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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-04-30
STORIES WITH
A SMILE

RRRS, LARKIN had a very good
M housemaid who had been with
oso her some years and one day the
girl told her mistress that she would
have 70 leave, as she was going to be
married.
Indeed" said Mrs Larkin, "and
what is your future husband, Mary?"
Please, ma am" was the reply,
hes an asker"
"A WHAT" queried the mistress.
AN asker" repeated Mary.
II don't understand" said Mrs.
Larkin, what does he do?"
We'll. ma'am,' explained the girl,
''he goes about the streets, and if he
sees anyone coming along that looks
kind, he-well, he just stops them and
asks them to give him trifle, and
he makes quite a comfortable living,
maam, in that way
But Mary" replies the mistress,
in astonishment, "do you mean he is
beggar?"
We'll, ma'am." said Mary, some
PNpPiC w Ndil IL lildt, pul We Sdil IL
asker. -.
1To diplomat who complimented
u him upon his sangfroid, President
Wilson replied, with his dry smile,
that he tried to initiate the grave
digger. OF course, this meant a story,
and the president told it.
A certain rave-digger, he ex-
planned, had the habit of visiting the
cemetery every night about midnight
to see that all was going well. Know
ing Of this habit, some boys decided
to play a trick upon him. They dug
a trench in a dark spot which their
prospective victim always crossed,
and one Of them, dressed in sheet,
hid behind tree. At midnight the
grave digger duly appeared, and as
duly fell into the trench.
The boy in the sheet at once stepped
forth and said in hollow tones:
What are you doing in my grave ?"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-04-30

Mstletoe thrives on the western
coasts to an extent not approached in
the east. In many places this para
site growth is responsible, directly or
indirectly, for a considerable loss of
timber.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-04-30

so many failures that the stock
holders of the Yakima Fruit Products
Co. delayed determination of plans
until the most exhaustive investiga-
tions had been concluded.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-04-30
VOTE FOR
A. H. BURTON

Progressive Candidate for
STATE SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS
Long Successful Experience as Teach
er, Principal and Superintendent
Graduate
Southern Illinois State Normal. 1901
University Of Illinois CHARACTERIZATION
University Of Oregon Law. 1912
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-04-30
Gus. E. Moser
Republican Primaries May IS

He voted against the new tax law
and stands for reduction OF taxes,
payable scmi-annually, without PEN
atty.
Economy. cfficiency-dignified law
enforcement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
house for a piece of rag when you

house for a piece of rag when you
need it,
Patty was very dainty about her few
patched and darned belongings; also
very exact in the adjustment of her
bits of ribbon, her collars of crochet
ed thread. her adored coral pendants
and her pile of neat cotton handker-
chiefs, hemstitched by her own hands.
Waitstill, accordingly, with an eXcla-
nation at her own unwonted careless
ness, darted into her sisters room to
replace in perfect order the articles
she had disarranged in her haste. She
knew them all, these poor little trim
kets-hUmble, pathetic evidences of
Patty's feminine vanity and desire to
make her bright beauty a trife
brighter.
Suddenly her hand and her eye fell
ut the same moment on something hid
den in a far corner under 4 white "fas-
cinatOr," one of those head coverings
of filmy wool, dotted with beads, worn
by the girls of the period. She drew
the glittering, unfamiliar object for
ward and then lifted it wonderingly in
her hand.
1t was a string of FURNISHED gold
beads, the avowed desire of Patty's
heart-a string of beads with a bril-
liant little stone in the fastening. Ard,
as if that We're not mystery enough,
there was something slipped over the
claSped necklace and hanging from it,
as Waitstill held it up to the light-a
circlet of plain gold, a wedding ring!
Waitstill stood motfOnless in the cold.
with such 4 throng of bewilderlng
thoughts, misgivings, lima ginings, rush
ing through her head that they We're
like flock of birds beating their wings
against her ears. The imaGinings were
not those of absolute dread or terrier,
for she knew her Patty.
If she had seen the necklace alone
she would have been anxious indeed,
for il would have meant that the girl
urged on by ungovernable desire for
the ornament, had accepted n present
from one who should not have given il
to her secretly. But the wedding ring
meant something different for Patty
something more, something certain,
something unacceptable. for good or i'll.
y wedding ring could stand for moth
ing but marriage. Could Patty be mar
ried? How. when and where could so
great a thing happen without her
knowledge: 1t seemed impossible.
How had such n child surmounted the
difficulties in the path? Had she been
led away by the attractions of some
stranger? No, there had been none in
the village. There was only one man
who had the worldly wisdom or the
means TO carry Patty off under the
very eve of her watchful sister, only
one with the reckless courage to defy
her father, and that was Mark Wilson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

