OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
LUMBER CUT HEAVY.
New MiB at Tillamook Turns Out
50.OOO Fact Per Day.
Tulanjook The TiHaraook Lumber
alancfactnricg company's new sawmill
in this city is turning oat 50,000 feet
of lumber daily moat of which is being
used far building purposes in and
around Tillamook City. Tbe company
was organised by George B. Lamb,
Cart Haberlach, H. T. BoKs and Fred
C Baker, and tbe sawmill bas an ideal
location, being at tbe bead of naviga
tion and right is tbe beart of Tillamook
county and city. It took over $40,000
for its site, baildmga and macbinery.
Tbe rtLl has two Urge high-pressure
boilers, two engines, large circular
sawmill and a pocy mill, wiih planers,
box machinery and dry kiln and em
ploys about 30 men. It is ertirely lo
cal capital at tbe back of tbe new en
terprise. Several shipments of spruce have
been sent to Portland on tbe steamer
Argo, which docks at tbe company's
warehouse in Eoquartoo slocgh. This
is as far as steamers can go inland in
Tillamook county, which is at tbe
bridge on tbe road going north. Tbe
company has obtained tbe rights to
boom 1 -gs on tbe east side of tbe bridge
in HocjuartoB slocgh, where several
million feet of logs can be stored. A
cot was made from tbe slough to tbe
end of tbe log slip, tbe government
dredge being used for that purpose.
Th- Pacific Eailway & Navigation com
pany will run a spur from the depot
along tbe waterfront of Tillamook City,
tbe track running on the north side of
the sawmill and through the company's
lumber yard. This will give the Tilla
mook Lumber company railroad and
shipping facilities on its own prop
erty. Tbe new sawmill has given the
c:ty a steady monthly payroll of about
$2000, and as soon as tbe local demand
for lumber diminishes it will be in the
market for export lumber.
Will Visit Hood River.
Hood River Several hundred of the
most prominent residents of the agri
cultural colleges and experiment sta
tions of the United States, accompanied
by their wives, will visit Hood River
valley, August 21. The party will
leave Portland by special train and will
be met at Hood River with automobiles
and carriages and be given a drive over
the valley to witness the splendor of
Hood River s orchards. It is planned
to serve the guests with a genuine
Hood River luncheon, in which the
famous Gravensteins will form a prom
inent part on the menu. The distin
guished visitors will be guests of the
Commerical club while in the Apple
city.
Governor Names Delegates.
Salem Delegates to the first Na
tional Conservation congress to be held
at the auditorium of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition, Seattle, August 26,
27 and 28 have been appointed by Gov
ernor Benson as follows : J. N. Teal,
chairman Oregon Conservation com
mission, Portland; Edward EL McAl
lister, dean of the School of Engineer
ing, University of Oregon. Eugene;
George iL Cornwall, editor Pacific
Timberman, Portland ; W. K. Newell,
member state board of horticulture,
Gaston ; and E. W. Wr'ght, editorial
writer, Portland.
Big Deal in Fruit Land.
Hood River A large land deal has
just been consummated here by the
purchase by J. E. Robertson, Alex S.
Reed and J. M. Culbertson, local cap
italists, of 800 acres of unimproved
fruit land from the Stanley-Smith
Lumber company. The tract, which is
considered one of the beat in tbe val
ley, is situated six miles west of the
city, and sold for $57 an acre. It is
the intention of the purchasers to cut
it up in small tracts. A large spring,
which has been mentioned as possible
for a water supply for the city, is sit
uated on tbe land.
Big Umatilla Land Sale.
Athena As a further evidence of
the producing qualities of Umatilla
land, Joseph Key hag just paid $18,000
for 160 acres of wheat land, with or
dinary improvements. The land was
owned by Donald McKinnon and is
about three miles from Athena. Mr.
