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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1909)
The Pirate of By RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND Author of TU Couat at Harvard, etc Copyright. 1908. by J. B. Upplneon Company. AI, iiMooooooooooott90fliiaa; CHAPTER Till. (Continued.) Too't yo think that girl who' en- pffi to one man ought to tell other men She drew back sharply and faced mt vith astounded eyes. -War, what do yon mean, Mr. Sel ienr I was in for it, so plunged ahead. "That day yoa came to the Ship, I had no id-" I blundered on. I did not know no were such a friend of Islip's. "WeH," the said, "and now that you knor "I think you should have told me. I oufht to hare known before that after- soon. She was haughtiness itself. "Why, whit affair was it of yours r I shrugged my shoulders.1 "I was enti tled to know.' "I cannot understand why. What makes you think that Mr. Islip and I" he hesitated a second "are sudh old friends r Of a sudden we were in a very nasty temnast, facing each other. "I happened to see his picture In yonr locket It was lying open, face upward.' She did not even tap her foot ; she sim ply sat still and looked her indignation t me. "Really, Mr. Seidell, I cannot see how that affects you. What reason could there be for telling yoa my personal affairs?" I stuck doggedly at it. "I think I should have been told," I repeated. She gave me a single glance, then rose. "I am going back to the Pengnin Club," the said. I rose also. "Very good. I will see you there." "So;" she turned to me sharply. "I prefer to go back alone." She was imperious ; I could be equally to. And I prefer to go with yon. The pinea are lonely, and it is growing late. I owe at least that duty to your aunt" Then she tapped her foot impatiently, angrily. "Ton are very tiresome, Mr. 8elden. I am" my own mistress, and I do not want your company." "And I will not let yon go back alone." "Too are very rude." She looked over at the beach as if for some possible help. "Ia there no one else?" she asked aloud. There came a voice from the cabin atepa behind me. "If you will permit me. mademoiselle, I should esteem it a great honor." We both started as if we were shot, and faced about A tall, somewhat angu lar man stood before lis, hat in hand, bow ing low to Miss Graham. "I heard your question," he said, "and I took it on myself to answer it Permit me." He stepped forward and placed himself at the girl's side. "Who are you?" I asked, all amase ment, for I was surprised out of my wits. "My name is Pierre Dupoaceao," the itranger said, ignoring; me and addressing Miss Graham, "and I count myself fortu nate In coming on a lady in distress." We both stood still, taking in the queer figure. Never bad I seen a man Just like him. He was dressed all in black, but his clothes were singularly rich and of strange pattern. From his shoulders hnng a black cloak held tinder his chin by two heavily wrought gold chains. Across his open waistcoat, which was black satin flowered in white, were three gold chains, and there were .rings on his fingers. Moreover, his manner was itrange, exotic, polished to a degree, and bis voice had a peculiar, fascinating for eign softness that I had never heard in any other man. His height was over six feet I recognise the figure that I had een in the storm. He was smiling easily, the least per turbed of the three. "Permit me, made moiselle," he repeated, and offered Miss Graham his arm. She shot one glance at me, and then, half smiling, placed her band on his arm. bo he led her across tie deck to the lad der. .-. . I was still dumb wrth surprise. I saw ttf man in black leap to the path, help Miss Graham down the ladder, cross the eauseway, and disappear with her behind the cliff. Then Iat down on a chair. Was I awake or dreaming? A man had wme out of the Ship at - crucial mo wnt, and a man wto, my instinct told jae, was not of our age or people. I no anger recognised Alastair; I was begin mg even to doubt my sober self. CHAPTER IX. ' Darkness fell, and still the man in the k did not return, and I went back to "e cottage with my curiosity unsatis6ed. Idid not know what to make of his sud " appearance, nor of the summary fash ion in which he had interposed between s Graham and myself. He, a total """jger, escorting her home through the ood And yet this phase of the mat ter did not so much surprise me, for I "t intuitively that we were dealing with gentleman. As far as mr recollection j sea-rovers went, I recalled that pirates Md always been scrupulously polite in "relations with the gentler sex. There was no gainsaying that this sod- PParition had interposed himself be- Miss Graham and me, yet I did not tlhi 80 Bucn 1 ml'ht UTe ne things had been coming to a eery "J . P8- nd might speedily have result win even more serious trouble than had occurred. lLkUe8tloned Charles closely as to etber he had detected any suspicious aaracte it -1 . . , , . , i, - yivwiiug aooui me oeacn, mil aru hould nswer was In the negative. "If you aw mi: ... him mi "nyming unusual, I toia be sure to report it Immediately to ' 11 u clear to me that something 0,7. ""PPening of more substantial texture dream. ter in the evening I lighted my pipe walked in the direction of to Shi A lastair V tt-liT t0 ,he 1 e men In the cloak fitting on deck, and hailed him! panceauT Monsi'ur Du- du "X.r1 " mt the pu. Is it the gentleman wfc Ar.A nere this tfternoonr he asked, somewhat suspiciously. "The same." "Ton are welcome,' he answered, and I could not help ,miing at hi, asgumptioo of ownership. He shook hands with me as I came on board, -waved to the vacant chair, and poured me water in one of my own glasses. "I must apologize that I have no wone .0 offer you," he said in such a manner that my likings instantly went out to njm. "I should not even have had 'he pleasure of offering you this but for the fact that you yourself provided it" "Will you smoke?" I handed him a ci gar, which he accepted, and lighted wi'h a match I furnished. For die first tiiae I noticed a pair of heavy pistols on the table. "You travel well guarded," said I, loot ing at them. "I have need," he answered, "grays need." I looked closely at him. He was n perfect earnest his pale face absolute ly serious, his deep eyes set beneath bla.4 brows. He pushed his somewhat long hair back from a fine, broad forehead. "I do not know you you are, sir, but I take you for a friend one I assure you of a ciass now sadly small." "I live near the beach," I explained, 'aud my name is Seldon. I imagine that you are a stranger to ttiis shore?" "An absolute stranger. 1 come from the other side of the ocean. This is the first time I have ever been to America." I waited, but he would vouchsafe noth ing further. So we sat and smoked si lently, while I felt his keen eyes studying me. "May I ask your age, Mr. Selden?" he said at length. "Certainly. Twenty-eight" "All ! You are very much younger than I. I am somewhere between 40 and 50, one who has seen much, and so almost an old man." I could not imagine what was coming. "It is in reference to this afternoon," he said, as though in answer to my thoughts. "When I hear a woman in distress I am water, I cannot but inter pose. Still, as I returned here this even ing I thought that possibly you might feel aggrieved. Believe me, Mr. Selden, at the time I had eyes only for the lady." He paused, then went on: "If you will pardon a much older man, I would give you a bit of counsel. Never contend with a woman; let her have her way. Above all,, never contend with a woman who cares for you." "I hare the least reason in the world to think that this one does?" I answered. He made no reply, but smoked thought fully. I suddenly found his further si lence unendurable. "What are your plans, sir?" J asked abruptly. "For I do not suppose that you dropped down here entirely by chance. and intend to stay until chance again moves you away." "No, I did not arrive solely by chance," he answered, "although that had much to do with it But I expect to stay until fortune, be it good or bad, summons me. That is, always supposing, Mr. Selden, that you do not drive me away from your beach." "1?" I said, much surprised. "How can your stay here hurt me?" My new acquaintance let his eyes rest upon my face a moment then smiled as though at a passing joke of his own. "You have a saying that 'where ignor ance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise' ; I will not explain, therefore, and only hope that you may never know ; but" and his eyes shifted for a moment trom mine to tne fixtols on the table "if you do know, it will not be a very pretty piece of infor mation." I clenched my pipe between my teeth; the nicht wind was stirring; the flavor of strange adventure hung over the fchip as strongly as the salt treese from the sea. I felt myself indes-j-ibablv fasci nated. Duponceau drew his cloak som.-u-hat closed around him, aud muffled it about bis chin, so that ill of his face I could clearly see was his long, wonderful black eyes. Indeed, they v-ere wonderful those eyes of his. The nio-e I looked Into them, the more they neld me, aLd yet the less I knew about the man him self. I was just wondering if this Duponceau was not something of a hypnotist when I found that he was speaking In a soft, low, almost ruminative voice. "I like vox Mr. Selden, I like you ex tremely, and so I would not bring you into any harm; and yet if you are my friend I shall most likely do so, for that curse was laid upon me in the past. I have had many friends and even more enemies, and some of the friends have turned enemies, but none of the enemies friends. I tell you this so that you may hotter iudne. because you must be one or the other. Nobody has ever been Indifferent" . I could not detect arrogance; simpiy the statement of facts. "I would rather be your tnena, 1 an swered. . He was silent again, gaxing