I HAPPENINGS FROM AROUND OREGON
RAILS TO CENTRAL OREGON
Preparations Go Forward for Con
struction of Huge Bridge.
' Madras Preliminary preparations
are going ahead for the immense steel
bridge which is to span Willow creek
at Madras. This bridge is on the Des
chutes Railway company's line and will
be the highest as well as the longest
bridge projected for Central Oregon.
Another immense steel structure will
be the Oregon Trunk bridge across the
Columbia at Celilo. This will be the
second bridge the HiU people have
built across the Columbia within. 100
miles of Portland.
A large number of new men were
added to the construction crews on
both roads during the past week. Car
loads of laborers pour into the Harri
man camps over the Columbia South
ern railroad to Grass Valley and Shan
iko. While the Harriman people are
thus mustering forces by way of their
line through Sherman county, the Hill
contractors are daily receiving re
cruits at The Dalles and Dufur. As
many as 100 laborers are reported to
have been lodged at Dufur, the termi
nus of the Great Southern spur from
The Dalles, at one time, while to
Grass Valley, on the Harriman road,
even larger numbers were gathered.
June is set as the time for the com
pletion of the Harriman road into the
Deschutes vaeelly. Twohy Bros., gen
eral contractors for that road, are au
thority for the date. It is the general
belief the Deschutes road will be the
first completed to Redmond.
State Wins Battle for Taxes.
Salem The state has won th first
battle for the collectioon of several
thousand dollars of accrued taxes dur
ing 1906, 1907 and 1908, nnder the
gross earnings act of 1906 from the
Wells-Fargo Express company. Suit
was instituted several months ago in
the circuit court for this county. The
attorney general demurred to the an
swer the of the corporatino, and the de
murrers were sustained by Circuit
Judge Burnett.
The court held that to answer to the
complaint made by the corporation to
. the effect that the gross earnings tax
was unconstutitional because it was
enacted by the initiative, was not suffi
cient, for the Supreme court of the
state M Oregon has held the Initiative
amendment valid. The point has been
carried by the Pacific States Telephone
& Telegraph company - to the United
States Supreme court for final deter
mination in the case similar to the one
now being prosecuted by Attorney Gen
eral Crawford against the Wells-Fargo
company.
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Big Steel Bridge lor Wallowa.
Enterprise The contract for build
ing toe 176 loot span steel bridge
cross the Grand Rondo river at , Troy
has been let by the county court to
the Columbia Bridge company ox Port
laati for $7,984.
The bridge will be the largest in the
county and will rest on concrete-tilled
steel piers. About 50 tons of material
and tools, including 36 tons of steel,
eight tons of cement and four tons of
tools, will have to be hauled by wagon
from this city to Troy, a distance of
47 miles. The bridge is to be ready
lor traffic by August 1, 1910, . .
$1,000 for 1910 Boost Fund.
Eugene There remains nearly $1,'
000 in Eugene's 1909 publicity fund
' It will be applied to the 1910 fund,
which has reached the sum of $13,000,
The boaid of governors haa'not yet se
lected successor to John H. Hartog,
the publicity manager who recently re
signed. The board has elected the fol
lowing officers: F. M Wilkins, presi
j nf h n-ll -. : i j t. . n
McMurphy, secretary and treasurer.
Sells Farm for $18,000.
Baker City The E. A. Chambers
farm, about 24 miles north of this
city, comprising 240 acres of land and
well improved, has been sold to Ed
ward York at $75 per acre, or $18,000
Before purchasing the Chambers place
Mr. York sold his Warren Spring farm
between Muddy creek and North Pow
der, 60 acrea, to Lorin Perkins, for
$5,100.
Rumors of New Railroad.
' PaUley What does it mean? An
nouncement la made that the Nevada-California-Oregon
railroad company
has signed a contract with the Nugent
Richardson Construction company for
the grading of the extension from Al
turai to Lakeview and that work will
begin some time in January. It is
stated further that the new line will be
broad guage.
Thousand Pairs of Birds Shipped.
Corvallis During the season juM
past the Simpson pheasant farm, of
Corvnllia, shipped out of the state to
the Idaho game preserves KKRi pairs o
China pheasants, to be used for props
gation purposes. Under the state game
laws these birds cannot be shipped be
yond the borders of Oregon except un
dor permit from the game warden.
