DAYTON HERALD. T h e words t t n la the f o r » , t * « mo tion, and though the V irg ta la a had s»art- I • r* . *“ i r , w hl" f°r«a up proudly. | 4 T^B klag It to r graatsd that y o a r eou- 1 jecturo la the tro th , w hat business la I th a t o t yours, may I lu q u iro y ho aaid. L w ith some show o f warm th. [ i m are impudent. Roger D a rre l. It I Is my business la so fa r that Mias Rlch- I moad ia » y promised w ife , and R ha- hooeoa a man to gm that her honor Is B®t tarnished by r andestine meeting« •och a« the oue I hi re just witnessed,” - “ .’.“i.,'? * C*P U 1“ *■ rtampoos tones. I " W h a t you aay I brand as an iafam - . ons falsehood, sir, w hoerer yon may be." t I tk a l * wttl CB|* J ° * to account, Roger D a rre l, l a the meantime I wish to ash yon a question In regard to this meeting. W as It a voluntary one on the part o f Miss Richmond, or did you force her into mahiag the assignation r I “I am the cause o f the meeting. Does th a t satisfy you. sir? W h a te v e r blame I there may be, put 1t upon me," he re­ plied. calmly. , accept the appiogy," returned the I C aptain, quickly. • T h a t it was not meant for aa apol- I °k?> 7 ° ° coward, la well known to you, prove it thus." — e 'H e r e was aa agile spring, and w ith hta open palm he slapped the Captain la the face. “ i o n w ill hear fro m me, sir, and thia hour w ill be the bitterest o f y oar life,” . returned the Captain, taking out his pocket handkerchief and rubbing his cheek as i f it had been contaminated. Roger uttered aa exclamation. “T h e M an w ith the Black U love," no I muttered. I Borne years before, while traveling la < ■orwpe. he bad m et fa the company w ith I which he was making the tour, a strange, mysterious man, o f whom antecedents I no one knew, j One most pecaliar circumstance attach- I ed to bis presence was the fact th a t no | m a tte r where seen he Invariably wore I I upon his le ft hand a black kid glove. Speculation was rife . Some guessed it was a bet he was carrying ont, others I ■ that his band bad been disfigured from I I birth, white one even whispered It was H his belief th a t the Count R o m a n o ff, aa I he was known to them, was some escap­ ed political Russian apnvict, who had been branded on the hand. W hen the Captain raised his handker­ chief to bis face, he did so w ith his left hand, and no wonder Roger gave vent to an exclamation when he saw th a t it [ j EVENTS OF THE DAY I suit of the suspension of the Amalga­ mated mines and anselters. Governor Toole as yet has made no announce- i ment aa to his determination in the C H A P T E R I I . —(GsattansdJ O ae afternoon while Carol walked in j the forest, her thoughts apoa the strange < | break that had come Into her Ilfs , she ». tecam e conscious of the fact that she was no longer alone, that some one stood (. leaning against a tree just in front of I, her. W ith a start she looked ap and her j ryua fell upon a strange glrL T here was ae mistaking what she was, „ for, although dressed mack different, and i in much more costly apparel thaa all the 'Sypsies Carol had ever seen, as if She i was of foreign blood, there was the nn- , mistakebie g ym y stamp about her face . and peculiar costume. “ Stay, child o f the house dw eller." she said. "B e not in haste to leave me. 1 I have come here w ith the purpose o f meOt- . lag you, fo r I have something te tell you.” “ Something to say to ms? O f wham would you t a l k r asked Carol, surprised. “O f Roger D a rre l." I T he three words went like an arrow home to the heart of the pale Wy, and the black eyes, quick to see the startled look ° ‘ Pain, took upon themselves a I •» °w th a t on« could easllr imagine waa 1i M tisfactioB. Carol saw thia, and It served to g iv e L her a fictitious strength. She divined now that something terrible was about to bo I mads m anifest, and white her soul sick­ ened w ith apprehension, she assumed a I brave fro n t , “ W h a t would you teU me e< Roger I D arrel, g lr i