HAPPENINGS FROM
PENDLETON PLANS BIRD SHOW. I
Eastern Oregon Poultrymen Will Make
Splendid Exhibition. .
Pendleton The first annual exhibit
of the Umatilla-Morrow County Poul
try association will be held in this city
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
January 25, 26 and 27. The show will
be held in the large store room in the
Smith-Crawford building formerly oc
cupied by Cook & Perry, and the com
mittee in charge has already started to
get the room in shape for the show.
The association has secured the ser
vices of Elmer Dixon, of Oregon City,
who will be present all during the
show and will personally pass on each
entry. Mr. Dixon is a member of the
American Poultry association and is
licensed by that organization to judge
all varieties of poultry, and is recog
nized authority in this line of work in
the Northwest, being a breeder of
poultry himself, and bis knowledge has
been gained by actual experience.
in order that each' exhibitor may
have a full knowledge of what his ex
hibit is worth and in order to stimulate
the breeding of only first class varie
ties of birds in the two counties, the
cure card system will be used through
out the show and each bird will pass a
most rigid examination, and the result
of each examination will be contained
on the score card hung in front of the
pen containing the bird.
In additonn to the other features of
the poultry show, the committee has
in view the holding of a cat and dog
how during part of the time, and ap
propriate prizes will be offered in this
line to cause a large exhibit of this
class of animals to be shown.
Lowland Grain Frozen.
Salem "It is difficult to estimate
the damage the average weather has
done, as it has varied in severity in
different localities," said A. C. Arm
strong, county fruit inspector of Mar
ion county, in speaking of the effect
of unusual winter.
"Upland grain has been protested
by snow to some extent, while lowland
grain, has been frozen out, so that in
some instance?, I would say, leas than
one-third of a crop remains. How
ever, it will be found upon investiga
tion, I think, that the farmers this
year planted less fall grain than they
ordinarily would, becauBb of persist
ency of early rains last fall.
"A large proportion of potatoes not
yet dug have suffered, I am told, but
other crops aside from potatoes and
grain have not suffered greatly. Cold
winter will be good for fruit trees.
It will keep them back, giving them
longer rest, making them hardier, be
sides decreasing liability of late frosts
doing damage. Cold weather will also
lend flavor to next winter's apples."
Fruit In Good Shape.
Eugene While the recent continued
cold weather has injured the grain
crop of Lane county to some extent,
all fruit is in good shape and it is ex
pected that the usual crop will be gath
ered, according to the predictions of S.
J. Holt, manager of the Eugene Fruit
Growers' association and County
Fruit Inspector J. Beebe. They think
the trees did not Buffer from the cold
at all. The extent of the damage to
the grain cannot be ascertained, but
is not as great as first thought. Fol
lowing each hard freeze there came a
good rain which packed down the
ground that had been raised by the
freeze and uprooting the grain. Some
say there will not be more than half
crop of fall-sown wheat, while others
aver that no damage at all was done.
No reports on the condition of hops are
at hand, but it is generally thought
that very little, if any, damage has
been done by the freezing weather.
. Crops In Josephine.
Grant's Pass Outlook for fruit,
hops and grain in Josephine county the
coming year is better than it has been
for years. County Fruit Inspector J.
F. Burke has recently visited some of
the larger orchards in this county and
reports the trees well set with buds.
The extremely cold weather we have
been experiencing is all that can be
desired for fruit raising and if the
present conditions hold until the first
of March, Josephine county will be
blessed with a bumper crop. This
does not apply to orchards exclusively,
as small fruits of all kinda are expect
ed to be abundant.
Extend Phone Lines Near Medford.
Medford The Medford & Butte
Falls Telephone company has purchas
ed the Eagle Point-Central Point line
and haa made arrangements with the
Pacific Telephone company to build to
Central Point for direct connection
with Medford. The stations on the
line are Butte Falls, Derby, Vestal
and Eagle Point The line will also
-be extended to Brownsboro at once aa
well aa to a number of other settle
ments in that section.
For Bigger and Better Fair,
Albany A better and bigger Linn
county fair was planned at the meet
ing of the board of directors of the
Linn County Fair association at Scio,
when the following office ra were unan
imously elected: Dr. A. Q. Prill,
president; R. She! ton, secretary; E.