Thirty Musicians In Joseph Orchestra
Joseph Joseph baa one of the beat
orchestral in Eastern Oregon. There
sure 80 musicians In the organisation a
number of them having played in pro
fessional organisations at other places.
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Clatskanle for Good Roads.
Clatskanle At a meeting of the cit
liens of Clatskanle and vicinity ft tax
ix and one half mills was voted. The
good roads people carried the day by a
large vote.
WATER 2.0O0 ACRES IN CROOK
Homesteaders Near Bena cooperate i
to Keciaim vaiiey tana.
Bend L. D. Wiest has secured a
water right from Fall river 25 miles
it n i i in : a. t Ann I
soum oi uena, ana wm irrigate ,uuu
nures ucAb jreor a vuuipaujr uu w
Irnnain oa f ha Poll Pivai Irr icrsstinri
company will be organized in the near
future. - I
The land to be irrigated is located I
between the mouth of Fall river I Hill lines are not available, the man
on the South and Spring river on. the aeement refusinsr to eive anv detailed
Worm, on We West eme or Me He-
i-.- - il t L. : 1 . . I
scnuies, K18 nunato ireing .iuiwi,
ward's the north and east.
The cultivation and irrigation of the
same quality of soil in the vicinity hns
proved that it will produce immense
crops of timothy hay and vegetables.
A remarkable feature of this project
is that there, will be no waste land be-1
tween the canal and the river, as there
are no high ridges and no rock what-
The lands
UUlUCObCBUVlDi BIJU dUQ VUIIJ LJBnilV TV 111 I
De organ lzea ana tne capital stock
owned entirely by them. Among these
are M. J. Main, John Usher, A. D.
Lewis, John Peters, Joe Hoffman, Bob I
Bowser and Harold Palmer.
Th main cnnnl will ha eiffht feet
wide on the bottom and six miles long.
Big School Population Increase.
La Grande One thousand four hun
dred Bixty-eight school chlidren, vary
ing in ages from 4 to 20 years, popu
late the La Grande school district ac
a; ,. fliH .-i, n,. f
school'superlntendent from this dis-
f .nf Tki. nn n J Q7 I
n.vw u.o .n ... im. '
IBBt year S scnooi population. mere
yet remains one district in the county
to be reported before Superintendent
Bragg can compile the county school I
population.
r.t... r; c:.u oa
La Grande Adolph Newlin is
t-'
paring to construct a lake on his tract
of land near town. By some excava-
tions and dyke work a pond can be con-
structed which will cover about four I
acres of ground and will be several
feet deep. The lake will be stocked
with mountain trout. The site is
ideal, it being surrounded by a heavy
growth of trees and shrubbery.
DevelOD Limestone Ouarrv.
Rn.oh Th. k; i(rno.fnn ..
j:, , n. .t
cement deposits a few miles south of
vuib ciiv are w ue ueveioueu nexv yenr.
ni..t in k. tu. - I
urn hi uianu vii ura uivu-
erty aoon, with a capacity of 100 bar-
rels per day. The big cement plant of J
tne company is being- located near
Portland and will have -a capacity of
1500 barrels per day. Most of the ma-
terial for its operation will be shipped
th. pnukn.
Telephones In Central Oregon.
Madras The Deschutes & Harney
Telephone company is the new name
nf a concern that will build a line from
Roseland to Silver Lake, extend the
Paulina line from Hardin to Burne.
h.,iM . tn lir.. D.jmn-j u.j.
ras vi. Culver and install an exchange
at Madras.
V PORTLAND MARKE TS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestem. I
$1.20; club, $1.10; red Russian, $1.08
1.09; valley, $1.08.
Barley Feed and brewing, $3031.
Corn Whole, $35 : cracked, $36 ton.
Oats No. 1 white. $32.5'J33 ton.
Hay Timothy: Willamette Valley.
21.60; alfalfa, $1616.50; clover,
$1616; cheat, $I5($16; grain hay,
$15((016.
Butter--City creamery extras, 89c;
fancy outside creamery, 8439e per
pound; store, 22 24c. Butter fat
nr cti ivrnira 1 Ui nor nnnnrt nnrlur
regular butter prices.
Poultry-Hens, 1416c; springs.
liUfiillfic: duck.. 20C! cmb. tr.
keyB, live, nominal ; dressed, 24fti25!,
Eggs Fresh Oregon extras, 42ic
per docen ; Eastern, 28(U'30c per dosen.
