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Newspaper Page Text63$33$3W? MISS MILNE AND I. m LUAl'ihit iX cpniiiiUua. Willi the morning caino tno purchas er 01 ny piuv-uce u iaii, giUnt, cadavoioua looAini; youjg iuu.i, t. voiy mild bpecunou ot tno aoci: coat an.i wlilto uo oruor or uocto.H. A pilvuio itttur liom Mis. tMeojti told tno Uiut ho was not June, tho kind ot man ai'o would Imvo iikod to hitiotluce, but ho was u willing put chaser, and had given two hundred pouiU.u inoio than n:y riilnlmuiii price, bo that ho was not to bo despised, On tho oveiiinj; of that day I saw Miss Mlluo (or tno Hint tliuo after my purtlno with Kill tit. BIio camo about 10 o'clock, and as sho had boon with out money tor some tliuo, I oxpoctou i'.?';, '!' ?M tf ?' S 1!!Ur ! to tlioso that had posjcsaud mo pro vlouu to our last Interview, 1 no long' or feared her. She had done her voiy worst, and there appeared very little deviltry left tor her to accomplish, so that I walked In with a 11 ml slop to moot licr. "1 have called to ask you for somo nionoy, Or. Hlgby. 1 Imvo had during tho Inst faw days, and am likely to have for a day or two to come, somo extra expense, otherwise I would not trouhlu you." I t'elt confident that tho extra ox ponses were connected with tho Illness of hoi' child, hut said nothing, simply taking out my cneck book and asking her how much alio leauliod, "Ton pounds will bo sulllclent, I think." I wroto a check for that nnioiint and handed It to her. As sho cios3od tho room to receive It she dioppod on tho i'.oor a card. As I stooped to pick It up and restore it to her, I noticed It nH tluit of an undortakor, and thon, still thinking of her child's illness, I hccnino Intensely cuiiotis. Unable long er to .resist tho tomptntlou, I ronmrk oil: "I nm very sorry to hoar that your child linn boon ill." With u bold, doflnnt look sho turned to mo, and ropllod: "Yes, but ho Ib bettor now." "Hotter?" "Yes, he's dnnd." "Dead I And you call that bettor?" "Far bettor, don't you think ho? 'Twould bo hotter for all of us to bo dead." "For bonio of us. perhaps." "Thoro'H no porhnps about It, T)r. Itluby. I.lfo for men ovon Is a mis take; for women It's tho greatest curse nod (If thero Ih such a liolnj?) can in flict upon ono' "Hut, Mlsn Mllnn. you enroly. fol tho Ioiih of ypur child? You nlways npiioared to bo very fond of him." "My feelings are .my own business; I don't wear my ho.irt upon my sleovo for daws to pork rt." This was sr.Id with a sn"or. and was evidently 'intended to havo somo porponal allusion. "You certainly do not." I rnpllH omphatlcally'nnd had I rot soon hor under very dlfferout clrcuinBtap?s I should imvo bollnvol flho hid ro bonrt to dock her b'"ovo with. Sho nvMnnt lj know my thnmtlita. for h1h nd'icd. "You think, of coursa. that I have no heart." "Yon had onco. I kno'v. but now-. Tlowovor, If you aro nnt rnrry for vourself, I nm vory sorry for your loss." "TlirnV vou." sho roplied, with n bow, and loft inn. GIIAPTKK X. Nothing worth ivrordlrii happened luring the next fortnight, and ( was within a wiuk of my diiulimi from inv old, horrorful homo without any tlzfil b I on as to inv dentinal inn. when " one evening Miss Mili.o wa-a i.ounced. In tho-o davs. and luter, I always dreuded her appearance. I dreaded it more than ever now, imtuiimi. although as far us Kdhh was coiuerni'd, she luul done hor worst, yet sho might Imvo heard of my going and continue her I'lm-uHtlon of mo by ptoventing it; she might even, when I bud gone, put tho jxillco on my track; she inlulit do anything, for, im I think 1 hao shown, sho was capable of anything. I had hulf made up my mind to toll horndf of till thut had happened tho hilluito trouble sho hud brought into my lifo and to porliun reuwukon tho goiwl side of hor. It wus therefore with vory mixed fooling that I entered tlio room, making hor a slight bow us 1 took my seat. "1 hear," sho began, "that you aro thinking of leaving this neighborhood," ' "Yes, I ropllod, tilled with horrN bio suHpeuso, but speaking carek'Hly enought "I was going to seo you tomor row and toll you of my arrangements." "Iiidvodl WpiIi cumo