I HAPPENINGS FROM AROUND OREGON
RAILS TO CENTRAL OREGON
Preparations Go Forward for Con
struction of Huge Bridges.
Madras Preliminary preparations
re going ahead for the immense steel
bridge which is to span Willow creek
at Madras. This bridge is on the Des
chutes Railway company's line and will
be the highest as well as the longest
bridge projected for Central Oregon.
Another immense steel structure will
be the Oregon Trunk bridge across the
Columbia at Celito. This will be the
second bridge the Hill people have
built across the Columbia within 100
miles of Portland.
A large number of new men were
added to the construction crews on
both roads during the past week. Car
loads of laborers pour into the Harri
tnan camps over the Columbia South
ern railroad to Grass Valley and Shan-
iko. While the Harriman people are
thus mustering forces by way of their
line through Sherman county, the Hill
contractors are daily receiving re
cruits at The Dalles and Dufur. As
many as 100 laborers are reported to
have been lodged at Dufur, the termi
nus of the Great Southern spur from
The Dalles, at one time, while to
Grass Valley, on the Harriman road,
even larger numbers were gathered.
June is set as the time for the com
pletion of the Harriman oad into the
Deschutes vaeelly. Twohy Bros., gen
eral contractors for that road, are au
thority for the date. It is the gent ral
belief the Deschutes road will be the
first completed to Redmond.
State Wins Battle for Taxes.
Salem The state has won th first
battle for the collectioon of several
thousand dollars of accrued taxes dur
ing 1906, ly07 and 1908, under the
gross earnings act of 1906 from the
Wells-Fargo Express company. Suit
was instituted several months ago in
the circuit court for this county. The
attorney general demurred to the an
swer the of the corporatino, and the de
murrers were sustained by Circuit
Judge Burnett.
The court held that to answer to the
complaint made by the corporation to
the effect that the grass earnings tax
was unconstitutional because it was
enacted by the initiative, was not suffi
cient, for the Supreme court of the
state of Oregon has held the initiative
amendment valid. The point has been
carried by the Pacific States Telephone
& Telegraph company to the United
States Supreme court for final deter
mination in the case similar to the one
now being prosecuted by Attorney Gen
eral Crawford againat the Wells-Fargo
company.
Big Steel Bridge tor Wallowa.
Enterprise The contract for build
ing the 175 foot span steel bridge
across the Grand Ronde river at Troy
has been let by the county court to
the Columbia Bridge company of Port
land for $7,984.
The bridge will be the largest in the
county and will rest on concrete-filled
ateel piers. About 50 tons of material
and tools, including 36 tons of steel,
eight tons of cement and four tons of
tools, will have to be hauled by wagon
from this city to Troy, a distance of
47 miles. The bridge is to be ready
for traffic by August 1, 1910.
SI, 000 for 1910 Boost Fund.
Eugene There remains nearly $1.
000 in Eugene's 1909 publicity fund.
It will be applied to the 1910 fund,
which has reached the sum of $13,000.
The boaid of governors has not yet se
lected a successor to John H. Hartog,
the publicity manager who recently re
signed. The board has electtd the fol
lowing officers: F. M. Wilkins, presi
dent; W. A. Bell, vice president; R
McMurphy, secretary and treasurer.
Sells Farm for $18,000.
Baker City The E. A. Chambers
farm, about 2a mileB north of this
city, comprising 240 acres of land and
well improved, has been sold to Ed
ward York at $75 per acre, or $18,000
Before purchasing the Chambers place
Mr. York Bold his Warren Spring farm,
between Muddy creek and North Pow
der, 60 acres, to Lorin Perkins, for
$5,100.
Rumors of New Railroad.
PaiBley What does it mean? An
nouncement is made that the Nevada
Calif omia-Oregon railroad company
has signed a contract with the Nugent
Richardson Construction company for
the grading of the extension from Al
turaa to Lakeview and that work will
begin come time in January. It is
stated further that the new line will be
a broad guage.
Thousand Fairs of Birds Shipped.
