OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
CO-OPERATIVE IRRIGATION.
Baker County Farmers Don't Need
Outside Capital.
Baker City Baker county has more
co-operative irrigation projects than
any other county in Oregon. There
are no large ditch systems, the farm
ers being banded together in small
groups, and co-operating in building of
inexpensive ditches and in the division
of the water therefrom. Very much
the same conditions as to the ease with
which water is utilized for irrigation
prevail in Eagle and Pine valleys
where a superabundance of water flows
from the mountain gorges which has
in it power enough to run the machin
ery of a small empire. The Lower
Powder has several systems which
have been expensive, built by private
farmers,, and corporations, and which
irrigate tracts of alfalfa land, in
Burnt River valley are a number of
private ditch companies irrigating bot
tom and foothlil land, which produce
good results but which are compara
tively inexpensive.
The largest irrigation system in
Baker county is that which covers the
bench lands on the east side of Baker
valley, beginning about eight miles
above Baker City and extending in a
northerly direction and terminating at
present about five miles northeast of
the city with the probability of it
being extended later and covering the
whole east side of the valley. This
canal has been built at a large expense,
having been cut of solid rock for a con
siderable distance along the mountain
side. In a distance of 28 miles of
canal there has been UBed only about
400 feet of flume, and the work is of a
much more substantial nature than is
ordinarily used in private irrigation
works.
FAIR TO BE BETTER.
Gresham Makes Improvements In
Buildings for Coming Display.
Gresham Multnomah county's fair
promises to be the equal this year of
the two preceding ones. About $2,000
worth of the treasury stock has been
sold since the last fair, which has cre
ated an ample fund for making im
provements. The sum of $500 is avail
able out of the state appropriation for
premiums on exhibits this year, which
sum will be increased by the gate re
ceipts and the money from sale of con
cessions. A large force of men are at work on
the new stock buildings and out-of-doors
pavilion. It is intended to use
the main exhibit building for no other
purpose after this than to house the
displays of agriculture, horticulture
nd art, together with exhibits of bus
iness houses. The new building will
be used as an auditorium and dance
hall and other public functions.
The new stock pens will be ample
and commodious and permanent, those
of last year having been torn down. A
n-iw fence will be built around the
grounds and suitable booths will be
erected for small concessions.
Phones to Sound Fire Alarm.
McMinnville This city is installing
the latest standard fire alarm system.
The apparatus, purchased from a New
York firm, is being placed in position
and the city council will be asked to
district the city into 'eight fire wards,
or districts, to conform to the require
ments of the new system. I An electric
bell striking machine will be connected
with the automatic transmitter, which
will be installed in the office of the
McMinnville Local & Long Distance
Telephone company, and thus, for the
present, each public or private tele
phone belonging to that company in the
city will serve to transmit an alarm of
fire instead of the regular automatic
fire alarm boxes.
Building Santlam Bridge,
Lebanon Preparatins for the con
struction of the bridge over the San
tiam river at this place are being made
as rapidly as possible, for the new line
between Lebanon and Crabtree of the
Oregon & California railroad company.
A gang of nearly 100 men are now at
work on the new structure. The
bridge is going to be one of the longest
bridges in the country, being nearly
400 feet crossing the river, with a tres
tle of some 2,000 feet on the west ap
proach to the bridge. The bridge will
cost in the neighborhood of 100,000.
Paper Railroad Is Formed.
Salem Articles of Incorporation
were filed today for the Albany, Leb
anon & Bend railway company. The
incorporators are J. C. Mayer, Ed.
Kellenberger and George B. Whitcomb,
and the capital tock $10,000. It is
proposed to build a road from Albany
to Bend by way of Lebanon. Articles
were filed today by the Oregon-Washington
Railway and Timber company,
capital stock, $1,000,000. Incorporat
ors are T. H. Ward, Ralph E. Moody.
Income Tax Is Fought.
Salem Arguments were heard be
fore Judge Burnett in Circuit court in
the case of the State vs. the Wells
Fargo Express company. The express
company is resisting the'paymenta of
the income tax, and the defendant's de
murrer will be taken under advisement
by the court
Hunting Makes Revenue.
Albany Linn county has contrib
uted $1,863 to the state game fond al
ready this year, 997 hunters' licenses
and 866 anglers' licenses having been
issued from the county clerk's office
bsre.
TRAIN ROUTE FIXED.
