Novelized by PORTER EMERSON BROWNE From the Play of
the Same Name by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson
COPYRIGHT. 1910. BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
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Chapter
10
THERE was despair at Vnlette,
despair profound. A night bud
come and gone, and now it
was morning, and still she
bad not been found. Leagues they bad
traveled through wood and braUe,
through road and forest path a father
grlui eyed, grim Jawed; a priest with
close set lips and anxious eyes; a bent,
little old tuan who could do nothing
but play the organ. And the bride
groom to be be had bunted a little
1)0. Only the fragile old aunt and
the bent old servant had remained
where bad once been the splendor of
Valette, the one too delicate, the other
too slow to be of assistance. And now
It was morning again.
Lemaltre bad come from the woods
Leuialtre, who played the organ in
' the cbapel. Aunt Marguerite saw him
as he entered the gate. She was wait
ing as be neared the bouse. He an
, awered tbt look of eyes, shaking his
bead. .
She cried softly;
, "My poor brother!"
"Come, ma'tn'selle," said Louise;,
"one must not give up hope that she
has been safe all the time."
"Safel" exclaimed Mile, de Valette.
"Little Madeleine alone In the forest!
And all 1 may do Is to pray that my
brother has found her!"
Louise shrugged her bent shoulders.
"That cold blooded M. Raoul there
be does not need any oue to pray
for nlm! See blm! How calmly he
sits on the porch yonder! He gave
up the search pretty early, eb? Ah,
that Is one sort of bridegroom! And
1 think if one sort of misfortune bus
befallen blm be deserves It."
"One sort of misfortune," repeated
Mile, de Valette. "What do you mean
by 'one sort of misfortune?' "
"1 have my ideas," replied old
Louise sagely. "Now it la more than
twenty-four hours that Mile. Made
leine has been lost. Hal If she bod
wished to be found, sUe would have
been. She went away without telling
anybody. 1 have though to myself:
'Why dlii she do that? Was It be
cause she did not like this marriage,
perhaps!' You want the answer. 1
think yon can see it. Bitting on the
porch yonder." '
"Silence." commanded Mile, de Va
lette angrily, "You're a fooll"
The old servant watched ber go.
She did not see M. Raoul de Valette
as he left bis chair upon the porch
and came toward ber. He was be
side her when, at length, she repeated
to herself: .
"Fooll" 1
' lie said, smiling at ber shoulder:
"1 trust you address yourself, good
woman."
She turned. ,
"It might be that I spoke to the
blind. M. Raoul."
,"And who Is blind here?"
She shrugged ber shoulders.
"AH of you perhaps," she returned.
"Because we have not found Mile.
Madelelner
"Perhaps because you search only In
the woods for her."
He asked slowly;
"Where do you think wt should look
for herr
She answered deliberately:
"Nowhere where you are, ITsteur
Raoul."
"Then." he said musingly, "you do
not think that she la lost"
"Oh. maybe,"
Professional Bit ectory of Wallowa County
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THOS. M. DILii 1
ATTORNEMT-UW
Office first door aoutb of New
Fraternal BUlg, Enterprise, Ore. J
I BURLEIGH ft BOYD
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
X Practice In all State Courts and
J Interior Department. Careful at
J, tentlon to all business.
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D. W. SHEAJIAN '
LAWYER ENTERPRISE
Practice In State and Federal
Court and Interior Department.
Dr. V. E. Moore, oeteopatto, has
offica hour nil day Tueeday, Thurs
day and Saturday ta. Enterprise. Of
fice over the bank. SSbtf
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far f't;
"ALL' I HAT DO IS TO PRAT THAT XT
BH0TI1EK HAS FOUND HKK."
"You mean because she wishes to
be lost?'
"Who can tell?"
"That is. she hides."
"Who knows?"
He said, with a half smile:
"I find the idea singularly unflatter
ing to myself." He turned to find
himself face to face with Father
O'Mara. tired of face, with broad
shoulders bowed a little.
"You bring good news. 1 trust, sir?"
inquired Raoul.
O'Mara shook bis bead.
"None," be sild. and then: "M. de
Valette Is coming back.' I persuaded
him. If he does not rest Not a
word, not a trace, of ber anywhere. At
any other time we conld have bad all
the neighborhood to help us. But the
young men marched last night, and
the rest won't assist not out of heart-
lessness. There's1 come a rumor that
General Jackson fought a great battle
above New Orleans this morning, and
one army or the other, they don't know
wUlrh. was almost massacred. Try
to tnla of something to say to your
cousin. If anything has happened to
ber" He shook his head again.
