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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
LUMBER CUT HEAVY.
New
Mill at Tillamook Turns
Out
50,000 Feet Per Day.
Tillamook The Tillamook Lumber
Manufacturing company's new sawmill
in this city is turning out 50,000 feet
of lumber daily most of which is being
used for building purposes in and
around Tillamook City. The company
was organized by George B. Lamb,
Carl Haberlach, H. T. Botts and Fred
C. Baker, and the sawmill has an ideal
location, being at the head of naviga
tion and right in the heart of Tillamook
county and city. It took over $40,000
for its site, buildings and machinery.
The mill has two large high-pressure
boilers, two engines, large circular
sawmill and a pony mill, with planers,
box machinery and dry kiln and em
ploys about 30 men. It is entirely lo
cal capital at the back of the new en
terprise. Several shipments of spruce have
been sent to Portland on the steamer
Argo, which docks at the company's
warehouse in Hoquarton slough. This
is bb far as steamers can go inland in
Tillamook county, which is at the
bridge on the road going north. The
company has obtained the rights to
boom logs on the eaat side of the bridge
in Hoquarton slough, where several
million feet of logs can be stored. A
cut was made from the slough to the
end of the log slip, the government
dredge being used for that purpose.
The Pacific Railway & Navigation com
pany will run a spur from the depot
along the waterfront of Tillamook City,
the 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; The new sawmill has given the
city a steady monthly payroll of about
$2000, and as soon as the 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 H. McAl
lister, dean of the School of Engineer
ing, University of Oregon, Eugene;
George M. . Cornwall, editor Pacific
Timberman, Portland; W. K. Newell,
member state board of horticulture,
Gaston; and E. W. Wright, 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,
Keed 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 best in the val
ley, is situated six miles west of the
city, and sold for $67 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
lor a water supply for the city, is sit
uated on the land.
Big Umatilla Land Sale.
Athena As a further evidence of
the producing qualities of Umatilla
land, Joseph Key has just paid $18,000
for 160 acres of wheat land, with or
dinary improvements. The land was
owned by Donald McKlnnon 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,
bis son, sold a ranch of 160 acres last
year to Joseph Shreod for $105 per
acre.
Eugene Gives More Money.
Eugene The third day of the active
canvass for funds for the railway from
Eugene to the Pacific coast resulted in
a total of $3000. The work of the
three days has amounted to $12,000
and the committees are gratified wtih
the progress that has been made.
Those in charge do not doubt that the
$150,000 required will be raised. The
plan to build to the coast and then con
nect with Cooi bay by a coast line is
receiving good support here.
Barber Shops Cleaner.
Salem The state board of barber
examiners has submitted its annual re
port to the governor. The report shows
total receipts from January 1, 1909, to
June SO, 1909, of $1,100.25; cash on
hand June 80, $838.43. The report
states that throughout the state the
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 HermiBton,
A. A. Cole, secretary of the newly or
ganized farmers trolley line, is in the
west end of Umatilla county working
along the line of survey, making pre
liminary arrangements for right of
way.
Settlers have indicated a willingness
to assist the railroad by donating right
of way and subscribing for capital
stock if needed, but as the work has
been only preliminary no deeds have
been taken. Mr. Cole will determine
on this trip something of the 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.
The plans now are to use steam on
the line until an immense power plant
can be constructed on the Umatilla
river. C. A. Hill, of Holdman, is pres
ident of the new company, and A. A.
Cole, of Pendleton, is secretary.
IRRIGATION PROGRESSES.
Big Tract Being Placed Under Water
In Rogue River Valley.
Grants Pass Construction of the
gravity canal and high line irrigation
ditches which are to bring water from
Rogue river to the arid lands in and
around Grants Pass ia progressing
rapidly. The most difficult portion of
the gravity canal, that near the power
dam, was attacked with two powerful
hydraulic giants. By this method the
cemented ground and huge boulders
were easily removed. The gravity
canal is 12 feet wide at the 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
for the undertaking was entirely sup-
lied from Grants Pass.
Sand Island Is Gold Mine.
The Dalles Two notices of location
of mining claims have been filed with
County Clerk 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
b. 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 aBsays 50 cents gold to the yard
Elmira Will Aid Road.
