OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
OECHAEDS BEING FAME.
National Apple Show Gives Supremacy
to Rogue Elver Valley.
Medford Medford and the Rogue
river valley are rejoicing over the
showing made at the National Apple
show, when the sweepstake prize was
awarded Tronson & Guthrie on a car
of Spitzenbergs.
The awarding of it hi a prize to the
Rogue river valley is a groat victory
for the fruit growers and will bring
the recognition to which the district is
entitled as the greatest fruit growing
section in the world.
The prize winning apples came from
an orchard about 20 yean old, bought
four years ago from J. H. Daley by
Tronson & Guthrie for (11,000. The
place consists of 100 acres.
Winning of the title apple king of
the world will create a demand for
Rogue river valley, fruit, and it will be
the fashion in all eastern markets,
where fruit is purchased for quality, re
gardless of price, to demand the Med
ford brand.
Medford will now forge ahead by
leaps and bounds in the fruit business.
Hundreds of acres of land will be set
to fruit, and men who have looked
askance at the future of the industry
are planning to secure some of the
profits which seem to be in store in
this valloy.
Christmas Programs In the Schools,
The Oregon library commission has
made a collection of material suitable
for Christmas programs in the schools.
This consists of recitations, dialogues
and plays, suitable for the season.
Most of them are not in books, but are
mounted on sheets or made into pamph
lets and can easily be mailed. The
commission has made an effort to col
lect the very boat material available
for school room programs, and is anx
ious that the teachers in the state make
use of it. Any school in Oregon may
obtain this material upon application
to the commission, accompanied by five
cents in postage. If more postage is
required, notification will be sent when
the pieces are mailed. - In sending in
applications it will be necessary to
state how many pupils are to take part,
age of pupils and whether plays or
dialogues are to be included. It is
suggested that teachers have their
pupils copy their Individual parts and
return the material as soon as conven
ient, so that as many schools as possi
ble may have the benefit of the Christ
mas collection. Address Oregon Library
Commission, Salem, Oregon.
Will Have Good Roads.
Forest Grove A movemont was in
augurated in this city at the instiga
tion of the county court to build perm
anent rock roads. Heretofore it has
been impossible to secure good roads
except at prohibitive prices. County
Judge Qoodin stated the Oregon Iron
ft Stool company of Portland had of
fered the county the right to quarry
rock at their quarry near Beaverton
gratis, and that the Southern Pacific
would haul it at 25 cents a ton. The
scheme of the court is to install a
cruBher at ithe quarry for permanent
use. Crushed rock can be delivered to
the Base Line road at one-half the
present cost, or at $1 a cuGio yard.
' Hood River May Be Surpasesd.
Portland The cranberry marshes
along the lower Columbia river grow
the largest and best keeping fruit, and
iu yiold per acre are not surpassed any
where in the world. This industry,
though yet in its infancy on this coast,
has already reached results that show
beyond a reasonable doubt that this is
to be the most profitable of all lines
.of fruit culture. The exhibit of cran
berries shown the past week' at J. K.
Gill's book store was a revelation to
all who saw it, and it proves convinc
ingly that we can grow unusually fine
berries and in quantities that make
their culture exceedingly profitable, .
Sella Wheat at 90 Cent.
Baker City The largest wheat deal
made in this soction of the, state has
just been consummated by tho Balfour
Guthrie company, which purchased tho
holdings of the Oregon Mill ft Grain
company, whose elevator was destroyed
by fire. The deal involved 60,000 bush
els of wheat, and the prioe was 90 cents
per bushel on board the cars at Port
land. This deal is taken to moan that
the mill people will not rebuild this
Wallowa Ships Stock.
Wallowa Extensive stock shipments
have been made from ' this county
within the past week, SI ears of eattle
and niuo cars of hogs having been
shipped to tho. Portland and Seattle
markets. A car of hogs belonging to
C. H. Alien contained OS porkers, which
averaged 253 pounds each, while four
of the best onos tipped the scales at
1,843 pounds, an average weight of
4 00 Mi pounds. Mr. Allen rocoived (8.10
per hundred for his hogs in Portland.
Barmen to Advertise Applet,
Hood River A solid train of apples
is boing loaded at the Hood River Ap
ple Growers' union warerooma la re
frigerator can and will go forward to
Now York, being a portion of the ap
ples secured of the union by Steinhart
ft Kelley. Large banners have been
printed and are tacked the full length
of the ears, announcing the fact that
the apples are from Hood River.
