VOL. 2. NO/7. SCIO, OREGON, JULY 12, 1890. When Lawrence read this , he deeply foolish exhilaration which gradually quick blow and it closed the disturb­ tain his own pride wheiï fié knows that regretted his small command of ex­ subsided into a .confused shamé at thé ance as well as the right1 eye. of the. the rest of the world is. against-him? It pletives; His disappointment- nearly thought that he,' Lawrence Drane, a man who received it; He staggered to is folly to kick against appearances, and gentleman... born and .bred, was home- his feet, growled something about the what is folly is useless, arid'what .’is use ­ burst him. less should hot beheld; ergo', a man wfic “Any reply?” asked the man who had less,»-hungry; ragged sand drunk—yes, police and walked rapidly away;.. brought the telegram. Lawrence’s tem­ actually drunk on the streétè of New Mr; Drane turned to thé lady^s maid, appears to be a vagabond and disrèputa per got the better oL’ him, and he wrote: York. , . who, very palé,- was leaning heavily blé is a vagabond and disreputable^ ari< “Why didn’t you send it to Jericho? He. staggered along he knew nofohow against a tree. so much the. worse if 'he stubbornly en­ f&r, it seemed interminable mile^, till “L. D/’ “I tràât that I did not frighten you,” deavor to maintain the contrary. Such He cooled down after awhile, and •at length he came to a broad park in the -: he said. “Perhaps i should have been ..was the1 bitter train of reasoning in­ dulged by.Mr; Drane as he. and the fair finally persuaded the night manager to middle of the city.’ There he fell upon less violent.” have a query sent to New Haven. The a bench, And an uneasy sleep Closed his Thé maid did'not reply at once. She yoring. widow went to .the. bench from answer read as follows: eyes. looked at'Mr. Drane fri a daze of sur­ '■ which’ she had been driven, for sfie was • ■ - ■■ “Lawrence Drane collected money prise until’ a faint color crept into her ’ fair,/notwithstanding sundry, evidences CHAPTER IT. here. Fully identified.” .. cheek and a suspicion of à smile crossed of a sleepless night, arid interesting in THE PRINCESS IN DISGUISE. When this reply had been read; by: her lips. Then Mr. Drane remembered. spite of .her big cuffs arid lace frilL A bird was-twittering in the tree ? “To begin, as a woman must, at th e; night tn an age r it was evident that-, above him when Mr. Drane awoke. His He glanced at his remnant Of a hat he had made up his mind what to do. consciousness returned at a jump with which he held in his hand, and his eyes neither, end of- the story,” she began Lawrence saw it in his eyes, and he immediately fell, but he found no com­ when.they were seated, “you must know ÇHAPTER I. he remairied ih pawn for all further knew that he was in a bad. scrape. He the opening of his eyes, and as he fort in his boots, where they rested. All that I possess immense wealth;’’ looked úp at. the gray sky he murmured: RAGS AND TATTERS.' charges at the hotel; Mr. Drane rose quickly; . \ prepared to get out, for he was well his gentility departed on the instant, Lawrence Drane aWoke with a shua- “Lbeg your pardon for thè interrup ­ The first necessity was to get down- ! aware that arrest stared , him in the “ And rosy-fingered Dawn brought in the Dáy.” and’ he shifted, awkwardly, trying to e'r from a dream of poverty. Doubt- stairs to the Office, for while he delayed face. The’ manager tried to detain him. For à . futí minute he sat there', his and merely mumbling. With the tion,” he said,- “but do y oil happen to ss many people worild like* to know his clotjres were no doubt getting more j: /Lawrence pushed him over a chaiFand 1 lings filled with the freshness, of morn­ speak irresistible gaucherie he passée have; any of that with you?” tow hé did it. Some of us hay© tried and more reinote every minute. He fled, hotly pursued by a half dozen ing, his mind with the shallow. exh il-j same “ A la-s! no-.’