the ring i'm his pocket with n rather
crestfallen air. But the first thing
you know you'll be too good for me.
Patty. You used to be a regular will
o'the- wisp-all nonsense and fun, for
ever laughing and teasing. so that
fellow could never be sure OF you for
two minutes together"
Its all there underneath" said Pat
ty, putting her hand on his arm and
turning her wistful face to his. 1t
will come again. The girl in me isn't
dead. She isn't even asleep, but she's
all sobered down. She can't laugh
just now. she can only smile. and the
tears are waiting underneath. ready to
spring out IL any one says the wrong
word. This Patty is frightened and
anxious, and her heart beats too fast
from morning till night. She hasn't
any mother, and she cannot say word
to her dear sister, and she's going
away to be married to you. that's al
most n stranger. and she isn't eighteen
and doesn't know what's coming to
her nor what it means to be married.
She breads her fathers anger, and she
cannot rest till she knows whether
your family will love her and take her
in, and. oh, she's n miserable. worried
girl, not bit like the old Patty
Mark held her close and smoothed
the curls under the loose brown hood.
Don't you fret, Patty darling. I'm
not the boy 1 was last week. Every
word you say makes me more of
man. ! wish the road to New Hamp-
shire was full of lions and 1 could fight
my way through them just to show
you how strong l feel"
"Therell he lions enough" smiled
Patty through her tears, though they
won't have names and tails. But
can imagine how father will roar and
how my courage will ooze out of the
heels of my boots"
Just let me catch the deacon roar
ing at my wife," exclaimed Mark. with
swelling chest. Now, run along
home. Patty, dear, for l don't want
you scolded on my account. I'll sound
Ellen and see If she's brave enough to
be one of the clipping party. Good
night! Good night.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

hang a white signal from your win
dow"
1T won't be white" said Patty, who
would be mischievous on her deathbed-
MY Sunday gO-tO-meetin' petticoat is
too grand. and everything else that We
have is yellow"
i shall see il. whatever color IL is.
you can be sure Of thatr' said Mark
CALAMITY. Then it's decided that next
morning I'll wait at the tavern from
sunrise. and whenever your father and
Waitstill have driven up Saco hill I'll
come and pick you up, and well be or
like a streak Of lightning across the
hills 10 New Hampshire. How lucky
that RiverborO is only thirty miles
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
CHAPTER XXI.
A Wedding Ring.

THE snow had come. It had be,
gun TO fall softly and steadily
at the beginning of the week,
and now for days IL had Gov
cred the ground deeper and deeper
drifting about the little red brick house
on the hilltop, banking up against the
barn and shroudinG the sheds and the
smaller buildings.
There had been two cold. still nights
the windows We're covered with Silvery
landscapes whose delicate foliage made
every pane of glass n leafy bower.
while. a dazzling crust bediamonded
the hillsides. so that no eye could rest
on them long without becoming snow
blinded.
Town House hill was not as well
travelled as many others. and Deacon
Baxter had often TO break his own
road down To the store without wait
ing for the help of the village. snow
plow to make things easier for him.
Many path had WaitStill broken in
her time. ana ii was by no means one
of her most diStasteful taskS-that of
shovelinC into the drifts of heape1 up
Wilderness, tossing them to one side or
the other and cutting a narrow, clean
edged track that would pack down
into the hardness of marble.
There were many chores" TO be
done these cold mornings before any
household could draw a breath of com
fort. The Baxters kept but one COW
in winter. killed the pig-not TO eat,
but TO sell-and reduced the flock of
hens and turkeys. but Waitstill was al
ways as busy in the barn as in her
own proper domain.
Her heart yearned for all the dumb
creatures about the place. intervening
between them and her fathers scanty
care, and when the thermometer de-
scended far below zero she would be
found stuffing hay into the holes and
cracks of the barn and henhouse, Civ
ing the horse and COW fresh beddings
of straw and n mouthful of extra food
between the slender meals provided by
the deacon.
1t was o'clock in the afternoon. and
a fire in the BaXters' kitchen since 6
in the morning had produced a fairly
temperate climate in that one room,
though the entries and chambers might
have been used for refriGerators, as
the deacon was as parsimonious in the
use OF fuel as in all other things. and
If his daughters had not been hardy
young creatures, trained from their
very birth to discomforts and expo
sures of every sort, they would have
died long ago.
The Baxter kitchen shOne and gilt
tered in all its accustomed cleanliness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

