OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
GRANGE INTEREST GEOWS.
Lecturer Johnson's Visit Adds to Mem
bership at Laidlaw.
Laidlaw J. J. Johnson, state grange
lecturer, was in Laidlaw a few days
ago, and held an enthusiastic meeting
in tne interest or grange work. The
result of bis visit has been to revive
interest in the order, and a number of
new members have been added to
Pickett Island grange, the local society.
Mr. Johnson has been traveling exten
sively in Central Oregon, and stated at
the meeting that he had not seen a sec
tion of the state that had greater pos-
01U111UUB 1U IU1B UIBITJCE, KOU WltU
the advent of the railroads in this sec
tion he looked to see this part of the
state rapidly settled up. ,
TROLLEY LUTE FOB CROOK.
Portlanders Furnish Funds for Opal
City-Prineville Electric.
Prinevillo. County Surveyor Fred A.
Kice has the contract for the comple
tion of a survey for an electric road
from Opal City, the new town on the
north Bide of Crooked river, on the Ore
gun Trunk and ilarriman line surveys,
to Prineville, by way of Lainonta gap
and McKay flat.
The contract for the surveying was
awarueu oy job. u. Houston, who rep
resents Portland capital in the Oden
Falls project and a reclamation proj
ect in the vicinty of Opal City. It is
the purpose of Mr. Houston to generate
the power for the electric line at Oden
Falls, where contracts have already
been awarded for the construction of
power plants.
Douglas County Onions.
Roseburg. Douglas county continues
to break records. Besides some won
derful yields of fruit, it now comes to
the front with an onion crop yielding
$1,500 per acre. From a piece of ground
belonging to Joe Snider, at Days Creek,
measuring 55 square rods, approximate
ly one-third of an acre, Mr. Snider har
vested a little more than 500 bushels
of onions this year. These were sold at
2 cents per pound, bringing him $500,
or a return of more than (1,500 per
acre. This beats any crop heard of ex
cept the immense yield of Spitzenberg
apples grown by J. B. Smith at
.Winston's, this county, last yoar, for
which he realized $2,400 per acre.
Mall Service Impaired.
Marshfleld The mail sorvice to Coos
Hay is seriously impaired as a result of
the change in the schedule made by the
government. Undor the new arrange
ment the outgoing mail will be eight or
ten hours late. The department or
dered that the service by way of Sum
ner over the Coos Bay wagon road be
discontinued October 31. No provision
for carrying Ihe mail waB made until
the next day, when Inspector Vaille in
structed the Marahfiold postmaster to
send the mail by train to Myrtle Point
and thence by stage to Roseburg.
A. & O. Revenues.
Salem. -The not revenues of the As
toria & Columbia River railroad, ac
cording to the report filed with the rail
road commission, for the year ending
June 30, 1909, were 210.788.78. The
total operating revnues for the road
were $022,075.38; of this $525,532.91
was interstate business and $96,542.47
was Oregon portion of the interstate
business carried. The operating ex
penses were $410,350.10. The Astoria &
Columbia River road paid taxes amount
ing to $20,612.17.
Portland Firm Gets Contract
Salem Contract for the erection of
the new receiving ward at the asylum
has been lot by the asylum board to
the Northwestern Bridge works at
Portland for $77,800. The company is
the same which built the new five
story steel structure in Salem for the
United States National Lank, which
cost $95,000. The contract for wiring
was let to Evans & Nixon of Tacoma
for $1,660. J. A. Bernard! obtained the
heating contract for $3,270 and the
plumbing for $9,736.
Better Service Promised.
Salem. Announcement has beeu
made at the office of the railroad com
mission that hereafter the Corvallis 4
Rastern Railroad will give better serv
ice botweon Albany and the coast.
Heretofore during the winter the pas
senger business has been handled by a
mixed train. From this time on the
service will be divided and all freight
will be taken care of by a tri weekly
freight. '
Complains Against Wells-Fargo.
Sulem C. P. Bishop, a clothier with
a string of stores in the Willamette
valley, has filed a complaint with the
Tailroad commission against the Wells
Fargo Express company, alleging exces
sive rates, lie says that the rate of
12 cents a pound on shoes from Salem
to Portland is extortionate, in view of
the rate of 16 cents from Chicago to
Salem, and 7 cents from Salem to
Grants Pass.
