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7 V- J; vs . i V,- ) 4- 1 f .i J! . . 'THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY. MORNING, ; JULY . 14. : 1907, 1 V J-u' . V X , " I uiswj tjl -&Vdl.ftll " Zf t li-J - -af "i ,. Af ' j7 ft YX Copyrighted. 1907, by W. R. Hearst) DONNA VAUEHQUEZ'8 early lit bad been filled with sadness and her declining years seemed darkened by a throating cloud or fear. Donna Valesquea was not btter, onljr sad. nd in her great struggle with life her church bad been tier guiding atar. She. loved the good padrea and they bad given her strength and courage. Early left an orphan ahe had gone to them when the Qrlngos had Invaded lovely Ban iaclnto Valley, taking pos session of their beautiful ranch, the ancestral home of the Valesquea for many generation. They had been her refuge when her younger slater had eloped with a hated Gringo and again ahe had gone to them for guidance when her sister had re turned . heartbroken with her little daughter to live In the love and for giveness of Donna Valesquea. And when her sister had died, leav ing little Ramona to her care, she had gone to them ' again for counsel and solace. Naturally reserved In disposition, her growing sorrows only added to her de sire for seclusion. After the death- of her sister Donna Valesques who was now the sole sur vivor of the proud old house of Valea jquez. bought a little cottage In the shadow of tna mission and moved then, taking little Ramona with bar. To he? neighbors she was a sad old lady who no one knew very well, but whom they all loved and whose desire for Solitude they seemed to understand not oven knowing of the great Borrows that had crowded fie sunshine out of her life. One day ahe sat tn the mission gar den talking with the padre. . The church had been kind to her, ahe aald, and she wanted to do some thing for It The churches of the Gringo were go ing us around them, overshadowing their homely little adobe house of wor ship. But somehow there was a holler at mosphere about the little old church she loved, only the congregation seemed falling away. She thought of many ways to reha bilitate the old place, but always there was that glaring fact that Spanish cus toms and religion, like the Spanish race, were fast being obliterated In Califor nia "How can we save them?" she asked the father. He shook his head and sighed, "Alas, daughter, we sre a poor people." Donna Valesquea slowly found her way home, and when she reached the gate leading through her garden, she had thought of a plan. She thought of It till well into ,the night, and when Sleep finally closed the tired eyes, her mind had been made up. When she went to the mission again she told the padre ot the chimes. They would call their erring people to God, and perhaps the humble little church would not be ao deaerted. 80 the new chimes were donated by her sad placed tn the steeple for the Easter services. Little Ramona now grown to woman hood had come home from the convent to live with Donna Valesques, whom she affectionately called "Mammeto." Ra mona was a graceful, charming, lrrl dlatlng beauty. Her eyes were brown a soft lasy languid brown. Her nose was Impertinent and her mouth super-emotional, and her general effect waa pleas ing If not a trifle dangerous. There was the vivacity of the Ameri can ar.d the coquetry of the Spanish, and it was the combination that made Donna Valesquea shudder. Already she had rearranged the old rose garden and had actually had the tall, thick hedges that had shut out the gaze of passers-by trimmed to a fashionable height in spite of the pro testations of Mammeto. She went gaily about changing every thing and brigtening up the gray old place, and when Donna Valesques re monstrated she would pout and in the end woud have her way. The parade laughed at Donna when She went to him with her fears and told her it was young people's way; but into her heart crept a fear. She was thinking of the Gringo fath er whom Ramona had been taught was dead and of the taint of hts blood In her veins She prayed to her favorite saint and said many -pater noaters that her little Ramona mjght be apared that taint. She had Surrounded her with every en vironment calculated to smother 11. but there It waa as surely as though It had been fostered from her very birth. The quaint old place took on a pretty lively air, not altogether unpleasant to look upon to any one save Donna Val esaues. She had been happy there In her se clusion, and she resented the lnvaaion of what had been to her sanctum, and she became a more frequent visitor at the mission and more strange and pa thetic to her neighbors. But Ramona had become a favor'te with them, and although she flirted co-i-quetishly with the men folk, she waa loved by the women for her sweet, mo manly wavs. Flirting and smiling were a part of her Inheritance, and as much her right as was her beauty and will. Donna Valesquez's nearest neighbors were Americans, and their only son, a tall, handsome youth, had only returned from college in the east a few days when he caught a glimpse of Ramona in the garden cutting roses for