ing good health now and owe it all TO
your remedies. take pleasure IN tell
ing my friends and neighbors about
them Mrs. MATTE HALEY, sol Col
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

His name did not bring absolute co.'s.
dence TO Waitstill's mind. He was -r
and young and thOughtless. How h55
he managed to do this wild thing. an.
had he done all decently and wiser
with consideration for the girls guos
name?
The thought of all the risks lying L
the train of Patty's youth and irer
perience brought a wall of ang.Es.
from WaitstilTs lips. and. dropping Ii.
beads and closing the drawer. shs
stumbled blindly down the stairwsy
to the kitchen, intent upon one tho1Esr
only-to find her sister TO look in her
eyes, feel the touch of her hand and
assure herself of her safety.
She gave a dazed look at the tan
clock and was beginning TO put on her
cloak when the door opened and Patty
entered the kitchen by way OF The
shed-the usual Patty-rOsy. buoyant
alert, with a kind Of childlike limo
cence that could hardly be ASSOCIATED
with the possession of wedding rings
Are you going out Waity? WRAP
up well, for its freezing cold. Waity.
Waity, dear! What's the matter" she
cried. coming closer to her sister IN
alarm.
Waitstill's face had lost its clear co..
or and her eyes had the look Of some
dumb animal that has been struck and
wounded. She sank into the flag bot
toned rocker by the window and. lean.
but closed her eyes and gave one long,
shivering sigh and 4 dry sob that
seemed drawn from the very bottom Of
her heart
Go be Continued Next Wednesday,
All the news all the time-Ths
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

from the state line, 1t looks like snow
and how ! wish il would be something
more than i furry, a regular whiZzing.
whirring storm that would pack the
roads and let US slip over them with
our sleigh bells ringing
Il should ike that, for they would
be our only wedding bells. oh. Mark:
What II waltstill shouldn't 20. after
all. though l heard father tell her that
lie needed her TO buy things for the
store, and that they wouldn't be back
till after nightfall. Just to think OF
being married without WaitstilI"'
You can do without Waitstill on
this one occasion. better than you can
without me-" laughed Mark. pinchinE
Patty's cheek. I've given the town
clerk due notice and l have a friend
TO meet me at his office. He is going
10 lend me his horse for the drive
home. and we shall change back the
next week. That will give US a fresh
horse each way and Wen fly like the
wind, snow or no snow. When we
come down Guide Board hill that night,
Patty, we shall be man and wife: isn't
that wonderful!'
We shall be man and wife I'm New
Hampshire. but not in Maine, you
say" Patty reminded him dOlefully.
1t does seem dreadful that We can't
be married In our own state and have
TO go dangling about with this secret
on our minds day and night. but II
can't be helped. You'll try not TO even
think OF me as your wife till we go 10
Portsmouth 10 live. won't your
You're asking too much when you
say I'm not TO think OF you as my
wife. for shall think OF nothing else.
but I've given you my solemn prom
ise." said Mark stoutly. land I'll keep
IL as sure as live. Wen be legally
by the laws Of New Hamp-
shire. but we won't think OF IL as a
till 7 tell your father and
mine and We drive away once more to-
gether. That time 10 will be in the
sight Of everybody, with our heads in |
the air I've got the little house I'm /
all ready, Patty. It's small. I
but it's in n nice part OF the town. /.
IS a pretty place. but it'll !
Je n great deal prettier when IL has /
.irs. Mark Wilson living in II. We
an be married over again in Maine
lfterward II your heart Is set upon H.
I'm willing 90 marry you in every
tate OF the Union so far as am
II think you've been so kind and
rood and thoughtful, Mark. dear" said
Patty. more fondly and meItingly than
he had ever spoken 10 him before.
and so clever too. ! do respect YOU
or getting that good position in Ports
mouth and being able 10 set up for
at your age. ! shouldn't won
Ter a bit IL you were a Judge some
lay and then what "A proud girl 1
hall be-
Patty's praise was bestowed none
90 frequently. and II sounded very
weet fn the young mans ears
Il do believe / can get on with you
D help me. Patty" he said. pressing
er arm more closely 20 his side and I
,OkiHg down ardeHtly into her radiant
ace. You're a great deal cleyerer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
CHAPTER XXI.
Loves Young Dream.

