THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING JUUtZ 7, 1308.
3 :AT;;HCME--'M. 1
ower
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IT WAS the day Of reckoning. , only fofall into the hand of th yelling?
Through the length and breadth clamoring mob without?. . ;, , ,
of Itussle th. ,or f rl J"" .SST"?.' TlK
had come. And In the Grand Duchy BChooner. He u laid in a bunk in th.
' (for the cxar, though he toe auto- ntue cabin, the bandage removed from
crat of all the Russias.
is but the his yeB-
grand duke In Finland), to the .every. th?frt&nWtf&
day . tale of individual oppression ana wer- putting out to sea. At first he
c uelty waa added the bitterness of lay till, merely relieved to find himself
i . i.-.-. f nnwnisos broken, of rescued from that death-trap and that
trust betrayed, of Prom, ,,,,, din of voicea howling for ihls blood;
loyalty harried, until th( One raithrul and tnen g iQw, cold wonder overcame
corner of the empire was turned Into a him. ..:-.-
hotbed of rebellion, u Why wm he .till bOundT Why had he
cwTBh.cnY!oWp -"ourtut no one responded.
ST.r nVrea.n H .truggi.4, but th. rope., only cut
0V?VuarwnW"entown- to I?." U4 agafn-fn Vain.
" UllrLVm "JK wervend.borg ruid Th. motion told him that th. .choon
SIm t it J rlrht f mnlklpal and Sucal. " M rounding the bay. altd he knew
with 'peculiar' " nacty when all were that. .inc. they were catching the .well.
Ilrm-W universally Execrated. Sent oh the Jn must be.
. ...... i ...i, h hf -at ahout it in a ahouted with all his might. :
a cruel task, he had aet about it in a freVbut not
Cruel way knAt waiiM svi va nnt m vnn ln(r)n
the turn or me oppr.eaeu. r . J"- . 'i" -wlT"'
v In vain Bohouvaloff confined the troops
. to barracks; they were disaffected. In
vain he appealed for "uncontamlnaaed
reinforcements; sucn a xrnni oia nui
1st. He went about In fear of his life, titn bruised.
by aa much as -a couple of inches.
With a snarl like- that of wolf (one
of the wolves in his own forests) he lay
not, crampea, nts umDs strained, ma
and every man meeting him shrank
from him as li ne were a .epar.
H. listened to the throb of the en
gines. He could hear the wind getting
up: already th. boat was pitching.
But no pnyaicat aiscomion was equal
it came to a.aay mm in w.r, - th. . - ... ...,lled hlm. -.. ,
-;-f? n-Pi Thought can torture with exquisite
the Quit of Bothnia; the pines i on the attritV and remembrance bad him tn
tapering spurs of no"t long hdows hand ,' could ,..coiiact thl. man. that.
. over the sea; the fringe of l1;.: the other; sll of whom had been brutal- .
Jess for the most part. were still tinged Jy puB,hed at his command. He could
s with purple from th. heather; but In the ... wounds, scars, stripes.
. air was th. first warning of winter, and H n4 thought nothing of pain and
the north wind, sweeping down, already (0ny in thou, days; but he was sura
suggested frost and ic. and snow, when ow how terrible they were,
the urn. trading schooner which ex- Then there were the lade mere bovs
changed th. timber and renin of Svende- many of them that ha had cauaed to b
- borg for th. commodities of Gothenburg drafted into various Rusalsn regiments. .
atood into th. bay, and th. man who in direct defiance of the ordinance ,
leaned against the rail, his .yes fixed which enact, that no Finn shall be
on the little town, suddenly threw up called on to serve out of the granl
bis head. ducby without his own consent; he eoul1
If he was a Finn, he had Swedish see them hustled along by a hedge of
blood in him, for he waa tall as a son of bayonets pate-faced, with curse, trem
Anak, blue-eyed, with a sensitive face, bllng on their quivering lips,
betraying that quickness of emotion After them came the older men--which
th. Swedish alone, of th. poo. thos. against whose names he had
plea of th. north, possess, penned, with never a pulsation of pity,
Carl!" h. called tn that slngrsong the one word, "disaffected ," which oon-
, vole, in which Danes. Norwegians, B"d KlTf to 8?U-tnhiS
".ne'ouiiXpper'. f.VVhl'ndfShwlveS.NhTghJ
cablnm.andPbecsV.U tear. th praycrs! There wafcabo
1' MUr 9t hl Weath"r" coSldd9notCkg'et Marl, out of hi.
um ta bran. with a touch ned- 8he eeemed to come out of -the
.-Ifi - i;-?-t i. .nutinni look at him with bl. reproachful eyes.
.'The barometer Is falllngr quwitloned "Marie I" he moaned. 'Marie!"
ine big man. . .. Could he Dolnt to no extenuating dr-
. but In an outhouse; and it was not Cxi- prisoner kept silent, "you have been
i tober, but December. Do you recol- truthful ther.' ; " ,
' 5.? , ?S5r in5LriteJ? i w11L: by7ncb'ti:'to1rm"t,lt,'wlU brlng2oth!
i ,Z. ,.ki .r.,ti V? Vhi ?; ln pacn neither my home, nor my
.of the cabin. He could hear the fury daughter, nor my boy
of the gale; now and then he caught n- hrnt hi. i v. .v...