D. Myers, treasurer.
Beautify Streets with Trees.
Medford Eleven hundred trees or
dered by the Greater Medford club for
the purpose of beautifying the
treats have arrived and are now heel
ed in and will be planted aa soon aa the
condition of the soil warrants.
AROUND OREGON
CHALLENGES ORCHARD OWNERS
Captain Reimers, of Chehalem Moun
tain, Posts Cash for Contest.
Salem Believing that be has the
best orchard land in Oregon, in the
1,000-acre tract known as Chehalem
Mountain Orchards, Captain Paul H.
Reimers has posted a $1,000 check
with W. K. Newell, president of the
state board of horticulture, challenging
any orchard land operator in the state
to show a better 4-year old orchard in
1914 than he can.
Aa evidence of good faith, Captain
Reimers has posted $1,000 with Presi
dent Newell, for which he has the fol
lowing receipt:
"Received from Paul H. Reimers,
certified check No. 651 of the amount
of one thousand dollars ($1,000). Said
check of $1,000 is to be kept by the
undersigned in trust as security of the
following challenge, to-wit:
"Paul H. Reimers challenges here
with any person or company in the sum
of one thousand dollars to plant in
Oregon during the year 1910 and de
velop during the following four years,
a better and more desirable orchard,
from every standpoint, than his Che
halem Mountain orchards at Frank-and-Rex
station, Oregon. Signed,
W. K. Newell, President State Board
of Horticulture."
Any orchardist desiring to enter the
competition can get full information as
to the conditions of the contest from
Captain Reimers or President Newell.
Bumper for Apples.
Hood River Cold weather has not
injured the fruit trees. Examination
of fruit spurs indicates the best of
condition. County Fruit Inspector G.
R. Castner has made a careful inspec
tion of bis district, and reports . the
very best of conditions in both the
lower and upper valley.
Present indications point to a bum
per apple crop here this year. With a
heavy snowfall on the ground, straw
berry plants have been prevented from
heaving out of the ground by contin
ued frosts. One hundred and twenty
five cars of berries are predicted for
this year.
Klamath Falls Gets Fire Protection.
Klamath Falls The city council has
ordered 60 new hydrants, which will
make a total of 70 in - the city. The
mains on Klamath and Main streets
will be connected with the six-inch
main down Second and Sixth streets,
which will also extend down Sixth
street to Oak. Fire hydrants will be
established on every corner on Main
street and Klamath avenue. This ad
dition to the system is to be installed
and ready for service by July 1, 1910.
Dakotana See Hood Orchards.
Hood River Dr. Henry Waldo Coe
of Portland, arrived in Hood River
with a special car of homeseekers from
North Dakota, They spent a day
viewing the Hood River orchards. The
trip was made by sleigh. Dr. Coe
left In the evening for Umatilla county,
where he will interest the parties in-
the lands under the Coe-Furnish irri
gation ditch.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices : Bluestem,
$1.18(3)1.19; club, $1.08(5)1.09; red
Russian, $1.06; Valley, $1.06; 40-fold,
$1.101.12.
Barley Feed and brewing. $3030.-
60 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $32.50 per ton.
Hay Track prices: Timothy: Wil
lamette Valley, $18(ff20 per ton; East
em Oregon, $21fi.23; alfalfa, $17((18;
clover, $16; grain hay, $17(il8.
Fresh Fruits Apples, $Ui!3 box;
pears, $1.50 per box; cranberries, $9
per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying prices :
Oregon, 6585c per sack ; aweet pota
toes, 2ic per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes, $l((i1.25
per dozen ; cabbage, $2 per hundred;
cauliflower, $1.75 per dozen; celery.
$3.75 per crate; horseradish, 12Xe per
pound; pumpkins, liiQvliic: sprouts.
6((i)7c per pound ; squash, l(lc; to
matoes, $1.60(t 2.25 per box; turnips.
$1.60 per sack; rarrota, $1; beets,
$1.50; parsnips, $1.50.
Onions Oregon, $1.60 per sack.
Butter City creamery extras, 39c ;
fancy outaide creamery, 34(t)39c per
pound ; store, 20Ci25e. Butter fat
prices average 1Q per pound under
regular batter prices.