Coos Bay Is Encouraged.
Marshfield. A press dispatch from
New York, stating that the Northwest
ern was planning a bond issue for the
completion of the lines of the company
to the Pacific coast, has created some
interest here, because rumor has con
nected the name of the Northwestern
with one of the local railroad survevs.
There is some hop felt that the North
western may make Coos Bay a terminus.
Hogs Equal to Fat Steers.
Condon In a carload of bogs shipped
from Condon, Fred Edwards placed a
ho for which ha received $36.40,
This Is thought to be the record price
for a tingle porker.
Large Crop Alfatta Seed.
' Union From six acres of alfalfa 129
bushels of seed were taken this year.
The market value of the seed Is fully
1,000, The crop was grown on the
Jownley farm,
FARMERS REGISTER KICK.
Pass Resolutions Protesting Against
Marine League Measure.
Pendleton Resolutions protesting
strongly against the efforts of the
Merchant Marine league of Seattle to
secure an order forbidding foreign ves
sels which bring coal to the Pacific
coast from carrying wheat on their re
turn trip were passed at a mass meet
ing of citizens, held in the Circuit court
room at the court house here. When
the vote was taken not a dissenting
voice was heard and the indorsal was
unanimous. Judge S. A. Lowell was
made chairman and Charles A. Barrett
of Athena, secretary.
Congressman W. it. Ellis was pres
ent and voiced his sentiments against
the proposed measure and extended his
services in cooperation with the citi
zens. J. T. Lieuallen, president of the
county organization of the Farmers'
Educational & Cooperative union of
America; Judge S. A. Lowell and C.
A. Barrett were the speakers. As the
proposed action of the Merchant Ma
rine league would tend to lower the
price of wheat, the protest was couched
in vigorous terms.
A telegram was sent to the secretary
of the navy by the meeting, asking
postponement of action until the receipt
of the signed circular of protest Con
gressman Ellis also sent a personal tel
egram to the secretary, requesting in
vestigation into the farmers' plea.
Laborers Are in Demand.
Eucone The work of buildine the
Natron-Klnmath Falls cut-off is pro
gressing satisfactorily as far as tho
work on this end is concerned. How
ever, more men are being sought to do
tho work and the construction compa
nies are doing what they can to in
crease their list of employes. Tho
wages paid are $2.25 on the grado and
$3 for ax men. Thcso wages include
the use of the bunk-housos, but la
borers furnish their own bedding.
Meals are furnished at 25 cents.
N. P. Gets Land Patents.
Pendleton A patent from the Unit
ed States government to the Northern
Pacific Railroad company, in which
full title is given to more than 30.000
acres of land in the counties of Uma
tilla. Morrow, Gilliam and Sherman.
has just been placed on record in the
office of Recorder Hendley. This is
part of that land included in the orig
inal grant to the Northern Pacific in
1865.
Pears Bring 6ya Cents Each.
Medforil. A Pnrlnnil rtt naara Nnm
the Boar Creek orchard sold for $2,900
in New York. There were 1,064 half
boxes or 44,504 pears, hence each pear
for the car averaged 6 cents. The car
paid the orchard comnanv net 2.21 5 80
or 4.97 cents for each pear.
Convict Foundry Rebuilt.
Salom. The shonB destroved at inn
ponitontiary early In the Bummer have
been rebuilt and the new buildings are
ready for occupancy. The buildings
will again be occupied by Loewenberg,
Going & Co., employing convict Inbor
in tne manuracture or etoves and
ranges.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem. 81.02 fii) 1.04:
club, 92c; red Russian. 90fi)9 lc: val
ley, 91c: Fife. 92c: Turkev red. C2e:
40-fold, 95c.
Barley Feed. 127 Der ton; hnv.
ing. $27.60.
Corn Whole. 135 ner ton : cracked.
$36.
Oats No. 1 white, 28.50 per ton.
Hay Timothv. Willamette vsllev.
$14(1(17 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18
(3)20; alfalfa, $1616; clover, $14;
cheat, $13(3)14.50; grain hay, $1415.
Buuer jity creamery, extras, 86c
per pound; fancy outside creamery,
$3086c; store, 2224c Butter
fat prices average 1 c per pound un
der regular butter prices.
Eros Orxron. 86r?36e ner dnxan
Eastern, 80ftj84c.