Demonstration Special to Stop at
Seven Eastern Oregon Towns.
Portland Its shibboleth "A crop for
every acre every year," the demonstra
tion train of the O. R. & N. will leave
Portland, October 25 on an anti bar
renness crusade in Sherman, Gilliam
and Moro counties. The intinerary of
tne educational tram as finally decided
upon provides a four-days' trip in
which seven stops will be made. lone,
Heppner, Clem, Condon, Grass Valley,
Moro and Wasco will be vinitpd hv th
demonstration train and at each place
six lectures will be delivered by mem
bers of the faculty of the Oreonn A or.
ricultural college at Corvallia, profes
sors of that institution, with a few
railroad officials to be the only passen
gers of the demonstration Bpecial.
The complete schedule for the dem
onstration train is as follows :
Tuesday, October 26 lone, 9 a. m.
to 12 noon; Heppner, 2 p. m. to 5 p.
m. and 8 p. m. to 9 :30 p. m.
Wednesday, October 27 Clem, s a.
m. to 12 noon; Condon, 2 p. m. to 5 p.
m and 8 p. m. to 9 :30 p m.
Thursday, October 28 Grass Valley,
9 a. m. to 12 noon; Moro, 2. p. m. to 5
p. m. and 8 p. m. to 9 :30 p. m.
Friday, October 29 Wasco, 9 a. m.
to 12 noon.
Bohemian Colony Coming.
Klamath Falls Unless aomn unfnr.
seen obstacle arises there will be lo
cated in the southern portion of the
Klamath basin one of the largest Bo
hemian colonies ever established in anv
state. Sixty representatives of the
colony nave spent several days going
over the 3,000 acres of land on which
options have been secured. The colony
is in the form of a club and consists of
approximately 500 families. Official
of the club visited this section several
weeks ago and secured options on the
large LiaKesme tract.
The 60 members who havn henn hnro
for several davs are a final committee
to pasB on the land. If they recommend
me acceptance oi tne land the settling
up of this large area will be begun at
once.
Postal Receipts Gain.
Corvallia Th noHt.nl rppoinfa rt thin
city for the quarter ending September
30 shows a gain of 16.2 per cent ovtr
me receipts ior tne corresponding quar
ter of 1908. The train for tho nnrt
ending September 30, 1908 over that
oi me year previous was 23 per cent.
The fallinc off in thB nornf.
gain this year is attributed to the fact
mat v. . c Degan us work a little
later this fall. The reeeinta fnr tha
quarter just ended were $3,512.82.
Odd Fellows to Spend $5,000.
Condon The Odd Fellows have be-
gun excavating for their new two-story
DricK Duuaing on spring street. The
building will be 30x100 feet, and will
cost $5,000. The order expects to be
able to occupy its new Quarters about
January 1.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track DriceB : Bluestem.
96c; club, 88c; red Russian, 85)c;
vaney, auc; tire, 88c; Turkey red,
88c; 40-fold, 90c.
Barley Feed, $26; brewing, $27.
Oats No. 1, white, $27.50ri28.
Corn Whole, $35; cracked, $36.
Hay Timothv. Willamette vllv
$15f(i)16 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18
(019: alfalfa. $14: clover. 214: cheat
$13(3)14.60; grain hay, $1516.
Butter City creamerv. extras Sfi?
fancy outside creamerv. 33rtf36e ner
pound; store, 22(u)24c. Butter fat
prices average lc per pound under
regular butter prices.
fcggs Oregon ranch. 32Wr33e nnr
dozen.
Poultry Hens. UdlUMe
14(14Hc; roosters, 96:l0c; ducks,
16c; geese. 9(ii1l0c: turkevs. IRriiilflr,-
squabs, $1.76(i!2 per doz.
Pork Fancy, 9fti)9 He per pound.
Veal Extra, 10(ii)10.c per pound.
Fresh Fruits Apples, new. si.2Rfiii
1.75 per box: pears. $lft1.75: neachna.
76cGi$l. 25 per crate; cantaloupes, 50c
((Wi.zo per crate; plums, 2550c per
box; watermelons, lc per pound;
grapes, 85c((f$1.25 perorate, 20(f25c
per basket: casabas. Jl.fiO! miinnna
$l(il.25 per box; cranberries, $910
per carrel.
Potatoes Buvintr nrieea: Orpirnn
60(i65c per sack: sweet notatnnn. 9t
per pound.
