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IP IFF I By I i iL JL JL JL I Louis Tracy, PILLAftof ta" 1 C - r I ' Morning" C H H M Rll H I CopyrKht. 1904. by ' C t " " H F! J Edward J. Clode C TBe girls have" plenty to endure here without haying this , surprise sprung on them," he 6aIL "I will write to Mr. Traill and . leave events ashore in his hands." So for a night and the better part of a day the pillar locked in Its recesses j some new doubts and cogitations. As between the twr men a stronger bond of sympathy was created. Pyne in those . restless hours was admirably tactful. He talked a great deal of his uncle. Soon not only Brand, but the two girls, seemed to be well acquaint ed with a man they had never met. With the morning tide the, anarchy of the waves ceased. The children were brought to the lantern to witness a more majestic sight than the arrival of the "milkman." With the dawn the sun appeared, and the sea seemed to sink into long deferred slumber .under liis potency. 1 The flood tide ' of the afternoon brought the unfailing tug, towing the Penzance lifeboat. The crane was swung out, and Jack Stanhope, as was his right, was first to be hoisted to the entrance and to exchange a hearty baud .grip with Brand. Behind the lighthouse keeper were ranged many faces, but not that which the sailor sought. "Where is Enid?" he asked after the first worJs of congratulation were spoken. "Have you told her?" "Xo. Here is Mr. Pyne. He will take yon to the girls and tell you what v.e have tlecidod." The two young men looked at each ot".r with frank friendliness. "When we have a minute to spare you must take me to the gallery and explain just how you worked that t rick," .said Stanhope. "Brand's sema phore was to the point, but it omitted details." "That is where I have the pull of you," responded Pyne, with equal cor diality. "I don't require any telling about your work yesterday." "Oh, people make such a fuss. What Is there remarkable in guiding a boat through a rough sea?" "I may be wrong, but it looks a heap harder than swarming up a pole." In such wise dicT'young Britain and young America poohpooh the idea" that they had (Tone aught heroic. Indeed, their brief talk dealt next with Enid, and Lieutenant Stanhope, R. N., did not think he was outraging conventionality when he found Enid in the kitchen and took her in his arms and kissed her. Constance and Tyne discovered that the tug as seen through the window was a very interesting object. "You don't feel at all lonesome?" he murmured to her. "Not in the least." "It must d3 a fellow a heap of good to meet his best, girl under such cir cumstances." "Mr. Stanhope and my sister have been the greatest of friends for years." "Is it possible to catch up? The last few days on the rock ought to figure high in averages." "Jack," cried Constance, finding this direct attack somewhat disconcerting, "did my father say that any arrange ments were to be made for landing?" "Yes, miss." interposed a sailor at the . door. "The skipper's orders are, 'Wo men an children to muster cn the lower deck. " Then began a joyous yet strangely pathetic procession, headed by Elsie and Mamie, who were carried down stairs by the newly arrived lighthouse men. The children c:ed end refused to be comforted until Pyne descend ed with them to the lifeboat. The women followed in terrible plight, not withstanding the wraps sent them on the previous day. Each as she passed Stephen Brand bade him farewell and tearfully asked the Lord to bless, him and his. Among them came Mrs. Vansittart. Her features were veiled more closely j than ever. While she stood behind the others ia th entrance her glance was ; fixed immovably on Brand's face. Xo Sibyliue prophetess could have striven more eagerly to wrest the secrets of his soul from its lineaments. Neverthe less when lio tamed ta her with his pleasant smile and parting words of comfort she averted her eyes, uttered an incoherent phraso of thanks for his kindness and seemed to be unduly ter rified by the idea that he must be swuug iuto the lifeboat by the crane. She held out her hand. It was cold and trembling. "Don't be afraid," he said gently, pat ting her on the shoulder as one might reassure a timid child. "Sit down and hold the rope. The basket cannot pos sibly be overturned." Tyne, helping to unload the tremu lous passengers beneath, noted the lady's attitude and added a fresh memorandum