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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1901)
The Doetor'$ fjiletnma By Hcsba jHumm i u 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 rnAPTisn xiv (Continued.) "I atu no phantom," I said, touching her hand again. "No. we will not go back to the shore. Tardlf shall row us to the caves, and I will take you Into them, and then we two will return alone the cutis, would you iue xnai, "" "Very much," she answered, the smile still playing about her lace. n n. brown and freckled with exposure to tho sun, but so full of health and life as to tu Hmililr hcnutlful to me. wno saw so many wan and sickly faces. "Doctor," said Tardlfs deep, grave voire behind me. "vour mother, is she better?" It was like the sharn prick of a pon lard, which presently you knew must pierce your heart The one moment of rapture had fled. The Paradise that had been about me for on Instant, with no hint of pain, raueu out of my sight. But Olivia remained, and her face grew sad, and her volco low and sorrowful, as she leaned forward to speak to me. VI have been so grieved for yon, she said. "Your mother came to see me once, and promised to be my friend." We said no more for some minutes, and the splash of the oars in the water was the only sound. Olivia's air continued sad, and her eyes were downcast, as If hi. nhrank from looking me in the face. "Pardon me. doctor." said Tardlf In our own dialect, which Olivia could not un derstand, "I have made you sorry when little gladness. Is rnnr mother verr ill?" "There is no hope. Tardlf," I answered, looking round at his honest and nana nm fr-. full of concern for me. "May I speak to you as an old friend7" be asked. "Yon love mam'iolle, and yon re come to tell her so? "What mikea vou think that?" I said "I see It In your face," he answered. lowering his voice, though he knew uuvia conld not tell what we were saying. "Your marriago with mademoiselle your cousin was broken oil why? uo you suppose I did not guess? I knew it from the first week you stayed with us. No body could see mam'iclle as we see her without loving her." "The Sark folks say you are In love with her yourself, Tardlf," I said, almost gainst my will. Ills Hps contracted and his face sad dened, but he met my eyes frankly. "It Is true," he answered; "but what then? If it had only pleased God to make me like you, or that she should be of my class, I would Tiave done my ut most to win her. But that is impossible! Bee, I am nothing else than a servant in her eyes. I do not know how to be any thlng else, and I am content. She is as far above my reach as one of the white clouds up yonder. To think of myself as anything but her servant would be Irre ligious." "You are a good fellow, Tardlf," I ex claimed. "God Is the judge of that," he said with a sigh. "Mam'zelle thinks of me only as her servant. 'My good Tardlf, do this, or do that.' I like it. I do not know any happier moment than when 1 hold her little boots in my hand and brush them. You see she is as helpless and tender as my little wife was; but she is very much higher than my poor little wife. Yes, I love her as I love the blue sky, and the white clouds, and the stars shining In the night. But It will be quite different between her and you." "I hope so," I thought to myself. "You do not feel like a servant," he continued, his oars dipping a little too deeply and setting the boat a-rocklng. "By-and-by, when you are married, she will look up to you and obey you. I do not understand altogether why the good God has made, this difference between us two; but I see it and feel it. It would be fitting for you to be her husband; It would be a ahame to her to become my wife." "Are you grieved about It, Tardlf?" 