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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

round. The Landlord were kapin'
thin lakes for his sportin frinds. Sure.
didn't pass part o. me time in pris-
on fer fishin' an thin lakes!'
IT'S the fine bold lad ye must ha'
been!" commented Maria.
Bowers laid down his grubbing hoe
and looked at her with whimsical
smile.
Sure, Michael Flanagan Bowers is
the fine, bold lad yet. and ye know
him well. and when the loneliness 10
not pressin' on himl Since I'm not
young any more, and can't travel aisy
from place TO place, from wan state to
another. I've got me home TO stay
in. but sometimes I'm the lonely wan!"
"Tis me that's tired OF the travel
in!" commented Maria. But noorse
must go with thin she's workin' fer.
an the rich ones must be eternally
chasin' the warrum in winter and the
cool In summer. You'd think they iiv-
ed In prison houses, the little time
they kape 10 their homes. Sure,
think It's nne to have home to stay
in, and had a pot OF gold I'D buy me
one!'
There's a crock OF gold behint a
deep pool in Donegal observed Bow
ers. 'that'd buy many a home!"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

doors for the season. Mademoiselle
Riberia was exceedingly good to look
upon. Her skin was so different from
that OF the girls of Genoa and Nice.
Her lips-you can see / well remem-
ber-were a vivid scarlet, and won
derfully curved. When she danced.
/ can never forget it, her 1.-THE. young
body swayed 10 the melody of the
strings like a joy-intoxicated fairy
dancing in the moonlight. All. but she
was exquisite. peerless, There were
many who quickly realized this, and
Mario was one of them.
The young man from Naples in all
of his twenty-four years had never
seen anyone like her. The FIRST night
she appeared. costumed for her dance,
he sat staring at her, over his music
rack, with parted lips. II was as If
he were gazing upon a beautiful vi
sion. and when she danced, his subju-
CATION was complete.
That night. high up under the roof
OF lhe great nONeis ne Ieil asleep WIN
her name on his lips.
Sonia craved admiration. When she
saw the violinist of the Bella vista's
orchestra was casting adoring eyes
upon her. she responded with heavy
iidded glances and demure little
smiles that acted like champagne up
on his romantic imagination The
dancer missed her Paris and anything
In the way OF q Irritation she well
coined at the moment Mario. poor
lad. did not know this. How could he?
He thought his passion was being re-
turned. and when be kissed her for the
frst time. one afternoon in the Roman
Gardens. back Of the hotel. all the
worship in his Latin blood fared up.
'.Adorata!" he murmured madly
You will love me. always as I love
you! You win love me forever
eternamentel Say it. swear it. pie
Gina miai-
Sonia. q little frightened. but
thrilled by his ardor, laughed lightly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

"Saperlotte." she answered. "oi
course. Have l not said IL already
m'sieu? Have l not proved it7"
For the Ave weeks that followed. the
making. Sonia, fiattered at the wor-
ship and devotion that was hers. re-
turned his love-making with all the
acting she could coniure up for the
occasion. When he .clasped her 70
him and held against his heart, she
even thrilled a little. and the kisses
he snatched from her were favored
with the sunshine of the Riviera and
as earnest as she could possibly make
them All. those moon-silvered nights
of San Reno. They are made only
for love, my friend. and no one knew
this better than Mario. They were the
happiest he had ever known or could
know.
Then the Inevitable occurred. Lit
tie by little glamour OF II all faded
away and Sonia failed to respond.
The kisses she gave him were hur-
ried. When he held her, she freed
herself, gently but deftly. Poor Ma
rio. none Of this did he realize. To him
she was still the exquisite creature
his first love-adored by him and ador-
ing in turn. Too soon. alas, was he 10
awaken from his dream.
There came to the Bella Vista the
wealthy Barone Antoni Scott. from
Rome. a short. stout Italian nobleman.
bronzed by the sun Of two continents
and living only for the pleasure and
enjoyment life yielded him. 1t chanced
he had met the Riberia in Paris. the
season before and his delight In see
ing her again was touching.
After her dance. that evening, at his
table in a secluded corner of the din
ing-hall they resumed their acquaint-
ance over a bottle of champagne,
while Mario waited in the fragrant
gloom of the gardens below and won
dered why she did not appear.
well. mia cara" the Barone said,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

