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! OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
HAS RECORD CLIP.
Over 3,000,000 Pound of Wool Ex
pected in Malheur County.
Ontario The wool clip in Malheur
county this year will be much larger
than it was a year ago, or for several
years, as the fleece is in much better
condition, and there are also' more
sheep in the county than for several
years. The clip last year totaled about
2,750,000 pounds and was considered
very large, but this year it will be
more than 3,000,000 pounds and it will
be cleaner and much thicker per sheep
than it was last year.
One and one half million pounds have
already been sold here, for May and
June delivery, and buying continues at
a rapid rate, so rapid in fact that there
will be very little public selling this
year, as the sales days for Ontario have
been set so late. They are June 7 and
21. There has been very little bad
weather this year, which is the partic
ular reason for the fine condition of the
fleeces. The sheep have come through
the winter with less loss than for sev
eral years previous.
Prices this spring range from 20 to
21 cents. Last year they were about
12 to 16 cents. Very little of the
wool in this vicinity is going to the
Chicago warehouse. Most of it will be
sent to Boston, as in former years. A
number of wool growers throughout the
vicinity joined the warehouse plan, but
the majority continued in the old way,
as the prices in this part of the coun
try have always been good.
Much of the shearing this year will
be done by machine. Some complaint
of the machines have been heard, the
complaint being that they shear too
close for the best health of the sheep,
but this does not seem to be credited
by many of the growers.
The annual meeting of the Malheur
and Harney Wool Growers' association
will meet in Ontario on June 22. At
that time all the wool growers of the
two counties will be here.
STATE'S FINANCIAL CONDITION
Treasurer's Statement Shows Over
Million Dollars in Strong Box.
Salem The treasurer's statement
just out shows that the amount of first
mortgage loans outstanding is the
greatest in the history of the state,
having reached the sum total of $4,
390,822.82. As a result the common
school fund interest is growing rapidly
and there will thereby be a large
amount to apportion among the coun
ties August 1.
The common school fund interest is
now $232,007.94.
The state tax paid into the state
treasury during April was large, al
most $500,000 being received. On ac
count of this healthy condition of the
state s finances, the total amount on
hand is the largest that has ever been
held at any time by the state for a
great many years, the sum being $1,
173,533.98. Farmers' First Annual Picnic.
Weston The anuual meeting of the
Umatilla county Pioneers' asociation
will be held in this city May 28 and 29,
when it is expected that practically
every old settler will be on hand to re
call the "good old days" when Eastern
Oregon was the home of coyotes and
the land was covered with sagebrush.
The first pioneer society to be organiz
ed in Eastern Oregon was founded here,
and annually the meetings have been
held for over 20 years. Over 25 of the
early settlers of the county have passed
away during the past 24 months.
Sheep Moving to Feeding Grounds.
Condon Rae Bros, of Montana,
shipped a big trainload of sheep from
Condon last week, the train consisting
of 23 cars, making in all about 5,300
head. These sheep were going to For-
sythe, Mont., were Rae Bros, have
large bands of sheep. Several large
trains of sheep will be leaving differ
ent parts of Eastern Oregon for the
above firm and they will have about
250,000 head of sheep feeding in Mon
tana when these arrive.
Sails 23 Acres for $2,133.
Weston George Nesbitt, who has
been employed three years on the farm
of J. N. York, was surprised recently
by the repeipt of a "windfall" amount
ing to $2,133. Several years ago Mr.
Nesbitt acquired for a small sum 23
acres six miles from Boise. He had
since regarded it of no value. When a
Boise real estate man, Dean Perkins,
came to Bee him and offered him $2,133
for the tract he closed the deal imme
diately.
Dr. Steiner Returns.
Salem Dr. R. E. L. Steiner, super
intendent of the asylum, has returned
from an extended trip East. He was
accompanied as far as Chicago by H
E. Bickers, superintendent of the fee
ble minded institute. Bickers returned
several weeks ago. Both made the
trip for the purpose of making a study
of the care of the insane of- other
Btates. Dr. Steiner visited Washing
ton and Senator Chamberlain while
there.
Klamath Changes Date.
Klamath Falls The celebration of
the completion of the railroad to Kla
math Falls has been Bet for June 2 in
stead of June 7, so as not to conflict
with the Rose festival in Portland.