Roseburg Wanta Mora PI vim.
Roseburg Roseburg citizens are go
ing to petition the city council for an
other bond issue for ' more ' paving.
Forty thousand dollars is being asked
.for this time, against 35,000 spent this
year, moaning more v than twice the
amount of paving next year.
Strawberries at Medford.
Medford A. H. Miller has just
brought to Medford four crates of as
fine strawberries as have been ehowa
this season. These are probably the
lost to be gathered this year.
CAR FAMINE FELT.
Shipments From Union Are Tied Up by
Shortage.
Union Car shortage has temporarily
stopped shipping from Union.
Refrigerator and box cars cannot be
secured and several carloads of apples
are oeing neid in storage.
The flouring mill of this city will
shut down soon, as their storage ca
pacity is taxed to the limit, and several
cars will have to be shipped before
grinding can be resumed.
The planing mills shipped several
carloads of lumber in open cars, but
the rain and snow has made it impos
sible to handle dressed lumber in other
than closed cars.
Several carloads of baled hay are in
storage awaiting cars. A loss of thou
sands of dollars to the shippers of the
Grande Ronde valley is growing be
cause of the scarcity.
Another Victory for Hill Route.
Portland Dispatches were received
from Washington, D. C, announcing
mat me general land otnee has re
jected the Deschutes Railroad com
pany's maps for section 5, wherever
tney. conflict with those of the Central
Oregon railroad, -According to C. H.
Carey, attorney for the Oregon Trunk
and the. Central Oregon, the action of
tne land otlice is on an appeal from
a former decision of the land depart
ment to the same effect. The section
of the route referred to is in the upper
part of the Deschutes country and is
believed to lie between the mouth of
White river and Trout creek.
Appropriations Not for Salaries.
Sulem In an opinion rendered re
cently, Attorney General Crawford has
hold that the appropriations niado for
the several experiment stations in dif
ferent parts of the state by the legis
lature last winter urn tint nvn'.lnl.ln fnr
the salaries of professors of the Oregon
Agricultural college even while engaged
in supervising tne work at the stations.
The inonev can be lined nnlv in nrnmni.
ing the work of the station. The
uiiiuiuu was asKeu oy tne collogo.
Farm Brings Top Price.
Lake view J. D. Horyford has bought
100 acres nf lanil frnm n n i.'u,
for $20,000. Mr. Heryford i's a stock-'
man, one of the earliest settlers here,
who never nwnknnml in ti, an.:..i
tural and horticultural resources of the
country until a recent date. The Flem
ing farm is said to bo one of the best
funns in this section. It .has an indi
vidual water right. On the place there
are about 600 full bearing fruit treos.
Utah Invites Oregon Educators.
Ore L7H Tl A irriitiilf nvol r,.l 1 n i
n "l?- ....... wuiiugn, vui vill
i's The home economics department of
the Utah Agricultural college has in-
viicu m manners or. nome economics in
the intermoiintnin
gion to meet in Logan, Utah, February
"u " " oiuuy me state problem of
work in the hiah etinnla noon n-
........ fl II VJIGUI,
department of domestic science and art
n A r i i . .. , .
w. n. lias ueeu lnviioa tp open tho
discussion.
Elgin Ships Apples.
Elgin. The first full carload of apples
to be sent out of Elgin has just been
shipped to southern Idaho towns. This
is the beginning of the movement of
inese snipmonts como from tho
old orchnfds in henri
many acroa of orchard planted, but it
wi uo uuuui. mroe years Detore Elgin
as a locality will put forth claims as a
producer of the king of fruit in largo
quantities.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Whoat Bluostem, $1.00; club, 90c;
rcu nusHian, voftc: valley, $l; Turkey
red. 1.02: 40-fold. 1 02 '
BarloyFeed, $28; brewing, $28 per
Corn Whole, $33.50; cracked, $34.50
Oats No. 1 white, $3030.50
Hay Timothy, Willamotte Valley,
$15(ffil9 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18
((1)20: alfalfa. lfliWlrt Rfl- 1 Awn AIR
cheat, $14(a)15.50; grain hay, $15ia!
.Buuer uuy creamery extras, 3flc;
fancy outside creamorv. 32U,rn .1fi nr
lb.; store, 22Mi(524c. (Butter fat
prices average lJdo per pound under
regular butter prices.)