* she replied, dismc ^ly, “and his hand over his chin’, and the rough t and failed. We have, struggled with ventured into the hall ‘in his under-1 messenger boys and a few clerks. He aration.cpnsequent upon the In-st-fumes | stubble there gave further evidence of' that is riot the worst of it.” bis nightmare dven when our eyes clothing, but was instantly driven back was too nimble for them, however, and of intoxication; his legs stretched out ! his absurdly miserable situation.1 The “It’é as bad as’ it can be for the mo­ vere open, and have not cast itoff. In, by the. sight of a young woman’s back. in a few minutes he stood alone upon at a preposterous angle, his hands i young woman, seemed to-realize some- ment,” Mr; Draùe insisted,- a;s he re­ ar io ns shapes it haunts the shadows. That in itself was not considerable, but the street, penniless, tired and hungrj. plunged into his- trousers’ pockets, his ! ^what of his emotions, for her face in­ sumed his seat. “You see, I ■would have •f this world. Mr. Drane, however,-* there was no telling when she might' It is a curious physiological fact that hat defiantly poised upon his left ear. j stantly became serious and she said, been very glad- to give you- iny note fo swoke; but before sending him our con­ turn about. So Mr. Drane retreated. a man can voluntarily abstain from food lie looked at his shabby »boots and shab- ’ softly: fiye hundred if you had it convenient.' gratulations let us ■ see what he found . Consideration, repulsive ■ and pro­ for twenty-four hours with far less re­ bier trousers and smiled in infinite j The ; young wömafi looked at him “ I am sure, I owe vèfy much to ÿour waiting for him. longed, showed him that there was no monstrance from his stomach than that amusement. kindness, ÿpur courage, ÿourf musclé. séarchiûgly. The first thing he saw on opening his help, for it, he must don the habili­ organ will make if its owner unwillingly “A man in iny circumstances,” he “I should be wicked if I did not.de eyes was a ragged coat which lay upon ments of poverty. His Soul was full of fasts for half that time. When Lawrence thought, “would never imagine that a Truly I am very grateful.” Mr. Drane knew that fie was blushing,- :ire to help you, poor man,” she said. his arm. It was a garment eminently wrath, tempered With’admiration when realized that he had not money enough bundle of rags may ill conceal so much, ravely, “and I trust ohe time may com-' qualified to be offensive to a gently hethought^of-the coolness of the thief to buy a sandwich he became hungrier real joy. Glorious morning. Lucky to and he wondered whether his face were clean enough to show it. - He looked .up ipeedily when I- shall.be able' to do so. man; shiny, soiled and raveled at the who had made the exchange of gar­ than he had ever been before in his life» see it, by Jove.” ' and saw the young woriian’s blue eyes Mr. Drane was stung, but riot crushed edges. Mr. Drane blinked at it an in­ ments so cleverly. He remembered He was positively faint, and as he stood This was a fatal reflection. regarding him conipàssionately. “You must understand,” fié éxclaime<‘ stant and concluded that it must be- a that for greater security he had held upon a corner trying to decide upon a “My circumstances?” he continued. “I feel as if I must apologize for ad­ ‘ ‘that I should repay it.. I’ve got plent.1 part of his recent troublesome fancies. his coat in his arms when he had lain course of action he closed his eyes and “What are they? These are not mine dressing you at all, miss,” he half stam­ J money,- that is, there’s plenty/ be “Get out,” he muttered, sleepily, shak-. down to sleep. at all. They belong to someone else.” ¡ mered» < “I forgot my—well, my loath­ ’ringing to me, and 1 can get it if I can actually reeled with exhaustion. ing the garment to the floor; “you’re a A man passing rapidly aloflg ran Dressed in the character of Lazarus His eyes were fixed at the moment ; some appearance. It isn’t mine, it pròve my identity.” fake. I dreamed you, and I’m going to Mr. Drane hastened along the hall and' against him. Lawrence did not.evén upon a rent in his trousers which ad- : isn’t my fault; in fact, I am not exactly Thè young woman’s eyes wetë dilated wake up in a minute.” intercepted the elevator in its descent. look at him. ‘ mitted a small