Pork Fancy, 10(ei0.HC per pound.
Veal Extras, ll(fill He per pound
Fresh FruiU Apples, $1(3 box;
Dears. $1S1.50 box: cranberries. $9
per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying- prices:!
Oregon, 6585 per sack ; sweet . pota-
toes, 2e per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes 75a per doi-
en; cabbage, 91.60(gj)1. 75 per hundred;
celerv. $3.50(3:4 per crate: horserad -
lata. $1.60 per box. pumpkins, liitfl
IKe; sprouts, 6(C7c per pound; squash,
lftilVic; tomatoes, 75c$l; turnips.
$1 per sack; carrots, $1 beets, $1.60;
parsnips, $1.50.
Onions Oregon, $1.301.40 sack
Hops -1909 crop, 2021c; olds.
nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 160230
pound; mohair, choice, 2&c.
Cascara bark 4c per pound,
Hides Dry hides, 18ttl9c pound;
dry kip, 17(i18e per pound; dry calf -
skin, lynmc per poum; salted hides,
lOfitllc; salted calfskin. 15(16c:
green, le less.
Cattle .Beat steers. $4.60(i4.75:
fair to good, $44 25; medium and
feeders, $3.25:6.60; cows, top, $3.60
3.85; fair to good, $3(i3 25 ; com
mon to medium, $2.5003.75; bulls,
t5.256fD.5u; heavy, 4W4..5.
Hogs -Best, $3.50(.C8.65; medium,
7.oU(ji:8.-Jo; stackers, $6.60(36.75.
m t 1 . 1
oneep oesi wemers, o.oufE6.7&:
fair to good, $4,606X5; ewes. We less:
yearlings, best, $6(i 5.25; fair to good,
$.DU6J4.7&; iambs, f 66J6.25.
COLONIST TRAVEL HEAVY.
Tear
of 1909 Was Record-Breaker.
More Expected In 1910.
Chicago, Jan. 3. The colonizing
work done by the railroads in the
west and Pacific northwest during the
spring end fall of 1909 broke all rec-
I ords in railway history. Figures pre-
)areJ by the manage'ment of the Har
riman lineg gnow that the numier 0f
colonists who were taken into the Pa-
cifie coa8t territory far exceeded the
number in any other year.
The increase over the colonist move'
ment of 1908 was fnT 70 Per ent
J uttvo oen m excess oi mis,
Figures for the movement over the
information rorardinir tha number nf
-
. makers th(,v tr.r,nTt,,d
int !!tZlslDJj JJ:
? ZV ' S:V. JL
an effort to gecure coioni8tg ag they
have made in former years. This fact
is said to be due to trouble in the
colonist department of the Northern
Pacific which led late in the year to
the resignation of C. W. Mott, general
immigration agent. On the. Great
Q0rtiIW6Bt
Tt js understood that in 1910 the
management of both the Great North-
ern and the Northern Pacific, aided by
the management of the Burlington, are
to make a special ettort toward , popu
Mating the vacant, lands along their
Iinef in the fertile Btat8 of the nortn-
west.
In each year the railroads have two
short periods which they call . colonist
periods. The spring colonist period is
from March 1 to April 30, while the
fall period is jrom September- 13 to
October IS. In the fall period of 1909,
the Harriman lines sold a total or 11,-
t,,C
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Utah, Colorado and Wyoming points.
Tn the correBDondinir neriod of 190.
the same lines sold a total of 6,227.
The increase for 1909 was 6,314 tickets.
This is an increase for the fall period
of 85 per cent, in the fail or laua col
omul ticKeis were boiu Deiween oep
iiomoer l ana vciODer oi, auring which
. i t a v i 1 n. a ; 1 ' 1
pre-Iirqir ti-,vBtn Aoi-nrriimriv in -int
I . r ,hn If nwimnn linn anlH n Into 1 r
half the time in the fall of 1909 the
Hurriman lines sold within 4,275 tick
ets of the number sold during the 60-
day period of i)m,
DYNAMITERS IN TOILS,
striking Kailroad Machinists Attempt
violence, is Belief,
Baltimore, Jan. 3. Following an at-
tempt last evening to blow up the Gay
street bridge of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, three men were, arrested on a
cu of coriBpiracy with inient to,dy-
mito tha v,,i .r.A ia th Ttrm,r,t
.
ii n,r niRP.hinn r inns nf the nnmnnnv.