Esrirs Fresh Orecrnn rl
per uuseu; eastern, iZ(j38c per
Poultry Hens. 14rft14l. '
14(rt)14c; roosters, 910c; ducks,'
iMc: iroese. iuuS! tnrbnvi s i7ii
18c; dressed, 2023c
oric rancy, loe per pound.
Veal Extras, llo per pound.
xresn ttuhs Apples, $13 box:
peara, $11.50 per box; grapes, 75c(s
uor crate, izytiwioQ per oasket;
Spanish Malaga, $7.50 per barrel;
Quinoos. $1.25((ll.50 ner hax: nrnnhnr.
ries, $90.50 per barrel; persimmons,
fi.uu pur dox.
Potatoes Oreuon. fi07n
sweet potatoes, le per pound.
vegeiaoies Artichokes, 75c per
dozen; beans, lOo per pouad; cabbage,
lc; cauliflower, 80c$1.25 per do.;
celery, 5085e; eggplant, $1.75 per
box; horseradish, t(a lOo per dozen;
hothouse lettuce, $'l1.25 per box;
numokins. lriDlU.ii
squash, $11.10; tomatoes, 75c$l;
turnins. 7ue(Y?l
a. w - - - W J vim a v t 4 a
boots, $1.25: rutabagas, $1.10 per sack;
imuiis, ei.ca; onions, uregon, $1.23
($1.50 per sack, -
Cattle Best steen, $4.504.65; fair
to good, $4(4.25; medium and feeden,
wiiio,iiij uesi cows, o.ou((j5,(o; me
dium, $33.25: eommon to medium,
3.50(2.75; bulls, $2(f2.50; stags, $2.50
3.50; calves, light, $5.255J0j heavy,
M(??4.75.
Hogs Best, $35f8.10; medium, $7.50
7.85; stockere, $44.75.
8heep Best ' wethers, $4.254.50;
fair to good, $3.754; beat ewes, $3.75
(rf4; fair to good, $3.503.75; lambs,
$5(v5.35.
Hops 1909 erop, 1322e; 1908 crop,
nominal; 1907 erop, 12e; 1908 erop, 8c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623e lb.;
Mohair, choice, 24e pouad.
COAST EXTENSION SANCTIONED.
Construction of 1500 Miles of Roadway
Will Soon Be under Way.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 29. The .directors
of tho Chicago ft Northwestern Railway
company have decided that it will soon
become necessary to extend that road
to the Pacific coast in order that it may
continue to be a strong competitor of
the St. Paul and the Burlington roads.
With this end in view the company
in picjianug tu joBue approximately
$30,000,000 worth of new stock, which
is in the ' ratio of one to four of out
standing stock.
This proposition has already been
submitted to the proper authorities of
the several states which require state
authority for the issuance of the new
railroad securities. This authority has
not yet been given by any ono of the
tnreo states to which the proposition
has been submitted, which fact may ac
count for the denial which the officials
of the company make regarding the pro
posed stock issue.
It is also known, although not ad
mitted by the company's officials, .that
an approval has been given for con
struction of at least 1500 miles of road
to be completed within the next two
or three years. It is known through
western senators that the company has
completed and approved surveys of
lines to three important Pacific coast
points namely, Portland, Seattle and
San F rancisco.
In connection with the proposed is-
suo of new Stock, it is remembered that
the St. Paul's first move toward the
Pacific coast extension was the issuing
or exactly tne samo amount of new
stock.
RIVER SAFE FROM NIGHT ATTACK
Moving Target Punctured In Gloom
12 Out of 16 Times.
Fort Stevens, Or., Nov. 29. 1 he ef
ficiency of artillery practice at night
was tested thoroughly last night by the
Thirty-third company, commanded by
Captain Willis, of the CoaBt Artillery
corps. This is the lirst year that night
firing at a moving target has been tried
in the United States army, and the first
timo it has been tried at Fort Stevens.
Throe preliminary shots were fired for
the purpose of testing firing conditions.
Immediately afterward 16 record shots
were fired, 12 of which tore through
tho target. This result is thought to
oe tne best attained since niglit prac
tico has been in vogue in the United
States army.
The target fired nt was a rectangular
cauvns ngure six rcct by twelve. It
proved a dim object to fire at, with
only the uncertain gleam of a search
light following its rapid movement
through the water.
