HAPPENINGS FROM
BUYS BIG SILETZ TRACT.
Nearly 2,000 Acres In Reservation
Taken By Investment Co.
Portland Interest in the dairy coun
try south of Tillamook has been in
creased by the announcement that near
ly 2,000 acres of rolling land in the
northern part of the Siletz reservation
has been gotten by a Portland companv
for subdivision into small tracts.
The Oceanside Investment company
has acquired this property, 25 miles
south of Tillamook.
The land was allotted to the Siletz
Indians 20 years ago, which accounts
for its lack of cultivation and improve
ment The time having expired, the
Indians are at liberty to dispose of
their holdings, a large part of which
has been secured by the Oceanside In
vestment company. It is said to be
in excellent condition for dairying pur
poses. Cranberries seem to be indigenous
to that portion of the coast, owing to
the accumulation for centuries of peat
Certain requirements for the highest
cultivation of cranberies will have to
be met and for this purpose, the Ocean
side Investment company intends to at
tend to the preparation "of the bogs un
der expert advice. Other companies
have suceeded in developing cranberry
tracts possessing the conditions found
in that section.
For dairying, no location in the
United States compares with the Ore
gon coast all the way from Astoria to
Newport The rolling character of
the land north of the Siletz river, the
enormous acreage available, the per
petual growth of grass and the favor
able climate unite in making the un
dertaking of the new company seem
ingly a commendable one.
One of the features of the property
is Oceanside lake, a body of fresh wa
ter four miles in length and a mile
wide, deep and supplied by several
mountain streams. This lake has
charms for the sportsman.
Prof. Peavy Takes Position at O. A. C.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis The Oregon Agricultural college
has been remarkably fortunate in se
curing an able successor to Professor
Lake, head of the school of forestry,
who has left Corvallir with the privi
lege of a leave of absence for one year
and a half to take up special govern
ment forestry work at Washington, D.
C. His successor is Professor George
W. Peavy, of San Francisco, who for a
number of years has been in the forest
service in the Pacific Coast states.
Professor Peavy's government rank
is that of chief of planting in the
states of California and Nevada. He
resigns this position and will immedi
ately start work as head of the school
of forestry at O. A. C. Professor
Peavy has had an extended and distin
euished service in educational and
forestry affairs. He is a graduate of
the literary department of the Univer
sity of Michigan, and served six years
as high school principal in Michigan
schools. Professor Peavy retired from
high school work to study forestry as
the attraction of that profession ap
pealed to him very strongly.
Commission Orders Rates Reduced
Salem Having found that rates on
apples and green fruits in less than
carload lots as charged jointly by the
Corvallis & Eastern railroad and South
ern Pacific company between Gates and
Portland were unreasonable and un
just the railroad commislson made an
order universally reducing the rates
2H cents on a 100 pounds. The rates
on the same commodities between
Gates and Salem were likewise order
ed reduced, the order to take effect
within 20 days. The former rate be
tween Portland and Gates on apples
was 87 cents a 100 pounds and has been
reduced to 34 cents. The rate on ap
ples between Gates and Salem was re
duced from 85 cents to 32)1 cents a
. 100 pounds. The rate on green fruits
in less than car load lota from Gates to
Portland was reduced from 43 to 40 k
cents a 100 pounds and between Gates
and Salem from 42 to 89X cents a 100
pounds.
The investigation was made on com'
plaint of A. H. Hudson of Gates.
Tile Company to Improve.
Salem The Salem Tile ft Mercan
tile company is preparing for an unus
ually busy season. The company will
run its factory both summer and win
ter and will enlarge on the present
quarters so as to more than double the
previous output Five thousand do!
lars will be spent on the plant making
' it the best in the state, and capable of
taking care of all orders as they are re
ceived. Everything manufactured
fro.n clay will be made.
Concrete Blocks at Albany.
Albany Messrs. Frost and McGlash
on, manufacturers of concrete pro
ducts, have moved their business from
Medford to Albany. Their new factory
which is located immediately adjoin
ing the O. R. ft N. dock and the S. P.
aiding along the Willamette river, is
now completed, and foundation blocks
for new dwellings are being made to
supply the local demand.
