THE SUNDAY OREGON AN, PORTLAND; . APRIi;30, , IMd.
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Recollections of an Oregon Pioneer of 1 842
MALCOLM M'KAY, LAST OF THE HUDSON BAY
MEN, NOW LIVING NEAR PORTLAND
NFBEBLED In body, but with a
clear intellect and a most re
markable memory that extends
j k over half a century, the greater
pj-t of which was strenuous In the
extreme, Malcolm McKay, an old and
trusted employe of, the Hudson's Bay
Company, Is spending his closing-years
of life upon the farm at Scappoose, Co
lumbia County, where he has resided
'or over 50 years. Mr. McKay was
born at Luis Island, Rosshire, Scot
land, December 15, 1S21, and emigrated
to America (the Hudson Bay terri
tory) In 1S4T, where he worked one
year for the Hudson's Bay Company at
Fort 3dmonton. In the Rockies, and
then at Fort Assinlboln, and on the
22d day of May. 1842, started for Hud
son. Bay (York Factors'), the head
quarters of the company, where the
furs taken in all parts of the com
pany's territory . were gathered for
shipment to England. j
Twenty-two boats, loaded with furs,
provisions and. buffalo robes, with four 1
men to each boat, from Edmonton to
Nonvay House, a distance of 900 mile's,
made the trip, arriving about June 10.
From -Norway House, which stood on
the northeast side of Lake Winnipeg,
"o Tork Factory, another terrible 1
ourney of S00 miles, eight men
manned oach boat, this being made
necessary by the groat number of
portages, around which the boats and
cargoes had. to be packed through the
'mber. the cargoes, of course, being
taken out and reloaded.
Mr. McKay and his comrades, about
fiO m number, then made the. long and
tiresome return trip back to Edmon
ton, a groat part of the way being
harnessed to the boats and pulling
them up against the rapid currents of
lh streams, having an occasional
tspell of v comparative rest when they
rraohed a Jake or a slower current,
averaging about 15 milos per day.
From Edmonton Mr. McKay started
for Fort Assinlboln, and then took
boats up the Raskaba River to Ches
pard House, took pack horses from
there and crossed the mountains to
Ihe headwaters- of the Columbia River.
Into Oregon Territory.
Accompanying Mr. McKay on this
trip were 60 men, among whom he re
members the following: The loader
was an old" Hudson Bay veteran named
Anderson; others were Mustagh Mc
Leod, Donald Mclver. Angus McLeod.
John McDonald. Mustagh McDonald,
AiguS McDonald. Alexander Morri
son, Norman Martin, John McLeod. all
of whom and probably all tlio others
with the exception of Mr. McKay have
probably passed over the divide that
separates time from eternity. Then
came the trip down the Columbia to
Fort Vancouver, 1000 miles of treach
erous and unknown river, with hard
ships by day and untold danger by
day and night, with nothing whatever
except corn and dog to live upon.
Think of that, you now people, who
sometimes speak lightly of the enter
prise of the old pioneers a journey of
1C00 miles through the wilderness,
with neither bacon, beans nor flour;
nothing but boiled Indian corn, sea
soned with Indian dog. whioh they se
cured by trading a shirt to one of the
natives. Tt seems that the Igorrotes
are not to show their beastly per
sonages at the Lewis And Clark Ex
position, but old Malcolm McKay i
should be one of the guests of honor,
and to look upon the man who .ate dog
in the cause of the .advancement of
civilization will be a far more edifying
sight.
Men in Modified Slavery.
Mr. McKay's party arrived at Vancou
ver the 29th day of October, 1842. where
they found' Dr. John McLoughlin and
James Douglass, chief factors for the
Hudson's Bay Company, Dr. McLoughlin
being in command. They were received
with great cordiality, each member of
the party was given a pint of rum, and
they were allowed throe days to recu
perate in before being set to work. I
have never seen any mention of the com
pensation given these men, but Mr. Mc
Kay -Informs me that they were paid at
the rate of 17 sterling per year, about
$85. In addition to this they received a
bushel of potatoes each week and 21
pounds of salt salmon. If they wanted
tea, sugar or flour, they had to buy it
out of their wages. Sugar was worth
12 cents per pound; flour 56 per barrelr
old Hyson tea $1 per pound; Congo tea.
75 cents per pound; tobacco, 25c per pound.