This is now authoritative. The event
will be a great one in this section of
the Inland empire, and will be made
memorable by the gathering of the
greatest crowd ever known in Klamath
county.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR WESTON.
Citizens Propose to Make Good Use
of Normal School Building.
Weston The district school board
has given notice of a special meeting
May 31 to vote on the proposition of
establishing a high school. This ac
tion is taken in view of the state nor
mal board's refusal to permit the use
of the state's property at Weston for a
normal school supported with private
funds.
The Eastern Oregon state normal
school will therefore cease to be, with
the commencement exercises May 23
25, after being conducted more than 20
years as a state institution. The state
board will be petitioned for the use of
the state's plant for public and high
school purposes, the district agreeing
to take care of the property for which
no provision was made by the legisl
ature. In view of the fact that the com
munity gave all the ground and one of
the buildings to the state, it is thought
that the request will be granted.
Ontario Lands Bring S80.000.
Ontario Eighty thousand dollars'
worth of property changed hands in the
vicinity of Ontario during the past
week. The prices ranged from $125 to
$200 an acre. Among the sales were
100 acres owned by A. M. Moody,
which sold for $20,000; 75 acres owned
by Judge J. T. Clement, $15,200; 160
acres owned by Dave Dunbar, $20,000.
This land was purchased by Portland
parties, and the entire acreage will be
planted to fruit trees. A. A. Brown
also sold 2,000 acres for $20,000.
Work on Fair Buildings Begun.
Eugene The work of building the
grandstand and pavilion for the Lane
county fair, which will be held in Sep
tember, is under way. The fair
grounds will be a busy place during
the summer, as little building has yet
been done. The track, which is being
used for training, is in good condition
The capacity of the grandstand will be
1.000. The pavilion will be large, well
arranged and modern.
Five Miles of Ditch Dug.
Grants Pass The farmers and ranch
ers of this community are jubilant
over the advancement made on the ir
rigating ditches. The gravity ditch on
the north side of town has been com
pleted almost to the city limits, while
on the north side of Rogue river the
high land ditch to Fruitdale has been
completed to the opening of the valley
Altogether five miles of waterways are
ready for use. Water will be turned
into the ditches within 30 days.
Benton Growers Meet.
Corvallis A grand rally of fruit
growers and farmers was held here last
week under the auspices of the Corval
lis Commercial club for the purpose of
organizing a Benton County Fruitgrow
ers' association and discussing plans
for a co-operative scheme similar to
that in existence at Hood River.
Mist's Mills in Operation.
Mist The Holmes & Lindgren shin
gle mill resumed operations the first of
the week, after a ehut down of several
months. This is the last of the three
shingle mills here to start. All are
now running.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem milling, $1.30
1.35: club. $1.20! Turkev red. $1.26:
valley, $1.17; forty-fold, $1.26; red
Russian, $1.17(51.20;
Corn Whole, $35 per ton; cracked,
$36.
Barley Feed, $34(535 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $40 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$1418 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18
20; clover, $11(5)12; alfalfa, $13(5
14; grain hay, $13(514; cheat, $14
14.50; vetch, $14(514.50.
Fruits Apples, 65c(5$2.50 per box;
strawberries, Oregon, 12gC per
pound.
Potatoes $20 per hundred.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack;
carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets,
$1.75: horseradish. 10c ner nnunri:
asparagus, Oregon, 75c per dozen ; let
tuce, neaa, zum&uc per dozen ; onions,
12215c per dozen; radishes, 1520c
per dozen; rhubarb, 23c per
pound.
Butter City creamery, extras, 26c;
fancy outside creamery, 22.j24c;
store, 18c. Butter fat prices average
1 4 cent per pound under regular but
ter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 24(25c.
Poultry Hens, 143a(515c; broilers,
2830c; fryers, 2225c; roosters,
10c; ducks, 14(515c; geese, HNS-llc;
turkeys, 20c; squabs, $2.50(53 per
dozen.
Veal Extras, 9sc; ordinary, 8(a
9c; heavy, 7(58c.
Pork Fancy, 10c per pound.
Hops 1909 contract, 9c; 1908 crop,
8584c; 1907 crop, 3Ca 4c; 1906 crop,
lc. .
