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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1902)
The lDoetor'J pemma By Hcsba chapter xxvin.-tcontiiuica.! "My daughter," lie said, "t bade you leave even your duty In my keeping. Now I summon you to fulfill It. Your duty lies yonder, by your husband's side In his agony of dentil." "1 will go," I whispered, my lips scarce ly movltiB to pronounce the words, so stiff snd cold they felt. "Good!" he snld, "yon have chosen the better part Cornel The good God will protect you." He drew my hand through his arm and led me to the low doorway. The inner room, as I entered, was very dark with the overhanging eaves, and my eyes, contracted by the strong sunlight, could discern hut little In the gloom. Tar dif was kneeling beside a low bed, bath ing my husband's forehead. He made way for me, and I felt him touch my hand with his lips as I took his place. Hlchard's face, sunken, haggard, dying, with filmy eyes, dawned gradually out of the dim twilight, line after line, until It lay sharp and distinct under my gaze. The poor, miserable face! the restless, dreary, dying eyes! "Where Is Olivia?" he muttered, in a hoarse and labored voice. "1 am here, Itichard," I answered, fall ing on my knees where Tardif had been kneeling, and putting my hand in his; "look at me. I am Olivia." "You are mine, you know," he said, his fingers closing round my wrist with a grasp as weak as n very young child's; "she is my wife. Monsieur le Cure." "Yes," I sobbed, "I am your wife, Itichard." "Do they hear It?" he asked, in a whis per. "Vc hear it," answered Tardif. "I CAME UPON A GKAVE." A strange, spasmoJic smile flitted across his ghastly face, a look of triumph and success. His fingers tightened over my hand, and I left it passively in their clasn. "Mine!" he murmured. "Olivia," he said, after a long pause, and in a stronger voice, "you always spoke the truth to me. This priest and his follower have been trying to frighten me into repentance, as if I were an old woman. They say I am near dying. Tell me. is it true?" "Itichard," I said, "It Is true." His lips closed after u cry. and seemed as If they would never open again. He shut his eyes wcariedly. Feebly and fit fully came his gasps for breath, and he moaned at times. But still his" fingers held me fast, though the slightest effort of mine would have set me free. I left my hand In his cold grasp, and spoke to him whenever he moaned. There was long silence. I could hear tho chirping of the sparrows in the thatched roof. Monsieur Laurentie and Tardif stood at the foot of tho bed, look ing down upon us both, but I only saw their shadows falling across us. My eyes were fastened upon tho face I should boon see no more. The little light there was seemed to be fading away from it, leaving It all dark and blank. "Olivia!" he cried, oneo again. In a tone of mingled anger and entreaty. "I am here," I answered, laying my other hand upon his, which was at last relaxing its hold and falling away help lessly. But where was he? Where was the voice which half a minute ago called Olivia? Where was the life gone that had grasped my hand? He had not heard my answer, or felt my touch upon his cold fingers. Tardif lifted m'o gently from my place beside blm, and carried mo away Into the open air, under the overshadowing eaves. CHAPTER XXIX. The unbroken monotony of Vlllc-cn-bois closed over me again. A week has glided by a full week. I am seated nt the window of the salon, gasping In a breath of fresh air such a cool, balmy breezo as blows over tho summer sea to the cliffs of Sark. Monsieur Lauren tie, under the shelter of a huge red um brella, is choosing the ripest cluster of grapes for our supper tills evening. All the street is as still as at midnight. Sud denly there breaks upon us tho harsh, metullie clang of well-shod horse hoofs upon tho stony roadway the cracking of a postillion's whip the clatter of an approaching carriage. Pierre, who has been basking Idly un der the window, jumps to his feet, shout ing, "It is Monsieur tho Blshopl" Mlu Imu claps her hands and cries, "Tho I'rlnce, Aunt Nelly, tho I'rlnro!" Monsieur Lqurtntlo walks Blowly down to the gate, his "cotton umbrella spread over him llko a giant fungus. It is cer tainly not tho I'rlnce; for an elderly, white-haired man, older than Monsieur Luurentlo, but with a moro imposing and stately presence, steps out of tho car riage, and they saluto one another with Strctton great ceremony. They entered the house and came directly to the salon. 