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SUCCESS A MATTER OF MENTAL ATITUDE.
Lots of people aro like the old woman's clock, of which
sho said that as long as it wasn't running it was sure to ho
right at loast once in the I hours, while it' sho started it
going it might never he right.
We may be right once in awhile by standing still, hut it
is no credit to us. Tlie successes in life are those who
make a run for it and risk the chance of running right.
The failures are those who allow trivialities to stop them.
Success in life is almost wholly a matter of mental atti
tude. If we think success steadily and consistently, it is
hound to he ours.
There is no other magnet like that of fixed thought.
We must rise in spite of any conditions.
No man ever became a millionaire hy thinking in pen
nies. None ever became a high class mechanic by thinking
only the primitve laws of physics. No artist hut thinks a
great picture before he can paint it.
The unsuccessful person is he who says: "The way
is dark; mountains are to he climbed, ami no path is made;
rivers to he crossed, and no bridges; forests to he threaded,
and no road. X'o, I will not risk the journey. 1 am safe
where I am."
The successful one says: "The way looks dark, lint I
know I can see at least one stop at a time; mountains are to
he climbed, but I shall make a path; rivers are too ho cross
ed, but I can build either raft or bridge; forests are to be
entered, but I shall blaze a trail. As I go 1 shall learn
ways of overcoming these difficulties that are not vow
known to me. Anyway. 1 will try."
These two kinds of mind mark the dividing line be
tween the successful ami the unsuccessful. The one fails
in advance through his fears. The successful man's
only fear is of the future made futile by lack of timely en
deavor.
There are more ways than one of standing still.
We may be keeping tho hands occupied, without being
alert for mental progress. We may continue doing things
iv the old out-of-date way, not noting that others aro con
stantly adopting improved methods. We may be toiling
and moiling in continuous failure, without realizing that
ignorance is a fatal drawback.
In these days the man who would he on the move must
be so mentally as well as physically. The mind must
shape achievement before the hands can accomplish it.
The time to be on the move is today—for tomorrow,
they say, never comes. If you would see a picture of your
future you must look for it in your present. If you would
gaze on the star of your destiny you must look for it in
your own thought.
TheMeper of the Keyr
CHAPTER VII
(Continued.)
The muzzle of the gun enforced
his command. Wheelock rose with
an eagerness only tempered by the
pain he was enduring and con
fronted Rand and the girl, his reg
ular features contorted with a
scowl of hatred and suffering—a
scowl so dark that his face seemed
almost black in the moonlight, lie
moved impulsively toward Rand,
bis hands opening and closing con
vulsively, and recoiled when Rand
made manifest his Intention of
keeping the peace, if necessary, at
the cost of Wheelock's life.
"You!" cried Wheelock. "You —
IU"
"Hush!" Rand soothed him.
"Don't call names or make any
rash promises that yon may not be
able to carry out. And, you hound,
listen to me!"
Wheelock hung his head, watch
ing tin- glrj with swift, sidelong
glances "Well." he asked, dogged
ly-
Rand waited a full minute, recov
ering his self-control. When he
spoke his tone was cold and pas
sionless —the accents of a judge
pronouncing just sentence upon an
offender.
"I see that I've made a mistake
iv regard to you, Wheelock," he
began. "I've glvt-n you a chance—
temporized with a rattlesnake. It
was foolish of me, and I give you
my word it shan't occur again. I
fancied you might have some lin
gering remains of self-respect,
Wheelock —some Instinct toward
decency. That's all. You haven't.
"Now, I'm going t ogive you just
one more opportunity to redeem
yourself. I suppose it'B foolish
ness, hut I'll allow you Just one
Week from thU evening, wherein
to wind up your affairs in this part
of the country and skip out. I
don't cure where you go or what
you do after this, but If you do as
1 say bhere'll never be any scandal
dogging you
Understand, yen have seven
days by the calendar, In that length
of time you should he able to dis
pose of your property here and at
a good price. Hut if I hoar of your
approaching this young lady, or
molesting her by proxy, or if I
believe that you are annoying her
by word, thought or deed, I'll re
peat the thrashing I've just given
you, and more —I'll tell every farm
er in the community just what
breed of dog you spring from. I'll
do that, anyway, if you are not
gone hy the end of the week. Now
get out!"
"You'll be sorry for this"
"Oh. I dare say that I'll regret
my clemency. I dure say what I
really ought to do is to run you out
of Hydrant and ship you instanter;
lint I'll ehanee it. Now, go!"
The ex-manager, his body vibrat
ing with suppressed passion, turned
on his heel, without so much as a
word to the girl, and was about to
obey. though sullenly enough,
when Hand had another idea.
"One moment," he stipulated. "I
quite forgot that you owe Miss
Grierson an apology. Get down on
your knees, you hound, and beg her
pardon, and do it now!"