Poultry Hens, 15 J Ml 6c; ducks.
20C22; geese, 18c; turkeys, live, 19
(a 20c; dressed, 22(i;23c.
Eggs Fresh Oregon extras, 8035c
per dozen ; Eastern, 2527c per dog
en.
Pork Fancy, ll(illc per pound.
Veal Extras, 12(i)12Hc per pound.
Ckttle Best steers, ;$5(i 5.85; fair
to good steers, $4.50(4.75; strictly
good cows, $4.85 ; fair to good cows.
$3.60(n3.75; light calves, $55.60;
bulls, J2.50(t3.76; stags, $3(ii4.
Hogs Top, $9. 10(i9.20 ;f air to good
hogs. $8.60((i)9.
Sheep Best wethers, $5.606; fair
to good wethers, $4.60ri5; good ewes,
J5( 5,60; lambs, $&((( 6.60.
Hops 1909 crop, prime and choice,
20(i21e; 1908a, 17Xc; 1907a, llSe;
per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(ff23c
pound ; olds, nominal ; mohair, choice,
26c pound.
Cascara bark 4 We per pound.
Hides Dry hides. 18(ij!l8Kc per
pound; dry kip. 18(il8He pound; dry
calfskin, 19(ii21c pound; salted bides.
10((10)tc; salted calfskin, 1 Be pound;
green, le lees,.
ENUMERATORS' RATES OF PAY.
Census Director Establishes Compen
sation for Census Takers
Washington, D. C, Januray, 24 The
varying wage scales in different parts
of the country and the differences in
the nature and extent of the local diffi
culties confronting the enumerators in
the larger geographical divisions o'the
United States have influenced and guid
ed United States Census Dire tor Dur
and ia the adoption of a classification of
enumerators' rates of compensation,
within the limits presribed by the Uni
ted States Census law enacted by con
gress. Per diem rates of pay will be paid
to the census enumerators in the
sparsely settled rural districts of An
ion a, California, Texas, Colorado, Ida
ho, Montana, Utah, Washington, and
Wyoming.
The rate will range from $5 to $6
per day for the enumeration of the rur
al areas outside of cities and towns.
Six dollars is the highest rate author
ized by law.
There are three general rates the
per capita, the mixed, and per diem.
The first and second general rates
have five subdivisions each.
The per diem rates range from $3 to
$3.50, $4, $4.60, $5, $6.60, and $6,
and are paid for a day of eight hours'
work.
For enumerators on the per capita
basis, which will be that most widely
used, the pay for each inhabitant is:
Class A, 2 cents; class B, 2 cents;
class C, 3 cents; class D, 8) cents;
and class E, 4 cents. Such enumerators
will also be paid for each farm as fol
lows: Class A, 20 cents; class B, 22
cents; class C, 25 cents; class D,
27 cents; and class E, 80 cents. These
rates are in each case 5 cents or more
higher than those paid in 1900, when
the range was from 15 to 20 cents.
For each establishment of productive
industry the rate for each class is 80
cents. For each barn and inclosure
containing livestock, not on farms,
the pay is 10 cents for each class.
Under the mixed rate, which is a
combination of the per capita and the
per diem, there five sub-classes alpha
betically arranged, and the per diem
is: Class F, $1; G, $1.25; H, $1.60;
I, $1.75; and J, $2. For each inhab
itant the pay is: Class F, 2 cents; G,
2 cents; H, 2 cents; I, 2 cents and
J, 8 cents. For each farm: Class F,
15 cents; G, 17 cents; H, 17K
cents; I and J, 20 cents each. For
each establishment of productive in
dustry the rate is 20 cents for each
class.
ARIZONA STARTLED BY COMET
Nebulous Body With Flowing Tail
Plainly Seen at Sunset.
Douglas, Arizona, Jan. 24. Without
being heralded, there appeared in the
western horizon just before dusk this
evening, a spectacle such as none in
these parts had ever before witnessed.
It was nothing more nor less than a
magnificent comet, or a body having
all the appearances of one, with nu
cleus, coma and a great tail. The
word was quickly passed around and
soon the whole city was out viewing
the beautiful spectacle. At first it
waa supposed as a matter of course it
was Halley s comet, though this is not
expected until April, but word from
Professor Douglas, astronomer at the
state university at Tucson, is that the
stranger is distinct from Halley a.
