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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1886)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. V. CAJIPHEI.I I'roprleUr, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. i htLli SANUIUKUM. Wbo, In the office lone nd still, Prowls round Mini round it wfet will, And esu the puxle nod things hko that? Ah, silent be: It Is the est. Who In It, I it nk and lean and thin, That oat I ho pimint vou mini In? Who loves an oilu, hut Icmthi-i a rat? It la the dreadful office cat. Who hath no fear nf knlht or clown? Who sots the type In upside down? Who make your little Joke so flat? The misanthropic olhue cat. Whose fur la no ft, whole purr li light? Who nevuryowloth III the nKht? And yot she la for all of I hut. The ver.ett Hand? The office cat. -It. J. UwdrlU, in llivohlyn il. GOING HOME RICH. A Laborer With (000 a Baron in Hungary. It is estimated that within the past three years over six hundred tlioiiFitnd dollars have been sent to Hungary from the Shenandoah (Pa.) region by the foreigners who came there to trugglo for a few years by roughing it, and then return borne rich men These foreigners como to America, live like animals, send home their sav ings, work for next to nothing, live cheaply, and in a few years save on ouch to iro back to Hungary am live on tlio fat of the land ever after ward. A siimplo story will tit into hundreds of communities. A reporter met an intelligent Hun on ins way to flow York. He was bound for Hungary, He could under stand English only fairlv. but stifll ciently well to titko part in a conversa tion. The following conversation took place: "You go back to Hungary?" 'Yes 3 "How long have you been in Amer ica?" "Four years." "Your age." "Thirty-five." "How much did kereP" you pity to eome "Sixteen dollars. I come undi ran tract. I work for my passage, Pay to le agent so much a week until it is all paid." "Do many come to America in that way?" "Nearly all. A law is airainst it but foreign labor comes in nearly every J.H iln,11.nnlKn.il m, I t k a. ...... umj uiim i vwiiiimb it nu niiui) 111:111.. "Why do you return to Hungary P' "1 have saved enough money worked very hard; lived liko a hog now I go back to live like a man in my nativo country." "How much have you saved in four years P" "Six hundred dollars. I sent all my savings home ny the month. "How do you send money homeP" "With the postmasters. They do all eur business. Wo trust them." "How much can a laborer earn in Hungary by working hard?" "Six guldens a mouth, or about two dollars and forty cents. In America I average eighteen dollars a month. "Quite a difference." "Yes." "How much could vou save out of your eighteen dollars?" "About thirteen dollars a month. It costs five dollars a month for board, wash, tobacco, rum and boots. "Nothing for elolhesP" "I bought one suit in four years." "Then you saved HoG a year, or $624 in lour years!" "I sent home $f00, and f '.'f I have to ro back home with. , "How much does it cost you to live in Hungary a yearP" "About fyO; but then I live very ft"""; now win you tnvest your sav ings?" "Huy land or loan it out on first mortgage." "How much Interest can you get in Hungary for your ftiuo savings?" "One hundred guldens bring six teen gulden interest a year; that is, f tO American money brinjr $b40 in terest a year, or $GiMj bring $!Hi a year interest tome; three tunes more than it will cost me to live. "You have closely calculated it." "Long days and "nights I calculated. I do not overstate it. It is true. In terest Is high in Hungary. It keeps an me people poor. "Then you will bo a little nabob when you get back home?" "If 1 get back safely I will be all right. It is a great risk to come to America. Like a big lottery. Come three thousand miles over the sea; work hard here four years; live in a shanty all together liko pigs; eat rough black bread, cheap potatoes; drink bail mm; smoke strong tobacco; live with rough, bud men, all men and no women; very cold in winter; nothing clean: sleep on straw on the floor; risk in sending money home, might get lost at sea; 1 might get sick, might get killed; now 1 go back; must cross the sea once more; do I get back? See what a big risk big lottery!" "Where is your baggageP" "I have none wheu I come; I have none when I go. I am baggage. No more." "Did you never become a citizen of the United States?" "No sir. Out of about two thousand Hungarians I know in America only ono is a citi7.cn." "What is the highest wages you ever got in America?" "Ninety cents a day." "The lowest?" "Fifty cents." "How much did it average you for board?" 