" JJtffi Zh.,fJ command; he could and contemplated th. wretch who had
. go down. Drowning would be a . ouIck- behalf KD."cki VeaU""
K r?itrt,KLrc i11.tt9Jlhtm 1 nor. dead than allv. a.
he felt-to. be In .tore for him. - Boris was. he yet caught the relaxation
when,-toward evening, th. fury of the His regard for truth bad never , been
wind abated a little the door of the imperious It was not the virtue de
cabin was opened again. De Tocklondfd of him by Oils training or bia
atood befor. . him.' - ' v .cwOe but now som. instinct warned,
-It has begun to hall,' ha. aaid. "The nilHVtbt Ho would be worse than
cold it bitter th. sea 1. pouring over - - ..
the deck. I am drenched, but then. . Yet his flpa w.r. go iUff h. couldl
I am going down to a good meal And r,lloulteJ . - -. .
1 Jug of hot ooffee." . , , "Oscar,", called De Tockl, as If he
He shut the door ss abruptly-a. he would not touch himself, "give thla
bad opened it, but befor. Boris could O1". mor brandy.
do more than realise- that the weather Th. seaman compiled, and then at
had a. bearing on him, it was opened altn left tb.1 accuser and th. accused
t again. This time De Tockl was aocom- lof ln,1r-
I panted by two men. "I 'Xf'.you chance, began the
I "pick him up and carry hlm on deck," ; ."i";, "What can you say tot your-
the Finn commanded. f- 1 'J. . "'.
Boughly the Buseian was seised, and '. ' Nlshevo,'' mumbled Schouvaloff, us-
In a minute .the Ice cold wind waa slap- 'n the on. word in Russian that stand.
ping against his face, and th. lash of for .very y negative from indifferenc.
tnir nudii hl nh ttnirla whila tv. to deiDalr. and then ha fseblv triatd to
- knMlf M.r-- . LlM mn A ..nut.. thFAW ' lift YiU . hH ?
hlm - - , . " , , "Your dauahter " ha falterad.
"Ishhlra to the mast." be heard You dar. to mention herr De Tockl ,
what h. would, he could not even throw ; way, knowing you and your kind, and
himself into that churning, blue-green, that .he wa. beautiful beyond th. mi-ring-marked
through, - , Jorlty of glrla. JSut when I was gone
tv Quickly h. waa reared up against the n4 hsr mother waa too 111 to know,
. mast, bound to It, and then Boris h. .cam. to you to tolead that a few
Schouvaloff, exposed to the wind and bundles of wood might be left In the.
weather, waa left while the man want house, that a handful of bread and
about their work. - - meal might be left to them; and how
H. called to them, .oh, all,' until , did. you receive her?"' :
his teeth chattered with th. cold and . Th Russian saw that it wag his last
his vole, failed him. Hungry, thirsty. Chance. -
th. cold, which had at first revived 'How 1 .received your daughter 1.
him, soon added to bis misery. ' H be- on. thing, and how I acted when I
gan to wonder how long he could en- had seen her is anotier," he mumbled,
dure such torture and live. Again '"DM I not send Pradkln back to Abo
memory added to his pain. H. remem- bocaus. h. found her too beautlfuir
bered th. sentry he had ordered to b. "Was that th. x.aaonr demanded
bound outside his box, and how the D. Tockl
man lived, and lived and lived; h. re- On my honor." m m ,
membered oh,-God! He could not On your honor!", the Finn Jeered,
think of on. who had dl.d quickly. "I can glv. no other guarantee." re-
And Just when despair pointed that turned th. Russian, the beginning of
out his persecutor stoed before bim. something Ilk. dignity dawning In hla
"MonsUar finds It cold and th. night , manner. '- .
wUd," De Tockl began; "but there Is "What .Is. did you dor ground his
no snow on the ground, let me remind eeu,,,. , '.'.
monsieur l.colon.l, when b sent my , "Thls,""ssld Boris, a new confidence
wife, a delicately nurtured woman, to In his voice. "When the Mat of the
longer young, up and down Syendsborg, daughters of Finland wai betrayed to
from th. barraoks to th. colonel's res- ma. and th. two laaje,--..'
ldenoe. from th. colonel', hoas. to tho "Olrls Of 10," put In D. Tockl sternly,
town hall, from the town hall to Major "Wer ware removed "
Pradkln's. from the major's rooms back "Banished Without protection or
HAD YOU EVER PITT ON HIMt" HE DEMANDED.
"Fit en sur. Monsieur la ralnnel " cams "Dn! tha finnni" mmiA t mu, mwA m.kmw, if- vi .v - tn th hampaka Th, nnnr vuiini monev. fetched out of their homes in
- . w.uw.., u IU, m UI'q na.v, HVi(l . k H.VMI.I .11U V.A AA,K, V 1 " W"? .... - " - , . , . . ... ,. .
. w ...... , ..... v.... a . . ... i . . am.mmm am , . vnA mi.fi . nr . n airBirt
ou jvu in jpuBueuacs. nui resv a- xurm on nm iioor. innre was ncitner wv, vi.iiiviih v iwi. in uw wuiu uu 1 21 . v- -d'--
ed, I have my intentions; and I shall relaxation nor pity on his face. .now, because you had requlstloned th. amenaed i Tockl.
