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Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

The kangaroo came by his name
rather strangely. When first Australia
was discovered a sailor pointed to a
kangaroo and asked native what they
called that animal. The poor black man
having never met an Englishman be-
fore, had no idea what the sailor was
talking about and replied In his own
language. "Kangaroo"-that is, II do
not undestand" The sailor roolishly
supposed this was the name Of the an
imal in the Australian tongue, and ever
since we have called the animal kanga-
roo, II do not understand"
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

sitting upon it's launches, and she
nodded towards him. "To be renewed
when the little church mouse brings
It back to me-" she returned coldly.
They turned their backs upon each
other and walked away.
A week passed, and the little church
mouse prowling about in the darkness
of the basement, saw something
through the gloom that glittered even
more brightly than did his own eyes,
Cautiously, hungrily, he approached
It, smelt Of It, felt of 1t with his gray
whiskers, then stood it up before him
its glitter fascinated him. Surely this
glistening thing about the size of a
kernel of corn must be good to eat,
and he tried his sharp teeth upon it.
Yet gnaw as he would, he could not
even scratch it, and at last he decided
that it was only good to play with.
He was little thing, and half starved
as are all church mice, so it came to
pass that it was not long before hs
had worked his head and forelegs
through 1t and was running about
with it encircling his middle, very
small creature wearing a diamond
saddle with gold girth. It was fun
for time, but he soon became tired
OF 1t and tried to crawl out. He
could not. Becoming panic stricken
he fled franttcally up the stairs.
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

Love may always 5bs right, but Il
lIcan be % Influenced as TO be seem
lingly q mistake. The marriage took
place and Fred Dillingham; was ostra,
cfzed. He was not kindly welcomed
II the other stratum. If there is q gulf
between the rich man and the work
ingman the latter resents intrusion
as much as the former. There was
love, but after a few months it was
Influenced from both sides. Both hus-
band and wife were made to fear that
1 grave mistake had been made. They
fought away the idea and sought to
hold their love, but that brought irri.
tations and vexations and eliminated
In Misunderstanding and quarrels.
After two years there was separa-
ton. Neither really desired it. It
was what the gossips had predicted.
and what they strove to bring about.
There was more sorrow than anger
when the young husband turned his
back on wife and infant year old
and went out into the world as a
wanderer The wife went back to
Q0C ldIASA . NOIs06Os OuI NV " 0IA u6~
gle with poverty. The husband been
generous to her.
Five long years, and Fred Dilling.
ham had not been heard of. AS an
outlaw without family, whom should
he write to and why? At three years
Of age the child, who had been named
Patty, wondered in her childish way
why she hadn't papa. At i've she
demanded to know. At six she stood
before the embarrassed mother in in.
dignation and threatened to go out
and find one.
And at last the wanderer had re-
crossed the sea and headed for his
home. He was tired and weary and
lonely. Home? But he had none!
He had left it when he left wife and
baby. This struck him like a sudden
blow, though he had all along realized
It in q general way. No home-no
wife-no child! That was why he
had left the train and taken lodgings.
He had no place to 60. With money
In his pockets, he was a tramp.
And to know that Christmas was at
hand, and to hear the Jingle Of Sleigh
bells and catch the shouts Of children
pn the street-to wonder If his child
still lived, and to wonder further what
old Santa Claus would bring her-why.
the man cursed the fears he could
hot keep back.
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

It went back llve years. He. the .lI,,1lI son
Of . railroad magnate, had dared "a
fall in love with the blue-eyed dauxh-
ter Of q locomotive driver on his fa-
theirs road-a man whose face and
hands carried grime-who dwelt in 1
cottage-who had no society outside
OF daily toilers. And he had dared
stand before the father who thought
himself specially created and say:
Father, going to be married."
"Well?"
ITO Gladys Davis"
"Never heard Of her."
"The daughter u one - our -
Eineers."
There was q moment of painful sus-
pense and then the storm broke.
You shall not! You are either 4
fool or q lunatic to think Of it. An
engineers daughter! Think of your
mother-of me-of your sister-the
disgrace! You must have lost your
eenses!"
But I am to marry her." was the
steady reply.
II say no! II the jade has trapped
you into an engagement buy her of.
The father must use his influence or
take his discharge"
"But we love and are promised to
each other"
In the next half hour the father
stormed and cajo1ed. II the son in
sisted on such a marriage he would
be cast out by the family; he would
be ridiculed even by the common peo.
pie. And the magnate ended up with:
Fred, I will have the engineer call.
ed up here and give him a check for
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

a. thousand dol.
lars and tell him
that this non.
sense must end n
I'VE shall be
mar ried three
days from now,' ~
was his answer.
In reply to that
the father point.
ed to the door, and
the son bowed and
passed out to be
son no longer. He
had money that
had been left him
by an aunt, and
the father could
not threaten him
with poverty.
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20
A Christmas Time Saver,

