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Douglas County Sentinel
(Oepyrifbt, 1919. fcj Wsstsrm Ncwrpaptr Vnloi.)
When Adam Lysle died lie left his
real estate to an old bachelor cousin,
Wallace Purvln, and his personal prop
erty to his orphan niece, Lucia Valle.
It was the day after the funeral that
these legatees were so advised by his
lawyer In the living room of the dilapi
dated old house.
“All his realty, eh?” sneered Purvln.
"There’s a lot of It, Isn’t there!” and
he sourly viewed the scrubby lot with
broken fence and dilapidated out
buildings. "And what, may -I ask,
comprises the opulent personal hold
ings of my illustrious relative?”
Lucln was crying, but she looked up
and spoke brokenly: “How can you
act so disrespectfully to Uncle Adam I
He thought enough of both of us to
us In his will, and he helped
mention vuo wjic tiiivi „ v .
you sot into business nnd he paid for u j, „, p WRy fron
what education I have received.
“I Jind a right to better expoota-
TVeause of Inability to secure
enough business at a rate to Justify
It remaining In operation, the ltoyal
Mail stages that ran for ‘JO years on
the White Horse and Yukon route into
to Klondike have been discontinued.
It was a picturesque service In Its
prime, fresh horses waiting every 20
miles, and the conch kept at top speed
every inilc% of the way through the
snows and hitter cold.
“Big Sim” and “Hobo Bill” were
I famous drivers, and their arrival at
I one of the frontier towns was al-
' ways an event. They used no bugle
i or hell to warn chance follow
I the trail, hut Instead adopted tli
I high-noted, spine-chilling ho\
the Mulumute ami everyone gave
them right of way. The stages moved
: on time regardless of weather, and so
, exact was their running time that the
j citizen of the frozen North could nl-
I most set his watch by their dally
! passing. Every trip was a danger
ous one. and scores of foes beset the
ban-
f U. FAT
called him Fatty for short—de
cided one day that he would move
from the house where he lived In the
pantry wall because there were so
many mice living in the neighbor
hood. ^
"When i first came here” said Fatty
to himself one 'day when he was
thinking how hard If was for him to
li: | keep fat and round, “there were only
, live nlice living In the wall, and now l
cannot count them. It Is time for n t
to move, and l shall look about thi'
very night for a new home.”
So when all the other mice wen
busy running over the pantry shelve?
tlons. The old spendthrift! There
is no doubt that he had quite a for
tune five years ago, for he bragged
to me about It then.- Wlmt’s become
of It—high living?" *
“Hardly,” half smiled the young
lawyer. “I happen to know that Mr.
Lys’o lost very heavily In a specula
tion. I also chance to be aware of
the fact r Ht he lived on the most
meager fart' during the past year.”
Lucia knew It likewise, only too
well 1 Many a time she had come over
to the old home to bring life-sustain
ing food and nurse thi* lonely old man
when he was ailing and ill. Even
now she could recall his words:
“You are a good girl, Lucia. You arc
the only one of all my friends and
relatives ^\lio cares for or thinks of
dlts to blizzards, and from' anowslldes
to wolves. As far as known, not
stage was ever wrecked or a sack
of mall lost In the 20 years of service.
:l
L- *
"Well, you can sell this old rattle
trap for what It will bring.” said Pur-
Tin crossly. “And Lucia gets the per
sonal property? Fortunate legated
Tin* young heiress! What will you
ever do With such rich possessions?
Bah!” and the disappointed Purvln
swung from room and house with n
new snort of Irritability. Lucln looked
up to rend In the face of the young
lawyer the profound contempt he felt.
“There Isn’t much to count on. Miss
Ynile.” he said respectfully, “hut such
as It Is becomes subject to your or
der. The furniture Is old. hut It will
bring something.
Climatic Record From Trees.
The unique climatic record worked
out from the annual rings of trees now* ■
covers tunny centuries, n complete nc- j
count of the results obtained by Prof. :
E. A. Douglass having been given In a j
publication of the Cnrnoglednstitution j
of Washington. r hifs Investigation of
weather history began with a study <>f
the yellow pine in Arizona, from which
the conclusion was soon reached that
the width of the annual rings has
varied with the n mount of yearly rain
fall. In the sequoias of California the
record Is continuous for more Hum
3,000 years. Sections of various species
have been sought from many parts of
Europe and America, and ingenious
methods of using the data obtained
have been developed. It Is interesting
to note that evidence of the 11-year
sunspot cycle appears in the annual
rings of about nil groups of trees, to
gether with more or less clear Indica
tions of oilier cycles.
