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f ¥ < J DAYTON -- HERALD. --- DAYTON WEEK’S POINOS penigs Presented In a Brief and Russia resents pstce talk and regards it a« a moot inopportune time to broach it. A CbjMfaoppoeitfoa to tho treaty of Greet u>t ain with Thilo may upset British pale iation«. General Kuropatkin LA* abandoned h s bo*dq i-it r> at *iu- e , reu.i i ling with tbe tr< opr in tbg field. . Since the fighting bea*an south of Mikden the hua-iau loeees have never been lor a than 2,000 per day. JOY IN RUSSIA ■V the Offensive. Bt. Petersburg, Oct. 20 —Them I» jubilation throughout the city over the news that General Kuropatkin haa re sumed the offensive, and the holiday which began with little heart closed brighter. The erowda in tho streets and the illuminations in honor of the czarevitch’s nameday gave a tinge of brilliancy to an evening otherwiae de pressing, through a constant drizzle of rain. Newsboys up to midnight raced through the thoroughfares with evening extras, shouting “Great Russian vic tory,’’ and the erowda bought the pa pers greedily. Groups of men in bril liant uniforms, or in evening drees at the hotels and restaurants, discussed the change in the fortunes of war, but, aa a whole, the population was slow to take Are. News of the earlier*reverrei “had been received, .stolidly, and the re po^ts of Russian successes and the cap ture oi guns were quietly accepted with satisfaction, but with considerable re- I ueed of them. If I attempted to defend my honor and my Ufo it woo because I hoped that Madeleine would bo restored OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST «fritti»»* A COST or ALIEN’S LIVING. Chinese Spend >7.40, >0.30 Per DUTY or COUNTY judges . durât Mamed alarmed. Japanese British Consular Officers to be In formed of Sofaect’s Death. Belem—Tbe cost of living of Chinese and Japanese laborers form a part of tbe biennial report of Labor Commis sioner O. P. Hoff and It ie shown that the expense of the former is |7.4O per month and of the latter (0.60 , per month. I be information waa derived from numerous reliable sources and estimates received. Though the total difference in the Salem—Governor Chamberlain baa received from the secretary of state ol the United States a copy of a treaty be- tweed the United Statee and Great Britain, wheroin it ie agreed that in com of tbe death oi a subject of one country while residing in the other, and leaving no heirs or testamentary executors in the country where he died, it shall be tbe duty of the local author ities to inform tbe nearest consular officer of the nation to which the de ceased person belonged of tbe eircum- stancee, in order that the necessary in formation may be immediately foi- waided to persons interested- v Acting Secretary of State Loomis Mys that tbe British ambassador com plains that tbe local authorities have failed to carry out the provisions oi this treaty and that it baa sometime* been iound impossible to obtain reports from administrators in regard to the distribution of the interstate estates The duty of giving tbe notice specified, falls, in this state, upon county judges, who have charge ol probate matters. two nationalities, there is a great differ ence in the proportion of the money expended for American goods. A com Tr *opo and ban lite engaged io a bat The emperor marked the day by ap parison is thus made: tle tor coco it ' ( Th oj t. at weie pointing his youthful heir chiei of the Of the total coat of living for Japan- killed and a number wounded. ' , cadet CHfe and by a ukase pensioning cee, 85 per cent ie for food and of thio Fire <*e troyed the work« of th»* the survivors, widows and orphans of 87 per cent ie American product and 13 Arabov Rubber Tiro company, at Set tbe Turkish-Russian war and promoting per cent foreign. The expense for all the retired captains of the Turkish- clothes is 15- per cent of the total, and ae ke , L. 1. Jo », UuU. Russian war to the rank of lieutenants all of this is for American goods. romBhangl at sa va that eblooel Of the total coat of living fot Chi It i- go^urtad be Jspanew) , halte have nese, 81 per cent is for food, end of this sunk the Rm >iaa cruiser Bayun in the , x I 25 per cent is for American goods and Arthur. Japanese Retreat Cut Off. I 75 p^r cent for foreign. Tbe expense fafe iv»r in the *««e of Fillip W b in I Mukden, OgL 30.