3 "Five dollars a month. One man do the cooking for twenty Huns. We pay in so much apiece to pay for all." "Do all Hungarians live in that way here?' 'Nine-tenths of all who come to America to slay only a tew ' years torn together, and live cheap in that way." ' cheap in i "Then you work cheap and cut down the average rata of wagej for labor in America?" "Oh, yes. Home foreigners are brought to America under contract to work three years. They get sixty-five cents a day, and their boss or agent gets seventy-five cents. He makes ten cents a head. It is white slavery. See?" "Were you under contract?" "Only to pay my passago money." "Do many Huns go back with money?" "I know about seventy-five. More will go back next year if they live." "Where do they workP" "in the mines, on new railroads, in the coke regions and on farms. Many get killed in the mines. Their money sent home goes to their relatives. Not many have wives or children at home. Strong young men come to America, make their fortunes if they have good luck in a few years, and then go back home and get married. Hut it is a great lottery." "What is your native language?" "Magyar. "What is the population of Hun gary'" "About 16,000,000." "Can you read or write?" "Oli. no Few can who eome to America to work hard." "What is the principal occupation of your people at homeP" "Fanning, making rum, flour, sugar and some mining." "You know considerable about Hun gary ?" "I listen good to my boss who read much in a Hungarian paper. I got good ears. One is a little deaf, bad What I hear don't go in one ear and out the other. "How do Hungarians compare with 1'olcsP" "Poles come to America to stay gen erally. They como to America to es capo army service. Huns do not, I'oles are smart. Nearly all arc young men who come to America. Nearly all can read and write something, Some old Poles can't read. They never learn. They first live like nil's, but soon get on better and improve. They settle in America, build churches and become good citi.ens, miners, laborers clothiers, grocers, shoemakers and sa loon keepers. Four to one come from Lithuania, a grand duchy of Poland Many women and children come to America. They settle in small places?' "U they save money? "Much. Here in Shenandoah they own f l.r0,0K) worth of property. So it is all over the coal regions." "What were the Poles able to earn in Poland at farming?" "Half n rouble a day, they say about .'0 cents lit American money Hut that 2( cents could buy us much in Poland us $1 can here. They come to America to escape military duly, to get Into a tree country. "What do expert laborers earn Poland?" "A good workman earns one rouble a day; buy us much ns $2.25 will in America. "What con you say of Italians?" "Very many come to America under contract, like slaves. There is one woman to a hundred men, same as Hungarian; Poles, one woman to thirty men. Italians are lazy; come mostly from Naples. Work very cheap and spend ail they earn. Have no object in life. Don't do America any good; only cut ttown wages ot American working men, like we all do." "Do you know any reforms that the foreigners in America should begin? "lcs. Stop drinking, stop stealing null nurjr wiii u, inn. "Then the best class of foreigners are rolandersP" "Certainly. They come to stay. They make good citizens. dhcysooir learn to strike for higher wages, just as much as Americans get. "With all your knowledge, couldn't you do I on do better with $()0 in the saloon business here?" "No, no, no! I go back to Hungary a rich man. dhero 1 live like a Karon. 1 get married and enjoy myself for all my trials here." A'. 1. Sun. "THE MONK." An Ocean ( HIT Which Una Fallen a l't t-y to the Wh of the Sea. An ollicial notilicatiou from the Danish Ministry of Marine announces that Denmark is poorer by the loss of an island and of an interesting natural object. South of the island of Sudaroe, one of the Faroe group, a mighty dill' rose sheer out of the sea to a height of from eiirlllv to one hundred feet. Looked at sulewise from a distance at sea, it resembled a great ship in full sail; but seen from Suderoe it pre sented the appearance of a monk, whence it received from the Faroeso the name of Munken. The Monk was not merely a icturesue object; it was also ii valuable land mark for sailors, warning