. . De Valette had come now. The long
night bad told upon him sadly; yet
eyes nnd Jaws were still set grimly.
In them there was no weakening.
He looked at tbem both at his cous
in, at the priest. ' .
"Mind this," he sald-"l. have not
given tip."
Raoul said slowly:
"If I may suggest. Isn't there Just
a possibility Could It be that you
seek In the wroug direction?"
"She was seen to enter the woods,"
returned De Valette.
"But," persisted Raoul. "suppose she
herself had not wished to be seen. It
Is a tts! to my modesty, but 1 am
willing to admit that Mile, de Valette
may not, have been captivated by the
alliance you proposed to her."
"That is unthinkable, sir!" cried De
Valette. "Her obedience la unques
tioned." '
"Obedience!" repeated Raoul. "Yes,
perhaps. But the circumstances are
peculiar, even significant. I am pre
sented to her as her betrothed. Then
she vanished. Uer motive? I argue a
previous fancy."
"Bo more deflulte," commanded De
Valette. , ,
"But what Is more natural," Insisted
Raoul. with a llRht shrug of his shoul
durs, "than that n young lady. In her
chase for .butterflies, nerharjs. ma
Tales Out of School.
Suitor 1 suppose your futhet Is alto
gether taken up with busluess?
Her Little Brother-Yes. dad thinks
of nothing else. That piust have been
why ma wild to sister Inst ulght.that If
you meant business It was about time
you talked to papa. Brooklyn Life.
Heard at the Hub.
"And bow old are you, little girl?"
"Six."
"And how Is It you are out walking
without your mu mum?''
"Oh. lunmina doesn't go In for exer
cise. Really, we have very little In
common." Houston Chronicle. .
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LAW UK UULKITOE, UKC
Practice la State
unit Federal
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Courts and int. Dept.
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Bldg opposite court house. T
Something new KIrsh curtain, rods
and portler polea for the ttret time
In Enterprise. Come In and see
them at F. S, Ashley'a.
meet a youth to her Inclination" "
He stopped. De Valette had come
close to him and was looking at blm
with his grim eyes. 1
"M. Raoul de Valette." he said, his
voice low and tense, "you speak of a
demoiselle De Valette. I could forget
that you are my cousin. I cannot for
get that you are a guest in my house.".
He turned on bis heel and left him,
and Father O'Mara followed.
Raoul de Valette watched them go.
He smiled a little, flickering from silk
en bose with cambric handkerchief an
lmaginery bit of dust. The sound of
singing came to blm. It, was a voice
that he knew. He listened to the
words:
"I'ete de milt est la tempe le plus.
Pour lesclseaux amanti qui cherchant le
repose.
L coucou a vole le nld de I'orlor.
Pauvre p'tlt marl!
Pauvre i'orlotl" ' ;
He repeated the words, translating:
"In summer at' night the mating Is best.
At twilight they're winging their way.
home to rest.
The cuckoo has stolen the oriole's nest.
Poor little husband!
Poor oriole I"
And then she came following her
song. She saw him; she stopped; the
mocking smile was on ber lips.
He said sternly: '.. k
"I told you to go!"
She returned with great pretense of
sympathy of concern:
"An, my Raoul! Could I leave you
alone, unprotected, among these peo
ple! They might fool you. They might
marry you, after all, to that little one
who yesterday was a child!"
"What do you know of her?" be de
manded swiftly.
She laughed wildly.
"M'sleur Raoul de Valette Is quite an
old gentleman!" she cried. "Quite an
old gentleman!" Her mirth rang loud.
"If M. de Valette hears that you
know anything of his daughter." he
said through bis teeth, "he'll not stop
at half measures to get It out of you."
Again she laughed, -this time scorn
fully. "Half measures!" she repeated.
"They are not needed. 1 came to tell.
Only I stop to observe that M.. Raoul
Is not half so young and not nearly
so pretty as" ' ' ' 1 ,
"As whom?" be demanded violently.
She looked at him over one rounded
shoulder tantullzingly.
"As shall we say M'sleur Gilbert
Steele?"
"That
found her asleep
yesterday!" Yet
again she laugh
ed. "He has awak
ened her!" She
continued in , al
tered tones
swiftly. "S h e
came looking for
blm In the
woods. She had
forgotten you. He
bad to go after
the soldiers, and
! she went after
him!"
He atood for a
'moment In si
lence. Then be
said slowly.
harshly:
"L ait night!
"That ends It"
"LAST NIGHT! THAT
. KNDS IT." .
