Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1902)
I TOLD . II THE DARK, rr, HE clock In the ball had chimed II 2 a. in., but Janet Klmboltou still . lingered by the dying fire In the great, h.nely drawing room, absorbed lu the memory of a long-dead past. "Jean!" She started violently. Had she heard it or only dreamed It? Draiuied that trtlfled, stricken whiter? Only one human being ever called her that, and It was twenty years At that moment the electric light was switched off, and a curt. Incisive voice came to her out of the dnrkue). "Dont scream. You needn't be afraid. I swear not to harm you." Then Janet Klmboltou realized the Kltuntlon. She had dreamed it. tf course dreamed that whisper: But she was no coward, though her brav ery was of the kind that comes when life has lost Its savor, the bravery that fears nothing because It hopes nothing. "I tun not afraid," she answered corn, posedly, and waited. For a few moments only the faint tinkle of gems striking ngalnst a pol ished surtace broke the stillness, for COIltllfl. "You are a brave woman," he said at last with genuine admiration. "1 am not going to take your Jew- els," he went on; "when I have gone you will find that they are all here." "Are they not worth the taking?" Klio questioned, with a touch of the humor that never deserted her. "They're worth Just about 10,000," lio answered quietly. "That's not much to nie. You see," and his voice took on a certain note of pride. "I am the man they call Dandy Dick." "lib!" And a little ripple of lnughter came to him out of the darkness. "Then I have the honor of conversing with the most notorious burglar in Christendom the man who spirits nway the Jewels of duchesses the bonds of stockbrokers the money bags of banks, and the treasures of princes? "You have heard of I'arshaltou, the American; the King cf Millionaires, as they call him? Well, 1 am he." A sudden horror seized her. Was she shut up alone with n mailman, and not a mere burglar, as she had been sup posing? Oh, I am not mad," he told her, re assuringly, his quick Intuition divining her thoughts. "When I am supitosed to be lu the Kokies lu Ituss.a. in Italy, I'm here, or In Paris, or Vienna, any where there happens to be anything worth taking." "It's dangerous," she hazarded, at a loss what to say In a -situation so bl Karre. lie laughed Joyously. "Dangerous? I live for danger. It's the sap of life. I should be a If It weren't for that, respectable fit zen to- morrow. She listened, amused, perplexed, Borry. "(if course, I have realized before this that you are what the world calls a gentleman. Why, then, do you doj tills horrible thing? ' Ills face fell, and his voice tool; on a humbler tone. "May I tell you why?" "Yes," she said. 'do. It Is nil very Interesting, and It s a lo; g wh le since I have been real y Inter, sted." "And you're nU afraid?" he question ed. "You have given pie your word," she answered with quiet serenity. "Thank you." In the darkness she eruid almost see the flush that dyed the man's fn.'e. Then flie Kat down en tie cushioned window seat and a ray of moonlight stealing thiougii a crack lu the shut ters fell upon the silver-gray of her hair. '1 he man came qult el se, and stood ItMiklng down at her. then sud deniy he bent and touched her arm. A curious magnetic thrill seemed to pass tliromii her and she leaped to her feet. "Who are you?" alio demanded. "In heaven' name, who are you?" lie stepped swiftly back, nnd con trolling himself by a supreme effort an- wend In a dull and measured mono tone: "Dandy Dick, burglar. Francis Car shailoti, millionaire." There was n h.rt alienee, then he began to Kpeak. "1 vn born too late. I ought to have rome Into the world two hundred years ago. the world of Drake and Fnv blslter and Halelgh, the world when men lived nnd dared, not the world of to-day, when they stagnate nud exist. The curse of some bygone ancestor wn In my blood, the curse of restless ness, of lawlessness, of untamed ambi tion. From my very baby ho. si I was rebel, nnd rebellion grew on me. I could never be as other were, could never bear the shackle nnd trammels and the cmptlnc of civilised life. For long, long hour I would ait and pon der on n way out. There were thlnga the exploration of wild and savage land for Instance, but they were for the rich, and 1 wa poor. 8o the yean dragged by, and I tried many things, and my lawlessness grew and grew, and then " "Y'es? She leaned forward, forgetful j of the hour, the circumstances, of ! everything but the quiet, monotonous . voice, witlt its r.ug of absolute truth, the voice that seemed to be giving her kaleidoscopic glimpses of a strong soul. hopelessly hampered; a soul that had somehow lost its way In time and space, and strayed Into a wrong cen tury. "And then I meta woman nnd loved her, loved her. as such a man would, but I left