to the stock he had al ready accumulated. "Who Is that?" asked Brand from the purser, who stood beside him. "Mrs. Vansittart." Brand experienced a momentary sur prise. "She seemed to avoid me," he thought, but the incident did not linger In his mind. " The lifeboat, rising and falling on the strong and partly broken swell, re quired the most expert management If the weary people on the rock were to bff takeo X la Jtafatr When Constance" and Enid, followed by Stanhope, reached tile boat after giving Brand a farewell hug, there was no more room. The crew pulled -to-' ward the waiting vessel, and here a specially prepared gangway rendered the work of transshipment easy. Mr. Traill was leaning over the bul wark as the lifeboat ranged alongside. He singled out Pyne at once and gave him. a cheery cry of recognition. At first he could not distinguish Mrs. Van sittart, and Indeed it must be con fessed that he was striving most ear nestly to descry one face which had come back to him out of the distant years. When his glance fell on Enid, his nephew, who was thinking how best to act under the circumstances, was as sured that the father saw In the girl the living embodiment of her mother. He thought it would be so. His own recollection of his aunt's portraits had already helped him to this conclusion, and how much more startling must a flesh and blood creation be than the effort of an artist to plstce on canvas the fugitive expression which consti tutes the greatest charm of a mobile countenance. Enid, having heard so much about Mr. Pyne's uncle, was innocently curi ous to meet him. At first she was vaguely bewildered. -The sunken eyes were fixed on hers with an intensity that gave her a momentary sense "of embarrassment. Luckily the exigen cies of the hour offered slight scope to emotion. All things were unreal, out of drawing with previous experiences cf her well ordered life. The irregular twaying of the boat and the tug fectried to typify the new phase. , Pyne swung himself to the steamer's deck before the gangway was made fast, thereby provoking a loud outcry from the deserted children. Grasping his uncle's hand, he said: "Wait until you read Brand's letter. No one else knows." . . , . So Mr. Traill, with fine self control, greeted Mrs. Vansittart affectionately and handed her over to a stewardess, who took her to a cabin specially pre pared for her. Her low spoken words were not quite what he expected. "Don't kiss me." she murmured, "and please don't look at me. In my present condition I cannot bear It." Relatives of the shipwrecked passen gers and crew, many of whom were waiting In Penzance, were not allowed on board. This arrangement was made by Mr. Traill after consulting a local committee organized to help the un fortunates who needed help so greatly. The unanimous opinion was. expressed that a few lady members of the com mittee, supplied with an abundance of cWthlng, etc., would afford prompt re lief to the sufferers, while the painful scenes which must follow the meeting of survivors with their friends would cause confusion and delay on the ves sel. Pyne, watching all things, saw that Mrs. Vansittart did not meet his uncle with the eagerness of a woman restor ed to the arms of the man she was about to marry.- She was distraught, aloof In her man ner, apparently interested only in his eager assurance that she would find an assortment of new garments in the cabin... , (To be Continued) Additional Local. There will be regular services at the Congregational church next Sunday, both morning and evening. Rev. Green shipped his household goods to Ashland, Wednesday. He will most likely remain here until the middle of next week. A dispatch sent out from Albany yes terday save : A strike of the teachers of the Albany public schools is said to be imminent. A petition has been present ed to the Board of Directors, asking for an increase in the present salary rate of $45 a month, and tt is the board has thus far refused to grant. The amount of the increase desired is not specified. Only five of the 20 teachers employed bad signed their annual contracts up to last night. F. D. McLouth arrived yesterday from New York City to begin his duties as instructor in the art department at OAC. L. LI Brooks, the noitbern Benton rancher, received an order yesterday from New York City for a carload of vetch seed, but Mr. Brooks is not cer tainUhat he can meet the