TO BE CONTINUED. J
j Somebody has dug1 up a contempo
rary account of the flood. But Noah
scooped blm. Ho knew about It be
fore it happened.
W. C.
DENTIST
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ENTERPRISE
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Home
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; ; Office upstairs . In Bank Build-
lng. Ind. Home phone in office
; and residence.
M-'H.?'M
II DR. C. A. AULT J
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ;
Office In Bank Building.
! Horn phone both office and,'
; ; residence, ;
boy who
Our- entire stock of men's and
boy'a clothing goos on sale at great-
ly reduced prices, Saturday June 4.
f, J. Funk ft Co, 1
The Festive Codfish.
A correspondent of the New York
Fost says that the codllsh frequents
"the tablelands of the sea." The cod
fish no doubt does this to secure ns
nearly as possible a dry. bracing at
mosphere.' This pure nlr of the sub
marine tablelands gives to the codllsh
that breadth of chest and dopth of
lungs thaj we have so often noticed..
The glnd. free smile of the codllsh is
largely attributed to the exhilaration
of this oceanic nttitoodloum. The cor
respondent further says that the "cod
fish subsists lurgely on the sea cherry."
Those who have not bud the pleasure
of seeing, the codllsh climb the cherry
tree in search of food or clubbing tuo
fruit from the heavily laden branches
with chunks of coral have missed a
very fine sight. The codfish when at
home rambling through the submarine
forests does not wear his vest unbut
toned as he does wh tie Ion ting around
the grocery stores of the United Spates.
-Bill Nye.
A High Priced Fricassee.
Lord Alvaulcy. a noted' wit and high
liver in England n hundred years or so
ago. Insisted on having an apple tart on
his dinner table every day throughout
the year. ' On one occasion he paid a
caterer $1,000 for u luncheon put up in
a basket that sufficed a small boating
party going up the Thames. Being
one of a dozen men dining together at
a London club where each was re
quired to produce hla own dish. Alvan
lcy's, as the most expensive, won him
the ndvantage of being entertained
free of cost. This benefit was gained
at an expense of $3-10, that being the
price of a simple fricassee composed
entirely of the "nolx." or small pieces
nt each side of the back, taken from
thirteen kinds of birds, among them
being 100 snipe. 40 woodcocks and 20
pheasants In all about 30O birds.
Our Eccentrio Phrases.
Why do we always talk of putliug
on a coat and vest? Who puts on 'a
coat before a vest ? We also say put
ting on shoes and stockings. Who
puts, on' shoes before the stockings?
We also put up signs telling people to
wipe their feet when we mean, their
boots or shoes. And a father tells a
boy he will warm bis jacket when be
means to warm his pantaloons. We
are a little eccentric In our phrases at
times.. 1
An Odd Epitaph.
The following epitaph is to be found
In a cemetery withiu seven miles of
New York's city hall:
Reader, pass on: don't waste your time
O'er bad biography and bitter 'rhyme.
For what 1 am this crumbling clay ln
. eures.
And what I was Is no affair Of yours.
In the Game. V
"I am lu the hands of my friends."
said the political sldestopper. s
"Yes." replied tbe harsh critic, "nud
every time your Trienda look over their
hands they seem Impatient for a new
deal," Washington Stur. ,.
.. ' - The Proper Tree.
Curious Charley Do nuts grow on
trees, father? Father-They do. my
son. Curious Charley Then vlntt tree
does the doughnut grow on?' Father
The "pantree," my sou.-Purple Cow.
Never Good.
Fogg That's a bad cold you have,
old man. Fcnderson Did you ever
bear of a good cold, you idiot? Bos
ton Transcript.
All phone orders for bus to and
from depot promptly attended to.
White Front barn. Home phone. 97b
SUMMER NORMAL. ,
The annual Summer Sehool for
Teachere will be held in the High
School building at Enterprise, com
mencing July 6, .1910, -and continu
ing five weeks.
All teachers who are planning to
take the August examination should
attend, as special review work will
be given tn all subjects required for
county certificates. Methods of
teaching- in e;;ch subject a spec
ialty. Tuition, for term $10. '
Please aotify the Instructors at
once of your intention to attend.
- AUBREY O. SMITH,
Principal Lostlne Schools.
- J. C. CON LEY, County Supt.,
97bl3 , Instructors.
IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE , .
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
The Improvement Ijeauge will hold
Ks next regular meeting Monday ev
ening. The Library association has
tlndly given the league the use of
the library room un'il the Commer
cial club room I ready. The mem
bers of the loapne and nil ladies. In
terested In city Improvement work
are urged to bo preheat.