her. I was an elemental person; she the product of an overripe civilization." He paused, but she sat silent, spell bound. "Finally I took to burglary, liecause for me It was the one way out. It reiondod to the two strongest chords In my nature, lawlessness and love of danger. Oh! I don't say it was the best, but it was the second best, and one mostly has to be content with that I soon became a power, and for twenty years now I have planned and helped to carry out, ail tne most daring roo berles that have startled the social worlds of Europe. For the wealth It brings I care nothing for the danger and excitement, everything. When I am Carshalton, I am bored to death. That gives me the stimulus for devis ing new schemes. And the end? Well, I have a plan for that, too." "And the woman?" asked his listener, quietly. There was a Just perceptible pause. Then he said slowly, hesitatingly: "1 don't know. Yet to stay meant Inevitably to break her heart And she was young. I hope, I have always hoped, that she learned to forget You are -a woman do you think she has forgotten?" "I pray she may have," said Janet Klmlmlton softly. "Yet women do not forget easily. I could tell you a tale of a woman who tried hard to forget for twenty years, But she didn't sue clhhI." "Tell me," he whispered. "He had the double curse ambition and ioverty. So he left her. And a week later she came Into a fortune. But It was too late. He had gone, why or where she never knew." "And tho end?" queried the burglar huskily. "There Is no end. She Is Just going on loving him. That Is all." The man turned and moved unstead ily to the door. "Irood-by," he said, "your Jewels are there." As he stepped outside the street door he turned and taking her hand rever ently in his, kissed It At the same moment n ray of moonlight fell across his face. Dick!" He dropped her hand nnd fled down the broad, shnllow steps. "Too lntc!" he groaued. "Good-by, little Jean, good-hy!" "Come back! Come back!" she sob bed, stretching out her arms to him. lie turned a wh-to and haggard face to her. "I can't." The words floated bnck to her In a stilled cry as he fled through the square. And she understood. He had gone bnck to Ids life." She must go back to hers. New York Xews. Didn't Miiitl the Cue. They were performer In some am ateur theatricals. During the progress of the play at one time, while their presmice wast not needed on the stage, they sat together behind the scenes. She looked beautiful, Indeed, lu old fashioned gown and powdered hair, and he, In court costume of more than a century ago. was the beau Ideal ot a cavalier. For some time he had been very at tentive to her, and. although people had frequently remarked upon his de votion, he had not come to the point of proposing. But as they sat behind the scene he felt that an opportune moment had arrived, and after casting his eye In the direction of the ceiling for Inspiration he turned to Inr. "Marie," he said, "you may not have perceived my liking, but I cannot de lay. I 1 want to ask you to to be" Just then the prompter callled the girl's name, but she never stirred. "That's your cue," faltered the lover. "Yen," she answered, calmly enough, laying tier hand on lit arm. ays the Umdon Tlt-Blts, "but never mind the cue. You seemed very earnest Just now, and 1 want you to go on. What were you going to ay?" American Money In Kumpn. An English writer observe that Americana are Investing au annual Minn of $ 4.10.01 KM K lu Europe, mostly lu English secuiitlc. How Innocent and awert cross baby looka when It la ailecpt WW IT'S HOUSELESS VEHICLES FOR THE FARMER'S USE. The Inventors seem to be striving faithfully to relieve the horse of all the heavy hauling which It has in the past been called upon to perform. The latest thing along the Hue of horseless vehi cles Is the fanners' trolley roud, which will make It possible for the raiser of produce to go to town with his load, dispose of It and return home without tha aid of his team, the electric current being the medium of the apparatus ! shown In the Illustration. The inventor contemplates the instal lation of private lines by the farmer in a certain locality, or the reutnl of electric service from one of the subur ban trolley companies which now cover the country around every large city. As will be seen, an electric motor Is placed on the wagon, and Dower Is obtained from the overhead wire, the connecting pole having a flexible adjustment to overcome nil inequalities in the road way. The horizontal portion of the conduc- tor Is divided and Insulated, receiving the current from one wire nnd return ing It to the other after It has passed through the motor to drive the wagon. The reason for using a return wire par allel with the power wire Is to avoid possibility of shocks to the driver when standing beside the wagon and In con tact