1 asked. "No, no," he answered; "we have al ways been good friends, you and I, doc tor. No, you shall marry her, and I will be happy. I will come to visit you some times, and she will call me her good Tar dlf. That Is enough for me." At last we gained one of the entrances to tie caves, but we could not pull tho boat quite up to the strand. A few paces of shallow water, clear as glass, with pebbles sparkling like gems beneath It, lay between us and the caves. "Tardlf," I said, "you need not wait for us. We will return by the cliffs." "You know the caves as well as I do?" he replied, though In a doubtful tone. "All right!" I said, as I swung over the side of the boat into the water, when I found myself knee-deep. Olivia looked from me to Tardlf with a flushed face an augury that made my pulses leap. Why should her face never change when he carried her In his arms? Why should she shrink from me? "Are you as strong as Tardlf?" she asked, lingering, and hesitating before she would trust herself to me. "Almost, if not altogether," I answer ed gaily. "I'm strong enough to under take to carry you without wetting the soles of your feet. Come, It Is not more than half a dozen yards." She was standing on the bench I had just left, looking down at me with the same vivid flush upon her cheeks and forehead, and with an uneasy expression In her eyes. Before she could speak again I put my arms round her, and lift ed her down. "You are quite as light as a feather," I said, laughing, as I carried her to the strip of inolst and humid strand under the archway In the rocks. As I put her down I looked back to Tardlf, and saw him regarding us with grave and sorrow' ful eyes. "Adieu!" he cried; "I am going to look after, my lobster pots. God bless yoc both!" Be spoke the last words heartily; and we stood watching him as long as he was In sight. Then we went on Into the cives. I had known tht caves well when I was a boy, but It was many years since Strctton mn ntittfnwHtMt I had been there. Now I was alone In them with Olivia, no other human being in sight or sound of us.- I had scarcely eyes for any sight but that of her face. which hail grown shy and downcast, ami was generally turned away from me. She would he frightened, I thought, if I spoke to her In that lonesome place. I would wait till we were oa tho cliffs, lu tho open eye of day. She left my side for one moment whilst I was pokiug under a stone for a young pleuvre, which had darkened tho little pool of water round it with its lulcy aula I heard her utter an exclamation of de light, and I gave up my pursuit lustant' ly to learn what was giving her pleasure. She was stooping down to look beneath a low arch, not more than two feet high, and I knelt beside her. Beyond lay a straight, narrow channel of transparent water, blue from a faint reflected light. with smooth sculptured walls of rock, clear from mollusca, rising on each side of it. Level lines of mimic waves rip pled monotonously upon It. as If it was stirred by some soft wind mhich we could not feel. You could have peopled it with tiny boats flitting acroas It, or skimming lightly down IL Tears shone In Olivia's eyes. "It reminds me so of a canal In Ven ice," she said. In a tremulous voice. "Do you know Venice?" I asked; and the recollection of her portrait taken In Florence came to my mind. "Oh, yes!" she answered; "I spent three months there once, and this place Is like It" "Was It happy timer I Inquired, jealous of those tears. "It was a hateful time," she said ve hemently. "Don't let us talk of It" "You have traveled a great deal, then?" I pursued, wishing her to talk about her self, for I could scarcely trust my reso lution to wait till we were out of the caves. "I love you with all my heart and soul" was on my tongue's end. "We traveled nearly ail over Europe," she replied. "I wondered whom she meant by "we." She had never used the plural pronoun before, and I thought of that odious woman In Guernsey an unpleasant rec ollection. "WAITING FOR We had wandered back to the opening where Tardlf had left us. The rapid cur rent between us and Breckhou was run ning In swift eddies. Olivia stood near me; but a sort of chilly diffidence had crept over me, and I could not have ven tured to press too closely to her, or to touch her with my hand. "How have you been content to live here!" I asked. "This year In Sark has saved me," she answered softly. "What has It saved you from?" I In quired, with Intense eagerness. Sho turn ed her face full upon me, with a world of reproach In her grey eyes. "Dr. Martin," she said, "why will you persist In asking me about my former life? Tardlf never does. lie never Im plies by a word or look that he wishes to know more than I choose to tell. I can not tell you anything about It" Just then