T was not m afternoon for day
dreams. for there was a chill in
the air and q gray sky Only n
week before the hills along the
river rriSht have been the walls Of the
New Jerusalem. shining ike red gold
Now the glory had departed. and II
was q naked world. with empty nests
hanging 20 houghs that not long ago
hid been green with summer.
Youu-. love thought little Of natures
miracles. and hearts that beat high and
. fast were warm enough 10 forget the
bleak wind and gathering clouds II
there were naked trees were there not
full barrels Of apples in every cellar!
- II there was nothing but stubb.e IN
the frozen fields why there was plenty
OF wheat and corn NJ the mill all
ready for grinding. The cold air made
-one long for n chcrry home and fire
side. the crackle uf q hearth log. tbs
- bubb.ius 81 q stcamiu= kettle. and
- Patty and Marx chung together as they
- walked along. making bright images
OF a life together. sung. warm and
happy
Patty was n capririous creature. but
I'll her changes were sudden and en-
+ dearing ones. captivating those who
loved her more than a mOEotOnous and
unchau-ing virtue. ANY little shower
with Patty always ended with n rain
bow. that made thc landscape more
enchanting than before. or late her
little cOquetries and petulauces had
dfsauurnrcd - 81 by magic She had
been melted somehow from irrgSIou
HE .srlho0d into w0manhood and that
. 81 az 90 n
rordiuary young maa who bad no great
gift save that Or loving Patty greatly.
The love had served its purpose in an
other way. too. for under its influence
Marks OEn manhood had J=sss.dened
end deepened- He IJu=ed To bind Pat
q 10 him for good and all. To- capture
the bright bird whose iutterin= wings
and FURNISHED pIumaGe - captured his
senses and stirred his heart. but his
lon=inEs had changed with the quality
Of his love. and he Glowed ~ the
thought Of delivering the girl from her
dreary surroundings and giving her the
tenderness. the ease and comfort. the
innocent GIyety. that her nature
craved
You won't fail me. Patty darling?r
be was saying at this moment Now
that our plans are finally made. with
never a weak point anywhere as far
is / can see. my heart IS 50 set upon
carrying them out that every hour of
waiting seems an age"
No. won't fail, Marx; but new
er know the day that father viii go to
town until the night before. can
arvavs hear him making his urenara-
tons IN the barn and the shed, anu or
derfng Waitstill here and there. He
IS as excited as II he was going TO
Boston instead OF Midtown"
The night before will do. l will
watch the house every evening till you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

Boyntons' several times each week to
put the forlorn household a little on
its feet.
It was all uphill and down to Ivory's
farm. Waitstill reflected, and she could
take her sled and slide half the way
going and coming, or she could cut
across the frozen fields on the crust.
She caught up her shawl from hook
on the kitchen door, and. throwing it
over her head and shoulders to shield
herself from the chill blasts on the
stairway, ran up TO her bedroom to
make herself ready for the walk.
She slipped on quilted petticoat
and a warmer dress. braided her hair
freshly, while her breath went out In
a white cloud to meet the freezing air:
snatched her wraps from her closet
and was just going down the stairs
when she remembered that an hour
before, having TO bind up q cut finger
Tor her father, she had searched PAT
TVS bureau drawer for an old hand
kerchicf. and had left things In disor
der while she ran 10 answer the dea-
cons impatient call and stamp upon
the kitchen floor
Hurry mp and don't make me stan
here all winter" he had shouted. eff
You ever kent Things in nronar orde,.
you wouldn't have to hunt all over the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
The Brightest
Women Find

sometimes that they are dull in
mind, depressed in spirits, and that
they have headache, backache,
and sufferings that make life
seem not worth living. But these
conditions need be only temporary.
They are usually caused by Indigestion
or biliousness and q few doses of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