All Hudson's Bay employes were con
tracted for five years, and at the end of
that time, instead of having anything to
show for their arduous labors, they were
generally in debt to the company add
compelled to contract for another two
years to work out their indebtedness. Mr.
McKay says the service of the company,
so far as its laborers, were concerned,
was no better than slavery. Personally
he was well treated, being employed as
salesman In the company's drygoods de
partment, where he remained for about
five years, occasionally being sent to
Linnton (tho present site) to receive
wheat from -tho settlers on Tualatin
Plains. At that time the company had
a granary and a store at Linnton, and
exchanged goods for the wheat, or paid
cash for it.
Pioneers He Remembers.
Among those whom Mr. McKay; remem
bers as bringing their wheat from the
Tualatin Plains to Linnton were: "William
Baldra, a French Canadian named "Wag
gener, the famous Joe Meek, Tom Otchln,
Linn Smith (familiarly known as Porker
Smith), John P. Jackson, Robert (Bob)
and James Imbrie, William Beegle, John
Mausey, Ulysses Jackson, Hiram Jack
son, the Hoovers, Pomeroys and others,
none of whom are how living, but their
descendants are among the best and most
prosperous citizens of. Washington Coun
ty. Mr. McKay well remembers old Ben
Cornelius, the father of "Colonel xom,
who came to Linnton from the Cascades
in lfclo on the schooner 'California, com
manded by Captain Cook, who made a
rich harvest out of the- Immigrants, as
he had a monopoly of the traffic, except
such as was carried by two. batteaux,
handled by Sam Ferguson, Bill Mausey,
Mack Rice and Harry Bowman. Ben Cor
nelius was sick at the time he landed
at Linnton, and stopped at Linnton for
a couple of weeks, where he frequently
visited Mr. McKay, and a firm friendship
existed between them to the time of Cor
nelius death. Mr. McKay's first visit
to Portland was on the 11th day of No
vember, 1842, while on his way to Oregon
City to procure barrels from the factory.
at that place for uso by tho company
in shipping its flour -to the Sandwich Isl
ands. These barrels were manufactured
by a cooper named Johnson, who was
killed by the Indians in California in
1S49. With Johnson, and sharing his fate,
were a man named Motley, from Clatsop
Plains; Robert William Alexander, who
ran a launch between Clatsop and Port
land; Ben Word, who owned the islands
about Tongue Point, and others whom
Mrs. McKay does not remember. The
massacre occurred a mile below the Span
ish Bar, on the middle fork of the Ameri
can River. Mr. McKay camped at the
foot of what is now Oak street, but which
was then occupied by a grove of mag
nificent oaks, and- between Ash and Mad
ison streets (in that vicinity) there stood
31 a I eo Lm McKay,
a giant fir, which Mr. McKay says was
fully 200 feet to the first limb and about
four feet in diameter. It Is Interesting
to look back through a portion of one
man's lifetime and reflect on the changes
that have occurred, and then to think
forward as to what the next half cen
tury has in store for this marvelous Ore
gon of ours to picture the scone so short
a time ago when the batteau of tho Hud
son's Bay Company landed at the oak
grove at the foot of what is now Oak
street, and then turn and contemplate
the groat white city of the Exposition.
As far beyond the imagination of the
pioneer as the present so Is the future to
the average man today. A little of the
veil Is lifted, but the greatness of tho
perspective can only be vaguely con
ceived. Seized With Gold Fever.
Mr. McKay received no other compen
sation for his services than $85 per year,
though doing work that others were paid
J500 per year for, the company holding
him strictly to the contract made prior
to leaving the old country. In 1S47 he was
The Return of
awhile, If we are to got the information !
which we want."
She was an interesting person, this stern
Australian nurse taciturn, suspicious, un
gracious, It took some time before Holmes'
pleasant manner and frank acceptance of
all that she said thawed her into a cor
responding amiability. She did -not at
tempt to. conceal her hatred for her late
employer. '
"Yos, sir, It is true that he threw1 a. de
canter at me. I heard him call my mis
tress a name, and I told him that he
would not dare to. speak so if her brother
had been there. Then it was that he
threw it at me. He might have thrown
a dozen IE he had but left my bonny bird
alone. He was forever Ill-treating her,
and she too proud to complain. She will
not even tell me all that ho has done to
her. She never told me of those marks
on her arm that you saw this morning,
but I know very well that they come from
a stab with a hatpin. The sly devil God
forgive me that I should speak of him so,
now that he is dead! But a devil he was,
if ever one walked the earth. He was all
honey when .first we met him only 18
months ago, and we both feel as if it
were 18 years. She had only just arrived
in London. Yes. it was her first voyage
she had never been from home before.
