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fclie has been so ill and is yet so frag-troeess -which. Pyne mapped out for
Ue that we dare not excite her in the Mip . fetter, the drive. Mrs. Shep
least degree. So Constance has been par(i's ' absence, Enid's uneasy wrig
very careful, but every look, every syl- gUng at the door, were all parts of an
lable, shows that her mother is In no orderea plan. He was to be given an
fkrabt on that point" - ' : . opportunity of seeing his wife and dis
ci's a pretty hard nut to crack," said entanglmg the twisted strands of
Pyne. He blew cigar smoke into rings, twenty years. He rose impatiently and
Seemingly the operation aided reflec- - Dace(j room Quietly withal lest the
This was readily agreed to:
-Now, this is the deal I will make,"
he said when the two were isolated.
"I will meet you all here in an hour's
time. I will be interviewed, sketched,
siijiijshottod, give you locks of my hair,
my" autograph, icy views on the far
ea.- t. the next presidential election and
the fiscal .luesiiou if you bind yourself
to oiie thing."
"Aii.i lh.it is?"
-Amoug the passengers saved from
the (. hinook is a Mrs. VansKtart. She
is very ill an J is being cared for by
Mr. 15rand and his daughters. Make
iio relereiice to her iu any way what
ever beyond including her name in the
published lists. Promise that, and I'll
talk a page."
-I am sure I can agree without con
sulting uy colleagues," said the sur
prised reporter.
-Conic al.v.i-r, kids," said Pyne. "I
am delivered bound to the torture."
lie passed out into the street, when
Eire's s-harp eyes, searching for a
Shop, suddenly eauuht sight of Enid
hurrying toward the hotel.
The child ran to meet her, ami Enid,
Cu.-hed with cseiiement, began to cx
pl.iia that Mrs. Vansittart was iu bed
SL.Veriiig from collapse mid iu a fever
ish st. ue. T'u doctor's verdict was
that :-ie was in some danger, but
would recover if carefully tended and
kept in abso.aie quiet.
-is ( 'oust:
tion. " ' . ".
"Say. Enid, he -went on, "if the
weather is fine tomorrow do you think,
Connie would come out for a drive?" ;
"I don't know. Certainly she needs
Borne fresh air. What between her
anxiety and her mother's illness they
are beginning to look like sisters."
"Just mention to Connie in her fa
ther's, presence that if the sun,-shines
woman in the next room should hear
bim. A decision had been forced on
him. He could shirk it no longer. ,
"Pyne has contrived this," he mut
tered. "He thinks he can see more
clearly into the future than a man
twice his age. Enid is in the plot too.
And Connie! .' No, not Connie. Dear
heart! She is -worn with anxiety, yet
she has never once mentioned her
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Mrs.
No more taxes cai,be paid at the sher
iff's office for ten days.
witt the law the delinquent tax roll was n ordered by a former eu:t r
turned over to Cl-rk Vincen, .Wedneu-j Hutehh-son bo voed that ehe should
day morning, by Sheriff Burnett for the j never wed another. This . ttuory 13 said
former to verify and issue warrants for j o have epunR ironi an iuqniry made ira
the delinquent taxes. The collectible mediately after the mnn'erbv Mrs.
at 11 I will be along in a dogcart." mother to me since she carried her in-
with her?" asked Pyne.
ill mL,
A delighted younastcr clinging to each
"Yes.""
"And where id Mr. Brand?"
1 "He will be here soon. He asked me
to call and tell you and Mr. Traill
what had happened,"
Enid's speech was not prone to trip.
Pyne's eyes gleamed into hers.
"Mr. Brand asked you to see my un
cle?" he said cautiously.
"Yes," she faltered.
"Did he say anything else?"
"Yes cousiu."
"Let me take you right in. I guess it
would make a sensation if I here,
Mamie, just hug Miss Enid good and
hard for me, will you?"
While the children waited in the hall
he accompanied the girl up the stairs
aud threw open the door of the sitting
room.
"Here is somebody you want to see,
uncle," he cried and rejoined the little
ones.
"Hoo-roosh!" he yelped. "Now let's
buy a toy store."
Enid aud her father faced each other
for s..:: scvo::u3 in silent bewilder
ment. Then Mr. Traill rose and came
near to hor. She did not know what to
do or say. This tall, stately man was
one who should be dearer to her than
any one else in the world. She was his
daughter, yet they were strangers one
to the other.
How could she utter con
ventional words in such a moment?