—It to reported I clothes p 19 per cent of the total, ( seimer on trial in New York f6r a. ‘hat the Ruas an army is advancing and all of thia ia for American goods. reco »,000 sheep . Mptiwabr.be to —4»te -trik«.. r.1 Ratn ta hindering everything. The | -------------- taraeda verdict uf gui*ty. I rivers are bankfull and the fords ar. FULL REGIMENT AT CORVALLIS. Rugg Bros. Decline to Sell Any of , , , , _ , . ' , I impa«sabte. There are, no bridges Their Holdings. A general fallm*r off from thaatt• nd I-tapplies of all sorts aie delayed, Growth of Attendance Make* a at cs of test year is shown by the offie-1 Newa haa juat sieved that th. Pendleton—Rugg. Bros are prepar Change Necessary. ial enrollment fig.ne* at Harvard uni I Japanese'left flunk haa twen driven ing to feed their 9,000 sheep through varsity. Tbe authorities attiibnte th. ^k with heWyloft and its retreat Corvallis—An almost complete reor tbe winter. Five thousand will be fed decrease to some extent to the in* reas Lnt off. A Russian regiment is now ganization of the cadet battalion, and on their farm east of thia place for ing rivalry of Western colleges. I hurried to the e-ene in tne hop» A treaty of pence has been signed be I'd completing the ront. There ws> its evolution intok regiment, is a eon- spring mutton and will be sheared just tween Chile and Bolivia. fighting today on both aides of the grea* wquence of tbe largely increased at before turning on the market. The re Mandarin road. tendance of students at the Oregon Ag- maining 4,009 will be ranged on their Russia still realizes that the pnsitioi I-icultura) college. Instead of about farm east of Pilot Rock and will be of her Manchurian army ie critical. 250 men, tbe ranks are now swollen held over the next season for wool. THOUSANDS NAY BE LOST. Fire destroyed a large rai> in plant The Rugg brothers have nearly 13,- vith about 380. and instead of the bat- near Fresno, burning 299 tons uf seeds 090 acres of tend in the mountains on Emigrant Ship With 2,200 Deopl« alion of two small companies in vogue tbe bead of the Giand Ronde river in raisins. Reported to Have Gone Down. । few years ago, tbe regiment will now Union county for summer range and English war experts agree that th London, Oct. 20. — The Standar* -omprise four full companies of infsn- 8,000 acres between Bircb creex and temporary euc -ees of the Russians ca prints a dispatch from Vienna in thi- ry, a detachment of artillery, a signa) Butter creek, where th^y feed during have little efl.ct in the end. the winter. Snow M-srCely ever liea on „ , .I morning's issue, stating a rumor i •*>rps and the regimental band. 4 Hurters are reported to have kilte „revalent at Flume, on the Adristi The infantry companiea each com- the ground at the tetter much, and lit • Mtnber of elk In the m..dntlne of tt V that a Cunard liner with 2,20* i*riee 64 men, or two more than in the tle hay needs be fed during the- winter IRgiera pattbf Linn county, ;0.ego* L„li)iranls which left the regular United states service. Mounts months. The game uwidenje. tavesiigHtiiig I -ity test week, has svnk uff the Span Mr Rugg says they have no sheep to ire provided for the cavsliy detac *• Accoiding to a Japanese official th I *»b coast in a rt*,rm. ment, comprising 24 men in addition Sell this fall, although they would have Cdnri<lerable ei< Pemmt has be»- Ruraian forces engaged in tbe banl o oflScera. Two field pieces with as- no trouble in disponing of them should gnments of horsea and 16 men and h»-y so desire. Old ewes are selling south of Mukden coneiated of abo*c created here by the report, although it tticero constitute the equipment and from »1 upward and young ewes as 200,000 infantry, 26,000 cavalry ai»' is believed if etch a calamity' had oc *’urred, Landon or Liverpool wonlo personnel of the artillery detachment. high as »2 75 a head, with a market 950 gune. t.ave received news oi it f.om a point The signal corps numbers in men and lor every sheep. They wilt keep theit J. E. Bennett, of Portland, haa ant* . iearer the alleged eceiie of the diear-t»- »ttieers over 30, and the regimental sheep until spring. mitted tbe lowMt bid 'o' tbe conetiin than Fiume. ' and, under command of a lieutenant tion of the government buildings a Telegraphic inquiry made at Liver ■olonel, the officers being newly elected Cordwood Must Find New Market. . 