Golden Valley chronicle., February 13, 1914, Image 6

About Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916

Image provided by: State Historical Society of North Dakota

                
Page Six
Te
Bv F.MERSON BURRIS
My dix'i'ir t'!tl mo to into ilu
•Countrv Miid !:ve outdoors.
To net tlii1 lioiiclit .vf l!.o
Btion 1 set :i lent. I built :i tlour
With inv own iiMiids ainl did wliiit 1
could lo make my l).il)il:Uion :utr:tf
tlv\ In this 1 f'ailod siyiiully. It is
if-i. in a man to beautify a lioim. At
:mv ratv, it was not in 1110. The in
tfi'i -i1 furnishings of mint? consisted of
at and a iniuk. As for food. I was
t-' icaiiipod on the linnk of a stream in
liicli lhert were plenty of tisli, and
v. lion I wanted «tiu»at. 1 could shoot
pi'iuiL'. lint i«t near where 1 was. I
had to ffo quite distance for that
jn.,1 usually tuade an all day trip of it.
lu the regiou near about me there
were scattered houses, some of them
farmhouses, some summer cottages for
city persons, for the country was very
beautiful and the air salubrious. The
greater part of these houses were uow
•acant, but there were a number of
them occupied. None of them were
•ery near me. or, rather, in selecting
a camping ground I got an far as pos
sible away from all of them.
One day, ou returning front a hunt
tog trip, on entering my tent I met
with a surprise. A dainty little wash
stand. with -bowl and pitcher, stood iu
one corner, while above it huug a
autall mirror. Several colored litho
graphs were pinued to the teat walla.
On the floor was a wicker armchair
Hucit as is used in summer on piazzas.
In the center of the tent was a tiny
tuble, with a lamp on it. I bad used
candle.
That some woman had done all this
was iuy first thought that she had
t-evu im and taken an interest in me
w.'is my second that she was young,
comely and otherwise attractive was
my third.
Vlie.sc preliminaries having Hashed
through my mind, I looked about tne
olisL-rve the cottages nearest me
ltl: a view to locating the lady who
1. id made 1110 comfortable. The sur
'untiim dwellings were all on higher
f. ouiiii :iiid my view of most of them
r-inhstrncted by trees. There they
v. ere, bathed in the light of the setting
prn, but not one of them bad a word
infun.iut ion for me. And yet I fan
cied that concealed in one of them a
girl had a pair of glasses fixed on me.
watching to see bow 1 acted at the
moment of my discovery of her handi
work. So 1 stood iu front of the tent
with my face toward the landscape,
took off my hat and threw a kiss.
No response came to me. The cot
tages were as mute as before. But in
fancy I heard a musical laugh ring
ing out ou the,quiet air.
Building my lire in my improvised
range, a nuuilier of flat stones. I pro
ceedtKl to cook my supper, a brace of
quails I had shot during the day. I
was thinking the while that my bene
factress was watching me. And the
next day 1 had proof that she was. for,
going to the spring from which 1 ob
tained my water supply, on my return
1 found sticking in the ground a few
yards from my tent an arrow and
wrapped about it a bit of paper besir
Ing the words:
Leavo anything you wish cooked at the
store and it will be attended to.
I was not slow in availing myself of
the invitation—not that I needed much
culinary work_doneJ)utbecause I honed
$100
CYLINDERS
Motion Pictures Every
N at W
Prove Interesting to
I1- Gas or Steam
Rebored or ground
PISTONS
thereby to get a e'ew of the cook, nut
in this I was disappoint oil. The store
keeper was ail oM woman, who was
very deaf, or pretended to he: at Kist
she turned a deaf ear to liiv inquiries.
The only reply -rot was TO:IH ITOW."
I inferred that I was to come tomor
row for tin- 1 iii'«1 I !e!'t. and when 1
did so I received it deliriously cooked.
1 will not spcifv the devices I cm
ployed lii'.d out who was my beiie
fai-tvess. made excuses to chat with
several of the ladies of the neighbor
hood. one I !egg"d the loan of a
needle and thread, of another a little
baking powder, of another some qui
nine. Kncli and every ni" ef these
persons granted my ropiest willingly,
but 1 gained no information from nnv
one of them.