the altar. When he saw the slender, graceful figure in the pink flounced frock mov ing about dalntly among the rosebushes his heart gave a Jerk that sent the blood at break-neck speed through his body. Who was she, anyhow, he asked, as he watched her enter the quiet little cottage and almost fancied that ones when she saw htm looking at her she had stolen a swift, shy glance, and then bluahed a beautiful pink to match her pretty garden gown. He sought the aid of his slater, who already knew her, and before Hal Stew art had made up his mind what course in life he would pursue he waa head over ears In love with his pretty neigh bor. Being such close neighbors, they saw a great deal of each other, and it was not long before Donna Valesquea no ticed that Ramona was more than usual In the garden, and when ahe discovered the cause she frowned on Hal Stewart's wooing. She would never allow Ramona, to marry a Gringo, ahe had told her, and had again gone to the padre, who prom ised to counsel Ramona. But Ramona had a will of her own, and besides she loved Hal Stewart. She thought Mammeto unfair, and decided to aee him as much as aha chose. There were many little clandestine meetings which Ramona hated herself for keeping for ahe dearly loved the kind old aunt who had been everything to her. But Hal Stewart was going to 'Frisco to enter upon the practice of law, and he could not go without Ramona, he had told her. IT pleaded with her to elope and she consented, scarcely knowing what it would mean. They were to leave the following night at 8:15, and Ramona waa to meet him a few minutes before at the sta tion. . . That night as ahe knelt beside her bed she bade a silent, tearful ' farewell the little cottage and Mammeto. Dear Mammeto, she loved her, and It was hard to go away; but she loved Hal, and somehow she felt that Mam meto had not been fair to htm. She thought of what the Padre and every "one -would say. but she consoled herself with the thought that she would write end Mammeto would forgive her and all would end well. She thought of many things but sleep, and when ahe did finally slumber It was to awake long after sun-up scarcely refreshed and surely sad at heart She could not look at Mammeto with out wanting to cry and tell her what was In her heart and ask her to forgive her for being so wicked. And Mammeto had asked why ahe was so silent, but she had not answered; and once, when Mammeto came upon her in the act of putting some clothing In a bundle for her hurried departure, ahe had lied to her, and after she had gone she had cried her eyes red and swollen. . . Seven-thirty came, and it was time for Ramona to start. She put on her hat, and, catching up ALAS a cloak, she came softly down the stairs. She would not go by the rear gate, for Kato would surely sea her and call out to find out where she was going alone. No, ahe muat go by the front gate and run the risk of being seen by someone. She stepped silently across the hall, and there on the veranda, gastng dream ily down the path, aat Mammeto. She looked ao lonely, so small and weary, that Ramona felt a great lump in her throat that almost choked her. What should she dot She thought of Hal waiting at the station, and for a moment ahe seemed ready to burst out the door and down the path to the gate. But twilight had commenced to gather, and she knew Mammeto would soon come In to light the lamps, and, then ahe could steal out unobserved. She looked at her watch. It was 7:46, and It waa 20 minutes to the sta tion. Just then Mammeto rose and walked to the side veranda and ex amined a place where the honeysuckle had broken away from the trellis, and as she did so Ramona atole noiselessly out of the door, down the path, and Into the roadway. Her heart beat fast as she looked back at the little cottage as if in farewell, and Just then the chimes rang the Angelus from the old mission tower, bidding the erring ones to halt in their sine to pray. Ramona sank to her knees, and when she had finished praying she arose, rushed up the path to the side veranda, calling "Mammeto! Oh. Mammeto, were, you calling met" WHAT WOULD FULTON SAY? Con- tinue d From trie First Page at This Dection sel In March, 1814, and it was launched October 29 of the same year. When the members of the New Tork legislature went in mourning for six weens lor ulton, it was the first In stance of such respect to a private citi zen. At his death the government owed htm 1100,000. As indicated by his own writings, generally regarded as extravagances to caster county, Pennsylvania, with the had yet to be discovered. Mlng)ed Fulton saw In the steamboat In Its fn- be tasted only by the well-to-do. And great painter, Benjamin West, for a sparks and smoke rose high In the air "lpln.cjr notnlnS more than a means of now. before we have quite got used to neighbor. And not far away. In Bucks from the smokestack. htvo foresee'n the great wean grey- them ashore, to think of having 'hem county, Pennsylvania, lived another "This uncommon light," wrote a con- hounds of today T Et sea! man, John Fitch, who should not fail temporary, "first attracted the atten- yEngland