He won her with his title and his money
and his false London ways. If she "made
a mistake she has paid for It, if ever a
woman did. What month did we meet
him? Well, I tell you it was just after
we arrived. We arrived in June, and It
was July. They were married In January
of last year. Yes, she Is down in the
morning-rOom again, and I have no doubt
she will sed you, but you must not ask
too much of her. for she has gone through
all that flesh and blood will stand."
. Lady Brackenstall was reclining on the
same couch, but looked brighter than be
fore. The maid had entered with us,
and began once more to foment the bruise
upon her mistress brow.
"I hope," said the lady, "that you have
not come to cross-examine me again?"
"No," Holmes answered, in his gentlest
voice, "I will not cause you any unneces
sary trouble. Lady Brackenstall, and my
whole desire is to make things easy for
you, for I am convinced that you are a
much-tried woman. It you will treat me
as a friend and trust me, you may find
that I will justify your trustl"
"V"hat do you want me to do?"
"To tell me the truth." .
"Mr. Holmes!"
"No, no, Lady Brackenstall it Is no
use. You may have heard of any little
reputation which I possess. I will stake
it all on the fact that your story is an
absolute fabrication."
Mistress and maid wore both staring
at Holnres with pale faces and" fright
ened eyes.
"You are an impudent fellow!" cried
Thoresa. "Do you mean to say that my
mistress has told a lie?'
Holmes rose from his chair.
"Have you nothing to tell me?"
"I have told you everything."
"Think once more. Lady Brackenstall.
Would it not be better to be frank?"
For an instant there was hesitation in
her beautiful face. Then some new
strong thought caused it to sot like a
mask.
"I have told you all I know."
Holmes took his hat and shrugged his
shoulders. "I am sorry," he said, and
without another word we left the room
and tho house. There was a pond
in the park, and to this my
friend led the way. It was frozen over,
but a single hole was left for the conve
nience of a solitary swan. Holmes gazed
at it, and then passed on to the lodge
gate. There he scribbled a short note for
Stanley Hopkins, and left it with the
lodgekeeper.
"It may be a hit, or it may be a miss,
but we are bound to do something . for
friend Hopkins, just to Justify this sec
ond visit," said he. "I will not quite take
him Into my confidence yet. I think our
next scene of operation muot be the
Pioneer, of 1842.
transferred to Vancouver, and his five
year contract having expired, hie salary
was raised to $130 per year and It was stip
ulated that at the end of two years; If
he so desired, he should have his pas
sage home to Scotland by way of Cape
Horn. This was done by Factor Douglass,
McLoughlin having gone to Oregon City!
He was thon transferred to Astoria, and
had charge of the company's store there
and transacted all their business, trading
with the Indians for their furs and sal
mon. There were but few settlors at that
time, and of these he remembers mon
named Motley (one of the victims of the
Spanish Bar massacre), Solomon Smith,
Starr. Somers and Hobeon (whose daugh
ter, Anna, Is now a resident of Portland).
Mr. McKay also purchased gold from the
miners of California, paying thom In
goods at the rate of JS per ounce for dust
that was worth fully 516. Everybody had
the gold fever, and McKay caught it, and
wrote to Douglass that unless he sent a
man in his place ho would turn the koy
in the lock and leave; but a man Was
immediately sent and McKay reported
at Vancouver and settled up with Doug
Sherlock Holmes CoiiPaFo-six
shipping office of tho Adelaide-Southampton
line, which stands at the end of Pall
Mall, if I remember right. There Is a sec
ond lino of steamers which connect South
Australia with England, but we will draw !
the larger cover first."
Holmes' card sent In to the manager
insured Instant attention, and he was not
long In acquiring all the Information ho
needed. In June of 1893, only one of their
line had reached a home port. It waa the
Rock of Gibraltar, their largest and best'
boat. A reference to the passenger list
showed that Miss Fraser. of Adelaide,
with her maid had made the voyage In
her. The boat was now on her way to
Australia, somewhere in the south or the
Suez Canal. Her officers were the same
as in 1895, With one exception. The first
officer, Mr. Jack Crocker, had been made
a captain, and was to take charge of
their new ship, the Bass. Rock, sailing in
two days' time from Southampton. He
lived at Sydenham, but he was likely to
be in that morning for Instructions, If we
cared to wait for him.