Franchise to Lakeview Company.
Lakeview The Lakeview Jk Pine
Creek Electrie company has been
granted a franchise by the common
council here, to run for S3 years. This
ia the ' second company that has been
granted a franchise by the council since
' November 1. The former company
bui many miles of lino and set a eon
Bid, t ble number of poles for further
extensions. ,
AROUND OREGON
SAVE ORCHARDS FROM PESTS
Systematic Spraying and Pruning
Works Wonders.
Eugene What may be accomplished
by systematic spraying and judicious
pruning of old orchards is illustrated
in the experience of John Thramer,
who has a 3 5-acre farm in peaches,
cherries, and walnuts on the island b.
tween the millrace and the Willamette
river on the outskirts of Eugene. He
purchased this farm five years ago.
The cherry trees looked to him, he
says, like a tamarack patch that bad
been burned over.
Mr. Tbramer cut back the cherry
trees vigorously and sprayed well. The
first year the entire crop was 6,000
pounds free from blemishes. The sec
ond year the yield from the same part
of the orchard was 14,000 pounds. The
third year was proportionately greater.
He now holds his warehouse receipts
for 32,000 pounds, representing last
year's crops. His net profit from four
acres of cherries last year was 1544.40,
after deducting all proper charges for
expenses. From one and a half acres
of peaches he obtained a clear profit of
f 425.95, after deducting all expenses.
On three quarters of an acre of his
older cherry orchard on which 60 trees
are crowded, the average yield was 6,
000 pounds. Mr. Thramer's potato
crop will go 225 buBhels to the acre,
the loss from freezing being very
small.
Stockmen Will Organize.
Lakeview A meeting has been call
ed for February 25, by the stockmen
of Lake county, to talk over the pro
posed formation of a stockmen s asso
ciation. This meeting will be held at
the court house in Lakeview. One of
the speakers will be Forest Supervisor
Guy M. Ingram, of the Fremont na
tional forest. While Lake county has
been one of the best stock counties in
the West there has been little effort
on the part of stockmen to get together.
Big Profit on Farm.
Tillamook The 168 acre farm
known as the old Mills place on the
Wilson river was sold lest week by
Joseph Durrer to Ben Jacobs for $22,
000. Mr. Durrer bought this ranch
three years ago for 8,000. Mr.
Jacobs baa been a renter of the ranch
for the past three years, and knows
what it will produce. ThiB speaks
well for Tillamook county real estate.
Creamery Prepares for Big Business
Bandon The Bandon creamery is
preparing for the biggest output of
butter during the coming season that
has ever been manufactured in any
creamery in Southwest Oregon. James
E. Murphy, representing the 'company,
is here from San Francisco to helo
build up the business and will also look
after the interests of the creamery on
Ten-mile lake.
Evans Will Raise Hogs.
Eugene Charles W. Evans has
leased the 200-acre farm four miles
southwest of town, belonging to his
father-in-law, Baxter Farnham, and
will go into the hog raising business.
He will also work the farm land on the
80 acres adjoining the Farnham farm
and is planting a part of it to orchard,
Will Plow by Steam.
Stanfield M. A. Mills has ordered a
70-horse power traction engine, which
he will use in farming his large ranch.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices Bluestem,
$1.15, nominal; club, $1.05; red Rus
sian, $1.04; valley, $1.05; 40-fold,
$1.09.
, Barley Feed and brewing, $28 ton.
Corn Whole, (35; cracked. $36 ton
Oats No. 1 white, $31 per ton.
Hay Track prices Timothy: Wil
lamette valley $1920 per ton; East
ern Oregon, $2I(ii22; alfalfa, $17
18; clover, $16; grain hay, $l(Wi)17.
Fresh Fruits Apples, $1(3)3 box;
pears, $1(3)1.60 per box; cranberries,
$89 per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying prices
Oregon, 70((80e per sack ; sweet pota
toes, vyiwiX per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes, $11.25
per dosen; cabbage, 1.75(i 2 pr hun
dred; sprouts. 9c pound; squash, 2c
tomatoes, $3.60 per crate.
Onions Oregon, $1.60 per sack.