Her lips quivered, and tears trembled
In her eyes. Then he knew. The lace
arouud iter white neck was fastened
with a little gold brooch bearing a four
leafed shamrock in emeralds. He look
ed at her with a profound reverence
and caught her by the shoulders.
"My dear." he murmured, "you are
very like your mother."
"I am glad." she said and kissed him.
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CHAPTER XIX.
WEEK passed. In the fickle
memory of the outer world the
story of ie Gulf Rock light
house was becoming mellow
wirh acre. Men now talked or war m
Africa, of the yellow peril, of some
baccarat squabble in a West End club
But its vitality lingered in Tenzance.
There were side issues which ryue's
device had kept from the public ken,
but which the town's folk pondered.
Lady Margaret Stanhope, obeying her
sou's behests, tantalized her friends by
smiling serenely and telling them noth
ing when they pestered her with ques
tionsthat is to say, she spoke not
one word about the lady who was be
ing nursed back to health in the light
house keeper's cottage, but filled their
souls with bitterness when she hinted
at marvels concerning Constance and
Enid.
In such a small place, where every
man's affairs are canvassed by his
neighbors. It was impossible to pre
vent an atmosphere of mystery from
clinging to Mrs. Vanatftart. Again.
tne gossips we're grteatly ' coricernea
about Enid. For a young woman "in
ber position" to be engaged to an offi
cer in the royal navy and admitted to
the sacred ranks of the aristocracy
was a wonderful thing in Itself. But
that she should be on open terms of
the greatest intimacy not alone with
the elderly Mr. Traill, but with his
good looking nephew, even calling the
latter Charlie and treating him as a
near relative, was an amazing circum
stance only surpassed by. the compla
cency with which Lady Margaret and
her son regarded it. '
The actors in this comedy seemed to
be sublimely indifferent to public opin
ion. That was the worst of it. Enid
was escorted about the town by each
and all of the men at all hours. Now
she was at the hospital cheering Bates
and Jackson or the injured people from
the wreck, now arranging for the de
parture of some of the poorer sur
vivors when thcy were able to travel,
now flitting over to Marazion to see
Jim Spence, and once actually visiting
Mr. Jones, the innkeeper.
At last a part of the secret eked out.
Enid went with her father to ask how
Mr. Emmett, the sick chief officer, was
got U leg on. They found him smoking
in the front garden of the house in
which Brand had lodged him.
He started when he saw them ap
proaching, and Ins weather beaten iace
wore the puzzled look with which he
regarded Enid one night on the light
house stairs.
Traill noticed the sailor's covert
glances at Enid, so he said:
" "Ey the way, Mr. Emmett, you were
on the Britannic when my wife' and I,
hor sister and two children came to
England before' the Esmeralda was
lost?"
"Yes, sir." He paused.
During many an Atlantic crossing he
and Mr. Traill had talked of that last
joyous journey when he, a boy who
had just joined the service, sat at their
table, as was the custom of junior of
ficers in those years.
Mr. Traill smiled. He knew what
was in the other man's mind.
"Do you see a likeness in this young
ladv to any one you have
known?" he asked.
"Well, sir, I hope it will not hurt
your feelings, and it's a good many
years ago now, but I could have sworn
well, I must out with it She is the
living image of your wife."
"Indeed that cannot hurt my feel
ings, as she is her daughter."
"Her daughter! Your daughter!"
gasped Emmett.
A small serving maid with the ears
of a rabbit was listening spellbound at
the open window. Here Indeed was a
choice tidbit for the milkman and the
postman and the butcher's and gro
cer's boys. From this lower current
the stream of talk flowed upward until
it reached the august drawing room of
Mrs. Taylor-Smith.
She drove in frantic haste to Lady
Margaret's villa and fired questions
broadside.
"Oh, yes," said Jack's mother suave
ly. "It is quite true. Of course I have
known it from the first. According to
present arrangements, the marriage
will take place in the spring. Enid's
marriage settlement will be nearly a
quarter of a million."
Like most women, she loved that
word. A million, even in fractions, is
so glib, yet so unattainable.
The oulv person who was slightly
dissatisfied with th? proTeps of events
was Pvne. Constance never appeared.
She shared with Mrs. Sheppard the
car; of her mother. Enid, blithe and
rii!!e!.-.s in the Dublic eve. did the
iionsekr-enin? and inresented the
':ov.scho!u.
Brand, too, save for a couple of vis
ts to the hotel, remained invisible. He
::d not mention Mrs. Vansittart' s
name. He was pale aud worn, a man
at v.v.r wLli himself. The young Phila
tlolyh a:; '.or Pyne's family home was
la the Quaker City, though his estate
i lay principally in New York was not
pleased by th'j slight signs perceptible
behind the screen of Brand's reserve.