No; Mr. Holmes had no desire to see
him, but would be glad to know more
about his record and character.
His record was -magnificent. There waa
not an officer in the fleet to touch him.
As to his character, he was reliable on
duty, but a wild, desperate fellow; off the
deck of his ship hot-headed, excitable,
but loyal, honest, and kind-hearted. That
was the pith of the Information with
which Holmes left the office of the Adelaide-Southampton
Company. Thence he
drove to Scotland- Yard, but. Instead of
entering, he sat In his cab with hla brows
drawn down, lost In profound thought.
Finally he drove round to the Charing
Cross telegraph office. 'sent oft a message,
and then, at last, we made for Bakor
streot once more.
"No, I couldn't do it, Watson," said he.
as we rc-entored our room.. "Once that
warrant was made out, nothing on earth
would savo him. Once .or twice in my
career I feel that I havo done more real
-harm by my discovery of "the criminal
than ever -he had done by hl crime. I
Jhavc learned .caution now, ,and I had
ramer piay tricxs witn the law or Eng
land than with my own' conscience. Let
us know a little more before we act."
Before evening, we had a visit from In
spector Stanley Hopkins, Things were
not going very well with him.
"I believe that you are a wizard, Mr.
Holmes. I really do. sometimes think
that you have powers" that are not hu
man. Now, how on earth could you know
that the stolen silver was at the bottom
of that pond?"
"I didn't know it."
"But you told mo to examine It."
"You golt, then?"
"Yes. I got IL"
"I am very glad if I have helped you
"But you haven't helped me. You have
made the affair far more difficult. What
sort of. burglars are they who steal sil
ver, and then throw It Into the nearest
pond?"
"It was certainly rather eccentric be
havior. I was merely going on the idea
that if the silver had been taken by per
sons who did not want It who merely
took it for a blind, as it were, then they
would naturally" be anxious to get rid
of If
"But why should such an idea cross your
mind?"
"Well, I thought it was possible. "When
they came out through tho French win
dow, there was the pond with one tempt
ing little hole in the ice, right in front
oT their noses. Could there be a better
hiding-place?"
"Ah, a hiding-place that is better!"
cried Stanley Hopkins. "Yes, yes, I see it
all now. It was early, thero were folk
upon the roads, they were afraid of being
seen with the silver, so they sank it In
the pond, intending to return for it when
tho coast was clear. Excellent, Mr.
Holmes that Is better than your idea, of
a blind."
"Quite so. you have got an admirable
theory. I havo no doubt that my own
idoa? were quite wild, but you must ad
mit that they have ended in discovering
J the silver.'.'
lass, turning in the gold dust at he same
price he paid for it. In reward for which
overhonesty the company paid "his tare to
California. He started on the first day of
March, 1843, in a canoe from Vancouver,
to reach the ship which was lying at the"
mouth tf the Columbia River, the river
being frozen except in narrow strips along
the bank. On March 4 he went aboard
a Spanish bark, intending to ,start for
California but owing to stormy weather
they were unable to sail for several days.
The trip was made In ZVz days, without
changing sheet or tack, which was going
some for those days. At San Francisco
the gold craze was at its height, and
everybody was rushing for the supposed
Eldorado. Mr. McKay and his party xent
to the middle fork of the American River,
where he mot considerable success, pan
ning out as high as $100 per day. until
they were led, In hopes of "doing better,"
to attempt to reach the south branch of
the north fork of the American River.
The party became lost, but McKay and
two others Anally reached their destina
tion where they found diggings panning
I from Jo to 25 to the' pan. but It soon
i ran out, and on returning to their aban
doned claim they found that otnere naa
taken $20,000 out of the ground they had
abandoned.
Fought Indians for Glory.
Mr. McKay stayed two years In the
gold field, when he returned to Portland,
and. In company with Jonathan -Moore,
who now owns a fine place on Sauvies
Island, started a pack train of SO horses
to pack flour to Jacksonville, in Southern
Oregon. At Rogue- River Dr. Ambrose in
formed them that the Rogue River In
dians were on the warpath and entreated
them and their two hired men Roderick
McLeod and William Cragie, to come to
his houso and help protect his family,
which they aid during the night, when
Captain Lambrlck came with a squad of
volunteers from Jacksonville. McKay .and
Moore turned their horses over to the
Government and joined the company.
