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THE TURNER TRIBUNE VOL. VII TU11NKH, OHKCiON, THURSDAY, JUNE R A IL M E R G E R IS A P P R O V E D Houthern-t'entrel Pacific I nlon Upheld OF CURRENT WEEK by Uourt o f Appeals. ............................ i NEW S i FOREIGN NATIONS : STATE IN BRIEF. I OBEY LIQUOR LAW * HI. Paul. — Approval of the Inter- ■late commerce commission's action In authorising the Southern Pacific Brief Resume Most Important railroad to ucqulre control of tha Cen U. S. Government Gratified by Daily News Items. tral Pacific road wus announced Mon Favorable Attitude. day by the United Htatea circuit court of appeals. COMPILED FOR YOU W aller II Sanborn, senior Judge of the court, announc'd that the court "had concluded that the NEW RULES IN EFFECT The Dalle*.— 'Wasco county's bump er crop of ib e rri** this year will total 850 Iona of Itoyal Anne* and 400 ton* of black cherries, according to esti mates. McMinnville.— L W. KUey, presi dent of l-lnfleld college, who has Just returned from the east. Sunday night conferred degrees upon thirty-one graduates of the college. Interstate Eugene—C herry growers of Lane county hare tbelr Irouole* this year. lly to authorise and approve the con Congress May lie Asked to Kemovc T b e crop la short and now wild pigeons and I'a rllc Northwest. and Other In some sections of the county, es trol by lease and stock ownership of llsn Against Foreign Ships pecially In tbe hill orchards, are de Thin g« Worth Knowing. the Central Pacific railroad by the Carrying lieveragra. vouring wbat few cherries are on the Southern Pacific company.” tree*. The loss w ill be heavy. This conclusion, In effect approv Tha village of Whatworth, Que, 1$ ing provisions o f the transportation Corvallla.— Fire Friday night totally Washington. D. C.— With the ship in tiro from Itlvlere do Loup, waa wiped act of 1820, Is declared of far reach liquor regulations effectlvo Sunday, destroyed a barn and contents belong out Monday by forest fire*. ing Importance. In that It tends to up government officials are gratified at ing. to Jarvey Butlla o f this city. Five A am oral waa* Inrreaaa of 3 to 6 hold the present railroad consolidation the attitude taken toward compliance head o f horses and one motor car were among the property destroyed. conta an hour for sklllnd mechanics plan covered by the act. with tb e ju le a by foreign nations. There will be no opinion filed now, and ro< laaslflratlon of marhanlca' Salem.—The state tax on gasoline Announcements coming from Great work ara announced by tha Houtbern but counsel for the department of Jus and distillate produced a total of 2115.- I'a d flc I Inca at Houston. Texas Tuaa- tice and for the Bouthern Pacific were llrllaln, France snd other Important o.'*9 82 In April, according to a state notified to present arguments here on maritime nations that vessels flying ment prepared here by Sam A. Koxer, day. the form tho court's decree shall take. their flags will carry only enough secretary of state. This exceeded' the Tw o thousand member* of tbo bench Appeal to the supreme court still Is and bar board Horratary o f Hlata liquor to meet requirements for bev revenue from the same source for the open to the government. Hughes pload for America's ontranco erage up to the American three-mile preceding month by approximately 25 The court which. In addition to per cent. Into tha world court Tuoaday nlabt at Judge Sanborn, Includes Judges WII limit and that they wilt return "d ry” tha K rn t centennial celebration at Baker.— The first carload of ore for llam 8. Kenyon, Port Dodge, la , and In this respect have been favorably t'olumbla university. Hubert 8. Lewis, Denver, has before received. The position of these coun the Sumpter smelter, which has re sumed operations, was received at the tCugvue Maurer, millionaire paper It the proposed decree of the railroad manufaefurere of Muakegun, Okla . baa company, permitting the control under tries accords with views repeatedly ex plant last week. Tbe ore came from married Mlaa Margaret Waaaerman. the conditions laid down by the Inter pressed by Secretary of tha Treasury tbe Psyche mine In the Greenhorn Mellon that he did not anticipate d if district and was loaded on the railroad "bla 140,000 cook.