demand at the present time. The J. M. Porter residence is being re shingled this week. The late rains played havoc with the Corvallia public school building which had just been repainted. The rain washed the red paint off the roof and smeared it over the white side Valla and the steps below in sock a way that re painting these parts will bs necessary. Real Estate Transfers. WW McDonald & wtoH Halverson, 6 acres at Summit; $300. - 3oW Fuller to Emma Fuller, 2 lots it. Wilkinsadd, Oorvallia; $i. Emma S Fuller & baa to Etta Fuller Howard, lot in bl 2 Wilkius add Corval- j a; $i. " , EC Baoghman & wf to B Small, 2 its and .61 acres near Albany; $700. S B Irwin to H B Nebibas, 332 aras south of Philomath ; $10. 14 J Aldricb & hue to F C Walters, 160 b w of Monroe; $2000. Miriam Malone to F C WalUra 146.25 ac tea s w of Monroe, 2000- ' : .4 , -' : 'M G Aldrich & wf to F C Walters 152. 56 acres s w of Monroe ; $2000. FC Walters & wf to The Monroe Mill Co, 152.46 acres s w of Monroe; 2343.75. F C Walters & wf to The Monroe Mill Co, 306 25 acres f w of Monroe ; $4697.' E Hobson to The Monroe Mill Co, 320 acres 8 w of Monroe, $5120. ..r UStoWH Livingston, patent, 160 acres s e sec 2 tp 11 s r 6 w. Will Mer. 6 F Farra & wf to E Allen, undivided yi lot 1 bl 9 CorvalJis; $1. M L Frantz & wf to C A Frantz, q c deed, 23 acres at Hoekins; $1 E S King & wf to H K W laylor, 34.67 acres n w of Albany ; $2000. George Taylor & wf to N Wilkinson, lot in CorvaliiB , $ls0. J S W Bowser to G R Taylor, 40 acres ne of Monroe, $1000. s T T Thompson to H Weits, agreement for sale of 128 acres w of Monroe; $700. , CEBanton& wf to U W Wren, 21 acres in Alsea; $1. , "r S Henkle & wf to R S Hughes, 1 acre south of Corvallis; $1. R S Hughes & wf to S Henkle. i acres south of Corvallis, $1. Notice of Proposed Street Improve ments. ,J . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that the Common Council of the City of Cor.- vallis proposes to improve at the cost of the property fronting or abutting thereon and in the manner hereinafter specified the following several portions of streets within said City of Corvallis, to-wit: Harrison ' Street from the center of Eleventh Street Westward to a point op posite the North-west corner of fractional Lot 7"in Lot 'D" in Wilkin's Addition to said City.' ; : Fourteenth Street from the center of South Street to a point opposite .the North-west corner of Lot. ten in Block thirteen in Jobs Addition to said City. .7; . Center Street from the center of: Elev enth Street to the center of Fourteenth Street Depot Street from the center ofOak Street to the center of Maple Street.'-' -.-. Oak Street from the North side of the County road leading to Philomath North erly to the Corvallis and Eastern Rail road company's track. Oak Street from the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad Company's track North erly to the center of Adams Street. 1 Adams Street from the center of Ninth Street Westerly to the center of Oak Street. i Tenth Street from the North side of Washington Street to the center of Jef ferson. '' Fifth Street from the center of "B" Street to the center of Washington Street. Van Buren Street from the center of Fifteenth Street to the center of Eigh- eenth fetreet (extended). Harrison Street from the center of Sec ond Street to the East side of Ninth ; Street. Madison Street from the center of Eighth Street to the center of Ninth btreet. ' Monroe Street from the center of First Street to the center of Second Street. Each sucn street or portion of street above described is proposed to be improv ed by graveling the same by placing tnereon along its center line, the whole distance of such proposed improvement, one cubic vara ot gravel tor each, live lineal feet thereof and distributing and spreading such gravel to a uniform depth over a surface extending three feet on either side of such center line.. Within twepty days after the final pub lication of this notice, to-wit after Octo ber sth. 1906, the owner or owners of any property adjacent to or lronting or a butt ins uoonanvsuch street -or portion there' of proposed to be improved as aforesaid may make and file with the Police Judge of said City of Corvallis written object ions or remonstrances to tne proposed improvement of such street or portion thereof. At an adjourned meeting of said Com mon Council to be held at the City Hall of said City on the 26th. day of October 