them against "a dangerous whirlpool which swept around its base but it is now only a thins; of the past. Last year a portion of the el i IV fell down, and this year till that remained was broken oil' "just below the water line, leaving in its place a danirerous reef, which is covered even at low water. Fortunately it was uninhab ited, so no lives were lost. The occur rence is noteworthy as proving that the continuous wash of the sea, aided probably in the winter by the action of driving ice blocks, is able to saw through immense masses of rock con sisting of hard basalt, cutting them clean across at the water's edge. .V. Y. PoH. Bishop Stevens presents some very strong reasons why no persons should be allowed to marry in South Carolina without obtaining a license. The ob- ect is to prevent unlawful marriages and to insure a record of every mar riage, in a State where there is no di vorce it is of supremo importance that marriages should not bo lightly entered into, and that every marriage should be capable of proof. Vharltslon (S. V.) aews. The mulls in the newest French alnon-plates are eccentricity itself. Some are gathered at the ends so that they look like musk-melons; somo np- car to be draw n together in the center and flare open so as to seem like two ms fastened together under a ribbon; some are hooped like a barrel, and one, otherwise simple, is ornamented ly a bow of ribbon from which depends a shield with armorial bearings. l'roy SUMS AM) ARROWS? By nUUH CONWAY. Author of "CnlUd Hark? "Dark Dayt,' "A Family Affair," tie. Where was Bel Where was sbof W.w tliey logetbarl I turned again to tha c ttor. It crave me no mrormauoa a kj ids writer whereabouts The paper and the envelope wore plain; the latt.tr bore the Loudon nostmarlc. ic was creusJ. wmcn to.u mi L id been sent under ouver to be posted in London. Bent to whom The reoipt of ills tsrap of paper worked a groat change in ma. if I liad ever been approaching that l aw in which a man accepts the unvitaola, it lifted me out of it. It spurred me on to moke fresh exertion to discover the ro treat ot tue iugt.ives. That lettor tbe letter writtia by bor carriei ueit my heart day ani night False as uiy wife had bee i to me, I lov -J ber; and there were times whm 1 recallel ber tweet (ace, aul marvoieu now evu Could bave lurkel Leiea.b such a mailt 1 bit Herntol Abbey ail tout up mv ouart in in town. 1 hero I should be read to start on tje momint I hwd when Grant wai tobi fou ii. But, souuhow. was bealuniuz ti tliiiu that our rrmaa would be brouat auout bf pure clianei. Lonioa U lUi place wain a I cbancj me3 lugs occur. Tuere are faw E.t ;I.b1iui o wuo do do, visit tuj capital, eitlur a; s.iortur or longer interval i 8 miettua? mm; tiriu. Grant thire; so I wait! ani liop)X Ctiance, pure cbaace, brought about what 1 Ion cod for. but not in the way I ex pecteJ. I did not stumbla acrou my foaiv the street; I did not bear'a chance mention of hi name an J so hit up-in soini oa who knw bim. I found Eiiatucj Grant in tlill wise: This vonr a took, which at omci too'c the nubllc's fancy Immensely, undj lU i.pp (tr ance. It was but a nove.. vet a worn tbe depth anil rcsea:ch of wl.lcu, combined with Its ptthos auil humrr, anwteJ all readers' attention. Peip;e wnre ru"iou to know who wai the authir. ti leper' bore one oi tlioie nuiu -s wbicii sti.ki t v sry one at being a noin di p'utne. l'crliup-" t le book wus not the lois real because a crtain aniouitof niyiuTr was kep: upaitowho bail really written It. Sometimes, not olten, since Ibnt crushing blow had lallen upon rie. 1 read wl.at hap pened to come in my way. 1 bis articular book was one wbieh ci nu in inv nay. bepin to read It, and am buuid to xay that tbe opening chapters were wnttei by to masterly a lianil that 1 at once exp'Tiencea something of the general interest which tbe tale had called forth, but b'fnre 1 nvl read it bulf throusrli, my interest and ex citemeut were such as no author bis by his merits ever awakened iu tiny reader. gave a tierce cry of triumph. I threw tbe Uiok from me as if it were a reptile. I bad found Eustace Grant! For one cbnpler of that b vk contained an account of tbe hero's journeying through a part of Switzerland, and the account was tbe same ai Grant bad given bis auditors on the uight when I tirst mot him, and hated and mistrusted hiia Several of the most amusing and out-of-the- way incidents which be ttien reluI, and which worn sufllclentlv droll and strange