To save the minutes on Christmas
bve and leave time for the many things
that are bound to come up, shut of
from the children one room in the
house suitable for the tree a couple
Of weeks before Christmas, and grad.
ually accumulate there all decorations
and presents. The tree can bo
trimmed a day or two before the heli-
day, and the presents wrapped more
quickly and easily because they are all
In one place. The children, too, will
enjoy the mystery that centers around
IN inaccessible room.-Housekeepe
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

OSOI01 6AV A0 "oO
looking about him when a small, warm
hand was cuddled into his and q
cnfld's voice said:
please take care Of mo till man.
ma finds me-I'm lost!"
It was q little girl, and on her face
was both a smile and q look Of en-
treaty.
'Why, Of course" replied tho out
law, pressing her hand and drawing
her back little. 80 you came here
with your mother after Christmas
things and got ssparated?"
'That's it. only I think she ran away
from me so that I shouldn't know
what Santa Claus was going to bring
me tomorrow night"
II hope it will be something nice"
"Oh, it will be. Are you buying
something for your little girl?"
"N.o-o."
Maybe she's dead?"
"I| don't know"
The girl looked up and noticed tho
grave expression on the outlaws face,
and cuddled closer to him and said:
I'm sorry II I have hurt you. Nam.
ma says I talk too much. I've just
thought that maybe you are not mar.
ried at all?"
Il guess that's pretty near it." re.
piled the outlaw as he tried to laugh,
but made poor work of it.
''Well. II you haven't got any little
girl I haven't got any papa. What
you going to buy.
"Why, whatever you say?"
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

flames and not know
ing that in it's fall
by some strange fate
It had bounded
through a small hole
IN the pipe and now
lay amidst the rub
bish of the church's
basement. For an
instant the girls
eyes softened, then
hardened again and
she turned them
aside. Upon the floor
in a corner of the
room the little
church mouse was
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20


with something round and hard about
1t. 1nvoluntarily she closed her hand,
and as she did so the little church
mouse popped out of the muff and
scampered away, leaving the round
object In her fingers. She drew II
forth. It was her engagement ring.
The last of all to leave her pew,
Janet stepped into the vestry upon
her way out. Dick was standing be.
fore a window with head bowed,
looking older, grayer of face than he
had few weeks ago, and she saw the
deep unhappiness that lay in his eyes.
She approached him, looking up at
him with the old expression which he
knew so we'll. Softly she slipped one
hand into his own, and as his fingers
gently closed about it he felt some
thing hard, round and familiar within
his grasp. He raised her hand. The
engagement ring-his own-encircled
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20
(Copyright.)

ND It had come to
pass that on this
day before Christ
mas a man not
old in years sat in
his room at q no.
tel in a strange
town and felt him.
self of all the
world the most
lonely. High and
low, rich and poor,
mingled in tho
procession Of hap
py shoppers with.
out. He alone had
no thought for
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

Janet, alone and
very unhappy, sat in
her pew at the
Christmas morning
service. It was rath.
er chilly in the
church and she slip.
ped one hand into
her muff. Then she
gave a start, for with.
in it she felt a small,
efr11 k1.l-
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

law was down on
would minglo With
the throng. He
would enter the
stores under tho
evergreen branch
es and look about
him-aye, make q
purchase and be
Santa Claus to
90 m 9 b big-eyed d
child on the street.
He was an out
law, but the world
should not crowd
him quite to the
edge. He was al
most smiling AZ
he crowded his
way into a big
1f0rA and hA WA
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