my ear caught for the first time a low boom-boom, which had proba bly been sounding through the caves for some minutes. "Good heavens!" I ejaculated, - Yet a moment's thought convinced me' that, though there might be a little risk, there waa no paralyzing danger. I had forgotten the narrowness of tho gulley through which alone we could gain tho cliffs. From the open span of beach where we were now standing, there was no chance of leaving the caves except as wo had come to them, by a boat; for on each side a crag ran like a spur Into the water. There was not a moment to lose. Without a word, I snatched up Olivia In my arms, and ran back Into the caves, making as rapidly as I could for the long, straight passage. Neither did Olivia speak a word or utter a cry. We found ourselves In a low tunnel, where the water was be ginning to flow In pretty strongly. I set her down for an Instant, and tore off my coat and waistcoat. Then I caught her up again, and strode along over tho Bllp pery, slimy masses of rock which lay under my feet, covered with seaweed, "Olivia," I said, "I must have my right hand free to steady myself with. Put both your arms round my neck and cling to me so. Don't touch my arms or shoul ders." Vet the clinging of her arms about my neck, and her cheek close to mine, al most unnerved me. I held her fast with my left arm, and steadied myself with my right. We gained In a minute or two the mouth of the tunnel. The drift was pouring Into It with a force almost too great for me, burdened as I was. But ttur was the pauit of the tide, when the warts rushed out again la white floods, leaving the wtttr compara tively shallow, There were still six or tight yards to traverse before we could reach an archway In the cliffs, which would land us la safety In tho outer caret. Thtrt was some peril, but w had no alternative. I lifted Oltrla a lit tle higher against my shoulder, for her long serge dress wrappod dangerously around us both; and then waiting for the pause In tho throbbing of the tide, I dashed hastily across. One swirl of the water colled about us, washing up nearly to my throat, and giving mo almost a choking sensation of dread; but before a second could swoop down upon us I had staggored half-blind-ed to the arch, and put down Olivia In the small, secure cava within It. Slio had not spoken once. She did not seem able to speak now. Her large, terrified eyes looked up at me dumbly, and lur face was white to tho lips. I clasped her In my arms onco more, and kissed her forehead and lips again and again, In a paroxysm of passionate lovo and glad ness. "Olivia!" I cried, "I wish you to be come my wife." luu ntau Mini. mo hui-iii-u. tvtvti- Ing. "Oh! no, no-I am already mar- It.- J -1. . - . M -I. . 1 p.anll. rledl" CHAPTER XV. Olivia's answer struck mo llko an eclc- trie shock. For some moments I was simply stunned, and knew neither what in. ..nu ao.u, ..v .. .. v . v. "Ollvlal" I cried. stretching out my arms toward, her, a. though she would flutter back to them and lay her head But she did not next moment I kn let me hold her uareu uoi even iao one siep nearer 10 . . . .. . . flPr "OllTla," I said again, after another minute or two of troubled silence Olivia. It It truel" She bowed her head still lower upon her hands. In speechless confirmation. A stricken, helpless, cowering child sho seemed to me, standlug there In her drenched clothing. An unutterable tun' derness, altogether different from tht feverish love of a few minutes ago. filled my heart aa I looked at hey. "Come," I said, as calmly as I coull speak, "I am at any rate your doctor, and I am bound to take care of yon. Vou must not stay here wet and cold. Let us make haste back to Tardlfs, Olivia." I drew her hand down from her face and through my arm, for we had still to re-enter tie outer cave, and to return through a higher gallery, before we could reach tho cliffs above. I did lot glnnro at her. The road was very rough, strewn with huge boulders, and sho was compcll- THE PAUSE." cd to receive my help. But we did not speak again till we were on the cliffs. In the eye of day, with our faces and our steps turned towards Tardlfs farm. "Sorry that I lovo you? ' I asked, feel ing that my love was growing every mo ment In spite of myself. The