to impress themselves on my memory, wore in those pages oucj more norratod. Eustace Grant was the author of tbe successful book. thauke.l my memory, which had in a second brought his adventures back to my mind; nd memory brought back mere tban this. It brought back Viola, listeniuj with smiles on tier face to ber guardian') (as she called him) amusing recital. It brought back the days wlien I wooei her; the day when I told ber my love; the day when she was mine, as 1 thought, forever; the dav, the blacc day, when she (let when lor hours and hours I waited and would not be lieve tha truth. It brought Lack tbe liwt two wretched years of mv life. It brought bark all of which Eustace Grant had robbed me, ani I lauirhwl the lauuh of devil when I thought the time was at bauJ when he should iay me for his act I trod bis book under my foot. Hypo crite, who could write of honor, virtue an I truth, yet act as he hat act si! Well, big tune has come at Jastl Hut now to find him to know when I must go, to stunit face to face with him! Tbe next morning 1 callol on the publish trsof tho book. I told them 1 hai reason for believing that its author was an oil Iriend of mine. Would the toll me his nv'ht namef They could not They believed he wrote under a pseudonym; but tliey knew bim by no ouier. i b-skimi ir mcy could snow me a lettor of his. Certainly. A letter was bunded ma I placed it fide by side with the latter which Grant bad written me just before my marriage, and whicu 1 had for tunately iireierved. 1 compared the hnnd. writing; then returned the author's letter to the publishers. "lliank you," I faid. "I find lam ntis- takeu. My liiend is not such a fortunate inn as 1 hoped to find him." Then 1 went my way. Mis taken I Ko, I was not mis taken; but I feared loU, iu nritinir to Grunt. his publishers mis;Ut mention the fact of my having made those inquiries, No: everyr doubt was now set at rest The t.o letters were written by the same man written hv Fustace Grant; As 1 looked at the second letter, 1 had impressed the address upon my memory. It was dated from St. Siurin, place which, uiion inmiirv. I touud was little more than a ti-hini; vuhue ou the wo t const of Hiittany. J hey had not fled verv far then! The nearer the better! Every hour which must tvtssb-lors Eustace litant and I moot will be grudcel by m In forty-eight houi-s we may be face to f:ioe! That evening 1 loft London. My prepar ations for the journey were soon maile. Among them was include the purchus of a pair ot double-barrele 1 breecb-loading pUtola, which carried heavy bullets anJ were warranted to shoot straight as a line. i ual already loanied that iu a hand to hand struggle my foa was my superior. 1 laughed as my nutters closed lovunrlv on t h han. die of the weapon which placed us ou an tquality. So 1 started to end Eustace Grunt'. dream as suddouly as be bod ended mine! CHAPTER VIL face to rAca. The tournev tVi HL fv j mum time than I anticipate J. I reached Paris the next morning, anil, without halting tor rest, took the tirst train tn lt,.niw. H jnnos I had to go to L'Orient, which I iouiij was as iur as the railway could carry me toward my destination. llenues 1 reachei iu the evening. Here I was eomnellei to swnl rh mlih being no train to L Orient until the n..rt morning. The morning train wa, a pain fully slow one; it was not uutil late in the afternoon cf t!ie serouj d-iy that I reneJisJ the fortitiel port on tho Kay of Biscay. There I inquire 1 as to the best war of (retting to St. Suriit I found the p!ace was nearly tweaty miles away. A di.ijeiiee which pastel it left L" Orient every otlir morn in z at 10 o'clock. 1 must rn.it ..,. by that. k Ichafxl at th timn ahiS - before 1 piet my eueruv. mad was on tha point of ordering a carriage and borsas to tuke me to St. Suuriu at oncn but r.)lk tion told me that tho arrival cf a travel r in such a way, at a vliluge so snui.l as 1 asctftalnel St. (burin lo ue, mutt excitj curios ty. Pecplj would gosnip, and tin man whom I longed to mee; migbt b.'ur of my arrival, and once more fly nui leave no trace. So I curlied my iuipatln :e, staid the night at L'Orient, and startel in tha morning by the lumLering oil diligence Vi'hv is it, that when one is burning to reeca a certain pluc;, the solo available DioJe of progression seems not only I lie a.oweat, but in many casvi actually is tue tlowcst that can woll be hit upon. Thoie twenty nidus, or their equivalent in kilo metres, seemed