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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
CHAPTER TX.

The preparations for the Stennis-
Passavant wedding went on apace.
Theirs was to be only six-weeks' en-
gagement, for Lent had just come in
when the fateful words were spoken
which in a measure set the crown of
success upon the maneuvers of Mis-
tress Clara.
Did she love Wilfrid? In the light
of events It seems extremely doubt
full; that size liked and admired him
we have seen; in her eyes marriage
was more a matter of creature COM
fort than of love pure and undefled-
but little better than a social com
pact, in fact; so much beauty, so
much refinement, so much good birth
and position in exchange for so many
millions Of dollars.
If the possessor Of the millions
happened to be a very passable and
sort of fellow, why. all
thes better. In common with nearly
every other woman, Clara Passavant
shone at .her. best during these glarhor-
Gus = weeks. and Wilfrid was happy
or told himself that he ought to be.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
TAKES AN ICY BATH
Hoosler Plunges Into Water Tank
When His Clothing Catches
Fire.

Owensville, Ind.-Rosswell Bixler,
.hirty-five years old, a farmer living
several miles from here, is in line for
medal When his brothers. house
caught fire Bixler began to fight it and
while SO engaged his own clothes sud
1enly blazed up. Unable to beat out
the flames with his hands, he raced
100 yards across the barn lot to wa
ter tank and there plunged in. The
icy bath extinguished the flames, but
not until he had suffered desperate
burns.
Although severely burned he rang
he farm bell, and when neighbors ar
rived he aided them in fighting the
are. Due to his heroic work and that
Of his assistants, the blaze was con-
6ned to two rooms and a damage of
s400. In one of the burned rooms the
only thing which was not ruined was
4 vase of goldfish. Bixler's burns are
serious, but it is believed he will re-
cover, although the doctor fears pneu-
nonia may develop from exposure.
The fire was on the premises of
John Bixler whose family was away.
Roswell Bixler had volunteered to
Keep up the fires in the house and was
loing this when he discovered the fire
n one room.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
I n

further disguise. why not make a
clean breast of it, and confess that
you are still infatuated with that up
start ass, Wilfrid Stennisi Where's
all your maidenly pride? Don't you
know that he belongs to another wom-
an now"
The girl WINGED at the cruel stab
at which evidence of the truth of his
pitiful accusation Hews became even
more frantic. His mask of quiet re-
spectability was ruthlessly cast aside.
HE values you and your love about
as much as one of his old shoesl" he
sputtered coarsely. "He threw you
over once before, and now he's done it
again! He's nothing but a dirty i'm
postor, anyway, and I'll show him up!"
Speech failed him. and he stood be-
fore her painting, choking, impotent.
Eunice Trevecca moved towards the
door, and from the vantage of it's
opening looked him up and down in
contemptuous scorn.
Il thank you, Mr.. Hews," she said
with cutting emphasis; 81 have had a
narrow escape, it seems!" and with
these words she left the room.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
Usurer In HIah Society.

Frank Marshall White contributes
to Harper's Weekly an account of the
methods of money lenders on both
sides of the Atlantic The loan sharks
who exploit the poor in America are
represented in England, says the au-
thor, by usurers who prey upon post
obits and delayed inheritances. or
such a type was the celebrated Sam
Lewis, who actually forced his way
into good society by virtue of his hold
over the aristocracy. Everybody in
London knew Lewis. Was there
charity bazaar, for instance. where
ladies Of title we're selling bouton-
nieres and ices, or beautiful actresses
mixing drinks? There was Lewis pay
ing the highest price for everything
in sight. Was royalty laying the cor
ner stone of a hospital or asylum, to
which ceremony the subscribers to
the erection fund had been invited?
Lewis stepped to the crimson carpet
across the sidewalk from the tallest
landau, with the biggest horses and
the most stately coachman."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09