McKinnon, a pioneer rancher, and fam
ily will move to Alberta some time this
fall to join his children, who moved
there some time ago. John McKinnon,
his son, sold a ranch of 160 acres last
year to Joseph Shreod for $105 per
acre.
Eugene Gives More Money.
Eugene Tbe third day of tbe active
canvass for funds for the railway from
Eugene to tbe Pacific coast resulted in
a total of $3000. Tbe work of tbe
three days bas amounted to $12,000
and the committees are gratified wtib
the progress that has been made.
Those in charge do not doubt that tbe
$151000 required will be raised. The
plan to build to tbe coast and then con
nect with Coos bay by a coast line is
r .ceiving good support here.
Barber Shops Cleaner.
Salem Tbe state board of barber
examiners bas submitted its annual re
port to the governor. Tbe report shows
total receipts from January 1, 1909, to
June 30, 1909, of 11,100.25; cash on
hand June 30, $838.43. Tbe report
states that throughout the state tbe
law is being better observed and all
barber shops are being conducted un
der better sanitary conditions than ever
before.
PREPARE FOR ROAD.
Newly Organized Farmers Line Se
cures Right of Way.
Pendleton To negotiate with set
tlers on irrigated land snear Hermistoo,
A. A. Cole, secretary of tbe newly or
ganised farmers trolley line, is in the
west end of Umatilla county working
a org tbe line of survey, mating pre
liminary arrangements for right of
way.
Settlers have indicated a willingness
to assist tbe railroad by donating right
of way and subscribing for capital
stock if needed, but as tbe work has
been only preliminary so deeds have
been taken. Mr. Cole will determine
on this trip something of tbe cost of
land from Pendleton to Holdman, and
especially of terminal ground at Uma
tilla. The line is surveyed across the
Umatilla irrigation project, with a de
pot site not far from the big reservoir,
and on into the rich farming country
near Holdman.
Tbe plans now are to use steam on
tbe line until an immense power plant
can be constructed on the Umatilla
river. C A. HilL of Holdman, is pres
ident of tbe new company, and A. A.
Cole, of Pendleton, is secretary.
IRRIGATION PROGRESSES.
B g Tract Being Placed Under Water
in Rogue River Valley.
Grants Pass Construction of tbe
gravity canal and high line irrigation
ditches which are to bring water from
Rogue river to the arid lands in and
around Grants Pass is progressing
rapidly. Tbe most difficult portion of
tbe gravity canal, that near tbe power
dam, was attacked with two powerful
hydraulic giants. By this method tbe
cemented ground and huze boulders
were easily removed. Tbe gravity
canal is 12 feet wide at tbe bottom, 18
feet at the top and 5 feet deep.
Two high line ditches have been con
structed, one on each side of the river.
These will irrigate all of Grants Pass
and much of the country adjacent
to this city. The south bank ditch
will reach and cover the orchards and
farms of the Fruitdale district Money
lor the undertaking was entirely sup
lied from Grants Pass.
Sand Island Is Gold Mine.
Tbe Dalles Two notices of location
of mining claims have been filed with
County Cierk Angle. The claims are
located on an island near the mouth of
the Deschutes river. Hugh Ritchie
files on 20 acres in the name of the Red
Wing Placer Mining claim, and Emma
S. Ward files on 10 acres in the name
of the Columbia placer claim. The
island contains 60 acres during low
water. Mr. Ritchie asserts that his
claim assays 50 cents gold to the yard.
Elmira Will Aid Road.
Eueene The citizens of Fmrena
who went to Elmira in the interest of
the Eugene & Western railway were
well received bv the nwinle of thr In.
eality, and several thousand dollars in
money was promised the promoters of
tbe road if it should go through or
near umira. Labor and supplies were
also promised by citizens who are anx
ious to secure the road.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Eluestem, 96&97e; club, 91
6592c; red Russian, 800 90c; valley,
91fa94e; 40-fold, 92&93e.