1 discovered tiiv girl, however, and
b.v accident, or. rather, by taking ad
vantage of seeing something that gave
Both Young and Old
A Man Must Eat
For short orders and first-class
service you will always get it at
a clew. Having occasion to visit the
express office at the railway station. I
saw a lx)x bearing the label of a vend
er of sporting goods addressed to a
Miss Clara Farnswort.il. The size and
shape of the box led me to believe that
it contained archery goods. I straight
way inquired which was the Farns
v.-orth cottage, and uiy Informant di
rected me to one no nearer and no far
ther than the rest, but especially well
situated to get a view of my camp.
WALLS' EAT SHOP
Open Day and Night. Tables for Ladies.
H. J. WALLS, Prop. Beach, N. Dak.
Taggiug a bullet with a note of
thanks to Miss Farnsworth for her
kindness to me, I fired the builet Into
a large tree In the front yard of the
Farnsworth place. The next day a
note came to me through the ost from
Mrs. Farnsworth acknowledging that
the family had seen my and
could nf resist a temptation to ttinke
It more comfortable. The lady n' ex
tended an invitation for me to i- ui.
I found Mr. and Mrs. Farnswo"' U's
family to consist of one daughter r.!nr»
teen years old. Now that the si r^t
was out she enjoyed exceedingly my
description of my feelings at seelna
my tent made more comfortable and at
finding the note bearing arrow in my
front yard. As I had suspected, she
had watched me through an opera
glass on both occasions. The laugh I
had heard in imagination was a real
otie. though too far for uie to bear.
From the State
of Utah
By F. A. M1TCHEL
M. De tiournay. a citizen of Paris,
was sitting iu bis club reading a news
paper when a young man approached
him and said:
"Monsieur, pardon me for interrupt
ing your reading, but I have a request
to make of you. I am a citizen of the
United States—Utah is where 1 hall
from—and 1 have made a fortune in
cattle, mines, merchandising—in short,
by every means except selling liquor
over the bar. I came here to see ISu
rope. At lirst everything sjeemed old
fashioned, hut in time I got used to
your ways, and now 1 like them first
rate, even to the way you commit
matrimony."
De Gotirnay looked up at the speaker
as he would at a curious kind of ani
mal iu it menagerie. The American
proceeded:
"When we on the other side of the
big salt lake make up our minds to do
a thing in any other way than our own
we never try to mix the two methods.
1 have a proposition to make, and I'm
going to make it on the French plan.
.20
each Opera House
C. F. SMITH, Manager
Machine Shop and Garage Now. Open
Made to order any kind
RINGS
AH
sizes
BRASS FOUNDARY
Aluminum and
Brass Castings
a
Give
triaL
'"lie ot'-er n'g'ht at the American t'lii
bassy I me! one of your daughters. 1
have concluded to make you a prop
osition for her hand
Whatever were IV Count,ay's feel
ings at this b:nnt announcement he d'i.l
not give way to them. lie stared at
th" speaker in a sort of wonder tV"
av.hi'e, iheti said with French suavity:
"And you consider, monsieur, that
you have adopted our method of open
itiL-r a matrimonial negotiation?"
free,
uncultured frankness indigenous
to a
new
diplomatic feature, not a trace of mean
ness. in it. Defjourna.v bad five da ugh
tors and not enough property, to give
even one of them a dowry. This
brusque proposal was no more to his
taste than would have been the touch
of the prickly cactus among which the
westerner had lived. Nevertheless he
did not pro|»ose to turn it down until
he had discovered what there was
in it.
lie accepted Sir. Henderson'* cam
and gave him permission to submit a
few references—Americans ill Paris,
who knew all about him.
But the Frenchman's exterior did
not corres|tond with bis Interior. Ev
ery American abroad Is supposed to be
worth millions, and De Gournay. as
has been said, had five maidens to
marry off. While looking with one eye
at his newspaper he was watching the
American's retreating figure with the
other, and later, when he saw .lack
leave the club, he arose front his seat,
threw off his assumed indifference and
started out ou a still hunt to And out
all be could learn about the suitor.