Poultry Hens, 15c: springs. 15c:
roosters, StfJIOc: ducks. lSrffilBWe:
geese, 10c; turkeys, 17 We: squabs.
$1. 7BGC2 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 9(ffj9 c per pound.
Veal Extras, 9(3)100 per pound.
Fruita Apple, $1?82.26 per box:
pears, $11.60; grapes, 80c(i$1.26
per crate; 12&c per basket; casabas,
$1.25()1.60 per dozen; quinces, (i
1.25 per box: cranberries, $8.50(3:9 per
barrel;' persimmons, $1.50 per box;
huckleberries, 8c per pound.
Potatoes 6060c per sack ; sweet
potatoes, l?4'(ff;2c per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes. 75c per doz
en; beans, 10c per pound; cabbage,
folic: cauliflower. S0(i60e
celery, 60?a86e; com. Sl21.25 per
sack; horseradish, 9((il0c per dozen;
peas, loc per pound; peppers, 6ff6c;
pumpkins. 1 6i) lV,c: sprout.
squash, $1(9)1.10; . tomatoes, 25(.r60c;
turnips. 76c((($l per sack; carrots, $1 ;
beets, $1.25; rutabagas, $1.10.
unions il(J.25 per sack.
Hops 1909 cron. 24(ii)26c ner nound
1908 crop. 20c: 1907 croD. 12c; lortA
crop, 8c
Wool Eastern Oregon. 16ri23c
pound; mohair, choice, 24c.
Cattle Beet steers, $4.60; fair to
good, $4$4.25; medium and feeders,
$S.60(ij!S.75: best cows, $3.60; medi
um, $30i3.25; common to medium,
$2.60(3:2.75; bulls, $2(3)2.60; stags,
$2.60i3.60; calves, light, $5.25(3)
6,60; heavy, $44.75.
Hogs Best, $7.86(3:8; medium,
$7.601:7.76: stackers, $5(3:6.
Sheep Best wethers. $4.26: fair to
good, $S.754; best ewes, $8.75fi4;
fair to good, $3.60(3.76; lambs, S5
6.60,
$500,000 HIS LOOT.
Warrlner Lost All in Speculation and
Blackmail.
Cincinnati, Nov. 8. An official of
the Big Four railroad stated tonight
that the defalcations for which ex
Treasurer Charles L. Warrlner has
been arrested would be far in excess of
$100,000. According to his estimate,
it will reach nearly $500,000.
Eighty thousand dollars is said to
have been paid in blackmail. Two
women and a man are mentioned as the
blackmailers. Detectives are shadow
ing one of the women, who lives in
Cincinnati, but it is stated that the
railroad company does not intend to
have her arrested, but will try to get
her as a witness for the state.
Warriner, who is charged with ap
propriating $54,600, was released from
custody late today on a bond of $20,
000. During the day Warriner made a re
markable change of front In the af
ternoon he gave out a statement admit
ting has responsibility for the short
age, but declaring there were others
in it. Later he changed tactics and
declared that he admitted nothing.
This later declaration is taken to mean
that he intends to force his alleged
partners in guilt into the open.
ibe $54,500 in the warrant for War-
riner's arrest represents the present
amount owing to tne railroad company
ana not tne entire amount of the short
age.
The balance, according to the state
ment of General Counsel Hackney, has
Deen covered by property that Warri
ner has turned over to the company.
BATTLE WITH INDIANS.
Savages Yield After Five Hours' Fight
With Police.
Victoria. B. C. Nov. 8. After a
five hours' battle, beginning this morn-
me at aavoreaic. a force or mi nnamn
police, under Chief Constable Maitland-
uoueail. ana embracing virtimllv all
male inhabitants of Haclninn. nn lh
Skeena river, captured the Indian vil
lage of Kispiox, and made prisoners
several cnieis ox tne tribes who have
been inciting the related nation nf th
Skeena to war unon the whiten, nh.
structing railway construction and this
weeK seizing supplies and stopping
provincial road work.
Chief Constable Maitland-Dnurall
makes no report of casualties to Super
intendent xiussey bere, although pri
vate telegrams say firing was practical
ly continuous from daybreak until noon.