Eugene The citizens of Eugene
who went to Elmira in the interest of
the Eugene & Western railway were
well received by the people of that lo-
cality, and several thousand dollars in
money was promised the promoters of
the road if it should go through or
near Elmira. Labor and Buppiles were
also promised by citizens who are anx
ious to secure the road.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Blueatem, 96(ffi97c; club, 91
(i92c; red Russian, 80(U90c; valley,
!; 40-roid, yzotvvc.
Barley Feed, $26; brewing, $27
per ton.
Oats $2828.50 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$12ffi16 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $17
(iiH8; mixed, $15.50(fl6 50; alfalfa.
$13.50; clover, $llQj)13; cheat, $13
14.00.
Grain Bags 5c each.
r runs Apples, new, $i(?2.25 per
box; pears, $lft1.75; peaches, 60c
$1 per crate; cantaloupes, $22.50
plums, 35c$l per box; watermelons,
l4&iltfc per pound; blackberries,
$1.50 per crate.
Potatoes 76cf(i$l per sack; sweet
potatoes, 4(f4c per pound.
Onions $1.25(1. 50 per sack.
Vegetables Beans, 4ftf!5c per pound ;
cabbage, l(ii)ljc; cauliflower, 60c
$1.25 per dozen; celery, 75(ol85c; cu
cumbers, 15(it'25c; onions, 12)(fi15e;
peas, 7c per pound; radishes, 16c per
dozen; tomatoes, 75c$1.60perbox.
Butter City creamery, extras,
81, Sic; fancy outside creamery, 27 Ji,(
SOc per pound; store, 2122c. But
ter fat prices average lc per pound
under regular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 26X
ft27tc per dozen.
Poultry Hens, 15c; springs, 16c;
roosters, g&TlOc; ducks, young, 12X
fit 13 He; geese, young, 9(U0c; tur
keys, 20c; squabs, $1.75(d2 per dozen.
. Pork Fancy, ll$llc per pound.
Veal Extras, 9sC?10c per pound;
ordinary, 7(f8c; heavy, 7c.
Hops 1909 contracts, 21$22c per
pound; 1908 crop, 16c; 1907 crop, 12c;
1906 crop, 8c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(i23c per
pound; valley, 23fij25c; mohair, choice,
246(250.
Cattle Steers, top, $4.68; fair to
good, $44.25; common, $3.764;
cows, top, $3.50; fair to good. $3(l
S.25; common to medium, $2.50(i
2.75; calves, top, $55.60; heavy,
$3.60(3:4; bulls and stags, 2.75(
8.75.
Sheep Top wethers, $4.25; fair to
good, $3.60(a3.75; ewes. &c less on
all grades; yearlings, best. $4; fair to
good, $3.50(T3.75; spring lambs, $5.25
(5.50.
Hogs Best, $3.75; fair to good,
$8(f8.50; stackers, $6(37; China fats,
$6.757.
BRiTAIN LOSES GRIP.
Will Accept American Domination
to
Save Empire.
Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 16. The
British empire in momentary danger of
destruction at the hands of Germany,
and ready, merely for the asking, to
accept the dominance of the United
States and see the empire's real seat
of authority transferred to Washington,
is, according to Colonel S. S. McClure,
editor of McClure's Magazine, the sit
uation which is now confronting the
country's statesmen.
Colonel McClure called the parting
of America from England in 1776 a
disastrous mistake, and read a state
ment from Lord Roseberry in which
that statesman predicts that, if Eng
land and America had not separated at
the time of the Revolution, the seat of
the great British empire would have
already been transferred from the 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 the Eng
lish-speaking people.
'The United States should secure
the dominance of the British empire,"
continued Mr. McClure, "for the ask
ing. The present situation of England
and Germany is that of two farmers
living side by side, one of whom is a
first rate prizefighter, has trained his
people to be prizefighters and says to
his neighbor, who has 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 the 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 two 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 had their plans matured, that
on Thursday, with a hired : automobile
awaiting their return, they entered the
First National bank, in the heart of
Oakland, and calmly weighed the
chance of making their escape with a
fortune.