detachment of cool, [ the thing you see.” ; ^iifith Wonder and doubt. No wonder he was deceived, for the “Poor fellow,” muttered the stranger; morning breeze fresh from the sea. ¡ “Down.,” said he, with dignity. “Oh, forgive me if 1 have appeared to “Stränge!” she. said, slowly, “tor tha coat fitted the dream with diabolical ac­ “Walk down,” replied the^ elevator “he’s blind,” and he slipped a ten-cent The smile on his face gaye way to an ex- ! notice any thing ■•but your goodness, ? exactly my own ease. You-shall to;. curacy. It had not been a vision of boy, snarply, as the car swept by. It -piecé in^to Lawrence’s hand. pression of disgust, and he sat up in sir,” exclaimed the young woman, ap­ ? :0 ! your story presently. Listen i financial embarrassment alone; he had was the first humiliation of rags. Mr. “Confound you!” exclaimed Lawrence, sudden irritation. This ' movement seen himself walking on the uppers of in .a^rage, “I can see as, well as you caused a sharp pain to shoot across his proaching him impulsively as she spoke: ■ line. I became an- orphan at an earl.- “you have’doubtless beêfi Unfortunate, ge, arid until a little more than a year, ilisgrace over the rocky read of despair; can.” back, which reminded him that the way. perhaps seen better days. I am sure go L.Wé'd with my guardian, a warn His first waking impression had been The stranger opened his eyes, his of the.transgressor is hard. you are a gentleman at heart, and I am riend Of my -father’s, in Buffalo. A a great thankfulness that he was him­ mouth and his charitable heart at the And then the--full, delightful, cussed­ grateful,.indeed.I am, believe me,” and . ■¿he.timé of which l am about to spéai self again, a man of wealth and consid­ osarne moment. ness of the situation dawned upon him. eration; a gentleman by birth and “Have l lived to see-this day!” he What should he do? What could he do?' without further ado; she took his hand -vith some particularity I .had just at and; pressed it warmly in both of hers. t Jned m^y majority,-.so that I controller breeding. Then he had seen the ragged cried. “Here, my friend-, here is half a He sat up again and looked hopeless­ coat and denied its reality. dollar for the only really honest man in ly about. Upon a bench not fifteen Mr. Drane winced. There wâs the most vhat little property had been be delicate condescensioh. in her manner ineatfied to me/ I still lived with n: He let his head fall upon the pillow New York.” paces away was a young woman, latdiari, however, and had not thong} again and Sank for a moment into Lawrence refused it, and tried to give evidently a servant of some kind, for her and tone-; her action said what words riiously of thé fact that' T was at Tas sleep. Then he awoke with a start. back the dime, but the stranger wouldn’t dress was of plain material, set off w-ith, would have rendered offensive:- “Bee, I “Queer notion about that coat,” he take it. He appeared to be an excep­ big white cuffs at the sleeves, and such recognize? your nobility of. character, no - ».bsolutely a responsible, being in th said, and glanced over the edge of the tionally humane old fellow. Lawrence a frill of lace at the neck as only matter how ugly is your disguise, and I • .torid. There had been some suitor bed. The coat was there. None of its walked alongjby his side for a few steps, ladies’ maids wear. Her face was con am hot ashamed to acknowledge it“.” To for nay hand, but to norie had I show’* the least favor. • That they were, all sii? fine points had got away. The summer and the idea struck him that here was a cea-led by a kerchief which she held to be th us' treated by a servant^ Yesterday this’ interesting“ ÿôiïrig per­ •fore I -have no doubt, for my fortun sunbeams round the edges of the cur­ chance to tell his story to believing ears. her eyes, and which Mr. Drane doubted tains glinted upon its greasy wrist­ He began it with considerable hope in not was in a process of lachrymose son would have stammered in his prés­ was too ¿light to be a temptation. ence, hung , her head, and would have Among them Was 'a singular young mai. bands and glassy sleeves. Mr. Drane his heart, but he had got no further than drenching. He watched her with at upon the bed and stared stupidly at a brief outline of his real financial solid­ languid interest, wondering stupidly been overwhelmed at receiving a sérv of really iirimense riches. He was’gen rally credited with being the possessor the strange garment. The sight con­ ity and apparent poverty when he heard what brought her there at such an ice at.his harids.’ Now, forsooth, shv “PUT THAT TRAMP OUT.” speaks grandly, airs^-her Superiority' ■.ff . thirteen millions*’ fused him. the stranger mutter: “ New game; new Drane walked down according to di­ hour, whether she had-been locked out " He tried to recall the events which, rections. He approached the clerk. game. Never saw it before, but I’m onto arid feared a reprimand or discharge condescends to grasp Mr. Lawreric “Deuced unlucky figure/’ »-interposed had preceded his sleep. He remembered Drane’s hand! The unhappy man beg?. Mr. Drane. . “Some miserable thief—” he began. it just the same.”- when she; should- go home, whether, his journey eastward’ from his home in The clerk struck a big bell with alarm­ Then he hurried away, and Lawrence - perhaps, she, too, had indulged too free­ to experience profound resentment‘ ■ “You shall see,” said thé fair nar- Kansas City; the business interests ing force. : was left alone, with the dime still in his ly in—^bahT Mr. Drane recoiled in pro­ his conceited lady's maid Wfréri a fev' - a -. Ttor? . “I could not bring myself to fee which he had in charge; the hot, dusty chàngé in her manfiet arous ' ‘Awards this young man as I believe- 1 “Walsh,” said he to a porter, “put this hand. The^encounter had not been found horror at the suggestion. Was )rising iis curious interest. '^Bhh let fall ¿ tiresome ride which had brought him to confounded tramp out. I thought you wholly unprofitable, at all events. umari should towards' a fiusband, al it possible that a mere accidental New York on his way to Boston. He fired him an hour ago.” He debated long with himself upon change in circumstances, the mere ac­ land as impulsively as she-had seito hough I had no reason to entertain an; recalled how he had found himself so } “So I did, sir,” said Walsh* rolling up the question how he should expend his I t, blushed painfully arid looked at; h *• foing. but respect for his- character. M tired that he had resolved'to wait in his -sleeves, “but he don’t7 come back ten-cents. That he should buy food j coutrements of thé slfimsi should make vhite little hands which she folded fit ’ Aardiari ptoaded with’ me’ to make ? Jiim capable of entertaining for an in ­ New York long enough to have a good this time unless his remainders is with it was of course a foregone conclu- . or eh er.' ; itch so'palpably desirable, but 1 cou! nap in a hotel; hoW he had entered the brought up from the sidewalk in a bas­ sion, but how could he get the most for . stant such a thought about a woman? . ; “AlasT I forgot,” she said, and .consent, 'fit-was while this matt’:/ 'Was a oían to be the victim of his gar ­ first one he found, and had stumbled ' ket. ” .Mbs trenibled. “You can hot v ' his money? He tried to recall all ! ments? pu? tu - "ig tria G- GM .pxr my associates Y sleepily along in the wake of the hall-1 Mr. Drane turned about with the in­ the stories he had heard of men who •ÿtand, oí course; oá^ ueafi oh, dea; Arranged to give an amateur theatrical boy to the room wherein he lay. Then I had been in similar aeptns or poverty­ In siieiit reparation for his ditofiered ? You seéí I, too, am not1 at all Wh^t you pertormahce for th.e benefit of a ch ar ita he had Cast himself upon the bed after J tention of standing the porter pn ms stories told by Bohemian acquaintance? Ve institution. - As-;fortune, or pérhap head for his impertinence, a thing he offense Mr. Drane began vigorously to see me,'or what you think F ami” ’ . removing only his outer clothing. who prided themselves upon such ex Mr. Di’anê hastened to give the ’lie tc ; vewd design, would 'have it, th: “By the way,” thought he, with a sud- Ï could easily have done, for he was a periences. In all of these that he conic. think all'manner: of pretty things about /al thy young man and I were cast fc tfie1 unhappy young woman, insisting to his recent emotions. len start, “where are my clothes IT young man of remarkable strength and remember the salvation of the narrato vpJsite parts. I had plainly reject« “I am -sure, miss,” he declared^ga1 excellent training in the rise of it; but himself that she must be beautiful, iri^ onTvljj lilrp f'Q kifov’?