1er third left finger.
"The little church
mouse brought it
back to me. Listen
while I tell you," she
said, drawing a trifle
closer. For a mo-
ment her voice MUIR
INJURED.
rs it not wonder
full" she exclaimed,
half awed, as she fin.
,1shed. His eyes
1ghtened.
Wonderful, dear!
It is far more than
that. It Is a miracle
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20
1l!9eEH34aaakRs@8tk
THE CHURCH MOUSE. II

a HEY stood in tho deserted
vestry of the church, facing
TX each other angrily for the
A&CE$@ first time in their lives.
&*T Then suddenly Janet swept
fkS. the diamond from the third
@s4A1E finger Of her left hand and
S@e>& held it forth. You will
oblige me by taking this
back" she said bitingly.
He stood looking into her eyes,
growing grayer of face as he saw the
stubborn anger that reposed within
them. (Which means that our en-.
Eagement is broken, and that. I may
not hope for it's renewal" he replied
very low.
For an instant their gaze met az
the glittering thing, lightly held, was
passing from hand to hand; then a.
bhe released it and before his grip
had become secure there was the slip
of nervous finger and with tinkle
the ring fell upon the iron grating of
the floor register. Family they heard
1t 60 bounding far down the metal
pipe which led to the furnace below,
each suppos!ng it lost forever in the
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

udTQs i A100 VI
four minutes pass
ed and then q
hand pulled at hi1
and. q voice said:
"Please, Mister
nice man, tell me
your name, that !
may Introduce you
to mamma. ]
think she will let
me have the dol" "
The outlaw turned
and gasped and
his face went
white.
"Gladysl"
Fred"
"You herel"
"And youl"
Little Falls herald., 1912-12-20

And this Is our daughter?"
"Our Patty. Father was discharged
from the road and moved over here
to take another rum
It was the next day, and Patty was
sitting on her fathers knee and the
happy mother was wiping tears from
her eyes, when the child said:
Say. mamma, just picked him out
as the very incest man In all that big
crowd, and didn't make any mistake,
did I? Don't anybody sit down on my
doll and give her q paint"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-09-20
Prominent Party Passes Through City

A delegation of prominent newspaper
and railroad men of the Pacific north
west passed through this city Tuesday
on No. 4. They were F. w. Graham,
western industrial and immigration
agent OF the Great Northern railroad;
w. A. Ross, assistant general pas
senger agent OF the Great Northern rail-
road and Great Northern Steamship
company; A. D. Sommers, publisher oi
the See America First magazine, oi
Tacoma; w. P. Strandberg, of the Even
ing Telegram, Portland; J. L. Wallin,
of the Oregon Journal, Portland; Robert
H. Mattison, representing the Seattle
Times; Otho Clarke Letter, city editor
of the Oregonian, Portland; Charles H.
Dickson, artist of the Seattle Post In
telligencer; and J. Edward Norcross,
managing editor Of the World, pub
lished at Vancouver, B. c.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-09-20
WATER CONTRACT LET
TO SEAMAN & QUIGG
City Council Lets the Contract to the
Lowest Bidders for $39,500

At the regular meeting Of the city
council Tuesday evening all members
were present excepting Councilman
Lindblom. The minutes of the prev
ious meeting were read and adopted.
The bids on the construction Of the
water system which we're opened last
Thursday were read and the contract
let to Seaman & Quigg for $39,500,
being the lowest bid. The contractors
signifed their willingness to take over
the bonds of the city but it is believed
that they will bring a premium and
Councilmen Campbell, Weigand and
Schubert were appointed by the Mayor
to act as a committee on the sale OF
the bonds.
The resolutions of Councilmen Mas
sic and Campbell to improve CONNER
cial and Evans streets were read and
adopted.
The committee appointed last week
to find location for a hitching rack re-
ported that they had been unsuccessful
and were continued over until the next
meeting.
The city attorney was instructed to
notify the Tumwater Light & Water
Company that they would be response
BILE for all damages done to the paving
by their water mains. A committee
was also appointed to investigate the
placing of the fire hydrants on Front
street outside the curb lines.
The building on Front street for
merly occupied by Attorney Fox wa:
rented for an office for City Engineer
Cook.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-09-20
COUNTY ENGINEER BERRY
SURVEYING SCENIC HIGHWAY
Camp Pitched Near Merritt and Work
Begun the First of the Week

The question of bonding King
county for $3,000,000 for permanent
highway purposes is the only obstacle
in the way of building the Scenic
Highway across the mountains say the
promoters. Chelan and Snohomish
counties have already agreed to build
their part of the highway, and if King
county voters approve the bonds in
November, and it is believed that they
will as both of the papers in Seattle
and the automobile association have
indorsed the proposed road, the Scenic
Highway will be certainty and in all
probability work will begin next sum-
mer. County Engineer Berry, with a
force of men, has been up in the vi
cinity Of the tunnel the past week sur
veying that portion of the road to be
built in this county and making an es-
innate of the cost. In all there is Al
miles of road to be built. Twenty
eight miles of it lies in King county,
twelve in Chelan and seven in Sno'
honnish
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-09-20
DEATH CLAIMS TWO
LEAVENWORTH PEOPLE
Mrs. Thomas Nolan MOnday-MrS. fan
ME McGiyern Wednesday.