Barley Feed, $26; brewing, $27
per ton.
Oats $2S28.50 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$1216 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $17
firlS; mixed, $15.500 16 50; alfalfa,
$13.50; clover, $11(5.13; cheat. $13
14.50.
Grain Bags 5$"ceacn.
Fruits Apples, new, $ 1622.25 per
box; pears, $11.75; peaches, BOcfij
$1 per crate; cantaloupes, $2(g2.50;
plums, 35cg$l per box; watermelons,
l.li5;lc per pound; blackberries,
$1.50 per crate.
Potatoes Tacfufl per sack; sweet
potatoes, 4(8.4 Jc per pound.
Onions $L25(5;1.50 per sack.
Vegetables Beans, 4rti:5c per pound ;
cabbage, 1(3.1 Je; cauliflower, 60c
$1.25 per dozen; celery, 75085c; cu
cumbers, 15rtr25c; onions, 12&rtU5c;
peas, 7e per pound; radishes. 15c ner
dozen; tomatoes, 75ca$1.50per box.
flutter City creamery, extras,
31 &c; fancy outside creamery, 27ft
30)e per pound; store, 21(22c But
ter fat prices average 13c per pound
under regular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 26
SXi .4e per dozen.
Poultry Hens. 15c: snrinirs- IS?
roosters, 9gl0c; ducks, young, 12)
(q.i3j,c; geese, young. 910c; tur
keys. ZUe; squabs, $L752 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, llftallc per pound.
Veal Extras, 9 (& 10c per pound;
ordinary, 728c; heavy. 7c
Hops 1909 contracts, 21ft22e per
poena; jshkj crop, 16c; 1907 crop, 12c;
;1906 crop, 8c
Wool Eastern Oregon, 15S23e per
pound; valley, 232oc; mohair, choice,
24&25c
CattW Steers, top, $4.50; fair to
good, S4-f.25; common, $3.75484;
cows, top. $3.50; fair to good. $30
3-25; common to medium, $2.505
2.75; calves, top, J5.25.S0; heavy,
S3.5&34; bulls and stags, $2.75g
3.75.
Sheep Top wethers, $4.25; fair to
good, $3.503.75; ewes, &e less on
an grades; yearlings, best. $4; fair to
good, 83.506j3.75; spring lambs, $5.25
(&5.50.
Hogs Best, $8.75; fair to good,1
$S8.50; stackers, $Sg7; China fata,
S.757. i
BRITAIN LOSES GRIP.
WiB Accept American Domination to
Save Empire.
Chautauqua, N. Y Aug. 16. Tbe
Br.tsh empire in momentary danger of
destruction at tbe hands of Germany,
and ready, merely for tbe asking, to
accept tbe dominance of tbe United
State and see tbe empire's real seat
of authority transferred to Washington,
is, according to Colonel S. S. McClure,
editor of McClure 's Magazine, tbe sit
uation which is now confronting tbe
country's statesmen.
Colonel McClure called tbe parting
of America from England in 1776 a
disastrous mistake, and read a state
ment from Lord Roe berry in which
that statesman predicts that, if Eng
land and America had not separated at
tbe time of tbe Revolution, tbe seat of
tbe great British empire would have
already been transferred from tbe Brit
ish Isles to what is now the United
States and those islands would have
simply been the sacred historic shrine
of the great world empire of tbe English-speaking
people.
"Tbe United States should secure
the dominance of tbe British empire,"
continued Mr. McClure, "for the ask
ing Tbe present situation of England
and Germany is that of two farmers
living side by side, ene of whom is a
first rate prizefighter, has trained his
people to be prizefighters and says to
his neighbor, who bas been peaceably
engaged in cultivating his estate : 'I
want some of your property and I'm
going to have it The possible de
struction of tbe British empire, which
this means, is the most terrible prob
lem before us today."
ROBBERY AS TRADE.
Santa Clara Gang Proposed 'to Loot
Many Banks.
