The news=record., April 23, 1910, Saturday Edition, Image 4

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MADELEINE DE VALETTE
hurried ou and on along the
long path that led' from the
acres that had once been of
Valette. A ' heron, trailing long legs,
rose from the marsh by the bayou's
edge. She did not stop to look. Butter
flies Innumerable, of Innumerable glo
rious colors, fluttered across her path,
but she steeled ber heart against their
beguilemenls. She was late. She was
late In meeting her betrothed. Surely
that was a very grave crime Indeed
y? i ss
HE LIFTED HER LITTLE HAND AND KISSED IT, BRUSHING
1 , - WITH' HIS Lirs.
A tiny strand of hair golden brown
kissed of the sun fell from Its fasten
ings and, tossed by the playful lingers
of the breeze, quivered about a pink
cheek a cheek made more than usual
ly pink by exertion. She brushed It
back with slender fingers, but It would
not stay. :
Aunt Marguerite saw her as, she came
through the garden gate the gate of
fallen bricks and with the heavy,
clinging vines. They were waiting for
her there iu the great, somber room
ber father, the priest, Aunt Marguerite
and the betrothed whom she hud never
seen. She looked ut him with the round,
wondering, curious eyv'H' of a little
child. "
She looked for a long moment. Then
abe remembered herself and courtesied
profoundly, as she bad beeu told to do
Her father came to her -then and took
ber by the baud. He Introduced her
formally to the man that was to be
her husband. ' . , .
"M. Raoul de Valette." he said. "1
have the honor to present you to my
daughter, Mile. Madeleine de Valette."
M. Raoul de Valette bowed grandly
Madeleine In watching herself almost
forgot to courtesy. Rut then she re
membered, and so she returned his
greeting, as Aunt Marguerite had tmiglu
ber. And all the while her violet eves
were round with the wonder of It till.
He came across to her, did M. Kuuul
de Valette. He took ber hum! In UK
Ha lifted her little hand hikI kissed
It, brushing It with his lts mit .x.ar
guerlte had told her nnihlug t iiu.
he wondered what It ml;.!i. l i
then he let go her band gently..
He said oortly:
"1 trust, iiiiuletnolselie, thai It nuy
be iny happy fortune never in this, lire
to do anything which shall dlspivve
you."
She was looking wonderlngly ut the
band that he hud kissed, so she did
not quite hear what it was that lie
aid. But theu she saw Aunt Mar
guerite beside ber. She sulci uulckly:
"That la my wish also, monsieur."
But then she bhw Aunt Marguerite's
expression, and ahe remembered that
which aha had been taught. She said
quickly:
"l mean and, for my part, monsieur,
'""
It la mj devout wish-that you shall
flud me obedient to your tutctesls, so
that mj conduct lu all respects shall
ver continue to merit your cousmcr
ate approbation."
She looked up eagerly. Aunt Mar
guerlte uodded. And she kuew that
he bad said well But eho could see
Father O'Mara laughing. She wonder
ed why. But ilia bad not time to
wonder long, for br betrothed again
was tpeaklng.
"It la my profound trust, mademoi
selle," he said, "that nothing may ever
mar our profound accord,
Tbla time she remembered.. She
aid:. . - --
"That la my wish also, monsieur."
h looked up at "Auut Marguerite,
"Is It all over now?" she queried. i
Theu she almost bit ber Up, for Aunt
Marguerite "sshed" so suddenly, arid
J there was on her face such an expres
sion of horror! But Father O'Mara
was before her now, his broad, sun
browned hands extended to take hers.
She placed her own therein.
j "My dciir," he said, "let me be the
first not of your family to wish you
Jill the Joy In the world. On my soul,
you deserve everything that the bless
ed angels do."
! She queried wonderingly:
) "Does marriage bring all that, fa
ther?" The good priest turned to M, Raoul
fle Valette.
"Neither a jewel nor a flower, sir."
IT
he aald. "Wo were both wrong. A
little white butterfly', she Is a little
white butterfly."
"Oh, Father O'Mara," she cried ea
gerly, "1 caught that big one the one
that had red and gold on Its wings
but I let him go. That was better for
hlin, wasn't it?"
"To bo sure It. was," he returned
very seriously. Then her father came
and kissed ber on the forehead. He
and Father O'Mara left her with
Aunt Marguerite and with her be
trothed. M. Raoul de Valette brought her a
chair. He brought one for Aunt Mar-
"St-,
"I LOVE THE PEOPLE
guerlte, too. and then for himself. And
they all sat down. She watched htm
iuterestedly-wutched him, that la, uu-
, all 1,..., li... -i... . l
i " lul,,lu '
theu, of course, Bhe bad to look at the
Qoor'
At length she heard M. Raoul de
Valutte speak to her. He said:
"Doubtless you have beeu Informed,
mademoiselle, that this very day your
houored father will deride the date
j upon which 1 achieve the greatest f-
, liclty of my life."