'the 1905 fair and he is likely to b> ■ool, where the Cunard line has it inder the orders providing for the or- Oregon City—The Oregon City man awarded the contract. •litiab offices, elicited no further newr ranlzation, and issued by Lieutensnt ufacturing company has compleetd the A field party cent oat by tho reels Due of tbe officiate declated he had re Quinlan. installation of oil-burning machine)y motion service to investigate the poM • ■rived no such report, and aa far as h* at ita woolen, mills in this city and will .new, none oi his colleagues was 11 bility of diverting tbe walers of t( Athena Wheat Crop Shipped. ilse this more satisfactory and econom ><«eeMion of more Information tha John Day river t<> the Umatilla "Ian 1 Athena —But little of Athena's im ical fuel in the operation of its large vas given to the world by the Btan*i ia Eaetern Oregon, says it ia too coetly <rd. The standard is a reliable paper mense crop of wheat remains in the mills in this city. —The substitution by A r>ngh estimate places the expense a both of tbe paper mills and the woolen It prints the rumor without comment 11 «00,0» for a Canal. «^rehouses, with tbe exception of that mill of crude jetroleum for wood as ing cn it, simply giving ft for what :>nrchaaed and stored here by the mill, fuel reduces to a large extent the de Prominent Oregon men are likely t * worth. \ be indicted for land frauds. ke the greater part was sold early in mand for cordwood in the vicinity and Kuropatkin ie fighting doggedly t the reason and shipped before cars be dealera will t^ave to find another MINERS’ STRIKE ENDED. market for their produce. Fully 5,000 prevent an utter rout of hie forces came scarce, there remains but a small cordr of wood have been required an Tbe Montane mineral di play will b- Colorado Men Looking for Situation.' part of tbe crop to be shipped. Tbe nually tor the operation of the manu transferred from Bt. Louis to Portland Pieston-Parton. Hilling company pur- facturing institutions that have within Wherever They Can Get Them. .hasrd about 120,900 bushels at the last six months arranged to uee All hope of relieving Port Arthu Denver, Oct. 20 —The strike of **11 \dams, Eastland and Athena, and have this season has been abandoned by th* miners of district No. 15, Unite I * heir warehouses flllel to their ca|>ac biV~*» ___________ y Russians. ■«-" Mineworkers of America, which ha I *ty. The elevator eould not be used A Massachusetts commiMionet ha smarted for Portland to select a site Io 1905fair building. A number of torpedo boats bsllew to have been built tor Japan have be> i shipped from Newport News, Va* • A mortar battery exploded at For' Banka, on the Atlantic (neat, killini throd artilglrymen and injuring eigi.v others. . Tbs losses of the Russian army it tbe week of bettie south of Mukden ii placed at 40 000 The Japanese hav< lost half aa many. Tho Fourteneth infantry, now in th* Philippines, will be brought back t< thia country next February and sta tioned at Vanouver barre* ks, succeed ing the Nineteenth, which will be sent to the islands. King George of Saxony, ie deaad. CHAPTER X. Raoul shook Prosper’s hand, closed the doer after him and hurried up the atroet. leaving Prosper standing Immovable and overcome by disappointment. He was aroused from his gloomy reverie by bear ing the red-whiskered man My, in a ban tering tone: “So theM are your friends?" “Tea,” Mid Prosper, with bitterness. "Ton hMid him offer mo half of his fortune T” ’That was very stingy on hie part; why did he not offer the whole! Offers coat nothing, although I have no doubt that thia sweet youth would cheerfully give teu thousand franco to put the ocean between you and him.” “For what reaMuT* “Who knows? Perhaps for the same uncle's houM for a month." “But that is the truth, moneieur, I am sure of it” “Naturally," Mid M. Verduret with, a provoking smile. “But," he continued, with a serious air, “we have devoted enough time to this Adonis. Now, be good enough to change your drees, and we will go and call on M. Fauvel. It Is necessary; so come on. You must have confidence, put on a brave face.”. Prosper had hardly passed into his I bedroom when the bell rang again. M. I Verduret opened the door. It waa the porter, who handed him a thick letter, and said: , . "T^is letter was left this morning for M. Hertomy. I waa m flurried wheu be came that I forgot to band it to him. It is a very odd-looking letter, is it noL master?" It was. Indeed, a moat peculiar mie- eive. The address was not written, but formed of printed letters, carefully cut from a book, aud pasted on the envelope. M. Verduret went into the next room and closed the door behind him. "Herb la a letter for you,” said M. Verduret. Prosper at once tore open the envelope. Borne bank notes dropped out; be counted them; there were ten. His face turned purple. The letter, like tho addres* was composed of printed words cut out and pasted on a sheet pf paper. It was short but explicit: "My Dsar Prosper—A friend, who kuows the horror of your situation, sends this. There is one heart, bo aaauned, tha( shares yens sufferings. Go away; Ies'?» France; you are young; ths future is before you. Go, and may thia money bring you happlnoea!” “ ■ .