r , “ H a s It never occurred to you that this lover of yours haa>< secret? There is something in Roger D arrel’s past th a t I [ w ill chill your blood w ith b o r r o /s a k e ie - v 4 I m atter. Dowie. iavlte In P I u *k the Zionist A move la on foot to have a memor­ ial presented to the legislature, in the event it la convened In extra session asking that body to submit to the voters of Montana an amendment to the con- sttutlon providing that eight hours constitute a workday for miners and smelting men Notwithstanding Mayor Mullin s o r I der. every gambling house In the elty was open all night. The four big es­ tablishments were notified to close at midnight, hut they paid no attention to the order. Long after IS o’clock and until-an early hour this morning the houses did a rushing business. President W illiam Scallon, of the Anaconda mining company, and F. I Augustus Heins, both deny that any I negotiations are on for the purchase I of the Heinse properties In Butte. This denial followed a report emanat-l Ing from Boston to the effect that Mr. 1i Heinse had been offered «»,000,000 for his Butte mines. « I ««tiory near Panwna> Nov. 5 _ T h e Independence «■rosy ef the Bdttdary. . (of the Isthmus was proclaimed at 8 Washington, Nov. 4.—John W of*Qreab ’ A “ d X u .ta .tle £ • the Vn.ted State. * OTe_™0 r’ ,B K « * - Cr° * d o t poHUc* 1 Parties has l i r t v e d In W M h in g tfn O,nb^ ton that he hah tried to bury thane years back, but which w ill not be kept under ground. A h ! he has deceived you, u he deceived me. Soft words blind the span. I 'T s you, he is all that is good and noble ucky, Rhode Island arid Maryland, hied and marched to the headquarters I the official text of the com m it hiILrtTSUbmCan* i Carrled v£h*°’ * * * • “ -,< * the government troops, where Gen-1 Bndlngs and all the records ol sea h * t ° t - *■» A b in . „ 0 » W lc u H o » . J . 7 " " I " « . - „ p l.n .U o . troyed «60,000 worth of property the “ * of the RePubllc ot Panama, suits obtained in London and la C bin. i . _____ - ' -- P 1»« en«>“BlB» » » * • Immense, and a t ’h e d a y dined with the Preeiden i f i a - t o me. all th a t la bad.** “ W h a t mean you? F o r heaven’s sake, speak, girt. D o n ’t you see I am stifling« ’ K - £ S r S U « 2 3 i L S ! . 5 gasped Carol, one w hite hand clutching her perfect throat as though she was a l­ An churl as t r o u b l e . _________ were armed, port w,th,n a few Secretar most unable to breathe. - ■ ** he v a i n . T e a k e f ms sometimes, iny Nearly 2 000 men- are idle at I^vratn I battalion of Colombian troops at will enter Into negotiations wltl hio. b e c a u r a o ^ th e ^ h X o t t, o /V k.' J * “ « * fBTOrB th . movement, which British Government for the an Af wicked gleam came Into the gypsy’s lest love, and I —1 shall pray for you." rg . t h ir a * to ® ~ t with the ap- meat of expert a C ra y o n to m a r H a watched her out o f sight, his whole L “L b to a to me. then, daughter of the _ _ I proval of a t least two of the govern-1 linen of the boundary as thev Ihonae d w riler, snd 1 w ill t T y o u " hta fra m e strained to the Utmost tension. P° * i f ‘V tS L ^ “ eral PBy,,e " t ” aak m* Bt transport, now here. • Lean described by the commlssloi O h! w h a t agony was in bis heart, what r about «15,000.000 more thaa the I. The seeming Inaclvity on the part of ;The findings of the commisslc infam y. AU this B arbara M errileh ra a longing la his eyes. prove. T h e man yoa lave, the men who “ I 1««* curat o f Cain mast be upon me," st congressional appropriation. . [the government la not preparing some they will be deposited in the stai has wooed yon w ith soft, heneyed words, he mattered, almost groaned. *?