MUCH u UT NAAG4A Il
did when the doctor
was treating me- L
don't suffer any
bearing down pains
at all now and ] sleep
well. / cannot say
enough for Lydia Z
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound and
Liver Pills as they
have done so much
for me. ] am enjoy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
BEEGHAM'S
PILLS

will quickly, safely and certainly
right the wrong. This famous family
remedy tones the stomach, stimu-
lates the liver, regulates the bowels.
Beecham's Pills cleanse the system
OF accumulating poisons and purify
the blood. Their beneficial action
shows in brighter looks, clearer
complications. better feelings. Try
them, and you also will find that they
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
WHAT $40 DID
FOR THIS WOMAN
The Price She Paid for Lydia
Pinkharn'sVegetable Com
pound Which Brought
Good Health.

DanvilIe. Val have only spent ten
dollars on YOUR medicine and feel so
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
May Be
Relied Upor1

Directions of special value with every box.
sold everywhere. In boxes. Ioe.. use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

- T was not m afternoon for day
81 dreams. for there was chill in
the air and gray sky Only n
e - r.-..-. tnn ms nInn- the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

THE snow had come. 1t had be-
gun TO fall softly and steadily
at the beginning of the week,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

All the news all the time-Ths
Argus.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-05-09
INDEPENDENCE DAY is CELE
DRAFTED IN GREAT STYLE.
Nevada Suffragists Take Active Part
in Nationwide Movement.

Nevada suffragists took an active
part in the nationwide celebration
of Woman's Independence Day on
May 2. The Executive Committee OF
the Nevada Equal Franchise Society
began a month ago to plan for this
upon the State Presidents by DR.. Anna
Shaw, President of the National Wo-
mans Suffrage Association. They
met with hearty response from county
organizations and numerous indoor
and open air meetings were held at
county seats in the State and at Reno.
The meetings in Nevada and all over
the country were in the form of a
demonstration. In addition to the
concert singing of suffrage songs,
and addresses, the principal features
and purposes of meetings were the
readings of the 1914 Declaration of In
dependence and the adoption of reso
lutions to be sent to Congress request
ing that body to pass the federal
amendment extending the right of suf
frage to women.
A very enthusiastic meeting was
held at Reno. The crowd was gath
cred early in the evening by the pa
triotic music played by the Reno brass
band. AT o'clock the meeting was
called to order by a trumpet blast and
the concert singing of the Battle
Hymn of the Republic, led by the
University Mems Club. Addresses
were made by attorneys S. w. Bedford
and Albert D. Ayres. Miss Anne H.
Martin, President of the Nevada
Equal Franchise Society. presided at
the meeting and read the resolutions
which were adopted and sent to Con
gress, as were the resolutions passed
at other meetings all over the coun-
try.
At Hawthorne the folk dancing by
children was an interesting feature
of the program Eureka held an out
door meeting and Miss Mabel Vernon,
Stdtt OTSdHiZSI, was tlC SPSdhCi vi
the day Fallon celebrated with two
meetings and they were both address
ed By Mrs. Maud Leonard McCreery,
Press Chairman of the State Society.
Senator Chas. Lee Horsey was the
principal speaker at Panaca. The
Sparks Society held its meetings on
May | which was addressed by the
Rev. Harry Sheldon, of Reno. Other
meetings were held at Ely, Virginia,
Phoebe and Yerington.
The Carson Equal Franchise League
planned a meeting in the Capital
grounds, but as there was such de-
mand for speakers in other county
seats the Carson meeting was post
poned until the State can send a
speaker.
The demonstration in Nevada and
other States was a decided success
and proved the interest of the Ameri-
can women in the franchise,