-” h ad ultimately depended upon th a proposals to me, but he would n intly. have seen you arid thought How easy it is w ask questions, and as he turned he saw his own image in a great modern institution, the ítg < nocent, injured, lovely and so. on,, until ; . .¿è no. for an answer, and he persist long mirror let into the wall. He was . ou .only an a lady* in distress - to whoi presently, his adjectives ’ having been how eternally hard it is to answer them. lunch. He hajd never had any persona' <*• a quiet, good-natured devotion tirai Mr. Drane’s hasty but thorough search the ideal dead-beat. He stared at this experience witli such fare, because he three times exhausted, he had worked it has been my unalloyed pieahur^ t the ground with- her foot thoughtfully, ment by the policeman’s curious eyes, lx for a hack and seven for the police : loomed into prominence, and he hesi- | “Give me a glass of apple-jack.”’ r evidently hesitating about continuing walked- along the winding path to an ere equally unproductive; and when tated, feeling the humiliation of his de- i “It’s a little out of season, but I’ll go by sunrise. Mr. Drane did not observe chis yísion : her explanation. Mr. Drane was nat­ other bench, where they sat down agair. yer, ” said the bartender, and he pro ­ e had tried eleven for the fire depart­ feat. “Officious impudence!” muttered M oí prosperous indolence until it paused “ urally curious. Circumstances had duced the fluid. Lawrence drank it in “And then—and then,” said he, blush­ ment1 and twelve for an ambulance he brought them strangely together. Wha . Dräne. directly before the weeping young ¡ a hurry, because he .was anxious to get •avé’it up, ing. “Never mind/’ said the youngwoman, be better than to exchange con­ “And then,” said the young man, sol­ at the free lunch. It made him cough. woman. It was clear that the man ; could “If they had given me permission to fidences? He began: soothingly, “-he has to do samething t ring thirteen times for the coroner I emnly, “you put the cork back into the ! “Your apple-jack is a trifle strong,” addressed her, for she started sud- i denly and took her kerchief from her ! “You have been so good, madam, as earn his pay. Let me see,, where was J should feel that I had done my full bottle and the green snakes disappeared. said he, apologetically. eyes. Mr. Drane’s brows contracted to admit the possibility of my having on the other bench?” “ If you don ’ t like our apple-jack, ” said duty,” groaned Lawrence; and then he I commend your prudence. You’ve had “At the mock, chancel rail.” the barkeeper, “you can take itout’n and he watched the scene with more seen better days; That is decidedly thr laughed, it was all so absurd. He felt enough.” “Oh, yes; well, teased as Î was I con­ ease, and I mean to see better ones yet than curiosity. He saw the young man ¡ de place, see? ” “ Do you mean to intimate that I am in thé pockets of the deplorable sented to the farce, saying that it should Lawrence hastened to say that on sec-, step nearer to the ’ bench, put out his : if luck is not wholly.against me.” clothes-which; had been left for him, but intoxicated?” be the last of my lover’s nonsense that J Then he stopped abruptly, ’ 'for the hand towards the young woman and | ond thought he found it the best he had “Not at all,” replied the young man; he did not find their lato wearer’s name of his situation over­ would endure. We went through ai 4 address, nor any other article of “but you’ll have to try this story at the ever tasted. In reality he perceived move as if he -would sit down beside her.; : consciousness He saw the young woman rise hastily