Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-07-06
PUMPKINS Us.
SQUASHES
BY NJ QUAD

Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure
Newspaper syndicate.

man OK twenty three He was good
and Industrious young man and had
acquired quite little property thus
early In his career. lie had just pur-
chased cosy house. and the next
thing needed was wife.
Sarah Jane Scott, twenty years old.
Was very nice girl-very nice. She
was good at needlework. housework
and other kinds Of work which would
have made her a treasure Of a wife.
She and Ebenexer met one day. and
they looked good 10 each other From
thence sprang q courtship. and there
was no one who interfeged or objected.
Ebenezer could support 4 wife. and
Sarah Jane could be Of great help 70
husband.
There was only one trait 10 the char.
acter In either one that could be criti.
c.sed. and that was developed 10 each
other Just At the wrong time Ebene.
xer had come courting. and his mind
was about made up TO ask Sarah Jasc
for her hand when abe conversation
happened 70 touch on astronomy.
isn't II singular how the sun moves
around ths earth from east To- westr'
qusried Ebcnsser Just ~ be was ready
70 20 home.
But tie sun does not move sround
the carth,' mildly protested Sarah
Jane. 1.-The earth moves around the
sun. and Il moves from east to west
because nature Arranged II 10. Just -
II did Tor 4 tree to stand on IT. roots"
did yos ever watch the sun mover"
asked Ebenexer. with = very sober
face
'Never. Eben. but ! have watched
the earth move. The sun stapds ~
still A. q great rock. while our earth
moves along. Why. Eben. don't you
remember the proof given In geogra.
ply OF the earth's moving round the
sunT' n.
'weli. well, Sarah. you are queer
girl. The sun certainly moves. and II
you have never seen II move there Ia
something very wrong with your eyes
II moves from east 10 west. hut don't
see why II can't just IN well move
from north TO south"
Sarah Jane looked at Ebenezer for
q long minute 10 see II he was joking
She found him very earnest In this
belief. and II gave her nn unpleasant
shock. She had never found him an
ignorant man In any particular. aud
this was ignorance OF the grossest
kind.
"Eben,'' she quietly said. you are
not wanting me to understand that
the sun moves along Ike man walk.
ing3 You cannot believe this against
the known facts. II has, been hun
drcds OF years since II was known
that the earth moved around the sun"
People may think 80. but that
doesn't make II so." answered Eben.
cxer as the light Of defiance shone In
his eyes, II say the sun moves. !
have seen II move saw II moving
along not flve hours ago. My eyes are
good eyes. What my eyes see I am
not going back on. Are you going to
believe that the sun stands still Just
because lot OF nearsighted men claim
II does soy'
'0h, well, we won't discuss the mat.
ter any further" said Sarah Jane. 70.
allxing that II might lead to unfortu
nate results.
But we will!' exclaimed Ebenezer
as he set his jaw. you believe one
way and another. Ietus decide who
In right"
"Fsut how are we going to decidei"
she protested In tones which betrayed
vexation.
"why, you are going to believe as |
believe"
But can't. You won't fnd one in
n million people who believe with you.
You can keep on believing so n you
win, but ! can never agree with you.
However. II is a matter that we need
not get angry about. We have always
got plenty Of sunshine whether the
sun stands still or moves along. and
we probably always shall. We are
having pleasant weather. aren't wer'
Sarah Jane Scott" said Ebenezer
as he laid his hand on the knob OF the
door TO 20 out, "when you have come
to believe as I believe just send me
n little note TO that effect, will your"
And Ebenezer, the very good young
man, but the very obstinate young
man. walked out into the darkness. He
never received the note referred TO.
and the reader will not wonder why.
He expected II for a month, and when
II never appeared hs was more than
ever determined In his belief that the
sun moved right along and left every.
thing behind II. As for Sarah Jane
Scott, she was astonishcd, angered
und Inundated, and you can't expect
that the girl with such feelings IL go
Ing 10 give up her point OF view.
II wasn't no essary that either one
should leave the town, Eben lived at
one end Of It and Sarah Jane the other,
and they seldom met. When they did
there was a cold nod exchanged. Sew.
eral years passed away, and one day
Sarah was married to man named
Peters Before conserving to be his
wife she questioned him about the sun,
He readily answered thnt the earth
mNynd arnunl the sim and tho week