Despite the fact that the Canadian
government had ridiculed the antrcrpa.
tion, residents of the North country
apprenenaea serious trouble all along
the Speena as soon at winter sealed the
waterway, the Indiana nurainir an orig
inal and legitimate grievance as to
game jaws ana nsneries regulations in
terfering with their basic supplies un
til it was fanned into flame by -agitators
who have all summer henn nrenrh.
ing the legal rights of the Skeena na
tions to an tne tanas along tbat river
CATTLEMAN ADMITS RAID.
Two Turn State's Evidence In Wyom
ing Trial.
Basin, Wyo., Nov. 8. Albert Keyes
ana cnaries r ams, participants in the
raid on the sheep camp in the Tensleep
country last spring, in which three
men were killed, todav turned atiVa
evidence in the trial of Herbert Brink,
nrst oi the seven indicted cattlemen to
be brought to trial.
On the stand today both admitted
complicity, but declared they joined
the raiders with the distinct under
standing that onlv the sheen and
erty would be destroyed and that the
sneepmen wouia be ordered to quit the
country. Keyes denied having seen
anyone shoot or havinor fired a ahnt
himself. Farris admitted discharging
uib rine ana seeing james Allemand,
owner of the sheep outfit, killed. He
testified that Herbert Brink, the pres
ent defendant, fired the fatal shot
Farris stated that every man under ar
rest was In the party when the raid
was made.
Pierre Caffarel and Charles Helraer,
sheepherders, testified that they were
summoned from camp on the night of
April 2 by a band of masked men,
marched to Orevhill at the point of
rifles and kept under guard while raid
ers made their descent upon the camp.
Hot Tong War Is Feared.
San Francisco, Nov. 8. The tong
war has assumed such a serious aspect
that the police have placed the local
Chinese quarter in a state of siege.
The warring factions of the Yee fam
ily and the On Yick fighting tong are
so closely watched that it is not be
lieved that the battle will be resumed
in the regular Chirese quarter. De
tectives fear that hostilities may break
out at any moment in the outlying
laundries and gardens, where numbers
of the warring tongs are employed.
These places are closely watched.
Prosecuted for Air Scorching. - '
Paris, Nov. 8. The first prosecution
for furious flying will'shortly occur in
the courts here. M. Blanch, who
crashed into the crowd at Port Aviation
three weeks ago and hurt several peo
ple, is the defendant. Two victims
have summoned him for furious driving
in the air. Curiously enough, Jtne pros
ecuting lawyer is Paul Fay, who is a
son-in-law of Mrs. Hartsberg, whose
husband brought Wilbur Wright to
France.
Spanish Army Advances.
Melilla, Morocco, Nov. 8. Sixteen
thousand Spanish troops, supported by
heavy reserves, beiran an iHnnM tkl.
morning over the Beni Sicar territory.
ine inianta Marios of Bourbon led the
advance guard. ;
fbe Redemption
t g&Vid orsot?
By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS
Copyrlfbt, 1900, by The Bowea-Merrlll Compaar.
CHAPTER IV. (Continued.)
Having- stalked Indignantly onward
for a few paces, the doctor discovered
that his wife had not followed him.
and turning: he called savagely: "Pe
peeta, cornel It Is folly to try and p
p-persuade him. Let us leave the saint
to his prayers! But let him remember
the old p-p-proverb, "young; saint, old
sinner I' Come!"
He proceeded towards the carriage;
but Pepeeta seemed rooted to the
ground, and David was equally lnca
pable of motion. While they stood
thus, gazing Into each other's eyes,
they saw nothing and they saw all.
That brief glance was freighted with
destiny. A subtle communication had
taken place between them, although
they had not spoken; for the eye has
a language of its own.
What was the meaning of that
glance? What was the emotion that
gave It birth In the soul? He knew!
It told its own story. To their dying
day, the actors In that silent drama
remembered that glance with rapture
and with pain.
- Pepeeta spoke first, hurriedly and
anxiously: "What did you say last
night about the 'light of life?' Tell me!
I must knew."
'1 said there Is a light that llghteth
every man that cometh Into the world."
"And what did you mean? Be quick.
There Is only a moment"
"I meant that there Is a light that
shines from the soul itself and that In
this light we may walk, and he who
walks In It, walks safely. He need
never falll"
"Never? I do not understand; It Is
beautiful; but I do not understand!"
