The Stayton mail., March 27, 1908, Image 6

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twe nunoreit and tUTy pounds, which fh -r
would increase to five hundred in case of
success; of course, by that we mean com
plete success such as would be likely to
attend your exertions."
When the young man hail finished, the
major stood up with his face to the empty
fireplace, his legs far aimrt, his chest In­
flated, and Ills issiy risking isiiulerously
Imckwards mid forwards.
••led me be quite sure that I under­
stand you,” he said. "You wish me to
go to Kussin? You have the gtsnliicss to
suift.- 1 -st that on me way I should r«s>k
me fellow passengers In the bi»at?”
"That ia to say, If you think It worth
your while."
" Quite so.
If I think It worth me
while. I am then to pretend to discover
ivrtain *liauu>nd mines, and uiu to gl
»'light to me Htnry by the fact that I am
known to ls> a man of gissi birth, and also
by exhibiting some rough stones which
you wish me to take out with me from
Kngland.”
“ Quite right, major,” Kira said eacour-
agingly.
” 1 am then to telegraph or write this
lie to Knglitiul and gel it iuserted in the
papers ?’’
“ That’s nn ugly word," Kira remon­
strated. "This 're|«>rt’ we will say. A re­
port may be either true or false, yon
know.”
"And by this report then," the maior
continued, "you reckou that the mark <t
will Is* so affected that your father and
you will be able to buy and sell in •*
manner that will lie profitable to you.
tint by which you will do other people out
of their money.”
"Y ou have an unpleasant way of put­
ting it,” slid Kira with a forced laugh;
“ but you have the idea right."
“ 1 have another idea as well,” roar.il
the old soldier. Hushing purple with | k is -
ion. " I ’ve an idea that if I was twenty
years youuger I'd see whether you'd fit
through that window, Master Gird leal one.
I’d have taught you to propose such a
scheme to a mau with blue blood in bis
veins, you scoundrel!”
Kira fell back In h.s chair. He was
outwardly composed, but there was a
dangerous glitter In his eye, and his fa<*e
had turned from a healthy olive to a dull
yellow tint.
"You won't do It?” he gasped.
“ l*o it! D'ye thinly a mau who's wo>*n
Her Majesty's si-arlet jacket for twenty
years would dirty his hnnds with such a
trick? I tell ye, I wouldn't do it for all
the money that ever waa coined. I-«<>k
here, G ini lest one, I know you, but you
don't know m e!”
The young merchant sat silently In his
chair, with the same livid color upon his
face and savage expression in his eyes.
Major Tobins Clutterbuck stood at the
end of the table, stooping forward so as
to lean his hands upon it, with his eyes
protuberant and his scanty grey fringe in
a bristle with indignation.
"W hat right had you to come to me
with such a proposal? 1 don't set up for
h> ing a saint, but I've some morals, such
as they are, and I mean to stick to them.
One of my rules o f life has been never
to know a blackguard, and so. me young
friend, from this day forth you and I go
on our own roads. I'm not |>artlcular,
lait you must draw the line somewhere.
I draw it at you.”
It struck the waiters st Nelson's well
known restaurant ns a somewhat curious
thing that their two custcaners should
walk out with such very grave faces anJ
iu so unsociable a manner.
CH A PTE R VI.
Tile revelation of the real state of the
film's finances was a terrible blow to Kara
Girdlestone. To a mau of his overbear­
ing temi»»NtiiouN din» wit Ion failure and
poverty were bitter things to face. All
hla life he had reckoned, as a matter of
course, that when his father iwased away
ho would lie left almost a niill.onnire. V
H er A^e.
single half-hour's conversation had shat
New York, with 4.000,000 population,
“ IIow old do you think that woman tered this delusion, and left him face to
had been adding to its total in the three
face with ruin.
years preceding 1005 at the rate of 100,- la?"
000 a year. Philadelphia, with a little
He proctssled to qualify himself as a
"I wouldn’t like to say, but I’ ll bet
less than 1.500,000 population, had in­ she owns up to being several years dealer iu diamonds. It happened that he
creased at the rate of 30,000 a year.
younger than any other woman you »a s acquainted with one of the part
ners of the firm of Fugger & Stolta, who
|
care
to name.”— Philadelphia Press.