Onions New, $1.25 per sack.
Vegetables Beans, 4f?5c; cabbage
V('flc; per pound: cauliflower. E0cr
$1 per dozen; celery, 60(i)76c per
aoxen; corn, io(20e perdoxen; egg
plant, 76cCe$l per box; garlic. 7tf8c
per pound: horseradish. 9rM0e
pound; onions, 12H(J15c per dozen;
parseiy, 3oc per dozen ; peas, 7c per
pound; peppers, 4(tf5c per pound;
pumpkins, lMle: radishes. 15c nor
dozen; squash, l),0l?4'c; tomatoes,
bum: roe.
Cattle Steers, ton auulitv. 11 9.W
4.40; fair to good. $4: common, 1.1 fin
(C3.75; cows, top, $3.25(t:3.85; fair to
good, Sex 3.10: common to medium.
2.50(C2.76; calves, top, .$5d5.25;
heavy, $3.60i4; bulls, $2(i2.25;
stags, $2.60(iC3.60.
Hogs Best, $8; fair to good, $7.75
CT7.85; stackers, $6(J.7; China fats,
$7.600t8.
Sheep Top wethers, $44.25 ; fair
to good, $3.50(3.75; ewes, io less
on all grades; yearlings, best. 4((j
4.2; fair to good, $3.60!i3.75; spring
lambs, $501.5.60.
Hop 1909, Willamette valley, 20l
24c; Eastern Oregon, 20(i23c; mo
hair, 1909, 2361240 per pound.
FARM CENSUS ECONOMY.
Director Durand Hopes to Save Sev
eral Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Washington, Oct 11. U. S. Census
Direcotr Dana E. Durand hopes to save
several hundred thousand dollars in
taking the census of agriculture and
also to increase the accuracy of the
statistics.
The director stated today that at the
census of 1900 the agricultural data
were handled by means of mweheri
cadrs. For each farm a larce
of cards had to be punched, as the
numDer 01 lacts recorded regarding a
farm was far greater than the number
of facts required regarding an individ
ual in me population census.
Director Durand said the atatiatira
of population and of acrricultnrA Bra
collected by a different force from that
empioyea in garnering the statistics
of manuafctures. The population and
agricultural data are secured by enum
erators 01 whom there will be about
65,000 at the present census, they in
turn being appointed bv the
or, of whom there are about 330. The
difficulty of securing competent and
faithful enumerators is verv on-pat.
The length of service is very short, 15
aays in me cities ana 3U days in the
country districts. The pay is small,
averaging perhaps three dollars per
day in the country districts and a trifle
more in the cities, practically the pay
of ordniarv mechanics. Not nnlv
therefore, are most of those who seek
to De neumerators able to command
only moderate nav in their ftrmina.
tions, but many of them are men who
can noi command regular employment
and who are looking for odd jobs.
The director hones that A nnnniripr.
able number of the colleegs and univer
sities 01 tne country may see fit to give
leave of absence to their students for
the short time required to do this work
of enumeration. The college student is
a very useful enumerator in some
cases, dui 11 is exceedingly desirable
that enumerators should actually live
in the distritsc where they work, and
tnere are multitudes of diatricta wWo
no college students reside or where such
siuaeniB are in institutions Hundreds or
thousands of miles from their homen
Another class who can render ennd ar.
vice as enumerators are school teach
ers, but, with the enumeration taking
place in April and Mav instead of June
as formerly, few school teachers can be
sparea irom tneir duties to take the
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.
Great Interest Is Shown From All
Parts of the Country.
Billings. Montana. Oct 11.. An in.
terestinsr example of the wideanreari
interest in the dry farming movement
was given in the morning mail received
py tne secretary the other dsy when
fourteen states and Canada were rep
resented in the membershins recorded
These ranged from the Pacific coast on
tbe West to Pennsylvania on the East
ana irom Canada to New Mnrirn.
There were several memberships from
Canada. The states from which the
applications came were California, Col
orado. Idaho. Montana. Minnesota.
Missouri, Nebraksa, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Wsahington and Wis
consin.
Memberships are beinir received at
sucn rate that the edition of the Hand
book of Information, which contains
the report of the third session of the
congress, has been exhausted and the
secretary has been compelled to an
nuonce to new members that there are
no more of these valuable books avail
able. All persons joining the congress
from this time on will receive the ae.
ond annual Handbook which will con
tain the proceedings of the Fourth Dry
r arming congress which will meet at
Billines. Montana. October 26-28. and
a resume of the contents of the first
edition.