The same word also comes to the Dis
patch here from Flagstaff university,
in Northern Arizona.
The wonder of the spectacle was its
completeness and its appearance with'
out any warning just after sunset.
Douglas is about 4,000 feet above
the tea and has a wonderfully clear at
mosphere. No comet like this one has
ever before been peen in this Bection,
Honolulu, Jan. 24. Captains of in
ter island vessels arriving here report
having seen Halley's comet
Disputes Delay Settlement.
Paris, Jan. 24. It is rumored here
that the delay in the final settlement
of the terms of the Hankow-Szechun
railway loan was due chiefly to dis
putes over details connected with the
apportionment of the roadway between
the financial groups interested, the
construction material and similar ques
tions. According to a "statement in
well-infomred quarters, the French
group, headed by the Indo-China bank.
held out because they considered that
they had not been fairly treated in the
apportionment
Thaw Declared Bankrupt.
Pittsburg, Jan. 24. That Harry K.
Thaw is a bankrupt and that his estate
ia subject to the United States bank
ruptcy laws ii held by Referee Wil
liana B. Blair, who today handed down
an opinion on the petition of Roger
O'Nara, trustee of Thaw's estate, for
leave to sell the bankrupt's real and
personal property to bta sister, Alice
Copley Thaw, at private sale. The
petition was opposed by New York
creditors.
Sugar Weighers Stay In Jail.
New York, Jan. 24. Judge Lacom
be, in the United States Circuit court
here, denied today the application of
the four men now serving a sentence
of a year's imprisonment on Black-
well s island for conspiracy to defraud
the government in the weighing of su
gar on the docks in Brooklyn to be re
leased on bail pending the hearing of
the motion of an appeal.
k French scientist has advanced the
theory that there ia no such metal as
radium, but that radio-activity ia the
result of certain now unknown chemi
cal combination! of which barium
forma the chief part
"he ffcdemptioto
t f)cVid forsoti
By CHARLE3 FREDERIO Q03S
a
Copjrirht, 1900, br The Bowmu-MarrUJ Company.
CHAPTER XVI. (Continued.)
With a swift, Instinctive movement
both of them turned away. Each read
In the other's face consciousness of
the Impossibility of discussing those
experiences through which they had
come to be what they were. Suoh men
guard the real history of their lives
and the real emotions of their hearts
as Jealously as the combinations of
their cards. The old, ironical smile
lighted up Mantel's features, and he
said:
"We seem to have a violent antipa
thy to thin Ice, Davy, and skate away
from it as soon as It begins to crack a
little beneath our feet"
Tea," said his friend, shrugging his
shoulders, "It is not pleasant to fall
through the crust of friendship. There
Is a sub-element in every life a too
sudden plunge into which might result
in a fatal chill. We had all better
keep on the surface. I am frank enough
to say that the less any one knows
about my past, the better I shall be
satisfied."
'I wish that I could keep my own
self from Invading that realm as eas
ily as I can keep others! Why Is It
that no man has ever yet been able to
'let the dead past bury Its dead'? It
seems a reasonable demand."
'He is a poor sexton this old man.
the Past I have watched him at his
work, and he is powerless to dig his
own grave, however many others he
may have excavated I"
'The Present seems aa helpless at
the Past I wonder If the future wlU
heap enough new events over old ones
to hide them from view?"
"Let a shadow bury the sunt Let a
wave bury the sea," answered David,
bitterly.
Mandel dropped his eyes In stlenoe.
For the first time since David had
known him, his fine face gave some
genuine revelation of the emotions of
his soul. Great tears gathered In his
eyes, and his lips trembled. In a mo
ment, he arose, took his hat, laid his
hand gently upon the arm of his
friend, and said, "David, my dear fel
low, we are skating on that thin Ice
again. We shall fall through If - are
not careful, and get that chill you
were talking about Let's go out and
take a walk. Life is too deep for either
you or me to fathom. I gave it up as
a bad lob long ago. Come, let us go.
We need the air."
