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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1904)
U.aU .I..V.11SS.JS! MASTER OF THE MINE ' me. 8t. Gurlott's U now a happy. thrtr lnf place; my dear wife la Idolised by ths simple people: and I, In th fullnwa of my fortuuate days, am the master ut tha mine. i (The and.) I w ', t By Robert Buchanan. 7n turn i mm? " 11 oOo CIIAPTBR XXX. ITnjth, my ladT aid my uncle, stretching out hia hands. I waded through the. water till I cam cloae to him. So loud waa the thunder on erery aide of us, that we had to about t each other in order to be heard; and ven our shouts sounded like mere whis ker, though we were so cloae together. I took a light from my hat, aivd reach ed out of the water, looking Into the young maater'a face. It waa ghastly pale, but there waa a mark on the tern- Cla, as of blood. I put my hand upon la heart, and discovered that it waa faintly beating. "He lives at ill," I eaid; then, without wore parley, I disengaged myself from the rope, and proceeded to make It fast to the sensele.- man. As I did ao, the water almost ewept me away, but I held on to the rock and kept my place. When the rope waa firmly secured under George lied ruth's armpits, I shook him sharply, and, to my joy, he openedhia eyes, par tially recovering from his torpor. Then I touched the rope and pointed upward, makiug signs that he waa to be drawn up. lie seemed scarcely to understand; but, lifting him in my arms. I placed him in position, and then tugged three times, aa a rignal for the men to baul in. There waa a momentary pause; then the rope tightened, and the light body began slowly to ascend. Still, waist-deep In the sea, I watched It journey upward lix and loose aa a dead thing, now rasping against the damp walla, now quivering and turning round and round, till it passed the first platform. Far, far above it, I saw the faint gleam from the pot where the men were gathered. At last it disappeared from sight, and I knew that, if life lasted, George Redruth waa aaved! Then I clambered on the ledge beside my uncle, who waa still lying in the aame position, with his head leaning back eeaimt the dripping wall. I took his bands in mine, and pressed them eagerly. Aa I did ao, I aaw, to my horror, that the breast of his mining shirt was aatur ater with blood, that bis face waa ghast ly white, and that there was on hi lips light atain of red. "Are you hurt?" I said, with my lipa close to his ear. "I doubt my back be broke. A lump rock fell on me as I were carrying young master here." Gently and tenderly, I secured the rope around him, but he moaned with ttain aa I raised him to launch him up ward. Aa the rope tightened, he uttered cry of agony. However, It was too late to avoid the risk, and it waa the last chance. Supporting him in my arms as long a possible, I tuw him drawn upward. When bis full weight fell upon the rope hia agony grew . terrible, and I think he fainted away; for he hung in the air like a dead man. I watched him rise lowly. The rope stood the test, and he waa drawn safely up the abyss. After a long Interval, during which I waited in sick cuing terror, with the waters thunder ing and the rocks quaking around me, the rope again descesded. I secured It under my arm-pits, and, giving the aig- ,oal, waa drawn upward. Wildly and joyfully, the men surround ed, almost kissing me in their rapture at ray reappearance. I looked around for George Redruth. He had recovered from this faintness, they said, and had been helped by two of the men up to the mouth of the mine. But lying on the platform, his head supported on Michael Penraaur s knee, was my uncle, white and bleeding, like a man whose time had come. I knelt by his side, and took his hand, fie looked up into my face; and I aaw that his eyes were filmy and dim. The air of the mine, even up there, was fetid and foul, and I saw that he breathed with difficulty. "Hugh, my lad!" he said, faintly. "Come close I want to whisper to 'ee. Can you forgive me?" "Forgive you?" I cried, greatly moved. "What have I to forgive?" "Listen, lad, and I'll tell 'ee!" "Yes," I answered, fairly sobbing. ' "Put down your head and listen. I be dying, sure enough, and afore I die I want to ha' your forgiveness. They would ha' hung 'ee, lad, for what I did. Twas I that killed the overseer!" . I bad guessed aa much, but when the truth came from my uncle's own lips, I started in horror. Ha clutched my hand, as if fearing that I would shrink way. - " 'Twere all on account o' my Annie, my poor little lass. We met out on the cliff beyant the mine, and he said sum' mat that made me murdering mad. He aid she were bad; and afore I had time to think, I struck at 'un wi' my knife! Then he staggered back 'twere on the very edge of the crag , and the earth seemed to give way under him, and he went o'er screaming he went o'er to his death, on the rocks be low. That was how it cam' about! didn't mean to kill 'un, but 'twere done like a flash o' lightning and the next naming the next marning they found 'un lying, dead and bloody, on the shore." "May God forgive you!" I murmured, till bending over him. His eyea were fired on Tacancy, his banda clutched mine like a rice. Sudden ly he leant forward, drew his hand from mine, and pointed. "See there!" he cried. "Tis hisself all bloody, and beckoning wi' his finger, And wha be that standing by 'un, all in white? Annie! Annie, my lass! speak to father! speak to speak to father! The last word died away In his throat, where it met the death rattle; there waa a struggle, a last, convulsion, and he fell back like a lump of lead. . . ' I think I too must hare lost my senses lor a time. The next thing I remember was standing In the open air, and stag gerlng like a drunken man, with kindly arms supporting me on either side. An axel ted 'crowd of women aud men sur rounded me; and close by, the dead body of mr uncle lay in the sunlight, with Annie and my aunt bending over It and bitterly weeping. . I sank down upon rock, and hid nay face. When I looked up again, I saw George Redruth and hia mother ataudlng near me, and with them Madeline, "Trelawney," the young master aaid, "this la a sad affair. Well, I owe you my life." "No, air," I replied. "You sws your life to the poor martyr lying yonder, aud you know best what cause he had to love you!" With an Impatient exclamation, he turned away. "Come, mother! Come, Madeline! You aee how this fellow hates me. I would gladly own my debt to him, but It la u lesa. Perhaps, when he la cooler, he will permit me to be of service to him. If not why, I cannot help It! Come!" Mother and son walked slowly away, but Madeline did not atir. She remained where she had been, with her gentle eyes fixed on me. George Redruth turned and NV her. "Come, Madeline," he cried; "we art not wanted here." ."I think I ain wanted," ahe replied. "Mr. Trelawney, shall I go?" And as ahe spoke she held out both her. banda to me with a loving gesture. I looked at her in wonder. Then suddenly the whole meaning of her attitude dawn ed upon me, and taking her handa with joyful cry, I drew her to my bosom. Pale and trembling, George Redruth returned and confronted ua. "Madeline, what does thia mean?" "It meana that I have found my love where you found your life, In the arms of thia brave man!" CHAPTER XXXI. Thua It came to paw that I, Hugh Trelawney, a man of the people, became the accepted lover of Madeline Graham. Looking back at it all now, after a lapse of so many years, it stiH aeema an In credible thing, unreal and visionary; but raising my eyes from the paper whereon these lines are written, I aee bealde me the sweet assurance that it ia true. Lore is by nature aelfish; and In the first flush of my new joy I almost forgot the sorrow in. my poor home. But when I quitted my darling, aud joined the little procession which followed my poor uncle across the heath, I reproached myself for having felt so happy. The miners had procured a rude stretcher, often used when accidents took place in the mine, and the dead body was laid upon it, with a cloak thrown lightly over it, to hide the piteous disfigured face set In Its sad gray hair; but one hand hung uncovered, and this hand An nie held, as we walked slowly homeward, four of the men carrying the load. I fol lowed, helping my aunt, who waa simply heartbroken. "God has taken him!" I said, solemn ly. "He is happy now." "Ay, happy wi' God," sobbed my aunt. "Forty year we ha' dwelt together 1' this house, and he ne er gave me angry look or crass word. He be gawn, where I'll soon gang too. Wait for me, my bonnie man, wait for me wait for her that loves 'ee, snd is comlBg to 'ee toon!" Why should I linger over this scene of sorrow, why should I turn to other scenes which followed it? Time and Death have healed all those wounds; to speak of them is to open them again. A year after the flooding of the mine and the death of John Pendragon, I mar ried Madeline Graham. ' The ceremony took place quietly in London, whither we had gone together; and when it waa over we spent a brief honeymoon abroad One spring morning, In a hotel by. the lake of Geneva, I read in the paper an announcement that filled my heart with surprise and pain. It waa an advertise ment of the approaching sale by auction of Redruth House, St. Gurlott'a, Corn wall. A short time before this the mining company had paased Into liquidation, and I knew that George Redruth was a ruined man. Little or no communication 'had passed between the cousins, but, when the crash came, Madeline, with my full