Moorcs received pay for his- horses, but
McKay never received one cent from this
great Government for his 15 horses. He
was promised $4 a day for his personal
servlcce and $S per day for each horse.
When he was mustered out he was offered
$5) for his discharge by Dr. Ambrois and
Captain Lambrlck, but -refused, Informing
them that he would take It home to Scot
land with him. Either Ambrois or Lam
brlck got the money for the horses, and
McKay received only $15 per month wages.
and In his old age. after waiting many
years, a grateful Republic has granted
him $8 per nibnth- pension. The wat ended
and Mr. McKay moved to Sauvlea island.
He purchased from his partner tho goods
stored at Jacksonville, Mr. McKay was
married In 1853 to Luclnda Lamberson,
and when he came back from Jacksonville
his wife informed him that she had bought
a farm and paid therefor the sum of
$1003. This was the land upon which the
McKays have lived from that day to this,
and comprised 320 acres. There was con
siderable gravol on the claim, and Mr.
McKay thought his wife had paid a high
price for the land, but he recently sold
this same land to the Northern Pacific
Railroad for $50 per acre. Right here at
Scappoose, Mr. McKay has resided, with
the exception of a short trip to the Sal
mon River mines. He is probably the last
of the old Hudson's Bay men, and at SI
years of age he has a good memory and
a brisht intellect. Ho has seen the coun
try around him develop from a wilderness
Into one of tho best agrfcultural sections
of the state. He has seen stately business
blocks take the place of forests of oaks
and firs, and he has seen the grain traffic'
of the Hudson s Bay Company develop
until Portland is today tho greatest
wheat-shipping port of the world, and,
judging by his appearance, he has many
years of peaceful retrospection yet in
store.
"Yes, sir yes. It was. all your doliyr.
But I have had a bad setback."
"A setback?"
"Yes, Mr. Holmes. The Randall gang
were arrested m New York this morn
ing." "Dear me. Hopkins! That is certainly
rather against your theory, that they
committed a murder in Kent laA night"
"It Is fatal, Mr. Holmes absolutely fa
tal. Still., there are other gangs of three
besides the Randalls, or It may be somo
now gang of which, the police have never
heard."
"Quite so; it is perfectly possible.
What, are you off?"
"Yes, Mr. Holmes; there is no rest for
me until I have got to the bottom of this
business. I suppose you have no hint to
give mo?"
"I have given you one."
"Which?"
"Well, I suggested a blind."
"But why, Mr. Holmes, why?".
"Ah that's the question, of course. But
I commend the Idea to your mind. You
might possibly find that there waa some
thing In it. You won't stop for dinner?
Well, good-bye, and let us know how you
get on."
Dinner was over, and the table cleared,
before Holmes alluded to the matter
again.- He had lit his pipe and held his
slippered feet to the cheerful blaze of
the fire. Suddenly he looked at his watch.
"I expect developments, Watson."
"When?"
"Now-within a few minutes. I dare soy
you thought I acted rather badly to Stan
ley Hopkins, Just now?"
"I trust your judgment."
"A very sensible reply, Watson. You
must look at it this way; what I know
is unofficial, what he knows Is official. I
"have the right to private Judgment, but
he has none. He must disclose all, or he
Is a traitor to his service. In a doubtful
case I would not put him in eo painful a
position, and so I reservo my information
until my own mind Is clear upon the mat
ter." "But when will that bo?"
"The time has come. You will now be
present at the last scene of a remarkable
little drama."
- Thore "was a sound upon the stairs, and
our door was opened to admit as fine a
specimen of manhood as ever passed
through it. He was a very tall young man,
golden-juuBtached, blue-eyed, with a skin
which had been burned by tropical
suns, and a springy step, which
showed that the huge frame was as active
as it was strong. He closed the door be
hind him, and then he stood with clenched
hands and heaving breast, choking down
some overmastering emotion.
"Sit down, Captain Crocker. You got
my telogram?"
Our visitor sank into an arm-chair, nnd
looked from one to the other of us with
questioning eyes.
"I got your telegram, and I came at tho
hour you said. I heard that yon had been
down to the office. Thero was no getting
away from you. Let's hear tho worst.