They went down into the streets and
lost themselves In the busy crowd of
care-encumbered men. Suddenly Man
tel waa startled by an abrupt change
tn the manner of his companion, who
paused and stood as If rooted to the
pavement, while his great blue eyes
opened beyond their natural width
with a fixed stare.
Following the direction of their gaze.
Mantel saw that they were fixed on a
blind beggar who sat on a stool at
the edge .of the sidewalk, silent and
motionless like an old snag on the
bank of a river the perpetual stream
of human Ufa forever flowing by. His
head was bare) In his outstretched
hand he held a tin eup which Jingled
now and then as some compassionate
traveler dropped him a coin; by his
side, looking up occasionally into his
unresponsive eyes, was a little terrier,
his solitary companion and guide In a
world of perpetual night
The face of the man was a remark
able one, Judged by almost any stand
ard. It waa large tn else, strong In
outline, and although he was a beg
gar, It wore an expression of power.
of Independence and resolution like
that of another Bellsarlua. But the
feature which first arrested and long'
st held attention, waa an enormous
moustache. It could not have been
less than fourteen inches from tip to
tip. waa carefully trimmed and train
ed, and although the man himself was
still comparatively young, waa white
as snow. Occasionally he set his cup
on his knee and with both hands twist
d the ends into heavy ropes.
It was a striking face and exacted
from every observer more than a pass
Ing look: but remarkable as it was.
Mantel could not discover nny reason
for the strained and terrible interest
of his companion, who stood staring so
long and In such a noticeable way.
tnat ne was in danger of himself at
tractlng the attention of the curious
crowd.
Seeing this. Mantel took htm by the
arm. "What la the matter 1" he asked.
"It la he!" cried David, drawing his
hand over his eyes like a man awak
ening from a dream; "it la hat"
"It ts whoT Are you mad! Come
away! People are observing you. if
there Is anything wrong, we must
move or get Into trouble."
"Let me alone!" David replied, shak
lng off hla hand. "I would rather die
than lose sight of that man."
"Then come Into this doorway where
you can watch Mm unobserved, for you
are making a spectacle of yourself.
Come, or I snail drag you."
With his eyes still riveted on that
strange countenance. David yielded to
the pressure of his friend's hand and
they retired to a hallway whence he
could watch the beggar unobserved.
His whole frame was quivering with
excitement and he kept murmuring to
himself: "It la he. It Is he! I cannot
be mistaken!' Nature never made his
doublet But how he haa changed
How old and white he la! It cannot
be hla ghost can It T If It were night
I anight think so, but It le broad day
tight! This man Is living flesh and
blood and my hand Is not after all.
the hand of a mur "
-Hush!" cried Mantel; "you are
talking aloud!"
"Tea, t am talking aloud." he an
ewered, "and I mean to talk louder
jret! I want you to hear that I ani not
a murderer, a murderer) Do you un-
teratandT I am going to rush i-t In
AU Rlrhu RMrad
to the streets to cry out at the top of
my voloe I am not a murderer!"
Terrified at his violence. Mantel
pushed him farther back into the door-
waly; but he sprang out again as If
his very life depended upon the sight
of the great white face.
'Be quiet!" Mantel cried, seizing his
arm with an iron grip.
'Look at this hand. Mantel! I have
not looked at It myself for more than
three years without seeing spots of
blood on it! And now it looks as white
as snow to me!" '
'You are in danger of being over
heard, and if you are not careful. In a
moment more we shall be In the hands
of the police!"
'No matter If I am," cried David,
almost beside himself, and rapturously
embracing his friend. "Nothing could
give me more pleasure than a trial for
my crime, for my victim would be my
witness! - He is not dead. He Is out
there In the street Mantel, you don't
know what happiness It! You don't
know how sweet it Is to be alive! A
mountain has been taken . from my
shoulders. I no longer have any se
cret! I will tell you the whole story
of my life, now."
"Not now; but later on, when we are
alone."
David had now grown more quiet
and they stood patiently waiting for
the time to come when the old beggar
should leave his post and retire to his
home, If home he hail. At last he re
ceived his signal for departure. A
shadow fell from the roof of the tall
building opposite, upon the pupil of an
eye, which perhaps felt the darkness 11
could not see. The building was his
dial. Like millions of his fellow crea
tures, he measured life by advancing
shadows.
