OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
SEARCH FOR PLATINUM.
Government Experts Investigate Pros
pects in Coos County.
Marshfield That platinum exists in
Coos county seoms to be the opinion
of experts and that the development
of the mineral is being looked into by
men of money there is no doubt. Dr.
D. T. Day, who has cbargo of the min
eral division of the geological survey
in Washington, D. C, has Deen mak
ing investigations. He was sent out
for tho purpose of investigating the
possibilities of platinum mining devel
opments along the coast. He is quoted
as saying that he has found some plat
inum in the ore examined so far, and
has stated that he will give instruc
tions to miners as to how to save the
platinum which lie believes is now lost
in large quantities in the process of
mining for gold. A. L. Macdonald of
Sclionoctady, N. Y., where mining ma
chinery is manufactured, is accompany
ing Dr. Day. They have gone down the
coast to make further investigations.
The results of the work will be of vast
importance to the mining interests of
Coos and Curry counties.
CO EDS TO HAVE HOME.
Society Women of Eugene to Assist in
Building Bungalow.
University of Oregon, Eugene. To
build a handsome bungalow to serve as
tho gonoral headquarters and center of
co-ed student life at tho univorsity of
Oregon is the unique plan of a number
of prominent Kugono society women,
including tho wives of several univer
sity professors.
Tlio bungalow is to cost about $2000,
and will bo constructed along craftsman
lines. It will have one large room for
meetings and social afTairs, with a
small kitchen, bath and rest room. The
building will be constructed on a lot
just outsido the college campus, owned
by tho Univorsity Voung Women's
Christian association, which will be in
chargo of tho bungalow after it ii com
pleted. President Campbell is much pleased
with the interest tho women are taking
in tho bungalow.
Big Orchard Near Dee.
Dee Cortland people are preparing
to plant !!(M) acres to apples south of
Dec. The building of tho Mount Hood
railway from Hood Kiver to Doe and
tho establishing of tho Oregon Lumber
company's plant hero has in three years
settled tho valley along Hood river.
Many fi no tipple orchards havo been sot
out. Logged-oir lands have beeu cleared
and wheru three years ago stood tho
giant firs now are seen buildings and
orchards.
Largest Hatchery in World.
Salem Tho largest salmon hatchery
in tho world, to be owned and oporated
by tho Htato of Oregon, will bo formally
opened nt Bonnevillo, Monday, Novom
ber Ifi. Tho new central hatchery cost
more than $12,000, and has nil egg ca
pacity of 00,000,000 and nursery ponds
sufliciont to food 5,000,000 young fry.
The hatchery is now noarly completed,
und is being opornted under tho direc
tion of Superintendent J. W. Borrian.
Autos Take Place of Stage.
Prinovillo J. II. Wenandy of Bend,
who has for the past two years ope
rated the stage lino in conjunction with
the D. I. & P. company between Bend,
Redmond and othor points to Shaniko
by wny of Madras, has disposed of his
entire stage and livery business ex
copting some holdings in Bond, and has
put nve up-to-uate automobiles into the
stage sorvice covering all points in the
lutonor.
10,000 Bushels of Potatoos.
Oregon City J. II. Brown, "of New
Era, comes very noar being tho "potato
king" of Oregon. He raised 10.000
bushels this yoar, beside S400 bushels of
wheat and 2:50 bushels of clover seod.
Mr. Brown ships nearly all of his prod
ucts to California, whore the excellent
results of his scientific farming are well
known.
Linn County Gets New Town.
Albany Tho Linnhaven . Orchard
company, which plans to sot out a
3000-acre orchard in tho northorn part
of Linn county, will establish a new
townsito. It will be called Linnhaven.
Tho sito of this new town has not beou
definitely choson, but it will bo near
the contor of tho colossal orchard.
Capital Stock Increased.