Two things he learned were eminer*
ly satisfactory—Henderson had made
large fortune, and bis character was
excellent. Nothing detrimental turned
up. After a lot of red tape, as Hen
derson called it. he was permitted to
call at De C.ournay's home and have
a look at the young lady he had ap
plied for. Mile. Estelle. in presence of
her father and mother and three of her
sisters. Jack declared when question
ed alout the visit that there was not
as much chance for spooning as if the
girl had been set up on the divide
and he given a Job of driving a mule
team in the canyon.
After a long delay, followed by a
business meeting between M. De (Jonr
nay. .lack Henderson and two notaries,
at which Jack settled $o00,000 on his
bride to be. the couple were married
at 10 o'clock iu the morning by a malre,
at 11 in a church aud at 12 sat down
to a wedding breakfast.
1
UEAtlS
Spur or Bevel cut to oider
by Cyiiodial System
BUSHINGS
Bronze or Babbitt
PATTERNS Wood or Metal
AUTO REPAIRING
Tires, Sundries, Storage
BLACKSMITHING
George M. Stockwell Co.
Jack was very happy beside his
bride, whom he bad never met sociably
but once, when a lackey entered the
room and handed her father a note.
De Gournay paled, and the features of
his face otherwise indicated that he
bad received a blow. Arising from the
table, he left the room, and soon after
the mother took the bride away also.
Jack saw that something had gone
wrong, but kept his seat till the guests
began to take their departure, when
he. too. arose and went out to iearn
what had become of his bride. A
servant informed him that she bad
left the house with her mother. Jack,
astonished, asked for bis fatber-in-iaw
and was informed that he would find
him in the library. Thither went the
groom, to see De Gournay pacing back
and forth in a fury.
"What's up?" inquired Jack.
"How did yo^ dare impose upon me
Sentinel
Butte
Saddlery Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Dealers in
Saddles, Bridles
Charparajos and
Cowboy Outfits
Harness & Strap Work
F. W. WERNER, Mgr.
Shoe Repairing
Blanche Street
tit Lr
1
"1 will admit that there is an Amer
-an t'avor to it —1 mean a Uocky
morntaiti aroma."
"Iecidedly." said the Frenchman in
well modulated tones, while he kept I
his eyes tixed on bis interviewer, evi- I
dently studying him.
.lack
Henderson's face bespoke that
country. There was not
a
Don't bus a range until you see the
'Rsti(t Eltiael ier the home. For sals by
1HIMIY PARIICUIAR FUJNlS
I—lligh back on all high closets. 2—
Substantial nickel plated channel steel
closet brackets. 3—Heavy nickel plated
steel tea shelves. 4—Three ply wall at
back end of fire box. 5—Vent holes in
all linings. —6—-Very' large pouch feed.
7—Poker door. 8—Cogs outside of fire
box, properly enclosed. 9—Malleable
iron end draft. 10—-Three ply wall be
tween ash pit and oven flue. 11 —Ther
mometer in every oven door. 12—Triple
flue bottom. 13—Ash sheds. 14—
Triple ash pit bottom. 15—Detachable
1
^rw VM.I.F.V
CHRONICLE
as you have done?" cried the angry
Frenchman. "Hut I am rightly serv
ed. to trust anything that comes from
barbarous America, (io away from
this house and never come here again.
As for my daughter, she will spend
the rest of her life in a convent. Ho!"
•lack had once con tired on liv Indi
ans ami stood iu the way of a herd of
stampeded cattle at the same time
Mut lie liked it better than this.
"Please explain, monsieur." he said.
"I have only since your wedding been
informed that the people of Utah have
ns many wives as they like. My
daughter shall not enter your harem."
It was not till evening that .lack,
having explained that he was not a
Mormon, obtained his bride.
3
A Case of
Mingled Faculties
By EDWARD L. FORSYTHE
1 ant an artist—an American—and
till recent years forced to make a liv
ing as beat I could illustrating for
magazines. When I reached middle
life a legacy enabled me to go abroad
with the view to try to make: a paint
er of ntyseif. 1 reallml that I was
beginning too late iu life to bope for
much success. One should learn to
handle a brush when the muscles are
young and flexible.