C'orvallis During th season just
past the Simpson pheasant farm, of
Corvallis, shipperl out of the state to
the Idaho gamo preserves 1000 pairs of
China pheasants, to bo used for propa
gation purposes. Under the state gamo
laws these birds cannot bo shipped be
yond the borders of Oregon except un
der permit from the game warden.
Thirty Musicians In Joseph Orchestra
Joseph Joseph has one of the best
orchestras in Eastern Oregon. There
are 30 musicians in the organization a
number of them having played in pro
fessional organizations at other places.
Clatskanie for Good Roads.
Clatskanie At a meeting of the cit
izens of Clatskanie and vicinity a tax
six and one half mills was voted. The
good roada people carried the day by a
large vote.
, WATER 2.000 ACRES IN CROOK
Homesteaders Near Bend Cooperate
to Reclaim Valley Land.
Bend L. D. Wiest has secured a
water right from Fall river 25 miles
south of Bend, and will irrigate 2,000
acres next year. A company be to
known as the Fall River Irrigation
company will be organized in the near
future.
The land to be irrigated is located
Detween the mouth of rail river
on the South and Spring river on the
North, on the west aide of the De
schutes, the surface being almost
level, and having a gentle slope to
wards the north and east.
The cultivation and irrigation of the
same quality of soil in the vicinity has
proved that it will produce immense
crops of timothy hay and vegetables.
A remarkable feature of this project
is that there will be no waste land be
tween the canal and the river, as there
are no high ridges and no rock what
ever. The lands included under the system
are owned by an energetic class of
homesteaders, and the company will
be organized and the capital stock
owned entirely by them. Among these
are M. J. Main, John Usher, A. D.
Lewis, John Peters, Joe Hoffman, Bob
Bowser and Harold Palmer.
The main canal will be eight feet
wide on the bottom and six miles long.
Big School Population Increase.
La Grande One thousand four hun
dred sixty-eight school chlidren, vary
ing in ages from 4 to 20 years, popu
late the La Grande school district ac
cording to figures filed with the county
school superintendent from this dis
trict. This is an even gain of 97 over
last year's school population. There
yet remains one district in the county
to be reported before Superintendent
Bragg can compile the county school
population.
Construct Big Fish Pond.
La Grande Adolph Newlin is pre
paring to construct a lake on hia tract
of land near town. By some excava
tions and dyke work a pond can be con
structed which will cover about four
acres of ground and will be several
feet deep. The lake will be stocked
with mountain trout. The site is
ideal, it being surrounded by a heavy
growth of trees and shrubbery.
Develop Limestone Quarry.
Roseburg The big limestone and
cement deposits a few miles south of
this city are to be developed next year.
A plant will be Diaced on the nrnn.
erty soon, with a capacity of 100 bar
rels per day. The big cement plant of
the company is being located near
Portland and will have a capacity of
1500 barrels per day. Most of the ma
terial for its oneration will hp shinnaH
from the Roseburg quarries.
Telephones In Central Oregon.
Madras The Deschutes & Tlamov
Telephone company is the new name
in a concern inai win Duna a line from
Roseland to Silver Lake, extend the
Paulina line from Hardin to Burne,
build a toll line from Redmond to Mad
ras via Culver and install an exehaniro
at Madras.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track orices : Bluest.
$1.20; club, $1.10; red Russian, $1.08
1.09; valley, $1.08.
Barley Feed and brewing, 130(331.
Corn Whole, $35 ; cracked, $36 ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $32.5033 ton.
Hay Timothv: Willamette Valloo
$18(?i 20 per ton; Eastern Orearon. S18
21.50; alfalfa, $16(5)16.50; clover,
loftlb; cheat, $1516; grain hay,
$15 16.
Butter City creamerv extras, sop-
fancy outside creamerv. 34i?f39e ner
pound; store, 22 24c. Butter fat
prices average lc per pound under
regular butter prices.
Poultry Hens, 1415c; springs,
14(ffil5c; ducks, 20c; geese, 12c; tur
keys, live, nominal ; dressed, 2425c.
Eggs Fresh Oregon extras, 42c
per dozen ; Eastern, 280:30c per dozen.
Pork Fancy, lOfaUOc per pound.
