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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1906)
Ji. . -a Ti ILouis Tracy, j A Tew " words "may " cover a' vast amount of exertion. Before the sec ond line, with its running gear, was safely stayed around the body of the lantern even the iron railing might give way a precious hour had elapsed, and Stanhope was impatiently stamp ing about the bridge of the tender, though none knew better ".than he that not an unnecessary moment was being lost At last a signaler stationed on the tug was able to ask: "What shall we send first?" . And the answer came back: "Water, milk, bread." All night tinsmiths had labored to in close food and clothing in water tight cylinders ready for transport, and the shining packages now began their voy aging from the tug's trawl beam to the lofty gallery, three-fourths of the jour ney being through the sea. When the first consignment reached the rock an other lusty cheer boomed from the watching-vessels. Stanhope at feast could picture the scene in progress behind the grim gran ite walls Constance and Enid, with others whom he did not know, serving out generous iraf ts to thirsty and fam ished women and men, helping them selves last, and hardly able to empty the eight gallon supply of fresh water before they were called on to distrib ute a similar quantity of milk. And then the bread, the cooked meat all cut in slices, the tinned soups and meat extracts, the wines for Traill had taken charge of the catering, and his arrangements were lavish what a fe:ist for people almost on the verge of starvation! The hours flew until the tug signaled that she must cast loose and back away from the reef. The tide was running westward now. Soon the dan ger would be active, and in any case the Gulf Rock was saved from the possibility of famine during the next forty -eight hours. So the hawser In its turn was buoyed, and Brand's parting Instruction was not to attempt to re open communication during the dark hours of the morning tide. The wisdom of his advice was mani fest. With farewell trumpetings the vessels scurried off to Penzance, and the telegraph office was kept open 'all night transmitting the word pictures of newspaper correspondents to thrill the world with full descriptions of the way in which the Gulf Rock's fam ished denizens had been relieved. The last two packages ferried to the lighthouse contained not only warm woolen wraps for the women and chil dren, but a big bundle of letters and telegrams. Pyne was the postman. There were at least twenty notes addressed to the girls and several to Brand from friends ashore. Mr. Traill, of course, wrote to his nephew and Mrs. Vansittart. Natural ly Pyne carried his own missive to the kitchen, where he found that Con stance and Enid had managed to wash In distilled water. They were cutting sandwiches and endeavoring to read their letters at the same instant. lie bowed with sar castic politeness. "I see you are ready for the party," he said. Certainly he offered a deplorable con trast to them. His face was incrusted with salt and blackened with dirt and perspiration. His hands were like those of a sweep, but smeared with oil, which shone on his coat sleeves up to both elbows. His clothes were torn nnd soiled, his liner, collar and cuffs limp as rags, and his waistcoat was ripped open, having remained in that condition since it caught in a block as he descended the mast.- "Oh, you poor fellow!" cried Con stance. "How you must envy us! Here is a kettleful of hot water. I can't say much for the towel, but the soap is excellent." Refreshed, Tyne opened his uncle's letter. The girls were keeping up a running commentary of gossip. "Mousie (Mrs. Sheppard) says she hasn't slept for three nights." "Edith Taylor-Smith savs she envjies us." "That letter you are reading now is from Lady Margaret. What does she say?" "She sends all sorts of love, and that kind of thing," cried the blushing Enid, who had just learned from Jack's mother that Stanhope had ap propriated her as his intended wife without ever a proposal. "Is th:'t all in four closely written pages':" "Well sho hopes soon to see me to see both of us" Constance was too kindly to quiz her sister. Maybe she saw something in Enid's eye which threatened speedy re taliation. "Here's a note from the vicar. They have held a special service of interces sion at St. Mary's." "And Hettie Morris writes Good gracious, Mr. Fyne! Have you had any bad news?" Enid's wondering cry was evoked by the extraordinary way in which the youm: American was looking at her. -fiyiC U'&T; V..