I studied awhile in Paris, but my
fears were realised, In my concep
tions 1 felt every confidence. but when
I attempted to put them on canvas I
failed. I determined fo return home
by way of Italy, where I proposed to
regale myself among the works of art
I would And there. Having spent some
time in Florence and Rome. I went on
rfown to Naples, where 1 intended to
till passage for America.
I'i' itid here iu the most lieautiful
bay in
the
world a temptation to make
one more trial with my brush. While
1 was at wor! Tell ill. My room
was with a
vri \o\. i:i
a house that
overlooked the la hig my sick
ness I would get out of
OIH:
and. seat­
ing myself iu an easy ci::'ir.
vr^pped
in nigs, sit gazing out throu tin
uj.vn
window upon the scene before uie
What Is especially Uxod in my mind
is the varying views which seemed to
be passing before me like a panorama.
At one time the water in the bay would
be a deep, then a light green. Again
it would be a deep or a pale blue.
There were times when there were
streaks of silver in it At one time
the island of Ischia, to the northward,
was batlied In purple: then Capri, di
rectly before under the influence of
the setting sun, would be tinged with
scarlet hues.
My landlady had a son. Emillo. about
fourteen years old. in whom 1 was in
terested. because he showed a consid
erable inherent artistic taste. His con
ceptions were of little or no value, but
his ability to execute them was consid
erable.
"Ah. my boy," I said to him. "if 1
could return to your age and devote
myself to art 1 could put the beauti
ful things I. am capable of seeing on
canvas for the admiration of the world.
These pictures the bay affords are
commonplace to you. If they were to
you what they are to me you would
be esteemed a great painter."
While 1:4 made no reply to this, I
noticed that ft made a great Impres
sion upon him. I said it before I was
taken ill. and afterward, when I was
suffering, he came in often to see me.
IN GOLD TO BE GIVEN AWAY FREE.
THE LODGE, CHURCH, CLUB ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL. FOR SAVING CASH
-CHECKS FROM MERCHANTS ADVERTISING ON THIS PAGE-
For the benefit of the large number
of (hoppers who uie The Chronicle
a medium in which to find excep
tional purchasing opportunities, this
paper offers the following inducements
to its readers and friends to carefully
read the advertisements on this page.
A grand prize of $75.00 :.i gold will
be given to the individual or any form
of organization or institution turning
a the greatest amount of money
shown on the cash checks or receipts
and monthly bills secured at any of
the stores in the Bargain Feature.
To the candidate securing the sec
ond largest amount, $ I S.00 in gold.
To the third, 10.00 in gold.
Explanation.
To secure votes in the Chronicle
Bargain Voting Feature, make your
purchases at the story advertising in
the Bargain Feature, and call for a cash
check or receipt for every purchase.
Turn these cheeks in to the Chron
icle
office, where votes will be given
for the amount shown on each check.
Five votes will be given for every 5
cents shown on the cash check, re*
ceipt or monthly bill.
All votes will be deposited in the
voting box at this office.
Sales checks must represent cash
purchases or cash paid on credit pur
chases. All cash checks, monthly bills
and deposit slips must be turned into
this office within 10 days of the pur
chase date.
Every contestant entering the con
test is entitled to one nominating cou
pon good for 1000 votes. The only
exception to the contestants entering
The Bargain Feature are those em
ployed at this office or the stores ad
vertising on this page.
At the theatres advertising in The
Bargain Feature call for a cash check
not to talk, but merely to be with me.
I remember especially his doinir tills
when I silt in my easy chair before the
window absorbing the different views
file bay afforded me.
As soon as I recovered I sailed for
America anil did nor revisit Italy for
eight years. On my return I found in
the National gallery in Naples several
paintings of the bay of Naples that
brought me a strange sensation. Tin
represented the bay under different
conditions that had impressed liie (lur
ing my illness. As no human face is
exactly reproduced iu anotner. so none
of these views could be exactly du
plicated on different days. What es
pecially impressed me was that there
were five of these views, each one of
which I had seen iu nature itself. I
looked for the name of the artist on
the painting, but it was not there.