never have the chance"
That evening after the shop waf
closed and her mother had retired and
the old candy workers had gone To
sit beside their lamp, Mary went into
the garden of the old Doubleday house
to sit alone and breathe the air. II
was a neglected garden, yet lovely
still with it's fringes of hollyhocks and
mats of feverfew, columbine and love-
in-the-mist. Mary sat down on the
bench under the dwarfed sumac.
with her face toward the harom which
glittcred with lights. The sound of a
band playing there and the bells of
the yachts came to her on the salt
breeze. She clasped her hands behind
her head and leaned back resting and
dreaming.
Presently she turned her head and
saw q man standing within ten feet Of
where she sat. looking wistfully at her
He was very tall and dark and strong
looking. His head was bare, and his
negligee shirt showed his magnificent
throat.
"Fairyland, isn't It, over there?" he
said and pointed with his pipe. Don't
you wish you were there, Mary, where
they're dancing and laughing? You
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28
belong there"

Delong there.
"oh. no. Dan. belong here" Mary
said. "Sit down" She made room for
him beside her.
He crouched forward with his pipe
beween is hands, letting IL trail its
smoke into the air unnoticed. Every
night he came up the steps from the
house below and they sat together
talking. They had done 1t for three
years. and yet somehow tonight was
not like all the other evenings they
had passed together.
That's French's yacht where all
those lights are," he said Mary did
not answer Mother said sne saw
him going into your shop today"
"Yes."
Mary. He didn't want just candy.
He wanted to SEQ you. They say
he's wild over you. and that's why he's
come back. heard him talking my
self today on the wharf to Bert Merri-
thew. 4 saw her. he said. Heavens.
Bert, what fool I was to give her
UP. She's worth all the women ever
knew. And I'm going to have her
now Those were his words"
Mary put out her hand and laid II
ever SO lightly on the big shoulder
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treble of the man who sat working at
a bench, cunningly put together
thing of laurel and rhodendron
branches. and gnarled and twisted
roots.
"Oh. John, darlintI protested the
painting Maria. You will be after
pardonin' his impudence, sorts
many a day he is from a man yeti"
The worker. an alert little man of
sixty. with limpid blue eyes, turned.
rsure." he protested, with an engag-
ing smile. lis ut that look like body
that does not know a child from a
grovn-upr
When Maria returned in the dusk.
with her charge. to the Mountain View.
where on their way home from Flori-
da little Johns parents had stopped
for the month of March. to play golf
and bridge. she had tucked in her belt
a bit of shamrock and her eyes were
brighter than the stars beginning to
come out over the mountain. 1t had
been 80 long since she had talked
with any one OF her own age from the
"oid sod" and old Michael Bowers. the
rustic furniture maker, understood
and appreciated the things of her
youth.
Very early the next morning after
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

Spanish dance. You could only sense
II, my friend. II was vague and shad-
owy but nevertheless. curious as It
might seem. 1t was felt by all.
The usual opera selection complet-
ed, the orchestra began, pizsicato. the
melody OF the dance. and Sonia stepped
gayly out and into the center Of the
floor. the customary red rose between
her lips. Never did she dance as she
danced that night! Dio! II was mag
nificent-incompara She was
dancing for Scott alone. and all knew
II.
Round, round she whiried accent
ing every other beat Of the music with
a stamp OF her little foot and clacking
her castanets in rapturous abandon.
At length she reached the noble
mans table. In a moment the dance
would be over. Already you were
pushing your plate aside so az to be
ready to applaud. The rose fell from
her lips on the table and the Barone
smiled up In her face.
But she did not turn and run on as
usual Instead she stood there sway
ing. Then before one could catch
breath. she collapsed in . little heap
at Scotti's feet.
Over the room had fallen hush. II
was so still you could have heard a
pin fall. This silence was suddenly
broken by voice from the musicians
stand. 1t was Mario. leaning over.
the same queer light blazing In his
sunken eyes.
Feel not her heart" he said calm
ly, st is quite useless. It was poison
concealed in the stem OF the rose.
My compliments on your success. Ba-
rome. AS she is. you may have heri"
Something giittered in his hand.
There was q shout and the rush Of
many feet. But II was too late. There
came the sound of a pistol shot. a
sharp swift crack and the drift Of
acrid smoke.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