promptly! took up steamboat If the perfect balancing of machinery of honor whenever the history of the tlon of the crews of other vessels. When rTmaJnd 'foA so m 10 reauce jarring 10 a minimum iiunDBai im cunuuoreu, mr as eariy & n came so ciose mat me npiae or me the old world In maKlng the first ocean- 01ympl t0 MASSEYS STRUGGLE WITH POVERTY liSsrSSfy ne T'me Poct.of D?mocracy' WLq Awoke Fifty u Sppon'tmens'As to roonftne'sThSr Years Ago to Find Himself Famous, Fignting itk Think of the advantage of taking an the Infirmities or Uld Age and 111 Ilealtn, to Liom-j plete the Great Work of His Life, "Ancient E Wishes to Live Three Years Longer and Thirty Years of Effort doesn't give the death blow to seasick ness, what need the passenger care? even There is the electric bath and the Turk ish bath to fall back on. Think of the headaches that will be banished, the smiles formed, the roses coaxed to cheeks made pale from ill ness, that will be the result from this arrangement. What a pity the father of the steam boat cannot enjoy a transatlantic trip Mr- Fitch's steamboat without stomach qualms. For it is doubtful if Fulton will ever cease to bo known as the father of the stoamboat although history know, that It was not he who invented it Ifs a Kentucklan, and many delusion hard to down. 1778, before he knew that there was machinery and paddles could be heard, Kolnf steamship the Savannah built a steam engine In existence, he the crews In some Instances shrank be- T."i . . planned a steamboat, and In 1790 he neath the decks from the terrifying ton when he made the first voyage in made a steamboat that had a speed of sight, or left their vessels and fled the Clermont, so when the Savannah seven miles an hour two miles more ashore; while others prostrated them- was broached, there was general con- fhiui the boat which Fulton built 17 elves and besought Providence to pro- demnatlon of the idea; It was senseless than the boat wnicn jruuon duih 11 t t th f th hnrriMlk mnn"m,m. to think that a vessel could be built years later. which was marching on the tides and large enough to carry the requisite Them is extant a document signed bv lighting un Its nath bv the flreB it vom- amount of coal! David Rittenhouse of Philadelphia, dated ited." - . At that period It -frequently took six December 12, 17S7. in whlcn he certiries ut tne vessel was a success the first weeics so crosa me Auanuc in otui that "the subscriber has frequently seen trip bo much so, that Fulton almost ing vessel. The Savannah mftde the Mr. Fitch's steamboat and has lmmedlatolv advertised ree-ular naamn. first trtD In 46 days, using her sails likewise been aboard when the boat has ger trips between New Tork and Al- when possible. And now it may be worked against both wind and tide with banv. done In less than six days, considerable velocity by the force of The fare for the 150 miles the trip In 1842, when Charles Dickens and steam only." was made in 30 hours was 17. Now his wife came to America. In the Britan- But poor ntcn, line wiriiam enry, the capacious, beautifully appointed nla, the modern rurnisning or a liner james Henry, a steamers make the trip in nine hours was in its inclpleitoy, but was consia- many otners, passed some of them take 10 or mora n tn ered wonderful. away without having made the steam- ft fare of 2. The contrast shows nrettv In his "American 'Notes" the great On may admit one has to that the boat an accepted ract. it remained ror clearly how water traffic has been author tells of his surprise when he steamboat 7?Jlte ,?f kL 1 the indomitable will, the executive cheapened since the coming of the was Introduced to the "magnificent Steamboat waa successfully used before ability of Fulton to do this. steamboat. cabin reserved for Charles Dickens, the birth of Fulton, Just as the steam Fulton, of Irish descent had the When, about 1867, folks thought the Esq., and lady." nglne was used long before Watt's genius to do many things equally well. acm9 ; ocean splendor had been "A very flat quilt," he wrote, "cov- tlrae; bult Fulton did take the products He was-the Inventor of a lead pencil, reached, a Journalist wrote: ered a very thin mattress, spread like : of the other geniuses and applied them a skyrocket, an air rifle, various fire- A traveler of today, as he goes a surgical plaster on a most Inaccessl- In combination with final success, and, arms and several other things; he was aboard the St. John or Drew, can scarce- ble shelf." Ri0raPher observes, "it is quite a gunsmith, a pictorial and meohanical jy imagino the difference between su-h Then the saloon he described as "a enough. draughtsman equal to any of his time, floating palaces and the wee-bit punta long, narrow apartment, not unlike a 1. n? n.m.w l!'JUt"U00 years ag0 8n'nin for yars M lnas)ca,pe painter. on whlch our fathers were waftd 60 gigantic hearse with windows in the ""11.1 " Interest now. and afterward earning equal fame as a years ago." sides having at the upper end a melan- r iSSISa0?.11!' Vr'.rr Thws.wemt nothfn, yeru't X difference between the St. "holy' slovef at 'which three 0J four KJEditthat