“ whose especially state commerce commission. prepared dlahae Maurer repeatedly de Counsel for the railroad on Monday ficulty regarding observance o f the at Tipton. Another car was at Tipton ready for tbe smelter. clared meant "Ufa Itself* to him. will move acceptance of this form fur regulations by Important lines. commerce commission had the author Kveata of Noted .I'oupU, ( ¡ o i m i M U Woodrow Wllaon waa serenaded at hla 8 street borne Wednesday by a Hbrlner patrol from areenville, 8. C.. which sang "D ix ie" under bis window and then at his request followed It with "T h e 8tar8pangled Banner.” President Harding will make 14 ad dresses eo route to the Pacific coast on his Alaskan trip and will speak In five roast cities after returning from Alaska, according to an official an nouncement of the executive's Itlner ary late Tuesday at the White House Increases In wages ranging from 1 to 34k cents an hour and from 14 14 to 110 a month, effective May I t aud aggregating approximately 1468.100 an nually. have been granted to 8330 am ployes of tho Northern Pacific rail road's maintenance of way depart ment. Newspaper reports to the effect that Sir Auckland (leddea waa retiring from the position of Mrttlah ambassador to the United «ta le s was characterised as entirely uufounded by Konald Mc Neill. under secretary of foreign a f fairs. In the house of com m on^M oo day. Awarded 260.000, the amount she asked from Dr. Karl Connell for breach o f promise, Miss Violet John stone of llrooklyn, arrived In New York Wednesday from Omaha, where the suit was tried. The case probably will be appealed, the doctor's attor neys said. The state department announced late Wednesday It had received a cablegram from Jacob Uould Bchur- man, American minister at Pekin, which said "there waa no definite In dication of how long It would be be fore Americans and others still held by Chinese baudlts aro released.” Tho United States air service dirig ible TC-1 was destroyed by fire short ly after It moored at Wilbur Wright field at tf P. M. In Daytou, O.. W ed nesday. The ship, the largest of Its kind In this country, was destroyed ( durlng a severe electrical storm. It came to Dayton from 8cott field, Ill inois, on a test flight. Sofia.— Profiteers will be subject to public beatings with lashes, confisca tion of their property and permanent disbarment from business under a bill submitted to the Sohranje (national assembly) Wednesday. This Is the governments' answer to the many complaints that the cost of living has been unnecessarily Increased by specu lation. the decree and the government will have an opportunity to suggest such amendments as It wishes, or may serve notice of Intention to appeal to the supreme court. The court's decreo will be under the mandate of ths supreme court, Issued October 17. 1922. directing the circuit court of appeals to enter a final decree requiring the Southern Pacific to dl- a decree entered carrying out the terms o f this decision. The supreme court had held the Southern Pacific control of the Central Pacific as In restraint of competition and In violation of tha Sherman anti trust act. and the government sought vest Itself of any control of the Cen tral Pacific company. 30 TRAINS CAUGHT IN FLAMING SHED Philadelphia. — Passengers occupy ing sleeping cars In the train shed at the llroad Street station of the Pennsylvania railroad were routed out of their bertha early Monday by a fire. The shed burst Into flames in two or three places. Five alarms were sounded summoning all the fire fight ing force« in the center of the city. Approximately 80 trains were In the shed and several caught fire before they could be moved to safety. excitement prevailed among Great passen gers waiting to board outgoing trains until they were ordered from the build ing by the firemen. The blase started shortly after 1 A. M. An hour later the eutlre train shed was In flames and the baggage room, Just outside the waiting room on the second floor, also was burn ing. One passenger, overcome by the smoke, was taken to a hospital. A number of firemen also have been overcome. The fire spread to the mail room, under the train shed, between 15th snd 16th streets. Scores