‘I thought A conflict with Russia le regarded 1T.h* B ™.mo” .of the «Prtalag paitmeat, ,bear the signature oi and whom you believe te he the soul e f to Uve down th a t disgrace, but It has r Japan aa sure, sooner or later, and Br? '°? ked upon “ ¡¡ho7 'J Alaer1can commissioners. Lord / h o n o ^ th a t man, Roger D arrel, has a ie w ill not yield one point In the i? * r , Port> mBde by j stone and the American Secret« sprung upon me nnawareu, and rained w ife living, shot up in a mad housa!” eaent controversy. Obaldia the governor at the I Contrary to the common tmprei my life . T h e gypsy hag’s curse h i t Carol Richmond shranh back appalled, w a j _ - — I “*P*rtm ent of Panama, who issued a Canadian charts will be used as those terrible words, a tte n d la a siM- ““ ‘ hanking all political parties basis grf the survey work. It app * Bt Wh, i i p* r by th» n W girl, smote her ireau of yards and docks, recoin- for the adhesion promised to the gov- according to General Foster thai C H A P TE R III. mds an appropriation of »140,000 ernment when R w s . reported a heavy Canadians spent an en \£n o u. ™ eaT5’i. so blood B e » Carol reached' the terrace she curdling lb their slfnificaace th a t her r the Puget Sound navy yard. force was marching in the vicinity of money in the preparation of their very heart seemed to cease beating sod never knew, tor It seemed to her she Senator Mitchell will oppose the I . I and the work of their cartograp Us like lead w ithin her. 8be would have had jn s t parted w ith Roger a f the foot licy of leaders in congress for econ-1 street, of Colon today present- being very much more extensive fallen, but tor the support the tree gave o f the steps where she entered the broad y with a vengeance, and win work the “ “ •■PP®“ ™««ce as etaborate Man that produced as hail, to be confronted by her father, who • a Hbwral river and harbor Mil. o " “ • day* of U e revolution of the American case, was accepts caught her w rist most fiercely. V a * B trb * n Merriles, she stood I “Come into the Mhrary, Carol," he said, rk . ______ . Several hundred troops, who arrived the commission as the staac i . “7 lard. I there W stchiag her victim with the re- w ith Intense passion In his voice. morseless gleam o f a pitiless tigress la Once the library door was closed. L a w ­ her eyes. F o r h illy a miaste Carol was unable to - y . word, tor she w ¿ o“ rencen Richmond turned on her almost e to A * Tery verge of becoming insensible. savagely. The reaction came at last. Carol fnher- der the command of General Lovar, The^Oregon supreme court holds that jlte d somt of the determined w ill o f h e ti I no tax levy can be made next January. who left tor Panama today, but the m oi father, and she recovered by degrees. I t troops still remain here. a began to dawn apon her mind th a t there John M itchell, prenident of the yes-1 might be some m istake; her faith la her I United Minewoikaro, 1a quits ill at ting J ?*♦« wan great, and «h« anuid not be- Scranton, Pa. la lieve that ha would be guilty of each a 1 sriff terrible thing ae this of which the biack- nen I eyed girl accused him. of I “ I t le false I” eke cried; "how dare yoa oax I teU me such a thing? Ton are either insane, or else malicious. W h at reason ave I have yon To hats Roger Darrel, that you kUy Jahould traduce him to me thus? H ow ad- dare you. I say r t8n ‘ he eastern nky the round moon, ei walking In glory, lent her silvery light to w I the world below, and myriads of tw in k- hl ling stars, mysterious lanterns o f the ni le night, were hang about to assist in a tt Bd feeble way, her brave effort. ol n -j Roger was w alking slowly Bp and th p- down w ith his arms behind kirn. W here to his thoughts were could be easily cues»- T! le le d . sad, therefore, w h at must have heeu le la his sstocishmeat to see a rismler, w h i £ The Bilbao, Spain, strikers have re­ turned to work and their demands will receive consideration. I Wyoming w ill moet likely secure the chairmanships of the irrigation tom-1 mittens in the coming congress. ! Governor Dole has been appointed I (district judge for Hawaii. Secretary . darter succeeds him as governor. There ia now only one county seat I town in Montana which has noroilroad communication with the