Government boats and searchlights
rrnm Dotn sides or the river guarded
against the possibility of commercial
vessels entering the field of fire dur
ing the practice Many spectators saw
the display, which demonstrated the
effectiveness of the Columbia river
defense.
W. A. CLARK IS ANTI-TRUST.
Prefers, Himself, to Work as Individual,
Says ex-Senator.
New York, Nov. 27. "Too much
coming in, and not enoueh eoine out:
Europonn consumption of copper is not
Keeping pace with American produc
tion," said ex-Senator William' A
Clark today, as he stepped from the
gangway of the inbound stoamcr Mau-
retania. "It is true, copper is selling
Mm iow, dui overproduction is respon
sible. The normal price should be 15
conts; id-cent copper is too cheap."
Informed of the recent decision
against tho Standard Oil company, Sen
ator Clark said:
"I'm not surprised. I never believed
in large corporate aggregations of cap
ital, and for myself -I have always pre
ferred to work as an individual."
i
Women May Be Smugglers.
, Boston, Nov. 9. In the arrest here
today, at the request of the federal of
ficials of New York, of Miss Mary S.
Moore and Miss Isabella Holland, of
this city, dealers in women's under
woar, the government authorities be
lieve they have materially assisted in
the investigation of illegal importations
from France. The womeu were charged
jointly with Robert Schwartz Phiiin
A. Philipson and Thomas Murphy, who
"' mreamu iwo montns ago, with
conspiracy to dofraud the government
by ovading duty. Tho women were
held in default of $8000 bail.
Japan Publishes Factory Laws,
Tokio,- Nov. 27. Witl the view of
meeting labor problems before they be
come complex, the government today
published a new bill in connection with
the factory laws. Under the statute,
which goes into immediate effect, the
employment of children under 12 yean
old is prohibited in factories. Women
of any age and boys under 16 are pro
hibited from laboring at night, and no
employe is allowed to work over 12
hours per day under any circum
stances. Oil Head Up for Perjury.
Austin. Tex.. Nn. 2Q Trnrn rii
"Pierco, of Kansas, oil magnate, will be
irieu nere Wednesday for alleged false
swearing. The case was continued last
ugui, anu relates to an affidavit filed
by Mr. Pierce when tho Rh..p:....
company entered the state in 1900, after
having been ousted for violation of the
antitrust laws. Attorneys for the
state conferred today and declared that
no continuance would be asked or grant
ed by oither side.
Mrs. Roosevelt Is Home.
New York, Nov. 26. Mm. Theodore
Roosevelt and her daughter, Miss Ethel,
raturned today from Europe on the
Koenicen Albert. Mm fe
stepdaughter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson and
Collector of the Port
met them at the pier. ' '
Hunter Flnlahes,,Chum.
Omaha. Neh. Knv 90 mn. v .
inn today. Wesley MrRrM in
according to hi . .v.
affair, accidentally shot his companion,
"8"" in me law,-and
then fired two hnt it v:. . ' i
"make a good job of it."
"he Redemption
l QdVid (Jorson
By CHARLE8 FREDERIC GOSS
Ooprrifbt, 1400, by The Boma-MwrUl Company.
CHAPTER VIIL
A little before dusk the three com
panlons started upon their evening's
business. The horses arid carriage
were waiting; at the door and they
mounted to their seats. David was
embarrassed by the novelty of the sit
uation, and Pepeeta by hie presence;
but the quack was' in his highest spir
its. He saluted the bystanders with
easy familiarity, ostentatiously flung
the hostler a coin, flourished his whip
and excited universal admiration for
his driving. During the turn which
they took around the city for an ad
vertisement, he Indoctrinated his pu
pil with the principles of his art
"People to-day are Just what theV
were centuries ago. O-g-gull 'em Just
as easy. Make 'em think the moon Is
made of g-g-gren " cheese way to
catch larks is to p-p-pull the heavens
down extract sunbeams from c-o-ou-cumbers
and all the rest! There's
one master-weakness, Davy. They all
think they are sick, or If they d-d-don't.
you can make 'em!"
"What! Make a well man think he
Is sick?" the Quaker asked In aston
ishment "Sure! That's the secret of success.
I can pick out the strongest man In
the o-e-crowd and In Ave minutes have
pains shooting through him like g-g-
greaaed lightning. They are all like
jumplng-packs to the man that knows
them. You watch me pull the string
and you-you'U see them wtg-wlg-wlg-gle."