1 was making my escape by another door, when Monsieur Laureutle called to me. "Heboid a friend for you, madanie," he said, "a friend from Engl.iud. .Mousleur. this Is my beloved English child. "You do not know who I am. my dear?" The English voice and words went straight to my heart. "No." I answered, "but you nre como to me from Dr. Martin Dobree. "Very true," ho said. "I am his friend s father Dr. John Senior's father. Martin has sent me to you. lie wished Miss Jo hanna Carey to accompany me, but we were afraid of the fever for her. I am an old physhlan, and feel at home with diseases and contagion. Hut we cannot allow you to remain lu this unhealthy vil- lace: that Is out of the question. I am come to carry you away, iu plto of this old euro. Monsieur I.nnrcntle was listening eag- erly, and watching Dr. Senior's Hps, as It ho could catch the meaning of his words by sight. If not by hearing. "But where am I to go?" I asked. "I have no money, and cannot get any until I have written to Melbouprne. and have an answer. I have uo means of provin who I am." "Leave all that to us. my dear girl. answered Dr. Senior, cordially. "I have already spoken of your affairs to an old friend of mine, who is an excellent law yer. I am come to offer myself to you In place of your guardians on the other side of the world." I moved a little nearer to Monsieur Laurentie, and put my hand through h s arm. He folded his own thin, brown hand over It caressingly, and looked down at me, with something like tears glisten ing in his eyes. "Is It oil settled?" he asked, "is mon sieur come to rob me of my English daughter? She will go away now to her own Island, and forget Ville-en-bols and her poor old French father!" "Never! never!" 1 answered vehement ly, "I shall not forget you as Ion? as 1 live. Besides, I mean to come back very often; every year If I can. I almost with I could stay here altogether; but you know that is impossible, mousleur. Is it not quite Impossible?" "Quite impossible!" he repented, some what sadly, "madanie is too rich now; she will have many good friends." "Not one better than you," I said, "not one more dear than you. Yes, I am rich; and I have been planning something to do for Ville-en-bols. Would you like tho church enlarged and beautified, Monsieur le Cure?" "It is large enough and fine enough al ready," he answered. "Shall I put some painted windows and marble Images Into it?" I asked. "No, no, madume," he replied, "let It remain as it is during my short lifetime." "I thought so," I said, "but I believe I have discovered what Monsieur le Cure would approve. It Is truly English. There Is no sentiment, no romance about it. Cannot you guess what it is, my wise and learned monsieur?" "No, no, madanie," he answered, smil ing in spite of his sadness. "Listen, dear monsieur," I continued; "if this village Is unhealthy for me, It is unhealthy for you and your people. Dr. Mnrtln told Tardif there would always be fever here, as long as there are no drains and no pure water. Very well; now I am rich I shall have It drained, precisely like tho best English towns; and there shall be a fountain In the middle of the village, where all the people can go to draw good water. I shall come back next year to seo how It has been done. There Is my secret plan for Vllle-en-bols." Tho next morning I took a last solitary walk till I came upon a grave. It was my farewell to the wrecked romance of my married life. Monsieur Laurentie ac companied us on our journey, as far as tho cross at tho entranco to tho valley, lie parted with us there; and wheu I stood up In tho carriage to look back onco mure at him, I saw his black-robed figure kneeling on tho white steps of the Calvary, and tho sun shining upon his silvery head. For the third time I landed In England. When I set foot upon Its shores first 1 wus worse than friendless, with foes of my own household surrounding me ; tho second time I was utterly nloue, In dally terror, lu poverty, with a dreary lifelong future stretching beforo me. Now every want of mine was anticipated, every step directed, as if I wero n child again, and my father himself was caring fur me. How ninny friends, good and tried and true, could I count! All tho rough paths wero made smooth for rat'. I soon learned to laugh at tho dismay which had filled mo upon my entrance Into my new sphere, tt would have been dllllcult to losNt tho cordiality wl,h which I was adopted Into the Voinohold. Dr. Senior treated ine as his slighter; Dr. John was as muih at homo with me ns It I had been his sister. Minima, too, tm camo perfectly reconciled to her new po sition. 