; "Coustanca takes after her father,"
: La. told himself. "There may be trou
ble about her mother. In the scurry I
j may get left I must think this out"
At last eitme a day of warm sun-
i shine when Enid announced that the
invalid by the doctor's orders was car
ried downstairs.
"Has Mr. Brand seen her yet?" asked
Pyue.
"Xo." replied Enid, with a little
rioud on her fair face. "He never men
tions her. And how we wish he would.
He is suffering, but keeps silent, and
ueither Constance nor I can make any
suggestion."
"But what will be the outcome?"
"How can I tell? That night after
we left the hotel he told us the story
of his married life. It did not seem to
be utterly impossible to straighten
matters, but we knew nothing of her
career during so many years. Was she
married again? I have asked my fa
ther. He believes she was, bnt is not
Certain."
Tather" was Mr. Traill; Brand re
mained "dad." Thus did Enid solve
jtl difficulty.
j Ia she aware that Ooaatanootoow
fcbe la ber motberl"
- -tVc think & xndwd m am mm.
Mrs. Vansittart will be downstairs by
that time." - "
"Yes." . '. ."
"And if Connie comes out with me
you just find an errand in town. Rope
Jack into the scheme or any old dodge
of that sort Take care Mr. Brand
knows of it. By the way, send Mrs.
Sheppard out too."
"What in the world"
"You'r just too pretty to think hard,
Enid. It causes wrinkles,
there's a good girl."
" Enid was delighted to
ir. thA hnnse like an ailins: child.'
- .Back and forth he walked, wrestling
.with the problem.. See his wife he
must and before she quitted Cornwall.
Was it advisable in her present state
of health " to taSe her by surprise?
Pyne evidently thought so. And the
doctor! Good heavens! Was the doctor
j In the thing too? .
At last he tugged at the bell.
"Marv ' he said, "ask Mrs. Vansit-
Do as I ask, tart jf she feels able to see Mr. Brand."
There; it was done,
find that Marv. rosv cheeked and soft of
Brand strongly supported the sugges- speech, dreading only Mrs. Sheppard's
tion that Constance should take the ; matronly eve, knocked at the. door of
drive. Pyne, sharp on time, drew up a
smart pony in front of the cottage and
did not twitch v a muscle when Con
stance, veiled and' gloved, ran down
the pathway. -
"Excuse me getting down," said
Pyne. "I dispensed with a groom. I
guess you know the roads round here."
She climbed to the seat beside bim.
"It is very good of you to take this
trouble," she said, and when he looked
at her a slight color was visible through
the veil. . ' - .
"How is your mother?" he asked ab
ruptly. ''.'..
. He felt rather than saw her start of
surprise.
She did not expect the relationship to
be acknowledged "with such sudden
candor.
"She is much better," she assured
him. I
"That's all right," he announced, as
if a load were off his mind, and then,
somewhat to her mystification, he en
tertained her with the news.
Elsie and Mamie had quitted Ten
zanee the previous evening, an aunt
having traveled from Boston as soon
as the first tidings of the wreck reach
ed her. v'
"She was a young, nice looking aunt,
too," he said cheerfully. "And I was
powerful fond of those two kiddies."
"The association of ideas might
prove helpful," she suggested, with a
touch of her old manner. ,
"That is what struck Elsie," he ad
mitted. "She said she didn't know why
I couldn't marry Aunt Louisa right off,
ever ! and then we could all live together so
ciably."
"Oh! And what did the lady say?"
"She thought it was a great joke un
til I said that unfortunately I had
made other arrangements. Then she
guessed her nieces had got a bit out of
hand."
"Have you seen the poor fellow
whose arm was broken? Enid has not
had a moment to give me details of
events since we landed."
.From that point their conversation
dealt with generalities. Soon the girl
perceived his Intent His' sole desire
was to place her at iier ease, to make
her realize that no matter what trou
bles life held they could be vanquished
if faced with a smile. She responded
to his mood and enlivened the drive
with comments on the people they met
and the houses and villages they pass
ed. For two hours the world went well
because it was forgotten,
Enid, the conspirator, waited until
the pair In the. dogcart were out of
sleht. Then she went to the little room
at the back of the cottage where Brand
pretended to be busily engaged In com
piling a scientific account of his auri
scope.
"I am going out, dad," she said, try
ing to appear unconcerned.