N eedless S s e r l lc t .
did the largest import trade in precious
Mr. Flippun— Maria, here's that $25
stones. Through Ins kindness lie received
G iv in g S ister Avray.
you say you need for a new hat. By the
practical instructions iu the variety and
Little Kitty (entertaining him )— Mit> value of diamonds, and learned to detect
way, Maria, do I ever talk in my sleep?
Mrs. Flippun—Thanks. No, John, you tie thinks a lot of you. air. Wellon.
ail those little flnws and peculiarities
Elderly Suitor— Does she, dearie? How which are only v.sibie to the eye of nil ex­
never do.— Chicago Tribune.
do you know?
pert, and yet are of the highest impor­
Little Kitty— She says you’ll be the tance In determining the price of a atone.
M a y b e So.
SquiggB— Why do they call theaa darliagest old meal ticket that ever hap With such opportunities Kira made rapid
i pened.
progress, anti within a few weeks the.-e
Interurban cars '‘ limited?”
were
few dealers in the trade who had 4
Squaggs— Because such
a small
No Need o f a F ire.
better grasp of the subject.
number o f people who travel on them
“ W asn’t It aw fu l?” exclaim ed th«
Karly one April afternoon the major
get to their destination alive.— Toledo apartment-house girl.
"T he furnace was strutting down St. James street,
Blade.
was entirely out last night.”
frock coated and kid gloved, with pr.e
” 1 never noticed It,”
replied
het tubernnt cheat and glittering shoes which
chum.
peeped out from beneath the ilaintiest of
"W h at? Never noticed It? And you gaiters. Young Girdlestone, who had l>een
sat In the cold parlor for two hours on the lookout from a club wiudow, ran
with that youDg man. W ho was It across and intercepted him.
“ How are you. my dear major?” he
anyway ?”
cried, advancing u|s>n him with on:
“ An old flame.”
stretched hand and n* much show of
geniality as his nature permitted.
P ra ctical
D em on stration .
“ How d'ye do? How d’ye do?” said the
Teacher— As to those old superetitiom
acts gently ^yet prompt­ we have been talking about, they are all other somewhat pompously. He liad mane
exploded. Nobody believes now, for In- i !??_. * .m n<* * ,at “ “ thing w-u s to be don-
the young man. and yot tie was r--
ly on the houels,cleonses stance, that it brings bad luck to walk with
ltirtant to break entirely with one whose
'jnder a ^ladder.
Shaggy Haired Pupil— I do, ma'am. 1 purse was well lined.
the system effectually, walked
“ I’ ve been wishing to speak with yon
under a ladder once, and it fell
for some days, major,” said K/ra. ” 1
on
me.
Qssists one in overcoming
wish to speak to you quietly on a matter
N o t C u t t in g P rices.
of business, t^ n you meet me at Nelson's
h abitu al constipation
Caller— Is that the best you can prom- Cafe at four o’clock? I know the man-
ise me— a wife fifteen years older that eger, and he'll let i
hare a private
permanently. To get its I am, with a sharp nose, thin lips, and s room.”
sour disposition?
"I'd ask you round to me own little
Fortune Teller— What more do you ex­ place,” the major said, “ but it's rather too
ben eficial e j e c t s buy
pect? Did you think you could get a rea) far. Nelson’s at four. Bight you are i”
affinity for a dbllar?
It was clear to him that some service
th e genuine.
or other was erpected of him, and it
iionujact u red by t he
A
L egisla tiv e
Paradox.
was obviously his game therefore to hang
“The representative part o f the Brit back and not ap|s-ar to be too eager to
lsh Parliament is a practical paradox.” , enter into young Girdlettoue's
views.
“ W hy?”
When he presented himself at the en­
“ Because It is a house o f common! trance of Nelwon's Cafe the young m*T-
and yet peerless among legislatures.” — chant had been fuming ami chafing iu
SOLD BY LEAOINC DRUGdSTS-50* p.-BOTTLt
Baltimore American.
the witting room for five and twenty tnin-
C H A P T E R V II.
ntea.
There were rejoicings in I’ hillimor.*
L o c a l C olor.