Klamath Fnlls At the adjourned
mooting of the Klamath Watersners' as
sociation tho capital stock of the asso
ciation was increased from $2,000,000 to
,000,000 by 0000 majority, whilo tho
proposition to increase the par valuo of
tho stock from $20 to $30 per share was
lost by 2145.
Poultry Show for Pendleton.
Fendloton At the meeting of the
Umatilla Morrow County Poultry asso
ciation, January 23, 20 and 27 were sot
as tho dntea for the big exhibition
of birds. Great interest is being man
ifested, and it ia expected that thero
will be the finest display of poultry in
the history of this seotion.
Big Turnip at Dallas.
Dallas William Showcy ia exhibit
ing a turnip which measures 34 inches
in circumference. It is solid through
out and very heavy. Tho turnip was
grown on fern land a few miloa from
town.
Dry Land Potaoea.
The Dalles A. II. Fligg hat taken
1,330 Backs of potatoes from 14 acres,
grown by the dry land farming process.
Mr. Fligg Is exhibiting numerous spec
imens weighing three pounds eaoh.
Hopyard Sella for Good Price.
Dallas R.- E. Williams and I. N.
Yoakum have purchased of Thomas
Holman 100 acres of hopyard, located
near Kola, for 20,000 cash.
FARMERS ARE COMING.
Kanaana Take Contracts to Buy Large
Acreage Near Grants Pass.
Grants Pass Development of the
country by the colonization method baa
been started in Rogue river valley.
Several large projects have been ad
vanced that has caused a general move
ment in this direction, particularly the
talk of an electric line from Grants
Pass to Ashland.
Another feature that has gone far to
ward the rapid development of much
land has been the inauguration of a
large irrigation system for both high
and low land.
A project to colonize 3,000 acres
within a few miles of this city was an
nounced a few dayB ago by W. B. Sher
man, who asys be has contracts with
sufficient people to take up this land in
40 and 80-acre tracts. Nearly all the
buyers are farmers from near Kansas
City, and they and their families will
begin to arrive shortly. The advance
guard will select the improved land
this fall, in order to be prepared for the
spring crops. Following in the spring
another body will arrive, and within a
year the entire tract will be settled
with Eastern farmers.
The price to be paid by the colonists
for the unimproved land will vary from
$8 to $20 an acre.
"Fake" Label on Apples.
Hood River Tho members of the
Hood River Apple-Growers union, which
comprises 90 per cent of the orchnrdists,
are up in arms over the report from
wow York that quantities or apples
wero on the market there bearing the
wranners of tho union which wero not
up to tho high standard of quality main
tainen oy mat organization, mo wrap
iters nf the uiiinn lire rnirariliul iih An
absolute guarantee of high quality in
the cast, and when those npples were
found to tin inferior in seloetinn nml
pack, many complaints poured in upon
ntoinuarut a, tvouy, who oougut tno en
tire output of the uuion this year.
Douglas Plans Good Roads,
Roseburg This year Douglas county
spent $100,000 in good roud building.
That tho work is to be continued, only
on a larger scale, is proven by tlio pur
chases recently niailo by the county
court. .Several weeks niro tho court
purchased tho rock quarry and bunkers
vacated by the' Warren Construction
company, upon tlio completion of tnc
company's paving contract in this city.
This included all crushed rock that had
been left by the company.
Now Sawmill for Wallowa.
Wallowa Plass Bios., a well known
sawmill linn of Elgin, havo shipped
their machinery to this city, where they
will consolidate with the Bear Crook
Lumber company, n new corporation re
cently formed. The l'lass mill will be
installed on the new company's hold
ings to cut the timber for a iiew mill,
which will be installed next season.
Tho company will put in a new band
saw with a capacity of about 40,000
feet per day.
Beet Weighs 30 Pounds.
Eugene Ole Casperson has brought
back to Eugene a beet grown in his
garden that beats all beets in this sec
tion. The vegetable weighs just 30
pounds.
Portland Markets.