"Ach so, mem aerr, acquiesoea me .,,.... woni.i it avail him noth. "Bien sur. Monsieur le colonel." cam.
atlor. , Ing that he had In a measure spared the reply. to keer
i im junn juannn ur um u,Vu- h-. that ymA - l --t h,t,in,riT uni. -n - .,tnir fiM . mAm i- surea. i nave mv inrn r inn anil i anaii niiavu r inn nAr nn
remember," the other put In. . . . Marie died, it Is true, broken-hearted: Swcdl-h (the ianuae-e or tha adunatad carry them out In my own rood time. Russia regiment, and you knew where only hers, left in ber' stable, and be- . 'The third., for th.r. wer. three, wa.
The old fciuor pushed a battered hat her father only saved from 81berla by nationalist Finn), but the man checked mr on the aea; my crew are faith- h was. You knew, end yet .very day cause you had robbed u. and fined l.rt unmoiest.d."
far beck and nodded. flight; her twin brother living, Scbouva- him, ful to me. There is no one to Inter- -for 11 weeka I came to you. I begged until we had not money to hire an- Sh was dying."
"S-a-so," be commented. loff knew exactly what kind of exist- "I remember" he said, "when you ac- ' But for the present I leav. you In you, I Implored and you would not tell other. My wife was told to go from the arm of
"Tt wilt hlnw a. aa.la after aunsetT" -nn with a li.i...n r.nlm.nt nnUp .-...- . v. . v.... I 1 1 . ..... i .. auanenaa. Tin vnn rannllatT Tnn lauhil ma nh,,, ha n - Vnt 1aia hnmi tn .hnuu VSv vnnr nHnri thrtna-h waited for Blckness?
the big man questroned. the Urals; but though her home wa. offer and abused It you could not un- t my .uspense! Day by day I came to T you were In th. barraoks all the time. Do Took! looked hi. prlson.r In tho
Tbi tlm. th. skipper confined him- wrecked and her parents beggared, derstand one word of our 'Jargon.'" you m beg you to tell me where my "Water!" gasped Boris. You knew she would - go on seeking wf'lT he said.
elf t. a nod.v Marl, herself was unmolested, and eha Th. Russian understood, "what are ooy had been aent my boy. my only "So," said th. Finn, still preserving you until .h. dropped, aince It waa for Th. third name wa. your daughter's.
"In th. open we shall have a rough died unconscious of what might have you srolna to do with me T" ha aaaned. on who was hardly twenty. It was the Irony of his speech, "monsieur finds fne. She thought you wer. responsible ndl suppressed It
gilght of Itf been her worst peril hsd she lived. and hla tongue, all at one dry, seemed your doing that he wa. drafted into a himself thirsty." for my disappearance you had been wnat prpors nave 4 or tnaxr narea
authority ever
CHAPTER II. -Th.
hours alowlv ebbed: tha storm
It .ratified hlm to ,rw; the ship rolled and pitched and
wretch in Tthe Slace P1""?'- It waa a wild night. In a
, "ior locality Celebrated for wild nights. On.
Dnl Am.nl A t tha a! A mbm k h.ivv Tt wvaa T. T'n.lrl'a nmtn fault Th (a k. ,n n Ida 1 .... V. 1 ..ntk
ea, and maybe hall." man bad hie chance. He should hav. Ther. was a long pause befor. D.'
His listener nodded tn his turn, paced forgotten that he was a Finn, and re- Tockl answered. He stood looking down
the deck, then stopped short befor. th. memoerea mat ne was a suoject or at tn. prostrate man. His expression
tubby figure In the woolen jersey. iicnotas. men an migm nave, onn was unmistaxaoie,
. 'it la fn tnnirhf ha aaM well, and Marie might hrtve been alive, sea this. disheveled
' ."-,, - . ..J V. O.I I W . U.... . . , . . .
That night the men of Bvendsborg, ought her hand-perhaps. Why not? The minutes went by. Suddenly no0uvaloff Pout ot tne bunk on th.
m . i a wm whin a nrnmlnant trinn m nna tit IttAfi at a nan trht g-hnnnaK. tli I.:7'"UM itn, vut ui uif uunu; on ina
xniinavnea dy wrunii ina inauii. - r- "--- r
, gtormed th. barracks, and tn the thick WJ fto" "rA cr"i,e5( fh.?uh
t ji. .i . C n, ..- as Schouvaloff came lo that th
oflcera fruitlessly promised to remit all of..iV 5,a.bln." PnAi- D. . ... k.
runiehraents and increase all pay If the ."FT" i" uu.'.'5l ...... added
..... .
a. was but the beginning. Hour rtnrna lia m,r , h ranln hafnra him Indlscrlmlnatalv Ovar the man wio waa
. -nl" him. But what did you doT You hud ' "Have I not Buffered enough yetr bound and th. man who was free. For
& TOrV- thai aai.M V..x !. kM M a. daltk Va MAa..ak4 iVttm, 1 tlmati thg IMfWlIt attllrl Afl I V fAflA
. VI OVU fat A VIA UVObt, Ilalll. IIIY .Itl III llw UtUBUTUi . ",w v w wevwaa
i what h
Day- - ' still aDoka French: but now it wii n of voiip rlmnt WOUia UftVfl te naur.
Ana-.aa
TAria Rfhrt,iv.inff fniii him wnJr Qf 'ou Blna -joot mnta tn rmn. you couia not put ;
be!l?raonk-a vo.c. wh.s- . VM- .nof,: Lnd' ..H."?- bUrrVaTeeme'bu?