describe it-one can only live It Let
il suffice. however, when l say the
Mediterranean is never as blue as II is
then, air is never so soft. so sweet or
the flowers so brilliant. II is Para
disc. my friend. a garden Of love where
birds sing from dawn TO twilight.
Mario De stefani played FIRST violin
in the orchestra of the Hotel Bella
Vista He was a thin, undersiEed
youth. with a profusion of black. cur
ly hair and pale. oval face OF the mu-
sician and student He was born, !
believe. near Naples, and like the ma
jority OF young Italians Of the present
day. an excellent musician.
Music to Mario was like the love
Of a beautiful woman--he lived for II
alone. At irst All. but you should
have heard him play his violin solo
to the supper crowd at the Bella vista.
Dio mioi the bow between his thin.
white fingers held them spel1bound.
And when he finished. my friend, the
applause was deafening.
Early in May. Signore Rodoifo. the
stout and amiabie proprietor OF the
hotel. sent to Paris for two or three
cabaret performers. He did this very
much against his will and at the earn
est request Of his foreign guests.
American and English. who were un-
happy unless they had vaudeville en-
tertainment to give zest TO their meals.
My friend. it was an evil day when
Rodolfo listened to them 1 will tell
you why.
There was sent TO San Reno. Sonia
Riberis. dancer from the Palais Mu-
sic Hall In Paris. which had closed its
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

every necessity for her feeble mother.
she stood up and squared her shoulders
to the burden. The candy shop was
an inspiration. She rented the old
doubleday house. whose situation
made 1t desirable. and opened her
business. A single season made her
candy famous.
One day most beautiful yacht came
into the harbor. From the narrow
street that twisted past Ye Olden CO.
IoniaI Candy shoppe Mary saw the
funnel and spars and swapping pennon
OF the vessel. Somehow she thought
OF Nicholas French; he had almost
passed from her mind as from her ex-
istence. The last she had heard of
him he had gone yachting round the
world.
She was aot diseoncsrtingly sur
prised when that afternoon she turned
from her shelves TO see him standing
al her counter. the same courtly gen
tleman with the same selfish heart
How do you do. Mary72 he said.
and held out his hand. She gave him
her finger briefly. Fine little place
you have herel You're looking well.
How is your mothers health7" He was
embarrassed. Mary smiled a little.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

become a candy shop. Beside the
door dwelt a black and gilt sign. 'Ye
olde Colonial Candy Shoppe." Moth
ng more or less. More was not need
- hor everybody in the old coast
town knew the quality of the candy
behind that sign.
Much Of the candy was made in the
rooms behind the shop by an old can
dymaker and his wife, who also lived
there. Mary Garner and her mother
occupied the rooms upstairA Mrs.
Garner was almost an invalid. but she
managed to get the meals and do a
little dusting. and sometimes when
Mary had TO go out she came down
and SAT behind the counter. Mary
tended shop and q great many times
people who did not care much for can
dy went in there just 70 see her. Not
because she was beautiful were they
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28
By Elsie Endicott

you've in your cheeks the day. he said
TO her.
II want to tell you something.
Michael" she quavered. unnoticing. "I
-thorc was once q nurse gettin' old.
She agreed on paper shed stay with
a pair until their child was IL. II then
they'd give her $4,000 above regular
wage. II she left before that time she'd
not get the money. But she met q
man she loved, and she-she thought
the man loved her-but he has not
spoke. She-she has to go away.
What ought she to do. Michael.
Michaers blue eyes twinkled. He
took hold of her arms and looked into
her troubled eyes. AN I was the
man she was lovin', I'd say. Tear up
the paper and take me. mavourneen.
My home down there is achin' fer the
all the time touch o. your feet. Take
me. and ven never have sorrow in
satisfaction for IT,"
The glory OF happiness filled and
lifted Maria. The sun had gone down.
but on the far side OF the river there
was still a streak of gold on the tops
Of the mountains. She drew the paper
from her bosom and, tearing II in bits,
scattered them among the shining ga
lax leaves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28
She laughed cruelty.
What of it,"