"I'll tell you why I wanted to have a
SAVE THE CARTON TOPS
George, I shall need some money to chat with you, major,” Kira said, having Gardens over Tom's engagement, for the
and Soap Wrappers from
dav.'
first opened the door suddenly and glanc­ two old p e o p le were both heartily fo*id
“ What for?”
ed out as a precaution against eavesdrop­ of Kate— “ Our Kate," as they were wont
"There's a white sale at one of th» pers. “ I have to be cautious because proudly to call her. The physician chafed
Product* and exchange them for
stores, and I want to attend it.”
what I have to say affects the interest of at first over the idea of keeping the mat­
VALUABLE PREMIUMS FREE
“ A white sale? All right, Laura. A the firm. I wouldn't for the world have ter a secret from Oirdlewtone. A little
*0 pax* U lm stratad c a t a lo g « * o f 1000 a r tic le * f iv * n
few silver dollars will do for that, won't anyone know about it except yourself. We reflection served to show him, however,
a w a y FREE
A d dress
PA CIFIC COAST BOKAX CO . O aklaad. Cal.
they?”
have a difficult enterprise on which we that there was nothing to tw gained by
are
about to embark,” Kira said. "It is informing him, while Kate's life, during
Spread of K n o w le d g e .
IT ’ S F R E ^ 1
one
which will need great skill and ta-*t. the time that she was forced to remain
Teacher (at night school)— What is i
“ SEN D FOR IT N O W ” •acred
though
it may be made to pay well if under his roof, would is* more tolerable as
cow, and why is it so called?
long us he was kept in ignorance of it.
The Beat Fruit Tree and Berry Plant
Shaggy Haired Pupil— “ Sacred cow” ii properly managed. For this enterprise
After breakfast one morning, the doc­
Catalog in the Northwest
we
require
an
agent
to
perform
one
of
• corruption of “ sick red cow,” its sick
tor a s k e d his son to step with him intd
the
principal
parts.
This
agent
must
pos­
ness being caused by a large hump oi
sess great ability, and, at the same time, the library. “ You must do something to
192 Front St., Portland. Oregon its shoulders.—-Chicago Tribune.
be a man on whom we can thoroughly k e e p you from mischief, my ls>y,” he sa-d
L ocatin g H im .
rely.
Y'ou are prepared to put yourself at ijust, brusquely.
“ I'm ready for anything.” replied Tom,
“ Where’s the man that’s at the bottom at our orders on condition that you arc
“ but I don’ t quite see what I am fitted
of this fuss?” demanded the policeman, well paid for it?”
forcing his way into the center of the ex- j "N ot so fast, me young friend, not so for.”
cited crowd.
^fnst!” said the major. “ Let's bear what
“ First of all. what do you think of
“ He's there, all right!” said one of ths It is that you want me to do, and then this?” the doctor asked abruptly, hand­
eager spectators. “ The other man's still I ’m ready to say what I’ ll agree to.”
ing a letter over to his son, who opened
on to p !”
Thus encouraged, B*ra proceeded to it, and read as follow s:
"Dear Sir— It has come to ray knowl­
unfold the plan upon which the House of
Kerry s Heeds
E n viron m en t.
Girdlestone depended. Not a word did he edge through my son that your boy has
are the best know n and
“ Madame, your husband doe* not seem say of ruin or danger, or the reasons abandoned the study of medicine, and
the most reliable set*!» grown.
Every package has behind It the reputation
to have any organic trouble,” said rht which had Induced this speculation. On that you are still uncertain as to his fu­
o f a house whose business standards are the
highest In the trade.
*>k^**c'* n'
.
•
. . .
I the contrary he depicted the affairs of thp ture career. I have long had the inten­
Land sake*, n o !” exclaimed M rs.' firm
„ — as
__ being In _______
„ ..¡„ v .,______
F e r r y * » 1 9 0S Seed A e n o e l w ill be m ailed FRP.K
a mott « flourishing
condi­ tion of seeking a young man who might
to all appllcauta. It eon u u n i co lo re d plate*, m any
Pneuritch. “ Not in this neighborhood. tion, and thin venture as simply a small, join In our business, and relieve my old
engru rings, and fa ll description*, prices and direcUons
But the folks that live next door to us
fo r plantlnk- o re r ]*», Tar’ et'.e* o f V egetable and
insignificant offshoot from their business, shoulders of some of the burden. Kira
F low er Seed*. Invaluable to a ll. Send fo r it.