of men with trucks worked to remove the mall but the blase drove them out. The flames spread westward, away from the station proper which Is lo cated opposite the city hall, one of the largest municipal buildings In the world. Entrance to the station for trains la on an elevated structure from the Schuylkill river, approximate ly eight blocks. Under the tracks for about three blocks are express stations and mail room. All fire apparatus In the city was brought to the scene. Hundreds of streams of water were poured on the flames which shot high Into the air. Eire Chief Davis said that he feared the roof, of metal and glass and cov ering nearly a city block, would col lapse. . Army efficiency requires that atten tion be given to religious matters, den- eral Pershing said Wednesday at the opening session of tha conference with churchmen and welfare workers, call ed by the war department. A ll mili tary training has In It certain elements of moral Instruction, General Pershing said, but be added that "religion con Hood Klver, Or.— Monday a valve In tains tha secret of the Impetus toward a pressure Irrigation system in tho clean living.” Authoritative denial was given W ed nesday to Moscow newspaper reports alleging Ilritlsh Interference In soviet Asia. It was declared that the Ilritlsh goverment had never made any agree ment with the Emir of Turkestan In volving a protectorate of that region and that the statement In the Moscow pspers relative to an alleged Rrltlsh promise to finance and arm antl sovlet forces was untrue. garden o f Mrs. W. L. Smith failed to work. The valve was unscrewed, Mrs. Smith supposing It was clogged by silt. She was surprised when an eight- inch mountain trout shot from the pipe. The system worked- well for an hour and again stopped. A wrench was again applied and this time Mrs. Smith discovered a large rainbow trout. TU measured 18 inches nnd weighed 3V4 pounds. It Is recognised by officials that the regulations are rigid and that they will be a source o f Inconvenience to foreign lines and will even require suspension of domestic laws of such nations ss France and Spain calling for adequate auppltas of wines for beverage purposes for ships’ crews at all limes. Protests from these coun tries. Great llrtlain and other nations were conceded to be natural. At the same time. It is pointed out, the treasury department had no al ternative but to obey strictly the de cision of tbe supreme court and ad minister It ss tbe law of the land. T o do otherwise. It Is maintained, act ually would Involve violation by tress ury officials o f their oath o f office snd lay them open to Impeachment. It was stated that they had nothing to do with the making of the law and are not seeking to pass one way or the other upon Its merits or Its effect In International relations. Nor. It was added, did the supreme court have any authority other than Interpreting the law. Making of tbe law. It has been emphasised, rests entirely with congress. Consequently, It Is pointed out. If any relief Is 1» come to foreign ship ping Interests, the source of appeal Is congress, which cannot be taken until It meets next December. Mean while it will be the purpose of the treasury department to enforce Its regulations through the public health office. It has been suggested, though not plainly stated, that the treasury department may take the Initiative and ask congress when It convenes to remove the ban against foreign ships carrying liquor for beverage pur poses. It Is reported that the pos sibility of such a proposal has been one reason why foreign lines have in dicated their purpose to comply strict ly with the regulations. Poincare's Note Sent. Paris.— Prem ier Poincare's note on the subject of German reparations was delivered In London Sunday for pre sentation to the British cabinet to morrow. It expressed the hope that Great Britain would Join France and Belgium In telling Germany that pas sive resistance In the Ruhr must cense. It says If Germany complies, France will be disposed to consider with her allies a solution of the reparations question, provided the discussion keeps within the limits o f the French proposals of January. Georgia Has Big Storm. Albany —Ten tons of strawberries were packed In barrels Friday by a crew of 50 persons In the Stenberg packing station. This sets a record for daily packs In this plant. Tbe fruit Is packed In sugar In barrels and la sent via Portland to San Fran cisco. where the berries are further processed. Salem.