19O6 at the hour ot halt past seven o'clock if. M., said Common Council will consul er the making of each such proposed im provement "as aforesvid, and if it shall de termine to make any such improvement Will proceed to ascertain and determine at sucn meeting tne probable cost tnere of, including the expenses incidental thereto, and to determine and declare and assess upon each lot or part thereof or parcel of land fronting or abutting upon such portion of street, or any sucbpor- tion of street so to be improved, its pro- portionate share of such cost, and to take such other action as may be necessary or appropriate to make any such improve ment. This notice is given by J. Frea x ates, Police Judge of said City of Corvallis, by order of a resolution of the Common Council of said city passed September 22nd. rood. This Notice will be published in The Corvallis Gazette in the issue of Septem ber 25th 1906 and in each succeeding is sue of said newspaper up to and includ ing the issue of October 5th 1906, which is and shall be the finat publication here of. . Dated September 25th, 1906. " J. RED YATES, Police Judge of the City of Corvallis. ' V . .: 79-83 . Joseph Ripley of Portland, an old-time Corvalliaite, has been . renewing friend ship la this dty tbe past few days. They are Spoiling. All kinds of difficulties are be ing encountered by owners of prune orchards in. Benton this season, for there is a scarcity of help and while there is an abun dant scrop, the luscious fruit is falling, and much of it will be spoiled on the ground. Seven cents per box is being paid at the A. J. Johnson orchard and even at' that price help can not be secured. At the driers, the men -cannotbe had to assist in the labor and this adds greatly to the difficulties of the situation. At the Benton county' prune or chard the same conditions exist and the same troubles are en countered, and: that other coun ties are having trials is evidenced by a clipping from the Salem Statesman which says: Piune packers say that the fruit is ripening faster than it can be dried and growers will sustain great loss on this account. The unfavorable weather conditions must bear the blame. The loss in drying is also great and unex piainable and any other theory than the usual overworked weather one, but this doubtless is correct this time. There are plenty of large sized prunes in the green state but they shrink so in drying that there will be few large ones after going through the dryer. , . Had not the weather changed from the rains of Saturday night and Sunday every grower would have been in fai worse plight than now. The bright sun helps some and were there more dryers the crop might yet be saved to a large extent and such loss as there will be, aside from the usual-shrinkage in drying will be more rom lack of proper fac ilities for drying than from any other reason. How The Jack Died. Victor Moses celebrated h is birthday anniversary, Wednes day, with an informal dinner party of near relatives. This fact is not remarkable, but an incident in connection thereto is worthy of note. It is the part that a frisky Jack rabbit played in the celebration that challenges attention. It appears that on the morning of the feast Rev. Moses discover ed a Jack in the garden, and in great excitement the gentleman hurried to the telephone and tail ed up Millard Long. As every one knows, Millard is as mild as spring moonshine and would never be taken for a crack shot, but in some unaccountable man ner it seems that Mr. Moses lab ored under the impression that the bicycle man could - actually hit that rabbit if he could only be coaxed to the scene, - and he was "coaxed" to go. Mr. Moses really came to the store alter " man 'and gun, and after ; circling around through back alleys and up past the col lege and then sneaking down "a side street the two bloodthirsty hunters neared the spot where bnngie sunned himself in the cabbage patch. He might have been a "stuffed" rabbit so still did he sit, and Millard felt a guilty thrill creep up his spine as he took aim and banged away. The bullet sung its way through the fence and went meandering no one knows where, and turning to see what had be come of the Jack, Mr. Long was amazed to find that the poor ani mal had died of heart failure, due to the sudden report ot the gun. This is the true story of the Jack rabbit that figured in the Moses dinner party Wednesday. Incidentally, it. may be added that Jack rabbits are not usually found within three . blocks of Main street, in Corvallis.. Additional Local. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Waltz and little sons, of Belief oun tain, and Miss Una Waltz were in Corvallis yesterday en route to Portland. The former family will attend the-M. E." conference, but Miss Waltz proceeds to" her home in Berkeley, California. , LOST A fine Maltese cat, white spot under throat. Reward. . Return to Mrs. J. C. Fletcher, Ninth Street, Corvallis. ' - 79-80 Miss Laura Persinger, of Bellefountain was in the city: yesterday on her'way.to Portland to attend business college . -j j ' In Salem, October 4th and ' 5th, -there is to be a meeting of Department super iotendents. including countv bnpennten dei.ts," iriscipals and : city principals. The meeiit p is for the purpose of taking f np the sn je-t of rrhool legislation and other school questions. N. A. Fisher wantP to trade r orpan fm horw. 80 ! Berry Cnmniirgs, the popular R.F.D carrier, is enjoying a I5 days' vacation and during bis period of idleness his wife will carry the mail for Uncle Sam Mr. Cnmwipgs will go to Suver in a few days to visit his sister and to be "Johnny on the spoU' when the China pheasant season opees. v Presbyterian church, M. S. Bash, pas tor. Bihl" School 10 a. m. ; Worship 11 a. m. snbje t : "Love An Over Match For Law." O E. meeting 6.33 p. m. Even ing servii-e at 7:30, subject: "Your Mas ter's Feet " Zonophorte records, 40 cents each at N. A Cipher's Music Sore. &C A carl -ad of brick was shipped a few davs ago hv W C. Corbett to parties in Brownsville, Th Corvallis brick yard has done thet largest business this year of ever in its history, and shipments have been made to various points, all of which goes to show that Corvallis i3 forging ahead. Anyone desiring to secure taut" for tag ging deer hides in order to make afB-la- vit, can secure eame from Clerk T. T Vincent. The tags were received yester day. Ten hunters' ln-.enses were issued Tuesday -antf five more on Wednesday. This brings the total. nuober taken out to date to 246. Mrs. J. Frunk Ha',1 and little son left Tuesday for their home in Albion, Wash., after a three weeks' yisit with Benton -and Polk couaty relatives. , The route of the Corvallis and Eastern extension from Yaquina to Newport is being mapped out and as nearl p as possi ble will follow the course of the bav. The passenger depot will be established on First street, in Newport, and the freight .depot and train yarrla will be lo cated at Olsenville, about a quarter cf a mile up the bay from Newport. A wharf will alpo be built at ' Olseuville. Work will be begun on the'exteisioa as soon -as pos iole Telegram. " Next Sunday will be rally day t the Christian Church. A special program is being piepared for the Sunday School. At 11 o'clock paster T. S. Handsaker will preach on "Tie Christidn Sohtier." The evening theme will be, "The Great Sal vation " Christian Endeavor at 6:30. Elmer Taylor, who is suffering with typnoid fever at tbe home of his sister, Mrs. iner, in this city, is getting along as well as could be expected. A trained nurse from Good Samaritan hospital, Portland, is at the bedside. Walter Tay-; lor, a brother,' who' was so low with the fever at B Hefohntain is now able to sit! - up. The conference of the M. E. church, South, will convene in this city next Thursday, October 4. Besides the Bishop, Dr. Lambeth, Secretary of Missions. Dr. Hammond, . Secretary of Education ; Dr. j Lamarr, Book A?ent; Dr. Vaughn. Edit or of the Advocat and other notables will be jn attendance. An important gathering. All are. cordially invited. to be present and after the Ivimiupss m'ee ing see how we h, A Vat we !, and in what spirit it will h ilono. P. A. Mosee. On behalf of the C i.ff reife and the mem bership. George H. Hiiut-s of Portland, secre tary , of the Oregon Pioneer Association and assista 't tei-ietary and curator ot the Oregon Historical Society, paid a friendly visit to Corvallis yesterday. Well Worth TryiBsr. W. H. Bii'n, ilif iwMlf'r ifii-ii attorney, of Pittniielj, Vt., wive: ".Next to a pension .the best thin to ht i- Dr. Kings New LiV Pills." He wri;pi-. "they k-ep nn- family in ni.len)il health." Q'.n k cimc for H?ada'-iie, Constipation ) Biliousness. 2."c. Guaranteed at Ail.'ii .v VVomi ward's drug store. 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