bave a graphophone that worries him
undertaken as much for amusement as for uiges me to write and propose that your
D. M. FIRRY A CO., Detroit, Mioh.
l nearly to death.”
any serious purpose. Still, he laid stress sou should become one of us. If he has
upon the fact that though the sum in any taste for buxines* we shall be happy
question was a small one to the firm, yet to advance his interest in every way. He
it was a very large one in other men’s would, of course, have to purchase a
eyes. As to the morality of the scheme, share in the concern, which would amount
that was a point which Kira omitted en­ to seven thousand pounds, on which he
tirely to touch ujsin. Any comment upon would is* paid interest at the rate of five
that would, he felt, be superfluous when per cent. By allowing this interest to
dealing with such a man as his compan- accumulate, and investing also his share
of the profits, he might in time absorb a
ion.
large (»ortion of the business. ‘In case ho
"And
now,
major,”
he
concluded,
"pr-v-
IT IS WONDERFUL HOW QUICKLY THB
vided you lend us your name and your joined us tifton this fooling we should
PAIN AND STIFFNESS CO WHEN YOU USB
talents to help us In our speculation the have no objection to his name appearing
firm are prepared to meet you In a most as one of the firm.
"W ith kind regards to your family, and
liberal spirit in the matter of remunera­
tion. Of course, your voyage and your ex­ hoping ttiat they enjoy the great blessing
penses will be handsomely paid. You will o f health, I remain, aincerely yours,
THIS WELL-TRIED, OLD-TIME
"JO H N GIRDLKrtTONK.”
have to travel by steamer to Ht. Peters­
REMEDY FILLS THB BILL
“ Wliat d’ye think of that?” the doctor
burg, provided that we choose the I ’ ral
2 6 c . —ALL DRUGGISTS.— 6 0 « .
Mountains as the scene o f our imaginary asked when his soil had finished reading
find. I hear that there is high play going it
on aboard those boats, snd with your
“ I hardly know,” said Tom. "I should
well-known skill you will no doubt be like a little time to think It over.”
able to make the voyag" a remunerative
“ Seven thousand pound* is a good
one. We calculate that at the most you round sum. It is more than half the total
will be In Russia about three months. capital which I have invested for you.
Now, the firm thought that It would be On the other band, I have heard thoto
rsry fair If the/ wer* to guarantee you who ought to know say thsrs is not a
About 100,000 net* are in use during
the herring season by the 800 fishing
Reporter— I suppose you don’t know
smacks of the Netherlands. A net iaats what the Senator thinks about this tariff
about three seasons, but owing to losses reform business?
from storms and other causes between 40,- I Senator's Private Secretary— No : no
900 and 50,000 new nets are purchased mor* than you do. I only know what be
says about it.
annually.
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sounder or better manage«! concef» in
London. There's no time like the pressnt,
I’om. Get your hat. and we'll go down to
Fsuchurch street together and look Into
A."
It was a proud day for the ex-medlca.
student when lot first entered the count-
-ng house of the African firm and realised
that he was one of the governing poweix
in that busy establishment. Turn Dlms-
dale's mind was an Intensely practical
one, and although he had found the study
o f science an Irksome matter, lie was able
t > throw himself into business with uu*
common energy and devotion. The clerks
scon found that the sunburned, athletic
lo o k in g young man Intended to be any­
thing but a sleeping isirtner, and Isitb
they and old Oilray respected him accord­
ingly.
Girdlestone called him into the offlcs
one day, ami congratulated hkn ui>ou the
progn-ss which he was making.
“ My
dtar young man," he said to him in his
patriarchal way, "I nin delighted to hear
of the way ill which you identify yourself
with the Interests of the firm. If at fir.it
you find work allotted to you which may
appear to you to he rather menial, you
must understand that that is simply due
to our desire that you should IDSStrr the
whole husine** from its very founds-
tlona."
"Thera is nothing I deaire better,” said
Tom.
"In addition to the routine of offlex
work, aud the superintendent*« of the
clerks, 1 should wish you to have a thor­
ough grasp of all the details of ths ahi|>-
ping, and of the loading and unloading
of our vessels, as well as of the storage of
goods when landed. When any of our
ships are in, I should wish you to go down
to the dis-ks ami to owrluok everything
which is dune.”