Accosting one of the gallery officials,
I led him to the pictures aud asked
about the artist.
"Those pictures." he said, "were
painted by a mere boy. It was sup
posed that he would become one of the
famous artists of the world, but he pro
duced only these works, wbicii were all
executed about the same time."
"Why is there n» name on them?"
"Because the boy who painted them
would not consent to put bis name
there."
•Why not?"
'1 have understood that be had some
childish whim that be was not entitled
to any credit for their merit"
'Do you know bis name?"
'Yes. It is Emillo Murelll."
•Emillo Murelll
'Yes. slgnor. Wby are you so sur
prised
"Eight years ago I knew an Emillo
Murelll," I replied when 1 had collect
ed my faculties, "a boy who had con
siderable ability to execute, but uot
the true artistic individuality. He was
a worker, not a dreamer. I cannot
understand how he could have produc
ed these pictures."
The official shnigged his shoulder
as the Italians do when they aie
stumped, and left me.
1 tried to find Emilio, who was now
a man. aud failed. More years have
passed since then, during which 1 have
taken a deep interest in those subtle
conditions which ou rare occasions in
dicate a mingling of two different
souls. I have put upon the incident I
have related an interpretation of my
own. though confess it is a mere sug
gestion. 1 consider it possible that,
while my personality was weak and
pliable through illness, there was some
thing in Einilio that enabled him to
draw from me my appreciation of the
beautiful scenes I saw In the bay of
Naples, and lie was competent in him
self to transfer them to the canvas. I
believe the lay will come when cer
tain laws ii|»*»n which such intermin
gling depends will he known. Just as
the electric laws guiding wireless te
legraphy are Known.
A Preliminary Test
of Skill
By
MARK HAMMERTON
"1 vill pig stick you!"
The words were addressed to me by
a lieutenant in the German army. He
was very young, his tieard just sprout
ing, and since there bad Infe no war
between Germany aiufoiny other pow
er since loug before be was born he
bad had no way of letting off his sur­
A. N. ELIASON
When we opened this store
it was our determination to
serve the people of the Golden
Valley better than they had
ever been served, both in qual
ity of merchandise and in store
service offered. That our ef
forts are appreciated is proven
ur rapidly growi gbusi-
OF E1ERNAI EXCELLENCE
dust cup. 16—Damper in first joint if
pipe. 17—Drop door with nickel plated
frame. 18—Full polished tops on all
ranges. 19—Heavy copper lined reser
voir cover. 20—Arched oven top. 21—
The Power's
Malleable iron reservoir top. 22—1
inch nickel plated towel rod. 23—Heavy
copper reservoir with steel asing. 24—
Porcelain enameled reservoir pocket, met
al. 26—Reservoir anchor. 27—Three
ply back flue. 28—Lapped and welded
oven seams. 29—Two ply welded oven
bottom. 30—Three ply range bodies.
plus vim. We were in beer garden,
and he had been sitting at a table near
one at which I sat with a party of
American I rieixls
Gctimg up from his table, he walked
past.us. .-flkd. my.foot being in his way,
he took pains to stumble against it.
Then, glaring down at me, lie said in
Kngtish:
"I vill pig stick you!"
"What docs the fellow mean?"
"You've been challenged to light a
dual." said Washburn, tin attache at
the American legation. He had lived
in Iterlin it number of years and knew
the ways of the inhabitants.
"He can send all the challenges he
pleases." I said. "I'll pay no attention
to them."
"in that case." Washburn replied,
"you must give up the social staud you
have prepared to take in Berlin. 1
shouldn't like to put you forward as I
have promised unless you either light
young Donhoff. whom everybody
knows and who Is on intimate terms
with the imperial family, or find some
way out of the matter."
"What way out of the matter la
there?"
"I'll think It over. I've helped sev
eral Americans out of such scrapes.
By the bye. I think I'll try the plan by
which I saved Aibertson from getting
a sword thrust between his ribs."
"What plan?"