Butter City creamery extras, S7(rD
39c; fancy outside creamery, Sf(i37c
per round; store, 20Cd22e. Butter
fat prices average ljtfo per pound less
than regular butter prices. .
Eggs Fresh Oregon extras, 32g$
32Xcperdos.; Eastern, 17)22c.
Pork Fancy, 11c pound.
Poultry Hens, 17fifl8c; springs. 17
mBe; ducks, 2022c; geese, 13(i?
14c ; turkeys, live, 20vt25c; dressed, 27
g80c; squabs, $3 per dosen.
Veal Extras, 1213e per pound.
Hopa 1909 crop, prime and choice,
20(J21Xc; 1908s, 17c; 1907s,
11 Ho per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623c
pound; mohair, choice, 25c
Cascara bark 4c per pound.
Hides Dry hides, 18A18Wc pound
dry kip, 18(fil8 V,'cj dry calfsin, 19(ii!
21e; salted hides, 10,il0,Sie; Baited
calf kin, 15c pound; green. 1 c less.
- Cattle Best steers, $5; fair to good
$4.50(94.75; strictly good, $3.7X4
fair to good cowa, $33.50; light
calves, $5(C5.50; heavy calves, $45
bulls, $3. 60(43.75; stags.
Hogs Top, $9; fair to good, hogs,
8.0U((j:8.76. .
Sheen Best wethers, $5.60; fair to
good, $5fi5.60; good owes, $4.60(35
lambs, 6(ji6,60.
APPROPRIATES $42,356,278.
Bill Reported to House by Commit
teeWest Fares Well.
Washington, Feb. 14. The rivers
and harbors bill reported to the house
carries $2,582,340 for the improve
ment of Oregon rivers and harbors,
this being the largest Sum provided
for any state excepting New York,
and a larger Bum for the improvement
of the Columbia than for any other
river in the country excepting the Mis-
issippi. The bill carries appropria
tions for Washington and Oregon as
follows:
Oregon Columbia river and ' tribu
taries above Celilo Falls to the mouth
of Snake river, $90,000; Columbia riv
er between foot of The Dalles rapids
and the head of Celilo Falls (Oregon
and Washington) $600,000; Willam
ette river above Portland and Yamhill
river, $30,000; mouth of Columbia
river, Oregon and Washington, $1,200,
000; Coos bay and bar entrance, $400,-
000; Tillamook bay, $5,000; Coos
river, $3,000; Snake river, $7,600;
canal at Cascades, $5,000; Columbia
and Willamette below Portland, $175,-
000; Coquille river, $27,640; Clats-
kanie river, $500; dredging the Co
lumbia, $1,000.
Washington Puget sound and tribu
taries,! 100,000; Skagit river to Se-dro-Woolley,
$100,000; ship canal, Pu
get sound to Lakes Union and Wash
ington, $150,000; Columbia river,
Bridgeport to Kettle Falls, $50,000;
for improvement of the Snake river
from Riparia. Wash., to Pittsburg
Landing, Or., $14,000; for improve
ment of Neata bay, $200,000; for im
provement of Puget Bound, $135,000;
Bellingham harbor, $15,000; Olympia
harbor, $15,000; Hammersley inlet
$9,000; Willapa harbor and river,
$300,000. The entire appropriation
for Washington is $564,500.
St Michaels, Alaska, receives an al
lowance of $100,000 for harbor im
provements, and the Hawaiian islands
a total of $500,000, divided as follows:
Honolulu, $150,000; Hilo, $200,000;
Kahuliu, $150,000.
Waterway projects throughout the
country at a cost of $$42,356,276, of
which $7,206,430 is for continuing
contracts, are provided for in the bill
as a whole. The bill will be called up
in the house today; in an effort to
press the measure to passage as expe
ditiously as possible. The $7,000,000
outside the cash appropriation is for
expenditures that may hereafter be
made, under the continuing contract
system. The bill is theoretically an
annual budget, although no regular
rivers and harbors bill has been report
ed since that approved March 2, 1907.
In the great baste with which the
bill was prepared totals in the report
of the committee discloses several
minor discrepancies, which it was im
possible to correct tonight The fig
ures as given are those furnished by
the committee.