He arose, and in his mien and move
ments there was a certain majesty.
Placing his hat upon his storm-beaten
head, he folded the camp-chair under
his arm, took the leading string In his
hand and followed the little dog, who
began picking his way with fine care
through the surging crowd.
. Behind him at a little distance walk
ed the two gamblers, pursuing him
like a double shadow. A bloodhound
could not have been more eager than
David was. He trembled if an omni
bus cut off his view for a single in
stant, and shuddered if the beggar
turned a corner.
Unconscious of all this, the dog and
his master wended their way home
ward. They crawled slowly and quiet
ly across a street over which thunder
ed an endless procession of vehicles;
they moved like snails through the
surf of the ocean of life. Arriving at
length at the door of a wretched tene
ment house, the blind man and his dog
entered. . .
As he noted the squalor of the place,
David murmured to himself, "Poor old
man! How low he has fallen!"
Several minutes passed In silence,
while he stood reflecting on the doc
tor's misery, his own new happiness
and the opportunities and duties which
the adventure had opened and im
posed. - At last he said to his friend.
"Do you know where we are? I was
so absorbed that I didn't notice our
route at all."
"Yes," Mantel answered. "I have
marked every turn of the way."
"Could you find the place again T"
"Without the slightest difficulty."
"Be sure, for if you wish to help me,
as I think you do, you will have to
come often. I have made my plana tn
the few moments In which I have been
standing here, and am determined to
devote my life, if need be, to this poor
creature whom I have so wronged. I
miiBt get him out of this filthy hole In
to some cheerful place. I will atone
for the past If I can! Atone! What a
word that Is! With what stunning
force its meaning dawns upon met
How many times I have heard and ut
tered it without comprehension. But
somehow I now see in it a revelation
of the sweetest possibility of life. Ohl
I am a changed man; I will make
atonement I Come, let us go. I am
anxious to begin. - But no, I must di-o-
ceed with caution. How do I know
that this Is his permanent hornet He
may be only lodging for the night and
when you come to-morrow, he may be
gonel Oo In, Mantel, and make sure
that we snail nnd him here to-mor
row. Go, and while you And out all
you can about him, I will begin to
search for such a place aa I want to
put him In. We will part for the
present; but when we meet to-night
we shall have much to talk about I
wui tell you the whole of this long and
bitter story. I am so happy. Mantel.
You can't understand! I have some
thing to live for now. I will work, oh,
you do not know how I will work to
make thle atonement What a word It
Is! It la muslo to my ears. Atone
mentl"
And so In the lexicon of human ex
perlenee he had at last discovered the
meaning of one of the great words of
our language. After all, experience la
the only exhaustive dictionary, and the
definitions it contains are the only
ones wnicn really burn themselves In
to the mind or fully Interpret the slg-
mncancea or lire.
CHAPTER XVIL
The next few weeks were passed In
devoted effort to make the blind man
comfortable and happy. David sought
and found a place to work, and after
reserving enough of hla wages to sun
ply the few necessities of hla dally
life, dedicated the rest to the purchase
of comforts for the poor Invalid.
Mantel acted aa bis almoner, and
by hla delicate tact and gentle man
Here persuaded the proud and rtrenn
ful old man to accept the mysterious
charity. The moment the strain of
perpetual beggary waa taken tram
him, the physical ruin which the ter
rlbte blow of the stone, the subsequent
Illness, and the ensuing poverty and
wretchedness had wrought, became
manifest He experienced a sudden
relapse, and began to alnk Into an
ominous decline.
Even had he not known the aeoret
of his sorrow. It would have soon be
come plain to hla acute and watchful
nurse that some hidden trouble waa
gnawing at his heart, for he waa taci
turn, abstracted and sometimes mo
rose. He manifested no curiosity as to
the benefactor upon whose charity he
was living, but received the alms be
stowed by that unknown hand unsollo-
ited, uncomprehended and unobserved.
His mind, aroused by the conversa
tion of his untiring nurse to the reali
ties of the present existence, would
sink back by a sort of Irresistible
gravity Into the realm of memory.
There, In the Impenetrable privacy of
his soul, he brooded over his wrongs
and counted his prospects of righting
them, aa a miser reckons his coin.