Wheat Bluestoin, $1.0i"i; club, 9oc;
red Russinn, 92Mcj Valley, 94(i)95c;
Fife, 92(u93o: Turkey red, "lie; 4(Pfold,
95"9Ge.
Harloy Food, $2727.!0; brewing,
27.50 nor ton
Corn Wholo, $33; cracked, $34 per
ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $28.5029 per
ton.
lr... t : . i. f:ii i . r 1 1
n(ji)W por ton; Eastern Oregon, $18y
20; alfalfa, $15(ii)l(i; clover, $14; choat,
$13a14.50; grain hay, $1415.
Butter Citv cronmerv nxtrna aft;
fancy outsido creamery, 30(iT30o per
puuuu; Bioro, aayj(oiaio. (,-LSUttor lat
prices avorngo IVjo por pound undor
regular butter prices).
KK8S Fresh Oregon extras, 40Ci
42 Vic por dozen; Eastern, 3034e per
dozen.
Poultry Hons. 13V,(S)14U,e? nrinom.
13M,Crf14yjC; roostors, 9(7U0c; ducks,
i.H'i ii)jc; geese, iu jc; turkeys, live,
10((?17c; drossod, 2021c; squabs, $1.75
2 por dozen.
Pork Fancy, 9(fi9MiO per pound. -Veal
Extras, OVitflOc per pound.
Fruits Apples, $12.25 box; pears,
73c$1.50; grapes, 50c(u$1.15 por
crate.- lOfrMSU.e nnr IihhUI- rnuhna
1.25(?1.50 per dozon; quinces, $1(6
i.so per dox; cranberries, $s.ou(o!.ou
per barrel; persimmons, $1.50 per box.
Potatoes Orecnn. f)0r;?fil nar uncle
sweet potatoes, Ia4(?c per pound.
vogotaiues ArticnoKos, vnc per doz
en; beans, 10c per pound; cabbage, ayO
lc: cauliflower. 9(W(is1 nnr (Wen- nl.
ery, C0C?85c; corn, $l(f?1.25 per sack;
1. 1 i r s- . ...
iiurseriiuisn, uyriuc por uor.en; peas, juc
per pound; peppers, $1.50; pumpkins,
WlVJc; radishes, 15o por dozen;
sprouts, 8e per pound; squash, $l(cM.10;
tomatoes, 2500e; turnips, 75c(if$l per
sack: carrots. !; hueta. 1 $5- mtn.
bagas, $1.10; onions, $1(?1.25 per sack.
Hons 1909 eron. S3U.fft2.lA; 19I1S
crop, 20e; 1907 crop, 12c; 1908 crop, 8c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623o per
pound; Mohair, choice, 24c.
Cattlo Best steers, $4.254.50; fair
to good, $3.85(?4; medium and feodors,
$3.503.75; best cows, $3.25(i3.50; me
dium, $3; common to medium, $3.50($
2.75; bulls, 2(nN2.50; stags, $2.50(n3.50;
calves, light, $5.255.50; heavy,' $4
4.75.
Hogs Best, $7.85(J?8; medium, $7.50
7.75; stockers, $5((f8.
Sheep Best wethers, $4.25(dM.50;
fair to good, $3.754; best ewos, $3.75
(7T4; fair to good, $3.503.75: lambs,
$55.35.
REFORESTATION IS EASY.
Observations of a Practical Timber
man Clearly Set Forlh.
(By .1. 8. You'ug, ' (nmau-Poulsen Log
ging Co., Kelso, Wash.)
The Tiniberman: As the question of
conserving our present forosts and re
foresting our logged off lands is now
commanding so much attention, a few
observations from one who has given
the subject considerable thought 'may
not be out of place.
Peoplo who are dealing with statistics
and theories tell us that our forests will
be practically exhausted in fifty years,
at the present rate of cuttiug; and as
the rate of consumption will undoubt
edly increase, it would seem that our
only hope of a supply for future gener
ations is in growing more trees.