Veal Extras, U&U c per pound.
Fresh Fruits Apples, $13 box;
pears, $11.50 box; cranberries, $9
per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying prices :
Oregon, 6585 per Back ; sweet pota
toes, 2c per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes 75c per doz
en; cabbage, $1.60(5)1.75 ner hundrpd-
celery, $3.504 per crate; horserad-
isn, $i.ou per bey, pumpkins, 1J(5!
lc; sprouts, 6(5)7c per pound ; squash
l(jlic; tomatoes, 75c(g$l; turnips,
$1 per sack; carrots, $1; beets, $1.50;
parsnips, $1.50.
Onions Oregon, $1.30(5)1.40 sack.
Hops 1909 crop, 20(5;21e; oldB,
nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623c
pound ; mohair, choice, 25c.
Cascara bark 4c per pound.
Hides Dry hides. 18ril9c nound-
dry kip, 17(5jl8c per pound; dry calf-
SKin, iazie per poun-1; salted hides,
10llc; salted calfskin, 1516c;
green, lc less.
Cattle Best steers, $4.504.75;
fair to good, $4(ff)4.25; medium and
feeders, $3.256.50; cows, top, $3.50
3.85; fair to good, $3(5,3.25; com
mon to medium, $2.50(53.75; bulls,
$5.255.50; heavy, 4(5)4.75.
Hogs -Best, $8.60(58.65; medium,
$7.508.25; stackers, $6.6001:6.76.
Sheep Best wethers, $5.60(5)6.75;
fair to good, $4.505; ewes, c less;
yearlings, best, $5(5:5.25; fair to good,
$4.504.75; lambs, $66.25.
COLONIST TRAVEL HEAVY.
Tear of 1909 Was Record-Breaker.
More Expected In 1910.
Chicago, Jan. 3. The colonizing
work done by the railroads in the
west and Pacific northwest during the
spring and fall of 1909 broke all rec
ords in railway history. Figures pre
pared by the management of the Har
riman Hues show that the number of
colonists who were taken into the Pa
cific coast territory far exceeded the
number in any other year.
The increase over the colonist move
ment of 1908 was fully 70 per cent,
and may have been in excess of this.
Figures for the movement over the
Hill lines are not available, the man
agement refusing to give any detailed
information regarding the number of
new home makers they transported
into the northwest during the last year.
It is understood, however, that the
Hill lines did not make as determined
an effort to secure colonists as they
have made in former years. This fact
is said to be due to trouble in the
colonist department of the Northern
Pacific which led late in the year to
the resignation of C. W. Mott, general
immigration agent. On the Great
Northern road, the illness of Max Bass,
general immigration agent, which re
sulted in his death, somewhat retarded
the work of taking homeseekers to the
northwest.
It is understood that in 1910 tho
management of both the Great North
ern and the Northern Pacific, aided by
the management of the Burlington, are
to make a special effort toward popu
lating the vacant lands along their
lines in the fertile states of the north
west. In each year the railroads have two
short periods which they call colonist
periods. The spring colonist period is
from March 1 to April 30, while the
fall period is from September 15 to
October 15. In the fall period of 1909,
the Harriman lines sold a total of 11,
)4l tickets to California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
Utah, Colorado and Wyoming points.
In the corresponding period of 1908,
the same lines sold a total of 6,227.
The increase for 1909 was 5,314 tickets.
This is an increase for tho fall period
of 85 per cent.. In the fall of 1908 col
onist tickets were sold between Sep
tember 1 and October 31, during which
time the Harriman line sold a total of
15.816 tickets. Accordingly, in just
half the time in the fall of 1909 the
Harriman lines sold within 4,275 tick
ets of the number sold during the 60
day period of 1908.
DYNAMITERS IN TOILS.
Striking Railroad Machinists Attempt
Violence, Is Belief.
Baltimore, Jan. 3. Following an at
tempt last evening to blow up the Gay
street bridge of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, three men were arrested on a
charge of conspiracy with intent to dy
namite the bridge and also the Mount
Clair machine shops of tho company.
The bridge was not seriously damaged.