-t M FOIESranOIffiTTAlJ iter ''' mA mr ifa -J "I sec you are ready for the party." Some intensely exciting knowledge had mastered stoicism. His eyes were dis tended, his lips quivering. He leaned with one hand on the kitchen table. In the other he had clinched his uncle's letter. Constance stood near to him. That he, of ail 'the men she had ever met, should yield to an overpowering emo tion startled her greatly." She caught his arm. "Mr. Pyne," she said softly, "if it is any ill tidings you have received we are indeed sorry for you." He pulled himself straight and gave Constance such a glance that she has tily withdrew her hand. It seemed to her that he would clasp her in his arms forthwith without spoken word. Her action served to steady him, and he laughed, so softly and pleasantly that their fear was banished. "Girls," he said slowly, "I have been parachuting through space for a min ute or so. I'm all right. Everybody is all right. But 'my head swims a bit If I come back forgetting my name and the place where I last resided, remem ber that once I loved you." He left them. He could not trust himself to say more. .... ... u "That letter was from his uncle, I suppose," said Enid, awe stricken. ' "It must be something very dra matic which would make him act so strangely. Why has he run away? Was he afraid to trust us with his news?" There was a sharp vehemence in Constance's voice which, did not escape her sister's sharp ears. "Connie," said Enid quietly, "as sure as Jack loves me, that man is In love with you."- .- '- "Enid" ; But the other girl laughed with a touch of her saucy humor. , "Why did he look at you in that way just now? Didn't you think he was go ing to embrace you on the spot? Con fess!" "It was at you- he was looking." "Not in. the way I mean.. He gazed at me as if I were a spirit. But when you touched him he awoke. He might have been asleep and suddenly seen you near him. I wonder he didn't say, 'Kiss me, dearest,' and then I will be sure it is not a dream." " v Constance discovered that she must defend herself. "Mr. Pyne hardly conveyed such un utterable things to me," she' said, con scious that a clean face betrays a flush which smudges may hide. "Have you had a letter from Jack that you can interpret other people's thoughts so sweetly?" "No, dear. Jack has not written, I have found out the cause. His mother expresses the hope that he will be the first to convey her good wishes. 1 So I think he meant to try to bring the rope himself. Dad knew it and Mr. Pyne. That is why they did not tell us." Constance gathered her letters Into a heap. The tiny pang of jealousy which thrilled her had gone. "Eighty -one hungry mouths expect to be filled to repletion tonight," she said. "No more gossip. What curious crea tures women are! Our own affairs 'are sufficiently engrossing without endeav oring to pry into Mr. Pyne's." "Connie, don't press your l;ps so tightly. You are just dying to know what upset him. But, mark my words, it had nothing to do with any other woman." Wherein Enid was completely mis taken; she would never commit a greater error of judgment during the rest of her days. When Pyne quitted the kitchen his intent was to reach Brand without de lay. As he passed Mrs. Vansittart's bedroom he paused. Something had delighted him Immeasurably once the first shock of the intelligence had passed. He seemed to be irresolute In his mind, for he waited some time on" the landing before he knocked at the door and asked If Mrs. Vansittart would come and speak to him. ; . , . "Are you alone?" she demanded, re maining invisible.: ..'l- . ii I "Yes." ho said. '.I, : " ' Then she appeared, 'with ' -that bor- rowea snawi suu closely wrapped over bead and face. "What la ltrr abeaaJd.jreullz. . from my ; C I cannot "Tes a:cbarmirig letter, but understand it. He says that some very understand iu uesajs uiaisumcteij ( ot.,i .marino vmt ts-in de-i! tain. him in PeHzance after we reach the place. He goes on but I will read It t you. I am 'quite bewildered." She took a letter from her pocket' and '. searched through its, contents until she found a paragraph. She was about to read it aloud when some one came down the stairs.. It was one of the of ficers, yet Mrs. Vansittart was so flur ried that she dropped the sheet of pa per and; bent .to pick it up before Pyne could intervene. - ' "Oh, bother!" she cried. "I am dread fully nervous, even now that we are in no further peril, This is what I wish you to hear." . . . ' And she read: . - - ; Nothing but the most amazing and un looked for circumstances would cause me to ask you to postpone the " date 'of our marriage for at least a month after you : reach shore. Tnls la not the time nor are I your present surroundings the' place for telllngr you ; why I - make txis - request. Suffice it to say that I. think .Indeed, I V am sure a great happiness has come Into my life, a happiness... which .-, you,.