AT the risk of offending you, Miss
Eunice," he struck in. 81 must recur
to the proposal | made you once be-
fore. Marry me-. and your father need
not worry about his future or your
own. They will both be my care
then"
You promised" said the girl re.
proachfully, but he took the words out
of her mouth In his surcharge of feel
ing.
i promised-I know it-never to
recur to the theme so near to nv
heart without your permission. | have
broken the promise because can
keep silence no longer. Eunice, love
you, dearly, madly devotedly, with all
the strength of man who has never
loved before. cannot live without
you, and | will not Be my wife.
/ Eunice, be my wife!"
His agitation was almost pitiable to
see. The self-contained and calcu-
lating nature of the man seemed sud
denly thawed and melted as the cold
steel ingot is liquefed by the hot
breath of the retort. In the intensity
of his passion his voice trembled. his
eyes blazed. his pale face assumed a
brickish-red tinge; he left his seat
and came to her side, putting one
hand on her shoulder, and striving to
take her unwilling fingers with the
other.
All a-quiver and unstrung he waited
for her answer With bent head and
averted gaze Eunice almost turned
her back on him A wave of repulsion
and disgust swept over her, for the
vehement force o, which she was un-
able to account Not to save her ia
ther from hundred deaths could she
marry the middleagad wooer! Never
had Roger Hews been so insistent:
never had she felt less like granting
what he demanded
With an effort, evading his grasp,
Eunice rose and stood facing him, the
chair between them.
i am sorry" she said, in tones full
OF womanly sympathy, that you have
spoken OF this again. Mr., Hews. What
- "oo OLA luOuluS ago must
be my answer still. do not love you,
and never could love you as a wom-
an should love the man she marries.
am loath to give you pain, but | am
telling you the simple truth. / must
seem cruel to be kind"
The words were uttered with such
luiet sincerity as to carry to the
Vretched man who heard them the
conviction that the fortress of her
leart was unassailable and would
lever be won by him. Roger Hews
that he had failed utterly,
md he threw discretion to the four
Winds.
You mean you are telling me only
art of the truth" he shouted saw
gely, his real nature coming to the
urface under the rebuff, now that {
here was nothing to be gained by '
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
SNAKES SWAMP A SHIP
STEAMER IS OVER.
WHELMED BY REPTILES.
Chief Officer Tells Story Of "EeI
Storm" and Declares ST. Patrick
Would Have Been Dlsmayed
by Wriggers on Dsck.

New YorlI-Passing through a ver-
table sea of water snakes which al
most overwhelmed her was one of the
experiences of the British freight
steamer Indrawadi, in port from the
Orient. William Mason, the freight
er's chief officer told the story Of the
eel storm" as he termed it.
I'VE were passing through the In
dian Ocean," said Mason, when we
ran into stiff gale. Toward night the
gale increased and then great seas
swept over us every few moments.
One of these seas sent hundreds of
small snakes that looked like eels on
our forward deck and our searchlight
disclosed that the sea surrounding us
was apparently alive with thousands
upon thousands of their relatives, all
anxious to come on board and rest
MIR. Carrie, our chief engineer, who
has been official snake killer of our
vessel, was not with us this voyage,
but l think it just as well, as ! be-
lieve st. Patrick would have been dis
mayed at that array.
"All we could do was to watch the
squirming, wriggling things from
amidships, and in the morning, when
the storm had abated, the sailors were
set to scooping the snakes overheard
after we had first parboiled them with
steam so as to make them harmless
THE next day our Chinese cook
brought to the table a dish that he
asked us to sample and after we had
pronounced it not half bad, he proudly
told us that he had succeeded in saw
Ing some two dozen of the steamed
snakes the day before and had ar
ranged them into what he considered
4 most delectable dish, with all the
necessary fxings 1t is needless to
say that not any of us finished our
Inner, and the Chinese cook came
mighty near following the remainder
If the special dish he had prepared"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
BUTTON DRAWS LIGHTNING
Wisconsin Policeman Is the Victim Of
of Peculiar Electric Shock
in Heavy Storm.