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mtd
I Fiitty Mouse ran out of the door
under the kitchen sink, where ho
found a hole large enough fur him to
go| through.
lie jumped Into the yard and ran for
a long time, and then next night fouml
Fatly hi his new home In the pantry
of n house far nwuy.
But Fatty Mouse had no home In
the wall of this pantry, and he hml to
hide in the daytime behind boxes and
palls and anything he could, for there
had never been n mouse In this pan
try and there were no nice places to
run in when anyone came in the door.
But there was plenty to eat, and
Fatty ate all night and slept all day,
and ho was sure lie had found a pleas
ant place to live in even if he hud no
companions.
One day while he was resting be
hind a basket what should happen hut
that some one came In the pantry and
lifted the basket from the lioor, and
poor Fatty Mouse had to run.
Around and around t-he pantry he
llew while some one chased him with
a broom, and a dreadful puss joined
in the chase ns well.
Just as Fatty was sure ho was lost
he ran up the side of the flour barrel
and Jumped to the shelf, nnd ns quick
ns a flash ho ran along to the door,
which was open, nnd with a leap he
was In the kitchen.
The outside door was open, and out
went Fatty Mouse, and no one found
him. All day he rested, and when it
was dark' he ran hack to the house
whore he had lived so long in the
pantry wall.
“It may not bo so easy lo got food
here,” he said, ns he thought it over
when he was safe In the wall, “but It
Is much safer here, for there are so
many mice living here that the other
fellow may he caught when they hunt
for me.
"When I lived alone in the pantry I
was the only one they were after, and
my life was not worth a crumb. T
shall stay here ns long.ns T live, and
never move again, for ill mice look
alike to cats and people."
(Copyright.)
Modern Forestry Turns
Against Word “Woodlol”
in Professional Lingo
IKICKIE SAYS
nriil llli> Imr-m nn
nml tin 1 pai-rnt."
nml n buggy
going
nmvmnrod Lucln,
tlm enge of Hi" only
Lysle liml ever cliei-
iKlird. "I linvp lii"il to fppil It but It
refuses tn put :n*l slls nil tiny silent
Mill despondent looking. 1 ri-nlly b°-
pet Mr
It nils
iis
*ter
ml Is
Ills ilpnlh.
will take
i tlm rpst
II It
mte-
nmttrning nvi
Cndflfr Itpinp will, hip. As In I
of flip personal prnppvty. If yi
kindly Inkp charge of it nml
for whnt It will brine. I skull Iip
1.1 to you.”
It was will) amotions of profound
esteem for llio simple-hearted Lucln
Dint Granville How-ley went Ids way,
nml fo liar Ills tlioughtfulnesi
operation were ns glee
A MIXED PROVERB.
. o birds in the well known bush,
re w-orlh one In proverbial
hand,
y we let them remain In tk.
hush
: a mystery I can’t understand."
of sunshine
main ]
with nn In
capacity of
In n dreary routine of lnlm
wns nn orphan nnd lived
valid aunt, noting in tlie
nurse and housekeeper. For this
service she was awarded fjoil nnd
lodging, hut had to do some outside
sewing to keep up her own modest
wardrobe.
Granville enllcd upon her (he fol
lowing week to report ns to the dis
posal of Uie personal property. The
snle had brought two hundred dollars,
he told Lucia. She at once handed
litin half of thnt sum and asked him
t« see that nil appropriate headstone
wns placed at the grave of her bene
factor. A few days Inter Lucia
learned that Granville had purchased
the house and lot from Purvln for n
merely nominal sum.
"Purvln made such a ridiculous
sacrifice of the property," Granville
explained to her next time they met, j
"that I was tempted to Invest mv all.
It isn't the worst house in the world.
A little repairing would Improve It
wonderfully, anil maybe—and maybe.
If I could And a wife who would he
content to slnrt life In a modest way,
why. we would have our first hoinc-
stend rendy nt hand."
Granville laughed ns he said this,
but regarded Lucia with a hnlf-QU!z-
llenl, half-earnest glance and she
blushed nnd fluttered. His visits be
gan to become regular nml at tlm end
of three months he and I.ucla became
engaged.
She met him near her home one
evening, flustered nnd excited, and
fold him that Caesar had escaped
from Ills cage nml asked him to belli
her find him. At the end of an hour
they traced the truant to his old
home perched on a porch rafter and
making up for lost time by shouting
out Ills whole vocabulary. "We'll hide
It In the cellar!" Cnesnr kept repeat
Ha. File of Oldest Newspaper.
The American Antiquarian society,
which recently held ltsbnnunl meeting
at Worcester, Mass., has acquired one
of the most important tiles of newspa
pers made by the society In recent
years. It is a set of the London Ga
zette, from the date of the first issue
November 14, 10GD, through the year
1700.