1 The officers of the cnnirreaa apt nut
after the close of the Cheyenne meet
ing with the ambition of making the
membership 01 the congress total 10,
000 before the Billings meet in or nnri
the indications are that they will come
very near that goal. In one day re
cently the secretary received 180
memberships coming from all parts of
this country and from several foreign
tanas. ,very man brings more.
Wins Riohes in Old Age.
Los Angeles, Oct. 11. By a decision
of the United States circuit court of ap
peals today, Timothy Carroll, a pioneer
of Southern California, wius his fight
to compel the Los Alimitos Sugar Com
pany to pay him royalty on his patont
beet dump. The decision crowns with
victory the struggle of Carroll, who is
70 years old, against poverty and hard
ship. It will make him independently
rich before the expiration of his pat
ents six years hence. It will put an end
to litigation that commenced 12 years
ago, whon the sugar company refused
to rocognize Carroll's rights.
Improve Immigrant Station.
El Portal, Cal., Oct. 11. One direct
result of President Taft's trip to the
West has been the immediate improve
ment of immigration conditions at San
Francisco. By the president's direc
tion Secretary Nagel ordered that the
new immigrant station on Angel island,
San Francisco harbor, be opened at
onco. The opening of this station had
been held up for a long time for want
of an appropriation for furnituro and
supplies.
Riches Fall on Old Man.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 11. .Tames
Fniran. an seed switchman hnr m.
eoivod official word today that a Car-
negio pension 01 iu,uuu was awaiting
his disposal. Fagan worked on the
Pennsylvania railway when Mr r..
negio was his division superintendent,
ami mo u,uuu is accumulation of a
snutt nersion nut aside mnm nan
for the switchman.
The
Main
Chance
BY-
Meredith Nicholson
Coptcioht 1903
Tn Bosbs-Mbsbili, Covfaht
CHAPTER XXIII. (Continued.)
John Barton sat In the office of the
Traction Company on a hot night In
July. Fenton Lad just left him. The
transfer to the Margrave syndicate had
been effected and John would no more
sign himself "John Sax ton, Receiver."
His work In Clarkson was at an end.
The Neponset Trust Company had called
him to Boston for a conference, which
meant, he knew, a termluation of his ser
vice with them. He had lately sold the
I'oindexter ranch, and so little property
remained on the Neponset's books that It
could be cared for from the home office.
He had not opened the afternoon mail.
He picked up a letter from the top of
the pile, dated from San Fransisco, and
read:
"San Francisco.
"My Dear Sir:
"I hesitate about writing you, but
there are some things which I should
like you to understand before I go away.
I had fully expected to remain with you
and Bishop Delafield and to return to
Clarkson that last morning at Polndex
ter's. I cannot defend myself for having
run sway ; it must have seemed a strange
thing to you that I did so. I had fully
intended acting on the bishop's advice,
which 1 knew then, and know now, was
good. But when the west-bound train
came, my courage left me; I could not
go back and face the people I bad known,
after what had happened. I told you
the truth there In the ranch house that
night ; every word of it was true. May
be I did not make it clear enough how
weak I am. Things came too easy for
me, I guess; at any rate I was never
worthy of the good fortune that befell
me. It seemed to me that for two years
everything I did was a mistake. I sup
pose If I had been & real criminal, and
not merely a coward, I should not have
entangled myself as I did and brought
calamity upon other people.
When I reached here I found employ
ment with a snipping house. I have told
my story to one of the firm, who has been
kind to me. He seems to understand my
case, and Is giving me a good chance to
begin over again. I suppose the worst
possible things have been said about me,
and I do not care, except that I hope
the people in Clarkson will not think I
was guilty of any wrong-doing at the
bank. I read in the newspapers that I
had stolen the bank's money, and 1 hope
that was corrected. The books must have
proved what I say. 1 understand now
that what I did was worse than stealing,
but I should like you and Mr. Porter to
know that I not only did not take other
people's money, but that In my foolish
relations with Margrave I did not re
ceive 0 cent tor the shares of stock which
he took from me neither for my own
nor for those of Miss Porter. I don't
blame Margrave; if I had not been a
coward he could not have played with
me as he did.