Eau Claire, Wis.-Desk Sergeant
John Johnson has a sore neck, caused
by collar-button that proved an at
traction for lightning during an cleo
trio storm.
The storm paralyzed the private call
system of the police department more
than an hour. During that period all
call boxes were out of order and sew
eral flashes shot in on the call board,
coming from the individual call boxes.
Desk Sergeant Johnson was standing
in the middle of the room when a
streak of blue fire seemed to come
from every direction.
1t went straight for his rear collar
button and singed his neck. While
this method would take the place a
neck shave, the sergeant would prefer
the old method of the tonsorial art
lists.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
IN THE HOME OF PELIcaIs
Studying the Huge, UngalnIy Birds at
Close Range and Observing Their
Method Of Feeding Their Young.


The first time | ever saw a motley
rowd Of half-grown pelicans thought
nature had surely done her best tt
make something ugly and ridiculous
Il was a warm day, and the birds stood
around with their mouths open, pant
Ing like a lot Of dogs after a chase,
their pouches shaking at every breath.
When | went near the youngsters went
tottering off on their big webbed feet
With wings dragging on this side and
that as If they were poorly handled
crutches. The youngsters huddled to-
gether by hundreds in a small place.
Those on the outside pushed an6
climbed to get near the center, till ii
looked worse than any football scrim-
mage | ever saw.
In this wide area OF low islands
and water 1t was necessary, since we
wanted to study the pelicans at close
range, to adopt some method Of hid
Ing. We took large wagon umbrella
covered with piece of green can
vas, that hung down around the Sides
This we planted among the tules at
the edge of large colony, and cover
ed the top we'll with reeds. The whole
thing soon passed as part of the en-
vironment, while from the inside the
camera man could point his camera
out through narrow slit in the can
vas, take pictures and make observa-
tions at will.
One might wonder how such huge
billed bird as a pelican could feed a
helpless chick just out of the egg. 1t
vas done with apparent ease. The
I'D bird regurgitated fishy soup into
he front end of the pouch, and the
,aby pelican pitched right in and help
ID himself out of this family dish. AS
he young bird grew older, and larger,
t each meal he kept reaching farther
nto the big pouch of his parent until
nally, when he was half grown, it
5as most remarkable sight. The J
lother opened her mouth, and the
hole head and neck of her Nesting !
isappeared down her capacious NAV
lille he hunted for his dinner in the \
thermal egions.-Collier's Monthly. b
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
Throws Child Into sno,u.

Port Huron, Mich.-When a horse
driven by James slingerland Of Lapeer
avenue started to run away, Mrs.
slingerland, with great presence of
mind, threw her infant boy into a
snow bank, and By so doing probably
saved the life Of the child. The vehicle
vas -spset, the. cuttef box smashed and.
other damage done. but Mr.. and Aira.
escaped unhurt
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
CORPSE Hits Car Window.

La Crosse, Wis.-Passengers on a
Milwaukee road train were startled
by seeing the body of a man hurled
against the windows of the first coach
five miles from here. The train was
running 40 miles an hour, and the
body was thrown 40 feet The dead
man was identified as Gustave Mich
Alison Of 1854 Blue Island Avenue, Chi.
cago. He was walking on the tracks
when the train struck him.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
eaIntlIness Unpopular.

That state of mind. which let US call
the ignominy OF the virtuous, is not
entirely confined to boys of nine
years. have seen grown men and
women, being accused of saintliness,
over whose faces passed an express
sion Of modification. They would ac-
cept with more complacency the trib-
ute that they were getting to be devils
in their old age.-Max Eastman, in the
Atlantic
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09

SYNOPSIS.