— The state bond commission, at a special meeting held here Friday. Invested approximately 1121.000 of funds o f tbe state Industrial accident commission In school district bonds. The commission is composed of Gov ernor Pierce, State Treasurer H off and E. E. Bragg, member o f the acci dent commission. The Dalles.— Accompanied by a ter rific cannonading of thunder and bril liant flashes of lightening the heav iest rain fall within ao short a period In years was recorded In The Dalles Saturday night. W ater literally fell in sheets, the total precipitation being .7 o f an Inch. The previous heaviest shower during the year was .23 of an Inch. Pendleton.— Umatilla county Satur day was relieved from a sudden at- ta k of hot weather In which the mer cury reached 90 degrees, when a vio lent dust storm, followed by thunder, lightning, hail and rain, cooled the air. The precipitation was an eighth of an Inch. The hail and heavy rain did some damage to the rank growth of wheat, whiih is falling every day. Tualatin. — Boldly barking their truck up to the J. Martinaxxi ranch at Tualatin at 9 o'clock Friday night, chicken thieves took 60 fine Rhode Island Red bens. Members o f the family were entertaining company and piano playing with a chorus of voices gave the robbers opportunity to get the birds without being heard, al though the poultry house was quite near the residence. , Grants P a s s — A fter selecting H ills boro as tbe next convention city, the delegates to the forty-second annual encampment o f the Grand Army of the Republic adopted a few resolutions, thanking the people of Grants Pass for their entertainment, and ended their sessions. The veterans were unanimous In their declaration that this was the best convention in recent years and adopted a resolution to that effect. Medford. — Sevenyear-olil Bobby Lewis suffered minor injuries Friday In a strange accident on the sleep ing porch at his home on the second floor. He was playing on his bed, div ing Into the mattress, circus like. The bed springs functioned well for the first few dives but finally they bounc ed him ao violently that he catapult ed out the window tor a 20-foot drop to the sidewalk, where he landed In an old baby carriage left standing there. Macon, Ga.— Damage estimated at 21,000,000 was caused to Macon prop erty by a storm that broke over this city at 12:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. More than six Inches of water fell In less than an hour and a half, the weather bureau announced. All of the storm sewers o f the city were over loaded. Many of them gave way. The storm was local, extending Reedsport.— A loss of 27500 was sus about 20 mlUw front this city in any tained and the city of Reedsport en direction. dangered when the city meat market owned by Robert Boyer and Frank Wage Agreement Made. Ruhe burned at 2 A. M. Friday. The Chlcngo.— The Chicago, Burlington blase started in tbe rear of the shop, A Quincy railroad qotlfled the rail and before water could be applied road labor board Saturday that it had three terrific explosions o f ammonia made an agreement with Its main tanka spread the flames greatly, tenance of way employes affecting 10,- throwing sparks and endangering the 000 men. The agreement grants fore lives of the fire fighters. T h e blase men Increases In wages of from 24 to was shooting along the wooden streets 210 a month and 1 cent an hour to and the building had caved In before other employe*. any water could be applied. 14, 192.T. NO. MISS LULU BETT By Z O N A G A LE “MY WEDDED WI FE" B Y N O P B I* .