William R. Shipley, Hamilton W.
Lighter and William II. Zimmerman, all
machinists, were later taken into cus
tody. Detective Captain Humphrey
claims to have evidence directly impli
cating the men.
Both Zimmerman and Shipley, who
went out with the striking machinists
of the Baltimore & Ohio here last May
in formal statements today confessed
they had engaged in a plot to blow up
the Mount Clair shops last night.
In the shops at tho time the bomb
was to be exploded were more than
1.000 workmen, and the alleged plot
ters admitted that they did not know
how many persons might have been
killed by the explosion. Detectives are
looking for three other men, whom they
say they can connect with the plot.
Prison Cruelty Alleged.
Atlanta. Ga.. Jan. 3. General Dndd.
formerly overseer of the city prison,
testifying before the investigating
committee, in addition to corroborat
ing the stories of crueltv to nrisoners
and of filthy and unsanitary conditions,
uecinreu mat me iooa served the pris
oners was unfit even for the lowest
kind of animals. Prisoners frequently
showed bread containing flies, he said,
ana one man Drought him a piece of
bread containing a spider. Ho declared
the place was overrun with vermin.
Pearl Brvan. one of threo whitA i-nmen
who was hung up by rings while at
me srocKaue, saia she was strung up
nearly 45 minutes and was only taken
down When tliev saw hlnnil Tiinninir
down her arms.
Mount Pelee Is Active.
St. Thomas, D. W. I., Jan. 3. Cable
advices received here renort a violpnt
earthquake in the French island of
-Martinique and the British island of
St.. Vincent early today. Mount Pelee,
a volcano on the island of Martinique,
and La SoufTriero. in St Vinnonf
reKrted active. A message from Fort
. 1 .. 1.' r .
uc riuucu, luuninique, says an earth
quake shock was felt, but no damage
was done. Nothing has bee'n heard
from St. Vincent since early today.
Considerable anxiety is felt here about
Kingston, Jamaica.
Paroled Convict Is Shot.
Chicago, Jan. 3. Harry Feather
stone, a paroled convict, who has a long
police record, was shot and seriously
injured here today in a chase which
followed a robbery of a South Si.le sa
loon. Featherstone and two compan
ions were pursued after they had rifled
the till and a policeman who jo'-ned in
tho chase sent a buHnf into Pmtho-.
stone's back. Search was begun for
ms companions. According to the po
lice, Featherstono has participated in
many daring robberies.
Labor Fights Big Trust
Washington, Jan. 3. Officers of the
American Federation of Labor tonight
issued a call on its 1,540,000 members
to subscribe to a fund with which to
wage a fight on the ateel trust. The
call arraigns tho corporation as inimi
cal lwit tl (a l.i V... v n .1 . 1 .. .
and as a violator of the laws. The
sum of (154,000 is to be raised at once.
Tl What Gold j
Cannot Buy
Hy MH.S. A.LEJTA.JVVE'R
Autharof "A Crookad Path." "Maid. Wife r Widow." "By
Wamaa'a Wit." "BMIon'a Bargain." "A LIU Intaraat."
"Mana'a Choloa." "A Wimtn'l Haart."
CHAPTER X. (Continued.)
Hope looked at him with a very
puzzled expression, then a smile part
ed her lips.
"I think you are all very curious
people here," she said. "There are
small signs of English reserve about
you. But I don't want to hear any
more confidences; so I shall leave
you."
"This Is too bad! when I thought
I should have a mlnute'B talk with you
In peace! Did you ever know any
thing so ldiotlo as Miss Dacre's dra
matic attempt?"
"I thought you pronounced It 'splen
didly generous.' "
"Well, so it was, considering how
mad she was about Hugh herself a
couple of years ago. It was a match
that would have suited my aunt down
to the ground, but he would never
hear of It. Are you really going?
Well, It Is too bad of you! I hope
you will not go over to this practic
ing to-morrow? I am on duty, and
have to return to quarters to-night"
"What I can or cannot do depends
on Mrs. SaVllle. Good-by for the pres
ent." She gave him her hand for a
moment, and was gone.