"Pepeeta!" called her husband, an
BTlly. She turned away, and David watch
ed her gliding out of his sight, with an
Irrepressible pain and longing. "I sup
pose she Is his daughter," he fctld to
himself, and upon that natural but
mistaken Inference his whole destiny
turned. Something seemed to draw
him after her. He took a step or two.
halted, sighed and returned to his la
bor. But It was to a strangely altered
world that he went. Its glory had van
ished; It was desolate and empty, or so
at least It seemed to him, for he con
founded the outer and the Inner
worlds, as It was his nature and habit
to do. It was In his soul that the
change had taken place.
Thoughts which he had always been
able to expel from his mind before.
like evil birds fluttered again and
again Into the windows of his soul.
For this he upbraided himself; but
only to discover that at the very mo
ment when he regretted that he had
been tempted at all, he also regretted
that he had not been tempted further.
All day long his agitated spirit alter-,
nated between remorse that he had en
Joyed so much, and regret that he had
enjoyed so little. Never had he expe
rienced such a tumult in his soul. He
struggled hard, but he could not tell
whether he had conquered or been de
feated. He heard again the mocking laugh
ter of the quack, and the stinging
words of his cynical philosophy once
more rang in his ears. What this
coarse wretch had said was true, then!
Much of his youth had already passed
and he had not as yet tasted the only
substantial Joys of existence money,
pleasure, ambition, love! He felt that
he had been deceived and defrauded.
A contempt for bis old life and Its
surroundings crept upon him. , He be
gan to despise the simple country peo
ple among whom he had grown up,
and those provincial Ideas which they
cherished In the little, unknown nook
of the worli' where they stagnated. -
During a long time he permitted
himself to be borne upon the current
of these thoughts wlthort trying to
stem It, till It seemed as If he would
be swept completely from his moor
ings. But his trust had been firmly
anchored, and did not easily let go Its
hold. The convictions of a lifetime be
gan to reassert themselves. They rose
and struggled heroically for the pos
session of his spirit
Had the battle been with the simple
abstraction of philosophic doubt, the
good might have prevailed, but there
obtruded Itself Into the field the con
crete form of the gypsy. The glance
of her lustrous eye, the gleam of her
milk-white teeth, the heaving of her
agitated bosom, the Inscrutable but
suggestive expression of her flushed
and eager face, these were foes against
which he struggled In vain. A feverish
desire, whose true significance he did
not altogether understand, tugged at
his heart, and he felt himself drawn
by unseen hands toward this mysteri
ous and beautiful being. She seemed
to him at that awful moment when his
whole world of thought and feeling
waa slipping from under his feet the
one only abiding reality. She at least
was not an Impalpable vision, but sol
id, substantial, palpitating (lean and
blood. Like continuously advancing
wavea which sooner or later must un
derlain a dyke, the passions and sus
picions of his newly awakened nature
were sapping the foundatlona of his
belief. ,
At Intervals he gained a little cour
age to withstand them, and at such
moments tried to pray; but the effort
M futile, for neither would the ac
customed syllables of petition spring
to his Hps, nor the feelings of faith and
devotion arise within his heart
CHAPTER V.
Violent emotions, like the lunar tides.
must have their ebb because they have
their flow. - The feelings do not so
much advance like a river, aa oscillate
like a pendulum.- Striding homeward.
David s determination to Join Jila for
tunes to those of the two adventurers
All Rlfhtt Knarred
began to wane. He trembled at an
unknown future and hesitated before
untried paths.
Already the strange experience
through which he had passed began to
seem to him like a half-forgotten
dream. The refluent thoughts and feel
ings of his religious life began to set
back Into every bay and estuary of
his aouL
With a sense of shame, he regretted
his hasty decision, and was saying to
himself, "I will arise and go to my
Father," for all the experiences of life
clothed themselves at once In the fa
miliar language of the Scriptures.
It la more than likely that he would
have carried out this resolution, and
that this whole experience would have
become a mere Incident In his life his
tory. If his destiny had depended up
on his personal volition. But how few
of the great events of life are brought
about by our choice alone!
Just at sunset he crossed the bridge
over the brook which formed the boun
dary line of the farm, and as he did so
heard a light footstep. Lifting his
eyes, he saw Pepeeta, who at that
very instant stepped out of the low
bushes which lined the trail she had
been following.