Tho question of conserving and pro
tccting our forests and raising another
crop of timber to take the placj of the
one we are now cutting and destroying
is pureiy an economic one, ana not gov
erned by academic theories. Hence, we
will conserve and protect our present
iorests, plant and raise a new crop of
trees on our logged-ofT lauds just as
soon as we find out that it pays to
do so.
The writer remembers doing a lot of
hard work, in early life, along with
many others, destroying our forests that
wo might raise grain and garden truck
to eat and hay for our stock; and why!
Bocauso these things to us had a valuo,
and trees had none. We could not eat
them and nobody wanted to buy them.
But mark the chango today. The trees
have a value; our iorests are at the
present time one of the chief sources of
wealth to the states along tho Pacific
Coast, and where the conditions for re
foresting are so favorable, thoy can be
made a source of wealth for all time to
come. But as approximately only 20
por cent of tho standing timber of the
country is in the hands of the govern
ment and about 80 per cent undor pri
vate ownership, the question of refor
estation presents some serious difficul
ties. What is the' age of our present for
ests! What are the means to be em
ployed to reiorest our loggod-off lands!
What length of time will it takef What
bonefits can be derived And then
tho great question, Will it pay!
To the first question, I would answer:
"From 100 to 400 years." The na.
tionul government is at the present time
gathering tho data to answer questions
(tvvo and three.
Tho writer has made some observa
tions regarding the growth of timber,
which load him to believe that growing
timber will pay. 1 have found trees 130
years old 5:2 inches iu diameter on the
stump, that cut over six thousand feet
of merchantable lumber. Tho annual
growth showed these trees were 24
inches on tho stump at 40 yoars and at
thut time should cut 000 feet of lumber.
From my observations, extending over
several sections of timber, 100 trees 10
to 18 inches iu diumcter can be grown
uu each ncre iu 40 yoars and those will
make 30,000 feet of merchantable lum
ber; theso same trees will cut 75,000
feet at the end of 2." years. The
question is, What will bo, the value of
this 30,000 feet of timber grown on an
aero iu 40 years or tho 75,000 foot
grown on an aero iu 125 years 1 will
hazard a guess that 30,000 feet of
standing timber will bo worth $S per
thousand iu 40 yours, and that an acre
of land planted to fir trees will earn $(i
per year tor tlio entire period, not
counting the small trees that can be
taken out and utilized for wood, posts
and poles during tho 40 years.
1 do not think there is any uso to
which wo can put our mountainous,
rocky, loggod-off lands that will yield
as much wealth, tliouirh to tho indi-
'vidual 40 yours is long timo to wait
lor a Harvest, but not long to the state
or nation.
To my miud, tho phase of tho ques
tion that presents the most serious diffi
culties is tho problem of taxation. I
have no hesitation in saying that out
present system of taxation, particularly
regarding growing timber, is all wrong.
1 do not proposo to discuss tho matter
as to whether the timber interests havo
paid too much or too little of the taxes
in tho past or nt tho present timo, but
a system that does not tax tho growing
crops of tho farnior, the gardener, or
tho fruit grower, and taxes the growing
crop of timber over and over, and at a
rate that will confiscato the entiro crop
in 30 to 35 years, whon it takes from
40 to 100 years to raise this crop, is cer
tainly open to valid objection. As a
substitute for our present svstom of
taxing timber, based on values", I would
advocate a cutting tax to bo paid when
the timber is cut; a portion of this tax
to bo set asido to bear the expense of
reforestation by the state; and a por
tion to pay the expense of protecting
our present forests from fire and depre
dation. I shall not attempt in this article to
enter into the details of such a schome.
1 am told on good authority that rais
ing trees by tho stjtfo or national gov
ernment pays in European countries. If
so, why not hero on our western coast,
where the conditions are almost ideal t
(Concluded next week.)
Cook's Photos Assailed.