With an air of extreme annoyance
Captain Lumley, stepping through one
of the open windows, followed the
path taken by Miss Dacre.
The dinner at Inglefleld was very
tranquil that evening. Mrs. Savllle,
her son, Hope Desmond and Mr. Raw
son made up the whole party. Mrs.
Savllle looked 111; there were deep
shadows under her eyes, and her face
seemed smaller than usual; but Bhe
was unusually talkative and gracious.
She discussed politics with het
guest and occasionally directed her
remarks to Hope. Mr. Savllle contrib
uted some rather original observa
tions, and all things went smoothly.
On leaving the table she said to Raw
son, "I must leave you to Miss Des
mond's care this evening, for I have a
very bad headache; but I shall see you
In the morning."
After a little conversation Mr. Sa
vllle vent to look for some sketches
he had taken of the Lincolnshire
churches, and In his absence Mr. Raw
eon said, "Mrs. Savllle Is most friend
ly. She particularly wishes you to
remain; she says you know when to
be silent and when to speak; so I
think things promise well. Go on as
you have begun. She talks of going
on the Continent in a month or two.
You are, I Imagine, firmly fixed In her
good graces. This Is having half your
work done."
"Heaven grant it!" said Hope, with
heartfelt earnestness; and soon they
separated for the night
CHAPTER XI.
"I think, Miss Desmond, I shall go
abroad next week," said Mrs. Savllle,
breaking silence one dull, drizzling,
depressing November day, when they
were sitting by the fire In the smaller
of the two drawing-rooms. Mrs. Sa
vllle had been in deep thought, and
Hope diligently making a long strip
of lace which usually occupied her
when not reading aloud.
"Do you wish me to accompany
you?"
"Yes, of course. You are very ready
to leave me."
"No, indeed, Mrs. Savllle; I should
be sorry to do so; but I wish you to
feel quite free. The secret of comfort
In such a relationship as ours Is that
we are not bound to eacu other,"
There was another pause.
"Very likely." resumed Mrs. Sa
vllle, as if she had been reflecting.
"However, I do not wish to part com
pany as yet I must sav von am nnn
of the few young women indeed,
young or old who have any common
sense, though your ideas on some
points are by no means round."
"What are my chief errors?" asked
Hope, with the pleasant fearlessness
which was one of her chief attractions)
to the imperious little plutocrat
"You are a sentimentalist in some
directions, and you do not recognize
the true value of money. The first Is
weakness; the second, willful blind
ness." "I dare say I am weak," returned
Hope, laying down her work and
speaking thoughtfully; "but do you
know, Mrs. Savllle. I think I 1iva a
truer estimate of the value of money
tnan yourself?
"How do you make, that out?" Mrs.
Savllle spoke with some degree of In
terest "I know that a certain amount Is
necessary, that real poverty la da-
grading, that every right-minded indi
vidual will strive and toil for a suffi
ciency, enough to secure independence
and respectability; but after that,
what can money buv? Not health
a sense of enjoyment, nor Intelligence,
nor the perception of beauty, nor that
crown of life, love. Very moderate
means will permit of fullest pleasure
la U these, but they must be all the
?
free gift of nature: gold cannot buy
them."
"And with them all." returned Mrs.
Savllle, "you can never lift your head
above the obscurity of a mean position,
If you only possess moderate means."
"That does not seem a hardship to
me. It Is true I never knew what
ambition meant, and therefore I am no
fair judge of what is essential to an
ambitious spirit; but men have attain
ed to great power and yet had but lit
tle money."
"Not often not often; while to
women, with their more limited
sphere, money Is still more essential.
If every one was as philosophic as
yourself, where should we be? Where
would civilization, Inventions, Im
provement, employment, be. If men did
not haste to become rich?"
"But I do not object to people be
coming rich, and I acknowledge that
men who amass large fortunes are of
ten benefactors to their fellows. I
only urge that great wealth is not es
sential to Individual happiness, and
that men who increase knowledge and
social Improvement, who Invent and
explore, are benefactors equally with
those who make the money which pavs
for it all."
"We are like the two knights who
fought over the color of the shield.