Santa Clara Cal., Aug. 16. Still
concerning their identity, but talking
freely of the daring $7,000 robbery in
which they were the principal actors
Friday, the tw boys captured at Sun
nyvale by Sheriff Langford were
brought here for arraignment on a
charge of robbery.
To Sheriff Langford, who captured
them, the young men made a startling
confession. Joe Willetts, who appears
to be leader of the gang, said he and
his companion had planned a series of
bank robberies that would have created
a reign of terror in financial circles.
So far bad their plans matured, that
on Thursday, with a hired : automobile
awaiting their return, they entered tbe
First National bank, in the heart of
Oakland, and calmly weighed tbe
chance of making their escape with a
fortune.
"This Santa Clara robbery was on'y
an experiment," said the youthful rob
ber, after making this revelation.
"We intended, if it was successful, to
go after a bigger and richer institution
next time and to clean up big money
before we were through.
"We purchased a machine in Oak
land and bad it remain just around tbe
corner, as we did in Friday's job. Carr
and I went to the First. National bank
about 12 o'clock and looked tbe place
over. . We were well armed, and if
there cad not been so many clerks and
so many people passing outside, we
would have held up the cashiers and
tellers and tried to escape with all the
money in sight."
TWO TRAINS CRASH.
Over 40 Hurt in Wreck on Denver &
Rio Grande Road.
Colorado Springs. Ten persons are
dead and others expected to die, be
tween 40 and 50 are injured, three en
gines are in tbe ditch, two baggage
cars, including tbe contents, are
smashed, and several passenger coach
es are badly damaged as tbe result of
a headon collision between east bound
passenger No. 8 and west bound pas
senger No. 1 on the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, near Hunted, 13 miles
north of this city at 10:25 Saturday
morning. Tbe wreck was due either
to a misunderstanding of orders by tbe
driver of tbe first engine of the north
bound train, or to his having mistaken
a switch engine standing on tbe siding
at Hasted for the train he was to pass
at that point and which be .later
crashed into.
New Antidote for Poison.
Seattle, Aug. 16. Electricity has
come to the bat as an antidote for laud
anum Doisonin?. William UrT.MF
a Scotch seaman, was picked up uncon
scious in the street last nigfaL At
tbe City hospital it was found that he
was suffering from laudanum poisoning,
but black coffee and drugs forced into
his stomach failed to revive the pa
tient. Frnallv the X-rav was mmmitaii
and 2,000 volts were shot into Mc
Gregor body. In an instant Mc
Gregor came to his senses and
from bis bed.
Smallpox in Chile.
Santiago. Chile. An-r ie tt, .
are 348 smallpox patients in the laza
retto. Tbe authorities have dictated
severe measures to avoid carrying in
fected Dersons in nnhlie mrhu
have also prohibited the exposure of
smaiipox corpses tn churches for fune
ral services and their iMnrnaninini
to the crematories. Tbe land inspec
tion Doara nas discovered an illegal
disrosition of lands to a Jimmw mL
ony and has forbidden tbe sale.
Earthquake in Japan.
Tokio. Anr. IS A riismstvm wl
quake shook tbe Japanese provinces of
Nana Satnrdav and it is feH k.
list of casualties will be heavy. In tbe
province of OmL 400 bouses were rax
ed. No particulars regarding tbe num
ber killed are available, aa all comrcu-
cicatkoo tas been cut off.
The Pirate of
RUPERT SARGENT
HOLLAND
Author af Tbe Cant at Harvard," etc.
Prtst l ooa. bv J. B. Lintrfecott Company. AH rights
CHAPTER Vl (Coo Tinned-!
1 folsowd his direction to the porch
enclosed with glass, and found Ms. Gra
ham sirring there with aa elderly woman
who provec to be her aunt. Miss Corey.
