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
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"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.
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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.