Mrs. Nolan, wife of Thomas Nolan,
died Monday noon after lingering i'll
ness covering period Of two years, OF
tuberculosis, aged 36 years. Up to
two years ago she had enjoyed fairly
good health. At that time her little
boy aged six was visiting his uncle, M
]. Carr, at Dryden, and fell in an irriga-
ton ditch and was drowned. This so
preyed on her mind that she began to
fail in health and constantly grew worse.
Beside her husband she leaves four
children, two boys and two girls. M.
J. Carr, fruit grower who resides near
Dryden, and w. J. Carr, manager of
the Grange warehouse at Cashmere,
brothers of Mrs. Nolan. came here and
together with the husband left yester-
day morning with the remains for Burke.
Wash, a small village near Quincy,
where burial will take place beside the
bodies of two children and where the
family resided before coming to Leav-
enworth. In his bereavement the SYM
pathies of the entire community are
with the husband.
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A Linen Shower

Mrs. F. J. Bauer and Mrs. c. S.
Taylor were hostesses, Thursday eve
ming of last week, at linen shower at
the Commercial Club rooms in honor
of Miss Marguerite Callahan, who is to
become the bride of Butler Sampson.
The wedding will take place the latter
part OF September. The club rooms
were artistically decorated with hearts
and cupids and bouquets of asters and
carnations. AS Miss Callahan entered
the room she was showered with sweet
peas. The evening was spent at cards,
games and music. Miss Ruth Simons
and Mrs. T. Welsh won the prizes in
the guessing games. The bride-to-be
was greatly surprised with many pretty
gifts.
A splendid banquet was served at
the Overland Cafe at 1880, where the
tables had been beautifully decorated
with hearts, cupids and carnations.
Covers were laid for thirty three.
The hostesses were assisted by Miss
Marguerite Bauer, Mrs. T. c. Slack
and Miss Sarah Werstlein, of Grand
Forks, North Dakota. Those who en-
joyed the evening were: Misses Ruth
Simons, Susie Smith, Sarah Werstlein,
Marguerite Bauer, Mary and Susie
Briskey, Marguerite Callahan, Bernice
Churchill; Rose Shackles, Mrs. J. B.
Adams, Mrs. Roach, Mrs. Marley,
Mrs. o. S. Sampson, Mrs. Ella Samp-
son, Mrs. G. w. Sampson, Mrs. A.
Brown, Mrs. Bert Brown, Mrs. c. J.
Kaiser, Mrs. Pearl Bissel, Mrs. 7.
Welsh, Mrs. T. c. Stack, Mrs. F. J.
Bauer, Mrs. c. S. Taylor, Mrs. Pinch,
Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Burns, Mrs. Rice,
Mrs. Carr, Mrs. Churchill and Mrs.
Little, Of Wenatchee.
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Sampson Callahan Wedding

Mr.. Butler Sampson and Miss Mar
garet Callahan, of Leave nworth, were
married in Wenatchee Thursday morn
ing at nine o'clock, according to the
Catholic marriage service, by Father
Van de Walle. The only guests were
the immediate relatives of the bride
and groom. After the ceremony the
bridal party repaired to the home of
Mrs. Will Little, sister of the groom,
where an elaborate wedding breakfast
was served. The bridal couple left at
1890 for Seattle and other Sound
points, where they expect to spend
two weeks.
The bride is a sister OF Mrs. A. L.
Mitchell, with whom she has made
her home since living here for the
past two years. She has a host ol
friends and a charming personality.
The groom has lived here more than
six years, coming here with the fam
lily of his father, o. S. Sampson, from
Wenatchee. He is a stockholder in
the Leavenworth Mercantile Co., and
manager Of the grocery department.
He is one of the promising young busi-
ness men OF Leavenworth. To the
happy couple The Echo extends con-
gratulations and wishes for them q
long and useful life.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-09-20
Death of Mrs. P. 6. MCGregOr