"I didn't explain it till the affair was
settled, uor will 1 tell you. Pat your
self In my bands, ask no questions, and
1 think I can bring you out of tbls with
honor, probably with eclat"
I assented, and he took a message
from me to Donhoff. I was an Amer
ican. and Americans did not fight
duels. However. I was willing to fight
under certain conditions, or, rather. 1
would prove myself more skillful than
be. We woald fire at hen's egg at
twenty paces. If he bit the egg oftener
than I, I would stand up and permit
him to shoot at me as long as he liked
If I hit the egg more times than be. be
was to submit himself-as a target for
me.
The hot headed youngster accepted
the conditions. Indeed, be was rather
pleased at the novelty of the plan.
Washburn arranged for a test of skill
in a fencing academy and brought a
basket of eggs to the place, which were
to serve as targets. The affair being
an uuusual one. none of the safeguards
common in duel preliminaries were
taken. Washburn fixed the target, sus
pending the egg by a thread. Donhoff
and I tossed for order of trial, and I
won. Each principal was to deliver
five shots, and the one who shattered
more eggs than the other won.
The day before the test 1 could
scarcely hit a barn door, but I prac
ticed sufficiently to hit an egg at least
once in five shots On the trial 1 spat
tered the contents twice. Donhoff. who
like all Gorman army officers was a
good marksman, looked upon my work
with evident contempt. I missed the
first and second shots, and as soon as
I had done so be seemed to lose all in
terest in the contest. He had doubtless
made a previous trial and discovered
he could hit the egg every time.
I bad been instructed by Washburn
that when I beat Donhoff—and Wash
burn assured me that if his plan
worked I would—I was immediately to
renounce my right to make a target
of him Washburn hung an egg for
him. He fired «oinewhat carelessly and
missed. He was surprised especially at
seeing the egg vibrating from the wind
of the ball. He fired a second shot, this
time aiming carefully. Again he miss
ed. and again the egg danced. If now
he hit the egg at every remaining shot
he could still beat me. Though he took
a lous time to aim before tbe third
LEE & RICE
irp.o\Y, FEB. 13,
1914*
sin.I, tie iiii si'ii it
He could now only tie uie Hut he
had become so irritated with himself
that ho was not capable of doing a*
good work as before. lie missed tha
fourth aud tiftli shots, the egg at each
successive shot vibrating less, indicat
ing that his aim had grown less accu
rate On missing the fifth shot he
threw his pistol down with an oath.
Washburn shot me a glance, and I
cried, "I renounce the right I have
won!" and. hastening to Donholl. put
out my hand. He took it. muttering
imprecations on himself for having
been so clumsy. Then he and l£« party
thanked me for my magnanimity and
left the academy.
"B.v .love!" exclaimed Washburn,
sinking Into a chair. "If those fellows
had exercised one-tenth the care they
would have taken in an ordinary duel
I would have had to leave Berlin."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You tired at solid egg. Donboff at.
a shell from which I had drawn the
contents. No hall will hit an empty
eggshell 'The wind will drive It aside
every time."
We had won by a Yankee trick, bat
since it was merely to avoid blood
spilling our consciences did not trouble
us. I entered Berlin society under
Washburn's wing with great eclat I
feared that 1 would he called upon to
maintain my championship, but
let severely alone.
Truth Telling.
Stranger— I'm a particular friend «f
your father.
William Father said you are not
very particular about paying back that
(5 you borrowed. —t'iiicago Daily News.
The Living Cost.
The Old Hand—Tbls'ii give yon an
Idea of wot tilings is comin' to. Wby.
a few years ago a tin like tbis would
'ave 'ad a couple of sardines In p'r'apt
three.—Punch.
$100.22
Bring in your mail order catalog
and let us figure your bill.
We handle everything to be found
in large department stores.
Tur Rip QTADr
1 rlti DlvJ O I UKL
E- E-
HENRY SUNDERS
Dealer in
General Merchandise
Complete line of
Groceries, Shoes and Dry Goods
Agency for Fahrney's Alpenkranter
We are Giving Away a $200 Grafonola
$60 Sewing Machine
Two Gold Watches
CALL AT OUR STORE FOR PARTICULARS
Druggists
A
DICKINSON
Pres. and Manager