-.as my ' wife soon to be, yrlU, share. ( The American,! .while . Mrsw; Vansittart was intent, on , her . excerpts from his 1 uncle's letter, studied all that was visi i ble of her ;f ace. -That which he saw , there puzzled, him. - vShe- had suffered ho more than! others, so he wondered why she wore such, an air of settled melancholy. Throughout the lighthouse gloom was dispelled...1 The sick became i well, the lethargic became lively. Even the tipplers of methylated spirits, dead '' ly ill before, had worked like Trojans at the rope, as eager to rehabilitate their shattered character as to land tho much needed stores. I What trouble (had T)ef alien this wo man, so gracious, so facile, so worship ful .in her charm, of manner and iter ance during the years he had known , her, that she remained listless when all about her was life and joyance, she, . the cynosure of many eyes by her cos tumes and graceful carriage, cowering from recognition? Here was a mys- I tery, though she had repudiated the 1 word,and a mystery which, thus far, defeated his subconscious efforts at. so- I lution. ' 1 She lifted her eyes to his. Her ex pression was forlorn, compelling pity by it3 utter, desolation. "What does he mean?' she asked plaintively, ; "Why "has he not spoken clearly? Can you tell' me what it is, this great happiness which has entered I so strangely into his life and mine?" I vi have .never ' met any man who knew exactly what he meant to say and exactly how to say It better than Cyrus J.," said Pyne. "But he has written to you surely. Does he give no hint?" . , "Hia letter is a very short one. To be candid, I have hardly made myself acquainted with its contents as yet." "You are fencing : with me. You know, and you wiU not. tell.". Her mood changed so rapidly that Pyne was iot wholly prepared for the attack! . . :; -. .;- "It is a good rule," he said, "never, to pretend you can handle another man's affairs better than he can handle ithem himself." He met her .kindling glance firmly. The anger that scintillated in her eyes almost found utterance, but this clever woman ef the world felt that nothing would be gained,, perhaps a great deal lost, by any open display of. temper.. , She laughed scornfully. "Mr. ' Traill is certainly the best judge, of those worthy" of his confi dence. Excuse me if I spoke heatedly. Let matters remain where they were." "Just a word, Mrs. Vansittart. . My uncle has written you fairly and squarely. He has not denied you his Confidence. If I understood you, he has promised It to the, fullest extent' "Yes, that is true." . "Then what are - we quarreling about?": ,.V. He lauzhed in his careless way to put her at her ease. . She frowned med itatively. She who could smile in such a dazzling fashion had lost her art of mie. ": ' . - -,"... (To be Continued) Serious Situation. '' Portland is facing a fuelfamine. Indications now are to the effect that there will be the greatest scarcity"; of coal and wood this Winter ever known in the history of the city. Already prices have (begun to soar, and it is possible : that the shortage will cause the poor people of Portland to be hit hard before the cold season is lover. Theonly kind ot fuel a- vailable now is slabwo h3, and so great is the demand for this that orders taken today, cannot be filled tor two weeks. Coal, four-foot fir and oak, are nearly out ot the market and dealers cannot say w.hen they will be able to supply i he demand, even at advanced figures. As an example ot how prices are advancing, green slabwood that could be procured on demand at $1.50 per load a few weeks ago, has gone up to $1.75, while dry slabwood commands $2.50 a load. - Four-foot fir is now worth $4.50 a cord against $4 a month ago. . Coal is. valued at $8.co a ton, a rise of 50 cents in a few weeks. ? . J.i ". ' j-V.- sV"r ;,; '-.i ? The canse .of. the shortage in fuel lies in the scarcity 4 of "cars needed in the transportatiom of wood from local interior poiats, Ton have had "a letter ancle?" .. ' ' r , .:. , aai . Qr coai .from Rock Spring v - tTir . , ,. e . VWe are coo tons short x of our , , , : , , ", orders alreadvi-- said Manager j Reeves, of the Rock Springs Coal Company.. This : shortage has been more-pronounced since the first of September, when bouse' keepers began ordering their Win ter supplies of . fuel. . We have tried to jet cars in every way we could think .of, but all the rail roads report a famine in the sup ply of both box and flat cars, and none of them know when the sit- uation can be gram. . . reieved.,, Tele- Additional Local. Mrs. De vine leaves today for Ashland to visit relatives. ; r : -. - ..... 1 ' "Shorty" Miller is one of the old stu dents, who arrived, yesterday to re-enter OAC. , , . , ; -,, :. . . -. . Mrs. Charles .Beach leaves tomorrow (or Portland where she will visit frieads and . attend .the -Methodist Conference that convenes in that city next week. , Mrs, G: B. S h nidt (xpcta to leave Monday for Portland to. attend tte M. E. conference. Rev. G. H Fee -6 goes down on Tuesday for the same purpose. Subject at' the Church of Christ next Sunday , morning: "The Theory and Practice of Christianity." Evening, "Leaving Home." Special serman to young people. ' , The site of the new A. J. Johnson brick is a scene of activity these days. W. O Heckart has btgun operations and quite a force of men aie busy, although a scai- city of laborers is reported. The contra for -the concrete work has been sublet to Ed Felton.' : - ' " ; FlansTare in progress now for a big re C9ption to students, the affair to be given by the . Epworth League ' of the M. E cnarcn on October 6th. The ' occasion will be a pleasant one, further particu lars of which will be liiven later. . The busiest people in town these davs are the city draymen. From dawn until darjj they' are