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(521c;
valley, fine, 22c; medium, 21 Kc;
coarse, 20)c; mohair, choice, 24(525c.
Cattle Steers, top, $5.50(55.75;
fair to good, $5(55.25; common to me
dium, $4.50(54.75; cows, top, $4.25(
4.50; fair to good, J3.75ft4.25; com
mon to medium, $2.50(53.50; calves,
top, $5(5;5.50; heavy, $3.50(5:4: bulls
and stags, $3(3.50; common, $2(52.75.
Hogs Best, $7.50(57.75; fair to
good, $7.25(27.50; stackers, $6(56.50;
China fats, $6.75(27.
Sheep Top wethers, $4(24.50; fair
to good, $3.60(54 ; ewes, less on
all grades; yearlings, best, $4.60; fair
to good, $4(24.25; spring lambs, $5. I
HOMES NOW RUINS.
Much Suffering and Death in Wake of
Kansas Tornado.
Kansas City, May 17. A recapitu
lation of the storm, general over
Northwestern Missouri and Eastern
and Central Kansas, and extending into
Oklahoma, and which in places reached
the proportion of a tornado, Bhows
three known dead and 55 injured, at
least half a dozen of the latter serious
ly hurt.
The" principal damage was done at
Hollis, a town of 150 inhabitants, near
Concordia, Kansas, and at Mount
Washington, Mo., a suburb eight miles
east of Kansas City. In both of these
places practically every house was
either damaged or demolished, and
dozens of persons injured.
Mount Washington, Mo., 22, three
perhaps fatally.
Near Great Bend, Kansas, 20, mostly
members of a crew on a Santa Fe work
train, which was blown from the track.
Four of these are in a serious condition.
Hollis, Kansas, three.
Rosedale View, Kansas, a suburb of
Kansas City, two. In the vicinity of
Hoisington, Kansas, four.
Pond Creek, Oklahoma, four.
The storm followded a terrific down
pour of rain. The wind came up sud
denly, swooped down with but little
warning, and striking the small terri
tory described, wiped it out almost
completely. Frame houses were crusn
ed, the sides apparently being forced
inward, while others were toppled over
and carried from their foundations.
In some cases sides of buildings were
carried away, leaving the roof and a
few small articles to mark the Bite.
THE A.-Y.-P. FAIR.
Some Brief Notes of Intesest on the
Exposition Which Opens June I.
The Oregon building was the first of
the state buildings to be finished. Cal
ifornia made a good second.
ML Rainier, the highest mountain
in the United States, towers 15,000
feet above the grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition.
Five million dollars' worth of gold
dust, just as it came from Alaskan
placers, will be part of the Alaska ex
hibit. Live specimens of all game and game
birds found from Point Barrow to Tia
Juana, will be seen in the immense
game paddock.
The provines of Alberta and Saskatch
ewan, Canada, will make splendid ex
hibits of their mineral and agricultur
al resources.
The University of Idaho cadet band
of 40 pieces will play at the fair this
summer. The Idaho legislature passed
an appropriation allowing the battalion
to go into encampment at the exposi
tion immediately after the end of the
university year.
The Michigan building will be the
only state structure financed locally.
The money to defray the expense of
building and entertainment was raised
by subscription in Seattle.
Guards on the grounds of the exposi
tion will wear pearl gray uniforms and
it is planned to make the force the
best dressed police body ever seen in
this country.
TRAIN HELD UP.
Robbers Hake Good Haul
Northert Road.
on Great
Spokane, Wash., May 17. Great
Northern passenger train No. 3 was
held up by two masked robbers between
Mead and Colbert shortly before mid
night Saturday night. The mailcar
and the engine were detached and taken
by the robbers three miles east of Hill
yard, Pwhere the mails were rifled.
The engine was then reversed and sent
back down the track, where it crashed
into the standing train.
When the collision occurred a number
of the passengers, it is reported, were
injured. A hurry call was sent to Hill
yard for doctors, who were rushed to
the scene in-a special train carrying
the officers.
The train was left standing several
miles from a telegraph station, where
one of the trainmen was sent to notify
trie bpokane onice of the hold-up,
According to the report at Hillvard.
the robbers have obtained booty amount
ing to more than $20,000 from the
mailcar.
More Time is Given.