' rf't.Ji fJ.Tni- ht t'' vi-n,,50iSf hunk might have a full view of him. t threatened my boy with them when he .''iS'V.,, .".i.0,?;,
to take vou down to my boat In the "un..u, 1 " v.- ..m .n ha -.in., . ... i.. Ing dart but a pinprick tc
If Uarla anawara It,- waa In.) In fnr an minv auitrlen arraala ant I forth the Finn.
the howling of the wind and the dash had been obliged to fly .0 quickly that "None; only my word,'
of spray rattling like a shower of I could not let her know of my escape Boris Bcnouvaiorr.
bullets against the port for some time." T "Why." demanded D. Tockl. ."did you
"You hear?" said th. Finn. "Ther. A gust of wind caught th. Finn's epar. her? ' . . . . .
Is water lust without" sou'wester, and h. waited until he had "Because," said -th. Russian. "I
Again the Russian understood. He fixed It on again,
gave vent to. an imprecation. "Do you reoolleCt, monsieur," h. en-
' urn TOCKl went quirea, "li tnere was bibo wina on vna
faithful servant? nlghtT" and b. turned on his heel.
question, "quite Iw.av. .
tea 1 am MiMai aifinnii vn inrr wa aa Tint as 11 v-aa mmi n saw n en a 1 1
If. 1 J 2 m . K-.U Aait whan aa Anm. hnl aW4hS.T 111 at J 1 AVI talatrh 1 1 O t TTt V
hungtr-to hunger, burnlnn p-poii-,,, in whnt ifrntfni hla m-.rr Kritnriv ao far ravlvad him that ha dauKhter Is dead."
Ana tnii, he had been aa- uma gnm huntimr tk m.ta.t- ,tf.- nnhaA tia vm anrt n Tnnkt Tha wind howled, tha aorav awent
"iimi vnu rfn iaai
' .aWw..wa, .WW rma. Ma 1J XT the. Kl1sta. 1 1 at.4 -'Tf" . "
' Ana seemed to be Jerked out of the -water, ..J "hf. rv," v' ."' on. , that 1 han a
e aoor ana tne lurch threw Hchouvaiorr vio- zs . r--. y-'.-JZ f-v uiar would not answer a
i . . . . r. ..- ... nr 11. nam innui m'lTn vflnH a-raat ai. - .
"om one leage to me otner or we m,V lntoleFable; Then to ' oa in waa t.?T,E2 LU"'' n?.2",f,
answered
thought 1 lovea her?"
"Youl" ejaculated Marl.', father.
Toul"
He drew baok as from something that
mignt sting. s
1 tnang neaven, ne mutterea ne-
..Who ar. your th. Russian gasped, tinged with an Ironical accent. rBorls clenched hie teeth. "What are At last, when between the ' lashing
:. m ivu piiiua myw yrvnu, mi mm eiiw fSCnOUVaiOir tOOK DUt-
enigmatical reply,
t Schouvaloff .tn
would It profit to escape from this man.
one look at the you going to do with meT" he ejaculated, gust, of spray, a trickle of daylight fit
tne
maaatva form, at tha fare aat and atain whan ha nnuM haar tha allanna nn Inn aav tarnd In at tha nnrthnla
ncmjuvnuir airusaiea no morau nn ana ni. jaw OTOppeo.
"be Tockl!"' he ejaculated.
De Tockl smiled slowly.
ward th. door.
He went to-
door
openea again, ana again De Tocurs bulk out or his reach. YOU kept him so
filled It. He still , carried the lantern, bound, one whole night, not In a cabin.
ful OlKf until ha waa tn a fa,, avnraa Dn Tonkl looked at the hara-ard face. OUt of the clouds.
condition than monsieur Is now, and at th. blue lips, at the startling eyes. "She died," muttered De Tockl. aa
yet the Colonel Bohouvaloff finds him- at the form, only held up by the ropes, the silver light illuminated the deck
aelf none too comfortable. Olaf ws "When a prisoner cried that to you, and see, "at home."
burning with thirst, and you directed had you ever pity on him T" he demand- He turned about
your men to place a Jug of water Juet ed. v "Unbind that man," he" prdered, In
Trio Kussian naa no answer. a noarae voice; giv. mm 100a win
"At least." said De Tockl, when h! drink, but keep him out of my sight."
JOHN GILCHREST'S MADONNA-3y
Katkerine Wkitc
"Y
mer, when I waa strolling over th. hill,
and wa. trying to maka up my mind to
go back east and leave my heart behind.
Hopeless If I stayed; utterly so If I left-
on you think how that felt?
"I remember I stood in a little cleared
space looking down on the town and the
river, with th. old snub-nosed ferrv
plowing across. There was no bridge
A TREELESS LAND IN TWENTY
YEARS-C ontinued From the First Page of This Dection
E8. but you know only one as- at the edge of a tide creek. I had blun- gratitude to the only woman I had ever rh.n' ml,.V tha t-T- f El Pie and starvation because China wast
. ..- ... 1 . v.k. lart a inn a a1thAHt aanlnv wh,a T bnnarn whA V. hmiiahl m.t all that . T ' - . . " " " k
1 pi ii-up. a.u -uim . " ' i. .1.- .t. 2 " 1. i. 7 V"""" r 1T. .T... great oia snow mountains were there.