She rre-w.ed me. and th 'dr Udy.
after makic; a few comments on th
awful Eight, withdrew. Still standing. I
pnt my hand into my inner pocket and
drew forth the bei with the locket.
"When I went hac to the Snip this
afternoon I found ynn iad dropped the
locket from your chain. Permit me to re
turn h."
"Oh r she said, "flow pood of yon to
bring it '. I discovered it ws fone and
wss afraid I might not h able to find It
fter the storm. Thins ya so much.
Mr. Selden."
1 felt sinzuiar'y mi nd haughty, and
seemed to detect a certain rerve aiso
in her manner. The air of the Penguin
Clnh was not conducive to Informality.
I had intended to -rt'A her attention to
the fact that the bv-k't was open when
I came npon i:. bin eouid not bring my
self to do so in th face of the chill that
seenwl to have s-r:ied down upon as.
"Won't yon sit down and talk to me?"
she said, but I shook my head.
"I must be getting back. Tue storm is
getting worse every miuure. The wood
road will soon be a swollen river."
There came a growl of thunder and a
Cash of livid lightninz. Miss Graham
scarcely moved a muscle. "I love
storms." she said, "but I Ain't blame you
for wanting to get home as soon as yon
can. Tou must be soaked even In those
clothea."
I looked at my rough attire, and then
at the dainty white evening gown she
wore, and laughed a little sharply at the
contrast.
"It's lucky I don't often come to tbe
club." I said. "They would probably
warn me from the premises as a scare
crow of ill omen."
Rodney Islip came on to the porch, in
evening dress, as though to emphasise my
own incongruities.
"Will you dance. Barbara?" he said.
"They're playing one of your favorite
waltzes. Then he discovered me. "Hel
lo, old chap '." said he. "How the deuce
came yon here? Tou don't mean to tel'
me yon rode through the thick of this
storm"
Petty resentment got the better of me:
I barely noticed him, and bowed to the
girL
'Tton't let me keep you, Miiw Graham.
My misaion is over. Good night."
She held out her hand ; I barely touch
ed It. I was at the door when Bodney
spoke. "I say, old man, have you seen
the evening papers? Terrible times in
France, more trouble on the market : let
me get you the news." He was so full of
the stock exchange himself that he
thought we must all be interested.
"No. I thank you." I answered, blunt
ly, and went out. scorning myself for my
rudeness to this chap whose only fault
lay in the fact that Miss Graham eared
so much about him. I was to be still
more scornful of this rudeness to him in
the dajs to come.
I stood in the shadow while thy
passed me. then I stole back to the
glass-covered por-A and looked in for a
moment at the dancing. I watched Islip
itaa miss uranam on to the fioor and
Boat away with her. and I ea.ight sight
of the locket hanging on its chain about
her throat. She looked very fuir in her
white gown, with her nevk bare, and Islip
looked very happy as he danced with her.
I looked again at my own rough, un
couth garm.. This was no place for me.
Suddenly I hated the Penguin Club and
all it contained, all its civilization, all its
clothes and dances. I wonld be off to my
little hut in the dunes, with no one but
Charles by. and he my very humble ser
vant. Nero was ready, and I swung mysIf
np and plunged off again into the night
Flashes of lightning showed me the depth
of the water in the woods. I ploughed
my way homeward, caring nothing what
happened, riding as though a legion of
deviis pursned.
I paid no attention to Charles' fire and
the hot grog that he had ready. I flnng
off my sodden clothes and went to bed,
Bnding my on satisfaction in the crash
ing guns of th thunder that seemed to
bombard Alastair from tbe sky. It was
certainly the night for any mysterious
deed, I remember thinking as I fell asleep.
CHAPTER VII.