lown thli ovenlng to toll you that I object to your going." "Miss Mtlno, what on earth uro you aiming ut'f What can Hilbly lw your motive?" Hbo gavo an unnatural laugh, and replied: "lo you think I nm fool enough to loin tho whole of my oecupa. tiou without a struggle, to give up calmly tho only thing I care to llvo (or?" " I'horo is ono road of escape whoro ovon your vengoaiu'o will not follow tno." ";hy, my dear sir, I havo ton tlnoa tho pluck you have, and I can't do it. I have tried, downs of times; I havo hud tho pnibsloacid in a wincglasa at my bcdHldo; I Imvo written tho usual hint letter, and walked to tho HegontV park canal. No, no, Doctor Klithy, biilcido is tho luxury of tho madman and tho genuine philosopher, 'tis not for us," The more reading of these words will convov to tho ivador no Iden of their maddening Irony; each word and sneer rttiiiu m to tlio iUli;k Mint beforo sho hud liitUluHl I had juinied to my feot. A bottle of thostroiitf aolutlon of inor fililit, imnl for sulwutanouos injection, uon the t:blo neur mo; In a fromy of ruuo and dvur I riuheil to it, drvw -wrj a " . & r y tin) cork, and hold i nit it cloo to my lips, liiBed out: "Look, you thrJeo (iHtnned vAirm of your own box and initio, too If I Imvo not tho pluck!" mid in n nintnuiit I flliould Imvo awnl lowed tlio wliolo of It lind nho not, with ono bound nrroes tlio room, dashud tlio Iwttlo from my hand. For a mom out wo t-tood faro to faco, niot!onlona and irrcHoluto, and with ouroyos down- nut. Shu waM tho firut tonpouk. Tak ing a lapol of my coat, in each of licr handH, bIio paid in a volco dolibotntd hut now Eoft and gwitloi "You nro not tho coward I took you for." Tho miraculous alteration in hor volco rathor than her worda, arrested .v attention; I looked upand no loiigor taw tho Miss Milno of ton ml nut oh dure, no longer the demon hi woman's clothing, but, as though by magic, tho whole ehsratcer of her hud changed; tho bad was dead, tho good again, living and active. 'J ho tovon devils nnd boon rant out. Of tho why slid whoroforo of tho mnrveloUH motamorphus, of tho mil onco of this sudden death and sudden birth, I know nothing. I only know it happened. "No, no," sho continued, as I looked straight in tho face, no longer afraid, and saw hor umllo as 1 had not saw hor smile for many a month, "you aro not tho coward I took you for, Doctor Kig by. I have been an enigma (o you, I have boon a puzzle to myself; T think I have boon mud this many a month. I liuvu admired you one month and do fipiFod you tho next; otio day I have hated and tho next loved you.," "Loved mol" "Yes, loved you as I think I alono among women ran love." "You have adopted a ctrange method of showing your lovo." "Ugh!" sho exclaimed with a glim mor of hor other self. "You know nothing of women; wo lovo and wo hate in tho saino degree, and our lives and our baton fie side by aide, sopurat; oil by tho thinnest of walls, whluli ono' drop of jcaloUHV will dissolve. Hut." and sho laid a ilrm hand on my should' or, "I havo lovod you madly and bated myeolf for it. 1 lovo you madly now." Ai.il bowing hor head, sho added hi slow, nlmo-t inaudible tones: 'Give mo one rt'itl khs and you havo soon the last of mo, I will never trouble you aiialn- will you7" sho akced, trembling at my debiy, and looking up with tin' ihco of a child, "lam not wicked, I am not mad now." I took tho girl in my arniH, I let the memory of her punt flout away in her tears, I let her arms ontwiuo thorn Mtlvim about my neck, I let her paction ate lips touch mine, I lot hor nontlo her head upon my shoulder, and forgot in this strange present nil tho terrible past. When sho had released mo, hor hands fell powerlocs by hor nldo, and with drooping head sho stood motionlosx. 