She looked up artlessly.
"You mean our weddlugr she asked.
Auut Marguerite was whlspertug
again. "Too bold!" she said, and then.
j "Keep your eyes on the floorP She
again looked Uowu, but she didn't
know what to do, quite, about that
which she bad beeu too bold. Should
the apologize or
ill ' :-
1
a
I
1 cr,:
"What else could I mean," her be
trothed was asking, "when I speak of
my greatest felicity?" '.
Again she forgot ' She queried
quickly:
"It will make you happy that we
should marry, you mean, mousleur?'
She turned to Aunt Marguerite. "Isn't
it strange that" .Then she stopped
quite suddenly,, for Aunt Marguerite
had "sshed" again.
"I presume to hope." went on M.
Raoul de Valette, "that you your
self by that time' may regard the
alliance with sotue favor." -
This tittle she remembered. With
eyes on the floor, she said:
"I am confident that a mutual felic
ity, monsieur, can be only the result
of our alliance. 1 have been carefully
Instructed so that I understand quite
well that not only the excellence of a
daughter's character, but ber happi
ness also, consists In obedience to ber
parents' wishes." . -,
He said, smiling:
"Yet my own present happiness does
not spring from obedience."
"How Is thHtT" she asked quickly,
then yet more quickly, 'Oh. 1 forgot!"
"Forgot what ?" be asked, again
milling.
"To keep my eyes on the floor," ahe
returned naively.
He laughed. ."My dear cousin." he
laid, vi hope you will not keep your
eyes on the floor. I much prefer that
you keep them on me." r '
It was Aunt Marguerite who this
time rebuked'M. Raoul de' Valette.
"Monsieur!" she cried.
M. Raoul de Valette rose.: He turned
to Aunt Marguerite.
"Dear lady." he said, "permit me.
It will hasten the acquaintance. 1
might even presume to look forward
to a lime when she will like to look
at me. When one likes to look at a
Certain person one likes that person "
"Oh. how true that Is!" cried Made
leine, clapping her hands a' little. "1
love the people I like to look at."
"Ah!" exclaimed M. Raoul de Valette
gravely. "May I ask at whom you
like to look, mademoiselle?"
"At my father," she answered, all In
a breath, "and at Aunt Marguerite, of
course, and Father O'Mara, and and
old Louise and sometimes at myself."
He said lightly: -,;r t -v;
"1 presume you speak of another
feeling." . , ;t .' t :l
Aunt Marguerite again warned him.
"Monsieur!" she cried. ., iv ';'-;.
"No; let him!" besought Madeleine.
' He continued evenly: ' ,
"Of a feeling that sometimes comes
in one Instant, It may be with the
very first glance Into another pair of
eyes a feeling . which absorbs and
overpowers the whole being, a feeling
which makes one soul cling to another
in spite of fear or shame or death,
which makes one soul lose Itself In
that other and And Us whole universe
there."
Aunt Marguerite half rose protest
lngly. ''.' "
I LIKE TO LOOK AT."
"Indeed. Indeed, monsieur," she be
gan, but Madeleine Interrupted.
"Oh, but Aunt Marguerite, do lis
ten!" And then, half to her betroth
ed, half to herself: "How strange It
would be to feel like that Does it
come to every one?" .
He replied, smiling:
"rerhups uot to every one.
"To me some time?" .
"That Is my hone." 1 "
Madeleine wan quiet for a moment;
then she cried suddenly: : , .
"It must have come to you. mon
sleurt You have known It!"
Aunt Marguerite was again militant
"My niece!" abe cried In protest.
"But It must haver persisted Made
leine. "How would he kuow?"
"My cousin la light" said M. Rnrul
de Vnlette calmly. "My presence bere
on this occasion Is proof of It" He
bent, taking Madeleine's band. "Ma-
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COPYRIGHT, 1910. BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION '
"1 MUCH PREFER THAT TOU KEEP THEM
ON MJt."
demoiselle.", he snld gently, "I thank
you for the honor of this Interview."
To Auuf Marguerite he said, "Cousin,
your servant" Then, bowing again,
be was gone. -They
wutched him depart. Then
Madeleine, running to the great seat
by the chimney, perched herself upon
It. To her Aunt Marguerite turned.
"My dear," she said solicitously, "are
yon not fatntV' Shall 1 bring my salts?"
Madeleine turned on her round, won
dering eyes of violet -
"Why,- no, aunt" she replied. "Why
should I be faint?"