—G en eral fertotu m In the house o f her stater Ina, w ife o f H erbert Iren-on. In tho amnll town o f W a r ble ton. L,u|u Bett leads a dull, cramped ealatanca, with which aha la c o u u n l l r at anmlt/, though apparently aatlatled with her lot. Bobby lesrkln, recontly graduated htgh-echoo! youth. Is aocretly en amored o f Doacon'e elder daughter. Diana. The fam Uy Is esctlsd over the news o f an approaching visit from Dascon’s brother N'lnlan, whom be had not a, eo (o r many y e a rs Uaespoctadly. N iele n a r rives. Thus he becomes acquainted with Lulu first and understands her position In tha house T o Lulu. Nlnlan la a m uch-traveled man o f tho world, and even tha alight In terest w hkh ha takas In l.ar la appreciated, because It Is something new tn her life. A t an outing which tho fa m ily takas. Nlnlan and Lulu become confidential. Ha es- preaaea hla disapproval o f her treatm ent a s n sort o f dependent In the Deacon home. M a n a and Bobby, tn tho course o f "s o ft noth ings.'* discuss Ilia possibility o f eloping and “ surprising tha whole school. “ Iculu has awakened to pleaeant possibilities concerning Nlntan'e Intentions toward herself. IV July. When, on a warm evening a fort night later, Lulu descended the stain dressed for ber Incredible trip to the city, the wore the white waist which the had often thought they would “ use” for ber If the died. And really, the waist looked as If It had been planned for the purpose, and Ita wide, upstanding plaited lace at throat and wrtst made her neck look thinner, her forearm slurp and veined. Her hair she had "crimped" and parted In the middle, pnlfed high— It was so that hair had been worn In Lulu's girlhood. “ Well I” said Ina. when the saw this coiffure, and frankly examined It. head well back, tongue meditatively teasing at her lower Up. For travel Lulu was again wearing Ina's linen duster— tbe old one. Nlnlan appeared. In a sack coat— and hla diamond. Ills distinctly con vex face. Its thick, rosy flesh, thick mouth and cleft chin gave Lula once more that bold sense of looking—not at him, for then she was shy sod averted her eyes— bat at hla photo graph at which she could gate as much as she would. She looked up at him openly, fell In step beside him. Was he not taking her to the city 7 Ina and Dwight themselves were go ing because she. Lulu, bad brought about this party. “ Act as good as you look, Lulle," Mrs. Belt called after them. She gave no Instructions to Ina, who was mar ried and able to shine In her conduct. It seemed. Dwight waa cross. On the way to the station he might have been heard to take It up again, whatever It wua. and his Ina unmistakably said: "W ell, now. don’t keep It going all the way th ere "; and turned hack to the others with some elaborate comment about the dust, thus cutting off her so-called lord from bis legitimate retort. A mean advantage. The city was two hours distant, and they were to spend the ulglit. On the train. In the double aeat. Nlnlan be side her among the bags. I.ulu aat In the simple consciousness that the people all knew that the too had been chosen. A man and a woman were opposite, with their little boy between them. I.ulu felt this woman's supe riority o f experience over her own, and smiled at her from a world o f fel lowship. But the woman lifted her eyebrows and stared and turned away, with alow and Insolent winking. Nlnlan had a boyish pride In his knowledge o f places to eat In many cltlea— as If he were leading certain o f the tribe to a deer run In s ktrange wood. Nlnlan took his party to a downtown cafe, then popular among business ana newspaper men. The place was below the sidewalk, was reached by a doxen marble steps, and tbe odor o f Its grtddle-rakes took tbe air o f the street. Nlnlan made a great show o f selecting a table, changed once, called the waiter "my man" and rubbed soft hands on "W hat do you say? Shall It be lobster?" He ordered the dinner. Instructing the waiter with painstaking grufTness. "N ot that they can touch your cook ing here. Miss I.ulu,” he said, settling himself to wait, and crumbling a crust. Dwight, expanding a bit In the aura o f the food, observed that I-ulu was a regular chef, that was what Lulu was. He still would not look at his wife, who now remarked: "Sheff, Dwlghtle. Not cheff." This was a mean alvantuge. which he pretended not to hear— another mean advantage. “ Ina," aald I.ulu, "your hat's Just a little mite— no, over the other way.” “ Was there anything to prevent your a pea ¡.ini; of that beforet” Ina Inquired acidly. ” 1 started to and (hen somebody always said something," said Lulu humbly. Nothing