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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1910 5 The Lure of the Mask By HAROLD MACGRATH Cpyrl,h. IMS. the Beate Merrill Ce. (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) 'v ' tHAPTER XIX. THS LETTEB. MY father was Colonel Grosve- nor of tho Confederate army during the civil war. On General Leo-'s staff was an Italian named the Prlnelpl dl Monte Blanca. Klcb, titled, a real noble, be was at heart an adventurer, a word greatly abused these Inglorious days. My father was cut from the same pat tern, wild and reckless spirit In thoso crowded times. The two became friends such as you and Mr. Merrthew re. Their exploits became famous. My father was also rich and a man of 'foresight Ills real wealth was In for eign securities, mines, oils, steel, steamships. When the war terminated the prince prevailed upon my father to return with blm to Italy. Italy itself was In turmoil. II He Galantuomo, that ' Piedmontese bunter, Vlttorio Emanuele, wished to liberate Venice from the grasp of AuHtrla, to wrest temporal power from the Vatican and to send the French troops back to France. Well, be accomplished all these things, and both my father and the prince were with blm up to the time be entered the Quirlnal. After Tlctory, peace. My father Invested in villas and palaces and settled down to end bis dHys In the Venetian palace on the Grand canal. - Then my father, still young, remem ber, fell In love with the daughter of a Venetian noble. It was bappy anion. Shortly after the prince also married. He was, with the exception of my father, the most lovable man I ever knew brave, kindly. Impetuous, honorable, witty and wise. It does not seem possible that auch father should bave such a son. There. came a great day. A young prince was born, and the rough king stood as his godfather. Later I added my feeble protest, at the cost of my mother's life. As I grew up 1 became my father's constant companion. We were always out of doors. By and by be sent me to America to school. I returned from America to enter a con vent out of Rome and later went to Milan and studied music One futal day the eld prince and my father put their heads together and determined that this great friendship of theirs should be perpetuated. The young prince should marry the young slgnorlna. They drew up the strangest of wills. Poth men were In full con trol of their proxrtles. There was no entailed estate such as one finds In England. They could do as they pleased. And this was before Italy bad passed the law requiring that no art treasures should be sold or trans ported. Fortunately for me, my moth er's property was confWerable. f 100 Rew ard (100 The reailers of thl pnper will lie lli'Hel to learn that there Is at leuat one- dreftded dUense thtt science has lieetl able to cure in nil Its stnjres.utnl that Is Catarrh. 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Uncle Sam will hold spring exam inations throughout the country for Hallway Mall Clerks, Custom House Clerks, Stenographers, Itookkecpers, Departmental Clerks and other Uov eminent Positions. Thousauds of appointments will lie made. Any man or woman over is, In City or Country can get Instruction and free Information by wrltlngnt once to the llureau of Instruction, l.ViS Hamlin Uulldlng, Rochester, N. Y. 'A full line of. poultry supplies at Whitehead's. C. F.SUMNER Lavatorico TJoUcto Stnho PLUMBING Sewer sad Drill TILE The Impossible clauses In the Joint will read that if we two young people declined the bargain the bulk of the estates should revert to the crown. Again, If we married aud separated and were not reunited inside of Ave years the fortunes should become the crown's. If, having separated from my husband, either for just or unjust reaaons, I should secretly or publicly occupy any villa or palace mentioned in the will It would be a tacit admis sion that I accepted my husband. Was there ever such an Insane tangle kind ly meant? We must marry; we must be bappy. That our minds and hearts were totally different did not matter at all. Time went on. The old prince died suddenly; bis wife followed. And then my kind and loving father went the way. I was taken under the wing of a duchesaa who was popular at court At this period the young prince was one of the handsomest men in Europe, lie was brave, clever and engaging. On completing my education I de cided to live In Home. The old duches aa mothered the rich American girl gladly, for, though I was half Italian, they always considered me as the child of my father. I was presented at court. I was asked to dinners and re ceptions and balls. I was quite the rage because the dowager queen gave me singular attention. The prince by this time seemed changed in some way. But I was blindly young. Often I noticed the long scar on his cheek. He had re ceived it, he said. In some cavalry ex ercise. Now, there was another clause In this will. It was the one thing which made the present life tolerable and possible to uie. We were to be mar- "Dccatute i love you I" rled without pomp, quietly, first at the magistrate's and then at the church. At last the day came. We passed through the streets to the magistrate's. I did not know then that I was not In love, that I was only young and curious. , I threw roses to any who asked. The prince sat beside me in full dress uniform, looking very handsome and distinguished. The prince smiled, tot he was nervous and not at ease. I thought nothing of this at the time. I believed bis