— “Everybody wishes mo to go away,” cried Proaper; “then there must be a con- aplracy agalnat me.” "Now,” aaid M. Verdnret, “we muat take advantage of thio evidence, gained by the imprudence of our enemieo, with out delay. We will begin with the por- He opened the door and called out. The porter entered, looking very much surprised at the authority exereieed over his lodger by this stranger. “Who gave you this letter?" Mid M. VsrdoreL'' “A messenger, who said he waa paid for bringing IL Ho Ie the errand runner who etanda at. the corner of the Rue Pi- «•Do.” _ "Go and bring him here." After the porter had gone M. Verduret read the letter over several times, scan ning the MntencM and weighing every word. “Evidently thia letter was composed by a woman," he ^finally Mid.' “Never would one man doing another a Mrvice. and sending him money, uee the word 'happiuees.' Now let ua sm If we, can discover whence tho printed worts were taken to compoM thio letter.” I hie season owing to its unfinished con- Exhibit Prom Clnckamas Schools. He approached the window and began I lition and lack of machinery. As soon Oregon City—H. 8 Lyman, superin- to etudy tho pasted words with all tho I is power can be obtained a part of tbe tendeht of tb. educational exhibit for terupiiloua attention which an gntiqua- Mus will be filled for immediate ue . the fa v s and Clark fair, will meet the wouW <l«™‘s to an old palimseat. ’teaciie a of Clai'kamaa county at the I "Bnrsll type,” Mid he, “very elender 1 court bouse in thio city when details' “? ‘h? ‘■.^in and glotey. >een on for a year, has been piacn eally closed np, according to a di» natch to tbe News from Irinida.i olo. s I The com mb ear 1 ea are closed, m*K of the tents have been taken down an. Good Road to Blue River. he men are looking. for situation Eugene—W. T. Can o'1. who has >herevt-r they can get them. All th •teen in charge of the improvement nen wjio were <>n strike up to Octol»- work on the road hading to Blue river. 2 are given union clearance carda. ■ • . . . . _ > j It is nndersto<id that thoee^t tl. r“"'■,,n,P l f Or< *"d T“""'*1 -trikwa who de-ire transportation t* 11 ' Ewne- A force of men and teams lute been employed for two months and ■itber fiehis will be so provi led. < large amount of good road along the William Howells and<dohn him; McKenzie river is the result. Team- «m, president and aecretary, respe* oere hauling over the road report that '->vely, of district 15, will not be can he work has been d >ne in a most sat ■ I Ida tea for re-election for their 'reepec -factory manner,-and that it ie now ive offices at the Mineworkers’ ele* ion, which occurs by referendum vot* «n excellent mountain road. The cost > the county and people contributing taring this month. Robert 8mit> a nearly (6,000. ■reme to lie in the lead for precider sriif Harry Donthwffite for secretan Lane County of *05 Fair. • Brings GoM From Nome. I hE",ww,-th* ^'‘1 All official advices are withheld a< o ,.i a» »». . 'I Eugene Commetcial club, the mat- Seattle, 20. The stramr* I teF nf an eMhibit for Lane county was BL Petersburg and the people are pre ■teronne arrive1 at midnight (ran Lroazht np a„d dl.cnsw1. It U. tba pared for the worst. ^ome with 529 paasrngere add f. 0 » I unaniuioue expression of the members The BL Petresburg Vovoeti admit* 0)0 in gold. The entire trip ».mth Hhe chlb that lhi, coun, ghoo,d edi or! illy that the Ruasiana have suf waa excep ionally stormy, tLere h-lm Mke an „blWt at ,h, fered a telling defeat. no letup at anv time Th. .to.m grew wilB ita rewn„, and that so fie.ee on the 14th that a num» r ol in maki , ,howing. better Russia will rush men to the front waitets were thrown down in th. din I inderatail<Jln!< the variety o! r^ military authorities believe 150,000 ing room and several of them sustained I ^,nrcet *nd the excellence of each will can bo transported by April. •w .v. , i^nfnl injuries Passengers were di , w the ) , „ Ktiu”?1* "XTn 'h’Tn 5rrth\1‘”t ot ‘he in a more effective bility for tbe advance, aa it ia officially I «aa injured. The steatter Olympi 1 is I ___ (u-n otii-rwise denied that he waa ordered to advance | loe to arrive here from Nome to nor-1 7 - ‘ row. Looking Toward New Rostofflce. According to Tangier ad ricca evidence imm < ueon uonwvw** uuis u’ulul11Aisaka —__ _____ . . * a I Oregon City—Postmaster Randall Raiauli intenda to attempt to capture " srer or swasoa tommeMorateff. haa recajTe<i frnR) the office of tbe enp- another European. ' I , , *• «'•“In commemoia- erviaing architect at Washington a let- .... tlon t"e 37th annisermry of the tH inquiring as to tbe amount of space Telephone operators at Portland are tianefer of the territory of Alaska to tbat is now occupied by thepoetoffi. e oa strike. Both sides are confident I the United States. Alaaka day at the Ln(j the land office and asking