could so much as cloud Lula's hour. She was proof against any shadow. "Say, but you look tremendoua to night." Dwight observed to her. Understanding perfectly that this was said to tease hla wife. Lulu yet flushed with pleasure. She saw two women watching, and she thought: "They’re feeling sorry for Ina— no body talking to her.” She laughed at everything that the men said. She passionately wanted to talk herself, “ n ow many folks keep going past," she said, many times. C vp/rlgk l b f D. Appleton A C e a p w f At length, having noted the details o f all the clothes In range, Ina'a Iso lation palled upon tier and she set herself to take Nlnlan's attention. She therefore talked with him abont himself. “Curious you've never married. Nln." she said. “ Don't say It like that," he begged “ I mlgi i yet." Ina langhed enjoy ably. “ Yis. you might I” tbe met this. “ She wants everybody to get mar ried. but she wlshee I hadn’t,” Dwlgbt threw In with exceeding ran cor. They developed this theme exhaus tively, Dwight usually speaking tn the third person and always with hla shoulder turned a bit from hla wife. It waa Inconceivable, the gusto with which they proceeded. Ina bad as sumed for the purpose an air distrait, casual, attentive to the scene about them. But gradually her cheeks be gan to barn. "She'll cry," Lain thought In alarm, and aald at random: “ Ina. that hat la so pretty— ever ao much prettier than the old one.” But Ina aald frostily that she never saw anything tbe mat ter with the old one. “ Let ns talk.” aald Nlnlan tow, to Lain. “Then they'll simmer down. He went on. In an undertone, abont nothing tn particular. I.ulu hardly beard what he said. It was so pleasant to have him talking to her tn this confidential fashion. and she was pleasantly aware that bis manner was open to misinterpretation. In the nick o f time the lobster was served. Dinner and the play— the show, as Nlnlan called It. T b it show waa “ Peter Pan,” chosen by Nlnlan be cause the seats cost the most o f those at any theater. It was almost Inde cent to see bow Dwight Herbert, the Immortal aoul, had warmed and melt ed at tbeae contacts By the time that all was over, and they were at the hotel for supper, such was hla pleasurable excitation that he was once more playful, teasing, onee more the Irrepressible. Rut now his Ina waa to be won back, made It evident that the was not one lightly to over look, and a One firmness sut upon the little doubling chin. They discuseed the play. Not one of them had understood the story. “ Why Not Say the Wadding Service?" Asked Ninian. The dog-kennel part— wasn't that the queerest thing? Nothing to do with the rest of the play. “ I was for the pirates. The one with the hook— he wus my style,” said Dwight. "W ell, there it Is again,” Ina cried. “ They didn't belong to the real play, either.” “Oh. well,” Ninian said, "they have to put tn parts. I suppose, to catch everybody. Instead o f a song and dance, they do that." “ And I didn't understand," said In«, “ why they all clapped when the prin cipal character ran down front and said something to the audience that time. But they all did.” Nlnlan thought this might have been out o f compliment. Ina wished that Monona might have seen, con fessed that the last pari was so pretty that she herself would not loo k ; and into Ina'a eyes came their loveliest light. Lulu sat there, hearing the talk about the play. “ Why couldn't I have said that?” she thought as the others spoke. All that they said seemed to her apropos, but she could think of nothing to add. The evening had been to her a light from heaven— how conld she find anything to say? She sat tn a date o f happiness, her mind hardly operative, her look moving from one to another. At last Nlnlan looked at her. "Sure you liked It. Miss Lulu?” “Oh, yea! I think they all took their parts real well." It was not enough. She looked at them appealingly, knowing that she had not said enough. “ Tou could hear everything they said,” she added. “ It was—" ahe dwindled to silence. Dwight Herbert savored hla rarebit with a great show o f long »rinkled dimples. "Excellent sauces they make h er»— excellent.” he aald, with the frown o f an epicure. "A tiny wee bit more Athabasca." he added, and