Washington, May 17. As a result
of several conferences, the Interstate
Commerce commission today announced
a postponement from June 1 to July 1
of the time for taking effect of its de
cision in the Spokane rate cases. The
commission recently bad postponed un
til June 1 the time when the new rates
ordered by it should go into effect, but
as a result of conferences within the
last few days with the representatives
of the Hill and Harriman lines it was
decided today further to postpone the
operation of the order until July 1.
Earthquake in Montana.
Glendive, Mont, May 17. At 9:16
o'clock Saturday evening Glendive felt
a very perceptible seismic disturbance.
A number of men gathered in the Ma
sonic temple rushed from the building,
believing it was about to fall. In many
places dishes rattled in the pantries.
The first shock lasted probably two or
three seconds, with unusually rapid vi
brations. The shock was felt at For
syth and Dickinson, N. D., where it is
reported to have been very severe.
Bank Guarantee in Texas.
Dallas, Tex. May 17. A general
movement among state banks to take
advantage of the new state guarantee
law, signed last week, has begun.
During the two days since the law was
signed 25 banks have accepted the pro
visions of the deposit guarantee sec
tions.
Race
HAWLEY
CHAPTER VI.
The solicitor drove away, fuming with
Indignation. "Pompous, poverty-stricken !
were the epithets be applied to the squire,
in these first momenta of hia wrath. Even
a usurious solicitor is possessed of pride
of some kind, and though he may hold it
in tolerable subjection during the early
stages of his career, like other men a,
it waxes fat and thrives wonderfully un
der the accumulation of wealth. Harold
Denison had trampled It remorselessly un
der foot. Then the irritation subsided,
and the astute old bead once more began
to reckon ud the chances of the game. He
played it all over again In hts own mind.
"No," he muttered; "don't think I made
any mistakes ! I was a fool to lose my
temper, though. Hadn t I made up my
mind, all along, that he'd take it pretty
much in that way, to start with? When
I think how many of em I re Been run
rusty about their family names, places,
and plate ! It was foolish ay, very fool
ish to be annoyed at Denison s tantrums.
Names? hah '." continued the old man,
contemptuously. "If it came all the way
from the Conqueror, its worth on stamp
ed paper is the only valid test."
Sam Pearman, when he beard the re
sult of his father's mission, took rather
a different view ot it from his progenitor.
As a younger man he lacked the patience ;
and then, moreover, was there not the
blow to his self-esteem? Between twenty
and thirty we feel that acutely; from
thirty to forty, with a sort of modified
soreness: at fifty the conceit Das Deen
taken out of most of us, and we are no
longer astonished at finding that the world
rates us a little lower than our own vai
uatlon. Electroplate may pass for gold
for a short season, In these days, but so
ciety is pretty certain to detect the ring
of false metal ere very long.
Samuel the junior bad so far been a
fortunate man in pursuit of his ambi
tions. Though not so successful as he
could have wished, yet, to a certain ex
tent, he had worked his way Into the
county society. There were many bouses
that he was occasionally asked to, as an
odd bachelor to make up. Despite all his
father had said at the time, a man with
Sam Pearman's eye to the main chance
could not conceive a man in Harold
Penison's position rejecting a proposal so
verv much to his own advantage. He
mlirht recognize a certain amount of dif
ficulty on the part of the lady, but men
of his age are not wont to be diffident
about their own powers of attraction on
these occasions, and Sam Pearman was
one of the last to entertain apprehensions
on that score.
"He don't know what's good for him,
and that's about the size of it 1" was that
gentleman's remark, as his sire retailed
the account of his interview with Deni-
on. "We shall have to exercise a little
gentle pressure. I'm not going to be
choked off my game, at all events at this
stage of the proceedings. Invalids often
require coercion to make them take the
tonics necessary for their existence, and
it will be for you to make Denison under
stand that he will cease to be Denison of
(illnn, at all events, unless he Is prepared
to welcome me as a son-in-law."
"Leave it to me, Sam, and don't be
in a hurry. I made np my mind about it
the other night. I don't say all, my boy,
but a good many things I have made up
my mind to have come to pass in course of
time. Leave me alone to work the oracle
just now, and, depend upon It, I'll give
you due notice when it's time for you to
make a move."