PULLMAN DIVIDEND $40,000,000
Paid In Form of New Stock Worth
Double Its Face.
Chicago, Feb. 14. The directors of
the Pullman company decided at a spe
cial meeting today to give the stock
holders a stock dividend of 20 per cent
on the corporation's $100,000,000 of
capital. This will call for the issuance
of $20,000,000 of new capital, worth
nearly $40,000,000 in the open market
which will be given to the present
shareholders without cost and will
swell the company's total capital stock
to $120,000,000.
Pullman stock pays $8 a share divi
dend each year, and sells in the mar
ket at $198 a share, or nearly twice
par value. This stock dividend of 20
per cent is about the equivalent of 40
per cent, therefore, on the par value of
the stock.
In a statement made by directors an
nouncing the dividend, this afternoon.
it was pointed out that "the considera
tions influencing this action were that
the increased investment in the manu
facturing facilities of the company had
been so material and considerable as
to justify the directors .in the belief
that it should be represented in addi
tional capital stock of the company."
Famous Sanatarium Lost.
Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 14. The
Battle Creek Sanitarium, famous the
world over, ia lost to Battle Creek.
Judge Parkinson this morning handed
down a decision of unconditional ouster
for non-payment of taxes. Dr. Kel
logg recently announced that in case
the court decided against him he would
close the institution and establish' a
new one in the East The legal fight
to establish the status of the sanitar
ium aa a charitable institution and ex
empt it from taxation haa been in
progress for 10 years.
Australia to Get News.
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 14. As a re
sult of overtures made by Thomas
Temperley, when in London represent
ing the provincial press of Australia
at the'recent imperial press confer
ence, there has sprung into existence
the Independent Press Cable associa
tion of Australia, with heandquartera
at Vancouver. W. E, Vincent,, man
aging editor of the service, has arrived
in this cltry by the Makura to take up
ma duties.
Hogs Advance to $9.10.
Cleveland, Feb. 14. The livestock
quotations on all grades of hogs ad
vanced today to $9.10 a hundred
pounds, the highest price here since
the Civil war.
More than 20,000 20 candle power
incandescent lamp fllamenta can be
made from a single pound of tantalum.
The Redemption
,By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS
Copyrlf ht. 1400, fcr The Bowen-MerrlU Company.
CHAPTER XX
The steamer on which Corson em
barked after his overland Journey from
New York City to Pittsburg, had de
scended the Ohio almost aa far as Cin
cinnati; before other thoughts than
those which were concerned with Pe-
peeta and his spiritual regeneration
could awaken any Interest In his mind.
But as the boat approached Cincin
nati, the places, the persons and the
Inoldenta of his childhood world began
to present themselves' to his conscious
ness. An irrepressible longing to look
once more upon the place of his birth
and the friends of his youth took pos
session of his mind.
He found, on inquiry, that the boat
was to remain in Cincinnati for sev
eral hours, and that there would be
time enough for him to make the Jour
ney to his old home and back before
he proceeded down the river. He de
cided to do so, and observed with sat
isfaction that those painful groping
for the next stepping stone across the
streams of action which had been so
persistent and painful a feature of his
recent life had given place to the swift
Intuitions of his youth. He saw his
way as he used to when a boy, and
made his decisions rapidly and exe
cuted them fearlessly. The discovery
of this fact gave a new seat and hope
to life.
In a few moments after he had land-
id at the familiar wharf he was mount
ed upon a fleet horse, rushing away
over those beautiful rolling hills which
nil the mind of the traveler with un-
cloylng delight in their variety, their
fertility and their beauty. It waa the
first time since he had left the farm
that his mind had been free enough
from passion or pain to bestow its full
attention upon the charms of Nature;
they dawned on him now like a new
discovery. The motion of the horse
o long unfamiliar, so easy, so grace
ful, so rhythmical seemed of Itself to
key his spirits to his environment, for
It is an elemental pleasure to be seat
ed in the saddle and feel the thrill of
power and rapid motion. The rider's
eyes brightened, his cheeks glowed, his
pulses bounded. He gathered up the
beauties of the world around him In
great sheaves of delicious and thrill
Ing sensations. Long-forgotten odors
came sweeping across the fields, rich
with the verdure of the vernal season.