The bridge wan not seriouslv damaged
William K. Shipley, Hamilton W.
Lighter and William 11. Zimmerman, all
machinists, were later taken into cus
tou.v- 'elective uaptam iiumpnrey
r'i'' iu vo evjuuuce mrecuy impu
eating the men.
JJVbU jaill IIIVJl 111 It 11 OIII4 UU1 1 J t TT U W
wont nut nrith iia af ti Ir i n ft nmliStiifltB
of th Baltimore & Ohio here last Mav
in formal statements today confessed
I they had engaged in e plot to blow up
I the Mount Clair shops last nieht.
' In the shoP8 at the tlm "e oomh
w?8.to be eroded were more than
workmen, and the alleged plot
"Ir.
killed by the explosion. Detectives are
looking for three other men, whom they
say tney can connect with the plot.
Prison Cruelty Alleged.
Atlnnta, Ga., Jan.' 3. General Dodd
formerly overseer of the city prison
testifying before the investigating
committee, in addition to corroborat
ing the stories of cruelty to prisoners,
and of filthy and unsanitary conditions,
oners was unfit even for the lowest
kind of animals. Prisoners frequently
showed bread containing flies, be said,
and one man brought him a piece of
I bread containing a spider. He declared
t,le P,ace was overrun with vermin.
rean nryan, one or inree wnite women
who wa hun VP by rinK9 while at
ITJAT17T:. , " V""B,
Ta" " w o-'y
down when they saw blood running
down nor arms,
Mount Pelee Is Active.
St. Thomas, D. W. I., Jan. 3. Cable
advices received here report a violent
rthqiiake in the French island of
Martinique and the British island of
St. Vincent early today. Mount Pelee
a volcano on the island of Martinique
and La Souffriere, in St. Vincent, are
reported active. A message from Fort
Me Prance, Martinique, says an earth
1 quake shock was felt, but no-damag
was llone- coming nas been neara
from St. Vincent since early todav.
Considerable anxiety is folt,here about
Kingston, Jamaica.
Paroled Convict Is Shot
Chicago, Jan. 3. Harry Feather
stone, a paroled convict, who has a long
police record, was shot and seriously
injured here today in a chase whic
followed a robbery of a South Side sa-
liinn. r-ViAthanttiinA anil Ivn .mnii.
ions were pursued after thev had rifled
1 the till and a policeman who jo!ned in
the chase sent a bullet into Feather
stone s nacre. earen was oegun lor
I his companions. According to the po-
P'1' therstone has participated in
m"ny
Labor Fights Big Trust.
Washington, Jan. 3. Officers -of the
American Federation of Labor tonight
Issued a call oa its 1,540,000 members
to subscribe 4o a fund with which to
wage a fight on the steel trust The
innv
n rr.t.rn. h .nrnn(nn u:;
L.l both io labor and ta the eountrv
land as a violator of the laws. The
1 sura of $154,000 is to be raised at once.
"he Redemption
El f)dvid (Jorson
, By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS
Copjrliht, 1400, by The Bowen-MerriU Company.
CHAPTER XI. (Continued.)
It occurred to him that if he left the
body where it was and it should be
eventually discovered, it would afford
the gravest suspicions of foul play;
but that if he dragged it back again
to the road and laid It with Its face
in the dust, against the rock with
which the deed was done, it might
pass for an accident.
Once more that hideous smile of
cunning lit up the face which in these
few moments had undergone a myste
rious deterioration. He hastily remov
ed the heap of rubblBh, shuddered as
he saw the loathsome thing once more
exposed to view, but seized It, dragged
it back, and placed It with consum
mate art In the position which his
criminal prescience had suggested.
As It lay there in the road nothing
could have seemed more natural than
that It had fallen from the horse; he
felt another momentary relief from
terror, in which he cunningly concelv-'
ed a still more sagacious plan, on no
ticing Romeo. They were the best of
friends; It was easyjto catch him. He
did so, removed the'saddle, broke the
girth and placed it near the prostrate
figure of the quack. Nothing could
have more perfectly resembled an ac
cident An adept In crime could not
have performed this task with nner
skill, and he was free now to turn to
the rest of the work that he must do
to conceal this ghastly deed. .
Approaching the buggy, he found to
his Immense relief that Pepeeta was
still unconscious. With swift and si
lent movements he freed the mare, led
her out Into the road and drove bur
rledly away.
