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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1899)
THE DOCTOR'S RUSE. rR Miss Onlmbv off duty to- II night. Mrs. Pri-stou?" hurriedly "questioned Dt. Attwood of tho head matron, ns he paused at the toot of the corridor. rr "Yes. after 0." "I shall need her to-ulght, then. I nni sorry, but It can't he helped; It Is bo sickly that a good nurse can not be ensllv secured. Tell her to be at Hie main otllee downstairs at 7, and I will call for her." and without further words he hurried down the stnlrs, out throuch the srreat crcen swinging doors of the hospital onto the street. "Miss Otilmbv." said the matron a few moments later, to n tall, slender, dark-eyed girl la nurses' garb, as she came from one of the wards with a bunch of towels over her arm nud a cup In her hand, "Dr. Attwood has Just told me that he will need you to-night. He wants you to be at the main otllee downstairs at 7, and he will call." "Very well." Isabel Qulmby was the daughter of parents that had once been wealthy. but her father, like so many men, In endeavoring to gain by speculation, lost everything their beautiful home and their place In society among the rest. Her father, to whom the humilln tlon was far worse than the mere pov erty, did not survive the fearful strain laid upon him, and In less than two months died. leaving Isabel and her mother nearly penniless. Then the young girl, putting pride and all Its accompanying sensitiveness In her pocket, entered the St. Albans Hospital, an Institution In her native city, as nurse. The tall, beautiful girl In her dark dress, with white apron and cap. and her rich, heavy hair coiled about her shapely head, and her beauti ful face so earnest and tender, was al most a tonic to those she was called to nurse. Before her father's failure she was engaged to Hale Attwood. a youug. rising doctor, very successful and pop ular, and connected with the St. Al bans Hospital. But It had been a hard Etruggle with him, for he was poor that is, In comparison with her father's wealth. After the crash was over and she found that he Intended her to keep her promise to hi in, she told him one night, as they stood In the parlor of the poor little suite of rooms she and her mother had hired, that she could not marry him, for, In so doing, she In a harder position bestde the man she loved with all her soul nud being, nud yet to whom, by her own mandate, aim poiild not sneak oue word of tho love that was making her tremble now. She believed she had never sou him so cool and self-possessed before. Once ns they passed a street lamp she had glaueeil into his face, silhouetted against the light, aud It had been deep lu thought. At last she ventured a re mark, "Where did you say this patleul lives?" There was a long silence, and she be gan to think he had not heard her, and BOUNDARY FIGHT. GREAT BRITAIN WANTS SLICE OF NEW GOLD FIELDS. Contend, that We Mu.t Olve Up Pome of Alntu-Aiiierlcnii Con.truc the McauliiK of the Treaty duo Way, ami tho llritlsh fee Another Way. Aside from the Philippine war, tho subject engrossing most public atten tion Is the dispute between we unmn States and England over the line which cuts Alaska off Canada. The question, otllclally. Is lu the hands of an Anglo American commission, whoso roiwrt Is being withheld by the two govern ments because, ns It Is rexrted, tho commission could not Hgroo upon terms. Where the matter will end no body knows now. for Iwth Uncle Sam and' John Bull are nnxlous to get for their subjects as much of the gold land nknse wns to cxcludo United Rlnten ,ho Northern Pnclllc. nn VduVl n whlci. the Government of Jo United States vigorously protostiM . nmlwn result. In 1821. by tntity -Seen the two governments, tho North em Pnclllc wns made nn open sun. Kvnde.t Wnr rrltl. K.ml-n.l. Bv tho Oregon settlement of 1SU1 Grcnt Britain got to tho Pnclllc. that solution nt the time being regarded ,,m profornblo to lighting or to probable contest nil along the Pnclllc count will. Kngliuid for Ht.pronmoy. llio '"' States sncrltlced the grout Norlhwes In order to ncqulro New Mexico ami California. Kverythlng ciMisldure.l. that prolMiblv was the 11 solution. It gnvo tho United States n compact ter ritory, nnd, admitting that Canada and tho United States are always to remain separate countries It Is lt reasonable the former should have its outlet on tho Pnclllc In Hrltlsh Columbia. By acquiring Alaska, however. In 1S07. tho Brltiah outlet In the Paeltlc now Inter- tho Dresont I. tl. - .. ie. n ,... tunc time, to arrive ..t Hcuiuiuoni or all territrni jtlii.tiHfiiiu ill ....... 