consent and sympathy, had written to her aunt, offering her a considerable portion of her fortune for George Red ruth's use and benefit. This offer had been refused. The next thing we had heard was that mother and son were living together in London, and closely following on that bad come the news of the mother a death, an event which filled my darling with no little distress. To the last Mrs. Redruth had refused to forgive her niece, whom she unjustly held re sponsible for all the misfortunes which had fallen upon her ten. I showed my darling the newspaper, and we forthwith determined to journey down to Cornwall. Thus it happeped that, about a week later, we arrived in St Gurlott's, where we found Annie and my aunt ready to receive us at the old cottage. . I then ascertained that George Redruth had left England for America, where he intended to remain. Annie, who was my Informant, told me that before leaving the village he had sought her out to say farewell "And. oh, Hugh," she cried, "he asked for my forgiveness, and I forgave him, with all my heart. I think, if I had wished it, he would have taken me with him aa his wife." "You did not wish It?" She shook her head sadly. Within another year a fresh company was formed for the mine, with Hugh Trelawney, Esq.,' as projector and chief owner; large sums were expended In the Improvements which, If carried out, would long before hare saved the con cern; the. sea was gently persuaded to yield up possession; and before long the old mine waa flourishing prosperously, a aource of prosperity to all concerned in it; and of blessing to the whole popula tion Another fact remains to be chronicled. We bought Redruth House, and It be came our home. There my aunt and Annie joined us, dwelling happily with us, till, In due season, my aunt died. An nie lived on, and . still Uvea, pensive, gracious woman, full of one overshadow ing memory, and devoted to our chil dren. The last time she heard of George Redruth,, be was a well-to-do merchant, living la the West Thus, through the goodness of God, I remained In the old home, able to help those whs in Urns of nt4 had helped SOME COSTLY 8AW& Tho Vsed la PsansytraaU Stats QaarrUa H IHaianad la Tita. Probably the most exponetve saw a hi use anywhere In the world are those la the factories of reunsylvanla. t where various articles are manufac i tured of slate. In one of these fae ! torlea there are 300 horizontal saw. twelve feet In length, each of which U furnished with seveuty-flve cutting diamond, each aaw bclug worth 13,000. The slate land which furnishes the material for tbeee costly aaws to work upon was once so little valued that the tract upon which the fatuous Chapman quarry In Pennsylvania Is situated waa sold for a plut of whis ky. Its subsequent owners have taken millions of dollars from the land. The most valuable slats deposits In the world are found lu the central and eastern parts of Pennsylvania. In tho neighborhood of tha Pennsylvania quarries there are houses wbose wall are entirely of slate.. The blocks of which they are made are smoothly sawed, and are certainly most substan tial When slate la blasted In the quarries the rough slabs are taken to the shanties of the "splitters." Tb.) stone forme naturally the layers, and the "splitter," following the grain or ribbon" with his large chisel, separ ates the blocks Into strips. Then these strips are passed through a trimming machine, where by the blows of a heavy knife they are cut luto rectangu lar "shingles." Then they are piled up Into "squares," ready to be used for roofing purposes. When slate is cut up for use in other ways the procedure differs. The huge horlsontal saw, with Its scores of dia monds, In the factory, Is called Into play; It Is lowered upon one of tha blocks of slate by a ratchet at the rate of a quarter of an Inch a minute. The saw would cut through Iron or steel at the same rate. The workmen play a stream of water upon the slate to keep It cool, and wash the dust from the cut After the sawing the block l planed by being moved back and forth by machinery under a' firmly fixed chisel It Is afterward polished, much as marble and granite are. The value of the slate quarries runs Into the mill ions. Philadelphia Ledger. er." ?f.f:K-KVy;j:::--:;i- UT, . T. MUX. this now io keep yolnc AT Br. flaarfs F. aR. Ia olden times men lived to great age; few died under the century mark unless killed la the battle er the chase There la no physical reason, ne edict of nature, why men should not live 100 years snd upwsrd now. And yet age of Itself Is ne virtue. Unless one ran keep young In looks, feelings, acttons and ambitions what pleasure can there be lu Merely piling up years? I believe that the art of keeping young consists largely la tho main tenance