The Eugene weekly guard., March 08, 1902, Image 2

Eugene Weekly Guard.
would tr at them to a comfortabto Jin
THE AIR WE BREATHE ' ner
In W«-sta>liister, borrowing ths
this woolly phraseology that Portland
votes the rock pile a success It la dras­
tic, but goes to the spot The medicine
easily nauseates the botai'« stomach
A FEW SCIENTIFIC FACTS ABOUT
and he dreads a repetition of the dose.
I .-notiey from g'xxl Mrs. I’engelly, who
seems to have done something to soften
th« hard fate to which an ungrateful
OUR ATMOSPHERE.
«.-ountry bad doomed tbe sou of Crom­
i
OREGON.
EUGENE
well.
Did you ever have what the pbyal-
More than once Richard had come to
clans call nostalgia? In plain language Cover« the Earth to the Depth of
<»uce, when visiting
from Forty-live to Fifty Mile« The his last «hilling.
No tablea are named for Tal Aun out- noatalgla la bonirol-kue«». Doctors
at
Hursley,
b»
bad
to put off hla re­
aide of China.
Barometer
and
It«
boe
Difference«
say the collapse of Americans lu the
turn for want of a shirt. But gener­
Philippines 1« due to nostalgia. A pitt­
of Climate.
Trusts that live in glass cambines
ally he seems to have been a tolerably
ing for home and friends becMUes a
shouldn’t throw stones.
veritable disease. It causes abceeslou 1
The three geograptd enl elements in happy mao, blesHlng everybody in
ami benumb« every faculty of the ’ nature are laud. water, and air or at­ spite of circumstances, and blaming
I>r. lxieb’s |H-ti>etuHl life treatment
mind. The victim dreams of home day mosphere. lu our geographies we none. When tjueeii Mary died be spent
might be a good thing for some Presi­
and night an<l 1« unfit for any sort of l*varu considerable a lout the laud and half a crown, we are told, on a pair ot
dential booms.
activity. However the mental kaleido­ water of the «sarth and their many dl- mourning glove«. His last days were
scope may rotate, It always shows a 1 visions, but little or nothing lu regard made unhappy by a painful quarrel
No man la truly great unhws lie can
pl<*ture of “the old folks at home.” Bo. to the atiutnpuere which is »« ludls- with his daughters concerning tbe
you deliberately Insulted your brother a
become famous without making any
CHAPTER XII.
many a soldier boy in the far away IMiiMtble to all forms uf life. Fur a property at Huraley. Tlie daughters
child F’
of the noise himself.
did
their
utmost
to
deprive
their
father
Griselda,
darting
homeward
through
lilauds who 1« isolatetl for weeks and I knowle«lge of thia we must turn to
"There was no insult. I may have tola
the
twilighted
garden,
after
another
stol
of
hla
rights,
as
though
hla
life
bad
her that if she chooses to do such things
The man who works only to please months. to whom letters and borne physical g«x«graphy. The few points not been hard enough, anil In his old on meeting with Torn Peyton on the gar as society disapproves of, she must only
newspapers sre a rarity, brixxls and 1 touched upon here, it 1« hoped, will
dm wall, stops as she reaches the mm-
himself never gets much prxlse for
dream« away the weary hour« lie 1 prove to be the means of l«?adlug some age Richard, who had left Whitehall ruer house, a favorite resort of 1 era s, submit to the consequences and consider
what be accomplishes.
palace
freely
years
before,
was
driven
loses bl« ambition, hl« vitality Is sapped one to seek further and learn more of
notwithstanding the father unpleasant herself ostracised.”
from bls own home. A lawsuit estab­ association* connected with it, aud pokes
“ ‘Compromised,’ you said.”
and
he
la
bereft
of
the
power
to
over
­
things
about
him.
A Boston professor says people may
"Well, it is as good a word; you are
lished bls rights at iasL and before his in her head to find 1 era there.
come
his
melancholy.
He
pities
and
What
we
call
the
atmosphere
la
a
live to be 150 years old. Of course they
"I’ve come back.” she cries, breath­ welcome to it.”
droop« Into an actual sickness. Home vast ocean of air enveloping the whole death the family was at peace again.
may, but very few of them do.