I must have been aep for some time
when a sudden sky-cracking crash of
thunder brought me wide awake. An in
stinctive movement mad me jump out of
bed end go to the front window which
looks oat upon th sea. Tbe blackness
f'W na on:y iq rrnr of tu.
wave, against the cliff! Then while 1
peered into the night came a Bash of
ligatmng. revealing the beach and th
waves and th nnai ..
clearness. The scene was over 'fa, 7
time it takes to tell h, bat I had seen
something a long ships boat, oar-blades
Casoing haif way between th. Ught of
tn fcb:f:ir.g god ,nJ Alastair Ther
followed blackness, and another crash of
tn sky a gnna.
I waited, my eyes trained oo tbe aaot.
and again came th fust, and now. Wt
arthe Shoal. I saw . Uxb?
Sooner, bar of canvas, pitching li,,
.nad in tbe moU of an angr,
a. not on th Bhoai-sh. might b. so
distance off h-bot .be was taatin, .
very nary squall. Darkneaa, another
more Kgbtnmg. and now I saw that
lf:' furiosi, W
ard. w beading toward, me, was mjT.
kg rirasgbt for the beach as fart as
""7 oarsmen could drive her
Archer biting of night, and I saw a tall
aa-4 steotfd strange!,, uncannily tall
lOOOOOOO
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Alastair
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ha'.f standing, half stooping in the
stern sheets, the soda of a cape flying
past him in the gala.
When 1 could we again the long boat
was making ready for the dash into tbe
roaring surf. Th oarsmen there were
. some !! were laboring to keep tlx
bow straight on. Tbe tall man was stand
ing up to see wbt-re he should go, and I
caught sight of his white and storm-distorted
face. I could not move, I could
no: nfrr a cry ; I stood transfixed, scarce
breath it g. my body taut, waiting to aee
ahat would happen next.
Seconds pasaed tn the darkness, then
a hash, and I saw that the boat bad
weathered the worst of the .nrf. and was
grinding on Ibe shore. Four of th men
had leaped out and were hauling hard
j at the sides : the steersman, gaunt and
hiack. still clutched the tiller, half
crouching, and was shouting. Succeeding
j durkneM gave me a ?hance to wonder
j what manner of men were the-e making
j for Alastair, deserting their ship on the
-oust, and landing where there was no
j harbor, and only a shingle beach. Light
again, and I stood dumfonnded, trans
fixed, for I saw a little procession march
ing up the beach to the pines east of me:
first the tall man in the long, black, flap
ping clonk, then two men bearing a good
siied box between them, and then two"
others, carrying what looked to me
like shovels. Itarkness. a terrible roar
of thunder, and I pinched myself to make
sure that I was awake.
I struck a match and held it behind my
hand in order that no signal should be
given. My watch told me tbe hour was
half past one. I found that I was shiv
ering .from the cold, and slipped into my
coat. At every flash of light 1 was back
at the window, raking the beach with my
eyes. I saw nothing but the grounded
boat, with a number of men standing by,
and far off the tossing hulk of the schoon
er. I did not even dare step into the hall
to call Charles. -so afraid was I of losing
something of this remarkable sight. Min
utes passed. I kept my watch in my
band. Flash succeeded flash at greater
interval, but the scene was still the
same: the boot evidently waiting, the far
ther reaches of the beach empty.
Half an hour had gone when my pa
tience was rewarded. The same proces
sion appeared from the pines, minus only
so far as 1 could see the box that two
of tbem bad carried. There was a long
interval of blackness, and then I saw th
long boat plunging again through the
breakers, and the crew struggling to keep
her righted with their oars. I could see
the boat was sharp at either end. and the
men no novices at the dangerous work
of beaching. They were gone, going back
to their schooner, and I felt that the
spirit of mystery was lifting from Alas
tair. R-ill I waited, and in time the scene
lighted, and I saw that the boot had left
something: th tall, cloaked man still
stood upon tbe beach, gazing seaward as
though to catch the last of his mates. I
remember that even in that brief In
stant I felt there was something strange
about him. something fantastic, some
thing out of keeping with the New Eng
land shore.