In one respect Tom IHmadale was itn
measurably the gnluer by his connection
with the linn, fur w.tliout that it Is diffi­
cult to say how ho could have found oi>-
portuuities for breaking through the t>ar-
rier which s*|Nirst«*d him from Kate. Tho
surveillance of the merchant had become
stricter of late, and all invitations from
Mrs. IHmsdnlo or other friends who pitied
the loneliness of the girl were rtN»>li*ed by
Girdlestone with the curt intimation that
his wartl's health «a * not such as to jus­
tify him in allowing her to Incur any
risk of i-atchiug a «bill. She was practi­
cally a prisoner in the great «tone cage In
K«*-|o»ton square, and even on her walks
a warder in the shape of a footman was,
as we have seen, told off to guard her.
Whatever John Girdlestone'* reasons may
have le-en, he had evidently rome to th«
conclusion that it was of the highest im-
portauce that «lie should be kept seclud­
ed.
A* it was, Tom. thanks to hhi j»»ltion
ns one of t lie firm, was able occasionally,
in spite of every precaution.* to penetrate
through the old man's defensive works. If
a question of Importance arose at Fen-
church street during the absence of the
senior partner, what more natural than
that Mr. Dimsdale should volunteer to
walk round to Eccleston square in order
to acquaint him with the fact. And If It
iiapiH-mil that the gentleman wo* not to
b«j found there, how very natural tl*»t th«
young mau should wait half an hour for
him, and that Mi*« Hurston should take
the «opportunity of a chat with an old
friend?
Precious, precious Interviews
those, the more »> for their rarity. Th«*/
brightened the dull routine of Kate's
weary life, and sent Tom back to tho office
full of spirit and hope. The days weio
at hand when the memory of them was o
shine out like little rifts of light in ths
dark cloud of existence.
And now tho ihiie was coming when It.
wns to lie dev.ded whether, by a last bold
stroke, tlie credit o f the house of Ulrdle-
stono was to be saved, or whether tho
attempt wns to plunge them Info deejH-r
and more bopelrsa ruin. An unscrupulous
ag<-iit mined Lingworthy had been dis­
patched to Russia well priiied with in­
structions ss to wliat to ilo and how to
do it. He had le-en in tho employ of
an Knglidi com merchant at Odessa,
and had some know Inigo of the Russian
language which would lie invaluable to
him in his undertaking. In the character
of nn Knglinli gentleman of scientifio
tastes he wns to establish himself in soma
convenient v,lingo nmong the I ra) Moun­
tains. There he wns to remain some little
time, so ns to arouse confidence in the
people before making ids pretended dis­
covery. lie was then to enrry his rough
diamonds to Tobolsk, as the nearest Inrge
town, and to exhibit them there, hacking
up his assertion by the evidence of villag­
er* who had seen him dig them up. Tin*
Girdlestones knew that that nlone would
is* sufficient when telegraphed to Kngland
to produce a imnie In the sensitive dia­
mond market. Before any systematic in­
quiry could is* made, l.iuguorthy would
have disappeared, and their little specula­
tion would have come off. After that the
sooner people realised that it was a hoax
the lietter for the conspirators. In any
ense, there seemed to lie no possibility
that the origin of the rumor could he
traced. Meanwhile Kirn Girdlestone had
*«i~ured his passage in the ( ’a pe moil
steamer t'yprinn. (In the night that ho
left he sat irp some time in the library
at Ecolestnn square talking over the mat­
ter for the last time with his father.
(T o be continued.)
To
11«? K >■«*«» ii rna(fl*<|.
“ Bllggltm Is always repeating fho
things his children say.”
"W ell,” answered Miss Cayenne, “ ho
ought to I n ; encouraged.
I have no
doubt they are inueh less wearlsomo
than his original remarks would be.”
— Washington Star.
P h ilo s o p h ic a l.
“ Beg pardon, ina'ain,” said the bnt-
]<*r, “ but your son Ima Just eloped with
the parlor maid.”
“ Oh, that Isn't so bad,” rejoined Mrs.
Uppaon. "H e might have eloped with
the eook— and I never could have rw-
placed her.”