'then a hivor ran through hor from head to k'U. That shiver wus tho last volcanic dlxplny that had juat shaken hor. Shu looted up, and hoi faco was now culm and impenetrable; evidnnro of neither lovo noi auger was vt-lhhi, but a tixlty of determination lind entire popHOpsion of her. "I nm, as you know, a woman of my word, Doctor lllgby, and I have prom Ih.hI to cfa-o troubling jou, to that now theio U nothing It-it but to wth yuii i.i... ti ,,,, )l0r ,,,,,. ,. ,., HI)oke. Hiid. inking It in mill' and holding it, I aske.l her what she in tended doing. "Of my future movements I know nothing; I hao not had thro to think. All I know is t lint I will not trouble you any more " "You will, of courts nllow mo to help yon with some nionoy; I am in funds' ami can well iioflrd it." "Thank you, no; I am not one of the 'Inner that i-ufler mroxvMiiul tils of repentance and then repent of tholr r- peiitauce, 1 would wrlniihly like to undo h uno of the iejiiry I Imvo d'lim you, but that I fear Is out of tho juei turn; nthuy rate, I will not tpako mat ters worso by tuklng any of your money." "Hut may I not give It to ou as a free gilt?" "No; don't tempt mo. I havo no child to live for now. You wonder, I see. at my smiliut!," "You aro a punxlo," "Do you wonder, after finding the world fo far from being a puradise, that I do not regret that my child has said good-by to it?" "Hut your life h.i8 boon a terribly hard battle." "Is any man's, much loss woman's, life worth living? No, no," ho con tinued, half to horrolf r.nd half aloud. "I wish thero woro somo pnlnle road of l'SCH." Then, with n sudden reawakening, sho extended her baud again, and tak ing mine in hers, gavo it one silent pressure, and wus koiio gouo forever from the scone of her trluiuplw aud my humiliation, CHAPTER XI. Sydney, New Ponth VVnlos I'm at theUick of God's speed, at the tail end of His earth, amid a strange people who are Americans without the Ameri can's "go," and EugUshmeu without the ballast of the KngllMiman'a conwr vtttWm; In a land in which havo tloek cd the vuuturesomo and the vislouary, tho restless and tho dlaivutenteil, I am hi Syduov, the capital of New ?outh Wales. Hinco the clcuw of the last chapter I have literally "ruehetl iwrota the astonished oarth," and am now lilting In "the doctoi's quarters" at the quarantine stution. which are THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON. ' iltunted Immediately on your right at , you enter this most glorious of glorloiu hurbors. When I reached Sydnoy I ound tho wholo city in a ferment of excitement over a envo of sniillpox that had been discovered tho day boforo in tho Cui- nci-e quarters. v Twelve hours alter my nrrival a note was brought to mo at my hotel from tho government modicul otllcor, re questing mi immediate interview. I found him at bin club. "You aro lately from London, I be liovo, Dr. Klgby?" "I am." "Do you know anything ot small pox?" "I venturo to lay claim to a consid erable experience of tlio diseaso." "Will you undertake tho stumping out of wlmtln thin unvnecinatod com munity might become a very frightful edipenilcV" I gladly undertook tho task and on tho lollowing morning was Installed in my uew otllco. Under the name of Mr. Johui-on I took lodgings in a quiot streot; 'twas nocossaiy lo hido my identity under a noin do guorro, as my opinions, my overy movement, ami almost overy word I uttered, woro re ported in tho morning and evening papers, and there woro tno most faith ful portrnits of mo in tlio illustrated weeklies. I was shunned ns ono hav ing leprosy. I don't know what my landlady must have thought, for almost every hour of tho day and night saw a policeman rush up in u statu of wild excitement to report "another,, .auspici ous case," and thon from every' cornor anu ro' oa in tno neignoornou -trioro would i-mcrgo ono of 'tho army of re porters hot to watch me, with his terri ble notebook. And to I uwoko each morning to find myself more aud inoro famous, wi(h the Hilary of u prime minister, with work that had been a daily matter of course in London, and luokud upon us any thing but heroic, witli u popularity that a politician might liavo' uuviod, amid now koiioh mid nowfurrouiidlngs. I iniuht havo boon and should havo beou really happy but for tho over pront memory of Hdlth and the haunting Nemesis of inv othor lelf. In the dizzy whirl of iutuuse excite niont Edith was not forgotten. J ho faint possibility of still being noar her, mid tho picture of tlio old colonel read ing my name in tho