of a right attitude of tho mlad on tho subject Tho great apostle Paul laid down cue of tho moat profound philosophical truths of tho ages when he said: "As a man thlnketh so la ho." If a woman ronatantly thinks gray hairs and wrinkles she will soon have both In abundance. On the other hand. If she boldly defies spectacles, powders, paints, stays, wigs, etc., and constantly asserts to her own heart and the whole world her right to remain young, nine times out of ten she will still be a girl at 40 Instead of a broken-down old wom an ready for the grave. If a man will defy old Father Time by a constant men tal and physical declaration of his right to keep young and buoyant he can win in a walk. There is no use for a nervous collapse at 83 or 40. Most men chew too much tobacco, smoke too many cigarettes, drtnk too much liquor and live too fast every way. Too many mistake reckless dash for atrenuouancss. Repose Is one of the greatest needs of the hour. Washington was a man of giant purpose and Iron will, yet withal a roan of magnificent repose. Rut for a little careleftanoas which precipitated pneumonia he might have lived to pass the century mark. Sandow advises exercise and cold baths. This Is all right as far as It goes. But a regimen which considers only tho physical man la worth very little without a pure, strong mind, a clear, honorable Ufa snd a God-centered souL system, tho business doctor looks out for possible dishonest on tho part of employes. Ho uaea all sorts of clever devices) for detecting such practices. Ua mercilessly prods every body to see how much work ho can get out of him, Ho pries Into every nook and corner and luto every slightest transaction till ho kuews Just what Is going on everywhere every minute. He shakes up and ho shakos down the whole business, tightening a scrsw hers, fastening a loose board there, applying to one man a tonic, to another a dresslaa down, always with his finger on tho pulse of hia patient. till finally It steadies down to a normal healthy action. It la not such a long stretch of years since ths Dutra trader uaed hts foot aa tho standard of weight In buying furs front tho Indiana of America. There waa method la thatl But wo have elaborated business knowledge and methods la America since then. Te4ay expert and spe cialists In business principles are known as "doctors," aud) wo may without unduo exaggeration dignify tho sifted. classified, and duly arranged substance of their special knowledge as science. TREATING BUSINESS AS A SCIENCE. Animal Characteristics. "Most animals are afraid of fire, and will fly from It In terror," says a mem ber of the Are department. "To others there Is a fascination about a flame, and they will walk Into It, even though tortured by the heat Some of the men were talking the other day about the conduct of animals during a fire. A horse In a burning stable, they agreed, was wld with fear, but a dog was as cool In a fire as at any other time. A dog keeps his nose down to the floor, where the air Is purest, and sets him self calmly to finding bis way out. Cats In fires howl plteously. They hide their faces from the light and crouch In corners. When their rescuer lifts them they are, as a rule, quite docile and subdued, never biting or scratch lng. Birds seem to be hypnotized by fire and keep perfectly still; even the loquacious parrot In a fire has nothing to say. Cows, like dogs, do not show alarm. They are easy to lead forth, and often find their way out them blves. Rodents seem never to have any difficulty In escaping from fires.' Washington Star. There Is a strong tendency at present to re gard business as a science, knowledge of which can be reduced to principles and general laws. This means that the painfully acquired expert enco of Individuals Is being sifted, formulated. made general In application, so that It can be banded on to benefit othera. In no department of business practice has there been such enormous development In the last decade as In organltatlon, tho Intellectual framework by means of which a buslneas moves, and this organisation of business Is now being stud led as never before. It has long been known that system was an Important element but competition grows fiercer and fiercer, tho perfection of method, of syatem, appears to be tho very key to success. The latest development of this tendency to discard the methods of our fsthers Is shown In the rise of the "business doctor," who Is an expert who may be called in to examine and prescribe for any business that shows symptoms of falling health. He Is a graduate from the school of expert ence. He takes cnarge or everytmng ana bosses everybody concerned. The first think he does Is to examine ths work lng syatem, and he Invariably finds this to be closely con