Her Diamond Necklace. -
I, Brown Is a very careful man. ' He is
'. superlatively careful. So careful Is he
that he has insured bis Insurance
. money. '
' Now. Brown has a wife. Wives have
to be given birthday presents, and on
his wife's first birthday , after their
I marriage be gjjve her a beautiful dia
I motul necklace. This was uot as reck
less as you might think, for each stone
on the necklace represented a year of
I Sirs. Browu's life, and he let everyone
know that. And he arranged to give
I Mrs. Brown a new diamond eaclh
! birthday. And he let the neighbors
know that too. v ,"' ,
I He has just missed giving his wife a
; birthday present for the ninth succes
sive year.
As to when greed will conquer pride
and his1, wife will ask for another birth
day present, we shall have to wait and
see. Pearson's. '
, The Salt Char.m Failed.
Rome three years before the Franco
German war broke out Count Secken
dorff accompanied King William I. on
his visit to Napoleon III. and was
present at the celebrated dejeuner giv
en In the Pavilion de Diane at Fon
tnlnebleau. KJng William, who was
sitting next the empress, was asked
by her to pass the snlt, and In comply
ing with this request he threw a little
salt over his shoulder. Upon the em
press exclaiming, "Why do you do
that?" the king explained that in his
country it was tbe custom to do so
when pnssing the salt to ward off bad
luck and any chance of a quarrel. The
empress In a prettily turned speech at
once replied. "But surely there is na
danger of anything Interfering with
our friendship.'" In less than three
years the Germans had crossed the
Rhino. London Spectator.. :
J S I P IK!
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will have the greatest celebration on , .
July 3, A v and 5
ever held in Wallowa County '
There will be all kinds of Games, Sports, Races,
Boot Races, Etc., for valuable prizes; Fine music,
dancing, and every amusement the heart could wish;
It will be held at the head "of beau-'" .
tiful Wallow Lake, the finest sum-" ' '
mer resort in Oregon ' ""'
. L,ow Excursion Rates!
from all points on the O. R. ' & N., - tickets on
sale Sunday, July 3, good for return until Tues-'
day, July 5 ' - " ; ' .
Everybody cordially invited , to celebrate with! x
CONCRETE WORK '
T0f all kinds, llf you believe in beautifying Enterprise, you ,
must believe in making that beauty enduringConcrete is
enduring it will render city beauty a "Concrete Reality."
ISee us for any and all kinds of Concrete Work., y,. , '
MARKS BROTHERS, General Contractors.
: L. BERLAND
Dealer in Harness, Saddles, Chapps, Spurs
and Leather Goods of all descriptions. r
I will fit you out with the best goods for the least
money. When in need of anything in my line, call and
inspect my stock before purchasing. ?
ENTERPRISE, - - N - "OREGON
c a x ;rt jtt
Ia Grande Iron Works.
' ... i. ... . .j. ,
D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor
Foundry and Machine Shop. Casting -ind Ma-'
chine Work done on short notice.
M ALSO MAKUFACTURE FEED MILLS ,
Sawmill break down jobs promptly attended to
GIVE US A TRIAL
Osteopathic Profession Grlevea.
A telegram has been received by
Dr. Moore announcing the death of'
Mrs. Andrew Taylor Still of Kirks-
vllle, Mo.,- the wife of the illustri
ous founder of the science of oste-
opaithy. Mrs.-' Still wa about 77
years old, and held a unique posi
tion in the osteopathic profession.
It W realised . that her loyalty and
faithfulness during, the , years of
severe denial at the time of , the,
"Old' Doctor'" (as he is lovingly
called) : discovery . and development
of osteopathy was one of the sus
taining factors in giving the world
thib great healing ' science. ' The
early period of osteopathic develop- ";
mfcht meant being scoffed at as well
aa 'poverty, "of the direst kind, for
people were slow to give Dr. Still
any encouragement and ' through
yera.and years of reverses he con
tinued to study the body and build
h'jj 'to-ir.dationi for a true system of
Iiea'.inj- !,nd through It all M"rs. Still
shtv.td loving loyalty and' lived her
sweet life uncomplainingly. So Mrs. '
Still likewise was considered a great
benefactor, and was finally blessed
with the contentment which follows
success after great trials; and lived
to see the "Old Doctor" reap hie
Just reward of one of the .world's .
greatest benefactors, -while she en
joyed the love and admiration' of the ,
osteopathic world. .
W. B. APPLEGATE.
Notary PublU .
Collections ' made. Real Estate '
bought and ' sold and , all business
matters attended to. ' Call on ' or
write me.
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