outside. The Toronto board of trade has I passed reeolutiona declaring considera­ tion of annexation with tha United States impossible. An extremely b rillian t specimen o f,; the aurora borealis crippled telegraphic { I service throughout the United States, I particularly in the East. I A Want Virginia mob stoned Dowie- « itea for words deemed insulting. One arrest has been made in Conner-1 tion with the train wreck in Colorado. Sam Parks, the noted walking dele-1 a gate, has been found guilty of extor-, t tion. | a An unsuccessful attempt was made to I u blow up a sw itch engine w ith dynamite ‘ in the Itanver yards. I P A Santa Fe paaaenger train ran into ‘1 aa open switch at Hutchinson, Kan. ,i Three Uvea were lost. b, st robed figure ataadiag ia front of him. th >f " V h^ ' u C ar®1’ " Y >• “ Penny to Ü d e rij W h T ' t o I » “ ‘•erv?" he ..k e d , ten ‘ it Japan may yet block the plan to give Russia a free hand in Manchuria for a I >, simitar onceosion in Corea. The United States ».'11 demand «40,- I •00 from Spain to reimburse school I funds taken after American occupation. L t I t is probable that Governor Dola, of I to Hawaii, w ill be appointed United I f t States district judge, to succeed Morris M . Eatee, deceased. P jj Throw i m b were killed in a collision io, on the Southern Pacific went of Ogden. r,.( Rival candidates for governor in »1« Louisiana engaged in a fist fight. ea< . . I t T" E Tha chief of the marine corps wants I coi to have the barracks a t the Puget sound wh navy yard enlarged. J» Mm. Booth-Tucker, wife of tha head af the Salvation Army, and an rornest I worker, was killed in a train wrack The Colorado mining strike has I «used the national body to order a F ’ walk-out in that state, Utah, New I * o Mexico and Southern Wyoming on No- ® c„n King Peter, of Servia, was the oh- IL*.1 jact of an intended assaaainatioo. bat was warned in time and placed the con­ spirators in prison. Strikers at Bilbao, Spain, continue to terrorise tha town. Dynamite Ke> f r y been used in several instances and the Mln town presents a sorry spectacle. * ♦ | airei Spanish strikers at Bilbao.'aow nam- I and haring 40,000, have resorted to n o th < . J A run oa three St. Louis aaviMS Jtan hanks was started by (alas rnmora, bat ,H u. a ll easily paid deposits. , “ 1 am here to learn the troth. Rower- ftorro'ly" NOt* W # r " e r r ,he M ,d ' « '“ o“ he “> T h e moon toll upon hta face, and ha ao moved aside tato the shadow, hat not ws before Carol had roro the blood l . . p 7 0 dZ his brow '• any, a f I «yea. f t “ Ro* , r I the love and cheeka, and a look o f alarm positiva horror, some into hU er o " « t o * , devpnlringly, “f a , of mercy, speak I Do yon not see th a t I am slm ort dying, d . r l l . g j Oh ' say that it is aot a«; tell ma It was a baas or I I calumny, and I w ill beNevo yon; yss, ba- : lleve you against ah the world. Bpeak Oro my Roger, tell one It b not tru e ? 2« T he struggle in hie mind was terrible mo ¡ M ‘ M 4* nl* d ,U h"0 ’ ' V edge of Norn W a rn e r she would believe R|c W. " “ •• f r o . hroron. n<£ Carol, my love,” he grossed piteous ml« l7' i T ,0 1 «»H IL 1 .to j would give tea y e a n e f my life to wipe and Blame tar TsrrtMa Wrack. out the blot upen the D arrel name. 1 a hi lmIi ‘l ^ #pO" #’ lB<* ’ NoT 4 “ A fter an have bowed my head beneath the ehame Ue^ th a t roam w ith N o r . W a rn e r for years, “ official Investigation by the Big Four £ ® c,“ ls Into the cause of WF wrack sad had come te look apoa myeelf as a ’ General Superintendent Vanwinkle of misanthrope when I met you, sad loved “ ® the company, tonight paid the craw In you." She uttered a taw. piteóse moan at thia, °W t00* * * 11 «P*«l*l was ra- ’ Ttottototo for the wrack because they f or M r ^ v i u w t o « *" * r« ” ,l' * d « « I o n M Qyj‘BW,“ k** • * ,d tha engineer. W. M .m h" “ acher. ot the sjrocial. I . to bTc ,n "e he d,d not have hta train uader control inside the city d,d th* d* * ‘ k aentence passed by judge upon culprit to the prisoner s box sonad w ith more terrible force thaa hta words to her. H e would have come to * « • ’ * ’ b” "otloued him aw ay imperiously. (, . i^ 0 0 ? * ’ R®f * r: 1 B<,t bus] not bat Kr b ¡„ B • • ’o w i t . Remember that hereafter we , l r , eua be nothing te each other. Nora W a r mooI aer stands between ns. Last to as aro b™ ., . 