and brought with them precious ac
companiments of the almost-forgotten
past. The rich and varied colors of
Held and sky and forest fed his starved
souf with one kind of beauty; and the
sweet sounds of the outdoor world In
toxlcated him with another. The low
of cattle, the bleating of sheep, the
crowing of chanticleers, the cackling
of hens, the gobble of turkeys, the
multidunlnous songs of the birds en
veloped him In a sort' of musical at
mosphere. For the first time since
his restoration to hope, the past seem
ed like a dream, and these few bliss
ful moments became a prophecy of a
new and grander life. "For, if the bur.
den can fall off for a single moment
why not for many moments V So he
said to himself, as the consciousness
of his past misery and his unknown
future thrust their disturbing faces in
to the midst of these blissful emo
tiona.
The route which he had chosen did
not lead to the farm house, but to the
cemetery where the body of his moth-
r lay wrapped In her dreamless sleep;
that neglected grave was drawing him
to Itself with a magnetlo force. He
who, for a year, had thought of her
scarcely at all, now thought of nothing
slse. The last Incident In her life, the
face white with Its Intolerable pain of
confession, the gasp for breath, the
sudden fall, the quiet funeral, his own
responsibility for this tragic death he
lived It all over and over again in an
Instant of time as grief, regret, re
morse, successively swept his heart
Tying his horse outside the lonely
burying ground, he threaded his way
among the myrtle-covered graves to
the low mound which marlsed her rest
ing place, approached It removed hla
hat and stood silently, reverently, by
Us side.
There come to us all hours or mo
ments of sudden and unexpected dla
closures of the hidden meaning of life.
Such an one came to David, there by
that lowly grave. He saw, as in the
light of eternity,, the grandeur and
beauty of that character which . the
story of her sin and suffering had
made him. In his Immaturity, misin
terpret and despise I He did not com
prehend that tragic story when she
told It; It waa Impossible that he
should, for he had no knowledge or
experience adequate to furnish htm
the clew.
As he stood there by her grave,
measuring this deep and traglo expe
rience with his new divining rod of
sympathy, there ruahed upon him an
overmastering desire to reveal hia ap
preciation to that suffering heart be
yond the skies. A feeling of bitterness
at hla Inability to do this ' frensled
htm; a new consciousness of the Irony
of life In permitting him to make these
dlBcoveriee when they could do her no
good plunged him suddenly Into a
struggle with the darker problems of
being which for a little while had
teased to vex him.
"Do all the appreciations of heroism
some too later he aaked hla i
heart. "Do we aoqulre wisdom only
when we can no longer be guided by
It t Do we aohleve self-maatery and
real virtue only to be despised by our
ahlldrenT where la the clue to this
tangle? Oht mother, mother. If
eould only have one single hour to
ask thee what thou didst learn Vbout
this awful mystery tn those lonely
years of struggle! It I eould only toll
Ismms eg snr penitence, ec but admire
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tton, my lovel But It Is too late oo
late."
With this despairing cry on his Hps,
he flung himself upon the grave, bur
ied his face In the green turf and
burst Into a convulsive passion of
tears, such tears as come onoe or
twice, perhaps, in the lives of most
men, when they are passing through
the awful years of adjustment to the
Incomprehensible and apparently cha
otic experiences of existence.
Like a thunderstorm, these convul
sions clear the atmosphere and give
relief to the strained tension of the
soul. At length, when his emotion had
spent Itself In long-drawn sighs, Da
vid rose -in a calm and tender frame
of mind, plucked a bunch of violets
from the grave and reluctantly turned
away.
On foot and leading his horse, he
entered a quiet and secluded path
which led past the rear of the farm.
He had not consciously determined
what he should do next; but his heart
Impelled him irresistibly toward that
little bridge where he had encountered
Pepeeta on his return from the lum
ber camp. It was at that place and
that hour, perhaps, that he had passed
through the deepest experience of his
whole life, for It was there that the
full power of the beauty of the woman
In whom he had met hla destiny had
burst upon him, and it waa there that
for the first time he had consciously
surrendered himself to those rich .emo
tions which love enkindles tn the soul.