longer tbau all thj rest of the journey, Trus, il road was In man places stejp, aud the heavy voliicb not ade quate.v horsed; and very likely no one save myself w as in a hurry. But tbe most wearisome journey ends at last. A snail, if eliowed tune, will arrive at bis goal, 'lue diligence reacbeJ St. Son rin, aud as I dismount xi in front ot a m erahle-looking little inn Icoula tcarcely re presi a cry of exultation. Euuaca Grant was all Lut within my urusp. I entered the inn, wbera I was received with j iyful faces. Guests were, nodoub.. fen. and their vlti far Letween. I &s.u-d if I rtuld Lav) tccommodation, and was ai sured I could count UD en tae best out oi Paris. At another time this gran liloqueat ostertiou would bave amuse 1 nu Now nothing amusei me, ani I cared for n.lu ing so ioug as I could bave foed and drink end a place to lay my head uutil I hud ac complished my m ssion. I dine!, furl was beginniug to fie'. t':e effects of tl.e exhamLnr journey. Tnon 1 walked but aud took stock of my surrouni Inga. bt. Beurln was, as I bad been informeJ, a truall decaying village. Some of t.e houses were picturesque in thoir wav, hut many were half in ruins. There was a c urch. whose sizi was of course, utbrlr disproperiioned to th) villa ;e. Tlierj weri tbe shops necossary to supply the needs of the scanty population. So far a I could ee. there was notbiug else. I struck my heol ou lhadusty, sandv pith. Was it for a life In such a plncj as this that V ela had left mo Had she given up all the comforts and liixiiri' with wh.cli I would bave surrounded her to hide with tin partner of her flijbt in a wretched bole where she could see no one sava ro'jgb fishermon, peasants, and eucu lik?t If so, her love for Graut must be more thou mor tal to Iring about such a sacrifice, of all that womau, from the time of Eve down, ward, bave been credited with longing after. Tbes3 questions, and tbe only answer I coul 1 give to them, did not improve tho state ot my mind. It was now growing dusk. I wnlkel back to the little inn, went to mv room, and as ted for lights and coffee. Abroad faced, broad-shouldered Breton lass minis tered to my wants. I entered into con vernation with her, and in fpite ot bet patois managed to understand ber. i asked aliout the place and the peip'e. She shrugged hor shoulders. Ah! Lut the place was decay ing going down zone down. Oncj, fhe bad beard that peoplo could live there and make money; but that was hundreds of years ago. Now, evory one was poor as poor could be. Pur em fa ctuld not give their daughters dots girls could not save thorn. Besides, many or the youn? men went away. Tuoy wont to L Orient and became sailors. It was a rare thing tor a girl to get married in St. fceurin. Were there no visitors no En jlis'i. for instance staying in the neighbjrhooJf Nj yes. There was one monsieur be was English. He lived at Pierre Boulav's farm tho farm jast over the sea cliff youdor; tbe bouse neurest to the sea. His na met Ab! she forgot those strange names, He was tall and handsome. He hid been here, off and on, many months He was a heretic, but kind to poor i-eople. What did be do with himself iu this deso late placet Ah! she kuew noL True, vount Jean, old Pierre's so 1, said that the gentle man shut himself up for Lours aud hours, writing, ani the cur wbo knew bun, said ke was a learned man. It was he! My journev had not been in vain. I longjj to ask the girl if a lady lived with him, but I forced the quostion lack. When I ha 1 finished with Eustace Grant I could then think of Viola. Where was be to be foun if Was hn at the farm now! She thou ;ht no She hai not seen bim for some days. Most days he came down tho hill an J walked along the coast far, far along the coast If mouiieur wislie l to meet wiih huu be would surety tin I him I hero. Yes tlie coast was very fln Sometimes artists came to paint it. Perhaps monsiour was an artist! She glanced at me. No doubt mv comincr had created curiosity. The questioa sug gested an excuse for my staying at such a place as St, Seurin. io; she hud euwod rizht. I was an arti t. 1 ha I come to draw pictures of the coast. She eoemej please 1 at bavin r guessed tho nature of my occupation, aul quickN left me, no doubt to innko her dis covers known to all wbo were interested in the matter. I noedel hor no lomrjr. 