the and In the meantime the public ia suf- world’s fair was observed today. One amount of rent that'is being paid for ferin < many inconevnienceo. >f the features of tbe ceremony wa> the quarters so occupied. Tbteb con- A senMtion has been caused all I P*viHon of Mdered locally to bean indication that through Russia by tbe presistent ram- * J””* °. *ec' the government anthoritiMat Washing- ore that the Ruwian teaeury Intends to r wh*" *** purchase waa loa are investigating the actual needs draw upon Russian church property in m j T ?.e P’**®l',*tioo speech was of a government building, order to replenish ist war cbmt. „ of _. , — , . . , ..I New York city, to which Governor Goats Take Pair Frizes. The Rus.Ians are goring hbnlou. joEn * Ataafca, to •?? p" 10 ^ri Arthur AddresBee were made by several. Monmouth—Riddell Bros., who are with'kupplies. I ' breeding pure bred Angora goats, took President Francis says the St. Loa is I Withdrawn From Entry. I-ome of their stock to 8t. Louis and un fair lost 11,000,000 by being fotped to Butts, Oct. 20_ A Miner naria) lM*d *h*,n *■ the contest for premiums, elora an Sunday. from Gmt Falla rays: Tbe loralland •wanterd °“« flr,t •we*P- Fire at Kansas City destroyed prop- oflfce today received instruction «“<*«* kid and fourth on bdek arty valued at »100,000. withdraw from all forma of entry 27fi.- kid‘, Tb*F,1«’« y*1* »**n im- r. u J . „u .u - u „ 480 m re. of land, ia eonneciton with tb/lr •*!dltion 01 *»’F V* ----- davelop«! —-------- .U-. pur. bread, the until have a model It U baa that --------- a pouch of mail Mii they k p.,, for tbeJJnited Btatescmiasr Cincinnati, ( u t t withdrawn lire noilh^rt wbteh »to aboard „tiXg Irre^ta^y from will lie errang»^] for the making ol an. exhibit of t-duca|iUD*l Wl rk form tbit county at tbe 1905 exposition. It ia propoeed to have an eiucal tonal exhib it from thia coqnty at the Lewis and Clark fair. In the display in the edu- ational department at the 81. Louis lair the exhibit from this county com pares favorably with- that of other county represented. a iiavu H, u* criffu, uuw i ukiv iv These words are all euLfroi» a prayer book. We will look, at least, aud then we shall bo certain." He moistened one of the words pasted on the paper with hie tongue, and when It was sufficiently softened he detached It with a pin. On tho other side of this word was printed a devout Latin word, Deue.^ “Ah. ha.” he said, with a little laugh of eatisfaction, T knew IL But what haa become of the mutilated prayer book- Packing Houses Closed. Can it have been burued? No, because Freewater—All fruits with the ex a heavy bound book is not easily burned. ception of winter apples are disj>oeed It Is thrown In Mme corner." M. Verduret was interrupted by the of, and all ef the packing houses except the Walla Walla Produce company are porter, who returned with the mesMo- clos d. This c *m;a* y ie pack in < a fen winter apples for Fargo, N. D. Low prices are being reteived for these ap ples, as they are inferior in quality, be ing quite wormy. Growers sprayed faithiuliy, but conditions were such that there are more wormy apples than usual thia season. Bette« prices than usual were received' " by growers, and all realized good prices. Punhasc Entire Output. La Grande—Attoiney Olliver, of Lk Grande, baa completed a contract wbreeby D. M. W. Browne, o( Alaska, and H. H. MCcartby, of Portland, have purhaaed tbeentire product of the pine needle factory at Rnmmei vHle, 1« miles from thia city. This is now tl»e only factory oi the kind in the Unit- d States, and the fibre is ueed for stuffing mattresses, pillows, etc., and an oil is also extra* ted which is used for medi cine, snd a powder, aa an- insect de stroyer. This mill wili be in operation by January 1. Fix Irrigation Ditches. Ml ton—Since the larger part of tbe fruit haa been marketed growers iq this vicinity are engaged in doing work ne glected during tbe rush of the fruit season. A force of men is at work ex* ending the Hudson Bay irrigation ditch into the Hudson Bay country northwest of here and wil’ h veit com pleted in time for are next reason. Another force is eggaged in making a ditch west of here to drain < ff the waste water from the ditches. °^n’ Northern to tbe ed white ia kbo bands of tha Russian |Bt.rnatioi»al boundary, comprising Adams—The paot few days of rain Albany— A new spot of the Ccrvallia have enabled farmers to commence ■?bT‘"?Ur ,D<J •“‘Ipart of th. chain of lakM, rerervoir A Eastern railroad is being constiacted seeding and harrowing. Fully as Targe on to its destination. sites and lands aionfi Milk river. above Detroit. It will run from a lit an acreage of wheat will be fall sown The Rio Grande le etill