1 saw Utile of Martin, lie had been afraid 1 should feel myself bound to ltlm; and tho ory fact that he had onco '.old mo he loved me had made It moro dllll cult to htm to say so a second time. He would not have any love from uio as a duty. If 1 did not love hu.. fully, with my whole heart, choosing him nfter knowing others with whom 1 could com pare him, he would not receive any lesser gift from me. "What will you do, Olivia?" asked Dr. John one day. "What can 1 do?" I said. "Go to him," hu urged; "he Is alone. I saw htm a moment ago, looking out at us from tho drawing room window. God bless him! Olivia, my dear girl, go o him." "Oh. Jack!" 1 cried, "I cannot." "t don't seo why you cannot,"-ho an swered gnlly. "You are trembling, and your face goes from white to red, and then white again; but you have not lost the use of your limbs, or your tongue. If you take tuy arm. It will not be very ill til -ult to cross the lawn. Come; he Is the pest fellow living, and worth walking a dozen yards for." I believe I should have run away, but 1 heard Minima's voice behind me, calling shrilly to Dr. John, and I could not bear to face h I tn again. Taking my coIinum iu both hands, I stepped quickly across the tloor, for If I had lies. tatcd long r my heart would have failed me. Sear, oly a moment had passed since Jack left me, and Martin had not tinned Ids head, yet it seemed an age. "Martin," I whispered, as I stood cloo behind him, "how could you be so foolish ns to send Dr. John to me?" We were married ns soon ns the season was over, wheu Martin's fashionable pa tients wero all going away from town. Ours was n very quiet wedding, for I had no friends on my side, and Martin's cousin Julia could not come, for she had a baby very young, and Captain Carey could uot leave thi'iu. Johauua Carey and Minima wero my bridesmaids, mil Jack was Mnrtiu's groomsman. On our way home from Switzerland, in the early nil tu mil, we went down from Paris to FalaKe. and through Nolreau to Ville-ou-bois. The next stage of our homeward journey was Guernsey. Mur tin was welcomed with almost as much enthusiasm iu St. Peter-port us I had been in little Ville-eu-bois. My eyes uere dazzled with the sun shine, anil dim with tears, when I first caught sight of the little cottage of Tar dif, who was stretching out his nets on the stone causeway under the windows. Mnrtln called to him. and he Hung down his nets and run to meet us. "We are come to spend the day with you. Tardif." I cried, when he was with iu hearing of my voice. 'It will be a day from heaven, he said, taking off his fisherman's cap. and look ing round at the blue sky with its sun- decked clouds, and the sea with Its scat tered Islets. It was like a day from heaven. We wandered about tho cliffs, visiting every spot which was most memorable tu either' of us, and Tardif rowed us In Ills boat past the entrance of the Goullot Caves. He was very quiet, but he listened to our free tulk together, for I could not think of gooil old Tardif as any stranger; and he teemed to watch us both, with a far off, faithful, quiet louk upon his fmt Sometimes 1 fancied he did not bear what we were saying, and again Ills eyes would brighten with n sudden gleam, as if his whole soul and heart shone through them upon us. It was the last day of our holiday, for in the morning we should re turn to London and to work; but It was such a perfect day as I had never kuown before. "You are quite happy, Mrs. Martin Dobree?" said Tardif to me, wheu wo were parting from him. 