The blow struck by David had stun
ned the doctor, but had not killed him.
He lay In the road until a slave, pass
ing that way, picked him up and car-.
rled him to a neighboring plantation.
where he fell into the hands of people
who In the truest sense of the word
were good Samaritans. Their hospital
ity was tested to the utmost for he
lay for weeks in a stupor, and when he
recovered consciousness his reason had
undergone a strange eclipse. For a
long time he could not recall a single
event In his history and when at last
some of the most prominent began to
re-present themselves to his view It
was vaguely and slowly, as mountain
peaks and hill-tops break through a
morning mist This was not the only
result of the blow which his rival had
struck him ;lt had left him totally
blind.
Not until many weeks had passed
did Mantel succeed in really engaging
his patient In anything like a conver
sation, and even after he had begun to
thaw a little under those tactful
Istratlons of love,whenever the past
was even hinted at the old recluse re
lapsed instantly Into silence.
Mantel might have been discouraged
had he not determined at all hazards
to enter Into the secret of this life.
and to pave the way for the forgive
ness of bis friend. He therefore per
sisted In his efforts, and one bright,
day when the Invalid was feeling un
usually strong ventured to press home '
his Inquiries.
"I cannot help thinking," he said,,
"that you - could soon' be reasonably
well again if you did not brood so .
much. I fear there is some trouble
gnawing at your heart"
"There ts," he was answered, icily.
"Have you wronged some one, then.
and are these thoughts which vex you
feelings of remorse and guilt?"
"Wronged some one!" the sick man
fairly roared, gripping the arms of hie
chair and gasping for breath in the
excitement which the question brought
on. "Not I! I have been wronged!
No one has ever b-b-been wronged as
I have. I have nourished vipers In my
b-b-bosom and been stung by them.
I have sown love and reaped hate. I
have been robbed, deceived and betray
ed! My wife Is gone!- My health la
gone! My sight la gone! He haa
skinned me like a sheep! My heart
has turned to a hammer which knocks
at my ribs and cries revenge) It ch
ch -chokes me!"
He gasped, grew purple in the face
and clutched at his collar aa if about
to strangle. After a while the par
oxysm passed away, and Mantel deter
mined once more to try and assuage
this. Implacable hatred.
(To be continued.)
He Wasted Equal Chaae.
The. "sporting parson," once a fa
miliar figure in English society, has
all but disappeared, in consequence of
the religious revivals and reforms of
the last century and a halt. A hun
dred years ago, however, he still ex
isted, says a writer in Tit-Bits, and
one of the type presided over a little
seaside parish In Lincolnshire. '
The place was a fovorlte landing
place for woodcock at the time of
their annual immigration, and the par
son used to tell off a native to let him
know as soon as the birds began to ar
rive. On Sunday he was preaching to hla
congregation, and had Just reached
the second head of his discourse, when
the church door was cautiously opened
and a head appeared followed by a
beckoning finger... The parson either
did not see, or he would not heed the
intruder, who then gave a loud cough.
The preacher stopped In his preach
ing in the middle of a sentence and
excitedly asked: "What Is it John!"
"Cocks Is coom," replied John.
The parson hurriedly closed hla ser
mon case. "Shut the door and lock
It!" he cried to the clerk. "Keep the
people in church till I've got my sur
plice off. Let's all have a fair
chance."
Method.
"What makes you keep on asking
me If the razor hurts?" asked the man
who was being shaved. "J've said
'yea' three times and It haant mad
any difference." ...
"No," answered the barber. "I waa
merely trying my razors ont to sea
which of 'em wants honing." Wash,
tngton Star.
ItU Won.
"Died In poverty!" cried the ph
osopher scornfully.
"Died In poverty, did he, and yoa.
expect me to sympathizer What la
there In dying In poverty? lva got
to live in It" Tha Sporting Times.
Tfce Cms a, Pa.
"Do you know her welir
"To the contrary, I've never known
her well a single day since she learned
it was fashionable to be operated no."
fit Louis Star.
The Mmm ! the Rms,
i "What is a food expertr
"Any man who can make his wi.
buy enough for tha family . table."-
Philadelphia Ledger.