Her appearance was as sudden as an
apparition and her beauty dazzled him,
Her face, flushed with exercise, gleam
ed against the background of her black
hair with a sort of spiritual radiance
When she saw the Quaker, a smile of
unmistakable delight flashed upon her
features and added to her bewitching
grace. She might have been an Oread
or a Dryad wandering alone through
the great forest What blUs for youth
and beauty to meet thue at the close
of day amid the solitudes of Nature!
Had Nature forgotten hehself, to
permit these two young; and Impres
sionable beings to enjoy this pleasure
on a lonely road Just as the day was
dying and the tense energies of the
world were relaxed? There are times
when her Indifference to her own most
Inviolable laws seems anarchic. There
are moments when she appears wan
tonly to lure her children to destruc
tion. They gazed Into each other's eyes,
they knew not how long, with an In
comprehensible and delicious Joy, and
then looked down upon the ground.
Having regained their composure bN
this act they lifted their eyes and re
garded each other with frank and
friendly smiles.
"I thought thee had gone," aald Da
vid. "We stayed longer than we expect
ed," Pepeeta replied.
"Has thee been hunting wild flow
ers?" he asked, observing the bouquet
which she held In her hand.
"I picked them on the way." ' "
"Thee does love the woods?" '
"Oh, so much! I am a sort of wild
creature and should like to live in a
cave." -"I
am afraid thee would always turn
thy face homeward at dusk, as thee Is
doing now," he said with a smile.
"Oh, no! I am not afraid! I go
because I must
The path was wide enough for two.
and aide by side they moved slowly
forward.
The aomber garb In which he was
dressed, and the brilliant colors of her
apparel, afforded a contrast like that
between a pheasant and a scarlet tana
ger. Color, form, motion all were per
fect - They fitted into the scene with
out a Jar or discord, and enhanced
rather than disturbed the harmony ot
the drowsy landscape.
Aa they walked onward. thv VA (TIL-
ly felt the Influence of the repose that
was stealing upon tne tired world; the
intellectual and volitional elements ot
their natures becoming gradually qui
escent the emotions were given full
sway. They felt themselves drawn to
ward each other by soma In-aai.riKi
power, and, although they had never
oeiore Deen cunscious oi any incom
pleteness of their lives, they suddenly
discovered affinities of whose exist
ence they had never dreamed. Their
two personalities seemed to be ab
sorbed into one new mysterious and
indivisible being, and thts Identity gave
them an Incomprehensible Joy. Over
them as they walked. Nature brooded,
sphynx-llke. Their young and healthy
natures were tuned In unison with the
harmonlea ot the world like perfect In
struments from which the delicate An
gers of the great Musician evoked a
melody of which ehe never tired, re
serving her discords for a future day.
On this delicious evening she permit
ted them to be thrilled through and
through with Joy and hope and ehe ac
companied the song their hearts were
singing with her own multltudfnous
voices. "Be happy." chimed th hi..
"be happy," whispered the evening
uroaa; oa nappy,- murmured the
brook, runntna- alona- bv th.ir m.
looking up Into their faces with laugh-
wr. ina wnoie world eeemed to re
sound with the refrain. "R. k.nn..i
Be happy! for you are young. are
young! - repeeta nrst broke the al
ienee. "I had never heard nf th n.i---
about which you talked." aha said.
rnee never had? Haw ,,m
be? I thought that every one knew
them!"
1 must have lived In a Atrr., .
world from yours." - .
"And thee waa happy?"
"I thought ao until I huM
said. Since then I have been fuU of
are and trouble. I wish 1 knew what
you meant! But I have eeen that
wonderful light!"
"Thee has seen ltr-
Teau to-day I And I fnliot .. .
shall always follow It" . '
w nan doee thae laava tH mil
David asked, fearing the conversation
would lead where he did not want te
go.
. "To-morrow," she said.
"Does thee' think that the doctor
would renew his offer to take me with
him?"
"Do I think so? Oh! I am sure."
"Then I wlU go."
"You will go? Oh, I am so happy t
The doctor was very angcy; he has not
been himself since. You don't know
how glad he wtll be."
"But will not thee be happy, too?"
he asked.
"Happier than you could dream," see
answered with all the frankness of a
child. ... i
Having reached the edge of the
woods, where their paths separated,
they paused.
"We muBt part," said David.
