All. however, Brahmins. Mohamme-
dams and Chinese. agree that Samantha
is very holy place, and to perform
pilgrimage to the spot is to the Budd-
hist what a visit to Mecca is to Mo-
hammedan. In mixed crowds the wor-
shipers come, each plying the igno-
rance of the other. who is SO far from
the true way"
1t requires no little faith and some
Imagination to trace in the depression
in the rock the likeness Of a human
footprint. 1t is 5N feet long by 21a
feet wide, on the top Of huge bowl
der. The natives, however. insist that
it is the footprint of Adam.-Emmett
Campbell Hall In Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune
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Stevenson Obliged.

Robert Louis Stevenson once sent
the following quaint letter to an auto
graph hunter:
You have sent me an addressed envelope.
You have sent 1t me stamped. Many have
done as much before. You have spelled
my name Alright. and some have done
that. In one point you stand alone; you
have sent me the stamps for my postof-
fee, not the stamps for yours. What Is
asked with SO much consideration l take
a pleasure to grant Here. since you
value It and have been at the pains to
earn 1t by such unusual attentions-here
IL the signature.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
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AUCTION SALE.


| offer for sale at my place "a oil
a mile south OF Lynden and 3-4 OF a
mile east, known as the old Frasler
Mace. onThursday, November 10 at 10
A. NJ. -.
Thefollowing named property Will
he sold: head of mich cows, head
of heifers, fresh in spring, spring
calves. 1 thoroughbred Jersey bull 3
wears old, 1 Jersey bull calf, 8 no.
old 22O egg incubator, 300 chicken
brooder, l grind stone, cutting box,
nearly new, 1 spring tooth harrow, 1
notato planter 1 horse rake, 80 ton OF
hailed hay, 1 ton of wheat, z tons OF
oafs1 bedstead, / set of bed springs, l
mattress | dozen chickens, Is ton OF
hailed straw, milk cart, / go cart, l
baby buggy, 1 lawn mower grass
saeder. l watering trough, 1 Wheei
harrow. 1 cross cut saw. and ~
Turkeys. 1 brood SOW, will farrow
ohout time of sale. A span of mares
o,d harness, S and 8 years old. Team
yeeht 2725 lbs. Many articles 1or
sale.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON.
TERMS: All sums $40 and nder,
Zach all sums over $40 credit of six
Months willbegivenon bankable notes
M goods removed until settled Tor.
r w. GREEN, Clerk.
GEORGE BOSTWICK, Actioneer,
VIII. SMITH.
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When l cash in and this poor race is
run,
My chores performed, and all my er-
rands done,
know that folks who mock my eff
forts here =,
Will weeping bend above my lowly
bier
And bring large garlands worth three
bucks a throw,
And paw the ground in an ecstacy of
woe
And friends will wear crepe bowknots
on their tiles.
While l look down Tor up( million
miles,
And wonder why these people never
know
How smooth l was before my spirit
flew.
When 1 cash in l shall not care a
yen
For all the praise that's heaped upon
me then.
Serene and silent in my handsome
box
| shall not heed the praises or the
knocks;
And all the pomp and all the ain dis
play
viii inst he fuss and feathers thrown
away. -
So tell me now while l am on earth.
Your estimate Of my surprising worth
Oh. tell me what a candy kid 7 am,
And fill me full of taffy and of Jam
Spread it OH good, like honey spread
on bread
N,"a wn'' tn shoot the bunk It'll I am
'ead.-Exchange.
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OLD TIME GlRDLES.
They Were Indispensable Articles Of
Wear In the Middle Ages.


In the middle ages at the girdle were
hung the thousand and one odds and
ends needed and utilized in everyday
affairs. The scrivener had his inkhorn
and pen attached to it, the scholar his
book or books, the monk his crucifix
and rosary. the innkeeper his TALES
and everybody his knife. So many
and so various were the articles at
tached to it that the flippant began to
poke fun. In an old play there is men,
ton Of a merchant who had hanging
Mt his girdle pouch, a spectacle case,
a "punniard," a pen and inkhorn and
a handkerchief" with many other
trinkets besides, of which a merry
companion said. at was like hab-
erdasher's shop of small wares" In
another early play lady says to her
maid: "Give me my girdle and see
that all the furniture be at it. Look
that pinchers, the penknife, the knife
to close letters with, the bodkin, the
ear picker and the scale be in the
case" Girdles were in some respects
like the chatelaines Of more modern
times, but they differed therefrom in
being more useful, more comprehen-
sive in regard both to sex and to ar
ticles worn, and when completely fin
ished more costly. 1t is partly for this
reason that we find glrdles bequeathed
as precious heirloOms and as valuable
presents to keep the giver's memory
green after death. They were not in
frequently of great intrinsic value.
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Artificial Flowers.

II was In Italy that demand for
artificial flowers first arose. This was
due primarily to caprice Of fashion
which demanded that during festivals
blossoms in and out of their seasons
should be worn and also to the fact
that their color and freshness were
stable. Later on. In the middle ages.
the artificial 30 far superseded the
natural that both men and women
decked their heads with imitation
flowers Of cambria, paper, glass and
metal.