"This Santa Clara robbery was only
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 had it remain just around the
corner, as we did in Friday's job. Carr
and I went to the First National bank
about 12 o'clock " and looked the place
over. We were well armed, and if
there had 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
money in sight."
the
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 the ditch, two baggage
cars, including the contents, are
smashed, and several passenger coach
es are badly damaged as the result of
a headon collision between east bound
passenger No. 8 and weBt bound pas
senger No. 1 on the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, near Husted, 13 miles
north of thiB city at 10 :25 Saturday
morning. The wreck was due either
to a misunderstanding of orders by the
driver of the first engine of the north
bound train, or to his having mistaken
a switch engine standing on the siding
at HuBted for the train he was to pass
at that point and which he later
crashed into.
New Antidote for Poison.
Seattle, Aug. 16. Electricity has
come to the bat as an antidote for laud
anum poisoning. William McGregor,
a Scotch seaman, was picked up uncon
scious in the street last night At
the 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. Finally the X-ray was 'suggested,
and 2,000 volts were shot into Mc
Gregor's body. In an instant Mc
Gregor came to his senses and jumped
from his bed.
Smallpox in Chile.
Santiago, Chile, Aug. 16. There
are 348 smallpox patients in the laza
retto. The authorities have dictated
severe measures to avoid carrying in
fected persons in public coaches, and
have also prohibited the exposure of
smallpox corpses in churches for fune
ral services and their accompaniment
to the crematories. The land inspec
tion board has discovered an illegal
disposition of lands to a Japanese col
ony and has forbidden the sale.
v Earthquake In Japan.
Tokio, Aug. 16. A disastrous earth
quake shook the Japanese provinces of
Nagoa Saturday and it is feared the
list of casualties will be heavy. In the
province of Omi, 400 bouses were rat
ed. No particulars regarding the num
ber killed are available, as all commu
nication has been cut off.
The
Main
Chance
BY
Meredith Nicholson
copykiqht 1903
The Bobbs-Mkkkill Compart
CHAPTER XII. (Continued.)
You beat me ! You haven't the slight
est idea who the other shareholders are;
the company Is thoroughly rotten in all
its post history, and here you go plung
ing into it up to your eyes. And they
say you're the most conservative banker
on the river."
"I guess you don't have to get me out
of many scrapes," said Porter.
"When's the annual meeting?" asked
Kenton.
"It's day after to-morrow a close call
hut I'll make it all right."
"Mr. Porter, I want you to remember
that I haven't given you any advice at
all in this matter. It's an extra hazard
ous thing that you're doing. Now, I don't
know anything definitely about it, but
I've got the Impression that Margrave's
paralleling your lines in this business.
"Where'd you get that?"
"It's this way," said Fenton, in his
quietest tones. "A Baltimore lawyer that
I know wrote me a letter asking me
about Margrave's responsibility. It seems
that my friend has a client who owns
some of these shares. A good deal of
that stock went to Baltimore and Phi'a
d el uli I a. you may remember. 1 assume
that Margrave is after it."
"Wire your friend right away not to
sell !" shouted Porter, pounding the table
with his fist.
"I did that this morning, and here's his
answer. I got It just before you came
in. Margrave evidently got anxious and
wired them to send certificates with draft
through the Drovers' National. They're
probably on the way now.'.' He passed
tha telegram across to Porter, who put
on his ilasses and read it.
"Now," continued Fenton, "I don't
know iust what this means, but it looks
to me as if Margrave was hot on the
track of the trolley company himself ; and
Tim Margrave isn't a particularly pleas
ant fellow to go into business with, is
he?"
"But the bondholders would still have
their chance, wouldn't they, even If he got
a malorltv of the stock?"
"Well, you haven't any bonds, have
you? First thing I know you'll be telling
me that you've got a lew oarreis oi
them." he added, jokingly. He could not
hsln lnuchinff at Porter.
"My dear boy, I've got every oiamea
hnnd !"
Fenton sat eazing at him In stupefied
wonder. He walked around the taoie ana
put his hand on Porter's shoulder. He
was trying to keep trom laugning, hkb b
parent who is about to rebuke a child
and vet laiiEhs at the cause or us or
fense. Porter evidently thought that he
had done an extremely bright thing.
"As I understand you, you have bought
all of the bonds and half of the stock.
"About half. I'm a little just a little
short."
"Will you kindly tell me what you
wanted with the stock if you had the
bonds?"