'I did not know I could ever bo so nap. py," I answered. We saw him to the last moment stand ing on the cliff, and waving his hat to us high above his head. Now and then there came a shout across tne water. Be fore we were quite beyond earshot, wo heard Tardlf's voice calling atrfid the splashing of tho waves: "God he with you, my friends. Adieu, mani'zolKT (Tho end.) Consumption Cuu Ho Cured. Heading aloud Is recommended by physician ns n benefit to persons uf fectcd with any chest complaint. The recommendation Is mmlo becnuso In all cases of lung trouble It Is Impor tant for the sufferer to Indulge lu exer cise by which the chest Ik In part' filled by and emptied of air, for the exercise Is strengthening to the throat, lungs and muscles of the chest. Heading aloud can be practiced by nil, and can be a pleasure mid profit to both render anil hearers. In this treatment It 'la recommended that the rending be delib erate, without being ullowed to drag, that the enunciation be clear, the body bo held In nn easy, unfit ralnoil, upright position, so that the chest shall huve free piny, and that the breathing be ns deep as possible, without undue effort. Ilcgarrfcfl as an Evil In Austria. As a result of n report submitted to tho Austrian council of agriculture, set ting forth that suits cannot bo brought to recover losses lu transactions for tho future delivery of gniln, the council lias unanimously declared Itself In favor of prohibiting altogether transactions In grulu for future delivery. This Infor- iimtlon Is conveyed In a communica tion to the Stuto Department from United Stntes Consul Warner ut Leip zig, Germany. Mr. Warner states that the council has petitioned the govern ment' to use Its Influence to suppress this practice altogether In Austro-IJuu-gary. Chances lnoieiiM'il. A boy baby n month old can expect but 4- yours of life. If, however, ho lives to 5 years his chances of living have Increased to 01 years anil U months. Itcgulutiou of I'rieo of Medicine Tho prleo of mcdlcliiu In Prussia la rcgulutcd by tho statu. 1'lONEIfiIiSINSlBKlUA. RED TAPE TENDS TO HINDER EMIGRATION. Ho Many Oimllltcii t Inn Are Ashed of In tending KinlurnutN Hint All Hut thu Must lVrxeMiluu Itecoinu lllseour- uued mid Kcnuilii Where They Are, Wbllo tho stringent regulations now governing emigration to Siberia have abolished to a groat extent tho disorder mid utilises of the old system, they hit vu entangled the whole process lu u net work of bureaucratic forninlltleH, and the preliminary steps which must bo taken by every Intending einlgrunt mo enough to tiiiiko nil but the most roso lute desist. Before making any nunc mont at nil the emigrant must neck tho advice of the local authorities mid ob tain a certificate of his suitability mid capacity. Hermits to emigrate are no longer easily obtainable, but are fre quently refused on such grounds ns "Insufficient menus," "physical illsubll Ity;" the regulations laying It down that only "good farmers mid taxpay ers" uru to, be granted permits. The provisional penult Is given only to the head of the futility or sumo other able bodied member of It, who, having ta ken the ml vice of the emigration offi cials at Telielublusk us to the nature mid locution of the available lauds. Is sent at u nominal fare Into Siberia, where lie Is free to examine all the lots available. If be Is successful lu finding siiltiible bind he must first huve Ills choice npprovod at the local emigra tion olllce, the title being Indorsed upon his pioneer's certificate. Afterward a Html permit to emigrate Is given to the remaining members uf bis family, who follow li I tu on special terms ns to rail way fare, monetary assistance and ex emptions; tho poorer obtaining grunts or loans to enable them to set up house and purchuso the necessary Imple ments. Formerly this assistance was given liberally, but the present policy of the government Is to encourage emi gration by the more prosperous and thrifty peasants only and monetary as sistance Is now restricted to small amounts, seldom exceeding from ?1! to $15. mid then nearly always In the form of a loau repayable without Interest within ten years. Hut before the final decision to eml grille Is taken, the number of require ments to be satisfied Is so great that It Is not dllllcult to understand why not 30 per cent of the pioneers undertnke the responsibility of bringing their fam ilies from home. For while Siberia as a whole contains the natural resources necessary for nearly nil forms of agri culture, these resources are very un evenly distributed, and there Is uo sin-J gle district which does not oppose to great natural ndvnntages certain seri ous drawbacks. All the best agricul tural land bus long been occupied, says It