"It seems a pity to take advantage
of such weakness In our fellow men,"
said David, whose heart began to suf
fer qualms as he contemplated this
rascality In his own connection with
It.
"Fellow men! They are no fellows
of mind. They are nuts for me to c
c-crack. They are oysters for me to
open!" responded the quack, as he
drove gaily Into the publio square and
ehecked the horses, who stood with
their proud necks arched, champing
their bits and looking around at the
crowd as if they shared their master's
contempt
Pepeeta descended from the car
riage and made her way hastily Into
the tent which had already been pltoh
d for her. The doctor lighted his
torch and set his stock of goods while
David, obeying his directions, began
to move among the people to study
their habits. Elbowing his way here
and there, he contemplated the crowd
In the light of the quack's philosophy.
and as he did so received a series of
painful mental shocks.
"The first principle In the art of
painting a picture Is to know where
to sit down;" In other words, every
thing depends upon the point of view.
Now that David began to look for evi
dences of the weaknesses and follies of
his fellow men, he saw them every
where. For the first time In his life
he observed that startling prevalence
of animal types which always com
municates such a shock to the mind of
him who has never discovered It be
fore. Every countenance , suddenly
seemed to be the face of a beast but
thinly and Imperfectly veiled. There
were foxes and tigers and wolves,
there were bulldogs and monkeys and
swine. He had always seen, or thought
he saw,- upon the foreheads of his fel
low men some evidence of that divin
ity which had been communicated to
them when God breathed into : tho
great first father the breath of life;
but now he shuddered at the sight of
those thick lips and drooping Jaws,
those dull or crafty eyes, those sul
len, sodden, gargoyle features, as men
do at beholding monstrosities. -
A few weeks ago he would have felt
a profound pity at this discovery, but
so rapid and radical had been the al
teration In his feelings that he was
now selssd by a sudden revulsion and
contempt "Are these creatures really
men?" he asked himself. He stood
there among them taller, stralghter,
keener, handsomer than them all, and
the old feelings that have made men
aristocrats and tyrants In every age
of the world, surged In his heart, and
hardened It against them.
By this time the quack had finished
his few simple preparations, and,
standing erect before his audience, be
gan the business of the evening. Hav
ing observed the habits of the game,
David now chose a favorable position
to study those of the hunter. He
watched with an almost breathless In
terest every expression upon that sin
ister face and listened with a bound
less interest to every word that fell
from those treacherous Hps.
He was not long In Justifying the
quack's honest criticism of his own
oratory. Hie voice lacked the vibrant
tones of a musical instrument and his
rhetorlo that fluency, without which
the highest efforts of eloquence can
never be attlned. By speaking very
slowly anddellberately he avoided
stammering, but thte always acted like
a dragging anchor upon the movement
of hie thought These were radical
defects, but In every other respect he
waa a consummate artist He arrest
ed the attention of his hearers with an
Inimitable skill and held It with aa Ir
resistible power.
Hie piercing eye noted every exDrea-
sloa on the faces of his hearers, and
seemed to read the Inmost secrets of
their hearts. He perceived the slbrht.
st inclination to purchase, and was as
keen to see a hand steal towards a
pocket-book aa a cat to see a mouae
steal out of Its hole.
He coaxed, he wheedled, ha buit.
ed. he abused he even threatened. He
fulfilled his promise to the letter, "to
make the well men think that they
were aica.- ana many a stalwart fron
tiersman whose body was as sound as
. AU RlffhU ReMTTcd
an ox, began to be conscious of rack
lng pains. Nor were those legitimate
arts of oratory the only ones which
this arch-knave practiced.
"I gave you two dollars, and you
only gave me change for one," cried
a thin-faced, stoop-shouldered,' help-lesa-looklng
fellow, who had Just pur
chased a bottle of the "Balm of the
Blessed Islands."
With lightning-like legerdemain the
quack had shuffled this bill to the bot
tom of his pile, and lifting up the one
that lay on top, exposed It to the view
of his audience,
"That's a He!" he said, in tils slow.
Impressive manner. "There Is always
such a man as this In every crowd.
Some one Is always trying to take ad
vantage of those who, like myself, are
living for the public good. Gentlemen,
you saw me lay the b-b-blll he gave
me down upon the top! Here It Is;
Judge for yourselves. That Is a bad
man! Beware of him!"
The bold effrontery of the quack si
lenced the timid customer, who oould
only blush and look confused. His
blushes and confusion condemned him
and the crowd hustled him away from
the wagon. They believed him guilty
and he half believed it of himself.