AllAkMat , .u.i na kuiii(, urto iii viib mmn unit iiiq
tide had come in, and I wa
lveiy at ni. eompanionaoie wronar aide. You mav think
- nlna haaMa mir 1Hftwood but it didn't strike me so then
f Ira whlrh flnn tha raniant banner hungry ravenous. The tide was Bttll
jnre which nung th. radiant banner comJnif in and the stream getting deep
high into the dark sky and Isolated er. I followed alona- its hank for a
with Its splendor a solitary patch of way and found that it split into three
the lonir dark hearh while th boom In a- "reek., diverging through the salt grss.
tne long aarg peacn. wnwe tne Dooming m.ad0W( ,0 1 came back t0 tne D.ach
f the gurf grew fainter as th. tid. and prepared to do the only thing
crept slowly out "But really to have ther. was to do.
J mown It," bs continued, "you should "I took off my shoes and stocking
lav. been here before summer hotels end started to wade. It might have
and summer crowds had Invaded the al- been the last of me, too, for I got Into
jences.
, . i . . l . , . T ..... .ii .... , im. viu iuvw iiiuunw n" war mere.
m Ihl SSi, oouldlat tho?? raw taYkTwRh JhoughAiust th. sama. I heard a aound
ft". funnV' rh2S h7tS !n th bu"h8 nd there she was. with
in I waa "I lSJed h?r I t?H vou lust as flnelr h,r rm." ,fuU of y and -her big
'waJUl an .VMS LO.vaJe? a nfiX y"."hllngrra picture. She Uld th.
Staves for tight barrels, made of that W. must treat our forests aa a crop
ad her forests. - now rare and valuable wood, white oak. and learn to nlant and nourish and fos-
Mr. Pinchot calls attention to th. w. ground out to the number of 07,- ter them as solicitously as we do our
number of bridges which, in these later I27.O00 -and w. passed $5,000,000 worth grapevines and our alfalfa,
years, are swept away by flood, such of them to Europe, as though we had Durmg the last 10 vears th. average
aa ware unknown half a iantiir a tn. hardwood' ta anara. -i... i .i ... .a km i . "
... r. . .ai. wjmm a , i i i a a iiiuiur. on. ASlu tne ...... . . ' f' - i wmi ,u iwiit, ui tiv nrinvi.A cum
iS?.h.r Jitha EL." branches on th. grass and we sat down ,th, ,Jwore"tBuFon' nothing romatn- Tn- .iaek barraj ooop.rage Industry modltles has been .8 per cent; the ris.
le loeTn bJcfM together on th. illtop. ea aown t mlJ?'"ll- 'L'! "P l.O7.O8.00O staves, largely cut in the price of the leading 'kinds of
xrom wooas w uo io reru n. umcor wmte ana yenow nine. nemiocK.
now, and not spruce, eak and maple has been over
gum, beech 19 jber cent.
That means lumber ta alraaifv an far
I, amount, to from a jiermanent supply that It is a
000 feet: and retrulitr cron alow. oh. verv slow tn Ita
feet per year, harvest, but a product which it will
I ha nn hard- nav tn k.t. aa a m-nn lu.i.lk.lu.
m.. a 1 . V. ... 1 n. ...... , AAA Ann . N.
wmi ai.siiij, v..
and as purely aa
love a woman, l
slonate, heavy, hopeless longing because
4 ftutir wum tjv4 itn a.,.? .... .a v . ' . : rf.v' w la i worse is tn. cnaracier OX in. wavers WAtthUu Wa aea nnnrar
me. I thought of her and dreamed of fh. asked. I told her becauae Mr. At- that pour Into the Hver beds. J ? MrUcula al tolm
bor and prayed to her, 1 did." . this and I were not freindly. 'BHtfrn The streams thai ! come seerlng from indPbass "
oui. jonn, i vciuurru bi uwi wnoii in.i wr. aiiiui, sua aaio. now oouia I rarest lands are practically filtered m Vina harAwnwt all tnlil
the long silence made me fearful that answer such a challenge? , I wonder If their courae; those thatoar down over no0mrorS 'tnsTOO.OOO.OOO.
f 7". tJivti,1". ai pii aB ni my i ni tnat i in. aenuded tracts, turbid and brown, wa UD iKOoooooOOO
'ni, ".ITI tr ...,. f"ll ? t.ti,.i"' Vh I still sat are. filled with .lit which they deposit i u tkmXnU
nwi no i"iutry i iefLt iwuoiiisj pile.. sviitv ffK.iiv-r-iuj up ar ziowera aKain in Tneir Daaa.
fsnm aa lAne- vaifa wlih wKIIaa T vanlartlahArl aal 1 4 4 mrn. d. m. J. I- i .