millions 1 of AmfrS.'lm he couldn't 1- . . M ... nr. John or the Drew and the present-day chilly stewards were warming their fSubrSttthS tSS'fi r,Aim-UB-ftin.taflr!sl llner even Kreater. V 7 hands; while on either side, extending trltthJlerSaSn tharfhore til? hi E?v Jti 1 .ed n En ret even Fulton has ome Ideas down the entire dreary length, was a icW snterU Snd Fulton wLISo ftaMmw a?nd to elegance on board a steam vessel, and long table, over which a rack, filled to SroSrains win be arranged; ; there wUl economist n? fnli dlv in th laat boat that n 'n 181, the low roof, and stuck full of drinking - te lectures; churches and church socle- Fulton's lVdinnf th Clermont his for nivisrating the sound from New glasses and cruot-stands, hinted dis ' tie, vUt hold eommemoratlvrservis.16 first XmboaM ?. roUln B6M and he8Vy J-A matter of fact there Is probably years oi Tie dame Tfter many notable bottomed and nearly 400 tons burden weather." 'no centennial, other than of a national 5Say iXwt of shipbundirig. u the convenience, of the time wore The Britannia, built in 1840 was 2 70 nature, which means so much, since the He had wasted 16 years in France aad provided for passengers feet long and had an aggregate tonnage Invention of the steamboat has made England trying to Induce one of thoss Am.on,:ne vesselsalmost a score of 3,600 tons. ths- United States-industrially what it governments to take ud a submartas which Fulton built before he died from Since 1870, when the Brttannlo and Is today. Without It, as anyone knows, boat which Napoleon had Braised exposure, in 1816, due to oversealousneus Germanic were built of Iron and fitted the tremendous progress of the last Indeed he had in hts boat dived under ln supervising his work, were a ferry- with compound engines operating screw nturjrr would hav beeu vaatly less- a ship which Napoleon gave himfor ths boat between New Tork and Jersey city, propulsion ships capable of crossing end. . purpose, had discharged a torpedo at it tne f,r,t team warship built for the ocean in 8 days 10 houj-real - In the early days of the republic and blown it to fragments. Uncle Sam. progress In ocean pleasure has been much that was jrood and important from Fulton has in his own writings told This man-o'-war was considered a made. a- nation-building point' of view came how crowd of hooting doubters stood wonderful craft, The Fulton the First These vessels were the forerunners of out of Pennsylvania. ..The state ln on the wharf at New York as he started It waa called. ,the moder;. floating hotels built of which the Independence of ine nation out on the first trip with the Clermont. Capable of going four miles an hour, ateel shlpu like the Adriatic, was born also gave many of tho, great They could hardly believe their eyes It was fitted with furnaces to provide Upon the return trip of her maiden inventors who served to make it really when they saw the ship strike boldly oat redhot shot, and some of its guns could voyage the Adriatic left New Tork with a nation- . m -...-. -- and Plow its way up the river. be fired below the water line. The esti- a record list of saloon passengers, in- Robert Pulton was born id a littls And that first trip I mated cost was 1320,000. Congress eluding Joseph H. Choate, on his way mom m4 swacu Xwmbeuja Ja fcuK - Ba sioa hi bui tax fl-tor4 ssaj myjoxUsj u ftcaiiniAttoA fit !& kM- tn Xtui Bmw goitf ceas laa A1X4 A elevator from the upper deck, when the heat becomes oppressive, to the gym nasium, where one may Indulge ln an imitation of horseback riding or rowing, have his back massaged by electricity and wind up with a Turkish bath that makes him feel like a new man. The cabin accommodations for first class passengers are the acme of lux ury, and the first-class dining saloon is a very handsome apartment. It is exceptionally lofty and airy, and con tains seating; accommodations for about 370. It is paneled in the stately fasb- the middle of the room Is a dome filled time poet 01 democracy, wno awoae v raish L ONDON -In a plain little house in Norwood, one of London's suburbs, where the green coun- The first real verses I ever wrote were upon 'Hope' when I was utterly hope less, and after I had begun I never with leaded glass, white and the palest yellow, ln color, and under It are paint ings of scenes ln Switzerland and Italy, the Yellowstone and the Rhine. Many of the staterooms have private baths attached, and passengers of wealth may engage entire suites of the most luxurious description, as they might do at the finest hotel on shore. But perhaps no other luxury abroad one of these modem liners it is now found on a number can compare with the dally paper. There is a little print ing office, complete in equipment, and daily, by wireless telegraph, there come brief but satisfactory reports of the try lanes he loves are still to be ceased for about four years at the end found. Gerald Massey. the one- of which I rushed Into print, It is lust half a century since his first volume of verse entitled "The Bal lad of Babe Chrlstable and other Poems" was hailed with delight by critics capa ble of discerning the genius