'I'"" " IBSHU Why countries. at!tsf, in or Homo of tlm mfl, . But to arrive t Hll, ... ... " "U 111 A.,. ""J KW Hlu-ry "'" ll J iioho i.elng deter,,,,,,,,, iHltO 10 HNCOI I,,!,, w, ' " lilt, necessary to n Ho. reiiil tiling, me ouier pnrtv n i. ii linn In ...'ii ... mi .-..III..,. I1.,- I.. I.. meso equine. ti,Ih u , '.,"' part of the hu!.Ji-i. ny ' u"5n tl.o trenty or 18'JT. .lwt. ilr 'ti nln anil UushIh, the .ruviMon,IJ'BI wero adopted at tin. tntiir kH between Hussta ami ttiu i ,,.,, ."Nl In 1807. tl.o line of .l,.,nSJ tween Itussliin AiiiiTl.-ii ... , ,:m tl Una .i.ji. called, nnd Great American possession, ,,..- . J ,,,HI' made I, I supposed then. rnngo of i "l tains ri.nuliiK down n l iinu'tlcnllv. tli tin fur waterHliod nud Hi,.. t ..." ."""l! "IN VJLIX DID UK TLEAD." IS NO PATIENT EXCEPT was about to repeat the question, when suddenly ho turned nnd looked full nt her, so near that she could feel his breath. She was thankful for tho darkness, for she felt a hot flush spreading over her face. "I did not say," he said, slowly, turn ing back to his horse; "I did not sny I . Oh, Isabel, I have brought you out here to-night that I may piend with you Just once more. There Is no pa tient except myself, and no medicine on this earth can cure me but you, my dear." For a moment the young girl was fairly carried away by the torrent of his passion, and at the little word he had been so In the habit of calling hei she felt herself giving away, her re solves slipping down, yet she made one desperate attempt at a rally. "How dare you bring me out here on such a pretense. Dr. Attwood?" "Isabel," he whispered, for his arms were around her; "Isabel, I want you to say you love me." Her poor, tired head sank upon li Ls shoulder, nnd their lips, after long months of separation, met. Yes, I love you, Hale," she murmur ed, and the sleepy old horse enjoyed It, j too, for he had a chance for a little nap. MAP OP ALASKA. SHOWING TKIUtlTOHY IN DISPUTE. Canadians are understood to want an outlet on Lynn canal at or near place marked or further down imp c.jh Vu Ixwmliiry line, as given in the above map. is the American line. The Canadian contend that lu gi'tieral it iliouM It inn nearer the coast, and seek a port at the place Indicated by the cross. " TUEIIB NO PATIENT BKI.F." JIV- would be but putting one more obsta c!e in bis path to fame, since the wealth she had Intended should help him was gone. She felt It her duty to break the engagement. In vain did he plead and remonstrate. She was Ann, and nothing that be could say could In anywise change her mind. There had been one more such scene When she entered the hospital, with the same result. Then he had grown cold, and they began to pass each other on the steps or In the long corridors with merely a nod, and In time the men ger civility wore away nnd he appear ed to recognize her no more than one of the other nurses. It had been very sickly, the wards were full, and doctors and nurses were catching bits of sleep over their meals or nt any convenient time. Isabel had had but one night off during the week, and nil day she had been looking for ward to 0 o'clock, when she would bo free to go home for one night's rest, but now this summons had come, and from him. Promptly at 7 she opened the office door. He was waiting for her. Without n word otherwise than a civil saluta tlon they passed out through tho doors nnd down the steps. Silently he helped her Into the sleigh nnd took his seat by her side. Not until they were well out of the central portion of tho city and making their way toward the suburbs did he speak. Then It wns of the caso Itself; what he wished to be done, and about the medicines; after that he re laxed Into silence ngnln. It seemed to ber that fate could not have placed bcr She Fought tn tho Tr -nohes. Mrs. Slary La Tourette Stotsenburg, widow of Colonel John Stotsenburg, of New Albany, Ind., bears the distinc tion of having been often under tire on the firing line arouud Manila. When Colonel Stotsenburg went to the Phil ippines his wife accompanied him, aud, arriving there, insisted on being per mitted to accompany her husband In the subsequent campaigns. She went - .... .. ...nt. . i. m r f I Otis, but on many occasions she lyul to spend hours In the trenches with the troops. Letters from Manila to relatives, written months ago, tell of Instances In which the plucky woman was caught during different engagements and was forced, with her escort, to drop In tho trenches, where she lay, with tho bul lets whistling over her head. On dif ferent occasions she could not restrain her enthusiasm, and, although she docs not make reference to It, reliable re ports tell of her seizing a ritle from aj dying soldier and doing very effective work. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Preferred, for Ilonsons, A discussion whether "gotten" or "got" were tho preferable participle, received a practical solution, at least for tho telegraphic service, from tho experience related of a college pro fessor who preferred "gotten." Ho had telegraphed to his wife, some miles up town, "I havo gotten tickets for tho opera to-night; meet mo there." Tho telegraph operator rendered this Into, "I have got ten tickets," et cetera. Mrs. Professor was delighted with tho opportunity of entertaining her friends, and accordingly mado up a party of eight besldo herself, whoso greetings to tho proressor at tho rendezvous were perhaps inoro cordial than his feelings until things were explained. He now makes one exception to his customary use of "gotten." Coming Days. If the desire to write continues to In crease as It ls now Increasing, the peo ple of the future will earn a precarious livelihood by selling their books one to another. When you hear fools abused, taka some of It to yourself. it Alaska and British Columbia ns they can. This commission was as signed several other matters of arbitra tion or adjustment, but the boundary question Is the oue which demands the quickest settlement, for It Is liable any day to create trouble between the two governments. As to the Alaska boundary question. It is unfortunate that the commission failed to agree. As to which party ls to blame for this non-agreement, there seems to be a general agreement. Scarcely had the commission been ap pointed before Ontario passed a decree practically prohibiting the export of logs. Not to be behind lu International amity, British Columbia passed a law contlulng all mining privileges In that province to British subjects. The mem bers had worked together In greatest harmony for the accomplishment of the great purpose of the commission, but since It was seen that provinces such as Ontario and British Columbia had It In their power to enact laws which might make of no effect a gen eral settlement as proposed the difficul ties have greatly increased. A year ngo a provisional boundary was agreed upon with the exception of a few miles of the Dnlton trail at the end of Chllkoot pass from Pyramid harbor. At the same time the growing Importance of the Alaska territory In dispute as furnishing the gateway to the El Dorado of the North Impresses the necessity for the prompt settlement of the boundary dispute. To under stand the dllllcultles of the case a his torical and geographical review Is nec essary. History of Qneitlon In Dispute. By the Webster-Ashburton treaty of 1842 between the United States and Great Britain tho northern aud east cm boundaries were accurately defined from the Itocky Mountains to Mars III1I, at the eastern end of Maine. In regard to the northern and western bouudary, after considerable discussion nnd diplomatic fencing, the question was left unsettled. Out of this boun dary question grew tho. excitement which led to tho adoption of tho cam paign cry, "Flfty-four forty or fight." How this old boundary question has been at least partially revived Involves an Interesting piny of trenty against trenty and rights ngnlust rights. To understand It, It Is necessary to go bnck to tho ukase of tho Emperor Alexander I. In 1822, by which he declared all tho territory of tho Paclllc coast north of the flfty-flrst parallel of north latitude Kusslnu territory, nnd by tho same uknso made that part of the Pacific Ocean lying north of tho flfty-flrst par allel of latitude In America to 40 de grees north latitude on tho Asiatic I const a closed sea. The affect of this venes between parts of tho Unltwl States. Curiously but naturally enough. Great Britain, or rather Canada, In now seeking another outlet to the const, and this time through what, since tho ces sion of Alaska to the United Htntes thirty-two years ago, bus always licon considered American territory. What historic-til or treaty right has Great Britain or Canada to such an outlet? The question Is not an easy one to an swer. Great Britain's title to British North America from the Mist degree of west longitude (meridian of Green wich) rests, like that