1 bad learned enough. Fate seomet sbanlnz evervthin tomv hand. I hail learned that Grant was al most within stone's throw: that nearlv very dav ho took a solitary walk along the coast. It was on the coast farawav tnmi fear of interruption, that I would urraugo for our meeting to toko place. All I now wished to cuard acaiust was a nrenrntum discovery of my presaaeo. the next morning I sterns 1 out and surveyed the scene of action. Far, lor aav as eye could see was tha siretch of smooth yellow saiii runuiug from the e lge of the glorious sea to the tall, rug?ed cliffs iu a Lreak of which the tiuv vdiarj nestled. I climbed the bill and from the rsm 1 vik ing across tha vallev. could see the amall farmhousa in w hich the object of my hatred iiveo, i uarea not go near to it. I turned and regained the sea coast, and wnlltl along under the cliff, picturing with savage inpiura mo moment wuen, utterly unsus pecting of our contiguity, Eustace Grant would find himself confronted by me, and called upon to reckon up the cost of his foul treachery. Hut that day, and other dav. passed with. out my seeing a sign of bim. 1 spent nearly all tne hours of daylight on thi const. Avain and again I went through the scene which I had pictured. I stood a few paces front bim on a stretch of n,t l preached him and exulted in the which I was about to take. I coulil see my self raise my richt haud and fire. 1 could see tbe man fu lifeless. Over and over acain during those weary hours of waitin 1 acted my part in this drama, a 1 gloried in tue thouirht tlmt ha famous; that life held great prizes which his hands could grasp, He bod cut short , dream of joy. I rould do bim. I could kill him whoa the boll r .,. rest and ambition was at his feet. In tlie tirst flush ot his triumph he woull find me wa.tmg lor huu. Oh, it was well I had been tardy in my acts! I could now take far m' re than life from my foe! r-odny alter day I sat or lav nn tha full of such t noughts as lues i Eicmt wh.. lioking for my foe, I gpeut aU my time in mv own room. D,s after dar .nt i. i.t. m mit not. 1 sunpoiJd him to be away from boma Ko mattir. 1 could wait a month, a year, tea years. Had I not sweaJ Ibcughut where with to whilo away ths tinuf I uuuIj no mori luquirim about him. I was afraid ho might hear of them, and guess wbo wanted him. 1 waited cu nily aud pationtly. Oue mormug 1 sta.d Inter than usual In my room. As I glanced through my win do, wtnc'i looked upon tbe broaieit port of the dusty road running "through the village i saw that St. Sjurin was in sucu festival guise as it could asm mi Men, wirnsi and children were standing about, di-e.ssel in hod lav clothei. Then 1 remem bered that tin girl wbo waited upon me bil suid something about to-day leinragreas festival of tba churcu. 1 had given little beed to ber worts. 1 watched the crowd lor a low minutes, and presoutly saw a gigbt which, bad my mood been bajipier, would have deli";h:od m Girls and boys Came, beurmg tall w c;or buskots full ot leaves, fullui from vanoul flowers and green shrubs, 'the sandy space in lront of me was cloirel. A young man ran nimbly 1 1 oin point to point, tracing as he wenf lines iu the dus;. Taon, soizm; tho baskets oue after ano.her, he distributed their glow ing conteuts in such a way that in less than twenty minutes what look) J likj a carp't of a varbzutel pattern, formed of (low or, coverei the dusty spud. As b) hastily throw tin last splatb of crimson rose loaves into its place tho pro cession of priests, acolytes ani CJoristori appeirel It paused on the fair carpet, aud some ceremony, such as a blessing, was gona through. Every hat was doffed, every knee was bent .ill save ons. There, on the out skirts of tbe crowd, with head uucoverei, in deference to others, but standing erect, 1 taw the tail form of Eustaca Grant. He had returned I A thrill ot delight ran through me as I gazod on the hated features " the nun who had robbed meof ell I cared fir. I drew back into the room, and watched him through m; win Jo w. My tinn had como! Tbe piocession resuimd its march. The people followed it most likelv to the c lurch. The space was ull bu' ccs extel. The various hues of the flower carpet were now bl 'ndel together without order or pattern. G 'a'it replaced his hat, crossed the roa L and struck down a path w hich c iuld ouly lead to tho sea. I laughed as I saw bim disappear. With grim deliberation I threw op?n th? barrels of my pistols and loadel them afresh. No lack of precaution tn my pirt should aid the escape of my enemy. Then I sat down and waite I. I wanted him to have a fair start, so that our