This pnper, the oldest In the Eng
lish-speaking world, was started nt
Oxford February f», 1000, It was re
moved to London, where It was called
the London Gazelle, mid where it has
been continued uninterruptedly to the
present day.
Up to the time of the Revolution,
and especially previous lo 1704, the
year of the first Rnston newspaper, It
In an Important and in many cases, the
sole source of Information for material
relating to the American colonies.
During the Revolution It Is, of course,
also of value In presenting the English
side of the conflict.
Forestry is a new science, compara
tively spcnltlng, and so It Is not sur
prising that Its leading exponents have
just reached the point of perfecting the
Imigunge 111 which Its work Is ex
pressed. Every profession has Its pe
culiar vocabulary; in some eases tho
“lingo" is the most impressive feature
of tho profession.
One of the first steps taken In ele
vating nml dignifying the language of
forestry Is the banishment of the good
old word “woodlol," says the Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle. It was more
In use In New England tlmn nnywhere
else mid possessed a distinct meaning
there that was well understood by the
natives. One forestry expert says that
"woodlol" does not mean nnythlng'in
sections of the country where a tract
of forest may embrace thousands of
acres. “We have nothing in the West,"
says Professor Cheney of the Universi
ty of Minnesota, “that corresponds to
tills eastern expression."
It is quite possible, however, that
the real secret of the olfenslvencsi
I he word to professional ears is better
explained by State Forester Holmes
of North Carolina, who boldly declan
that “to me 'woodlot forestry’ sounds
perfectly ridiculous." So it lias been
decreed that “woodlot” cannot he tol
erated In learned society. Removing It
from the common speech of New Eng
land Is another mutter.
ES'SONlE FOLKS NVQME tUvS«rsV^
H The-! PORT NEED NO NNORE Ep
;]UI> INTO TvV P,TT\C Y GOTWERU |
ij OUST - BUT THE \N19E ONES ~
ilTOlXM 'EM INTO OOU-AR.S CiT
i^-suppirV us ^ few on net is
= VfCR A t-'ll- V4ANT M) c 5
MY TASK.
FRANK
BURTON
Last week we explained to
you some of the reasons' why
our cash plan helps you to save
on your grocery bill.
If you are a customer at
our store you have probably
begun to realize some of .this
saving.
In the meantime watch our
advertisements for special
prices which will appear soon.
Frank
My task 1b but to smile each day
When things go. wrong;
To cheer my friends along the way
With humble son*.
And If my neighbor feel the blast
Give him my coat.
Or If my friend fall from the mast
Let down the boat.
My task is but to do each day
^ Some kindly deed;
®T<> help some friend In humble way
In time of need.
—Mary A. Johnson, In l.os Angel
Times.
BRING ME
YOUR WATCHES, CLOCKS. OR JEWELRY
For Repairs
All Work Guaranteed First Class
Look Over The
Following At
tractive
Prices
Your valuables are not doing you any good if not
kept in repair. You will always find me in March-
man’s Pharmacy ready to serve you.
Then Come to Onr Store for tlie Best for Less
mHARDWARE
J. J. STRANGE
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
Ing over and over ngaln, as if some
familiar saying of his dead master .
hml vividly recurred to him. Gran
ville wns attracted hv the words. He
started an Investigation.
"Lucia," he announced the next day,
“quite a sum of personal property
has turned up In the cellar of the old
house—over a thousand dollars In
gold.”
A* nil of It belonged to Lucln, nnd
ns Granville owned tlie house, they
mutually decided thnt they might'ven
ture safely upou the sea of matri
mony.
Christianity in Old Japan.
Students of the history of Chris
tianity In Japan are Interested in the
recent discovery near. Osaka of n
tombstone over flOtt years old henrli 1 ;.
the Christian name "Marla U.venn."
together with h hook in which tin- text
of the Bible is copied In the Jnpnne.e
ksna characters. The relies are I '-
Moved to establish the fact conelu-dvi-
iy that Christians lived oyer year
ago In the village of Klyotaniiiian
ivliere they v.r-ri found.
Queer Delivery Vehicle.
Sonththjng entirely new In the m
of gnsoline vehicle Is a delivery wa ."
which was sliawn at a recent Loud '
exhibition. It travels on four whoi-:
but the rear s heets are so close !•
getlier that they might he mistaken fi
a single wheel.
Rats Shy at Tobacco.
Parisian experts have discovered
that the rat Is an inti-tobacconist. and
will not Sven notlW a trap set by a
man wltft a pipe In bli mouth.
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Ever-Ready 5 gallon Oil Cans- — —$1.75
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