with It, which might prove danger ous If the return current passed to the earth after use. By gearing the driving shaft low very heavy loads could be transported with comparatively little expense for current, nud as there are no heavy storage batteries or power gen erators aboard there Is plenty of room In the wagon for the lending of prod uce, etc. Daniel S. Bergln, of Chicago, Is the inventor. ' ' A PANTHER'3 DEN, Clean and Ilrlicht, in Decided Contrast to the Pnpulnr Idea. It was my good fortune to discover the newly abandoned lair of a cougar family, and further, and to me new, evidence of that fastidious cleanliness which Is a marked characteristic of the animal, says a writer in Outing. This retreat was not at all the typical "panther's den" of tradition, but a bush-grown harborage under the edge of a rock with Just enough of shelf to keep off tho rain. I should not have found this breeding place but for a cer tain well-gnawed array of bones scat tered over a little smooth bench above a creek channel. From this boneyard there was a very traceable path leading through grass and brush to the retreat where the dam had housed her young. The evidence here told plainly of the cougar's long Immunity from annoy a nee and nttack nnd of a thoroughly cleanly habit of life. There was no bone or other sign of feasting about the lair. The dnm had carried her kill to the creek benrh lu every Instance, nnd the children had been called to the din ing room. As Ixines which would h'ive been crunched or eaten by grown nnl nials had been perfectly cleaned by the kits. 1 was able to Judge of their sum mer's diet. TIiIh had consisted mostly of minor game, rabbits, marmots, grouse and tho like, with an occasional small deer. At least one whole fam- llyof badger, old nnd young, had been! served, pussy having probably lain for them nt their hole until they were nil In. While It Is knowu that air can be made olld a well as liquid, up to the present comparatively few experiments have been made lu this direction. A scientist recently converted a certain quantity of liquid air Into a small solid mass, and on examining It found It wn as transparent a dear Ice, nnd aa elastic ns rubber. To test It ela tlclty be atruck It with a hammer, and the latter Immediately refunded. That eolld nlr muy prove to be of commer cial value la the opinion of some scien tist In Oermnny, but It I admitted that many more experiment will bar to b made before any certainty on thl point ran be arrived at A woman never know her own m!nd until ah want aomethlng ah -au't get. THE HOUSELESS WAGO.N. SOLID AIR RESISTS HAMMER. PLANT AS A WATER BARREL I .vf.j,-f JKI. .Ai.i ft B .,.? ' if .v J Many a traveler In desert lands, when In danger of 'dying from thirst, hns been saved by the plant known as the water or Ushhook cactus. During the moist season It stores up a large quan tity of water for the subsequent dry one, when all the ground is parched with heat and only channels filled with stones mark the course of former rivu lets. So well has this cactus provided for the safety of Its precious liquid that It Is no easy task to obtain It The ex terior skin Is more Impenetrable than the toughest leather and besides It Is protected with long wiry spines curved Into hooks at the end, yet so strong and springy that If a large rock be thrown ngalnst them they remain unin jured. If the spines be burned off, one niny, by long nnd tedious effort, cut through the rind with a stout knife: otherwise nothing but an axe will enable him to i get nt the Interior of this well-armored j plant When the top Is removed and ! a hollow made by scooping out some of the soft inner part it immediately Alls with water cool and refreshing, though a blistering sun tuny have been beating upon the tough skin above It all day. The water when first ob tained has a whitish or smoky tint but when settled Is ns clear as crystal. BELLES OF THE PHILIPPINES Igrote Take First Rank for Beauty in the lalanda. In the mountains of Luzon Is a tribe of people known as the Igrotes, whose women nre famed for their beauty of figure. There women never grow corpu lent, but are well-rounded and of ample proportions. They stand and walk A!f lUIiOTK U1UU erect, the entire body being well de veloped. They are never tall, but pos ses perfect back lines. These women nre fully developed nt 15, and they re tain their splendid carriage nud grace ful curves, ninny of them to "5 nnd 80 yenra. Their ouly raiment la n home spun piece of good wrnpped about the ! waist and hanging quite to the knee. On day of worship they nre Idolntor they adorn their nrm nnd leg with head of silver, gold and precious stone Cunning Siberian Native. When compelled to travel all night the Siberian natives alwaya make a practice of stopping Just before aunrlaa and allowing their dog to go to sleep. : They argue