-mmmm,,- m t n oo uu, caiiu it u llflUH a. UtTvi I a i - - . - a . i . i " . t ! w . -. . v , a'leiq .anas' wvia amii aivwiiiVVi va . f in a nanaw mi n lonaS Trtl" gltlsS v SSSI V ar sfAuaenman anil aa m ak aabi lanna
'We came down on the Astoria boat, for a risherman with a boat it would ""f S ni .11 t. ia-ii Iluv "JJ "? ""Pairmgiy, tnai 1 must served Mr. Flnchot, "extending over IS coats us 1.6(1 ITS cords of spruce and-i that are belnaf manared A rontlniiaT
back In th. early eighties, spent the nave been a case of swim, er ,Mln oon (ter, and of all the measly, go back east and begin all over again, years, to indue, congress to purchase 5 I nniV too alad to aet them II iik.? u.iZ tr, Jw i?i
night at Astoria. Wka tug tnere and 4 Well. I insulted the 'fisherman by Hleaturea. growll little book the lands controlling the heidwgters. In hemlock tmtolm, plne nd poplar The ."tani.arcoSe fro mhe entl?e 15!
came to Bkipanon where the river was trying to pay him visitors were rare tt,, n'Jji inv.:. nni, n iP 3 t"d I f1?, U u,,r hr when from- th. southern Appalachians cf the Fead pinclll that marked u eoW of wo 000 acre. it 40 ner a??. That
so narrow that the branches of the at Clateop then, you'll remember, and r'"t08" b.tw.tt th. 1-av.. fell a little piece of streams flowing into th. Atlantlo and th. J.2TM4 tons of emlp. when it was amounts toa nSt Income of B ner
trees on either bank nearly met over- as f got out on the other side. shoe, good-natured Thomas, and I caught hlm -tuff. She Clutched for it end then held the gulf. W. hav. spent $30,000,000 In ial Mo paper. caJUd for T.SOOOOS 5po "1 valu.tlon of tlTler acre Tim!
head. At Bkipanon we piled Into the in hand. I found myself face in face t It It out to me and asked If I recognised digging mud out of thos. r v.r.. and cubic feet of cedar , ' bir . cren li on ?ili? h..i. h,
four-horse wagons and Jake threw the with the Madonna and the boy. No usa Nfc he and I dldn t ove each other t j Mia j looked Ilk. a piece of sandy they are filling up faster than ever. C To -um it un we ar. cutting timber armn..v P' P 7 " ,n
baggage up behind and roped It in. trying to look dignified and stiff when much. How sh, could live with such a jUa.th.rY . W. could keep out the mud for a free- at the . rati of ill 000 acres eviry day. Our " national government 1. -i.nW
iaPSeA lEKW SnT AW ar? Sellte Wng'up' & 'vjry kh1 SSSwK5
VheVe wW.nr.ttg little woman In 'W, after Td got Into M h 15 r-""" " - hlgf ?ft SSS
UtXk'n l&TnSWm ereree-wna8-onrya,okne.b"C,t 0 th' wlWomg T. ask! lZ L 1?. VoaVt S&U. rfW fe AiY M"
found her trunk had been left at As- it was nometbing new to me, for I wa. Oh. ye. they tried to rnake .omhlng eyes shone a If slj 4 would cry. powth 0, population and the .normou. Jii C0V,r,n tr,ct Z 1 01 " If'Vnrrv urUrll SL C2nl.?J?
t0Ut ..-,. ., ., h"2u.nrte?5Iet",?"!L lnrk?a! Ln.tnT2Sn'w?0u"eiu?' . ther. no hope of escape from th.
income Of tl!t00.0n0. while Its nrleinnl
teadlly Increasing in vslua
-You SJ T;"t "h f mJI clou." Rh. .-,KT.T."t.,..:S ft.- A m. f r uvin( his Ufa I didrf't -'Aren-tyour I ..ked. humbly, whll. Jhv""i""w r.Yn. !"!" . holding, are
lng vans mucb nowadayaT do you? I. but though I told myself To stand take that kind of talk very well from at last I began to see a light. out wood In .om. of th. form. Of Us to see Its TdutvnoT to tha foVaata hiit ln.."d i0f helng converted Into the
Funny things. Women used to like up and be a man. she made me feeli htm .ith.r. I kn.w I wa. in lov. with ; Of course not 1 titllliatlon her. than they eould do with- 2 ftseW wnlta p,n oeert of beggared Mlcfil-
em. She hadn't been out In the wll- like a school bov. Not Intentionally hi. wife, and I knew h. was a scoundrel. . " -Sut that trunlfc t gasped. 'And th. Out It at homaJ But som. of thi fact, foreiu i passed Pinto whoeslle fraud and lii
derness before, but thought she was bless you. no! It was Just- the quiet. Shet Oh. yes, I got a nice little note boy- . :f , of our "present rate of consumption" whSi.!.?. ih t-.-hii!? t Already some few private owrlers of
going to Atlantic City or Saratoga. We llnty. sweet way of her. I found her asking m. to come up ana je inanaog ie, sne saia, quietly, -my sister, will be enlightening,
fell into conversation eaailv enough, the next morning with the boy up by and meet her .later, but of cours. I trunk ana my. sister S boy.1 In jo. for which th.
jur mum naa a natural ana pleasant racnaro s ana we wamed nack to- aian't go. -. - , . " " j vmnm , m ,. , m, umu, now complied, we cut over
way. She admitted that she had gether again. I carried th. little chap How could I with the affair standing as she turned away. .... feet of lumber. The rai
nriinvni . n . . v. i , k 1 1. 1 . i . . . a.i.,.. . . n 1 1 'i' nv anst m.T i n a n., aM.na wm ' I . mm . .a. a. . . . . . . J .. ..vl. . ... .... vn. j , .wvu.v
i ""N uauy liipiinill im,u wniMIlf un tllUBB U1K rOUIlQ ptlweon Allim iiu " -- - r." . V"' UBCU 1UUII.UUU.OUU ties, tne PrOaUCl tphlnh 4n mint- tha n.rinltlnn amnlnval v.w.c,a, na .i.vi no
trunfie and she particularly explained boulders but she was as sure-foot-d Didn't I tell you T Yes, he got biasing as I fell into .ten with her. 'but Just fo 1,000,000 acres Md .uch they are unpatriotic, are to be enllght-
hithVpr"r .hat i1 wa D1-rl'et a ? rnawna and never needed a hand, madwas going to -have me run out one moment-will you t.U me what your wood as Is needed for ties grows MroftS cMia-ress "li tha orSewSion a" "oon a man Ilk. GUford Pin
hJS letters -Mra. J. Atkins.' "It was that afternoon when I was of town. Ha, ha." suddenly laughed no mors than 40 cubio feet per acre in 5? forest Pbv wIm naa" M PreMrvat,on chot can teach them.