New York, Nov. 15. Professor ner
schel C. Tarker, of Columbia Univer
sity, who was a member of Dr. Cook's
Mount McKinley party, in a lecture bo
foro the Patria club of New York, de
clared that after a thorough consider
ation of the evidence, ho was convinced
that Dr. Cook did not get within 10
miles of the peak. "The photographs
which Dr. Cook claims are of tho sum
mit," he said, "wero takeu from
Brown Ridge, 20 miles away. I kuow
positively that thoy are not pictures
of the main peak."
Freed, He Sues Heney.
San Francisco, Nov. 15. A. R. Mc
Kinley, one of the United Railways
detectives, who was arrested several
months ago on a charge of stealing
documents from the office of District
Attorney Langdon, ontered suit todav
against Rudolph Spreckels, William j.
Hums, Francis J. Hencv, Harry Wil
bur and "John Doe" Burns for $50,000
damages for conspiracy and false im
prisonment. The chargo against Mc
Kinley was dismissed last week.
fbe ffcdemptiot?
! fl&vid fo.rsofi
By CHARLES FREDERIC G OSS
Copyright, 1900. by The Bowen-MerriU Company.
CHAPTER VI.
Early the next morning the two ad
venturers took their departure. The
Jovial quack lavished his good-byes
upon the landlord and the "rift-raff"
who gathered to welcome the coming
or speed the parting guest at the door
of the country tavern. He drove a
pair of beautiful, spirited horses, and
had the satisfaction of knowing that
he excited the envy of every beholder,
is he took the ribbons In his hand,
swung out his long whip and started.
If her husband's heart was swell
ing with pride, Pepeeta s was bursting
with anxiety. An Instinct which she
did not understand had prevented her
from telling the doctor of her Inter
view with the Quaker. Long before
the farmhouse came In sight she be
gan to scan the landscape for the fig
ure which had been so vividly Im
pressed upon her mind.
The swift horses, well fed and well
groomed, whirled the light wagon
along the road at a rapid pace and as
they passed the humble home of the
Quaker, Pepeeta saw a little child
Irlvtng the cows down the long lane,
and a woman moving quietly among
the flowers In the garden; but David
himself was not to be seen.
A tear fell from her eye, and her
Dhln quivered. With the utmost effort
of her will she could not repress these
evidences of her disappointment, and
with a spasmodic motion she clutched
the arm of the driver as If It were
that of Destiny and she could hold tt
back. So sudden and so powerful was
the grasp of her young hand, that it
turned the horses out of the road and
all but upset the carriage. With a
violent Jerk of the reins, the astonish
ed driver pulled them back, and ev
clalmed with an oath:
"Vou little wild cat, If you ever d-d-Jo
that again, I will throw you into
the d-d-dltchl"
"Excubo me!" she answered humbly,
cowering under his angry glances.
"What Is the matter?" he asked,
more kindly, seeing the tears In her
yes.
"I do not know. I am nervous, I
luess," she answered,, sadly.
"Nervous? P-p-peeta Aesculapius
nerrous? I thought her nerves were
made of steel? What Is the m-m-mat-ter
.'" he asked, looking at her anx
iously.. Hts gentleness calmed her, and she
answered: "I am sorry to leave a place
where I have been so happy! Oh!
why cannot we settle down somewhere
an-1 stay? I get so tired of being al
ways on the wing. Kv-en the birds
have nests to rest in for a little while.
Are we never going to have a home?"
"Nonsense, child! What do we want
with a h-h-home? It Is better to be
always on the go. I want my liberty,
ft suits me best to fly through the
heavens like a hawk or swim the deep
ea like a shark. A home would be a
p-p-prlson. I should tramp back and
forth In It like a polar bear In a c-o-cage.
B-b-be gay! Be happy! How
can you be sad on a morning like this?
Look at the pla,y of the muscles under
the smooth skins of the horses? Re
member the b-b-brlght shining dollars
tht.t we coaxed out of the tightly b-b-buttoned
breeches pockets of the gray
backed Q-Q-Quakers. .What more do
yon ask of life? What else can it g-g-llve?"