"Well, I figured It this way, that the
franchise was worth the price I had to
pay for the whole thing, and If I had the
stock control I'd save the fuss of foreclos
ing. You lawyers always make a lot of
rumpus about those things, and a receiv
ershiD would prejudice the Eastern mar
ket when I come to reorganize and sell
out."
Fenton lay back In his chair and
laughed, while Torter looked at him a lit
tle defiantly, with his hat tipped over his
eyes.
"You'd better finish your job and maki
sure of your majority," said Fenton.x His
rage was rising now and he did not urge
rorter to remain when the banker got
uo to do. He was not at all anxious to
defend a franchise which the local courts,
always sensitive to public sentiment,
might set aside.
"I'll, see you in the morning first
thing," said Porter at the door, which
Fenton opened for him. "I want you to
go to the meeting with me and we'll need
a day to get ready.
The lawyer watched his client walk
toward the elevator. It occurred to him
that Porter's step was losing its elastic
ity. While the banker waited for the ele
vator he leaned wearily against the wire
screen of the shaft.
Feuton then sat down with a copy of
the charter of the Clarkson Traction
Company, before him, and spent the re
mainder of the day studying it. He had
troubled much over Porter's secretive
ways, and had labored to shatter the dan.
gerous conceit which had gradually grown
up In his client. Porter had, in fact, a
contempt for lawyers, though he leaned
on Fenton more than be would admit,
Fenton, on the other hand, was constant
ly fearful lest hla client should undo him
self by his secretive methods. He had
difficulty in getting all the facts out of
him even when they were Imperatively re-
ouired.
The next morning Fenton was at his
office early and sent his boy at once to
ask Mr. Porter to come up. The boy re
ported that Mr. Porter had not been at
the bank. Fenton went down himself at
10 o'clock and found the president's desk
closed.
"Where's' the boss?" he demanded.
"Won't be down this morning," said
Wheaton. "Miss Porter telephoned that
be wasn't feeling well, but he expected to
be down after luncheon."
CHAPTER XIII.
Porter's illness was proclaimed In the
first editions of the afternoon papers,
which Wheaton saw at his desk. News
gains force by publication, and when he
read the printed statement that tha presl
dent of the Clarkson National Bank was
confined to his house by Illness, he Celt
that Porter must really be very sick ; and
bs naturally turned the fact over in his
mind to see how this might affect him.
The directors came in and sat about -with
their hats on, and Wlngate, the starch
manufacturer, who had seen Porter's doc
tor, pronounced the president a very sick
man and suggested that Thompson, the
invalid vice president, ought to be noti
fied. The others acquiesced, and they pre
pared a telegram to Thompson at Phoe
nix, suggesting his immediate return, if
possible.
Fenton spent the afternoon In court.
He Intended to call at the Porters' on
his way home, and stopped at the bank
before going to his office, thinking that
the banker might be there ; bat the presi
dent's desk was closed.
"How sick is Mr. Porter?" he asked
Wheaton.
He's "pretty sick," said . Wheaton.
"It's typhoid fever. I spoke to Miss Por
ter over the telephone a few minutes ago,
and she did not seem to be alarmed about
ber father. He's very strong, you know."
But Fenton was not listening. "See
here, Wheaton," he said, suddenly,' "do
you know anything about Porter's private
affairs?"
Not very much,' said Wheaton, guard
edly.
"I guess you don't and I guess nobody
does, worse luck 1 You know how mor
bidly secretive he Is, and how he shies
off from publicity I suppose you do," he
went on a little grimly. He did not like
Wheaton particularly. "Well, he has
some Traction stock the annual meeting
is held to-morrow and he's got to be rep
resented." He never told me of It, said Whea
ton, truthfully.
"His shares are probably in his inside
pocket, or hid under the bed at home ; but
we've got to get them If he has any, and
get them quick. If he has his wits he'll
probably try and send word to me. I
suppose 1 couldn't see him If I went up."
Miss Porter telephoned me to come
on some business matter, she said, and no
doubt that's what it Is."
"Then I won't go just now, but I'll see
you here as soon as you get down town
I'll be at my office right after dinner.'
He Daused. deliberating. Fenton was a
careful man. who rose to emergencies.