Andy Meleen, aged millionaire miner is
dying and orders a will drawn up, leaving
all his property to the son of a sister of
and whose married name he does not
know. Meleen was married years before,
but left his wife after a quarrel In which
he struck her He learned later that she
and their daughter We're dead The scene
shifts to New York, introducing Wilfrd
Stennis, who is telling his fiancee, Eunice
Trevecca, what he would do If he We're
the possessOr Of wealth. In the law Of
nee OF Carboy, Passavant e Cozine, at
torneYs for the estate of Meleen. Roger
Hews reports the result of his search for
nelrS or Meleen. He conceals the fact that
ne has discovered that Meleen's daughter
IS living Wilfrid Stennis replies to an ad-
vertisement for information concerning
his dead mother. Martha Meleen. and Is
fold that he is the heir to Andy Meleen's
nnlions. He wants to marry Eunice at
nee, but she resolutely demurs He meets
lara Passavant, frivolous daughter of
lls attorney Eunice becomes jealous of
attentions to Clara. He builds
yacht and starts on a trip abroad the
Iassavants being included In the party
toger Hews. having discovered that Eu-
nee TreVecca Is the daughter of Andy
1eleen. plans to use the information to
us own advantage. He proposes to Eu-
lice and is rejected. Jaded after two
nd Immediately calls on Eunice His at
empts to renew his former relations
With her meet with no encoura cement.
soger Hews becomes Wifrid's secretary
he engagement of Clara PassaVant and
Nilfrid is announced
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
Yield Of One pennsylvania OAK.

The largest oak tree In Huntington
township, Adams county, was cut last
week on the farm of John R. Sadler.
The tree was five feet across the
stump and took the men several hours
to place 1t PROSTATE. Eleven hundred
and three large wagon spokes were
taken from the trunk and twelve
cords of wood were cut from the top
and branches. s.-Philadelphia Record.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
lakes the hiant View.

Don't go through life looking for
trouble, for faults, for failures, for the
crooked, the ugly and the deformed; ;
don't see the distorted man-see the
man that God made Just make up
your mind firmly at the very outset in
life that you will not criticise or con
demn others or find fault with their
mistakes and shortcomings.-Orison
SWEET Mardar
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
CHAPTER vIiI.-continued.

The judicious Hews permitted a full
day to intervene before following III
the news with a call in Macdougal
street. Now, if ever, he thought, the
girl might be ready to listen to rea
son; he counted not a little upon
Eun1ce's womanly pique and pride
which might tempt her to show the
recalcitrant Wilfrid that two could
play the same game, and that she was
not the one to wear the willow for an
other woman's fance Women-and
men likewise-have been known to
marry for spite and repent at leisure.
1t was Rogers cue, as usual, to pre-
tend to be wholly ignorant of the lit
tie tragedy going on behind the
scenes. Eunice was totally unaware
of the fact that he was in the employ
of her old lover, and she thought she
had sufficiently masked her own feel
ings.
When Hews came in that evening
Eunice was alone, and intuitively felt
that a crisis was impending. For
millennial ages women have been pit
ting subtle wit against brute strength,
developing a sixth sense which de-
tects Immediately and indubitably the
benign or the malign designs of the
opposite sex.
Tonight, however, she detected a
.tenseness of latent purpose in Roger
Hews which doubtless he flattered
himself was wholly hidden, and which
certainly his first words did not re-
veal, for his talk was all about the
great railroad strike then raging.
AS the evening wore on, and John
Trevecca failed to make his usual
nine o'clock appearance, Hews in
quired:
Where is your father tonight?
Il think he has gone upstairs" said
Eunice, who had been hoping this
question would not be asked. In
fact" she went on hurriedly, Il am
quite worried about him; he has taken
a heavy cold, and his asthma is al
ways worse at such times"
Il do not wish to alarm you," said
Hews with well-simulated note of
sympathy in his voice; but | have
noticed that he is aging rapidly; he
Is not the man he was year ago"
"Oh, do you really think that?" ex-
claimed Eunice regretfully, and quick
to take alarm. HE is perhaps not as
vigorous as he used to be, but / hope
he will be spared to me for many,
many years! He is my only relative
n the world; if l should lose him
and the ready tears came into her
Eyes for the sole parent she had ever
Known
1T Is nothing serious, guess" said
Roger with off-hand, soothing convic-
ion; but your father ought to be en-
Dying leisurely old age; at his time
# life he should not have to work"
Eunice nodded her head in quick
ssent.
so l have told him, Mr.. Hews. 1
gain and again. But he persists in
aging that he must toll on at the {
hops in order that he may keep add (
ng to the little pile of savings which ,
) to save me from want when be is ,
cad and gone" (
THAT is a noble object" said Hews I
nth real sincerity, but you have It 7
d your power to render all that labor +
and to make your father a
omfortable for the rest of his life." L
Il don't SEE began. Eunice, when.
18th wave Of color flooding face and b
'reheadi she'suddehly did see. HON. 50
lily and blind to give him such a d
opd opening, she thought. 3 e
Roger Heys was quick to seize bis I Z
fact he had clevefIy vf rs
3 - this very point O
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
TRY MURINE EYE REMEpY