"The company la sending me to one of
Its South American houses. I go by
steamer to-morrow, and you will not hear
from me again. I should like you to
know that I have neither seen nor heard
anything of my brother since that night.
With best wishes for your own happiness
and prosperity, yours sincerely,
"JAMES WHBATON."
On his way home to the club Saxton
stopped at Bishop Delafield' rooms, and
found the bishop, as usual, preparing for
flight Time did not change Bishop Dels
field. He was one of those men who
reach 00, and never, apparently, pass it.
He and Saxton were fast friends now.
The bishop missed Warry out of his life;
Warry was always so accessible and so
cheering. John was Lot so accessible and
he had not Warry's ligntness, but the
Bishop of Clarkson liked John Saxton.
The bishop sat with his inevitable
hand-baggage by his side and read Whea
ton's letter througa.
"How Ignorant we are 1" he said, fold
ing It. "I sometimes think that we who
try to minister to the needs of the poor
In spirit do not even know the rudiments
of our trsde. We are pretty helpless
with men like Wheaton. They are appar
ently strong; they yield to no tempta
tions, so far as any man knows ; they are
exemplary characters. I suppose that
they are living little tragtdles all the
time. The moral coward is more to be
pitied than the open criminal. You know
where to find the criminal ; but the moral
coward is an unknown quantity. Life Is
a strange business, John, and the older
I get the leas I think I know of it" Ha
sighed and handed back the letter.
"But hes doing better than we might
have expected him to," said Saxton. "A
man's entitled to hspplness If he can And
It He undoubtedly chose the easier part
in running away. I can't Imagine him
coming back here to face the community
after all that had happened."
"I don t know that I can either.
Preaching is. easier than practicing amt
I'm not sure that I gave him the best ad
vice at the ranch house thkt morning."
-well, it was rae only tiling to do"
Saxton answered. "I suppose neither
yeu nor I was sure he told the truth; It
was a situation that Was calculated to
make one skeptical. It isn't clear from
his letter that the whole thing has Im
pressed aim In any great way. He's anx
loos to have ns thing well of him a kind
f retrospective vanity."
'But his punishment Is great It's not
for. na to pass on its adequacy. I must
be going, John," and Saxton gathered
np the battered cases and went out to the
car wkh him.
Bishop Delafield always brought War
ry back vividly to John, and as they
welted on the corner he remembered hie
fasSMetirgr with the bishop, la Warry's
rooas at The Bachelors'. And that was
very long sgo I
CixAPTER XXIV.
TTnmrtnlntv and doubt filled John Sax
ton's mind and heart, snd he saw no
light ahead. He had seen Evelyn several
times before she had left home, on occa-
alAn. Trr 1. 1 n i n wati n t Vl n lirillaA with
Fenton for conferences with her father.
He bad intended saying good-by to ner,
but the Porters went hurriedly at last
'and he was not sorry; It was easier that
way. But Mrs. Whipple, who was exer
cising a motherly supervision over John,
to Orchard Lane during the time that
sne and tne general were to be wltn tne
Porters in their new cottage. When he
went TToar Rovtrui mattaA Anmn At Ilia
club In Boston, and pretended that it
was good to be at home again; but be
went about with homesickness gnawing
hia heart. Hp hitrl rpjiann tn he hannv
and satisfied with himself. He had prac
tically concluded the difficult work which
he had been sent to Clarkson to do; he
bad realized more money from their as
sets than the officers of the trust company
had expected; and they held out to him
fthft nromlap nt Mnnlmrmont In tholi Rno.
ton offics as a reward. So he walked the
lamlllar streets planning his future anew.
He had succeeded In something at last,
snd he would stay In Boston, having, he
told himself, earned the right to live
there. The assistant secretaryship of the
trilflt oomnanv. which hftrl hoan manrtnn.
ed to him, would be a position of dignity
ana promise. He had never hoped to do
so well. Moreover, it would be pleasant
to be near hia sister, whn llvsit at Wor
cester. There were only the two of them,
ana mey ougnt to live near together.
It is. however, an nnnlAnannt hnhtt nf
ths fates never to suffer us to debate
simple problems long; they must throw
in new elements to puzzle us. While
he deferred eolnr to OreWH r.a na a nav
perplexity confronted him. One of Mar
grave s people' came from New fork
as the representative of the syndicate
that had purchased the Clarkson xractlon
Company, and sought an Interview. John
had met this gentleman at the time the
sale was closed ; he was a person of con
sequence In the financial world, who came
quickly to the point of his errand. He
onerea jonn the position of general man
ager of the romnnnv
The next day John thought he saw
11 an more clearly. He went out and
walked aimlessly through the hot streets.