Miss Desmond. You must grant that
if wealth cannot buy health it can at
least mitigate Buffering; and it cer
tainly can buy esteem, if It cannot buy
love. As to love, who feels It except
the young and the Imaginative? It
Is but another form of selfishness;
some quality In another gratifies you
or flatters you, and you think that per
son essential to your existence."
"There is somethlnp more In that
tnat, said Hope, gently; "you must
know that. Did you never love any
one yourseir?"
"Yes; at least I thought I did, and
small thanks I had for It But I am
not sure that my reason Is not too
strong for my affections."
"I think," said Hope, slowly, "that
you could love very much." She stop
ped, and grew a little paler than us
ual. Fardon me if I take a liberty
in speaking my opinion."
"No; go on; you amuse me."
"We scarcely know what gifts we
possess till circumstances call them
out, and yours may not have drawn
out your faculties in that
But I am quite sure tho remarkable
strength of your nature woulf make
your love strong, too."
"Really. Miss Desmond. Vnil Bra o
profound student of human nature.
unfortunately for the development of
my anecuons, i am not what Is called
a lovable person."
"No," said Hope, quietly, "not what
a surrace observer would call lova
ble; you are too contemptuous of
weakness, which vou cannot nn,.
stand; but If steadiness of purpose, a
sense or justice, honor, and loyalty,
are worthy of love, vou oiiu-ht in k.
loved. When I came to you, my first
inclination was to fear you. and I de
termined not to yield to It, or, If I
found It Insurmountable, to leave you.
You cannot support the companionship
of a spirit inferior to your own "
"And you consider yours equal to
mine? asked Mrs. Savllle, with s
slight smile.
"I do," returned Hope, steadily
"You are my suDerlor in it Tl O wl oH era
In experience, in ability. In strength
or win; duc my opinions, my Individ
uality, are my own: I will
them to the mere authority of any
creature, even to one I respect as
do yop. If. In sneaklne- a T thinir
offend, we are not bound to live to
gether a moment longer than la agree-
aDie. i may love you one day; I will
never allow myself to fear you."
"You are rather a eurlona iri
do not wish people to fear me. Why
snouio. tneyr
"I do not SUDDOSe vnil rin- )
have a dominant will, which wealth
gives you the power to exercise, and
It colors your manner."
"I have always been well served "
"No doubt."
"Well, Miss Desmond, von l in.
terested me a good deal, and, as you
ay, whenever I grow too tyrannical
or you grow too fearless, we can part
company. At any rate, you are more
of a rational being than most young
women. Now as to my plans for this
winter. I cannot stand being worried
by the people I know In London, and
my relatlona; so I propose going to
Dresden, a town where one meets few
English. I have had enough of my
compatriots for the present I shall
come to Paris In the spring;' nd after
-H5h that is too remote to think of.
I had a letter this morning from Mary
Dacre. She Is staying In Yorkshire
at some wild country house, where
foi rt8,and 8h00ts ln ern-young
We wtthT 8hve threatens t0 urn
? "J,.er be,1Ient fatw on the
17th and that Idiot George Lumley in
her train. Lady Olivia writes that
tt. preference dear Mary D.c . lh0W8
with suen girnsn .uhm""-j
George l Q"118 touching. Of co
the Lumleys are enchanted at the
lblltty of such a marriage. I
der does It ever occur to them to cc
up the number of aspirants Miss'
ere has encouraged and thrown o
I do not myself quite understand w
George Lumley hung about here
mucn. i c - r k
at the future Baroness Cnstleton; and
he Is too much of a Savllle to do what i
he doesn't like, even for a wealthy
marriage."
"I must say, Mrs. Savllle. that seems
to me erring in me rigiu uirevnuu.
'I suppose it does, to you. To me
It seems weak self-indulgence, wnen t
you consldor tne position ueorge liuiu-
ley Is born to. and which he Is bound
to keep up." ' )
"What a terrible birthright!" re-
turned Hope Desmond, laughing, as J
she resumed her lace-work, and, tea
coming ln at that moment, the conver- v .
satlon was Interrupted. (
Hope had been for four months t
Mrs. Savllle's constant companion, and,
having got over the first almost over
powering Inclination to fly from her j I
awful presence, every day added tq.y '
the steadiness of hi.r"nerve, and to ht I
Influence with her wealthy patroness.