sun sbono on her face, which was Just below my eyes. There was an expression of sad perplexity and questioning upon it, which kept away every other sign of emotion. "Yea," she answered; "It Is such a mis erable, unfortunate thing for you. Hut how could I have helped It?" "You could not help It," I said. "I did not mean to deceive you," she contlnuod "neither you nor nny one. When I fled away from my husband I bad no plan of any kind. I was just like a leaf driven about by the wind, and it tossed mo here. I did not think I ought to tell any one I was married. I wish I could have foreseen this." "Are you surprised that I love you?" I asked. Now I saw a subtle flush steal across her face, and her eyes fell to the ground. "I never thought of it till this after noon," she murmured. "I knew you were going to marry your cousin Julia, and I knew I was married, and that there could bit no release from that. All my life Is ruined, but you and Tardlf made It more bearable. I did not think you loved me till I saw your face this afternoon." "I shall always love you," I cried pas sionately, looking down on the shining, drooping head beside me, and the sad face and listless arms hanging down In an attitude of dejection. "No," she answered in her calm, sor rowful volco. "When you see clearly that it Is an evil thing you will conquer it. There will bo no hope whatover in your love for me, and It will pass away. Not soon, perhaps; I can scarcely wish you to forget me soon. Yet It would be wrong for you to love mo now. Why was I driven to marry him so long ago?" "Your husband must have treated you very badly, before you would take such a desperate step as this," I said again, after a long silence, scarcely knowing what I said. "Uo treated me so 111," said Olivia, with tho same hard tone In her voice, "that when I had a chance to escape It seemed as if heaven Itself opened tbt door for me. He treated me so ill that If I thought there waa any fear of him finding me out here, I would rather a thousand times you had left me to die In the cares." (To bt contlnutd.) NEWS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST A Good Week's Record of Commercial Anil Industrial Progress And Development in Oregon, Idaho, Washington and California. Railroad and Smtlttr lor Oregon Mlnti. 1 Tho llolona ami tha Mustek Mining' & Milling Companies, of tho Honolulu .Hstrlct nnnoimco thnt arrangements "strict. nnn ou"",s, , , " y M.ii,, J n Imvo boon completed for building ft rnllrond from Cottage CSrOVO, Or., southeasterly, a dlstnnco of 35 mllua through a region of 'heavy timber to tho Uohomla mlnos. It Is expected tlmt pimMiniction work will bu coin- nracS thK tVul a 7uu about half or in the Honolulu mining uisirici. i Ml. - ...... I. .... 4 110 auiuuur uuiuil'liou id ... follow tho completion of tho rnllroad torprlso Is expected to ... it and It Is deemed probable thnt both will bo In operation lu less than a year from ditto "Wo havo gouo so far," said Presl- dent Jennings, yesterday, "thnt the rest of tho work la easy. Wo have $500,000 assured for tho rnllroad, - - ...... , .1... I i " ""'-, , ....... richness of the district as shown by dovelopmon a a ready made. Capital but there would bo no uso for the i IUU DIUUUCI ,, lit W nnj rond fQr u Tho fto,a , too I Imnnrtnnt tr )m tlttCplHrtnil flTUs thn Mm nf ! n,i tin nrnes i Ji-niiv nlvn (tnulf hnro.M i - . Tho money for tho railroad outor- prlso will be supplied by Eastern capitalists. Btj Thlnj for Etitirn Or .Jon. William Pollman and a number of other llakor City men havo fllod on tho waters of Rock croek, and havo nnnounced their Intention to estab lish a powor system for tho genera tion nnd transmission of olectric pow er to this city. It will bu necessary to construct a ditch about three miles long, to convoy tho water to tho site of tho power-house, whoro a fall of several hundred foot can be obtnlnod. From tho power-house, which will bo locatod several miles from tho city, tho electric current will be transmit ted by means of copper wlro to this city to run mills and factories nnd light tho city. Tho company, which Is to be formed by Mr. Pollman and his associates, will expend about $50,000 on the powor plant, u expects to havo from 2000 to G000 horsepowor to distribute. This