"All right" he answered, layin
down his pipe.
"I only came to tell you because Mrs.
Shemiard is out too.
Obviously Enid was determined that
if Pynets calculations were worth any
thinar thev should have iair piay.
"nil " he commented snaroiy. dux
the maid is in?'
"Yes. She is such a stupid girl in
some things. If if ouruest rings you
will hear her. Would you mind asking
Mary what it is In case she gets mud
He glanced at her. She wasulling
on her gloves and vastly bothered by a
refractory button.
"If I hear the bell I will inquire," he
said, and she escaped, feeling quite
wicked.
When he was alone he did not re-!
sume his task. In the next room, sepa
rated from him only by a brick wall,
was his wife. A wall! Why should
there always be a wall between them?
It was not of his building. Had she
made it impassable during the long
years? And what would be the out
come now that Constance was in daily
communion with her mother? The doc
tor in kindly ignorance had told him
that Mrs. Vansittart was convalescent
and would be able to travel in a few
days. In response to a question the
doctor added that the lady herself
asked when she might be moved.
What was her plan? Mr. Traill that
dav had written him a sympathetic let
ter, mentioning the fact that Mrs. Van
sittart had voluntarily rescinded her
nromise to marry him and indeed,
Judged by the light of present knowl
edge, had determined, on. wax coarse
since she first knew that her former
husband Was living.
Suddenly Brand pushed back his
chair from the desk at which he eat
"The young dog!" he growled. He
had. In fact, followed the exec mental
the sitting room. He heard her deliver
his message. There was no audible
answer. He was lamenting his folly,
hoping against hope that 80 ill results
might be forthcoming to the invalid
thus taken by surprise, when he caught
Mary's formal "Yes'm," and the girl
came to him.
"Please, sir," she said, "the lady
says she is anxious to see you."
He walked firmly to the door, opened
it and entered. He bad made up his
mind what to say and how to say it.
It would be best to ask his wife to dis
cuss matters in a friendly spirit and
for their daughter's sake agree to
some arrangement whereby Constance
should see her occasionally, xneie
need be no tears, no recriminations, no
painful faking through the dust heaps
of the vanished years. The passion, the
agony, of the old days was dead. Their
secret had been well kept, it was
known only to those whom they could
-trust, and they might part wiuioui
heartburnings, while Constance would
be spared the suffering of knowing
that her mother and she were sepa
rated forever.
These things were well ordered in his
brain when he looked at his wife. She
taxes in Benton amount to $77,000 and
this year the list show s a delinquency of
only $ 1,895-75. and most of this iil be
paid before the property is -advertised .
In ten days the roll will be returned to
the sheriff and colle?tiou of taxes wi'd
proceed until the latter part ol Novem
ber, when the delinquent list will be ad
vertised. ' .
For bale Iwo lots with seven 1
room house and barn; desirable lo
cation. Cal! 011 or address Mrs. W.
McKinney, C. rvaliis. ' 83 if
Mrs. Josie Millhollen arrived in Cor-
val.is, Tuesday, from Hood River and
left Wednesday for a week's visit with
relatives in Philomath.
W. G. Emery left Wednesday for Van
couver, after a week's visit with old
friends in'Corvallis "Billy" says he
does not expect to be in Corvallis again
until the U. of O. football game. , . .
A company of decidedly clever people
played "Uncle Josh Perkins" at the Cor
vallis opera house before a lame and very
enthusiastic audience Wednesday night.
The play is the old. familiar drama thai
bubbles over in fun and frolic from start
to finish, yet withal has enough f. pa
thos and heart interest to keep aa audi
ence thoroughly entertained The play is
one W3ll suited to the average audienee
and the performers Wednesday evening
met with hearty favor from the Co'valiis
theatre gcers present, Uncle Josh and
Hiram Green being especial favorites.
Everybody eot his money's worth out of
the entertainment, and MaoBger Groves
will certainly continue to win patronaiie
for himself and house by securing only
the best theatrical attractions this sen-son.
StiU she said nothing.
was seated near the window, and her
beautiful eyes, brilliant as eer, were
fixed on his with harrowing intensity.
They shone with the dumb pain of a
wounded animal.
He walked toward her and held out
his hand. Her illness had brought out
certain resemblances to Constance.
She looked younger, as some women
do look after illness. Surely he could
not even had he harbored the thought,
use cruel words to this wan, stricken
woman, the wife whom he had loved
and for whom he had suffered.