The son acquiesced. If at times he
thought his father was getting a little
ilow at turf tactics a pursuit from which
he had in great measure withdrawn he
still held a firm belief that his parent
was difficult to beat in the great game of
life, more especially when be held a win
ning card or two in his hand.'
Some two or three weeks elapsed; and
then, one spring morning, Harold Deni
son received a letter to the effect that Mr.
Pearman of Mannersley felt it incumbent
on himself to call in his money lent on
mortgage, a more favorable opportunity
for investment having offered.
That this would probably be the result
of their last interview, the squire had
foreseen. Yet, as days went by without
any such notince, he began fondly to hope
that the attorney had seen tne presump
tion be bad been guilty of, and that things
would still jog quietly along in their old
way. How ephemeral that way had now
become, under almost any circumstances,
he still kept locked within his own
breast. But as be read that letter the
squire knew well that the rublcon was
passed, that his ships were burnt, and
himself defeated. He knew, too well, that
to raise that ten thousand anywhere else
would result in an exposure of bis af
fairs tantamount to ruin. . He was quits
aware that Pearman was equally convers
ant with the fact He prepared himself
for the impending crash.
But there is a certain amount of notice
requisite on the calling In of a mortgage,
and this gave Harold Denison time to
reflect whether for good or evil the rea"d
cn of this story must determine. Had
the blow fallen at once, be would hare
abandoned Glinn, grimly, and set op his
lonely tent in some remote watering place.
But the crafty solicitor had measured the
strength of his prey with great accuracy.
It was not without design that the notice
of the foreclosure of the mortgage bad
been delayed. "Give it time give it
time," quoth that fisher of feeble human
ity. He was right; and day after day
did Harold Denison ponder over the old
fisherman's terms ; at first contemptuous
ly, then moodily, until at last he began
to think that It was bis duty to retain
Glinn at all hazards. Once arrived thus
far, the apedousnes. of the reasoning
became easy and rapid. "The lands I re
ceived from my ancestors It Is my duty to
transmit to my descendants." A fine coon
try gentleman's aeiitiment, that would
have Invariably Insured a round of an-'
plause at the farmer', ordinary In any
narket town of respectable dimensions.
for a
Wife
SMART
Now, ef course, It was all plain sailing,
n. Aa ncraonal matter, the mean
est lodgings at Hastings or St. Leonards
would have sufficed. It were owr
,v. a Denison of Glinn so vilely
mated. But there were other ties to be
considered. He. Harold Denison, had un
doubtedly betrayed the trust of a long
lln rif inrMlton.
Then he began to think once more oi
his daughter. He felt compunction ai
th. Mm of v eld in his handsome oiauue
to this low-born suitor. But then Maude
hri never been to him what an only child
is to most fathers. He had never quite
forlven the fact of her not being a son,
and she had ever been more her mother's
pet than his. Again, this candidate for
her hand had been brought up a gentle
man, had the mark of the university
stamped on his based composition, and.
in short, had done much to compensate
for the deficiency of birth with which he
had entered the world. He had seen
young Pearman upon two or three occa
sions onlv. That gentleman, though the
blood of his father ran strong in his
veins, had quite sufficient tact to avoid
showing It. He dressed quietly, and ab
stained from self-assertion when mixing
with the class In which he was so anx
ious to establish himself. He was, nat-
urallv. too careful of his money to fall
into the error of most parvenues, that of
ostentatious display. The little he knew
of him had not jarred on Harold Deni
son. As to Maude, her affections must
be wholly unfettered. If she could be
brought to think of this man as a hus
band, it would really be a good thing for
her in the end. And by such reasoning
the squire gradually worked himself
round to the conviction that it was, at all
events, his duty to submit Pearman's
proposal to Maude, and, further, to press
it strongly on her attention.
But before Harold Denison bad arriv
ed at this conclusion, there bad been
much grief at Glinn. He had told his
wife of the contemplated foreclosing of
the mortgage, and explained to her that it
meant ruin that is, ruin Inevitable, as
far as their still continuing the possessors
of Glinn went.
"Tee, Nellie, It's all over," said the
squire; "I'm beaten at last. Dear old
Glinn must go through the hands of the
auctioneer, and become the property of
whatever greasy trader happens to have
most money at his disposal just now. It'
bard lines for you to have to leave the
place wherein I installed you aa mistress
so many years ago."