"It docs not make me happy! I shall
never be happy until I have a home,"
he said, still sobbing, and trying to
conceal the cause of her grief from
herself as well as from her husband.
She had divined the cause of her
disappointment with an unerring in
tlnct. It was exactly as she thought.
At the lust Instant, David's heart had
failed him.
On the preceding evening, he had
hurried through his "chores," excused
btmaelf from giving an account of tlve
sdventurea of the day on the ground
of fatigue, and retired to his room to
cherish in his heart the memories of
that beautiful face and the prospects
of the future. He could not sleep. For
hours he tossed on his bed or sat In
the window looking out Into the night,
and when at last he fell Into an uneasy
lumber his dreams were haunted by
two faces which struggled ceaselessly
to crowd each other from his mind.
One was the young and passionate
countenance of the gypsy, and the oth
r waa that of his beautiful mother
with her pale, carven Teatures, her
now-white hair, her pensive and un
tarthly expression. They both looked
at him, and then gazed at each other.
Now one set below the horizon like a
wan, white moon, and the other rose
above It like the glowing star of love.
Now the moon passed over the elowinir
itar In a long eclipse and then disap
pearing behind a cloud left the bril
liant star to shine alone.
When he awoke the gray .dawn re
vealed In vague outline the realities of
the world, and warned him that he had
but a few moments to execute his
plana. He sprang from his couch
itrong In his purpose to depart, for
the fever of adventure was still burn
ing In hts veins, and the rapturous
looks with which Pepeeta had received
his promise to be her companion still
made his pulses bound. He hurriedly
put a few things Into a bundle and
tola out of the house.
As he moved quietly but awlftly
sway from the familiar scenes, his
heart which had been beating so high
from hope and excitement began to
sink In his bosom. He had never
dreamed of the force of his attach
ment to this dear place, and he turned
his face toward the old gray house
again and again. Every step away from
It seemed more difficult than the last,
and his feet became lieavy as lead. But
he pressed on. ashamej to arknowl
wte hts Inability to execute his purpose-
, He can: to the last fenoa which
All Rights Rescrrcd
lay between him and the bridge where
ne
had agreed to await the adventur
era. and then paused.
He was early. There was still time
to reflect Had the carriage arrived
at that moment he would have gone;
but It tarried, and the tide of love and
regret bore back to the old famil
iar life. "I cannot go. I cannot give
it up." he murmured to himself.
Torn by conflicting emotions. Inclin
ing to first one course and then anoth
er, he finally turned his face away
from the bridge and fled, impelled by
weakness rather than desire. He did
not once look back, but ran at the top
of his speed straight to the old barn
and hid himself rom sight There,
breathless and miserable, he watched.
He had not long to wait. The dazzling
"turn-out" dashed into view. On the
high seat he beheld Pepeeta, saw the
eager glance she cast at the farm
house, followed her until they arrived
at the bridge, beheld her disappoint
ment, raved at his own weakness,
rushed to the door, halted, returned,
rushed back again, returned, threw
himself upon the sweet smelling hay,
cursed his weakness and indecision
and finally surrendered himself to mis
ery. From the utter wretchedness of that
bitter hour, he was roused by the ring
ing of the breakfast bell. Springing
to his feet, he hastened to the spring,
bathed has faoe. assumed a cheerful
look and entered the house.
For the first time In his life he at
tempted the practice of deception, and
experienced the bitterness of carrying
a guilty secret In his bosom. How he
worried through the morning meal and
the prayer at the family altar, he never
knew, and he escaped with Inexpressi
ble relief to the stable and the field to
take up the duties of his dallv life. He
found it plodding work, for the old In
spirations to endeavor had utterly van
ished. He who had hitherto found toll
a beatitude now moved behind the
Plow like a common drudge.