nected with the seat of the disease. Striving at every point to eliminate waste, he often finds It necessary to reorganize it from top to bottom. Detecting leakage here, waste of time there, he endeavors by Introducing time and labor saving devices to reduce the running expenses. He teaches managers how to advertise moat effectively for the least money, how to have tha windows dressed, how to economize floor space, how to make two men do the work of three. Besides examining Into wastes that result from lack of Body Acts as a Magnet. Professor MuranI, a distinguished Italian scientist says that certain per sons possess a strange magnetic or electric influence, which produces curl ouh results. A few days ago while at work on some electrical experiment one of his friends suddenly entered the room, and at the same moment the needle of his galvanometer moved to and fro very rapidly. He was sure that bis friend hid In one of bis poet ets either a magnet or some other electrical Instrument and in order to convince him that he was mistaken his friend removed all his clothes. To the professor's surprise the galvano meter continued to act Just as If a powerful magnet was near It and the closer his friend approached the more marked Its action became. Moreover, the front of the body acted en It In the same manner as the positive pole of a magnet and the back as a negative pole. A Brisk Correspondence, Mrs. Lamson was saying an affec tionate and tearful farewell to her husband, as she was about to start for a month's visit to her old home. "Now, my dear," said Mr. Lamson, in a pleasant but firm tone, "I wish you would try not to ask me for money every time yon write." "Well, I will try not to," said Mrs. Lamson, wiping her eyes, "but you- you know, Henry, that means I shall have to write even oftener than usual" Cartons Surgical Operations. The report of a curious surgical operation comes from Dresden, where a young girl lost the third finger on her left hand. A surgeon removed a toe from her left foot and transplanted it to her hand, where it has grown, and she uses It like a finger. She will probably be brought to this country soon, and will play the piano In large concerts at $5 a minute, and all Amer lea will gd' to hear her. No An toe There, The cantons of Valals, Uri and Grl sons, Switzerland, have prohibited automoblllng within their territories. sekato oirxw. AMERICA AND THE PRESENT TIME. Br Senator CMsnrer H Oeaew. I have only contempt for watery pat riotism. I know men who Invest abroad because they aee the shadow of an an archy and rommunlatn which (s to touch their poaiesslons. I know men who live abroad to get out from under tho American avalanche. I hope they will never return. Wo neither want them nor do we want tho offspring of such stock. Whst ars our perils? In comparison with what we have gone through and overcome they are noth ing. Our dyspeptic frleuds talk about the glory of the old time and how we have fallen away In manners and In mor als. Harly record i speak of the exceeding drunkenness) among the clergy of Virginia, hut no such record attaches to any church In any denomination In any State, In aey towushlp, of the United States to-day. Tho eighteenth century had for Its Inventions by Amer leans two things, the lightning rod and ahlnglo nails, but the nineteenth century contributed more to tho happiness of man and the glory of Gd than all tho centuries which preceded It. General Washington's administration and his republic were rocked to the center by a whlaky rebellion la a county of Pennsylvania, hut In our time thirteen States and a million of men, American at that, In arms agalnat tha republic for Its overthrow only placed it on firmer founda tions with purer liberty. Rah for your good old times! Tho beat time la to-day, except to-morrow. PEOPLE Or TODAY ALL IMITATORS. Br t. rfarear. W are all terribly alike, and every ma a and woman la but an Imitation of some other man or woman. In literature, art religion, we are all under the Influence of some domineering power. Even In sports wo are not free from Imitation. Thousands of people who did not want to ride bicycles did so because they wanted to Imltat tho wealthy class at Newport And of what us waa their rejoicing? Now they must needs motor. and play golf, because It Is fashionable to do a and tho people they want to seem like enjoy these things. We will never get rid of the fads, and we may never get rid of the Imitations, but the only chance for the latter Is to cultivate Individuality. The way to do that 1s to stimulate yourselves for greater efforts by never letting a day pass without spending fifteen minutes at least with some one you feel la superior to you or by reading for that length of time In a good book. MEN CHEAPER THAN