What are you going to do with me? Ar
rest me? Speak out, man! You can't sit
there and play with mo like a cat with a
mouse."
"Give him a cigar." said Holmes. "Bite
on that. Captain Crocker, and don't let
your nerves run away, with you. I should
not sit here smoking with you if I thought
that you were a common criminal, you
may be sure of that. Be frank "with me
and we may "do somo good. Play tricks
with me, and I'll crush you."
"What do you wish me to do?"
' "To give me a true account of all that
happened at the Abbey Grange last night
a true account, rnind 'you, with nothing
added and nothing taken off. I know so
much already that if you go one inch off
the straight. I'll blow this police whistle
from my window and the affair goes out of
my hands forever."
The sailor .thought for a little. Then he
struck his leg with his great sunburned
hand.
"I'll ohance It " he cried. "I .-believe
you arc a man of your word, and a while
man. and' I'll tell you the - whole '-story.
But one thing:Iwill say; first. So 'far. as IJ
am concerned. I regret nothing and fear
nothing, and I would do It all again, and
be proud of the job. Damn the beast. If
he had as many lives as a cat, he would
owe them all to raol But It's the lady,
Mary Mary Fraeer for never will I call
her by that accursed name. When I think
of getting her into trouble, I, who would
give my life Just to bring one smile to her
dear face, it's that that turns my soul
Into water. And yet and yet what less
could I do? I'll tell you my story, gentle
men, and then I'll ask you, a3 man to
man, what less could I do.
"I must go back a bit. You seem to
know everything, so I expect that you
know that I met her when she was a pas
senger and I was first officer of the Rock
of Gibraltar. From the first day I met
her, she was the only woman to me.
Every day of that voyage I loved her
more, and many a time since have I
kneeled down In the darkness of the night
watch vand kissed the deck of that ship
because I knew her dear feet had trod it.
She was never engaged to me. She treat
ed me as fairly as ever a woman treated
a man. I have no complaint to make. It
waa all love on my side, and all good
comradeship and friendship on hors. When
we parted sho was a free woman, but I
could never again be a free man..
"Next time I came back from sea, I
heard of her marriage. Well, why
shouldn't she marry whom she liked? Ti
tle and money who could carry them bet
ter than she? She was born for all that
Is beautiful and dainty. I (didn't grieve
pver her marriage. I was not such a
selfish hound ae that. I just rejoiced that
good luck had come her was', -and that
she had not thrown herself away on a
penniless sailor. That's how I loved Man
Fraser.
"Well, I never thought to see her again,
but last voyage I' was promoted, and the
new boat was not yet launched, so I had
to wait for a couple of months with my
people at Sydenham. One day out in a
country lane I met Theresa Wright, her
old maid. She told me- all about her,
abdut him, about everything. I tell you,
gentlemen, it nearly drove me mad. This
drunken hound, that he should daro to
raise his hand to her, whoso boots he was
not worthy to lick! I met Theresa again.
Then I met Mary herself and met her
again. Then she would meet me no more.
But the other day I had a notico that I
was to start on my vojagc within a week,
and 1 determined that I would see her
once before I left. Theresa was always
my frlond. for she loved Mary and hated
thla villain almost as much as I did.
From her I learned the ways of the
house. Mary used to sit up reading In her
own little room downstairs. I cropt round
there last night arid scratched at the win
dow. At first she would not open to me,
but In her heart I know that now she
loves me, and sho could not leave mc In
the frosty night. She whispered to mc
to come round to tho big front window,
and t found it open beforo mo, so aa to
let mc Into the dining-room. Again I
heard from her own Hps things that -made
my blood boll, and again I cursed this
brute, who mishandled the woman I loved.
Well, gentlemen, I was standing with her
just Inside the window, in all Innocence,
as God is my judge, when he rushed like
a madman into the room, called her tho
vilest name that a man could use to a
woman, and welted her across the face
with the stick he. had In his hand. I had
sprung for the poker, and it was a fair
fight between us. See hero, on my arm.
where his first' blow fell. Thort It was my
turn, and I went through him as If he
had been a rotten pumpkin. Do you think
I waa sorry? Not I! It was his life or
mine, but far more than that. It was his
life or here, for how could I leave her in
the power of this madman? That was
how I killed him.'. Was I wrong? Well,
then, what would either of you gentlemen
have done, ,l you had been in my posi
tion? "She had screatped when he struck her.