of the United States to Alaska, upon her trenty with uussin. uusHiirn right certainly was a vague one, nnd amounted at best only to a claim In regnrd to the vast Interior of whoso extent nt the time she hnd no conception. Great Britain's title to the Northwest east of 1 list de gree of longitude has never been seri ously questioned, it is only in regnrd to the southeastern part of the boun dary line, which Is formed Irregularly by mountnlns nnd a line extending thirty mill's from the coast, Hint there has nrlsen a question lu recent years which hnB grown Into great Importance by tho discovery of a new gold Held lu the Klondike region. Now la the Tlmo to Act. By tho same treaty (1825) tho free navigation of the Stiklno river was granted, but this also nt tho tlmo wus regarded as of littlo Importance. The discovery of gold In tho Stlklne cluing ed tho situation. As early as 1803 the British Colonist, nn English newspaper of Victoria, B. 0., perceived tho desira bility of Great Britain's ncqulrlng In some way n depot on tho Pacific for this part of the British possessions. It affirmed that the strip of land scotch ing along from Portland Canal to Mount St. Ellas, with a breadth of ten mnrino leagues, "must eventunlly be como tho property of Great Britain, either ns the direct result of tho devel opment of gold, or for renHons which aro now yet In tho beginning, but whoso results nro certnln." At thnt tlmo tho British Colonist looked for ward to obtnlniug this strip from Bus sin either peaceably or forcibly, nnd conjured up a vision of tho British lion nnd tho Bussinn bear looking nt each other from tho opposite sides of Bering straits. Possibly Itussln nlso mny lmvo felt thnt such a contest was coming nnd wisely saw that for her, Bltuatcd as sho was, it would bo unprofitable. Not caring to stand nt tho door of Brlt sh America on the Pnclllc, sho probn. bly counted upon making tho United States doorkeeper. Ami this Is a rolo thnt, until recently, would havo boon pleasnnt enough to tho United Stntes. Tho events of the Inst yenr have, how over, greatly modified tho traditional feeling botween the two countries, and The ItiiHslnns cared only for a footi along the const, as It was wits & fisheries they were coiipernod XU trenty, however, made prorUIonuti how the boundary should be dri mined should It be found tliatitun place there Is no i ucli nntural kot nry by limiting the ItiiMlan mortal ted States) territory to a dlntaottf ten marine league, or tlilrtr bIW from the coast. Tho Cnnndlin ui British contention, ns now mad, turn upon the Portland cimal. Tlic ilritlA nt least until recently. Imre cUIorf that the words Portland canal ordiu ncl lu the convention were a whti for Behm cnnnl, or Clarence ialtt, a else that what Is now called I'ortUi. canal was not then so called. Cmiatrtic Treaty DlfTtrentlr. This difference In the reipectiti American and Canndlnn bonnduj linen of tho Alnska pnn-bnndle tr!? nrlses from wholly different methoii of construing the trenty. Ttere w ninny Intricate questions Involved u the methods of construction. For1-" Mnnee. In determining the ten tnula leagues from the const to which, lot nbsence of a mountain chain, American territory extends, hall uosltles of the shore of tho maluUM bo followed or should the line be & from heudlnnd to headland? Af Hliiill tlin linn lm enilHldcrcd torUHW murine lengues east of the outer Bbo of tho Islands? In thnt case lo J Instances the lino would not reach innlnlnnd, ns somo of tho Islands W tnnrn tlinn tlilrlr miles across. 0alM other hand, tl.o Hon. David MllU MJJ that In pursuance of Its method of tennlnlug tho boundary tho Ud" States In many placeH has drawn i. i Hum too mil" from tho conBt." To explain theeM vergent points of view It Is nccciw the naturo of tho Alaskan const w' derstood, or nt least that part of nearly GOO miles long, extending by southeast from the body of tiie w .... . ... ... , i i wlurt ruory, n huh is wiu .. ii tho boundnry dlsputo concerns w Ah to this part of tho Alaskan coa ., r,.i iimt n WW v,,m.1ii from 0Wcn IIHJUlllUlll I1IIIKU . .I,cj ntory Inlet to Cook's Inlet nnu sweeps townrd tl.o Asiatic side w tho ponlnsuln. A group, or my groups, of islands, nny of cm oH cousiiicrauio cxium, ' nnd from Cross sound to ObscrrflW inlet; nnd tho const below to i Sound thcro is n scries of Islam v v nro so situated as to lenvo """bii thorn, as ono writer upon A aB described It, "an unbroken lino i.wi i...,n fim most cxtraop" nary lu tho world." Somo men aro always rcad 10 tiroiA.