Tfou haven't seen it yet." John ex- out in the aurf awav out. too. farther John, "If you could have seen the little " 'My name j. Auce .he said," a year. It will tak. som. tlm. to re- xin, l.!..-L i" li?" ., . . . He and those who ar. associated with
' VlWHtXL DUl ICTTinrrnw I'll ahnw vn,, than anv nna .ltl, ....... .....l.l .l . U LI t a llrla a ' a toll t Unlftf tt-ra 1 ranaiaaai tnrW 11 tha Mat nlan- U . . 1.1. i . . ' .... . uli ...m
' ft?-!f id w"i80." 'o though that heavy undertow and in auch Icy me up, ha, ha!" - , ...
Its not what It used to be. Then, it water but I didn't think of such things "And .0 matter, went along till
Was a Plunge Into tha haart nf a thl-n that T falnflv hoar. . nail anJ --.. T n-nmnta ..,. Ar T wanted
great silent forest. The old firs and as I came up on the top of a breaker to hear' the rest. . v Madonna.
statistic, ar. ffirh'E ! !.?trt?ht thsw gift, of
IT 000 000 000 uar, u. -..i" nouirt inai ro o ww quiuuien to lav
llroVd. artni m5.nn. ! reJ' th. .n. golden eggs of riches for all time to
and looked toward shore I saw a woman ' 'Yes till one dajr, early In the um-
run into the water. She wasn't dressed ; i. ' ' ' ' - ' "
for bathing, either I aw that in th
giance. with a few rapid strokes
came in Clone enough to see that
KATHAH1NB WHITE.
stanaing thick and dark, hung
, , j ". me lauen trunks cov-
? ered with thick green moss and fir
, needles, scampering squirrels and chip
munke peerlna down at us and then
deen mr T r thl -ii XT1 f,m-.Tt" 7L" ,r'ln rea(" a certain spot
Pf. green of tha shiny salad and tha tha water, an I Hnva ,.nH --4 .
: Kr-Is hnvi5Jrr,thItrun W.!.,h coral enough caught the youngster. We t THE village,-' peopl. ar getting op people exolalm, when they heard m. "How
. bTIkSf a.tar?ithl...02aS,A ""rl1!" 'end, rubbed hfm, but be was Ta-VvinnilnthJ Tflrea In th. school- !$tot t4mfMl.yn M others ,
' ha ... r wl" . r.T ii," "hob aa mni a piece or Kelp, so I carried . . ""
' and tna n.ll afA ,UUEL w.a,r 0.." PJ. bOut half
m"ru?r?Ar,w.t" Pf t&eraf" get Into my clothes and find
.. r w-iaa.i n;and breathed to Fort Stevens for a doet
ar.ua.vt Etn, ta. imr. n will ia.jta iomt lima to re-. tja ....(,. ,u at . - .n w n t aiui:ie.i'jiu wun
Her. i recklessly threw ail th rest place th. trie, from which thos" tle JtL ?hl V 2rt.r"2r.anVn IhI.?. h!m l,,utnls now desperate struggle to
of thodrlftwood on th. fir. were out. - " wl- the nation's timber and the na-
Johij." I said, "your wife- There wer. JJ70.000 cord, ef tanbark ZZHZn ft' !ISZlii,H ' lh.V2L.2i-"Vue tlon' rlvr" ttn" th nation', egrlcul-
:L"H0hn "wr.d, ."eertalnly. my tmed lup in our tanneries, For. telegraph .nerlc-d "oBf Umberartwh hS 11.".
ijjea, an over zu xeet in lengtn, we OUt - ..J,... k, ....., vi.t v. ' ' .. raipiiauu mcaiia can
M26.87 specially selecUd sSarii. Sa".'??."-" !2I!rlty wh,ch can nr- P.cct to supplement tl
wa reasonably ex-.
this first help of ra-
mrh i. Zr,:.n ill F,r"t' T Pln he government
tMh.JTiJh .t L. -et ,nn2uh "hould purchase the forest land along
ra nn- ,nV?,Lt al.,, .""t! th rno it Important watershed, down
'ffwTLUtajK,a,?5aI-tre'r:-?kut th. -length Of the southern Appalsch-
.J.wi? J?" A'j ur. 'oreU'" th lens and un through the White moun-
r are you -Peter Mlchallowltch," iL?'l,," "a. pnrasea it, is tne only taln. If only 8,000,000 or .000,0OO acres.
. .1,. . .. i. i . . salvation. . ...... .. .
Of eoursi th. conVe'ntional t.Ieh.r AnHn.,.vV .-IV Tt"" Jt i. believed that 'there Is little hone "aV'.ua"
and bava bean m fondlv ainaetad ? "w" tnat w,1 a,8lst th" national gov-
na rave oesn eo ronuiy expectea or soience. .mmant -im nivata in h.Aiin.