will be all tho power that will bo required In linker City and vicinity for several years. Tho work of building thu plant will bo started as soon as the arrangements for the necessary matorlal can bo mado. This Is a very important mat tor for llakor City and all of Eastern Oregon. Will Handle Anything Aflott. Tho first section of tho Moran Brothers Company's floating dryuock has been launched at tho company's yards at Seattle. Tho new structure Is 200 feet In length and SO feet in width, with tow ers 30 feet high abovo tho pontoon, which is 12 feet deep. It has a tloai Ing capacity of3,000 tons and Us own wolght Is 2,000, tons. In Its construc tion thero was used 1,500,000 foot of lumbor and ISO tons of iron. Centrif ugal pumps, operated by electric mo tors, will bo used to empty tho wator compartments by which tho dock is to bo Ioworod or raised In the wnter, together with any vessel which may bo plixed In it. Work will immediately bo begun on tho second section of tho dock, ana when It Is completed tho two will be used togother, matting a dock 400 feet in length and large enough to ralso tho largest vessel afloat In tho Pacific ocoan, whllo tho addition of tho third section, which Is in contemplation, will enablo tho company to handlo and repair the largest vessels over under construction anywhere In tho world. The Gucrnicy Docs Thlnji. Tho big wbaleback steamship Guernsey, which was tho first vessel that over carried over 3,400,000 feet of lumber out of Portland or any other Pacific coast port, left Manila October lb for l'ortlanu, under char ter to load lumber and piles for tho Orient. Untlko (ho most of tho lumber-carriers which come across tho Pacific in this trado, tho Guornsoy is not coming In ballast. Sho Is report ed to have op board 1600 tons of hemp for Portland and San Francisco, The consignment for tho Bay City will be landed in this city and sent to Its destination by rail. Tho Guornsoy has been in the service of tho Pacific Export Lumber Company for nearly two years, and on her last trip across tho Pacific made herself famous In marine annals by having a brokon shaft repairod and a now propellor shipped in mid ocean. New ?!0,00d Church. Work has begun on the now f 10, 000 church being- constructed by tho congregation of St. Paul's Episcopal church, at Walla Walla, Wash. The structure Is to bo of stono, and will be modern in every particular. It will occupy a protty alto near St. Paul's school, an institution of tho church. It will replace an old build ing, the first to bo erected In Walla Walla, which, with repairs and re modeling, has servod tho congrega tion for ovor forty years. Gives Engineer a Chance. A locomotive Is now ncarlng com pletion in tho North Pacific Coast Railroad Company's machine Bhops at Sausallto, which, if it shall accom plish tho sangulno hopes and predic tions of its Inventor, will result in a radical revolution In tho construction of locomotives. This now mechanical prodigy differs from other engines in that It has the engineer's and fire man's cabs out In front Instead of the rear of the boiler, thud affording tho men In the cab an unobstructed vlow a m nit it wit limit thn rnllrnnil nn tli(t !&tVnL7y i 10 "rst. This Is the nntu In my arms again. I .... i.. ...m i... i,nn l llVl IMVU 1SUI Chrvunlhimumi TsKi a Dick Sett Tho nowost floral wondor Is tho "Shasta daisy." originated by a flower Rrowor of California. It measures a 1 foot ' circumference, and, when ono Wns exhibited roeuntly In a llorlst's window In Han Frnnrlse-o nomil,. 111. orally lloulted to sou it. It Is ronlly a now kind pf llowor, and b ueon produced by aovernl yoars ' crossing and selection, three llfror- l ' '''' Mng usod-thu :,,.. r u . r' T ;-- ........ "'"" ; iki m nun wiry U I ii til U'lllfn 1st tiiirtflM tiiin wtdt Inn ,..., ...i.,i. i ... ' . , l ' .'J """-j. w ,0,ot 0 " ,.Z uTfi,,t H lft u V a'(l Jy tnt t la exceedingly hardy, enduring much cold, ao that It " grown out of doortt. It Is El"1"10'1 ll,n.t It prospers In almost any k.l,,'1 ( "ol1'. blt)01 nl1 ummor long I ' California nearly a tho year s uuiiii; tun lit it IJU itlJMUl lillUWlJIIUU by dividing thu roots. peculiarity of this now and bona tltul blossom Is that It sometimes shows colors, Indicating that daisies of various hues and of glgantlco slio may bo placed on tho market boforo long. To Open Dolu Btiln. Tho rollwny projoct from Holso to tho DoIbo basin Is being put on a firm foundation. A surveying party Is In the Hold under tho supervision of tho chief engineer of tho new company, D. O. Stovenson. It Is now Investigating tho feasibil ity of a railway line In tho Moro crook canyon from tho mouth of Moro crook to the mouth of Grimes creek, a distance of about 21 miles. This Is a very bad ploco of country, brokon, rocky and precipitous. If tho railway Is foaslblo hero, It will bo easy tho rest of tho way, Tho railway Is projoctod chlofly bo cause of tho great timber belt tra versing a largo portion of Holso county, which tho lino would tnp. Tho mines of Holso basin, Idaho City, I'inccrvlllo, Quartzburg, Cetitervlllo, Bannock, Grimes Pass and Pioneer vllle would add largely to thu business of the corporation, but It Is entirely upon their timber that the business men at tho head of thu project tlguro for sufllclunt ruvenuo to Justify thu : jno Made Some Pin Money. R. C. McCroskoy, who owns and cultivates 11.00 acres of laud near Onr flold, Wash., has finished threshing his wheat and finds that ho has u total of 30.000 bushels of wheat for this season's crop. Mr. McCroskoy's crop averaged 35 bushels to tho aero. Uo had about 1000 acres of wheat, thu remainder of his land being in oats or other crops. Ho has figured all expenses of tho crop Just harvestod and finds that his wheat cost hi in an average of 23 cents per bushel placed In tho wnrehousu. Ho. sold 16,000 bushels boforu tho beginning of tho harvest for 46 cents per bushel. Wheat Is now worth 40 cents per bushel, and If It woro all sold at tho present prices Mr. McCroskoy would net 17 cents por bushel, or $6.06 por aero from this Blnglo crop. But adding tho amount sold at 46 cents por bushel makes tho total avor ago. It tho romalndor woro sold at prosent prices. S6.87 per aero net profit. Multiplying this by 100 glvos a total net profit on this crop of whoat of $C870. Glginlic Steel Mill at Everett Thoro is no longer any reason to doubt tho roport given out nearly two years ago that a gigantic stcol and Iron mill company was In a state of formation to build a mill on Puget Sound. Slnco that tlmo tho coko and coal mines at Hamilton, Wash., near Everott, havo como undor tho control of Presldont Hill, of tho Great North ern, and furthor nnd exhaustive pros pecting on Hamilton nnd Toxacln Islands prove them to bo liberally sup plied with oro. Railroad and stroct enr building in addition to tho num erous trolley lino projects tins ren dered an enterprise of this kind an absoluto necessity, A plant to meet all tho demands suro to bo mado up on It will havo to bo a big ono, tho estimate running up to as high as 118,000,000. It will in all probability bo oroctcu at Evorott, or In that Im mediate vicinity. Culi Out' Frlico. Tho Western Union Telegraph Com pany will soon begin thu construction of a now lino between Boise, Idaho, and Pendleton Or. Tho now wlro will doublo tho capacity of tho lino bo tween tho places namod. From Pon dleton west thoro aro sovoral wires. It Is tho intoiitlon to put up another wlro between Ogdon, Utah, and Boise, and when that Is up most of the through business from tho East to Portland will como ovor this now wlro Instead of going by tho way of San Francisco. Trying a New Port. As an oxperlraent, 2000 tons of Washington whoat was shipped, Oc tober 8, to tho port of Callao, Peru, from Seattle, on tho big steamship Memphis. This Is tho first consign ment of this grain over mado to this port, and tho shippers aro conildont that tho vonturo will provo profitable in which event other ports will bo In vaded, Bolie'i Public Building Started. Tho foundation of tho now govern ment building to bo erected at Holso City, Idaho, Is now comploted. Sup erintendent J, E. Hosford, superin tendent of construction of tho govern ment building at Helena, Mont., Is hero and will havo charge of the Boise building until another superintendent Is appolntod, Tho building Is being erected by Bolso contractors, tho con tract calling for complotlon within 22 months, and tho price Is $280,000. It will bo four stories, built of stono. Sin THOMAB LIPTON. The Kaajltth Tuchl