nervous ness a part of my own. The magistrate performed his part Legally we were man and wife. We were leaving for the church when at the very doorway a handsome woman, sad eyed, weary, shabbily dressed. touched me on the arm. "A roae, slgnora!" I gave It to her, smiling pityingly. "God pray," she said, "that this man will make you happier than he made me!" "Let us be on!" said the prince eagerly. "Walt!" I turned to the woman. "Slgnora, what do you mean by those words?" Tils highness knows." She pointed to the prince, whose face I now saw, strangely enough, for the first time. It was black with rage and ugliness. "What has he been to you?" I de manded. She answered. I understood. In that moment I became a aian without illusions. Without looking at the prince I entered the carriage and closed the door In his face. He stormed; be lied. I was of stone. He turned upon the poor woman and struck her In the face. Even hnd I loved him that would bave been the end of the ro mance. I drove home. There would be no wedding at the church that day. There was a great scandal. Every one took up the prince's cause, wfth the exception of the king. The prince was almost bankrupt He had squandered his all. He had sold to usurers half of the fortune be expected to get after marrying me. ne bad not the slightest affection for me. He was desperate and wanted the money. How old and wise I became during that ride home from the magis trate's! I vowed he should never have a penny. It should all go to the crown. When at length he found that I was really serious he became base In his tactics. He was the one who was wronged. He gave life to such rumors among those I knew that soon I found doors closed to me which had always been open. NO Italian woman could seo the matter from my point of view. I was an American for all that my mother was a Venetian, therefore I was wrong. There! That Is all. There Is no more mystery concerning Sonla Hilda Grosvenor. And so the letter ended. There was not a word regarding any future meeting. There was nothing to read between the lines. A great loneliness surged over Hlllard. Was this, then, really the end? No! He would wait here In Florence till the day of doom. He would waste no time In seeking her, for he knew that if he sought be would not find. Day after day dragged through the hours, and Florence grew thinned and torrid. Sometimes be rode past the Villa Ariadne, but he never stopped. It was lu the middle of June that one afternoon the concierge banded him a telegram. It contained but three words: "Villa Serbelloni. Bellagglo." The Villa Serbelloni, now a hotel, stands on a wooded promontory among the Alps and between the lakes, at Bellagglo, and all day long the warm sunshine floods Its walls and terraces and glances from the polished leavea of the tropical plants. . The 6 o'clock boat from Co mo puffed Lop noisily and smokily to the quay, churning her side paddles. Hlllard stepped ashore impatiently. What a long day It bad been! How white the Villa Serbelloni seemed up there on the little hilltop. He gave his luggage to the porter from the Grand and fol lowed him on foot to the hotel. He dressed quickly, and In less than an hour he stepped forth from the gar dens and took the path up to the villa. Afar he saw a table spread under the great oak. A woman sat by It It was still daylight, and be would have known that head of balr among the ten thousand hour Is of heaven. She did not rise, but she extended ber band, a grave Inquiry In ber slum brous eyes. With equal gravity he clasped the hand, but held back the Impulse to kiss It. He sat down oppo site her and, smiling, whimsically In quired : "Now, where did we leave off?" At first she did not understand. He enlightened her. "I refer to that Arabian Nights entertainment In New York. Where did we leave off that In teresting discussion?" She smiled brightly. "We shall take up the thread of that discourse with the coffee." "Why not countermand the order for dinner? I am not hungry." "But I am," she replied. 8t)e was wholly herself now. The tact with which he began his address disembar rassed her. For two days since she dispatched the telegram she bad lived In a kind of ecstatic terror. She bad even regretted the message once It was beyond recall. "1 am human enough to be hungry sometimes." She summoned the waiter. The dinner was excellent, but Hll lard scarcely knew what this or that plate was. And when the waiter brought the coffee and lingered for further orders It was Hlllard who dis missed blm rather curtly. He said musingly: "We had agreed that it would be best never to meet again, that to keep the memory of that night fresh In our minds, a sou venir for old age. It were wisest to part then. Well, we can keep the memory of It for our old age. It will bo a little secret between us, and we shall talk it over on just such nights as this." He reached for ber hand, which lay upon the cover, but without apparent notice of bis movement she drew It back. A flash of pain crossed Hillard's face. "I have waited patiently for weeks." She faced him with an enigmatical smile, lighted a match, blew It out and drew a line across the center of the table. He laughed. "What! Again?" "Observe." As a rejoinder be smoothed out the telegram she bad sent to blm. "Why did you send this to me?" Her lips had no answer ready. "There can be but one reason," he pursued. "Friendship." The beginning of the night was cool, but the fire of the world's desire burn ed In her cheeks, and she was afraid. She stepped to the railing, faced the purpling mountains and sang "Die Zauberflote." Hlllard dared not touch ber till the last note was gone. "I did not come here because of friendship," he said. "Only one thing brought me love and the hope of love." She stared at htm, her hand at her throat Then he took her In his arms sud denly, hungrily, even roughly. "You are mine, mine, and nothing in the world shall take you from my arms again, Sonla." Sho pressed her palms against him and stood away. She looked bravely Into his eyes now. 