ordered here, there and everywhere, and with loaded, trucks are mat on every corner. - The occasion for the rash is the influx of students, each of whom has from oae to a r-ozen boxes, bundles aid trunks to be carted about, and also to an increase in all lines of business about town which naturally conies after each harvest. , Prune pipking began at the big orchard Mjnday and is being hurried as much as poss,ibe as the fruit is ripening rapidly and falling. Abon twenty pickers are Success results from two things opportunity and pre paredness: - I The Holmet .Butinea College contribute both toward your getting on in the world. - Read these little "ezcerpU from biographies of Holmes Business College graduates." J We will give you their names and some fur ther particulars if you will call at the College. Mr. took a course in shorthand, was employed by the O. R. & N. Co., went to China, and-now occupies the high position of Consul at Harbin, won by sheer merit JMr. took bookkeeping and stenography at the Holmes Business College, was engaged with a Portland machinery house for a (ew years, and now enjoys a lucrate position with the U. S. Government in the Philippines. I Mr. tdbfc a course afc the Holmes Bus iness College, went to Japan and founded n enormously successful business of his own. .This man's success is the result solely of technical and practical training which enabled him to grasp opportunities and mould them to his purpose. J Write for free folder. It tells all about the Holmes Business College, the courses of study, tukion, etc It is a folder you will -keep be- . cause k i worth while. . i'. i 4 ' 1 .'.!..'" i ' BUSINESS COLLEGE WASHINGTON Cr TENTH STSi PORTLAND OOE. Write direct to Principal, Room 1 . 1 i froplov-d 411.1 many mw are neeJe. The crop hii g .Jd 10 Lh8u118 broth era of 'tlbtny, on o( hon U operating the dri-r. hil R ibert Johnson is in charge of th nicking. ' Tie orchard is on tti th bus:wt pi es in Ben on coun ty jun it'iw. Carpenter are now figuring on pU" f r an ftd.il ion 24 hy 3(1 feet which is to be added to the sooth aid f the.Christ Un church. The a Mitiori will be for a lectnre room, to be connected' with the main room by folding doos, by whi -h means he two roo can be thrown ir to one large auditorium when rsqnired; If the good weather continues work 01 the addition will be commence 1 at once, but in case of early rains it is possible the improvement may not be made un til spring. . . At the college armorv tonight there is to be a big reception , given in honcr the new stn lents. by the Y. M and Y. W C,A. The public generally will at tend and a jolly time is certain to be en joyed. Ihe usual program and refresh mpnts will be features James WithyoomHe, who ran for gov ernor on the Republican ti -ket at the las state election, is at the Imperial hotel Mr." Wirhycombe lives at Corvallis and is in Portland on a brief business visit. Since his arrival at the Imperial he la been visited hy many friends who flocked to the tint 1 when his arrival became known. Wednesday's Port'and Jouma . After so long a tinn and so much di cussion by residents' of the locality, a gwd cross walk has finally heen put in near the CAE fdepnt ind ,M'S. Wilkin son's .residence. There is still need. h ever, of new sidewalk iu order to save students a four blocks' walk around or a tamp through the mud acrosslo's. Thf matter is mentioned bv request of dwellers iu that part of tewn. John vie iee, a well-known resident ot Benton county for many years, died very suddenly vesterday forenoon while en route to Co'vallis. With his family, Ml McGee resides on the Burnett place soath of town. Hhal been fee:in bad fr few day but was net considered really ii;il)illliiliilliiaiiiiiut;iiiitiihili'''Pi'tiii-iiiiiii'iitiniiimniMLii-iiii-iiitmiiiiimi AVt?getable Preparationfor As similating ttielood andHegula Ung thcStamachs andBowels of Promotes DigestIon,Checrfur- ness and Rest.Con tains neither ,1 Ornum,Morpiun.e norliiieral, NotJarcdtic, v ftxtpctf Old. 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No par ticulars of the funeral had been learned up to the Gazette press hour. ; ';, Because there is no provision: made by the city of C'vallis for a jurying place for dead animals, a ne -comer declares that he will "leave the blasted town aa soon as he can get out." He savs he had intended to buv property in Corvallis but he'll be 'Merned" if he will now, but that he will go where there is a cemetery for defunct horses and other brutes, with a sexton to dig the grave and a suitable hoarse for carting away the deceased.. It all came about through the death of a horse belonging to said new-comer. A drayman was engaged to cart the carcass to the Swick place below town, but no h ie could be had and the owner had to stand in ' the boiling sun, in thistles waist high", and dig and dig and di j and dig until a hole large enough for the car Ciss had been made. . And now the grave digger says he will not pitch his tent in such a "bloomia' town as Corval lis " . s ... Preebvtt-rian Church, M. 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