meeting m gut take place as far up that deserted coa.t a possibla When I thought I bod given hitn sufficient grace, I sallied forth in pursuit. I turned down to the sea as he had turned. I round si the foot of the bill which shelterol St. Seu rin from tbe nor' west w inds, and then s:ood with the unbroken cliff on my right hand and the sani stretching away in trout ot mo for miles and miles, in tbe distance I could see him a white spot on the yellow sand. Tbe he it was great, so he had clothe 1 himself iu dazzling wbita garments. Ho was perhaps half a mile in front of mo, walking near to the ed;3 of th) sol I quickened my steps and rapidly dimin ished the distance between us. I did not want to got so near that, if he turned, be might recogn'zj me. I did not mean to overtake, hitn. I meant to follow him until he turned to retracs bis steos; then, as soon as be likel, he might dis cover me. My only foar was that some path up the cliff mieht. unknown to me. ex ista path which be might take, and so go nome across the table land. Grant walked leisurely; so I was soin within 300 yards of him. I noticed that his heal was bent forward, as is natural to those who think as tbay walk. His hands wore behind bim. and be paced the coast with a slow but lengthy stride. Little be guessed who was upon his traces! Suddenly he turned aside, and struck up tue Doscn toward the clitt I stood still an 1 watche I him. I saw him reach tho top of the beach; then, as it were, disappear into w.e race or the cliff. I doubled my pac) and hurried on, laughing in vengeful gloe. I hai bim now! For by this time I knew every foot of that coast line, 1 knewthtt nt tbe spot where, Grant had vanished some convulsion of nature had torn the rocks apart; that, entering through what looked like a naiTiw fissun you cams uoin a straight, smooth sjiao, boun let bv un scalable crags, aud carpeted bv soft white sand. Not a cave, because it was o-jou to the heavens but ail the sumj a natural cul de sac. I had found this pines. I had explored it. I bad evon longed that Eustace Grant might be iu tlierj wuile I stood at the entrance, ani held him iikj a rnt in a traa Ani now the taiug I longed for had come to past. Perl aps to escajie from the heat of the sun my enemy had chosea tin oue placj in which I wished to meet him. I was right in saying that fate was shaping everything to my band. Here I should face him, fores him to tight, and slay him! I had him now! Strange t say, no thought of an issu) advers to myself entered my head. So confident, so certain I folt, that" I paused for a while at the entrance to the trap and steeled my heart by recalling all the wron 3 which I had suffere I. I stood there uutil tbe sun maio the barrel of t'je pislol, which I bad drawn from my breast, as hot as fire. Then 1 crept betweon tbe two rocts aud went to reckon up witi Euitacs Grant! Tbe chan;e from the brilliant sunshine to the cool gloom ot the grot, or whatever it should be callod, wai so su i le i that for a moment I could not distinguish objects. Wiieu my eyos grew accustomed to the shade, 1 saw that Grant was lnm? oa a hpan of sani at tha lurthjst end of the ravins. ins brand-nniumnt ha; was by hi i side, and he seoiuod fwt asleop, 1 crent toward him. My ieet made, no sound as th'ev trod on th soft dry sani 1 stood over him and looked down on his powerful lace, otrong, sun- uurumi uecs, auu large,, muscular limbs Helookol the type of manhood. Ah! no "ti t, Hi lookrd the type of manhomL wondor he could win a woman's love if he strove for it Continued. It ii estimated that thern ha. - - - - ..MO I ' 1. 11 a decrease of $2,500,000 iu the public debt during the month of February. Tension payments dnrinir M, r,.."i.' amounted to about 111,000,000. CONGRESSIONAL. LATENT TKLIUJHArillC ItKlORT A Synopsis of Meainres Introduced itt fv. Hstioaal Legislatnre. HKNATK. Mamlcreon ofTcred a rcHolution dj. recting tbo Secretaries of State and' Wur to intiuire and report to tho Hen. ulo tho fitfts surrounding th0 killin of Captain Emmet Crawford, sai to have been Bluin on or about January' 10, 188(1, by Mexican troops, and to report what steps were being taken for the punishment by the Mexican Gov ernment of those guilty of tho alleged outrage. Also whether reparation sad indemnity idiould not bo made to thoBe who suffered, and ample expla nation and apology to the United States for on apparently gross ingult. Referred to Committee on Foreign Koktions. A sub-committee, comprising