for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
and Granulated Eyelids Murine Doesn't
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c,
50c, S1.00. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, Csc, S100. Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
Thouohtfulness

Thoughtfulness is always doing lit
tie kindnesses; thoughtfulness has an
instinct for seeing the little things
that need to be done, and then for
doing them-Puskin.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
Easlesr 10 GIVE up.

Friend (sarcastically) (Which one
of your many bad habits do you think
you could manage to give up?" Easy
One (nettled) )-"That of lending my
friends mO-,~,- -vN~'+s--,or ore American
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09

Sore throat is no trifing ailment. Ii
will sometimes carry infection to the en-
tire system through the locd you eat.
Hamlins Wizard Oil ures Sore Throat.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
Has Good Appetite.

A baby walrus Of six months will
eat about so pounds Of Goldfish in the
course Of a day.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09

WHO Is Women as well as men are
made miserable by kidney and
tn bladder trouble Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp Root the great kidney
Ri A ME remedy promptly relieves. At
druggists in ffty-cent and
dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by
mail free. Also pamphlet telling all about it
Address Or, Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton. N. Y.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09
Only One .RRoMo ouININr"

Only One BkOMO QUlNiNE
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for the signature of E. w. GROVE. Used the
World over to Cure Cold in One Day. 25c.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09

Mothers WIN find Mrs WInslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedv TO use foE their children
1uring The teething period.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09

Crime In the United Kingdom costa
the state about s3O,0Oo.OOO a year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-29
BORING FOR OIL AT UNITY
Outlook Promising; Drillers Have
Reached 800 Feet--Company
Work Two Shifts.

Work is progressing very rapidly
at the plant of the Gross Developing
co. at Unity, few miles northwest
of Cairo. Two gangs eof drillers,
working twelve-hour shifts, keeping
the massive machinery In operation
twenty-four hours per day The
well is now down over three hun
dred feet and Superintendent Lietz-
man reports that unless serious diff
flculties are encountered an average
of one hundred feet per day should
be maintained hereafter.
The quicksands encountered near
the surface caused some trouble and
the water beneath the quicksand in
terrupted work for few days. The
company now has over two hundred
feet Of 10-inch casing in place and
Mr.. Lietzman expects by middle of
the coming week to have several
hundred feet of. the 8-inch casing
dropped through tne le-lnch casing
and bedded on the solid formation
below.
The drill Is now working in a
gray sand formation which stands
up well and will require no casing
to support it, This formation car
ries some indications of oil and the
drillers believe 1t very promising
sign superintendent Lietzman has
provided himself with fishing tools,
under-reamers and calfwheel out.
flt and, If necessary to ream under
the S-inch casing and lower same
still further into the hole, the prop
er equipment will be at hand for the
purpose.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-29

Princeton, N, j., Aus, 2s.-The
announcement, that Miss Esther
Cleveland, eldest surviving daughter
Of the late President Grover Cleve-
land, is to be married soon to RAN
dolph d. West, junior year stu
dent in Princeton university, has
or, ated considerable interest in COLI
fIs ..s
lege and social circles here. M
Miss Cleveland. who was born
about eighteen years ago while her
father was president, is at Tam
worth, N, H., with her mother, sis
ter and two brothers at the summer
home of the family.
=. 1t is understood that the wedding
will take place about Oct Is, and 1t
is. stated that Mrs Clevelands we'd
ding present to the couple will be q
bungalow which she is to build on
her property In New Hampshire. Mr..
West is a som of Professor Andrew
West of Princeton. dean OF the
graduate school. ..--s-s