at and through me with his dreamy, speculative vision. I had the feeling that I was in . .nr. mellbound that I could not start a conversation for myself, could not act without his volition. "There are reasons," ne wouuuw m time, "while I cannot tell you much. If I am not one of the world's great men by Ki-fh I urn br achievement There was a Corsiean born in tie last century whom all the powers of t-urope sougui wr to Dind and silence; there are nianj man there who wonM A .k. . ce. -looking through me, and gasH at in. You have your quiet beach, your snug house, your ,umm,r with th, ftif tady of this ,fteriKK)n. do you still wish me to stay?" ..T h'f ' ,ny on' Property- I "'d. "and the ahore is free. If vou want more, you have only to ask for It at my cottage." ned-What would the lady say?" he contln- "The lady has nothing whatever to say in the matter." I returned, annoved at jus continual reference to Miss Graham. I am free to choose for myself." Puponceau smiled. "Mr. Selden, yoa re k young man of spirit, but you are ignorant, very ignorant. It alt depends on the lady. You would not weigh me in the balance for a moment if she willed otherwise. No one is free; there is al ways some other power. Even the Corsi ean could not withstand his star." The smile faded, vanished; DuponcNin's eyes were stern and fixed. "I have been called a pirate, a robber, a modern Juggernaut but It was only be cause I had my vision, and could see far ther than others could." He was leagues away, his thoughta fighting. I watched him until his mind came back. "Now," he said, "we will fight it out I take you at your word the Ship is mine, the shore any one's property." Suddenly he rose and stood peering up the beach. "Some one is coming," he said, and I saw that his hands felt for the pistols on the table. I looked, and saw Charles swinging a lantern. "It is only my servant" I an swered. "Can he be trusted?" "Implicitly." "Tell him who I am." We waited until Charles came on board. He showed no surprise at seeing the two of us. "I came for the dinner things, Mr. Fe lix," he stated, looking at me and ignor ing Duponceau. "Charles," I said, "this is Monsieur Duponceau, who has lately come to stay in this Ship. You are not to mention his presence here to any one, but will do whatever he asks. You need not take the things away; they way be of use to him in the cabin. Monsieur Duponceau, you may rely on Charles as on yourself." Charls bowed to the man in black, a fine figure, gazing steadily at my man. I could not help noting the picture that he made, his hand still on the pistols, his soft black hat low upon his forehead, his cloak flung across his shoulder. Charles turned to go. "Has there been any message for me?" I asked as an af terthought "Xo, Mr. Felix." Charles hesitated; "but I found a man prowling about the back road after supper, and, though I'd never seen him before, I couldn't learn his business. He looked like a sly one. sir. I turned to Duponceau; he was smil ing. "You see, Mr. Seldon, how quickly my words find proof. Where I come strife follows." (To be continued.) The Facta la Race antclda. The birth rate in the United States in the days of its Anglo-Saxon youth was one of the highest in the world. The best of authority traces the be ginning of Its decline to the first ap pearance about 1850 of immigration on a large scale. Our great philoso pher, ; Benjamin Franklin, estimated six children to a normal American family in his day. The average at the present time is slightly above two. For 1900 it Is calculated that there are only about three-fourths as many children to potential mothers in Amer ica aa there were rorty years ago. Were the old rate of the middle of the century sustained, there would be 15,000 more births yearly In the State of Massachusetts than now occur. In the course of a century the proportion of our entire population, consisting of children under the age of lO.hns fallen from one-third to one-quarter. This, for the whole United States, is equiv alent to the loss of about 7,000.000 children. So alarming has this phe nomenon of the falling birth rate be come in the Australian colonies that. In New South Wales, a special govern mental commission has voluminously reported upon the subject It Is esti mated that there has been a decline of about one-third in the fruitfulness of the people in fifteen years. New Zealand even complains of the lack of children to fill ber schools. The facts concerning the stagnation, nay even the retrogression of the population of France, are too well known to need description. Atlantic Monthly. Ia Distress. "Where be you going in such a hurry, pa?" asked the tall woman In the red sunbonnet as her husband dashed by with a powerful pair of farm horses. "Ooine to pull an automobile party out of the mud, sis.", laughed fife old farmer. "They've got the C. D. Q." signal flying from their machine." Tactical Skill. He (thoughtlessly) This bread Isn't like the