"Don't think of me," replied Mr
Denison, tearfully. "I shall be always
happy as long as I have you and Maude
with me. It will be sad to leave all my
old cottagers and almoners to the tender
mercies of others ; but oh ! It will fall
heaviest on you, Harold, to give up what
has been the home of your people for so
many generations !
"I don't deny it. It will be a dread
ful wrench to think of Glinn passing to
strangers; but I suppose it must be so,
The follies of our youth, Nell, smite us
sharply as we grow old. We shall have
to end our days in some cheap conti
nental town."
CHAPTER VII.
Very sad was Maude when she heard
the evil tidings, and that she had but
short time left to look upon the grand
old chestnuts, the groves ot laurel, an
the soft, pleasant, turfy vistas amid which
she had been born. Bitterly she thought
how the loss of all the accustomed sur
roundings would be felt by the gentl
mother ahe adored; and well she divined
what would be her father's sensations
when, having left the home of bis anccs
tors, he should find himself exposed to the
monotonous existence of some watering
place or dull continental town ! How he
would brood over the extinction of the
Dentsons of Glinn none realized more
fully than Maude. 8he knew her father
thoroughly; she was a clever girl, and
luny recognizee nis lolbles and weak
nesses. duo comprehended the shock it
wouia ne to nis lamlly pride what the
loss oi country pursuits would be to him
what it would be to find himself
Mr. Denison on straitened means In some
quiei piace wnere gossip was rife, and
your social status was pretty nearly
AUAiU j iutt uiiu lucurrea at the butch
er's and the wine merchant's. And
the girl thought, sorrowfully, how little
she could do to alleviate all this. To
ber mother ah ! yes, she could do much
to lighten her troubles, and be a comfort
to her; but for ber father, nothing and
the tears trickled through Maude's long
lashes as she thought how little she could
ducu, so jar, were the results of the
machinations of that experienced "fisher
c.-v
oi mm, but. rearman, on the unfortu
nate family at Glinn.
I have told the Ingenious process of
'""ms "J wn'cn Harold Denison had.
at last, not only soothed his conscience
but arrived at the conclusion that, like
. T "'"Grecian, Bis duty required
!y? i sacrifice his daughter. I often
oia story a grand allegory
Agamemnon sacrifices Ipbigenia, even
yet, pretty constantly at St. George's,
Hanover Square W. substitute th. "ing
fZ . kn" "nd the wedd,n" breakfast
for the .nxAIng -acrifice; and w. wreath
ourselves with flower, and silken raiment
as we offer up our maidens at the shrine
Wb htt"
fable? "0t tbe meanlD of
But Harold Denison was conscious of
m taw feeling that the newl, Cmed
Idea was aa extremely awkward subject
f. ' wife or danghX
That he bad never even alluded to Pear
man, proposal I need scarcely observe,
nd that It looked still le pleasant to
touch upon now he had mad, n"p v
V? "J upporter thweof, must
be equally obvious. Still the clouds were
that no time was to be let; and at last
tas SQulrs nerved himself to tU task!
and sought hi. wife', boudoir, havtag r
viously ascertained that hia daughter Cat
out of tbe house.
I want to talk something .
yon, Nellie," he observed, as he enteral
wl J ... IiiaV v. l. : 1 1
wvu i imiu u wiii dc quit. plea.,
nt to hear, but, at all events. It ,
distress you, as yon will hare the poB
of deciding aa you like about It,"
Mrs. Denison raised her fao anxlon.i.
to ber husband's. Decision, on any point,
wis painful to ber, and she was toe
aware, rrom lormer experience, that'tha
was but the prelude to some scheme ia
which ber concurrence bad already bees
practically marked out by her lord and
master, iiaroio uenison. consultation
at such times, generally comprised a men
synopsis ot nis intentions, revealing sobm
minor unpleasantness which he looked ts
ber to carry out. Poor Mrs. Den Uoe
might well be diffident about such eonlj.
dencea; a. a rule, they had born bat
bitter fruit.
What should you say," continued ths
squire, "if I tell you that It is possible t
save Glinn to u. yet?"