I'll come directly back here, said
Wheaton. "No doubt the papers you
want are In one of Mr. Porter's private
boxes."
"Can you get Into' it to-night?"
"Yes; it's In the vault where we keep
the account books, and there's no time
lock."
Late in the afternoon Wheaton had
been unusually busy with routine wor-i
and the directors had taken an hour of
his time. He had turned away from
Fenton to answer a message from Mar
grave, then he went toward the Trans
continental office with a feeling of fore
boding. As he crossed the threshold of
the private office, the sight of Margrave's
fat bulk squeezed into a chair that was
too small for him, impressed him un
pleasantly ; he had come with mixed feel
Ings, not knowing whether his friendly
relations with the railroader were to be
further emphasized, or whether Margrave
was about to make some demand of him
His doubts were quickly dispelled by
Margrave, who turned around fiercely as
the door closed.
"Sit down, Wheaton,' he said. He was
breathing in the difficult choked manner
of fat men in their rage. "Now, I want
yon to tell me something; I want you to
answer up fair and square. I've got to
come right down to brass tacks with yon
and 1 want you to tell me the truth. How
much Traction has Billy Porter got?'
"I don't know what right you've got
to ask me such a question," Wheaton an
swered, coldly.
"No right no right !" Margrave" pant
ed. "You miserable fool, what do you
know or mean by right or wrong either?
I can take my medicine as well as the
next man, but when a friend does me up,
then I throw up my hands. Why did you
tell me you knew what Porter was doing,
and lead me to think
"Mr. Margrave," said Wheaton, "I
didn't come here to be abused by yon. If
I've done you any injury, I'm not aware
of It."
"I guess that's right." said Margrave,
ironically. "What I want to know is
what you let me think Porter wasn't tak
ing hold of Traction for? You knew I
was going into it. I told you that with
the fool idea that you were a friend of
mine. You told me the old man had
stopped buying '
"And when I dll I betrayed a confi
dence," said Wheaton. "I had no busi
ness tell you anything of the kind."
"When you told me that," Margrave
went on in bitter derision, shaking his
finger in Wheaton's face "when you told
me that you told me a lie, that's what
you did, Jim Wheaton."
"You can't talk to me that way," said
Wheaton. "When I told you that, I be
lieved it," and he added, with a second's
hesitation, "I still believe it."
"Don't lie any more to me aliout It
can take my medicine as well as the next
man, but" swaying his big head back
and forth on his fat shoulders "when a
man plays a trick on Tim Margrave, I
want him to know when Margrave finds
it out. I never thought it of you. Jim,
I've always treated you as white as I
knew how; I've been glad to see you In
my house "
"I don't know what you're driving at.
but I want you to stop abu-iinc me.
said Wheaton, with more vigor of tone
than he had yet manifested. "I never
said a word to you about Mr. Porter in
connection with Traction that I didn't
think true. The only mistake I made was
in saying anything to yon at all ; bat I
thought you were a friend of mine. If
anybody s been deceived, I'm the one.
"Let me ask you something. Haven't
yon known all these weeks when I've
been seeing you every few days at the
club, and at my house several times" he
dwelt on the second clause as if the
breach of hospitality on Wheaton's part
had been the grievous offense "haven't
you known that the old man was chasing
over the country In his carpet slippers
baying all that stock he could lay his
bands on r
un my sacred honor, I have not
When we talked of It I knew he had been
buying some, bat I thought he'd stopped.
as J let you understand. I'm sorry If
yon were misled by anything I said."
"Well, that's all over now," said Mar-
grace, In a conciliatory tone. "I've been
relying eo your Information ; in fact, I've
h4 It In Bind to make you treasurer of
the company when we get reorganized.
That ought to show you what a lot of
confidence I've been putting in you all
this time that you've been watching me
run into the soup clear up to my chin."
"I'm honestly sorry" began Wheaton,
I had no idea you were depending on
me. xou ought to have Known tnat l
couldn't betray Mr. Porter."
You ought to be sorry, said Mar
grave, dolefully. "But, look here, Jim,
I don't believe you re going to do me up
on this."
"I'm not going to do anybody up; but
I don't see what I can do to help you."
'Well, I do. You gave me to under
stand that you were buying this stuff
yourself. You still got what you had?