(To be Continued)
In stating the reasons for Whitman
college calling off the game that had
been scheduled with OAC, President
Penrose of that institution wrote the OAC
athletic managers this week that some of
the OAC team men "are not bona fide
students of;OAC." In chapel Tuesday
morning, President Gatch read the letter
from Washington college and then an
nounced that be stood ready to present
President Penrose with $100 for every
member of the 1906 OAC team that the
latter could piek out who was not a bona
fide student of. the Agricultural College.
Tne statement met with warm approval
from the student body, as the accusation
of President Penrose against this year's
1 3am, is wholly without foundation in
fact.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Walters left Wed
nesday for a visit at the Bay.
Revival services" begin at the Christian
church next Sunday. At 11 a. m . the
subject will be: "Come, for all Things
now are Ready." Evening theme: "The
Battle over the Grave." There will be
special music by the ' chorus choir led by
the orchestra. Meetings will continue
indefinitely.
The work of putting a basement un
der the Christian church is now in pro
gress. An addition U to be built to the
church in the spring, as work was delay
ed this fall until it was deemed prudent
to postpone the task until favorable
weather comes again.
Hutchinson as to the wherabonts of this
former suitor
Mr. and Mrs. . C. Flint arrived yea
terday from Kosehurg for a visit at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. B. A. Cathey ia.
this city. ' , . ,- . 1
Regular services will be held at the
Congregational . church morning and
evening, Siday. ' '
Horace Underbill has been appoisted
administrator of the estate of Abram Un
derhill. deceased
Mrs. J K. McCormicit left yesterday
for her home in Brownsville, after a five
weeks' visit with her son and daughter
an AUea, and Mrs J. Mason in this
citv.
Lyman Bnndy, the wellknown OAC
man, left Wednesday niuht for Walla
AValla, being hastily summoned by the
sad newt that a younger brother had just
died from an operation performed for ap
pendicitis.
The cable of the county ferry broke
yesterday while the boat was in mid
stream. The only person ' aboard at the
time was Mr. Montgomery, who succeed
ed in landing the boat near the Cal
Thrasher residence.
E. L. Strancre and family came home
from Seaside Wednesday evening where
the former has been working during the
summer for an electric company. The
family left last night for Springfield,
Laue countv, where Mr. Strange will
continue in the employ of the same com
pany. Claude Buchanan and Miss Edith
Berthold were ,-narried iu Albany at 10
a. m. Wednesday morning, in the pres
ence of only the bride's parents. The
young couple returned immediately to
the groom's home ten miles south of
Corvallis. Both are members of highly
respected families, and graduates of the
same class at OAC.
Victor Simpson was taken back to St
Mary's hospital this week and another
operation performed upon bis leg by Drs.
Ellis aud Wallace. Several weeks ago
while at work na his uncle's stoe in Cor
vallis he accidently stuck a knife in the
calf of bib right leg, and it was from the
effect of this ttat two operations have
been necessary to drain the leg for pre
vention of blood poisoning. Albany
Democrat.
Alumni football game tomorrow after
noon at OAC.
Real Estate Transfers.
Washingtons "At Home.
The Washington members kept
open house at their hall Monday
evening and 50 guests enjoyed
the hospitality of the lodge.
Present on this happy occ ision
was Mrs. Adams of Portland,
drill mistress of the order, who
came to Corvallis for the espec
ial purpose ot putting on the ne w
drill work which is said to be
very pretty.
An interesting Droeram was
rendered which included a read
ing by H. H. Cronise; recitation
Miss Nellie Newton; instrumen
tal solo, Mrs. E. E. Jackson;
vocal duet and en:ore, Misses
Hazel Kyle and Mabel Hubler;
ham solo and encore. Levi
Wooster, with accompanimeut
by Miss Edna Wooster; and reci
tation, O. A. Tozier.
Games and merrymaking fol
lowed by a substantial and appe
tizing luncheon concluded a very
pleasant evening.
The Order of Washingtons is
comparatively . new among the
lodges of Corvallis," but already
there is a good membership and
the order is particularly pop
ular because ot the social fea
tures so oiten enjoyed.
Lucy L Moses and husband to
Morse Burnap, lot 4, block 26,
Co add; $750.
W W McDonald to W F Mil
ler, one acre near Summit; $50.
W H Leeper and wife to M S
Hammond and wife, lot 65, blk
17, Philomath; $475.
Evangelical Asso
Evangelical church,
Philomath, property
$ io
Olive Rt-ed and husband to
Leonard Hovey; 140 acres near
Wrenu ; $1,800.
to United
South, oF
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