During the entire scene the girl
lind remained where she had been
standing when released from Whee
lock's embrace, a strangely silent
and passive spectator, her face a
beautiful mask lor whatever emo
tions she may have been experi
encing But now she stepped for
ward with a protest on her lips.
"No. Mr. Rand!" she cried.
Rand stared at ber. stupefied by
the vehemence of her negative. But
she would not meet his eye. Neith
er, for that matter, did she look to
ward Wheelock, even for an In
stant. Bhe faltered, dropping to
hui sldo the band witb which she
Entered at Spokane,
Wash., as Second
Class Matter.
Oh, the loneliness is scary, as at the close of day
I tip-toe through the silent house, when wifey is away.
—From the Meditations of a Summer Widower.
had impulsively supplicated Rand
and drooping ncr head forward.
"I" she said, "I—do not care
to have Mr. Wheelock apologize to
tne. I —have no desire to hear his
apology. Mr. Wheelock- —has —
every right 1 am to be Mr.
Wheelock's wife within the week,
Mr. Rniid!"
Wheelock turned upon his for
mer employer, triumphantly. Un
fortunately, he did not know
enough to let well enough alone.
Rand was ga/.in« from the girl to
Wheelock alternately, in a daze of
anger and Chagrin, when Whee
lock's tongue outstripped his dis
cretion.
• You see?" hr; snarled. "Perhaps
in the future you'll be more in
clined to mind your own business,
Mr, Rand. Permit mo to suggest
that an apology is due me from
you, rather than"
"That'll do!" cried Rand, sharp
ly. "Suggestions from you, Whee
lock, are out of order. Moreover,
whether or no Miss Grierson is to
be your wife —which she will for
give me for doubting, as I do most
sincerely—you'Tl apologize to her,
and what's more to the point, you'll
do it now, without further delay!
Miss Grierson —if you please!"
Rand ignored the appeal in the
girl's attitude. He turned again to
Wheelock.
"Get down on your knees, sir!"
he commanded. "I've lost all pa
tience with you. Get down and
beg her pardon, or I'll drill you full
of holes!"
And Wheelock obeyed with be'
corning haste.
CHAPTER VIII
THE LAST RESORT
Five minutes later Wheelock was
skulking homeward through the
rows of lemon trees in the grove
that he owned by virtue of Rand's
clemency; Peggy Grierson was rid
ing hard and fast through the night,
lashing her pony to its greatest
speed, that she might, by making
haste, leave behind her that scene
the remembrance of which brought
hot tears to her eyes and a burn
ing pain to her heart; and Rand
was striding swiftly and angrily
down to road toward his ranch cot
tage.
His anger at Wheelock was yet
hot within him, and the resentment
which he accorded the girl for her
recent behavior did not tend to
cool her rage. To him her attitude
was absolutely inexplicable. One
would have imagined, he thought,
that he had been the man whose
conduct had provoked the encoun
ter of the past half hour.
He reviewed his part therein,
and, in the light of the girl's atti
tude, found it utterly distasteful
and unwarranted. Bitterly he re
gretted having interfered. If she
preferred Wheelock, Rand argued
in bis misery—well, she could have
him for all that. Rand was disposed
to do or say to the contrary, In the
future.
For he was thoroughly disheart
ened. When Wheelock had taken
his departure, urged thereunto by
the pistol which Hand had taken
from him, the girl had hurriedly
mounted her pony. Rand had
stepped to the stirrups with a half
formed apology on his own behalf
in his mind.
"Miss Grierson" he had start
ed to say; but she had cut him
short.
"I'm sorry. Mr. Rand." she said;
"hut I've nothing to say to you."
"Eh? What do you mean?" he
had demanded, stammering. "Noth
ing to say to me?"
"I mean that I can't and won't
explain, sir. I-oh, I wish I'd never
seen you, sir!"
There had been sincerity lv her
tone. Rand could not forget it,
airy more than he could forget her
averted face and the frigidity or
her demeanor. He saw ber again
SPOKANE PRESS, JULY 15, 1908
It Gets On His Nerves
YEASTHOP'S FABLES
(Translated From the Original Choctaw.)
BY F. W. SCHAEFER
A Wolf with a reputation for cussedness to uphold, walking down
the main road one day, spied a mollycoddle Lamb tripping along.
"Come here, papa's boy, till I tie you in a knot," snarled the savage
Wolf. But the Lamb, being of a timorous nature and averse to
mingling with such a rude creature as the Wolf, dived into the first
open doorway, which happened to be that of a Popular Priced Res
taurant. At this the Wolf was moved to titter, "You are hutting
right into a quicker finish, for in there they will put you on the bill
of fare. Better come back and die with your boots on." But the
Lamb was ready with a logical come-back, saying: "Oh, sir, the high
price of packing house products precludes any risk of my meeting
any such dire fate." And the Wolf did not have to look at the quo
tations on the market page to realize that this was even too true.
as she had left him; bending low
over her pony's neck, her hair fly
ing in the wind and her whip rising
and falling as the frantic ami
abused animal tore on through the
night.