Owner Tf he I, 4, mired by ltvery American. Of nil tho sons of Johnny Hull who liavo crossed the briny doop and mln. glotl with their brothers on this sldu of tho Atlantic, none tins como closer to tho grunt Amorlcnn heart thnii Kir Thomas I.lpton, tho gallant English sportsinnn ami owner of Mliiunroek It., tho Hoot yacht whoso races with tho Columbia for tho yachting suprumncy of thu svim lias attracted such deep In. torrnt on both sides of tho Atlantic, Americana admire n gnino sportsman, nnd that Is one of tho reasons why Kir '1 lioiiias Is so popular among us. Added to this, ho lias n cliiirinliiit personality ami a hospitable iintiiru that knows no bounds. This Is not the first tlmo that Hir Thomas has t'mlviivoruil to take tmclc to English shores the cup that was brought ovor hero by tho old sloop America II fly years ago, nnd which inu since remained In Uncle Ham's keep. Ing. Two years ago lie built, at great oxpeiiNi-. thu Htiainrook I. and brought It over to this side, but It was signally lumlen by thu Columbia, Hlr Thomas ix tinned, and showing thu sportsman like qualities that Imvo iimiln hlui so many staunch admirers, determlm-d tu built n better boat. Expunsu cut uo fig ure, and the result was thu Hhnuirock Sill THOMAS t.HTO. II., acknowledged by experts to bu the liest boat England has ever sent over btri'. Kir Thomas has had n remarkable career. Forty years ago lie was a tnes- hi ngor boy In a stationer's shop In Gins row and his father was n day laborer. A half dozen years Inter, or when lh, he rim nwny from homo nnd cnino to America. He worked lu New York ns u dock laborer for somu time. A few years later, having saved money here. we tlnd him n small provision dealer In Glasgow. He branched out, nnd, ad vertising himself on every side, his business grew to great proportions, ilu started stores In London and built packing house lu Chicago. Ilu entered the ten trade anil now owns great plaa- tiitlous In Ceylon. All his enterprises turned out successful. To-day he Is worth at least $2."i,)00,000. His charity Is unlimited. Ho has given Immense sums to the poor of Iondon, and It has In en so placed that It has ilono tho greatest possible amount pf good. Thu cost of building and maintaining two cup challengers has gone far up Into the hundreds of thousands. A FAMOUS CATERER. Clint. C Delmonlco at New York, Who llleil Ifccentlx In Denver. Charles Crist Delmonlco, the noted New York caterer, who died recently lu Denver, wns a member of n family of ro s taurateurs whoso dining and supper rooms In Now York havo gained world-wide fniuo. The deceased was n nephew of Charles Delmonlco, w Ii o wns also a nephew of Lorenzo nnd Slro Delmonlco, ciias.c.ijki.monjco ,rthers. Theso two latter succeeded their uncles, John and Peter, founders of the house, In 18-18. Delmnulco's first restaurant was estab lished In 1827. Slnco then tho plant has been removed to successive uptown locations, Improving In grandeur with ovcry fresh change. Was 111m Own Jnller. "In thesu times of riotous lawlessness In many directions, It Is comforting to noto that thero was a Birmingham of ficer who acted as his own Jailer after being convicted of an offense," said a man about town. "Tho Incident of Wnrden Nowman of the Northsldu city Jail being tried bo foro Judgo Fcagln on a chnrgo of strik ing a negro prisoner brings forth tho funny story from tho police, "Several years ago Wnrden Gourley wns convicted of striking a prisoner nnd fined $25, equivalent to fifty days. Every day ho would make out his ro port of tho inmates of tho Jail, and for fifty days his namo was on tho list. Thus ho worked out his flno nnd drew his salary from tho city." Birmingham Ago-Hcrald. Hcotoh Armorial Honrlngs. Tho armoral bearings of many of tho Scottish bordor families aro symbolic of their old predatory profession. "Wo'll havo moonlight again" Is tho motto of Lord Polwarth. "Best riding by moon light" wns the nuclcut motto of the BuccleucliB. He Felt Safe. Mrs. Sllmson Don't you know, Wil lie, If you aro naughty you won't go to heaven? "Oh, I don't know, Undo Jako was tho meanest man I over heard of, but you sny lio Is In heaven now," Llfo. Tho tramp Isn't necessarily nn orator Just becauso ho takes tho stump ovcry tlmo h'o sees a cast-off weed.