rising in tle above Detroit ahmoat to the Breiten- New Mexico.. The river is now the bush river and will bo one mile in Pit tabarg, Pa., Oet. RO. highest in 20 years. " length. It will ran through splendid Northwest Wheat Mortela. ore at the Allegheny Coal comi any timber and in being constructed for the There is renewed anxiety regarding | have decided, to oespMd opezationa in- benefit of tlie Curtis Lumbering com- wtUnd— Walla Walla, «l«82c; the dfalitioo of King George, of Box- definitely at their Haiwiek mines next pony, wbicb will setabliah logging ony. whose difikuity in breathing and Saturday. This will almost depoplate a camps along its extent and secure lege •enaral weakness ars saarked. ' vlllaaa nt 1 JIM mab I s Colfax—Club, 70c; bluestem, 78e. for its ita milk mille at win Mill n«. City. satisfaction. At ths other end of the vacant space he saw Cavallloa, who was bareheaded and running. Ho was so ex cited that ho did uot even atop to shake bands with Prosper, but darted up to M. .Verduret and aaid: 'They bare cone, monsieur. Tbvf weqt about a , quarter of an hour ago. a “• m _ Then we have not an Instant to I om .” and he handed Cavallloa a note he had writtea' Mma hours before at Prosper's house, _ ___________ __ “Here, send him this, aud then return at once to your desk; you might be mim ed. It was very raah In you to come out without your hat” Cavaillon ran off as quickly as he had come. Prosper was stupefied. “What!” he exclaimed. "You know Cavaillon ?” "80 It se«^L” answered M. Verduret, with a smile; “but wo have no time to talkcome on, hurry!" And he Mt the example by striding rapidly toward the Rue Lafayette. He euddenly stopped before a door bearing tho number 81. “Wo are going ia here,” ho Mid to Prooper; “come." They went up the stope, and stopped on the second floor, before a door over which waa a largo algn, “Fashionable Dressmaker.” A handrome bellrope hung on the wall, but M. Verduret did not touch it He tapped with tho knuckloe ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ UNAPPRECIATED BENEVOLENCE. I opened as if Mme one had been watching for hie signal on the other elde. The door was opened by a neatly dressed It happened early Sunday morning woman of about forty. She quietly fish- on one of the New York cross streets, ered M. Verduret and Prosper into a where block after block of brown-faced nent dining room with several doors dwellings with high steps dally pre opening Into it M. Verduret asked, in sent their row of heaping ash cans and a low tone, pointing to one of the doors: garbage barrels upon the front pave "In there?” “No,” said the woman, in the same ment. A thin, sour-faced old man in a frayed and shiny alpaca coat waa tone, “over there, in'tho little parlor.” M. Verduret opened tho door pointed turning over the contenta of one ot~ out, and pushed Prosper into tho little these receptacles just as a plump, -parlor, whispering as he did so; benevolent-looking woman chanced to “Go in, and keep your presence of be paaslng. mind.” "My good man," she exclaimed in a But this injunction was um I om . Tbe instant be caat hie eyes around tbe room voice full of pity and eollcltude, "that into which he had m unceremoniously is the trash can you have there! You bMn pushed without any warning, Pros won’t find anything to eat in IL Don't | you know the ordinancea compel sep per exclaimed, in a atartled voice: “Madeleine!” aration? Thia is the food can, and It waa indeed M. Fauvel’a niece, look hereC poking a half-loaf of bread out ing more beautiful than ever. Standing of the heap with the point of her um in the middle of the room, near a table brella, “is a" fine bit, hardly discolored covered with alike and Mtine, she war arranging a skirt of red Velvet embroid even. ““Oh, don’t think I mind doing this ered In gold. At eight of Prosper all the blood rushed to her face, and'her tn the least!” she rattled on, catching beautiful eyea half closed, as if sho were eight of an inexplicable expression on. almut to feint. She recovered from her the old man's face. “I shall be only momentary weakneM,. and tho soft ex too glad if I can help you. I’m just on pression of her eyes changed to one of my way from church and I haven't haughty roMutment. In an offended tone any change or— Now here’s Mme- she aaid: thing else,” spearing a limp banana “You promised me upon your honor, monsieur, that you would never again with tbs end of the umbrella. “Ob, seek my pretence. Is this the way you yes, I haven’t a bit of false pride!" By thia time the old man had found keep your word?" / "I did promise, mademoisaMe, but m bis voles. "Madam," be. sputtered, many things havs happened since that “madam,” his excitement