Oh, Harold, can It be so?" cried Mix
Denison with clasped hands and beating
heart. "No, you don't look like It; I set
in your face there Is more to follow. It
is some bare chance, and your sangulns
nature has led you astray concerning It
"Nellie, don't be foolish. Thsre is a
way of arranging all these misarabk
money matters that baa been submitted to
me, and which, should we . consent to,
there is no doubt will prove perfectly
satisfactory. I have turned it all well
over in my mind, and though I have, at
yet, come to no determination concernini
it, yet I don't deem it altogether imprte.
tlcable. Will you hear me patiently?"
"Tea, Harold," was the meek response.
"Well, what I want to talk to yoq
about is this. Of course you must U
aware that Maude is not only grown up
and handsome, but has arrived at an art
when wooers may be expected."
What do you mean?" 'asked the moth
er, her pale face flushing, and a half,
anxious, half-frightened expression visibli
in ber blue eyes.
"We will come to that presently. loq
know her admirers at the Xminster ball
were numerous. A man of good property
in this county solicits permission to pay
his addresses to Maude, lie can give her
a good home and everything she can want
now, while at tbe death o: his lather hi
will be the possessor of large landed es
tates in the county, besides conslderabli
Bums invested elsewhere."
The poor mother's heart beat quick. It
whom was she to be- asked .to yield hr
darling? Who in all the county side wu
worthy of her peerless Maude 7 mt
knew of none; yet ahe spoke not, bat
gazed eagerly into her husband's fan,
aud waited with high-strung nerves till
be should apeak again.
"Maude can have no attachment ai
yet?" Inquired the squire, at length.
"No, I think not. How could ibt,
narold? The poor child has, as yet,
seen so little of the world, and Mandi
is not one to give her heart away light
ly." '
"Maidens hearts are stolen, sometimet,
a good while before they are themselTei
aware of It," returned Denison, sentea
tiously. "It is essential for my projett
that Maude should be fancy free."
."She Is," returned the mother, anx
iously; "but tell me, who is this yoo
think good enough for her? There Is no
one I know," she continued, sadly, "41
to claim my darling's hand."
"It's no use fencing any more," re
plied the squire. "Toung Pearman -wai
much struck with Maude at the. Xmin
ster ball, and solicits permission to win
her, if he can."
"Pearman ! What the son of the law
yer !" cried Mrs. Denison. "lou're jok
ing, Harold, surely! You would netei
consent to such a match for a daughtet
of yours." r
"Listen, Nellie," replied the squire, sad
ly. "Pearman has a heavy mortgage on
the property; he has bought the bat
part of what has been sold, and Maode'i
marriage with his son would once mow
consolidate Glinn. Don't interrupt me!"
he exclaimed, in answer to a despairini
gesture of his wife's. "I don't say li
things stood with us as they did in the
old times I'd listen to such a proposal
as this; but, Nellie, If Maude could make
up her mind to It, Glinn would remain
ours, and that would lighten the remain
der of my time in thia world, and youn,
too, wife mine."
"Not unless Maude were happy," mar
mured the poor mother.
I can fancy the contempt with which
a Bclgravian matron might regard Mn
Denison's last remark. A penniless girl
offered wealth, country house, eta, anl
her mother maundering about her happi"
nesa. Oh, it ia too absurd!
(To be continued.)
Not Fair.
"Look here, Abraham," said the
Judge, "It's been proved right here-In
court that Instead of doing something
to help support your wife and children
you spend your whole time bunting
'possum !" . '
Tbe old negro hung his bead.
"Now, Abe, you love ' your wlf.
don't you?"
"Ah suttluly does!"
"Aud your children?"
"Tas, suh!"
"And you love them both better
"Better ev'ry day, Jedge!" Ab
broke In.
" better than a thousand 'pos
sum?" , - -
"Look hyah, Jedge," exclaimed AM
with widening eyes, "dat's takln'
coon at a pow'ful disadvantage !" TM
Bohemian Magazine.
Wasn't Taking Chances. '
8am Sleek It'B dead easy to mak
money when you know how.
Tom Toots Do you know how?
Sam Sleek Sure. i
Tom Toots Why don't you mW
some? .
Sam Sleek I'm afraid I might
caught while trying to pass It
A Fresh Chili. '
"Toung man," said Mr. Bluffkh
"when I was your age I always stood
at the head of my class.' -
"Well," answered the fearfully P
coclous boy, "maybe teachers were earij
er to fool then than they are
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