'I sent the message because I want ed you, because I am tired of lying to my heart, because I have a right to be happy, because because I love you! Tata me and, oh, be good and kind to me, far 1 have been very lonely and unhappy. Kiss we!" with a touch of the old Imperlouaness. She clasped htm rnlly to herself. "See Naples and she whispered. "but the spirit will come to Bellagglo." THE ED. Taft Transfer Go. Draying. . . Wood Yard HAY, FLOUR and FEED For Sale Office Dion 29 Residence M2-M Our Red Apple Specials 15 acres, 2 miles out on the West side, 300 Newtowns 3-years "old, 200 peach trees 1 year old, new packing house. For a quick sale this prop erty can be bought for about half its value on reasonable terms; see us in regard topfull particulars. 1 30 acres only 2 miles from town, highly improved, 3-34 acres bearing apples, 2 acres bearing cherries, 15 acre3 2 to 3 year old apple3, 1 acre as paragus, 3 acres garden; good 7-room house, bath, electric lights, hot and cold water, barn and other buildings; team, wagon, buggy, harness, tools, etc. Price only $35,000 easily worth $45,000. TERMS. 117 acres, 3 miles from P.O., 2000 apple trees, mostly Spitz and New towns from 2 to 12 yrs. old, 250 pear trees, 125 cherry, 100 walnut and 100 peach trees; $300 sprayer, span of horses, wagon, chickens, tools, etc. Four room house and good barn. Price only $40,000 for a short time. TERMS. We have others one acre or hundreds It will pig gn to see lor list iianman & Thompson Chamber ot commerce Building Portland, :: :: Oregon or J. F. BATCHELDER Phone 70 Office, 215 Cascade Avenue HOOD RIVER, OREGON g REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS FOR WEEK JUST ENDING Furnished by the Hood River Ab stract Company. Thomas E Dwler to Hulda Dyer, 85 acres southeast of Hood River, Geo F Coe to Tell W Blount, east 40 feet of lot 6 block 1 town of Wau coina f 1200 Albert Sutton to Albert Sutton Company, 1C0 acres near Greenpolnt E T Folts to Arthur T Fuller undi vided half Interest in 2Zi acres above Mount Hood store J K Carson to James R Cash three- fourths of an acre west of Gill's store $1600 Fannie Jones to Ethel P Bowman, 10 acres East Crapper district Geo S Eaton et al to J II Day about L'l acres south of Pine Grove Oregon Lumber Company to Ed ward Jorprenson S acres near Dee Wllltnn) Wilson Stevenson to E E Ferguson and J J Reuter, 320 acres about 8 miles southeast of Hood River F E Denlson to Norman D Root, 20 acres 6 miles west of Tuckers bridge $2000 Louis C Weygandt to William Hen derson Tobey 80 acres Upper Valley $4000 S A Clark to W H Chipping half acre In Adams Paradise acreage Frank O Raven to Charles A Dano lots 1 and 2 block 2 Idlewlld addition Northern Pacific Railway Com pany to Stanley -Smith Lumber Com pany 40 acres west of Crapper school Property mortgaged $32,600 Mortgages released f 21.4o0 Mortgages assigned $ 1,300 A Common Cold We claim that If catching cold could be avoided some of the most dangerous and fatal diseases would never be henrtl of, A cold often forms a culture bed for germs ot Infectious diseases. Consumption, pneumonia. llptherla and scarlet fever, four of the most dangerous and fatal dis eases, are of this class. The culture bed formed by the cold favor the levelopment of the germs of these diseases that would not otherwise find lodgment. Thrre Is little dan ger, however, of any of these diseases being contracted when a good ex- lectornnt cough medicine likeChnm ImtIuIii's Cough Remedy Is used. It cleans out these culture IhmIs that favor the development of the germs of these disease. That Is why this remedy Is proving o universally suc cessful In preventing pneumonia. It not only cure your cold quickly, but in I n I mixes the risk of contracting these dangerous disease. For snle by all good dealer. Convention The third annual convention of the Chrlstlun anil Missionary Alliance will be held In the Alliance chapel Feb. 23 27. The principal speakers will be Rev. C. II. Chrlsman, district superintendent, Portland, and Miss Emma Krater, India. Service each afternoon and evening. The public I cordially Invited to attend. C. E. Perry, pastor. Well Drillings Quick . ; Successful Satisfactory DONE WITH A STAR WELL DRILLING OUTFIT FOR PARTICULARS ADDRESS APPLE LAND & ORCHARD COMPANY HOOD RIVER, OREGON Offlet.'Nt. t Oak Strttt Pheite. 26 ar 1002-X GET YOUR MILK F-ROIVI The Payson Dairy Supply Co. MOUNTAIN CLEN FARM Pure, Wholesome, Healthful, from Cows and Stables that are SANITARY. H. N. PAYSON, City Salesman THOS. CALKINS, Dairyman Phone 28 1-X Stranahan & Clark M A V Potash Nitrate of Soda Bone Heal Tankage Blood Heal Super Phosphate Ready nixed Fertilizers, Kanit, lyand Plaster, Lime, Cement. Don't Leave the Hood River District WITHOUT INVESTIGATING Mosier Valley Natural advantage for fruit rrowlnt unexcelled. Land price bar doubled la last two year bat are not half that uked for aimilar'land In other aectiona. Buy now .before peculators adOhetr profit. 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