and ihdigna- terrible day that I think I am excusa tlon reducing him to voluble explana ble in forgetting, for one hour, an oath tion, “I’m not looking for my break- torn from ms in a moment of blind weak fasL madam! And I'll have you to ness. It Is to'chance, at least to another will than my own, that I am indebted understand these are my own barrels ,tor the happlnoM of once more finding I you’re poking your umbrella into. I myself near you. , Alas! the instant I saw you my heart bodbded with Joy. I I “Then why--- ” began the good did not think—no, I1 could not think— I woman, in amazement. that you would ptyyajnore pltileM than I "Because a fifty-dollar bin was strangers have been, and east mo off ) swept up with some rubbish last night, when I am m miserable and heart broken.” “Oh, I beg your pardon!” stammered “You know ma well enough. Prosper, to be sure that no blow can strike you ths woman, with heightened color, as without reaching me at tho Mme time. she withdrew. And then to heroelf, You auffef, I suffer with you; I pity you ‘That's Just the way! When one tries aa a Bister would pity a beloved brother.” to do a little good in tbe world It's so “A sister!” said Prosper, bitterly. apt to turn out to be the wrong per- .“Yes, that was tho word you used tho son!”—Youth’s Companion. day you banished me from your pres ence. A sister! Then why during throe years did you deluds me with vain ORTHOGRAPHY IS FAULTY. hopes? Was I s brother to you ths day whqu, at the foot of the altar, we swore Old-Fashioned Spelling B om Would Be a Good Thing. to love each other forever, and you faatenod around my neck a holy relic, There is much complaint that the and said, ‘Wear thia alwaye for my sake, rising generation can't spell, says the never part from It, and it will bring you Albany Argus. True, there was com good fortune!’" plaint that some of the forefathers Madeleine attempted to Interrupt him could not spell. George Washington by*a supplicating gesture; ho would not hood it, but continued, with increased bit- Andrew Jackson and other men eml-> nent in our history conducted a spell- terneaa: “Oue month after that happy day—a as-you-please. Ancient men of letters year ago—you gave mo baek my prom wore poor spellers, in many instances. ise, told mo to conalder myself frM from Still, the average has gone downhill, my engagement and never to eome near It appears. Perhaps the memory of you again. If I could have dlaeoverod in what way I have offended you! But tbe tingling chMke, and the ready no, you refused to explain. You told ma I *n teacher's hand, which ac- that an Invinclbls obatacls had ariMn companied a “spell-down,” makes us between us and I believed you, fool that children of an older growth think that I was! The obstacle was your own I we iMrned to spell better than do heart, Madeleine. I have alwaye worn I these youngsters, nowadays. Usually, the medal, but it has net brought mo wlth the old methods, it did not pay happinMS or good fortune." mla, Mm# word twJee CHAPTER XII. *j “Why *• U‘" th* question used to “Ah, hero you are," he said, encour agingly. Then he showed tho envelope of tho letter sad Mid: “Do you remember bringing thia letter here this morning?" “Perfectly, Monsieur. I took psrtieu- As white and motion lore as a statue, *0, “H*** a11 spellers become far notice of the directions; wo don't Madeleine stood with bowed head before *1(D painters?" Ie It because of the often sm anything like ft" I strict union rales, nowadays, that the “Who told you to bring It, a gentle- the storm of passionats reproach. "Prosper, my brother, my friend, if bad epellers have deserted sign paint- •" ing and overflowed Into the other oc- “Neither, moneieur; it wss a porter. y°u only knew “Very well; I will give you ten franco a day If yon will walk about the streets and look for the porter who brought this letter. Every evenlng'st eight o’clock dome to the Archangel, on the Quay Baint Michel, give me a report of your March and receive your pay. Aak for M. Verduret If you find the man I will give you fifty fraaies. Don’t I om a min ute. Start off!” “Monaleur,” Mid Prosper, when the porter had left the room, “do you atlil think you sm a woman’s hsud in this affair?” “Moro than ever, and a pious woman. could eat np one to write to you. Como on, then; we have certainly earned our breakfast to-day." CHAPTER XI. The visit to M. Fauvel was very stiff and formal. Only a few worda wage ex- rhangsd between tho banker and M. Verduret, who waa introduced aa a rela tive of Prosper, and then the two left the office. : “I hope you are satisfied, monsieur,” Prosper Mid. In a gloomy tone, when they reached the street, “you exacted this painful step, and I