whelmed hiria, and he felt the absurdity absurd rigmarole, they made me sa; value. The loss of his money and watch main office on Broadway. It is too, ex­ with horror that it was already going to and try to walk away, but the man. laid 1 of confiding in a mere servants The lots of foolish things,-and ab the en/ his head. There was a mist before hisj did not trouble him mtich, for he had citing for my nerves.” the young man- who played the min ist» From this position the manager re­ eyes as he made for the lunch counter, his hand upon her shoulder. A second young woman did not notice his manner. insisted on kissing thé bride; Then, m never felt the pressing' need of a dollar, “ It is you who have been good, ” she 1 a ter and Drane had seized the fellow ’ s- but that was not the reason why he did fused to recede, and Lawrence was and did not know what’ its absence may ' “and you ought to know more fully mock husband insisted, and—oh! dec - imply. As for his watch the police would obliged to content himself with direc­ not find what he expected. , He saw all wrist with a. grip- that made the joint said, how you have befriended, me-. My story me!—yit was very mortifying, and uni., crack.- Then he doubled the arm he that there was — a few fragments pf recover that. Mr. Drane had exaggerated tions how to find the main office.* It is a strange one; people do not credit it, that wretched performance was given held across- the other ’ s chest so suddenly crackers in the bottom of a big bowl was not a very, long walk, but shame at notions about the metropolitan police. but ! trust you will believe me. Let us had to endure all -sorts of banter, an that hé was- flung back a pace or two. and a liberal supply of pickled cucum ­ his garments made it a path of torture. He did not know that before they would sit down, for Í am fatigued-with anxiety jest. î Then came the -tragedy. À fc . “ You infernal tramp . ’ ’ ’ cried the fellow, , bers in a tin pan.' That, was all. And find that watch in the ordinary course It was not plain sailing after he got days- after the performance my moc- and sleeplessness. ” ' and he was following it up with lan ­ of their business he would be all done there, either, for it took half an hour Of the dime was irrevocably gone. husband was -thrown from h-is carria?. guage much stronger when -Mr. Drane . Still, this- same irritating condescend He gathered up- a few cracker crumbs painful argument to eoax the message with time and a large part of eternity. and instantly killed. Of course I w. interrupted him;. sion from a lady ’ s maid! Mr. Dr an s', and. tried to eat one of the .pickles, but So he didn’t worry about those things, on to the wire. shocked, together with his other friend, ‘ ■ ‘ Speak a single word that fails in re ­ thought ruefully of his bedraggled ap as a Bohemian meal it was not. a suc ­ The answer was slow in coming. The but bestowed his regret very sensibly but you may imagine my surprise whe: upon the absence of certain papers. He% long evening twilight was well ad- z cess. Ten minutes' later he was- out in spect to this woman,”'said he, “or raise pearance and admitted that appearances his- will was .unsealed to find; that h/ your finger to do her an injury, and Til justified it. What becomes of the fine 1 the street. The apple-jack was with vanced before he was notified that Kan ­ knew nobody in New York, and had now had left, after a few minor bequesi» ■ “A-.man’s a man for a’ that,” no means of establishing his identity. sas City had been heard-from. This was him, and- it was’ very busy. It made the break every bone in your body!”*. all his thirteen millions to mer firn “ Well, take, the chippie and — ” lights in the windows dance like de­ Evidently he would have to make the the reply: when every , body estimates him by his wife!” Mr. Drane lost patience and knocked . mons; it dug. holes in the pavement “ Have wired money to New Havèn. landlord telegraph to his friends while j apparel? How can the ragamuffin main- * . “S anford D rake . ”> [ under his feet; it filled his brain with a the fellow down; It was a straight, ; I To be ConfûiùetL j