Human $ide of Rockefeller
strong enough to try to .seize them, and'
only sheer mental force, dofiged determi
nation and unparalleled endurance will
enable the younger Rockefeller to hold
them.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Is known to
have been a fair student at Browft- Uni
versity, whero he was treasurer of '.the
football team, to its immense financial
advantage. As a church member, and "a
Bible-class teacher he has no superior.
It is true that his exposition of Biblu
texts Is sometimes almost naive in its
illumination of the teacher's mental pro
cesses, which appear and qulto as a.
matter of course to run almost start
llngly along matorlal lines, even though
religious teaching Is tho subject matter.
But his scholars don't object in fact, to
hard-headed chaps, with an eye to the
main chance, such as they arc, mostly,
this quality must appeal with a ffood
deal of force.
As a husband and father, young John
D. Rockefeller is as near the ideal, ap
parently, as It Is given to mortal to be.
Daughters of the Coal
Oil Emperor
NLY one of John D. Rockefeller's
children has married Into a multi
millionaire family. The husband Of
Edith, the second daughter. Is Harold
McCormlck, of the famous and opu
lent Harvester McCdrmlcks. They were
wed In 1S9G and have three living chil
dren. They llvo In Chicago, the seat
alike of Rockefeller's great Chicago
University and the great harvester
works. And It was In Chicago that
Mr.-Sidney Lee, a British man of let
ters, and Mrs. McCormlck met at a din
ner party which had become famous In
cortain Intimate clrclce.
Mrs. McCormlck, like all tho John D.
Rockefellers, Is exceedingly loyal to
her father and deprecates the attitude
assumed toward him by many writers
Tor the press. She fully appreciates
her father's remarkable power and ua
exampled achievements, and she be
lieves nothing- but good has come of
his sojourn' in the world. At the din
ner party in question she said something-
of this sort in a vcry general
way to Mr. Lee,, adding- that she
thought some thoroughly competent
writer of biography ought to make
her father's life the subject of a book.
Perhaps Mr. Loo might suggest sucn a
writer.
"Quite so," returned Mr. Lee. with
some degree of enthusiasm, "I agree
with you as to the value and Interest a
well-written biography of your father
would posses. I am not very conver
sant with the work of your American
biographers, but I should say, from the
work of her pen 'which I have seen,
that Misa Ida M. Tarboll, the author of
a life of Lincoln, which I hear Is very
popular, and of a most important his
tory of the Standard Oil, would be quite
equal to the task. Why do you not try
to Interest her?"
At this point In the conversation tho
British writer noticed that the subject
In hand seemed no longer to Interest
Mrs. McCormlck, but It was not until
later that he learned from a fellow
diner what a "break" he'had made. Hl3
explanation was sufficient to satisfy
his friend that he was not quite 30
stupid as he scomcd.
As a matter . of fact, he had not the
least idea that tho woman he was
talking to was born a Rockefeller. As
many others have done, he had con
fused Mrs. Harold McCormlck with Mrs.
R. S. McCormlck, tho wife of the
diplomatist. The two McCormiclts are
brothers, but the father of Mrs. R. S.,
with whom Mr. L'ce supposed he was
talking; was tho daughter of the late
Joseph McdiU, founder of the Chicago
Tribune.
John D.'s daughter Alta Is the only
Rockefellor who has passed through an
experience thai might be termed, "ro
and that brought old Theresa down from
the room above. There waa a bottle of
wine on the sideboard, and I opened it
and poured a little between Mary's Hps.
.for she. was half dead with shock. Then I
took a drop myself. Theresa waa as cool
as Ice, and it was her plot as much as
mine. We must make It appear that bur
glars had done the thing. Theresa kept
on repeating our story to her mistress,
while I swarmed up and cut the rope of
the bell. Then I lashed her in her chair,
and frayed out the end of the rope to
mako it look natural, else they would
wonder how in the world a burglar could
have got up there to cut It. Then I gath
ered up a few plates and pots of silver,
to carry out the idea of the robbery, and
there, I left them', with orders to give the
alarm when I had a quarter of an hour's
start. I dropped the silver into the pond,
and made off for Sydenham, feeling that
for once In my life I had done a real good
night's work. And that's the truth and
the whole truth, Mr. Holmes, if It coats
me my neck."
Holmes smoked for some time in silence.