"But you ought to be," asserted Aunt
Marguerite. "It Is not quite maidenly
not to be. The excitement of this in
terview" ; '
Madeleine said musingly: .
"It was excitlug, wasn't It trying to
remember all the things you told me?"
Aunt Marguerite shook ber head a
little dubiously.
"He Was very daring," she com
mented. "The next Interview must be
less agitating."
Madeleine bad sunk back among the
cushions. She said at length thought
fully and a bit sleepily:
"1 think Couslu Raoul Is very nice
and interesting. But I'm not agitat
ed. Aunt Marguerite. I think I shall
like blm very much. . Perhaps I shall
like him sometime next to my fatter
and you and Father O'Mara and old
Louise. I suppose I ought to after
awhile. He was very Interesting when
he spoke of that" . She turned on
ber . elbow and looked at her aunt.
"Aunt Marguerite, did you ever, feel
that way he said?" ; '
"Such topics," returned Aunt Mar
guerite shortly, "are not for the young.''
"But M. Raoul isn't young." .
"It was Indelicate of him to mention
It." V
Madeleine was silent for a moment
At length she said slowly, drowsily:
"He is quite nn old gentleman', isn't
her .- .
Her nunt went to her, bending, over
and smoothing her tumbled hair.
"Child," she said gently, "you are
tired. You walked too far."
'.Madeleine de Valette - stretched her
slender limbs out upon the great seat.
One delicate little arm was thrown
above her head. She yawned.' She
said sleepily: '
"M. Raoul de Valette is quite nn old
ffentleman" she- yawned again "isn't
he?"
And by and by she slept.
,TO BK CONTINUED.)
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DIRECTORS' MEETING
OF THE W. C. M. & D. CO.
: The board of directors of .the
vVallowa County Mining & Develop
nent Company held Its regular meet
;ng In, this city last. Monday for the
ransactlon' of the business of the
:ompanyj Thie company Is composed
f well known citizena of the county
vho are- showing .thelo- faith by theii
works. H. N. Williams, of WaUojWa,
is the president and general mana
i'er; . Jesse Walker, of Lostlne, Is
th vice president; G. W. Williams,
of Wallowa, is Treasurer, and J. A.
Jurlelgh, of Enterprise, la secretary
and attorney. ,
From Secretary J. A. Burleigh, . we
gather the following facts' relative
to the' property and work of the com
pany:
The head office of the company
... . . . l A
a. to tnis city, ana wasi orgiuuzou
ibout ten months ago, for the pur
pose of taking over and developing e
jroup of fourteen mlnJiig' claims Jo
ated twenty ml'.es southeasit of the
town of Joseph, andi tea miles north
vest of Home;ead on. Snake river.
The claims are only seven -miles
rora the head' of the Sheep creek
jvagon road. The company la Incor
porated for the general purpose ol
ocatlng, leasing and purchasing min-
.ig property, the development,. a'e
5r operation of the same, the con
jtructlon of reduo'ion and simeltint
works' and other generail mlndng bus
iness. The corporation hasi a capl-.
al of two milt'on shares of the par
aluo .ot $1.00, fully paid and non-
aas.easab'je, of which one million
shares are to .the treasury for devel-
jpment work and1 promoting the bus
iness of the company..
The company has been pushingi de
eiopment . work vigorously on the
above described group of c'alms dur
Ing the past ten months and at pres-
5n;t has. over sdx hundred 'feet of tun
lei constructed with approxlmatelj
wo hundred tons of ore ready for
jillllne or shipment. Over two hun-
Ired feet of the tunned! Ja to, the.
.edg. which shows' a ,width of ovet
'orty f aet at the last, cross-cut. , -It
is the lntemtlon of the company
:o go ahead with the work. with, all
apldLty and as sosa as. sufficient ore
blocked' out to place machinery
lpou.the ground to, properly handle
.he product "and the stockholders
'lave every assurance that within
alghteen months" the property -will
ae paying a dividend. ; -
A small block of the stock has
been placed on the market at ten
oents per share, most of which, has
been taken by home people and
with the prospects before the com
pany for 'the coming year ft cer-
ialnly affords a fine field for Invest
ment. The development of this
property until it reaches a dividend
paying bases mein . much tq Wal
Iowa county and It- should receive
.he encouragement of all who are
interested. The nxt fe,w years are
going to demonstrate that Wallowa
county is- great la mineral resources
as well as other things, and those
who have the foresight, to take hold
of these opportunities wlill reap the
reward. , - "
PROMISE NEW8. :
Promise, April 22 Mr. John W
Weaver closed a successful six
months term of school on "River
Side," near Promise, April 21.