As he emerged from the wood tney
came to another brook, so similar to
the one by the side of which the strug
gle had occurred, that he conceived the.
Idea of stopping by Its side and awaK
enlng Pepeeta from her stupor there.
She will not notice the difference
he said to himself; "and If she did not
witness the fatal blow I can persuade
her that I overpowered the doctor and
forced him to return while she vrcu in
her swoon."
Stopping the horse, he lifted her In
animate form from the carriage, bore
it to the side of the brook, laid it gen
tly upon the bank and dashed a hand
ful of the cold water into her white
face. She gasped, opened her eyes,
and, sitting up, looked about her with
n expression of terror.
"Where am I? she asked.
"Do you not remember T Tou are
here In the wood where the doctor
overtook us," he replied,
"And where is net"
"He has returned."
"But I saw you clench with each
other, and it was awful! What hap
pened then? I must have fainted. Do
you mean that he has gone back with
out tneT How did you persuade him
to do that?"
1 persuaded him with my fists. Tou
should have seen me, Pepeeta!"
Did he acknowledge that he had
deceived me?"
"He did indeed. Tes, he has gone,
never to return. He made his confes
slon and relinquished his claim. And
so we have nothing to do but forget
him and be happy. Are you feeling
better now?"
"Tea, I am better; but I am not
well; I cannot shake it off. It seems
too dreadful to have been real. And
yet how much better it is than if one
of you had been killed 1 Oh I I wish
could atOD seeing It. Tet us got Let
us leave this gloomy wood. Let us
get out Into the sunshine. Seel It is
getting dark. We must not stay here
any longer."
"Tea let us go," he said, rising, lift
ing her gently from the ground and
leading her back to the buggy, in
Which they took their seats and drove
rapidly forward.
Pepeeta's thought were full or glad
ness; ana uavia s run ot agony mey
rushed tumultuously back and forth
through his mind like contrary winds
through a forest 1
"Was it not enough that I should be
an Adam, and fall? Must I also be
come a Cain and go forth with the
brand of a murderer on my forehead?"
He kept saying to himself.
CHAPTER XII.
The morning after the fight David
and Pepeeta hurried on to Louisville,
and from there took a steamer to New
Orleans. Pepeeta was radiant with
toy as they embarked. "How happy
ml" she cried. "It seems as if I had
left my old life and the old world be.
hind mel" .
"And I am happy to see you glad."
uiswered the wretched youth, whose
heart lay in. his bosom like lead and
whose conscience was writhing with
torture of whose like he had never
even dreamed. They embarked un'
known and unobserved; but as soon
as the first confusion had passed, their
slugular beauty and unusual appear
anoe made them the cynosure of every
eye.
"Who la that splendid fellow?" worn
sn asked each other, as David passed
with Pepeeta on his arm, while under
their breaths men declared that his
companion was the loveliest woman
who had ever set foot on a Mlsala
slpol steamer.
David was In need of excitement
The thought of hie crime was con
stan tly agitating his heart, the pros
trate form of the doctor with the
bloody wound oa his forehead was
never absent from his mind, and
through ail the ceaseless rumble
around him he could hear the dull
thud of the atone upon the hard skulL
The efforts which he made to throw off
these horrible weights that crushed
htm were like thoee of a man awaken
Ins treta a nightmare. He earealy
All RilhU Reaernd
dared to speak for fear ' of uttering
words which would betray him and
which seemed to tremble on his Hps.
Had he been on shore he would have
fled to the solitude of a forest; but
here he was reslstlessly Impelled to
that other solitude a crowd. The ne
cessity of being gay with his beautiful
bride and of concealing every trace of
his terror and remorse taxed his re
sources to their utmost limit, and tn
his nervouBness he kept Pepeeta mov
ing with htm all day long. At Its close
she was eompletely exhausted; and re
tired early to her stateroom. Freed
from her company and craving relief
from thought David made his way
straight to the gambling tables where
the nightly games were tn full swing.
In the months which they had spent
together the quack had Indoctrinated
David into all the best-known secrets
of this vice, and besides this, had fa
miliarized him with the use of a cer
tain "hold out" of his own Invention,
with which he had achieved Incredi
ble results and which was new to the
fraternity of the river. Having watch
ed the players for a long time, David
convinced himself that he could em
ploy this trick successfully, and took
his place at the table.