She laughed cruelty.
What OF IT."
He looked at her. silent and stunned.
What of it?" she repeated in a cool.
level voice. "Am / compelled to care
only for you? Dieu! We might just
as well come TO an understanding here
now, To be frank. monsieur. all is
over between us. l thought you knew
that. but II seems must enlighten
you"
The youth taggered aud clutched the
rail for support. gazing at her wildly
'what--are you sayingl" he whisp-
cred hoarsely. do you know what
YOU have saidl You can't mean-you
Doubt"
She gave him an amused glance.
II do. Sapristii You are a nice
boy, but young. Some day you will
learn. m'sieur, that a woman's love is
the most fckie thing In all the world.
Au revoir. and take II not to heart"
Dimly he heard the click of her high
heels on the stone tagging. When he
looked up she was gone. His head
sank down on his arms. and when
he finally raised 1t. minutes later. his
dry eyes burned with a queer light.
ii.
Sonia had introduced a new Span
ish dance to the guests. Costumed as
cigarette girl in a gaudy shawl. and
in her high-laced shoes, she danced a
Castilian refrain to the music Of cas-
tanets. a red rose between her lips
II was a languorous sort of dance.
filled with, the dreamy rhythm of
Madrid and In 1t the Riberia was at
her best. II was her custom TO glide
to the table OF the Barone, pause
there. pirouette and then drop the rose
from between her lips on his table.
bow and run quickly off. followed by
the rattling applause from the diners.
On the same evening that Mario's
dream castle had tumbled down about
his ears. there was q peculiar sort OF
tenseness, in the air. preceding the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

your Maria at the creek!"
Maria Maher. gray haired. slender
woman In black. seized the chubby
hand of John Hartweil Nugent, Jr..
but the nve-year-old poked outsa cum
ningIy impudent red lip. and. twisting
loose from her fingers. ran down the
little street in front Of the resort
towns railroad station
One end Of the porch Of the third
unpainted house on the next narrow
street was crowded with rustic ware
log cabin" bird houses. hexagon
shaped hanging baskets. cases and
chairs. In q hanging basket. depend
ing from the ceiling. some red brown
leaves OF shamrock grew thrifty. and
from tts handle a bit of faded green
ribbon dangled. nuttering In the
breeze.
The child ran up the steps what
chu-makin'?" he demanded in his soft
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28
Too Suggestive.

Sandy Pixies You didn't remain at de
waysidc cottage longI
Gritty George-No, de lady was too
poetical She pointed over to de sunset
and said dc clouds reminded her of bars
Of steel. thought it was time to beat
it"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

HAT appeared TO
have once been q
magnificent o ! d
m a n 5 1 o n had,
through the reaches
OF commercialism,
been turned into a
busy little mart
The old house had
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

friend, n you have
never seen San Re-
mo in the spring
time. your life is as
yet incomplete. II
is then that we OF
the Italian Riviera
really exist. Dio!
IL is quite futile 10
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-28

I. John. darlint. thar
VIII not be the way
to the hotel! COON
this way. this min
ute. you with the
two feet nv ye like
mud cakes. for
cause you wouldn't
be after nindin'
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On Nav following will h placed in effect
Businss Individual Line $40 . Party $3.50
Residence Individual Line 81 . Party sl75
Resdence Party $50
authorized and ordered by the Postmaster
Ths new rates NE consider equitable practically
changes Guthrie the exchange built in 1900
rrlr ordinary conditions more
II small this FER II which follows
distance and
vin. cable poles and other material per telephone
2 IN order II provide facilities at The Central setting up
orr telephone than small town
much large than
small distance he travelled 70 reach the
telephone VI greater
which likely NJ order and account of the higher
cnlnariy paid in the larger towns
f On account of larger per telephone the
large gsli the small rativeiy operators
reg7fre3 md higher saaries are paid
Tn addition the ave reasons
vhh hal he effect II greatly the f all material and the
employees General increases q operators have been made
wages made effective April 10Th 1919 We believe il i to the
9 and
necessary . a compete Of operators
the Oklahoma City Tulsa
which have effect for several months viii take an the revenue
reasonable tb money invest ed in the State
On n m l9l> Congress passed Law authorizing the President to
take charge AMI operate The telephone properties whenever he believed
advisable for mIt Treaty
President. By the Postmaster General
took charge Of the telephone properties
the policy the Federal Government telephone proper
lies shall be operated in such that the snail suic
Hake or the United States Government to
Of ibis Company and the Federal Government providing that the Gov
money in Of property
control which approximately the annual for the
three ccntrv the The
operate property
compensation and pay the operating
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
The sun., 1919-09-28
CANADA PREPARES
FOR ITS NEW LOAN
Government Asks for Only
S3OO,O00,0O, but Will Need
100000, 900.