' The last day was celebrated by
a dinner given by the patrons of the
district, after which a program was
rendered by the school aided' by
pupils of the adjo'ning district. An
enjoyable time was had by all pres
ent, and Mr. Weaver returns home
feeling well satisfied with the
result of hla labors.
PARADISE.
Paradise, April 18 Still too
to plqw here. -. '
wet
Steve Thomas has traded for the
Clonlnger ranch and moved there
Henry Sturm and wife deeded' to
Harry D. Miller 80. acres of land In
township 5. range 45. east. W. M
Consideration ll-OO.
Aram In ta A. Sturm deeded to Hen
ry Sturm 80 acres of land In town
ship 5, range 45 E, Wv M. Consider
ation $1.00. -
William Cllne has some horses
missing from the range.
The news reached here that Eme
tine Akin died lo Asotin, Wash, on
April 16.
The mail from Paradise to Ana
tone could not cross the river on
iccount of the high water'.
" Three combine harvester machines
were sold here recently by an agent.
We are going to buy a : flying
machine as. soon as we can get
around to It. " - "
OPPORTUNITY GROWS
HERE IN WALLOWA,
(Continued from first page.)
.on ot Dreao'.ana oiuer iu.aiuu
. . . . ,, ,. ., f a
as Increased, during the past fif-.
een years, some rouir per cem an-
ually In excess of the production. -
. heat and flour are In. greater de-
land today-than they, ever were be-
ore - ine iuiure promises a
reater demand, which means that
he "35-cent" whJat of sorue years
go Is no,w and for the future a, bad
ream of the - past. Dollar wheat
the modern slogan, and it will be
he slogan of the Juture. Wheat
and, therefore,' like corn land, is
apidly coming Into a prominence j
ever before seen nor felt, and the
rorld is grasping for such land.
allowa county, as stated, has thous-' .
nds upon thousands of acres of
tome of the best wheat land of the
rld, and these acres are being set-
led up rapidly. This means that
Jnterprise as county seat and coun-
y center ill grow as rapidly, pre-
snt always a multiplication of op
in (unities, and offer always a de- "
eloping number of openlnys for the
i.ai jor woman of 'initiative and In
ustry and. money. .
With $2,000 the workingmam of the
ast can do more In Wallowa coun- ...
,' than with five times that, amount
i the settled sections of the east,
lis $2,000 will grow by the sheer
rce of settlement here. It grqws
i Wallowa county quickly. If he
jvests it in .land and works the
ind, he will find a ready market
or everything he can raise, and) this .
will be an added percentage to his
original investment. ' - - . ';
Heavy Immigration.
This year will witness perhaps the
eaviast immlgra'.ion of settlers that
Jregon has ever experienced. The
mtire northwest Is preparing for
tuch. Every big realty company on .
le coast and all the railroads agree
hat- the Influx of population during
)t0 will be enormous.
This means that" the eastern, sof
ter who desire to get Wallowa ;
heat and . fruit lands must act
promptly, or there will be no such
ind to be had. It Is simply good -luslness
to settle at the earliest
ate., It means that the settlem who
irrlves' first and buys and locates
111. have holdings to be quickly in
reased In. value by the Influx of peo
)le .who are already . beginning to
xme. , - ; .
And Enterprise la the proper place
-the safe place to stop... The name
;f the county seat Is significant. It
ame of. the spirit of her builders
ind her present residents, it has
tever been lost sight of by her bus
ness. men. Moreover, it is the log
cal center to which the settler
vlll come to transact his legal and
ther business.' '
SUMMER NORMAL.
... The annual . Summer School for
"eachers will be held to the High
School building 'at Enterprise, com
lenclrg July 6, 1910, and coatlnu
lg five weeks.
All teachers who are planning to
ike the August examination should
ttend, as special review work will
'e'glvea lu all subjects required for
ounty certiflca'es. Methods of
eaching a specialty.
If "a sufficient number to Justify
mroll a special primary teacher will
e employed. Tuition for term $10.
Please notify the Instructors of
'our intention to attend.
J. C. CONLEY, County Supt,
HARL H. BRONSON,'
-Principal Wallowa Schools,
- 97bl3 Instructors.
Every Day at
HARRISON'S
CITY MARKET
BEEF, PORK, VEAL
MUTTON ;
FRESH FISH EVERY DAY
. fresh oysters in
season;
; Sausapre of all kinds Hams
and Bacon Sugar Cured
For Dinner Corn Beef and Cab
bage, Wienerwurst and Sauer
Kraut For Breakfast Liver
and Bacon. For Supper Nice
Steak." Mincemeat Chickens at
any time. Orders delivered in a
few minutes. Telephone your
pratT ior b nice roast or boil and
it w ill be there in time to cook
,-; lor dinner.
Geo. A. Harrison
River Street