could only ac- qulooce. Have I gained anything by adding thia humiliation to the others which I hsve suffered?” M. Verdnret “I eould find no way of gaining acceso to M. Fauvel. save what 1 yi““4 * kaow. I am convinced that Menerei had nothing to do with the robbery.” pod to talk more at their eaM near the corner of the Rue Laitta. M. Verdurst ly looking around as If he expected some one. He soon uttered aa exclamation of .1. » ia < that you uo longer lovw me. and cupatlone? Have that .. . . . modern methods of * that I. love you more madly than ever.] overlooked the desirability of Oh, Madeleine, heaven only knows how trafb^g the boys and girls spelling I love you!" I xnd the three Ra, in order to cram He was silent' He hoped for an an- their little heads with ornamental ac- swer. None came. But suddenly the si- compltehments? lence was broken by a stifled Mb. It I. There has been a widespread belief waa Madeleine’s maid who. Mated in « that of th. old-faahlon- corner, waa weeping bitterly. He turned .a -n.iiin_ k ™ ••■„. ii .„.n tu ailrpriM, and looked at.the weeping I . «P«ung bees, spell up and spell down, ” would be a good thing. The woman; this neatly dressed waiting maid Brooklyn Eagle thinks so to such an was Nina Gypsy. Prosper was so startled that he became extent that it has offered prises, on perfectly dumb. He stobd there with condition that the public school prin ashy Ups. and a chilly Mneation creeping cipals will let their pupils take part through hie veins. Meanwhile Madeleine In a series of spelling matches. But had succeeded in recovering her usual without success. The principals do calmness. Slowly 'and almost unconsci ously she had pnt ou her bonnet and not take kindly to the notice. Tho shawl, lying on the sofa. Then she ap Eagle says: 'The nub of tho matter la Just thio: proached Prosper and aaid: “I wish to tell you that I have for The public school children cannot gotten nothing. But, oh! let uot this epell. Tbe prlncipala of the high knowledge give you any hope, the future •< bools know that they cannot spell, Is blank for ns; but If you love me you as does everybody else who has occa will live. You will not, I know, add to my already heavy burden of sorrow, the sion to receive letters from them. If sgony of mourning your death. For my s aeries of competitions were held thia I most troubleeomo tact of tbe school sake live; live the life, of a good mau, and perhaps the dsy will come when I | Situation to tboM on tbe Inside might ckn justify myself in your eyes. And be revealed to tbe greet body of par now, oh, my brother, oh, my only friend, ents and taxpayer* Then there might ■adieu! adieu!” I arise such a hue and cry for common 8he pressed a kiss upon his brow, and I num and the fundamentale of educa rushed from the room, followed by Nina Gypsy. Prosper wan alone. He seemed tion aa would annoy tho authorities to be aweklng from n troubled dream. who new make out our scientific and He tried to think over what had just pbllooophical course of study, which happened, and asked himself if he were slights spelling for general informa loelng hie mind, or whether be had really tion about everybody from Confucius spoken to Madeleine, and seen Gypsy? snd Buddhs down to Admiral Togo. He wee obliged to attribute all this to If the school should once begin to - the mysterious power of the strange man make time enough fw fundamental* of which spelling to tfrtiy first, there ’ is no toiling bow many fade and frills iff little parlor. I + “No, unfortunately I am not. Made leine has ceased to love me, aud of whar importance is anything o I m T' “Do you suspect nothing? you did not sm what was hidden beneath her words t Perhaps It was not a delicate thing to do. but as long as the object is good we , need not look too closely st the means. I listened, and I am glad that I did. i ' because aovw now • I vmaa can My tv to jvu, you,' Tako ! courage. Prosper; Madeleine loves you; - has never ceased to love you.” she Like s man who, feeling himself at the point of death, puts faith in the doc- tor’a promises, Prosper saw a ray of hope in M. Verduret’a positive asMrtions. “Oh,” bo murmured, suddenly calmed, “if I could only believe------ ” “Believe me. I am not mistaken. Ah, you have not guessed, as I did, the suf ferings of this generous girl, struggling between her love aud what she believM to be her duty. Did not your heart bound at her worda of farewell? She ia not free. In recalling-her promise to you she obeyed a superior, irresistible will. Sho sacrificed hereelf, for whom? W» shall soon know, and the secret of her »elf sacrifice will reveal to ns the secret of tho plot of which you are tho victim." (To be continuod.i V