David, who had seen the bill and
knew the victim's Innocence but not
the doctor's fraud, pressed' forward to
defend him. The quack stopped and
silenced him with an Inimitable wink,
and then Instantly and with consum
mate art diverted his audience with a
series of droll stories which he always
reserved for emergencies like this.
They were old and thread-bare, but
this was the reason he chose them.
He had one for every circumstance
and occasion.
There was a man standing In an
outer circle of the crowd around whose
forehead was a bandage. "Come here,
my friend," said the quack. "How did
you get this wound? Don't want to
tell? Oh! well, that is natural. A
horse kicked him, no doubt; never got
In a row! No! No! Couldn't any
one hit him! Reminds me of the man
who saw a big black-and-blue spot on
his boy's, forehead. 'My son,' said he,
'I thought I told you not to fight? How
did you get this wound V 1 bit It,
father,' replied the boy.
"'Bit It!" exclaimed the old man In
astonishment, 'how could you bite
yourself upon the forehead?'
"1 climbed onto a chair says he.
"And you have been climbing on a
chair to bite your forehead, too, my
friend?" he asked with humorous grav
ity, while a loud guffaw went up from
the crowd.
"Well," he continued, soothingly,
"whether ydu did It or hot Just let
me rub a little Of this b-b-balm upon
It and by to-morrow morning It will
be well. There! That's right One
dollar Is all It costs. Tou don't want
It? What the d-d-deuce did you let
me open the bottle for? . ril leave It
to the crowd If that is fair?, There,
that Is right. Pay for it like a man.
It's worth double Its price. Thank you.
By to-morrow noon you will b-b-be
sending me a testimonial to Its value."
The novelty of the scene, the skill
of the principal actor, the rapid growth
of the piles of coin and bills, the fran
tic desire of the people to be. gulled,
all served to obscure those elements
which were calculated to appeal to the
Quaker's conscience. He felt like one
awakened from a dream. While he
waa still in the half dosed condition
of sufch an awakening, the quack gave
him a sign that this part of his lesson
was ended, and following the direction
of the thumb which he threw over his
shoulder towards Pepeeta's " tent he
eagerly took his way thither.
Before the door stood several groups
of young men and maidens, talking
under their bretath. Now and then a
couple disentangled Itself from the
crowd, and with visible trepidation en
tered. As they reappeared, their
friends gathered about them and be
sought them to disclose the secrets
they had discovered. . , . . .
Some of them giggled and simpered,
others laughed boisterously and skeD-
Klcally, while others still, looked scared
and anxious, it was evident that even
thoee who tried to make light of what
they had seen and heard were moved
by something awe-lnsplrtng. '
David listened to their silly talk, ob
served their bold demeanor and their
vulgar manners, while the Impression
of weakness, of stupidity, of the low
neaa and bestiality of humanity made
upon his mind by the aged and the
mature, was Intensified by his obser
vation of the young and callow.
From the outside of the gypsy's tent
he could make but few discoveries of
her method; and he waited Impatient
ly until the last curious couple had de
parted. When they had disappeared,
he entered.
At the opposite side of the tent and
reclining upon a low divan waa th
gypsy. Above her head a tallow can-
aie was Burning dimly. Before her
waa a rough table covered with a
shawl, upon which were scattered cups
of tea with floating grounds, ivory,
dice, cards, coins and other Implements
of the "Black Art"
Pepeeta SDrana to her tt whan
she saw who her visitor was, and ex
hibited the clearest alma of arltaHnn
David's own emotions were not leas
violent, for althoua-h the mirt mr.
roundings were poor and mean, they
served rather to enhance than to di
minish her exquisite beauty. Her
shoulders and arms were bare, and on
her errtsts . were sold bracalat f
writhing serpents in " whoee - eyes
gieamea dlannonda On her tings rs and
In her ears were other costly stones.
Her dress waa silk, and rustled when
she moved, with soft and sibilant
sounds.
"The doctor has sent me here to
study the methods by which you do
your work," said David, approaching
the table and gaslng at her with un
disguised admiration. .
"Tou should have come before. How
can you study my methods when I am
not practicing them? And any way,
you have no faith In them. Have you?
I always had until I heard your ser
mon In the little meeting house."
"And have you lost It now?"
"It has been sadly shaken."