Tired of the pain which he endured?
ne tried again and again to forget the
whole experience and to persuade him
self that he was glad the adventure
had ended; but he knew in his heart
of hearts that he had failed to follow
the gypsy, not because he did not real
ly wish to, but because he did not
wholly dare. The consciousness that
he was not only a bad man but a cow
ard, added a new element to the bit
terness of the cup he was drinking.
Each succeeding day was a repeti
tion" of the first, and became a palnrful
unrest. The very world In which he
lived seemed to have undergone a
transformation. The sunlight had lost
Its glory, the flowers had become pale
and odorless, the songs of the birds
dull and dispiriting.
Somemen pass their lives in the
midst of environments where Insincer
ity would not have been so painful
but in a home and a community where
sham and hypocrisy were almost un
known these perpetual deceptions be
came more and more intolerable with
every passing hour. Nothing could
be more certain than that In a short
time, like some foreign substance In a
healthy body, his nature would foroe
him out of this uncongenial environ
ment. With some natures the experi
ence would have been a slow and pro
tracted one, but with him the termina
tion could not be long delayed.
It came In a tragedy at the close of
the next Sabbath. The day had been
dreary, painful and exasperating be
yond all endurance, and he felt that he
could never stand the strain of anoth
er. And so, having detained his moth
er in the sitting room after the rest of
the family had retired, he paced the
floor for a few moments, and after
several unsuccessful attempts to Intro
duce the subject gently, said bluntly
"Mother, I am chafing myself to
death against the limitations of this
narrow life."
"My son," she said, calmly, "this has
not come to me as a surprise."
He moved uneasily and looked as If
he would ask her "Why?"
"Because." she said, as If he had
really spoken, "a mother possesses tha
power of divination, and can discern
the sorrows of her children, by a suf
fering In her own bosom."
The consciousness that he had
caused her pain rendered him Incapa
ble of speech, and for a moment they
aat In silence. .
"What Is thy wish and purpose, mv
eon?" she asked at 'last, with an effort
which seemed to exhaust her strength
"I wish to see the world." he an
swered, his eye kindling as he spoke.
"I have seen it in my dreams. I have
heard Its distant voices calling to me
My spirit chafes to answer their sum
mons. I strain at my anchor like a
great ship caught by the tide."
"Shall I tell thee what this world of
which thee has dreamed such dreams
Is really like, my eon? I will," she
said, regarding him with a look which
seemed to devour him. with yearning
love. "This world whose voices thee
hears calling la a Action of thine own
brain. That which thee thinks thee
beholds of glory and beauty thee hast
conjured up from the depths of a
youthful and disordered fancy, and
projected Into an unreal realm. That
world which thee has thus beheld In
thy dreams will burst like a pln-prlck-ed
bubble when thee tries to enter It
It Is not the real world, my son. How
shall I tell thee what that real world
Is? It is a snare, a pit-fall, it is a
flume Into which young moths are ever
plunging. It promises, only to de
ceive; It beckons, only to betray; its
smiles are ambushes; It la sunlight on
the surface,. but Ice at the heart; H
offers life, but It confers death. I bid
thee fear It, shun it, hate it!"
"Mother," he exclaimed, "what dees
thee know of this world, thee wh has
passed thy life In lonely places and
amongst a quiet people?"
She rose and paced the floor as If 'to
permit some of her excitement to es
cape in physical activity, and pausing
before him, said: "My only and well
beloved son, thee does not know thy
mother. A veil has been drawn over
that portion of her life, which preceded
thy birth, and Its secrets are hidden in
her own heart She has prayed God
that she might never have to bring
them Into the light; but he haa Im
posed upon her the necessity of open
ing the grave In which they are buried.
In order that, seeing them, thee may
abandon thy desires to taste those
pleasures which once lured thy mother
along the flower-strewn pathway to
her sin and sorrow."
Her solemnity and her suffering pro
duced In the bosom of her son a name
less fear. He could not speak. He
could only look and listen.