He threw the horse's bridle over the
limb of a tree, leaned over the hand
rail of the bridge and looked down In
to the water. The stillness of, the
world, the slumber-song of the stream,
the haunting power of the past super
induced a mood of abstraction so com
mon tn other, happier days.
Oblivious to all the objects and
events of that outside world, he stood
there dreaming of the past While he
did so, Pepeeta, following her dally
custom, left the farm-house to take
an evening walk. She also sought the
little bridge. Perhaps she was sum
moned to this spot by some telepathlo
message from her lover; perhaps It
was habit that Impelled her, perhaps
it waa some fascination in the place
Itself. She moved forward with the
quiet step pecular to natures which
are sensitive to the charm of the great
solitudes of the world, and came noise
lessly out from the low buses behind
the lonely watcher. As she stepped
out Into the road, she caught sight of
the solitary figure and her heart, an
tlctpatlng her eye In its swift recognl
tlon, throbbed so violently that she
placed her hand on her bosom, as If
to stUl It
"David!" she said, In a low whisper.
She paused to observe him for
moment and, as he did riot stir, began
to move quietly towards him as he
stood there motionless a silhouette
against the background of the darken
ing sky. She drew near enough to
touch him; but so profound. was his
reverie that he was oblivious of her
presence. It could not have been long
that Pepeeta waited, although It seem
ed agea before he moved, sighed and
breathed her name.
She touched him on the arm. He
turned, and so met her there, face to
face.
It waa an experience too deep for
language, and their emotions found ex
pression in a single simple act. They
clasped each other's hands and stood
silently looking Into each other's eyes,
After many moments of silence David
asked: "Why do you not speak to me,
Pepeeta T
"My eyes have told you 'all," she
said.
"But what they say Is too good to
be believed! Tou must confirm their
mute utterance with a living word." he
Cried.
"I love you, love you, love you," she
replied.
"Tou. love me! I bless you for It
Pepeeta, but there la something else
that I must know."
"What can It bet Is not everything
comprehended In that single wordT It
Is all-embraolng as the air! It enfolds
life aa the sky enfolds the world!"
. "Ah! Pepeeta, you loved me when
we parted, but you did not forgive
me!"
She dropped her eyes.
"Have you forgiven me now?"
"It Is not true that I did not forgive
you," she replied, looking up at -his
face again. 'There haa never been tn
my heart for a single moment any
aense of a wrong which I could not
pardon. It has been one of the awful
mysteries of this experience that I
could not feel that wrong! When I
tried to feel It most my heart would
aay to me, "you are not sorry that he
loved you, Pepeeta! Tou would rather
that all ' this agony should have be
fallen you than that he should not
have loved you at all!' It la this feel
Ing that haa bewildered me, David.
Explain It to me. Let me know how
I could have such feelings In my heart
and yet be good. It seems as If I
ought to hate you; but I cannot,
love you, love you. love you."
"But Pepeeta, if you loved me. why
am you leave roe 7 i do not compre
hend. How could you let me stand In
the darkness under your window and
then turn away from It Into the awful
blackness and solitude to which
fled?"
"Do not reproach me, I thought It
was my duty, David."
' "I do not reproach you. I only want
to know your Inmost heart"
"I do not know! There haa been all
the time something stronger than my
self Impelling me. I grew too weak to
reason. I felt that the heart had rea
sons of Its own. too deep for the mind
to fathom, and I yielded to them.
wee only a woman after all, Dvtd
Love Is stronger than woman! Oh l H
was I who wronged you. I ought not
to have forsaken you. Ought I? I do
not know, even now. Who can tell me
what is right? Who can lead me out
of this frightful labyrinth? If I did
wrong in seeking you, I humbly ask
the pardon of Qod, and If I did wrong
in abandoning you, I ask forgiveness
In all lowliness and meekness from the
mom T 'T-nn trail
No, Pepeeta, you have never wrong
ed me; I alone have been to blame.
The result could not have been really
uiuoiaui, uer wittier wuai cuuraa yuu
took. Tbe sosurge would have fallen
anyway! ATI that has happened has
been InevltaUet Justice had to be vin
dicated. If It had not come In one
way, It would tn another, for' there are
no short cuts and evasions In tragedies
like this! Every result that Is attach
ed to these causes must be drawn up
by them like the links In a chain, and
one never knows when the end haa
come." .