Then he crossed the roorn and shook our
vieitor by the hand.
"That's what I think," said he. "I
know that every word Is true, for you
have hardly said a word which I did not
know. No one but an acrobat or a sailor
could have got up to that bell rope from
the bracket, and no one but a sailor could
have made the knots with which the cord
was fastened to the chair. Only once
had this lady been brought into contact
with sailors, and that was on her voyage,
and it was some one of her own class of
life, since she was trying hard to shield
him. and so showing that she loved him.
You see how easy it was for me to lay
my hands upon you when once I had start
ed upon the right trail."
"I thought the police never could have
seen through our dodge."
"And the police haven't, nor will they,
to the best of my belief. Now, look here.
Captain Crocker, this is a very serious
matter; though I am willing to admit that
you acted under tho most extreme provo
cation to which any man could be sub
jected. I am hot sure that Jn defense of
your own life your action will not be
pronounced legitimate. However, that is
for a British jury to decide. Meanwhllo
1 have so much sympathy for you that,
if you choose to disappear in the next
twenty-four hours. I wilt promise you
that no one will hinder you."
"And then It. will all come out?"
"Certainly it will come out."
Ine sailor flushed with anger.
"What sort of proposal Is that to make
a man? I know enough of law to under
stand that Mary would be held as ac
complice. Do you think I would leave
her alone to face the music while I slunk
away? No, sir, let them do their worst
upon mo, but for Heaven's sake. Mr.
Holmes, find some way of keeping my
poor Mary out of the courts."
Holmes for a second time held out his
hand to the sailor.
"1 was only testing you. and you ring
true every time. Well, it is a great re
sponsibility that I take upon myself, but
I have given Hopkins an excellent hint,
and it he can't avail himself of it I can
do no more. See here. Captain Crocker,
we'U do this in due form of law. You
are tho prisoner. Watson, you are a
British Jury, and I never mot a man who
was more eminently fitted to represent
one. I am the judge. Now, gentleman of
the jury. ytu have heard the evidence.
Do you find the prisoner guilty or not
guilty?"
"Not guilty, my lord." said I.
"Vox popull. vox Doi. You are acquit
ted. Captain Crockor. So long as tho law
does not find some other victim you arc
safe from me. Come back to this lady in
a year, and may her future and yours
justify us in the judgment which we havo
pronounced this night!"
(Copyright. 1904. by A. Conan Doyle and
Collier's Weekly. Copyright, 1005, by Mc
Clure. Phillips & Co.)
Continued From Pasc
"Thirty-Nine
mantic," so far as the world knows.
After both her sisters had married sho
Is understood to Have been seriously
courted by a Baptist preacher, whose
suit-was not at all satisfactory, to the
young- woman's father and he made
no .bones of letting hi:? feelings bo
khbwnl . The upshot was that the
preacher', left Cleveland and withdrew
hl3- pseiension-s to the hand of the multi-millionaire's
daughter Somo tlmo
later Mrs. Harold McCormlck. Invited,
hec sister to visit her at Chicago-- whei:
the lattor met E. Parraeleo PrenticeX
Chicap lawyer of fair practice ana a
m6mbt. of a family that had been or
"sOclai prominence in Chicago ever
since btrf4'&" the fire." TbcrPr'entloe
R6ckefeHlQ" TOttirlage toOS place in
1901.
John D. Rockefeller's eldest child,
Elizabeth 'married the. Rev. Dr. Charles
Strong, of the Baptist theological fam
ily. Dr. Strong's father being- the presi
dent of the Rochester Theological Sem
inary at the time ol the marriage. Sur
face indications would seem to war
rant the assumption that Elizabeth is
her father's favorite. Soon after John
D. Rockefeller transferred his affec
tions from Rochester to Chicago, young
Dr. Strong was appointed professor .of
psychology at the then newly-founded
Chicago University.
Later, however, after Mr. Rockefeller
had "made a big addition To the endow
ment of Bryn Mawr College for Women,
near Philadelphia, Elizabeth's husband
accepted a chair in the Bryn Mawr fac
ulty. Thla makes It possible for tne
coal oil emperor's favorite daughter to
live mucli nearer her father than lor
merly. In fact, they live practically
next door, a good part of the year, for
Mt". Rockefeller built a home for the
Strongs at Lakewood some yars ago.
(Copyright, 1905, by T. D. Marshall.)
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