"Thee sees before thee," she contin
ued, "the faded form and features of
a woman once young and beautiful.
Can thee believe it?"
He did' not answer, for she had
seemed to him as mothers always do
to children, to have been always what
he had found her upon awakening to
consciousness. . He could not remem
ber when her hair was not gray. Some
thing In her manner revealed to the
startled soul of the young Quaker that
he was about to come upon a discov
ery that would shake the very foun
dation of his life; for a moment ha
could not speak.
"David," she said, In a voice that
sounded like an echo of a long-dead
past, "the fear that the sins of thy
parents should be' visited upon thee
has tormented every hour of my life.
I have watched thee and prayed for
thee as no one but a mother who haa
drunk the bitter cup to Its dregs could
ever do. I have trembled at every
childish sin. In every little fault 1
have beheld a miniature of the vices
of thy . mother and thy father thy
father! Oh! David, my son my son!"
The white Hps parted, but no sound
Issued from them. She raised her
white hand and clutched at her throat
as If choking. Then she trembled,
gasped, reeled, and fell forward into
his arms.
In a moment more, the agitated
heart had ceased to beat, and the se
cret of her life was hidden In Its mys
terious silence. The sudden, lnexpllca- .
ble and calamitous nature of this event
came near unsettling the mental bal
ance of the sensitive and highly or
ganized youth. Coming as It did upon
the very heels of the experiences which
had so thoroughly shaken his faith In
the old life, he felt himself to be the
target for every arrow in the quiver
of misfortune.
(To be continued.) ' , .
Not 1o Be Trapped.
"Concede nothing," waa the advice
of a well-known politician concerning,
a certain famous disputed election. .
His policy was followed to the letter by
the man of whom the Chicago Trib
une tells. On the relief train that
had been rushed to the scene of the
railway wreck was a newspaper re
porter. .... ,
The first victim he saw was a man
whose eyes were blackened and whose
left arm was in a sling. With his hair
full of dirt, one end of his shirt collar
flying loose and his coat ripped up
the back, the victim was sitting: em.
the grass and serenely contemplating
the landscape.
"How many people are hurt?" asked
the reporter, hurrying up to him.
"I haven't heard of anybody being
hurt, young man," said the other.
"How did this wreck happen T"
"I haven't heard of any wreck." . ;
"You haven't? Who are you, any
how?" . --
"I don't know that It's any of your
business, but I'm the claim agent of
the road."
A Man of Ilia Word.
Tom Lend me $10. I'll pay you
next week. .... ,
Dick That'a what you said last
week.
Tom Well, you don't want mo go
ing around and telling you one thing
one week and another thing the next,
do you? :
A Talking Machine.
Brother How did you Ilk my
friend, Mr. Smith.
Sister Why, he yawned three times
while I was talking to him.
Brother Perhaps he wasn't yawn
ing. He may have been trying to say
something.
I'P to Him.
Stern Parent So you would bo will
ing to die for my daughter, would you?
Ardent Suitor I would, Indeed! r '
Stern Parent All right, then. Get
your life Insured for $20,000 and make
good.
A Parting Shot.
Doctor Your case is a very serious
one, sir, and I think a consultation
had better be held.
Patient Very well, doctor; have) a
many accomplices as you like.
.-.
In Kaahloo.
Crawford So your wlfa doesn't
make mince pies any more?
Crabahaw No. She uses all the
odda and ends around the hous. as
trimmings for her hat. Puck.
Generous Johnny.
Mlnlater-Johnny, do you kno
where little boya go that go Ashing- on
Sunday? . n . ' ,
Johnny Sure. Follow me jx' Til
show you.
A Foregone) Conclusion.
"Everybody thinks that Amelia la
uch a aweet flrl, and I can't see It"
"Vou can't? Why, man, her father
made a big fortune In tho sugar busi
ness," Head? (or Trial. .'
"The charge Is desertion. What'Il
be your defense?"
"Temporary Insanity, or I narar
onld have married her,"
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