E. C. Long, In the Forum, and the pioneer who has only some two months In the year lu which he can satisfactor ily examine lots scattered over a great area, must compromise n hundred con flicting Interests before be can be sure of making the best selection. He must consider the nature of the laud, wheth er dry. marshy or salt, the question of water supply, whether wood exists In sufficient quantities mid of the right quality both for building and fuel, and whether the crops raised are those to which he has been accustomed In Huh sin. Ho must Inquire as to the system of agriculture practiced .Siberian laud requires much heavier work than Hus sion the losses from thieves, disease, wild beasts nnil Insects; the question of tnnrkcts and means of transport; and the cost of establishing n home. Ho must nsccrtaln whether the local Inhabitants have emigrated from tho same district, and speak tho sumo dia lect as himself. WATER FOR THE HOLY CITY. Jerusalem Th Now Supplied by u Sys tem of Modern DcsIhiih. The holy land has Its railways, elec tric lights and American windmills, anil now Jerusalem Is about to get a supply of good drinking water. In ancient times the city of David was well sup plied. Thu remains of aqueducts and reservoirs show this. But since tho Turk's day the people of Jerusalem have been dependent on the scanty and often polluted accumulations of rain water In tho rock-hewn cistern beneath their feet. Even this supply has re cently failed, says a correspondent of tho London Times, owing to want of ruin. Distress and sickness became so general that tho Turkish governor Iiiih ut length been Induced to sanction tho purchase of Iron plpo to bring water fron Aln Sulab, or tho "sealed foun tain," at Solomon's pools, about nine miles south of Jerusalem. A pipe six Inches In diameter will bring 8,000 "skins" of water a dny for distribution at "fountains" supplied with faucets. Solomon, In Ids famous "Song," speaks of this secret spring, now turned to use.- ".My beloved," ho says, "Is llko a spring shut up, a fountain sealed." It Is a deep-down subterranean spring, which has, from tho time of Solomon, flowed through tho arched tunnel built by him to tho distributing chamber or reservoir ntnr tho northwest corner of the highest of Solomon's pools. Half a century ago tho location of this "hid den" spring which was still, as In Sol omon's time, flowing Into tho reservoir mentioned, was unknown, The tunnel Is roofed by stones leaning against each other llko an Inverted V, tho primitive form of tho archwhich Is also seen In the roof of tho queen's clinmbcr of tho great pyramid. Tho entranco to this tunnel from tho spring Is one of tho oldest structures lu existence. Tho piping Is to bo laid along tho old nquo ductwhlch formerly, from tho tlmo of Solomon, brought (his sumo water In the temple area. There aril eleven or twelve miclenl fountains hero and there In the city, long unused, but now to bu utilized, mid r nun which the water may bo drawn floe to all, several tups being attached to ouch fountain. Baltimore Sun. A novel by n Hungarian wr.'rr, Ba ron Nicholas .loslka, Is being Issued In English. It Is a vivid picture of Hm overrunning of Hungary by the 'lar tars In the thirteenth century. Amelia I la it's new novel of Cromwell's time, "Tho Lion's Whelp." takes lis title from the text In Genesis: "A lion's whelp from the prey, my son, thou art gone tip-mid Ulifn him shall the gathering of the ponplb be." Miss Itnsn Noilchetle Cnry, In the years since she began to write It was In I St IS, that she published her first novel-has given the world more than a score of books, eaeh one of which has enjoyed a well-earned popularity. The "Herb of Grace" Is her latest. Is sued from tho Lipplncott press. TJiInk of one woman writing seven-yt-ono books! -a library In Itself. John Strange Winter (Mrs. Arthur Sinn until) Is the lady, and Iter lalesl nov el. "The Price of a Wife," Is her seventy-first book. She has kept lu the front rank of novelists over since she attained sudden popularity with "Boo- tie's Hiiby." In 1SS.1. A group of similes of James Bryco tu history anil Jurisprudence has been In the press for some time. There are two volumes, mid the contents of those have boon composed at different times, extending over many yours. While the studies are very diverse, a common thread runs through a mini