She, too, rejoiced ln Miss Dacre's de
parture for more brilliant fields ot '
conquest, as her constant demands on
her new confidante's time and sympa- '
thles were rather exhausting. The
village concert had been a great suc
cess, but the rractlclngs which led up
to It had been an equally great trial.
Moreover, Captain Lumley's manners
had caused her much annoyance. Pre
occupied feeling had at first blinded
her as to the true meaning of his at
tentions and efforts to escort her to
and from the Court and Inglefleld
House; while the self-confident hussar
was enraged, piqued, and above all
fascinated, by the friendly, kindly un
consciousness of his aunt's attractive
companion. He had never met any
thing like it before, and gradually pru
dence, world iness, every considera
tion, became merged In an all-devouring
desire to conquer the sml'lng In
difference which baffled him, and to
revepge the endless slights he thought
he had received. At last he had torn
hlmse,lf away, hoping to renew "ie at
tack with fresh effect on his return.
Meanwhile, he masked his batteries
under a very overt flirtation with
Miss Dacre.
Before starting for the Contlrent, '
Hope had leave of absence for two or
three days, which she spent with her
friend Miss Rawson. These were are- ;
freshment to her spirit, anl after
much confidential talk and some neces-
sary shopping she returned to her 1
nnsr
. I
self-contained mlatroaa nf IttcIoOoM I
was warmer than she anticipated. Mrs.
saviue nad missed her pleasant com
panionship. Her presence soothed
and satisfied the imperious woman.
The sincere respect she evinced Wai
so thoroughly a free-will offerlnir rk.i
it was more flattering to Mrs. Savllle
than the most eleirantlv turnaii mm.
pllments from a luminary of fashion.
"You will go on and prosper, I have
no doubt." were Mr. Rawson's parting
words, the da) before the Intending
traveler started, when he had come to
Inglefleld on business.
"So far all goes fi.lrly. If I can win
Mrs. Savllle's confidence so complete
ly that she voluntarily mentions her
offending son, I shall think I have
done well."
"It will be a long experiment, I fear;
but you have twelve months before
you."
"Yes; and who knows what a day
may bring forth?"
Twenty-four hours later saw Mrs,
Savllle and her companion dining at
Meurlce's. ' In th fnrm'. m, .-
-' o jwuiu uig
notel had been the favorite quarters
of the well-to-do English ln Paris, and
she never left it. Hope Desmond had
often been in Paris before, but gener
ally In very loftily placed and diminu
tive apartments; and her present lux
urious surroundings did not please her
as mucn as they saddened "by the
memories and contrasts they evoked.
After a few days' rest, Mrs. Savllle
set out for Germany, and ln the quiet
routine of their comfortable life there
the current of this "ower true tale
seemed to stagnate.
(To bf continued.)
Back to tK
There is Just one wav fnr th Ut
of the city to find It possible to buy
eggs, chickens, meat and flour for lees
money that Is for some of them to
leave the city and sta hanv f ,ii
more hens, more cattle, and growing
more wheat. The fact ' Is that the
country is getting top-heavy. The
cities are calling too heavily on the
producing areas. Farming Is getting
to be one of the most profitable busl '
nesses of the country because the pro
portion of non-producers Is getting so
large. It Is all a matter of supply and
,3u8,t now the dema for
foodstuffs Is larger than It has ever
been In proportion to the supply.
Denver Republican.
The B",'elor'a Job.
Any one who has the notion that
bachelor's life is all bliss is in wrong?
remarked a bachelor. "All summer
long I m supposed to sit up until the
Bnja 1 hour. i the morning enter!
teinlng married men whose wivea
have gone away for a few weeks!!!
Detroit Free Press. weks.--
Por the Scholar.
-v wisiant How about thl
vaccine virus? Is it ali rIght?Ut ttto
I ir'fr1" about It
In the public schoolsLife.