kind She (angrily) Well, your mother made it, all the same. He ( deorecatingly ) I was going to say, my dear, like the kind we bad th last time you made It Baltimore American. Works Both Wan, "Matrimony without love," remarked the married woman, "is something awful." "It can't be more awful than lore without matrimony," sighed the spiD' ster. fjasatlaiactorr ladslaetlaau Biquor How does the new lurnac work! Kiouor Work? Say, it makes say blood boll every time I think os It I HOT WAVEIS BROKEN Southwest Is Much Relieved by Cooling Breezes and Rain CORN ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY Many Prostrations and Soma Deaths Reported From All Sections East of Rockies. Kansas City, Aug. 19. Severe warm weather throughout the Southwest gve way to a limited extent last night before cooling breezes. The day was the most trying Kan sas, Missouri and Oklahoma have ex perienced for years. Despite the ex cessively high temperature, however, there were comparatively few prostra tions. Eight deaths were recorded at Kansas City. Oklahoma renorted hm!vi k..t Government thermometers at McAles- ter registered 113; at Ardmore, 111; at Vinita, 101; at Oklahoma City, Guthrie and Tulsa, 106. In Kansas City and Western Mis souri the temperature was near the 100 mark all the afternoon. New York Has Big Downpour. New York, Aug. 19. The steady downpour which durinir th last twn days has broken all August rainfall records, is over. The city's rain gauges show a total precipitation of 5 inches aa the official record of the storm. Fierce Wind in Charleston. Charleston, S. C, Aug. 19. As a result of a fierce wind and rain storm which passed over this citv ventsrHav all the telegraph wires leading into the cuy are aown ana communication with the outside world ia bv Inner. distance telephone. No loss of life is reported. Heat Record at Fort Worth. Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 19. With the weather bureau thermometer r win tering 111 degrees and street thermo meters recording 120 degrees, yester day was the hottest in the histnrv of Fort Worth. Five Killed in St. Louis. St Louis, Aug. 19. Despite a de cided drop in the temperature, five more deaths were recorded here yes terday as a result of the heat Three of these were persons previously pros trated. The maximum temperature today was 89 degrees. Three Deaths. at Norfolk. Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 19. The heat claimed three victims in Norfolk and vicinity last night ROBBERS BIND WATCHMAN. Desperate Attempt to Blow Safe of Portland Factory.' Portland, Aug. 19. Safecrackers made a desperate effort to get into the safe of the Dornbecher Manufacturing company yesterday morning and suc ceeded in badlv damacinc tha aafa with three charges of nitro-glycerine, out am not get ct the contents. E. R. Mickley was in the fireroom of the factory when he was suddenly seized by one of four men, all of them masked and armed. He was thrown down and his arms tied behind him. They then went back to the factory, gathering up a sledge hammer and other tools, and went at the safe. Tbey knocked off the knob with a hammer and drilling holes, set off in all three charges of nitro-glycerine. In the midst of their work a switch engine pulled into the siding to pick up cars from the factory, the brakeman enter ed the rear door to get his orders and was met by a volley of shots from the robbers, one of the bullets going through his hat He promptly ran off and the enerine backed down town. going back in half an hour with police aid. As the engine returned, Mickley was found but the robbers bad gone, leaving a pint bottle of nitro-glycerine and all their tools in the factory office. Miss Elklns May Marry. ' Rome, Aug. 19. Rumors are cur rent here today that all the objections of the royal family to the marriage of the Duke of Abruzzi to Miss Katuerine Elklns, of West Virginia, have been removed. The couple, according to the latest reports, will be married as soon as the duke returns bis explora tion trip in the Himalayas. United States Senator Elkins has repeatedly denied that bis daughter was to marry the duke, declaring that if Miss Elkins is ever married it will be to an Amer ican. Powers Caution Cretans . Canea, Crete, Aug.' 19. The foreign consuls here, on behalf of the interna tional squadron now anchored in Ca nea bay, today notified the Cretan gov ernment that the Greek flag would be hauled down today, Tbey warned the government that irreparable conse quences will follow any attackmada on a landing party. On account of this warning the Cretan authorities issued an appeal to the people not to obstruct the action of the powers. Troops to Quit Fort William. ' Winnipeg, Aug. 19. The regular soldiers who have been on duty at Fort William returned to their barracks here today, leaving 80 special Canadian Pacific railway constables armed with rifles to maintain order. 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