David felt his way along with a
coolness that astonished himself, and
his very nrst experiment with tne aen
cate apparatus concealed In his sleeve
was such a brilliant triumph that he
saw it was undetected. With a
strengthened confidence, he made the
stakes larger and larger, and his win
nlngs Increased so rapidly as to make
him the center of attention. The crowd
swarmed round the table. The specta
tors became breathless. The gamblers
were first astonished, then bewildered.
As their nerve failed them, David's as
surance increased, and when day broke
ten thousand dollars lay upon the ta
ble before him as the result of his
skillful and desperate efforts.
Their loss astonished and enraged
the gamblers to such a degree that
with a preconcerted signal they sprang
at their opponent determined to re
gain their money by violence. The
move was not unexpected, nor wa e
unprepared. He fought as he had
played, and so won the sympathies of
the bystanders than in an Instant
there was a general melee in which he
was helped to escape with tv '-1-
ntngs. .
He was the hero of the trip, and a
career had opened before him. Satel
Utes began .to circle around him and
to solicit his friendship and imtro-
When he disembarked at New Orleans
he had already entered into a part
nership with one of the most notable
member of the gambling frater-
and purchased an .interest '- tj of
those "palaces" where games of chance
attracted and destroyed their thou
sands.
The newspapers made the c-y
throngs of that gayest of all oltte- fa
miliar with the incidents of Dav''s
advent He and Pneta became the
talk of the town. Thev rented a fash
ionable house, and swung out into the
current of the mad life of the metropo
lis of the South. . ,
For a little while this --"-ment
and glory softened the pain in- the
heart of the man who believed himself
to be a murderer and encouraged him
to hope that it might eventually pass
away. He played recklessly but sue
cessfully, for he was a transient favor
lte of the fickle goddess.- When gam
bllng lost Its power to drown the voice
of conscience, there was the race, the
play and the wine cup! To eaoh of
them appealing In turn, he went whirl
ing madly around the oi- circles of
the great maelstrom In which so many
brilliant youths were swallowed In
those ante-bellum days.
For two years David and Pepeeta
lived together in New Orleans. They
were years full of Import and of trou
ble. A baby came to them, lingered a
few weeks, and then died. David pur
sued the occupation he had . chosen,
with the vicissitudes of fortune usual
ly attending the votaries of games of
chance, and the moral and spiritual
deterioration which they invariably de
velop.
Pepeeta altered strangely.. Her bloom
disappeared and an expression of sad
ness became habitual on her face. She
was surrounded by luxuries of every
kind, but they did not give her peace.
With an ambition which never flagged
she sought self -Improvement and at
tained it to a remarkable degree. En
dowed with an Inherited aptitude for
culture, she read and studied books,
observed and Imitated elegant man
ners, and rapidly absorbed the best
elements of such higher life as. she
had access to, until her natural beauty
and charm were wonderfully enhanced
Tet she was not happy, for her life
with David had brought her nothing
but surprise and disappointment:
something had come between them, she
knew not what
"Dey des growed a pant," said the
old negro "mammy,", who was with
them during those two years. "Seem
ed to des tech each other like mahblea
at a single point stade of aneltln' to.
gedder lak two drops ot watah runnln'
down a window, pane. Mars' David,
he done went he own way, drinkln'
and garablln'; he lak a madman when
he baby die. He aeem skeered when
he see- Miss Pepeeta. She look at him
wld her big black eyes full of wonder
and s'prlae, stretch out her U'l han's.
and when he run away- or struck her,
she dee go out to the U'l baby's grave,
creeping along lak a shadder through
the gyahden, sort lak and still. Dar
she des set down all alone and sigh
lak de breese In he old pine 'tree.
Some days she gone away all alone
and de brack folks say she wanner all
aroun' In de woods. . When Sunday
nine, she des slip into de churches lak
a U'l mouse and nibble up de gospel
crumbs and den run away before de
priests c'otch her. Dark days dose, in
de old Ballantrae mansion! And den
come de night when dey pahted. Tou
done heah about dat?"
The old colored mammy was right
"They Just grew apart," as it was in
evitable that they should. Perfect self
manifestation Is the true principle and
law of love, and when a guilty secret
comes between two lovers, suspicion
and fear inevitably result They be
come Incomprehensible to each other.