The news of the death Of this es-
timable woman will be read here,
where the family lived SO long, with
sincere regret. Before the family re-
moved from this place to Seattle foul
years ago, it was known that Mrs. Nc
Gregor had developed tuberculosis.
A year ago she came back here and
remained several months. For the
past ten months she has been in Ari-
zona, and died in Tucson last Wednes'
day, September IL. Mr.. McGregol
was advised OF her death and met the
body at San Francisco and accom-
panied it to Seattle, where the re-
mains were cremated.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-09-20
Engineer BOwden Goes to England

r. Bowden, one Of the popular engi-
neers on the Cascade division left this
afternoon for New York city, where on
the 28th of this month he will take the
steamer Philadelphia for England to
visit the haunts of his childhood where
he expects to spend the next six months
visiting with his relatives. 1t was just
about nine years ago that Mr.. Bowden
decided TO seek his fortune in this new
world of ours and from all appearances
he has not been disappointed. He
has been working out of this city for
the past six years, and three years ago
was promoted to an engineer. During
this time he has laid by a nice little
bunch Of the worlds goods and if he
chose could no doubt quit railroading.
But he says he has no intention of
quitting the road for a few years yet.
While in the old country Mr.. Bowden's
address will be Great Brynn, Roache,
Cornwall county, England. He ex-
poets to return to this city about March
/, 1918.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-09-20
Big Apple Crop This Year

Thirty-fve hundred car loads OF ap-
Piles will be shipped from the Wenat-
chez Valley this year, according to
conservative estimates. and the grow
ers will receive from them something
over 50, 100000. From all over the
country reports come in of the biggest
crop Of apples since 1897, but it is
believed that even at that the demand
will exceed the supply. The crop OF
the Wenatchee Valley is now in full
swing and from seventy-fve to hun
dred carloads will be shipped daily
from this valley until the close of the
season.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-09-20
At the Scenic Theater

The province Of the stage in the
past has been to entertain and edu-
cate. OF late, what is known as the
drama has fallen into decay-hence we
seldom see Shakespearean plays en-
acted on the stage. The public has
taken more kindly to musical and nov
city entertainments that do not require
deep thought to comprehend-hence
anything which is both novel and mu-
sical attracts the public more to-day
than at any other period in our ma
tional history.
The Royal Hawaiian Musical and
Novelty Company, coming to the
Scenic Theater, Leavenworth, on
Monday, Sept. %, is announced as a
unique, novel entertainment of quality.
The Kanakas render the music Of their
country, Hawaii, on the native instru-
ments in incompatible manner; for an
American to attempt to initiate 1t
would be folly. Their songs aud
dances are equally novel, they are in a
class by themselves and of the very
highest artistic excellence. Hawaii
now is a part of America, the late royal
entertainers to the King Kalakana and
Queen Liliuokalani, are released from
their former wilful or unwilful associa-
tions, and they are now true Americans
and are at liberty to entertain whomso-
ever they please. In addition to the
Hawaiin portion of the entertainment,
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stock, that there has been a slight
drop in farming lands, while city and
town property has held its own.
The attorney general has ruled that
it is not necessary for person to be
registered in order TO sign local op-
ton petition or petition for other
special election. In several units
where the liquor question is to be
voted upon in November this point has
been raised.
The Wenatchee General Hospital
Association, OF Wenatchee, filed in the
Office OF Secretary Of State 1. M. How
ell, its articles of incorporation. The
capital stock of the company is $10,-
900.
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PROGRESSIVE co. COMMITTEE
ORGANIZED AT WENATCHEF
Elects County Chairman, State Commit
teeman and Appoints Com
mitteeS

At meeting of the progressive pre-
cinct committeeman of Chelan county
held at Wenatchee last Saturday 2. A..
Lanham was elected chairman, E. l..
Baker secretary and Robert B. Field
treasurer. Deed H. Magyar was elected
state central committeeman.
Various committees were appointed
and a general plan of campaign out
lined. An executive committee of
which Chairman Lanham and Secretary
Baker are members was appointed. 1t
is expected that a number of speakers
will visit the county between now and
November S.
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mrs. Fannie reGivern

Mrs. McGivern died Wednesday
afternoon, aged 80 years. She had
just gone through a severe spell OF
typhoid fever and was up and had gone
out a few times and suffered a relapse.
Mrs. McGivern is survived by two chill
dren who are with her husband, in Min
nesota. She was the daughter of, H.
x. Featherstone by his first wife.
Funeral services will be held in the
chapel Of the Cascade Undertaking
Company at 8 o'clock today, conducted
by Rev. w. V. Davis. The remains
will be taken to Red Wing, Minnesota,
for burial beside her mother.