"Yes; but we shall meet to-mor-row."
"Good-bye."
"Good-bye."
At the touch of their hands their
young hearts were swayed by ' tender
and tumultuous feelings. A too strong
pressure startled them, and they loos
ened their grasp. The sun sank behind
the hill. The shadows that fell upon
their faces awakened them from their
dreams. Again they said good-bye and
reluctantly parted. Once they stopped
and, turning, waved their hands; and
the next moment Pepeeta entered the
road which led her out of sight
In this Interview, the entire past of
these two lives seemed to count for
nothing. If Pepeeta had never seen
anything of the world; If she had Is
sued from a nunnery at that very mo
ment, she could not have acted with a
more utter disregard of every princi
ple of safety.
It was the same with David. The
fact that he had been reared a Qua
ker; that he had been dedicated to
God from his youth; that he had strug
gled all his days to be prepared for
such a moment as this, did not affect
him to the least degree.
The seasoning of the bow does not
Invariably prevent It from snapping.
The drill on the parade ground does
not always Insure courage for the bat
tle. Nothing Is more terrible than this
futility of the past
Such scenes as this discredit the
value of experience, and attach a ter
rible reality to the conclusion of Cole
ridge, that "It Is like the stern-light
of a vessel Illuminating only the path
over which we have traveled."
It was to this moment that their
consciences traced their sorrows; It
was to that act of their souls which
permitted them to enjoy that momen
tary rapture that they attached their
guilt; It was at that moment and In
that silent place that they planted the
seeds of the trees upon which they
were subsequently crucified.
(To br continued.)
HUNTING IN CHINA.
Variety ot Game Found Among; tha
Royal Tombs.
Four hours by train southwest of
Peking lie the Hsi Ling or Western
Tombs, the mausolea of the reigning
dynasty. The tombs He in a large
parklike lnclosure containing some
sixty square miles of broken, hilly
country in which the Chinese are not
allowed to settle and which may not
be plowed up. In consequence of this
It's a refuge for all kinds of game
and about the only sure find for pheas
ants within easy reach of Peking.
A kind of chamois ' (the .Indian
goral) and spotted deer are found, on
the higher hills and are preyed on by -the
panther and the wolf. As soon as
the frost sets In for the winter the
Chinese begin shooting the pheasants,
and although they seem to do their
beat to exterminate them, a good many
apparently escape and provide the
stock for. the following year.
The birds are shot over dogs, some
of ; which have really, good noses,
though in appearance they differ In
no way from the scavengers of the
village streets. ' If - possible a tamo
hawk Is also taken out to mark down
birds that are missed or not fired at
The man with the hawk takes his stand
on a commanding hill and the hunter
with his dog proceeds to draw round
him. If the dog puts up a pheasant
which Is missed by the Chinaman, or
a brace, only one of which can be fired
at, the hawk Is at once loosed and
pheasant and hawk disappear together.
The hunter reloads and follows and
finds the hawk by means of a small
bell attached to Its back probably sit
ting on a rock or tree stump.
He then sends his dog In to put np
the pheasant, which Is Invariably hid
ing In a thick bit of cover within a
few yards of the hawk. As long as
the hawk is sitting there the poor bird
will neither run nor fly, and thus falls
an easy victim to the hunter. In this
way a couple of Chinamen with a gun,
a dog, and a hawk make comparative
ly large bags In places where the for
eigner vainly attempting to walk up
his game with a straggling line of
useless Chinese beaters will probably
only get a few shots In a day, and
certalnly'never find a pheasant again
which be has once missed.
On the stonier hills, where there Is
less cover, chlkor are found In con
siderable quantities and give very fair
sport, except for their indefatigable
powers of running uphill; but tho
Chinese keep them still by using a
hawk. Along the streams, fighting
hard to keep open In spite of the se
vere frost, a few duck and snipe may
be picked up, the latter heavier and
plumper birds than regular spring and
autumn visitors.
Re Waa SatUSed.
"People praise my work." M rm.
artist, boaatlngly."- a-
"And they laugh at mine." nni..t
the sad-faced party; "but I doat
mind."
"What Is your liner nnarlad rt.
artist
"I'm a professional hnmorlat"
plied the other. Chicago Daily News.
" All that . are lovers of virtu k.
Q,ulet and go angling. Ixaak Walton,