Sena tors Mitchell, Cullom and Butler, hai been appointed to investigate freight charges along tho Columbia river, by rail and bout, and to report on the obstruction nt The Dalles. Mitchell has introduced a bill of considerable importance to a large number of people in Washington Ter ritory. It has for its objoct recogni tion of the rights of those settlers who purchased lands from the Northern Tucific Railroad Company within what was known as the limits of tho termi nal location of that road at Wallulg. Title to this body of hind is affected by the recent ruling of Land Commii sioner Sparks, which changes the tor niinal location, and in effect decidei that these lands were originally erro neously included within the limits of the Northern Pacific grant. Tho bill proposes to permit these settlers who are living on these lands to perfect their title by purchasing from the Government, at the rate of $1.25 per acre, the amount of land tliey had contracted for with the railroad com pany. Sparks' decision renders legis lation necessary to protect these peo ple in their homes, many of whom nave been living upon the lands for years, and who are now liable to be dispossessed at any moment, not to mention conntunt chances that menace them from land jumpers. Bill by Stanford To establish a quarantine station at the port of San Francisco, to be under the supervision of the Marino Hospital service. It appropriates $100,000 for the purchase of grounds and the erection of suita ble buildings for tho purpose, and pro vides that use thereof may be from timo to time granted to the authorities of the health departments of the city and county of San Francisco and of tho State of California, upon condition that they shall assume the expense of maintaining the station. Bill by Call Providing that in all cases of homestead entry, whore a homesteader or his widow, or his chil dren, has resided upon and cultivated the land for five years, patents there for shall bo granted, although final proof was nut made within the time required by law, and such proof my be mitdo at any time and a patent obtained for the same. Bill by Mills To establish a postal savings depository as a branch of the Postotlice Department. The bill authorizing the President to graut permission to one or more officers of the army to accept tem porary service from the Government of Corea was taken up. Sewell offered an amendment, permitting theolfioers indicated to accept compensation from the Corean Government. Tho amend ment was agreed to, and the bill passed. Bill passed to provide allotments of land in severalty to Indians. Edmunds introduced a bill to facili tate tho administration of laws in Alaska, lie explained that persons appointed to office in Alaska could not give bond in that Territory, and this bill was intended to enable such persons to give bond in the States from which they are appointed. HOUSE. Weber, from tho Committee on Railways and Canals, reported a bill for the permanent improvement of the Erie and Oswego canuls, and to secure freedom of the same to the commerce of the United States; Committee of the hole Tucker, from the Committee on Judiciary, reported a bill providing that no persons shall beheld to answer for any crime whereof punishment may be loss of life or liberty, except on presentment of indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or ia militia in the event of actual service in time of war or public danger; House cal endar. Ellsberry, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill grant ing pensions to all invalid soldiers, or their widows or children who are de pendent on their daily labor for sup port; Committee of the Whole. Buchanan, from the Committee on Claims, reported a bill for the relief of the survivors of the explorine steamer Jeannette, and the widows and chil dren of those who perished in tho ex pedition ; private calendar. the Committee on Tublio Lands re ported a bill granting a right of way in Montana Territory to the Cinnibar & Clark's Fork Railroad Company; Committee of the Whole. The bill on tho calendar forfeiting the unearned land grant of the Atlan tic and Tacific Railroad Company w taken up, and an amendment adopU'd providing that the forfeited land shall be subject to settlement under the homestead law only. The bill was tlif" passed, without division or objection. House passed the bill to annex the northern part of the Territory of Id110 to Washington Territory.