Now, how many shares have you, Jim?"
'Just what I bought in the beginning;
one hundred shares."
Margrave took a pad from his desk and
added one hundred to a short column of
figures. He made the footing and regard
ed the total with careless interest before
looking up.
'How much do you want for that,
Jim?"
"To tell the truth, Mr. Margrave, I
don't know that I want to sell it."
"Now, Jim, you aiu't going to hold
me up on this? You've got me Into a
pretty mess, and I hope you're not going
to keep on pushing me in."
'What I have wouldu't do yqu any
good."
"But It might do me some harm I Now,
you don't want these shares, Jim. You're
entitled to a profit, and I'll pay you a
fair price."
'I can't do anything to hurt Mr. Sor
ter," said Wheaton. He remembered Just
how the drawing-room at the Porters'
looked, and the kindness and frankness
of Evelyn Porter's eyes.
'Yes. but you ve got a duty to me.
You can bet your life that if it hadn't
been for you, I'd never have been In this
pickle. Come along now, Jim, I've got a
lot of our railroad people to go In on
this. They depend absolutely on my
judgment. I'm a ruined man If I fail to
show up at the meeting to-morrow . with
a majority of these shares. It won't make
any difference to Billy Porter whether he
wins out or not. He's got plenty of irons
In the fire. I don't know as a matter of
fact that I need these shares ; but I want
to be on the safe side. How much shall
I make the check for. Jim?"
"You can't make it for anything, Mr.
Margrave, and 1 want to say that I'm
very much disappointed in the way you've
tried to get it from me. 1 can t Imagine
that thme few shares of stock I liold can
be of real importance in deciding tha
control of this company. I don't say I
won't give you these shares, but I can t
do It now."
Margrave's face grew red and purple as
Wheaton walked toward the door.
"Maybe you think you can wring more
out of Porter than you can out of me.
But I'll take this out of you and out of
him, too, If I go broke doing It."
(To be continued.) .
Poetry and Patriotism.
Zakris Topelius, "the most popular
poet Finland has ever known," was
a lover of his native land above all
else. Once, says Paul Walneman in
"A Summer Tour in Finland," ha
wrote as follows to a little Finnish
boy who was at the time residing in
England for his schooling:
"You are in a great and rich coun
try, but never forget that you are only
an exile.
"If Queen Victoria herself should
write and offer you a post in her king
dom, remember that you must answer,
'I cannot, because I have a cottage
waiting for me when I am grown up, .
It has a roof higher than the loftiest
hall in Windsor Castle. That roof U
the blue sky of my own land.' "
What lie EHcnued.
"I was mighty suiry to learn that
your wife had left you, old fellow."
"Oh, well, It might have been worse."
"I am glud you can find the philoso
phy that ennbles you to look at It in
that way."
"Sure; haven't you heard that tha
coming gowns for women will have 500
buttons?" Exchange.
The Oldest of Profession.
An old friend of the family had
dropped in to see a young lawyer whose
father was still paying his office rent
"So you are now practicing law," the.
old friend said, genially.
"No, sir," said the candid youth, "i
appear to be, but I am really practic
ing economy." Youth's Companion.
Trials of Forelarn Travel. v
"Did you do much sightseeing when
you went abroad?"
"No,"- answered Mr. Cuinrox. "Moth
er and the girls did the sightseeing. 1
had to put in my time finding the
places where they cash letters of cred-'
It." Washington Star.
Returned With Thanks.
Blnner I was under the Impression
that the new editor of Blank's Maga-.
xlne was a young ninn.
Rhymer I thought so, too; but hi
appears to have reached his declitt
lng years.
Did Not Match.
Ellen Are you golug abroad till
spring?
Ernest No.
Ellen Why not?
Ernest My means are too narrow to
be abroad.
Maybe go.
Tommy Say, pa, when a man's.
wool-gathering, don't that mean that
he's lazy?
Pa No. He may be gathering wool
off the lambs in Wall street
Moan of Minnie.
Claude Oh, Minnie, I have an Idea I
Minnie Treat It kindly, Claude, It's.
In a strange place. Yale Record.
Naturally.
She Man springs from a monkey.
He And women from a mouse.
Every miller draws the water to bis
own mill. Dutch.