"I'm hanged if I understand a hit
of it!" Rand swore. "But there's
a limit to my endurance! One
thing I'll promise you, John Rand,
'and that Is that Wheelock will be
How About It, Girls?
handled without gloves from this
night on."
(To be continued.)
Judge HuneUe yesterday sen
tenced Curtis Hawkinberry to a
maximum term of 20 years in the
penitentiary for the murder of
Percy Sehultz.
HAWKINBERRY SENTENCED
Tf/B WOfiDEP
Great Bargain
Offered To
morrow in
i
Men's Suits
Men's Summer Suits in
two and three button style.
This season's garments, are
smartly tailored,, correct
styles, wanted colors, all
sizes. Best values in Spo
kane at the regular prices,
$12.50 and $15.00. One
hundred suits offered for
sale on Thursday at, each.
$8.65
WITH A DINKY LITTLE CAMERA—No. 2
By an Amateur
Here's an interior view, Yes, you
guessed it —a machine shop. Now
there is nothing especially thrilling
about a machine shop, but this pic
ture sold the machine shop. It had
been on the market some time and
several deals by mail had fallen
through, when this picture was
taken and mailed to an inquirer. It
proved to him that there was n ma
chine shope and that certain ma
chinery was in it The picture is a
time exposure. The camera whs
set on a desk and the shutter left
open about three minutes. Either
the light was just right for that ex
posure or the exposure was Just
right for the light, since a satjsfac
tory negative was secured. If you
have any place with which you
want to familiarize others at a
distance get out your diuky camera
and "go to It."
ELKS PICK GRAND
OFFICERS
DALLAS. Trx., July 15.—The
Elks grand lodge elected Rush L.
Holland, Colorado, grand exalted
ruler, and selected Los Angeles as
tho next place of meeting. Other
grand officers :ire: Grand esteem
ed leading knight, John (J. Shea,
Hartford, Conn.; grand esteemed
loyal knight, A. M. McElwoo. Fort
Worth, Tex.; grand esteemed lec
turer knight, W. O. Sayre, Wabash,
Ind.; grand treasurer, Edward
Leach, New York; grand tyler,
Charles E. Decker, Minnesota;
grand trustee, Alfred T. Knolley,
Hackensack, N. J.; grand secre
tary, Fred C. Robinson, Dubuque,
Iowa; grand inner guard, A. M.
Taylor, Florida.
Annual reports showed an In
creased membership for tho past
year of 29,780. The order now lias
a total membership of 284,1121.
BOOKS CLOSE SEPT. 8
Under a ruling of the state at
torney general registration for the
primaries will e'ose on the evening
of Sept. 7. The next day is the
date of the primary election and
the hooks will not bo opened
again until the 9th.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH
FIENDS AFTER HER
Wireless telegraph fiends are
bothering Lucy Bates. She com
plained about it yesterday. They
Fine Bathing at Liberty
A restful way of enjoying the hot
summer evenings iv on a fast elec
tric train to Coeur d'Alene. Train
leaves Spokane terminal, Main and
Lincoln, at 7:20 every evening, giv
ing passengers nearly an hour lv
beautiful Hlackwell park on the
lake front before return train at
9:30. Round trip, 05 miles, $1. •••
have heen at It for the past year,
saying mean things about Lucy.
Sho has the proper sort of a re
ceiving station iv her bead and
never missel anything Hashed
around the atmosphere concerning
herself. All of it is uncom
plimentary nnd a year of such
business has got on her nerves.
She can't learn who the wireless
parties are and would like to have
litem located. The police laughed
It's All Cream
Pure, sweet cream only Is
used in making Uazelwood
Ice cream. It s mude right
and tastes good. The yellow
signs all over town tell you
where to get It.
Cedar Mill Wood
$2.00 LOAD WITHIN HALF
MILE OF MILL.
Johnson Shingle Co.
Phone Maxwell 1172
ATLANTIC AND CATALDO
VICTOR TALKING MACHINES
AND
EDISON PHONOGRAPHS
If You Love
Music mid entertainment be
sure to place an Edison or Vic
tor Talking Machine in your
home, I hen you can hear your
favorite singer, It can be heard
over nnd over agnin. What
greater pleasure can you have.
We have been appointed spe
cial agents tor these best ma
chines.
Shaw - Wells
Co.
:t_H Main Aye. Phone 808
Lump Coal $7.50
DELIVERED
Beat furnace coat on the
market.
NELSON COAL A WOOD CO.
CALL MAIN 548
Portland Crawfish
Spiced and cooked In wine,
scut to any part of the city.
THE TAVERN CAFE
111 Howard. Phone Main 8000
FOR
HARNESS
#
Whips, Blankets, etc., go to
S. H. Rush & Co.
new address
920 SPRAGUE. Phone 1196