they all laughed and told him that Athabasca was a lake, o f coarse. O f course be meant tabasco, Ina aald. Their en tertainment and their talk waa o f 'hla tori, for an hour. “ Well, now." aald Dwlgbt Herbert alien It wes finished, “ somebody dance on tbe table.” “ Dwlghtle r “ Got to amuse ourselves somehow. Come, liven np. They'll begin to read the funeral service over us.” “ Why not say the wedding service?" asked Nlnlan. In the mention o f wedlock there was always something stimulating to I/wight, something o f overwhelming humor. He shouted a derisive en dorsement of this proposal. “ I shouldn’t object," said Ninian. "Should you. Miss Lulu?” Lulu now burned the slow red o f her torture. They were all looking at her. She made an anguished effort to defend herself. “ I don't know it,” the said, “ ao I can't aay it.” Nlnlan leaned toward her. "L Nlnlan, take thee, Lula, to be my wedded wife,” be pronounced. “That'* the way It goes!” “ Lulu daren't say I t c r i e d Dwight. He laughed so loudly that those at the near tables turned. And, from the fastness o f her wifehood and moth erhood Ina laughed. Really, it was ridiculous to think o f Lulu that way . . . Nlnlan laughed, too. “Course ahe don't dare say It,” he challenged. From within Lulu, that strange Lulu, that other Lulu who sometimes fought ber battles, suddenly spoke out: ”1, Lulu, take thee, Nlnlan, to be my wedded husband." “ You will?” Nlnlan cried. “ I will,” she said, laughing tremu lously, to prove that ahe, too. could Join tn, could be at merry as the reat. “ And I wilL There, by Jove, now have we entertained yon, or haven't we?” Nlnlan laughed and pounded hla soft fist on the table. “Oh, say, honestly!” Ina waa shocked. “ I don't think you ought to— holy thing»—what's the matter. Dwlghtle?” Dwight Herbert Deacon's eye* were staring and his face waa scarlet. “ Say. by George." be aald. “ a civil wedding is binding In this state.” “ A civil wedding? Ob. well— " Nln- lan dismissed It. “ But L ” said Dwlgbt, “ happen to be a magistrate.” They looked at one another fool ishly. Dwight sprang up with the In determinate idea o f Inquiring some thing o f some one, circled about and returned. Ina had taken hit chair and aat clasping Lnlu'a hand. Nlnlan continued to laugh. “ I never saw one done so offhand." said Dwight. "But what you've aald la all you have to say according to law. And there don't have to be wit nesses . . . aay!" he aald, and sat down again. Abov* that shroud like plaited lace, the veins o f Luln's throat showtd dark as she swallowed, cleared her throat, swallowed again. “ Don't you let Dwight scare you,” she besought Ninian. “ Scare me I” cried Nlnlan. "Why. I think It's t good Job done. If you ask me.” Lula's eyes flew to hts face. As he laughed, he was looking at her, and now he nodded and shut and opened hts eyes several times very fast. Their points o f light flickered. With a pang o f wonder which pierced her and left her shaken, Lnlu looked. Hla eyes continued to meet her own. It was exactly like looking at hla photograph. Dwight bad recovered his authentic air. “ Oh, well." he said, "w e can Inquire at our leisure. I f It Is necessary, I should say we can have It set aside quietly up here In the city— no one'll be the wiser.” “ Set aside nothing I” said Nlnlan. “ I'd like to see It stand.” - “ Are you serious, Nln?” “ Sure I'm serious." Ina Jerked gently at her sister*» arm. “ Lu lu ! Tou hear him? What you going to say to that?” Lnlu shook her head. "H e Isn't tn earnest." she said. “ I am In earnest— hope to die.” Nln lan declared. He was on two legs o f his chair and was slightly tilting, so that the effect o f hla earnestness was Impaired. Bat he a ss obviously In earnest. They were looking at Lulu again. And now she looked at Nlnlan, and there was something terrible In that look which tried to ask him, alone, about this thing. Dwight exploded. "There was a fe l low I know there In the theater,” he cried. “ I'U get him on the line. He could tell me If there * any way— ” and was off. (TO BE CONTINUBO.) Hat Had Long Vacation. One o f the national standard weights o f the United State* has not been used for actual weighing since It waa received from tbe International bu reau In 1880.