Karkness shut in, th roar of thunder
lessened, the lightning passed; th outer
world only sent me the deep, distant
booming of the sea npon the cliff I
stumbled back to bed and pulled the
clothes about me. full of wonder at what
my eyes bad seen.
I lay ther for a long time, thinking
conjecturing what all this strange mat
ter ro-ent. Somehow, my quiet beach had
been transformed ; the space between tbe
cliffs now shadowed forth a mystery, and
yet, preposterous as the Idea seemed I
felt In some way that I bad always ex
pected a remarkable something (o happen
my dreams in some way to come true, for
Alastair was no common place and was
fit for some surprising history.
In time I dropped asleep, to dream of
queer things,
CHAPTER Till.
When I awoke in the morning I was
niore than half of the mini) ,k., , .
dreamed of the lightning's ainzolar pic-
ZLi tnat beiD nddenly
startled from sound sleep and daxxled by
.uo.c uaaun auu stunned by the
roar of thunder, mi m ..; L ,
. . .r.muuu Hull
pmyed some trick on me. Anything else
" venmntaoie to be believed. Vet
I Could not Quit conrinca mn.lf .1.-. ,
naa not seen the tormented schooner, tbe
of the long boat, the
march into the pines, and the final pic
tor of that tall, gaunt Ogure gaaing sea
ward. I Could not hetie. rh. i
nation or my dream, could be so ririd as
uj rememorance of those scenes.
I questioned Charles l .
.vrrnT Ma Pt stolidly
tbroach all th nnmsr r,. v.j i
, - ' ubu ne not.
he wonld probably have seen nothing, for
oaca ot the bouse.
Ibe storm continued, though with les
aened violence. After breakfast I ven
tured oat, dressed for a wetting, and
went first to tbe place where, a. I re
brd, the long boat bad been beach
ed. The wave, bad done away with all
trace, of the keel. Then I follow as
wrly a. I could tbe path which the
bad taken to th. pines; bat
th. wind and rata bad obliterated th.
f ooutepe. If then, had ever beeT any
i iDt0 th P'. only to
be drenched by waterfall, for my
Th. myerr was ., deep as ever wh
I fioally deaiMed and went back to shat
ter. After som. thought, I determined te
kP my secret to myself. Charles would
foully ln to my statement
without further erkJeDc. b would bs
l7 toe apt, taking theTT
Junction with my myateriooT-".
dub In th. evening, to henJL
dreamed it all. What woold a L?
crew b. doing on oor lon! uT'
th height of a midnight stovi?
alble naa would naturally be brii
doubt. v "daalfc
I settled down to work, and. .w
mj mind both to th. mysteryTT
Graham, snewedrd la grain, ,
don by night. Th. next dsy JJ.
similar fashion, living u, nuul
so long as th storm lasted.
an. intra day broks fir
the too rain I innt m.. .
iMm BDonuua;
beaca with my binoculars. y0T
sea and hand mors -.i . t. "
- r I 111 , m ft..
appeared to have cleared the a'jJZT
and brought It to a new aerento?
work accomplished, 1 set out fa,
river to the west of the cliff, te sa.
my cathoat bad weathered k- .
found there was some baaing ts WJ
and then, called by a gentle breea. 1
op sail and for an hour beat an t!i
net
The hot con of noon sent B kl.
I sat down to my mid-dav
and
Charles had brought me paper, ,j ,
note from the dub. I ran throe J
paper, first, to prove to myself ho
I cared for 'the note, but at last I hnk
Ita seal.
"I am going to hold yon to yonr
ufi" m iue snip now that tki
atorm is over. May w hart k aJz
about er
That was all, without even a ana.
tura,
I wa. In two minds as to what ts h
I could not disappoint her without
Ing more than churlish, without wife,
myself down once and for all a as n
tleman, aud yet the sight of her aw
roused much of my sleeping naeotant
If I went. 1 would at least show actual
two could play at her came.