papers any morn ing, were ccnutautly before me. "As a slight return for your kindness nnd forbearaiico," raid, u reporter to me one uitornoon, "I havo run down from tlio troiHury ,to tell you n piece of news that 1 havo Juat learned thai may bo of great Importance to you " "That's very good of you; and what is the news?" "There has boon n meeting of tho cabinet, and It lias Ih'oii decided to send you into tjuaruutlno." "Me to quarantine. On nhnt grounds?" "Well, thoy have an idea that If you go flrht to see n genuine cuso.'then only a sucplclous ono, you Infect the latter by' taking gornis of the dlnettfce with you." lias It not occurred to them that this new syrteiii will involve llndlng a new medical man for each suspicious cute, and if tho suspicious cai-o diould turn out to boa genuine one, locking him up (the medical man), as well us the patient in qiiarautluo?" "I don't biippoMi It hns; they aro too utterly lunatiu to think of anything propei ly. At any rate, doctor, you will Imvo to go; but nllow mo to give you one word of advho and that is, ilont' go voluntarily, make tho police man take you. If liu only puts his hand upon his shoulder thut will bo siilllcieiit. I don't think thoy have tho legal right to arrect you." I thanked him for his advico ns ho roio to go. And if Wilt book should fall into his hands ho imiflt allow me through the medium of iti pages to thank him again; his caution was worth many hundreds of pounds to me, and, more than mere money, it was a practical evidence of kiud-hearteduess that wiih very accoptuhle Just thou. (To In) I'linuiiiicit.) r; 13 Thing That May Inimno&t I You. jasggsEffiBggvsswsa A lialtiuioro ohemUt U said to havo perfected a fuel mudo of etrevt tiirt. rostolllco authorities of Great Hritain nro to start an indopotuleiit parcels ost hi tho United States. A New Yorker, after 30 year' exper hnoutim:. claims to have discovered safety gas for automobiles and launches. Gorman steel mills are preparing to Join tlio worldwide combine planned by Morgan and an agreement on expoits Is aheady reached. King Edward has signed a charter for tho llritish Itnyal academy, which is to bo counterpart of the famous French institution. A treasury department report shows that the world has 1,750 eubniuilne telegraph cables, having a total length of nearly 200,000 miles. According to treasury statistics the consumption of chumpaune in this country has increased 100 per cent during the last three years. Capt. rianta, a Swiss, has, after a long litigation, succeeded in establish lug his right to the credit of hating first invented the automobile.'' The United State war department has bought the right to use the now lightweight field artillery perfected by Ilerr Ehrhardt, of Puseldorf. Certainly a Ctevcr Ataa. "Is ho a good lawyer?" "A good Uwyer! Why, y! I't tinowu him to provo v truth ot what isn't so, and not halt try." . VANP SOAP AND CHfy Va PORTLAND, ORECON.ey Coal - Coal - Coal Western Feed &Fuel Co. Itenlorn In all khuU of COAL. COKE. CHARCOAL Try tho famous RCOC SPRINGS COAL. Moth l'honcs. Olllcos 1M North KHth Bt. a. v. uu;;.vino. 1'. CAMPION Dunning & Campion. Funeral Directors Embalmers SCO llurnrlilo St., bet. Third slid Fourth, 1'OIITI.AND, OltlHlON. Oregon l'hono Mnln 430. Columbia Phono 4C0 Night calls ring night boll. ll&nHESS, SADDLES, STRAP WORn Seo Our Prices Before Buying. He ml for fruo catalogue. Hxtrnctfrom Hot. Hnr.JtRVoMl'.A.Miir.ST.ltKCJ: "Vnnklrk .t Wilson sro quoting prices In their cntnloguu thnt no retail itunlor cures to moot." That's what the Ring says ol us. Oct our ' C"' VANKIKK & WILSON, ISO Pront St 00 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks nraiaNa rnavnlAUTt Afi. inmnii irndlnc nkctrh and dftscriPtlou nior' nuloklr ni-ortntn nur oMnlon frco whether an lutMitloii la nrohnblr pstcntablo. roinniunieA- nmnrlctlrroiinilotitlnl. Itanilbookon I ntfrsa. oliloit aiioncT tor svcurlnirtNU Itanilbookon I'Mtnu I'ntnma tnkon llinush Munq 4 Co. I rocalra iinta. fprClllinoiKI, nnnuuira.nio, iu.ua Scientific American, A handin-TiPlr lltnalrmlad woaktr. 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