"Tou can at least show me how you
practice the art even If you have lost
your faith In It I too have lost a
faith; but we must live. What are
these cards for?" i
"If you wish me to show you, you
may shuffle and cut them, but I would
rather tell your fortune by your hand,
for I have more faith In palmistry
than In cards."
He extended his hand; she took it
and with her right forefinger began to
trace the lines. Her gaze had that In
tensity with which a little child peers
Into the mechanism of a watch or an
astronomer Into the depths of space.
A thrill of emotion shot through the
frame of the Quaker at the touch of
those delicate and beautiful fingers.
Neither of them spoke. The delicate
finger of the gypsy moved over the
lines of the palm like that of a little
school-girl over the pages of a primer.
They did not realize how dangerous
was that proximity, nor how fatal that
touch. Through those two poles of
Nature's most powerful battery, the
magnetio and mysterious current of
love was passing.
"Let me now examine the lines," she
said. "Here Is the line of the 'heart
It passes clear across the palm. It
Is well marked at every point and Is
most pronounced upon the upper side.
But look! it Is Joined to the head be
low the finger of Saturn. It Is the
sign of a violent death!"
As she uttered this exclamation, she
pressed the hand convulsively between
her own, and looked up Into his face.
The Involuntary, and sudden action re
called him to his consciousness. "What
did you say?' he askee?.
"Have you not been listening?" she
replied, repressing both her anxiety
and her annoyance.
"No; waa It a good story or a bad
one which you were reading?"
"It was both."
"Well It la no matter, those acci
dental marks can have .no signifi
cance." "Why should not the character and
destiny of the man disclose Itself In
signs and marks upon his hands?"
As they stood confronting each oth
er, they would have presented a study
of equal ' Interest to the artist or to
the philosopher. There was both a
poem and a- picture In their attitude.
Grace and beauty revealed themselves
on every feature and In every move
ment They had arrived at one of those
dramatlo points In their life-Journey,
where all the traglo elements of ex
istence seem to converge. Agitated by'
incomprehensible and delicious emo
tions, confronting Insoluble problems,
longing, hoping, fearing, they hovered
over the ocean of life like two tiny
sparrows swept out to sea by a tem
pest. They were awakened from their rev
erels by the footsteps of the quack,
and by his raucous voice summoning
them back into the world of realities
from which they had withdrawn so
completely.
"Well, little wife," he said, "how Is
b-b-buslness?"
"Fair," she said, gathering up a dou
ble hand-full of change and passing It
over to him Indifferently.
The question fell upon the ears of
the Quaker like a thunder bolt It
was to him the first Intimation that
Pepeeta was not the daughter of the
quack. "His wife!" The heart of the
youth sank In his bosom. Here was a
new and unexpected complication.
What should he do? It was too late to
turn back now. . The die had been cat
and he must go forward.
.' ; : (To be continued.)
Foxy Illrara.
"Well, now, If that ain't surprlslngr
ejaculated Mrs. Ryetop as she shaded
her eyes with her hand. "There goes
old Hiram Skinflint, and rather than
step on a poor black ant he picked It
up, and I bet he Is going to drop It
somewhere -out of the reach of dan
ger." Her husband laughed knowingly.
"Not Hiram Skinflint, Mandy. He'll
go down to Jed Weatherby's general
store and order a pound of granulat
ed sugar. Then while Jed is looking
another way he'll drop the ant among
the grains and tell Jed as long as his
sugar has ante In It he ought to sell
It at half price. Like as not he'll try
to get Jed to throw In two or three
raisins and a yeastcake. Teou don't
know Hiram Skinflint" Chicago
News. '
Expectatloa.
' His Daughter Father; I wish you'd
stay home to-night. Mr. Slowbov win
want' to ask you for my hand.
Her Father Has he really proposed
at last?
His Daughter No; but ha will tn.
night Boston Globe.
A Farmer's Troubles.
"I dunno how to please these sun,
mer boarders."
"What's the matter. Sir
"They're clamoring for the mau.n,.
ered backet after I had fitted up the
well with sterilized drlnkina- run.
stead." Washington Herald.
Bare De It.
, "He is such a Usy man that he took
to manufacturing tans as the easiest
way of making a living. v
,i"Thej eaeleat wyr v
"Sure. Isn't It certain to rale the
wind?" Baltimore American.
, Blpt
"I suppose the hired eirl do, .n
the heavy work in your house!"
-Not at all; my wile, makes the
pies end paddings."