her of ilieui. This Is a comparison be tween the history and law uf Hume and the history mid law of l.uglaiiil. Hivt Ilarte. whose report eit Illness was lately denied, recently rolurn-'d to the Idea of the "Condensed Novels which were his first published work In prose. A further volume of "Con- (b'lisoil Novels." suggested by sin h popular writers as Hiidynrd Milling, Anthony Hope mid Conmi Doyle, limy therelore be looked for from him. lUi earlier excursions lu this stylo of pa rody belong to the California period of his tarter and wore contributed to tho San 1 miiclsco.Culirornlan. William Ernest Henley, the English poet, when asked If he would like to renlv to the criticisms of his recent attack upon Hubert Ixuls Sluvetisoti, quoted Bishop Berkeley In a lordly tonei " They say! Whnt say they7 Lot them sayr The criticisms nro really not worth the trouble of re tort. I shall probably road them lu the papers. 1 have kept silence for live years against Ill-natured attacks and every kind of Innuendo and 1 can do so for another live years." PROTECTED. KiirIUIi Coimul Huve the Life of nil American Hiillor. In recalling Incidents of International courtesy, when British mid Americans hnve supported each other, a writer in tho Boston Transcript tells the follow ing story which came from an Ameri can sailor who had lauded at a port In Chill: The men had goue ashore and become somewhat hilarious, and one of the po lice olllcers, Instead of warning him not to mako n noise In the streot, drew bis sword nnd knocked him down. The Viiierlcnn got up, and promptly knock ed the policeman down In return, lie was arrested, tried mid condemned to be shot the next morning. Mr. Lorlng. tho American consul, ex postulated with the authorities, say ing that It would bo monstrous to put a man to death for such an offense; but they paid uo attention to Kim. On the day specified the sailor was brought out and pinioned, lu readiness for ex ecution. The English consul, preparing to hoist tho Union Jack, saw a crowd lu the field opposite, and realize I that the execution was about to tako place. Ho rushed over to tho American con sul ami cried: "Lorlng! You're not going to let them shoot that man?" "What can I do?" was the answer. "I have protested against It. I can do no more." Glvo me your flag!" cried thu Eng lishman. With the two lings In his hand, ho ran to tho field, elbowed his wny through the crowd and soldiery and reached tho prisoner. Ho folded tho American flag about him and laid tho Union Jock over It. He stepped back, nnd faced tho olllcers and soldiery. Shoot, If you dare," ho shouted, "through tho heart of England ond America!" Tho man was not shot. Hud Library on Moriiionisni. Theodore Schrocder, of Salt Lnko City, has given to tho Wisconsin Ills- torlcal Library nis library on Mormon 'riils Is ono of the largest col. lections of books on this subject In ex- onco. embracing, ns It does, li.'i,000 bound volumes, pamphlets and nowspa per files. Very Hitter. Timrn Is nothing but bitterness In your heart!" sho sighed, gazing Into tho embers. t Naturally." ho responded. "Haven't tho doctors Informed you that I huvo tobacco heart" CATTLE-RANCH I NO. TO-DAY, Outlook llrluhtcr tliiiu It Ihi. Been In Ten YrnrN. No phnsu of iigrletillimil '' where, except perhaps In Australia. IiiM ever possessed the imiiuntlo and adven turous charm of American entile riinoli lug. When nut beyond the I'lalln and down loward tho lllo Grande mid west ward Into New Mexico mid Arlxomi, thu grout plains weio open and Ihu grass of Uncle Sam us free as air. men with glugor In thoin could lay Iho foiiiiilatloiis of fortunes with no other eupltul Ihan a pony, a cow saddle, a rope and a branding Iron. They re quired no hind, and sehluni cared for mure than a few acres for (he ranch house and n place to hoop thu "chuclc wagon" and other Inanimate parts of the "oiitlll." If they chose, they could range an men as wide iih France. Tho Americans took the business from tho 1 nV lull IIM II ml iittomlpil It northward 1 to Wyoming. There was nothing lo prevent. In thai day the cownoy iqiu the visiting Englishman: "This Is GcmI's country, and there iiln't mi fences." I Tluihii times are going, or have al ready gone. Barbed wire ami the settlor have changed It all. The few acres tmit sultlccd for the hiiulihiiuso mid snildlo room nro nut enough where free grim lug Is passing away. The emtio king must own his grazing ground and thu cowboy lias been tinned Into a nioliibr of the fences he once despised. The packing Industry has gone out toward the source of supply to Omaha and Kiiiikiih Cllv mid oilier far Western ' towns. Itnllromls have done away with i the long drives to shipping points, i film-nil tin vi. umilli'il ilu it 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 1. ami biaiiillng pons are helping on the obso lescence of the hirliil. lu largo soetlniu ,t... ....