and lyrio f tower of the young man's poetry. In ts first year five editions were called for. Perhaps no man of the century- years ago to rina nimseii iamous, is struggling hard against poverty, the in firmities of old age and ill-health to complete the great work of life life, "Ancient Egypt." Greater sacrifices no man of letters, cartainly no living poet has given such has ever made to reach the hour when he san write "Finis" to his magnum opus. At the age of 79 he has given up almost all the accumulations of long years of hard work, even going so far as to sell his home to scrape together the funds wherewith to publish his book. With his daughter ha is living passionate lyrical expression to ths cause of the tollers, or embodied ln nobler verse the Chartist ideals which time has done so much to convert into realities. Tennyson, Browning. Ruskln, Walter Savage Land or and the literary giants of the Victorian era, were Mas sey's friends and admirers. "Your poems," wrote Ruskln, "have been a great news events that are interesting n a civil list pension which does not helpful and precious gift to the working the world, and when the passengers amount to more than 110 a week. classes." They were not matters In which hs could hope to win noDularltv and duo- ats. But that made no difference to come down to breakfast they may read the news, lust as do the folks at home. In the reading and writing room on the boat deck of the Adriatic, with its leaded windows as spacious as in an ordinary house, one may stretch one's limbs on luxurious chairs ot settees around a homelike fireside, and, if hs will, forget that he's at sea. Recreation or study may be drawn at will from the well-selected library. Ele- ?ant writing tables are at hand. Com ortable sofas are at every turn. Work tables are provided for the industrious; there are cosy corners for lovers and newly-weds; there are- card-tables for those who are enthralled by the alluring oall of bridge. Stained glass effigies of poets, paint ers, dramatists, philosophers, look beneficently down on, this harmless amusement. The Marconi messages through the air and ths submarine signaling appar atus keeps this small floating city con stantly in tduch with mankind ashore. Another striking illustration Of mod ern methods was Supplied when the Ad riatic was going, the other 'day, from Cherbourg to Southampton. Something happened to the port cylinder. A wire less message was sent from mld-chan "I should like to live three years more," he said to me when 1 congrat ulated him on the birthday hs had Just pas3d. "I think I could complete the task I have set myself ln that time. It is a work which has occupied me over 80 years and I shall be well content if ln another century my ideas are ac knowledged as correct." There he sat, nia line neaa remina him. He has always been true to his ideas. "How did you come to take such an interest ln Egyptology?" I asked htm. "I began my study in 1870 with ths idea, which has grown stronger every year, that the human race originated ln Ing of Verdi, hard at work in his study, equatorial Africa. I have gone over the with piles of manuscript paper ln neat heaps around him a living embodiment of Industrf" at eventide. You discover the poet n the ohoioe and felicitous language he employs, and in the wistful expression of the beautiful blue eyes, the windows of a soul which has gased into nature. But there is the scholar and mystic still more in evidence on groundwork of my researoh again and again, as later views nave come to me. My first result is found in 'The Book of Beginnings,' two volumes in which 1 treated the subject from a philological standpoint. Then came two more vol umes, entitled The Natural Genesis,!, which la typological. Next I have been studying ths astronomical mythology iJinr face crowned. With the black skull all with th Mm cap ana 1 me wni iran . -" i- nan origin or tne ijaoyionian inytnoi- searcu inio j-jgypiuiua j wv; ii "'"it ogy. .ngypt x now to be the Jitsl. irtdollbie mark. - . knowledge, the light of the world. wis lire is a romance, xne son 01 a tne research in Kovnt tn nn canal boatman, he knew as a boy what how much older the country is than stu it was to live ln a wretched hovel and dents thought, and I believe that as often went without a meal when not time roes on we shall arrive at a so-tf even dry breaa was to oe ootainea. xie luuon or some of the greatest pussies picked up his early learning by prowl- which face us now." ing about second-hand bookstalls. Fre- And yet, it is pathetlo to think, his quently he went hungry that he might slender means have never permitted him nel to Belfast, directing another one to gratify his thirst for knowledge. . to visit the land whose mystery has be forwarded immediately. There was He waa not a poet born. "Untirl fell enthralled him, Over 700 pages of his no annoyance to the passengers no de In love," he said, "and began to rhyme "Ancient Egypt" are now in type and, IS Of metier ui wwDvuvitw a ubvi iiou ma y uuuuauun will vOS( SStWSvB h sUWst ClsCilscUsa tn i0ttr& IQQ ud 4.0ft0t t 1Ksu3m4 mam Eutta mx la tiutf r-vf: .fi ;