It was a frightful discipline; but she
was sanctified by It Day by day she
became more patient gentle and re
signed, and tn proportion as she grew
In these graces, her lover's awe and
fear Increased, and so they drifted far
ther and farther apart. Such rela
tionships cannot continue forever, and
they generally terminate in tragedy.
After the first few months' excite
ment of his new life, David's conscleno
began to torment him anew. He be
came melancholy, then moqdy, and
finally fell into the habit of sitting for
hours among the crowds which
swarmed the gambling rooms, brood
ing over his secret From stage to
stage In the evolution of his remorse
he passed until he at last reached that
of superstition, which attacks the soul
of the gambler as rust does Iron. And
so the wretched victim of many vices
sat one evening at the close of the
second year with his hat drawn down
over his eyes, reflecting upon his rest
What's the matter, Davy?" asked a
player who had lost his stake, and was
whistling good-humoredly as he left
the room. .
"Leave me alone," David growled,
and reached for a glass mug contain
ing a strong decoction to which he
was resorting more and more as his
troubles grew Intolerable. A strange
thing happened! As he put It to his
Hps its bottom dropped upon the ta
ble and the contents streamed Into his
lap and down to the floor. It was the
straw chat broke the camel's back, for
It had aroused a superstitious terror.
With a smothered cry he sprang to
his feet and gazed around upon hie
companions. They, too, had observed
the untoward accident and to them as -well
as to him It was a symbol of dis
aster. Not one of them doubted that
the bottom would fall out of his for
tunes as out of his glass, for by such
signs as these the gambler reads his '
destiny.
He pulled himself together and made
a jest of the accident, but it was Im
possible for him to dissipate the im
pression It had made on the minds of
his companions, or to banish the gloom
from his own soul. And so after a few
brave but futile efforts to break the
spefl of apprehension,, he slipped quiet
ly away, opened the door and passed
out into the night
(To be continued.)
PKEY OF THE TIQEB.
Hm Preference for Human Flesh
After Once Taatlngr It.
In the Intervals of rest and recrea
tion, which Mr. Rees doubtless allowa
himself he may do worse than give
his most attentive consideration to
certain facts mentioned by a writer
in the Indian Forester bearing upon
the evolution of the forest tlger'a
taste, first for cattle and then for hu
man meat, the India Daily News says.
When tired of the monotony of the 1
menu provided by deer or wild pig
the forest tiger develops a taste for
domestic cattle, and then its modus
operandi l a very interesting study.
The menue Is changed from deep .for
est to cattle-breeding area, where tha
tiger leisurely carries on its depreda
tions until shot an operation which.
however it might shock Mr. Rees, la
one of the most beneficent acts of tha
sportsman.
As the writer in the aforesaid
periodical says, the transition from
cattle slaying to man slaying la not
a great step. Where cattle abound hu
man beings are, and once the tiger
has tasted the human meat it develops
an extraordinary passion for it. And
so It must Have its dally feed. It
goes anywhere in search of food.
Many years ago a tiger swam tha
Rangoon river, nearly a mile In width.
and lended in the heart of the local
ity, crept under the raised Boor of a
Burman hut and was promptly
slaughtered. '
About six years ago a large tiger
was observed on the platform of tha
Shwe-Dogan pagoda at Rangoon and
was shot by a party of soldiers told
off for the purpose. The superstitious
Burmese attributed the outbreak ot
plague in Rangoon to the shooting of
this tiger, which they declared waa
some particular manifestation of tha
Buddha. It is a curious fact, how
ever, that the plague outbreak oc
curred shortly afterward, and tha.
cuy nas not since Deen. rree OI Ina
scourge.
A Compromise.
"You'll have to send for anothet
doctor," said the one who had been
called after a glance at the patient .
"Am I bo 1U as that?" gasped tha
sufferer. '
"I don't know just how ill you are,"
replied the man of medicine, "but I
know you're the lawyer who cross-examined
me when I apepared as an ex
pert witness. My conscience won't let
me kill you, and I'll be hanged It I
want to cure you. Good day." Phil a
delphia Inquirer.
Before After. 1
She waa a frivolous, fashionable,
young woman with beaux galore, but
one man with only a small -. income
seemed to be the favorite. '
"Youll have to work hard befora
you win that girl," aald his mother.
"And a good deal harder after yon
win her," answered his father. whs
knew what ha waa talking about
Tlt-Blta.
Kindness in ourselves la tha honey
mat munis tne sting of unkind
in another. Peabody,