that if the dog goe to sleep while R 1 yet dark and wakea up In an i hour and find the suu shining he will ' suppose that he ha had a full night' j rest nnd will travel all day without ' thinking of being tired. One or even two hours' atop at any other time Is t perfectly useless, a the dogs will be I uncontrollable from that time forward until they are permitted to take what they think full allowance of sleep. A good many elderly people marry for domestic convenience. A man 1 lost without a woman to look after Jtils borne, and woman I lost without a bom to look after. I " P'ip ' "' ?i j''' j' ''l' ' - - - ; ''- ": ' I He I am told that your admirer's name Is legion. She (blushingly) Oh, no, his name Is Jones. She "I am going to play Chopin." lie "In what flat?" She "Why. in our own flat, of course." Wlgg "Is he a man of Intelligence?" Wagg "I suppose so. At any rate, he has never served on a Jury." Nell "Love doesn't seem to agree with Maude. She Is thinner by twen ty pounds than she used to be." Belle -"She has loved and lost, eh?" Merchant "I want this ad. where everyone will see It." Solicitor "We charge higher rates for space on the ! baseball page." Baltimore World. "Have-you any Marconi roses?" asked the mail entering the florist's "What are they?" Inquired the puz zled dealer In flowers. "Wireless ones." Customer (In restaurant)--"LooIt here, waiter, I've found n button in 'this salad!" Walter "That's all ; right sir; It's a part of the dressing!" i Tit-Bits. Muggins I understand that friend of yours is a millionaire. Is he one of the open-handed, extravagant kind? Dug gins Yes, indeed. Why, he even pays his taxes. Dolly "Your ride in the auto must have been Just lovely and exciting." 1 Madge "It was exciting, but not love ly. Charlie bad to use both hands to .wbrk if'-Judge, I Prison Visitor "What brought ycu here, my man?" Convict "Danged If I I remember, but It wasn't an automo bile, 'cause they didn't have none lu them days." Philadelphia Press. , "Did yew ever salt sheep?" asked the farmer of the new hired man, who came from Colorado. "No," replied the new hired hand, "but I've bad consid erable experience In salting mines." "What! you call me pretty? Why,v I am an old woman; my hair Is turning white, and, look, here is a wrinkle!" "A wrinkle! No, madam, it Is a smile that has drifted from its moorings!" "What Is your nativity?" asked the magistrate. "I ain't got any. y'r hon or," said the blear-eyed Inebriate, feel- i lug In his pockets; "the police took ev erything I had." Chicago Tribune. Father "I thought I heard our John nie say he was sick, and now I see he's out coasting. Did you do anything for him?" Mother "Yes, I brought in all the evening coal." Ohio State Journal. "I suppose you set a good table," re marked the man who was looking for board. "Well." replied the landlady, "three of my regular boarders are laid up with the gout." Chicago Daily News. "I'm sorry you don't like the new nurse," she said to her husband. "She's so good about singing to baby and keeping him quiet." "Yes," wns the calm reply; "but I'd rather hear the baby cry." The little girl was watching her mother and father discussing a plate of oysters the other night "Mam ma," she said, after some thought, "you eat them face and all, don't you?" Boston Journal. Mrs. Youngbrlde I've come to com plain of that flour you sent me. Grocer I What was the matter with It? Mrs. I Youngbrlde It was tough. I made a plo with it and It was as much as my husband could do to cut It. Philadel phia Press. Weary Willie "I Jes' put In a good day'a work In thirty minutes." Frayed Fagln "Explain yerself." Weary, Wil lie "Well, 1 put In six pies, a pan u doughnuts an' four Jar uv preserves, Dnt's a good day's work fer any wom an." Judge. The Suitor I wish to mnrry your eld est daughter, sir. Her Father Oh, you do, eh? Are you In a position to sup port a family? The Suitor I think so, sir. Her Father Well, you had better be sure of It. There are ten of ua all told. Chicago New. "What la the greatest fib that ever Impressed Itself on your experience. Snapper?" Well, by all odds, the worst one I ever beard was that your quar tette perpetrated last night when they came round to the house aud aang, There'e Music In the Air." "Why Is It that so few people eeem anxious to talk to Mr. Carplngton? Ha aeenyi well Informed." "That'a Just the difficulty," auawered Mlsa Dimple tou. "Ile'a one of those dreadful men who now enough to correct your mis take when you quote the classics, and who doesn't know enough not to do It" "I am selling a new cyclopedia." be gan the well-dressed man who had been ushered Into the reception room on tha strength of bl make-up: "would you care to look at It?" "Talu't no use," replied Mr. Neurlcb; "I'd break my neck If I ever attempted to ride one of thera fool thing." Chicago Dally Newt. I