HORSES. Famine ia Ilorees and Rnah of Work Make Them Hard to II Ire. If anyone Is deceiving himself that the automobile has any chance of driv ing horses out of the market let him ask the teamster or bus' driver, says the Chicago Chronicle. The contractor will tell the same story, giving figures to prove that the horse market was never In better shape than It Is this fall and that horses were never In greater vanced from S3 to $4 to S3 to $0 per day. Even at this price horses are not to be found and general teaming com panies are unable to fill their orders because of their shortage In horses. Drivers and wagons are plenty enough, but It la Impossible to get the horse to complete the outfit It so happens that while a man la earning 1.00 a day his team Is earning S3. The superintendent of barns for a big cab company figures the cost of a you will find that a single horse doe not hire for quite aa much per day as man does. Rut wo never hire a sin gle horse we get them In an outfit hone, wagon, harness and driver for ao much. Naturally the outfit will cost more than any one part of It" Many of the large contractors, on- able to get horses to use In the work of excavating cellars, have put In large forces of men, who, with pick and shovel, are able to do the work of teams. In the meantime If there Is an auto mobile which will haul dirt or scrape roads or do any of the drudgery of the horses' work the equine family will no doubt welcome It There will be plenty of work left for the horses. HORSES GET BIGGER PAY THAN THEIR DRIVER. demand. Indeed. It Is much as the su perintendent of one of the city bus lines said the other day: "It Is a pity the automobile does not take hold of the rough work the horse now has to do. We don't need automobiles to haul the fashionable about town. We need them for delivery wagons and for dirt hauling and for coal wagons and tho like. , The horse can do the best of the work himself. What he needs is some thing to help him with the hard work. There are not on the market to-day enough heavy horses to do tho hard work of city teaming. According to re ports the price of an average team horse has doubled within the last nine month and the scarcity of teams for general hauling la alarming. Contrac tors are having the greatest difficulty In getting enough teams to do their work and the price ef hlr for a team, sraxon and driver has recently ad- horse's keep at $12 a month. Tho turn Is divided something as follows: Feed $6 00 Barn rent ... S3 00 Groom 4 00 Shoes 2 00 He considers this a big estimate, allowing for the high rental of barn room downtown. "And even at that rate we think It to costing more to keep a horse than a man," he explains) "be side that we have our Investment to look out for, w have put money la the horse and the man didn't cost us a cent And then again tho man can take cart of himself, but a beast f a man will abuse a poor beast of a horse. A horse will work all day long and all night If the driver forces It but a man won't there's tho difference. We hav to look out for the horse and the man can look out for himself. It you were to figure It out deducting for the extra expense of keeping a horn and for the odd and1 ends la th 11ns of expense Getting Hair Cut In Japan. On returning to the hotel I Indulged In a Japanese hair cut for the first time. Here you don't go to the barber shop. The barber shop comes to you. A very serious-looking young Jap wittk sober-hued kimono waiting upon mo at my room at the hotel, and undoing h1 barberous Instruments, deftly andl skillfully executed a very good modern hair cut in a verv short time. ' He did not tenderly rub his hand over that little bald place on the back of the head (most all old boys have It) and enlarge on the virtues of hi Inimitable hair restorer, and tell you how much brighter Ufa would seem to you If you would only Invest In a bot tle of It, nor did he enlarge on various theme to display his conversational powers, but confined himself strictly to his professional work. In some re spects Japanese barbers are preferable to thoe of our country. Possibly this superiority may arts from th fact that as they do not know our language they could not Indulge in the customary "airy persiflage" If they wanted to, Brooklyn Eagle. Hard to Make Them lo It First Boarding-house Mistress I've seen It figured out that people can live on 12 cents a day. . Second Boarding-house Mistress Ah I But you can't get them to do It Brooklyn Life. Two Trains. One of th most important thing la life, my ooa," said tb father, "1 to know when to grasp an opportunity.'' "And another," said th wise son, "la to know when to let go of It, I suppose." Philadelphia Ledger. When a woman steps off a street car, every man watthlng her xpct to too hr fall.