4.—The Rock Tetani all dreams o f happiness. W . m o » to e . X T ? »ndon. tha «150.0W.OOO aaised aa a holding • securities of the rail- «»y the s»r aaWLiates. earned P*r cent on Its out »n stock during the i existence, according Tou recognise me. then. I had not forgotten yon, Roger D a rre l, and thesfaat o f our having once traveled in com paw w ill not prevent me from running mJ sword close to yonr h eart.” rs u in g piraetly Threi Salt Lake City, Leadville, Pueblo,: .1 - Colorado Springs and Denver. roofh sieepiag sad M a n The following morning, a , Roger wai seated on the old log d o te to the little stream in the forest, he was approached by a man wearing the undrees uniform of an o fflc e r/w h o placed a letter ia his hand. O f course It was a challenge W . C. M c B R ID E , O m . A f t - from the duelist Captain. Po rth M d. O r A tow words, and L len t. Carson w a lk ­ in g T h ird St. e d 'a » < y . H e fid not note the trem bling 1 e f the. bnshba close by. or see the white face that was thrust out a fte r his de­ parture. T here had been an eavesdrop­ per to the interview . (To be continued.) .JAfAB A S A U C Y C R A F T . T h e W a s p W e e A l l R e a d y t e B ti.g wg A n y M o m en t. W » .OREGON “What struck me as being n very amusing incident occurred Just aa tha army transport Catania, having on board the First regiment. District of Columbia Infantry. United States vol­ ANO n i o n unteers. was pulling away from Key West, bound tor Santiago, about tha] MR-TRIMS il fin UIT IJUIT 6tb of July. 1SD8,” remarked an ofllcar of the District of Columbia National T o u r l.t s le e p in g C m dill» u Y ia S i Guard, who served with the volunteer regiment. "The Wasp, a converted yacht, which did not appear to be much larger than a full-grown tugboat, when compared with the transport, approach­ ed us. and the officer In command, who P I T * * ”. »k was a lieutenant of the navy, annouuc-1 Portisud ' Ft. Wsi ed. with a megaphone, in a tone tiiat S hort U P acific OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE _________FROM » O B T L A M P . e l us that the com man I ng officer of our ! escort meant business. “ A U w e n t w e ll to r several days, but one perfect afternoon the actions of the Wasp caused excitement to mount high. We were off the north coast of •od Fri. Cuba, snd those nicmlw-rs of the rcgl ■oenf wearing shoulder straps were as- j sembled aft on deck tor officers’ school. All of a sudden smoke began to pour from the stacks of the yacht and she made off like a streak In the direction of a big vessel that Just could be sight­ ed with the aid of glasses In the Ils- tahee toward shore. As the vessels neared one- another each of them dis­ La. Riparla < .< » . au played signal flags and the Wasp turn­ ed back. Tha big craft that bad been sighted proved to be one of our cruis­ er». I verily believe, however, that the yacht would have attacked an) thing In sight, even one o f the enemy's battleships, if the opportunity bad been presented. In the vernacular of the day. the Wasp was palling at .tha traces and eager for a scrap with any thing afloat. ...^ “Aa-we rounded the eastern end ot the la^and." aald the officer, according to the Washlpgtou Star, “the Waep drew afongshje the Catania, snd the naval lieutenant stated, with bis mega phone; ’I move ahead and pnt In at Guantanamo tor news.’ We conclud­ ed that be wae moat anxious to learn If there had been a naval engagement while we were en route from Jiey Too D o o M c ro ttc . “They’ve Club.” given np the Anthon’ "W hy?" “Everybody who bad written a hta torlcal novel was eligible. >i.d th .. I . * * I