He realized presently that ha hail mn.
into a railway, office and asked for a sub-
urDan time table. He carried this back
to the club, and ahirllorl tha Hat nf rw.
chard Lane trains. He found that he
could run out almost any hour of the
uay. ne slept and woke refreshed, with
the time table still rraaneil In hia honrl
He had been very foolish, he concluded;
it would be a simple matter to go out to
urcnara lane to call on the Porters and
Whlpples. The next afternoon he went
up to Orchard Lane.
It suited his mood that he should find
no one at home at Red flahloa hut Mr
Porter, who played golf all the morning
and slept and experimented at landscape
gardening all the afternoon. He wel
corned John with unwonted mrdialitv
There were some details connected
with the transfer of the Traction Com
pany to Margrave's syndicate which Por
ter n&a not lully understood, or which
Fenton had purposely kept from him;
and he pressed John far new light on
these matters. John answered or parried
as he thought wisest.
John left his greetings for the rest of
the household. There was a train at 0
o'clock : It was now B and ha lnltarp
along, stopping often to look out upon
ine see, A group oi people was gathered
about a tea table on the alnnlno- lan in
front of one of the houses. Toe colors
of the women's dresses were bright
against the dark rreen. Tt mi a
a - " w ft "J
company: their lauffhter fl nptaH nut a
him mockingly. He wondered whether
Evelyn was there, as he passed on, beat
ing the rocky path with his stick.
Evelyn was not there : but her iWtna.
tion was that particular lawn and Its
tea table. Turning a bend in the path he
came upon ner. tie bad bad no thought
of seeing her; yet she was coming down
the path toward him, her picture hat
framed In the dome of a blue parasol.
He had renounced her for all Hma nA
he should meet her guardedly; but the
blood was singing in bis temples and
throbbing in his finger tips at the sight
of her.
"This Is too bad!" she exclaimed, as
they met "I hope you can come back to
the house."
She walked straight up to him and
gave him her hand in her quick, frank
way.
"I'm sorry, but I must be In to town
on this next train." ha ananranxl TT.
turned In the path and walked along be
side ber.
"This happened to be one of our scat
tering days, for all except father."
"We had a nice talk, he and I. Your
place la charming. Don't let me detain
you. I'm sure yon were going to Join
these lotus eaters."
"I don't believe they need me," she an
swered, evasively. "They seem pretty
busy. But If you're i-ungry or thirsty,
I can get something for you there." They
passed the gate, walking slowly slong.
He knew that he ought to urge her to
stop, snd that he must hurry on to catch
his train; but It was too sweet to be
near her; this was the last time and it
was his own I
They paused finally and John held open
a little gte In a stone wall. He was
grave and something of his seriousness
communicated Itself to her. Clearly, be
thought this was the parting of the ways.
"Won't you come In? There are plen
ty of trains and we'd like you to dine
with us."
A great wave of loneliness and yearn
ing swept over her. Her Invitation
seemed to create new snd limitless dis
tances that stretched between them. He
spoke Incidentally of the offer he hsd re
ceived from the Clarkson Traction Com
pany. "I have refused the offer," he said,
quietly. He bad not Intended to tell her;
but It was doubtless just as well; and
It would alter nothing. "My work in
Clarkson Is finished," he went on. "War
ry's affairs will make It necessary for
me to go back from time to time, but It
will not be borne again."
"I'm sorry," she said. "I thought you
were to be of ns. Bnt I suppose there
Is a greater difference between the East
and West than any one can understand
who has not known both." They regard
ed each other gravely, as If this were, of
we wnoie matter at issue.
"1 can't go back it's too muchi I
can't do it," he said, wearily.
"I -now how It must be this last year
and Worry 1 It was all so terrible for
all of us." She was looking away.
John looked at her. It was natural
that she should include herself with him
In a common grief for the man who had
been his friend and whom she had loved.
She had always been kind to him; her
kindness stung him now, for ' he knew
that It was because of Warry; and a re
solve woke in him suddenly. He would
not suffer her kindness under a false pre
tense; he could at least be honest with
her.