I visited the larder and decided i
menu. Then I startled Charles half
of hi. senses, though to his credit hi k
said he never showed it. "You win fu
these things" I pointed out certaa jr
visions -in the wheelbarrow, and tab
tbem on to tbe Khip on the beail. I
will also take the folding-table fron
study, and two folding-chairs, and at
the table on the deck. I am goaf a
take supper there with a lady at d. !
can leave the 'iced tea in a bottle. Bin
the supper ready at a quarter befon o
hour, and then leave. We will a
quire any service,'
"Tea, Mr. Felix," said Charles, snk
ly. 'I frowned a. though the whole
ceeding bored me, and returned ts aj
work.
As half past 5 I dressed carefully taj
left the house. As I walked op th bead
I could not help but contrast this stnat
scene with the night of the atorm. Wkt-
ever that night had brought. to Alasuit,
it wa. clear I was not to know m&
about it
I waited on the shore nntil Miai Gra
ham appeared, and crossed the path with
her to the Ship. I pulled the short root
ladder over the side and helped her m
board. We beheld a supper table imoae
ulately set, and places for two.
Mis. Graham was delighted, and I
could not help relenting a little wbn 1
saw how very pleased she was. More
over. I was tbe host, and she my goes!,
and I could not cast a shadow over nj
own feast. I tried, therefore, si best I
could, to forget Islip and tbe locket, tsi
to think only of what a beautiful an
afternoon it was, of how fresh the tmt
of the sea came to the old Snip's deck
and of the beauty of the girl whs at
across from me. I think she setectei
that at first I was making an efiort, taJ
so tried to help me, for she was verj
lively and talkative, making much sport
of the .upper, all the course, of whieJ
were spread before u. at once, aad si
our baring to wait upon ourselves.
When we had finished supper, I aatal
Mis. Graham', permission to light a of
arette. and pushed my chair a little bad
from the table. There was a new am
in tbe sky. and I pointed it out to her.
"This is the finest hour of the day'
I said. "If only the 8bip would up
chor and take us for a sail !"
"If yonr pirate doesn't come now, Jnst
after .upper, with a crescent moos hang
ing right side up. I don't believe as mt
will." put in the girl pensively.
Her playful words, combined with th
ingenuous voice and the far-away, ebJU
like dreaming of her eyes, aroused tot
thing of my old resentment. Almost
fore I knew what I was doing I had al
ien a victim to an impulsive ttmptaa,
and was leaning on the table wits a)
eye. fixed on her.
(To be continued.)
flick roosa Mirrors.
"Only a hand mrror should to
Dlace in a sickroom." said a doctor,
"and It should be one flattering to the
patient tbe kind, for Instance, vbiA
If the face Is too broad will lent"!8
It a little. And the patient should onlT
be allowed to look in the mirror 1
Drooltious times. Many a patient W
been frightened literally to death bj
bis hSggard reflection bas look
sighed and renounced hope. But many
another patient In a really bad wJ
really desperate, too being gl
look at himself Just after be has tai
a stimulant has bucked UD wonderful
ly. In fact, a slekroom mirror wisely
handled Is s curative agent, while reca
lesaly bandied It may kill"
B1av4m- Safe.
The undertaker was a witness I
court. After it was all over be saw
to the lawyer: "Allow me to than
you for your kindly consideration
Vou bandied me gently durlfif tbt
cross-examination.''
"Oh, that's all right," replied tW
lawyer. "Yon see, I don't know how
soon you might be handling n
tbought It a good Idea to play "
The Jolly Bachelor Tou imwt f"
a little homesick since you moved to
thla rmfffhtwehnml
The Merrv Widow Kot a bit AO
my new neighbors snub me 3
they did where I used to live. O
land Leader.
Tom How did you corns out t
church fair last night T
Jack came out with a nlcW
luat snntuk an rui tnv car fart
w - tr If