(II.. Ihk ......I... ulllllll IlllCtl I m mv iiitin- n'liiiuj , . j - ....... mis lis NiocKyaiii nun spur iracs. This doesn't mean that the initio business Is on the wane. Fur from It, Its outlotik now Is brighter than It has been for ten years. Prices are better at Inline mid the deiniiiid abroad Is, strong. European shipments of cattle on tho hoof IncrcuHcd uniformly down to IWI7, and though they have diminished slightly since then, the llnanchil returns have been relatively belter. In thu last live years the average value of moat products exported principally to Great Britain mill Germany has been over $1 II.ikmi.imkj and of live animals over 511,000.(100. But the range cattle busi ness uo longer offers opportunities forv the accumulation of such colossal for tunes ns It once did. says Frank M. Todd In Aliislco's, where so much moro iiionry capital Is required than former ly, doc It idTer opportunity to so ffiany men with only their hands and bnilns to aid them. 8TILL WILD AND WOOLY. Orcuou Mini Milken Another Dunce a Jilt t die Tune of u HhurimhiMitcr, A weird story of Iho Jchno J lines stripe comes from the Starkey pnilrlo country, far southeast of Portland, Ore., In a little agricultural valley In the Blue Mountains. It tolls of a Star key prairie resident compelled to daucu a clog lu the darkness at the point of the gleaming barrel of a neighbor's re volver, while stimulated constantly to to greater effort by the whistle of bul lets past his ears and about his feet. There has been lll-feellug for several weeks on Starkey prairie over a serlei of dog-killings. Neighbors suspected each other of the poisonings and n lot of bad blood was engendered. Little meannesses began lo bo practiced, thu latest of which was to tie a bulldog of pronounced vicious tendencies on u Stnrkey prairie bridge after dark. This was designed to scare a young team of horses. It was a settlor mimed It. Wilkinson who fell Into the trap. Wilkinson drove directly on the bridge, when thu bulldog began to operate, with the re sult that he nearly had serious trouble with Ids colts. Wilkinson settled In his inliid the author of the trick Immediate ly ami drove straight to the house of Henry Hoan, Bonn, he thought, win the transgressor. Calling Beau to thu door, Wilkinson had him covered before he could es- cape, mid a clog dance was ordered. The eloquence of the slxshooler In duced compllnncc mid thr suspected bulldog operator began awkwardly to shullle. "Faster," ordered Wilkinson, and as a bullet sang startllugly near tho feet commonly more familiar with the road behind the plow than thu dance-hall floor, they responded crude ly. Finally Wilkinson let his victim off with the admonition to keep his bull dog at home. Then ho compelled blm, at the pistol's point, to come clear to Wilkinson's home. The method of transportation was not stutod, but It Is said Bean had to' continue dmiclng at Intervals clour across thu prairie. At Wilkinson's placo ho was forced to sign a note making over $75 to Wilkinson In this deal. Then Beau was released altogthor. Beau suys ho wilt uot stand for this treatment. He Is not such a pistol artist as his neighbor, suys a Spokane, Fulls, Wash., Spokesman-llovlew special, so ho has employed a lawyer to help him out mid legal action will result. Youthful Curiosity, "Well, If you'll excuse me," said the guest. "I guess I'll retire;" and nrls lug he walked toward the dour and awaited the escort of his host. , "Please, may I go with you?" plead Ingly exclaimed tho boy of the house hold. "And why should you want lo go with mo?" smilingly replied the guest; "aren't you satisfied with vnm comfortable little couch?" "Yes," replied the boy. "hut I want to go With you 'cause I licnnl mi .mi, this morning that you uxpoctod lo retire on xuu,uou."uichiuoiid Dlsputcli.