"I can't go back because he Is not
there; and because because you are not
there 1 You don't know you should nev
er know, but I was disloyal to Warry
from the first. I let him talk to me from
day to day of you ; I let him tell me that
he loved you ; I never let him know I
never meant any one to know " He
ceased speaking; she was very ctill and
did not look at him. "It. was base of
me." he went on. "I would gladly have
died for him if he had lived; but now
that he Is dead I can betray him. I hate
myself worse than you can hate me. I
know how I must wound and shoe, you
"Oh, no I" she moaned.
But he went on ; he would spars him
self nothing.
"It is hideous It was cowardly of ms
to come here." Ills hands were clenched
and his face twltphed with pain. "Oh,
If he had lived 1"
She rose now and looked at him with
an infinite pity.
"If he had lived," she said, very softly,
looking sway through the sun-dappled
aisles of the orchard, "if he had lived
It would have been the same, John."
But he did not understand. His name
as she spoke It rang In his ears. She
walked away through the orchard path,
which suddenly bec-ame to him a path of
gold that stretched Into paradise; and he
sprang after her with a great fear in his
heart lest some barrier might descend
and shut her out forever.
"Evelyn I Evelyn !"
It was not a voice that called her; It
was s spirit, long held in thrall, that had
shaken free and become a name.
(The end.) .
BAM SOTHEB.IT NOT SAM AT ALL.
Hia Alliterative Name a Sample of
Hia Father's Jocularity.
Probably there Is not one In twenty
of the fellow members of bis profes
sion, either here or in England, who
knows that the name of Sam Sothern,
the actor, Is not Sam at all, the New
York World says.
Mr. Sothern came back to New
York on Friday In response to a hurry
call to act with Sir Charles Wynd
ham In "The MoIIubc" He has been
absent from this country more than
fifteen years, although he made his
first theatrical appearance in this
country with the late John T. Ray
mond, a friend of his father, E. A.
Sothern, in "The Private Secretary."
During the early days of the starring
career of his brother, E. H. Sothern,
Sam, who is not Sam, acted in his
support at the old Lyceum;
If Sam Sothern had registered in
New York as George Evelyn Augustus
T. Sothern possibly his own brother
might not have recognized him.
George Evelyn Augustus T. was
named to please his mother. His
father, who was a comedian off the
stage as well as on It, didn't like the
long handle. He wanted a name that
was short and expressive.' He was
appearing in "Brother Sam" In Lon
don at the time, and, for convenience,
tacked the name of the play on the
newly born Infant. Brother Sam has
kept It ever since.
Another thing that Sam Sothern
received from his father this by in
heritance was the tattered yellow
manuscript of "Our American Cousin."
It didn't seem like a large inheritance
at the time, for the elder Sothern had
played the piece to a standstill both
In this country and in England. 80
Sam cast the prompt book Into a
trunk, where It slumbered twenty
years until EH. Sothern, two years
ago, decided to revive the play under
the name of "Lord Dundreary."
All these years a small fortune bad
been lurking in the crumpled bunch
of papers. As it was Sam's property
E. H. Sothern had to pay a fat royal
ty on it, and as "Lord Dundreary"
has been one of E. H. Sothern's big
gest successes in recent years a steady;
stream of. American dollars has flow
ed Into Sam's English pockets.
Caused a Breach.
Askitt Why are you so down on,
Walker? You used to be the best of
friends.
Eggbert Yes, I know; but last fall
he took my part, and I haven't spoken!
to him since.
Askitt That sounds queer.
Eggbert Not necessarily. You see,
he's an actor, too nd I wanted the
part for myself.
Rer Experience.
Mrs. Brown Do you believe that
marriage Is a lottery?
Mrs. Green No. I consider It mora
of a faith cure.
Mrs. Brown Why, how's that?
Mrs. Green Well, I had Implicit
faith In my husband when we were
first married and now I haven't
Deeply Interested.
Said -She Oh, I'm Just awfully In
terested in baseball. I have a cousin
who belongs to a college bunch.
Bald He Indeed! And what post
tlon does he play?
Said She WelL I forget Just now
whether he's knocker or a stopper.
The Explanation. "
Edyth Why did Clare Insist on ha.
lng a quiet wedding?
Mayme Oh, I suDDoee she thons-ht
It would make talk.
It Is estimated that there are g.00o
000 telephones now In use In the
wesjo.