MY IDEAL SCHOOL By CountLeoTolstoy
euro ' -.:'- -..'.r-'J-; .;. J. .-. . - '- - - y- - -
bov a-rew tlrA on th. lni rt:V.A lu" " t ana xouna on.
cuddled him .gainst her breast, trvlna- '"Your ltrf T ..u.n
Ltia. i'SaTO hAj.tl,S!L P,r: v::'7,-tal"L th" Aunt Jane was ?rn
"" nwraoa 10 iuu"w tne letter tnn nt , ami
ill roast a n H 1 1. -h,n . v. . BKK,... ' ... J . . "
their haraaters are
molded. I have hardly ever
mUanH L. l .... aaA a ) aa . M '
iBav.hb.,nUVotUalv fnL,t.Y5 JSXS ? .! wJU th.atlonal gov-
him f-v.n. ,k. il V ernin.ni ana private owners in nananng
&Sl.l,,.c,ffi "to"? them according to rational methods.
aaLr . . . U "n . . r. . i z 1 " . Vu . ' J. t." . M-. iimMr land is taxea to its run value
bear,
or 100
soon aa most of the ntely more woo den houenpre wooden 0f various states to tax their lnvalu-
uwn xne ""f"i "' " - " uunumn iuuy. vo ahla Vnraata out nf nlittno . -
ranidiV 'being other.. Some hav. refuaed ta sr-' Vni. loP Si too glv. m the es. pemeni, waii oranenaa or construe-
vir aeert chlU thing In mv methods at alt a f hav- m yesteraayi ., lion.
VoY tha hSao Sk SXMtnuV?"rwOo0d'th& S2.Mey? Tlmbef land l3 twed to" ItTfuU
if i .i.. i neap'; asa eubetltute tor wood than 1t hafi to find- -verv veae althnurh the cron it
111 lying down. ing an adequate substitute for water., harvested onlv once in B0 7S c
I1.?6 P?" ..T,riLri"f5.OvT:lP-roP0rt'on JearlYt is nlw the .ulcld'al r'
. '' 'T'"":" i7L . a rr;; -"v7 "xr -.-..'rha-. aaaita - ... .
Playing In ' tne rmu Al y !" fail, UUI Vlinw-r-wno "I" ind I. Un.. in v..r, an' nnaaaa """""'""' urai mi.m. inoi mm oj nu
tion of the very smallest, or those w no nave n.sitatea oetween tn. two extremes J l'r. " pnjy tneir quick breath- . i r . . '. , f . " .T, " . u " j" mean, an act or rroviaence tney come
,:LLnt), vhnAlt . Knn Miltl tha Mtlnrlfv. In- tells of their excitement nf a mn. th. Use Of materials Other than Wood In of varv human earnlnaaneaa and a p.
of them carry anything neither books. It U the same .verywhf . thg eoft : before, .The warlike aplrlt dis- j""1?; Vn nii under a .ystem
nor writing materials, for none of , thert Mrvativ. teacher, do not Ssem afa le to appears ami . tna mind of the teacher 1h2Uiti rS..7!1,,irtiaS ' t kind.
are required to-study at home. grasp new Idea. In education and In. rules the room. th. erage Amer lcn "e4 mor. jrood u , , bi.rt oUMk - bwt : : And
itut not only OO tney rarry muiuiis -iruuiiuii '' W a scnooi - MltKS IS Studying h i book" With the Tha fact la that auhnttrutaa fn- antna T'' lsnurauvo -nir Beirian-
' I , ' .1. ... .---tf nnlliln. In ahnlllil ha fllla ihatn avllh kn..n. , .., , . ., . : ' v ' " in. IRCt IS mat SUDBtltUtSS TOT SOmS n whlnh ha- mnal tha waaAa -nM
'a,.?n, .tte-- !&Wr4 my-grip .7-..goj their 4a llS"NoT W rAro .iOJOE:
UiHmm i laliil i.a in 4 t-. i e0 DaCK le Portland.- ever asaea to rememocr nvii-i am mbih nnivu mar w aaaa any uay in my teetn, HIS eyes sparkle and be Sees now , kia,la. whil tha lneraaaa1 na- (Xa-nan !, V .'" vucir ina rara wp
r.T -w J . ,.Kt nyB?lf- J ' left more than my grip ; behind, yesterday. They are not tortured by school. v nothing but the book in front of him 51? -,', .k ifrfJ .Tm. i. inr.4 lu ..t0 themselves about sparing tBrtt
bartn t much Idea of an Oregon beach, thoiirh. nnw T tn n . '""" .. h.,..i.. i ii.ir.nn-a ihn .A.,jn, it it. "? .. JFon.' .r mm. . fsrr u;h purposes as make it Indlepen- -tra" in thi, vmiik th . r
less
And In
Again.-the states must pass and en-
u I . , ..... i ,iri.w tana niuuii . "i 1 1 c i nv jivpvr nji-
eWJiU.-W,i! rnSdfPOPni0-nl,7 wm ot fire' prevention: Experience has
?nti,n.- A.a an Tn.t.n. ' demonstrnted that forest fires are by no
Madonna from some old painting. It sympathizing with.
w ve loog in tif eyea. aa much aa "Of course, mv holidar a-
Ivatlpn
now.