His solemn manner and earnest
words alarmed Pepeeta.
Oh, David," she cried, "It cannot
cannot be so awful. Such consequences
cannot hang upon the deeds we com- ,
mlt In the limitations and Ignorance of
this earthly life."
'Forgive me, Pepeeta, I should not
talk so. These are the fears of my
darker moments. I have brighter hopes
and thoughts. There is a quiet feel
ing In my heart about the future that
grows with the passing days. Ood Is
good, and he will give us strength to
meet whatever comes. We must live,
and while we live we will hope for the
best Life Is 'a gift and It la our duty
to enjoy It"
'Oh I It Is good to hear you say
that! It comforts me. I think it can-,
not be possible that we should not be
able to escape from this darkness If
we are willing to follow the divine
light"
"I think- so, too," he said.
His words were spoken with such
assurance as to awaken a vague sur
prise that he had reasons which he
had not told. She pressed his hands
and besought him to explain.
'Oh! tell me," she said, eagerly; "Is
there anything new? Has anything
happened?"
'Pepeeta," he answered, slowly, we
have been strangely and kindly dealt
with. It Is not quite so bad aa It
seemed, for I did not kill him."
"Tou did not kill hlmt What do
you mean?"
'No, It is a strange Story! I thought
I had killed him. I knew murder was
In my heart It was no fault of mine
that ,the blow was not fatal. I left
him in the road for dead. But thank
God, he did not die; he did not die
thenl"
"He did not die then? Have you
seen him? Is he dead now? Tell mel
Tell me!"
(To be continued.)
Ills Money.
Luther M. Burbank, .the plant wl
ard of California, sadd of honey, apro
pas of a flower that bees love:
"This flower grows abundantly near
Santa Barbara, and there was once a
mutni foll fsiOT. tan - nrnA nf .n -
a leading Santa Barbara hotel because
they have such excellent honey there
a honey the bees make from thla
flower. Well, the young man got mar
ried In due course, and the wedding
trip Itinerary must Include Santa Bar
bara, so that the bride might taste thle
superb honey. But, the first morning
at the Santa Barbara hotel, there waa
no noney on me oreaxiast laoie. i ne
bridegroom frowned. He called the
old familiar waiter over to him:
" 'Where's my honey?' he demanded.
"The waiter hesitated, looked awk
wardly at the bride, then bent towards
the young man's ear and In a stage
whisper stammered:
" 'Er Mamie don't work here no
more, air.'"
An Elusive Bfann.
The opossum Is good to eat, but not
being dealt in by any organized pro
vision company, ts sometimes hard to
get A tourist In Georgia, says a
writer In the Washington Times, stay
ed overnight at the Palace Hotel, ia a
little village, and expressed a desire
to taste Georgia opossum. The whole
opossum, cooked In genuine Georgia
style, with potatoes on the side, waa
placed before him.
'Two dollars extra for the possum,"
said the landlord, when the guest
came to settle.
"It's an outrage!" said the guest
"It's according to the way you look
at it stranger," said the landlord;
"but It took me six nights' swamp
wading to catch that possum, an' when
I caught him I caught the rheumatism
with him." , ,
Vewholeaome.
Medicine Man What is the matter
with your majesty?
Cannibal King Oh, I've an awful
Indigestion!
Medicine Man What have you been
eating?
Cannibal King I have Just polished,
off an American millionaire.
Medicine Man Good heaveaet No
wonder you are 111! I've told you re
peatedly to beware of anything rich,
London Tit-Blta, . - .
His Ufa.
"I saved a beggar's life yesterday."
"Howr
"I asked him what he'd do If I gave
him a sovereign. "Good Lor I he said.
'I should .drop down dead.' So I put
the sovereign back Into my pocket"
London MalL
Bung So you have succeeded tm
tracing back my anceaora? What Is)
your fee?
Genealogist Twenty guineas for
keeping quiet about thenv Ckasell'a
Saturday Journal.
It U by patience and self-control
that the truly hereto iiyajr la p,
fectad.--. BmUr