MONTREAL, Sept 27.-This has been
change notwithstanding that prepara-
| tions go ahead for the next Government
loan. The sum of s300,000.000 will be
asked for formally, hut the Minister Of
Finance wants to get s400.000,0o0 to
finance the country through the current
fiscal year. The prospect for the big
corporations coming through heavily as
they did in war years is not so bright.
rhey are beginning to look ahead to
their own future. II o good start can
be made the result should be satisfac-
tory. for the people have the money.
The paper group led the list this week.
Abitibi jumped IL points last Monday
TO l21. Payment OF all back dividends
on preferred amounting to 81 per cent.
and the declaration OF 1 u per cent on
common acted favorably on the entire
group. The week closed with Abtibi
at ia Eek dividend), up On Lauren
tide 229 Eek dividend), up Sl5 Spanish
River common SO up 5h preferred
1i3h, up II. The decision OF the Paper
Commissioner that newspapers are en-
titled to a rebate of $4,000 on pur-
chases has not hau any appreciate in
huence. Paper stocks will go higher
II is believed
There is remarkable activity in the
Cobalt and Porcupine districts owing
to the high price of silver and settlement
of strikes With silver at $1.l9h ar
ounce and still rising, that metal is
now approaching parity with gold. Tho
parity mark Is S1.29h and as things
have been going that point may soon
| be reached.
New York funds have held at az 70
4 per cent during the week, closing on
Friday at $3.50 per cent.
London reports that next spring will
see Ole to two score representatives
OF the National Union of Manufacturers
In Canada looking over the ground. The
imperial preference is not workin <
favorably to all British manufacturers.
rnu Canadian preference to British
goods IL IN need OF careful handling
and VIII be considered along with tnt
proposed revision Of the tariff at next
session OF the Parliament OF Canad
The present Government is for mod
crate protection to Canadian industries
but will seek to revise the tariff In
the direction OF greater equity for all
concerned.
The sun., 1919-09-28
ANNA HOWARD SHAW CHAIR.
Bryn Mawr Plans Political Me-
mortal to Leader,

An Anna Howard Shaw Memorial
Chair of Politics will be founded with
the first 100000 of the 81, 600, 600 Bryn
Malwr College drive inauguIated YES.
teFday at a meeting of the alumne and
faculty. Mrs. George Gellhorn of st.
Louis, graduate of the class of 1900 and
director on the board of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association,
VIII be chairman OF a special commit
tee TO collect funds for the memorial.
An advisory committee composed of
former co-workers with DR.. Shaw in the
Federal amendment campaigns will be
named next Thursday when the Shaw
Committee will entertain Mrs. Emmeline
Paftkhurst at the college.
Prof. Susan Kingsbury of the Bryn
EhiEr faculty. who proposed the found
Ing OF the chair. said at the alumnss
conference yesterday: THE DIR. Anna
Howard Shaw chair of politics will have
\ great mission. We are at the COM
rpencement of tremendous new era OF
political development. We need women
Statesmen as we'll as women voters We
wiAh to train the highest type of Ameri-
can women for public leadership and
political activity. II would rejoice the
heart of our splendid leader were she
with us still TO know that we are do
ing our utmost to train young women to
use the vote that has been so hardly
won for them"