“Pshaw!” says Seaton, with a quick
day there will be a dally news service earth, both laud and sen. and at the "Live In love; I am going to the Gixi lessly, sinking iuto a seat and ><wklu< at motion of the hand, as if flinging the
of love," be said to hla daughters, as Vera with despair iu her eyes. "I have
to
tiie
Philippines
ami
American
news
­
Ixgtoui
of
this
ocean
ia
where
we
live.
The Mississippi man who obje-ts to
done as you desired me. I have said good idea far from him, "let us have no more
he lay dying at Hursley in 1712.
of such petty scandal.
You forget.”
being hangi-rl In company with a negro papers will lie printed lu Manila and ITie atmropliej-e furnishes the elrmeuta
nv to him forever!”
There
Is
a
story
told
of
a
great
cere
­
elsewhere containing the news «if the upon which depends all animal and veg­
"What did be say? Was he very much sternly, "that when you seek to compro­
has succeeded lu hiuilBg a slipknot In
monial
In
which
tjueeu
Anne
was
the
mise Vera, you condemn me, your son."
world and especially the news from etable life, but there la another way in
upset?" with burning interest.
the color line.
Dysart ahrugge«! his shoulders.
the United Htate«. That will take which It contributes to the welfare of central figure. The Qu«*en was sur­ "He said he’d manage to see me in
rounded by a host of gayly dressed some way or other," says Griselda, with
"Tbe man is never in fault; so your
Alphabetical llsta of French quota away some of the Isolation. A dally man. Many countries in the world courtiers, and lu tbe throng wa» an old
world rules," says he, lightly.
a heavy sigh.
tious have enabled many a poor stick touch with “God'« country" will do which are now warm and fertile would man of K3, wearing the plain dress of
"You persist, then, in your insult,”
"Oh, well—come now, that’s not ao
to
relieve
the
forbirti
American,
lie
cold
and
barren
were
it
not
for
the
much
to get credit for the possession of won
citate communication will also heat and moisture carried to them by a country farmer. "Have you ever bad.” says Vera, cheerfully, forgetful of ■ays Heaton, going a step nearer to him,
With
bis forehead.
derful culture.
forehead, "You
prudence at sight of her sister s grief. ■ the veins swelling in his
<*ome the feeling that the Islands are the winds. Indeed, our Mississippi Val­ seen such a sight before?” asked a "He seems from al! Y have heard from still say that she —”
looker
on
aud
the
throng
was
startled
The Rev. Ham Jones and the Hon. really a part of Uncle Sam’s domains ley. the ui«Mt productive region in the to hear the old man say: "Never since you a —a sort of a person who would be i "I say that, aud more.” replied the old
difficult to baffle. I think I should put man, undaunted, a very demon ot ob­
Poultney Bigelow ought to collaborate “Be It ever so bumble, there's no place world, would l»e but a barren dro*-rt
I sat In her chair.” It was Cromwell's faith in that declaration of bis if I were stinacy having now taken possession of
on something. It would be sur«* to be like home.” sang the homeless John were It not for the moisture <11 «tribo usd
his breast. "I feel even bold enough to
Howard Payne. And none have »o over it by the winds from the Gulf of sou.--London Ht. James' Gazette.
you.”
a noisy affair.
"Oh, he said ____
more than that.” cries suggest to her the advisability of an im­
keen an appreciation of home ax the Mexico. The reason fur this is found
__ "Why, it appears that Tom— mediate marriage with you, as a means
Griselda.
In the fact that thl« region Is so remote
WHAT DID THE FAKIR DO ?
The discovery that there la a gang exile.
—knowa Seaton quite well. of crushing iu the bud the scandal that
Mr. I ’eyton
.
from the oceans, and is flanked on
of counterfeiter« at work In l"«>rto
tasi lu­ and likes him, too.
Mr. Peyton says is sure to arise out of her imprudence.”
Mor«* speedy, certain «ml severe pun­ either side by high ranges which pre­ la Hypnotism the Secret of
Rico seem« to indicate tlmt the Ameri­
"Go, Vera; leave the room,” says Sea­
that he, Seaton, is engaged to be married
diau Magic?
canization of the Islam! 1» proceeding ishment should be provided for those vent lhe rains from passing over them.
Wonderful stories are told of til« to a Miss Butler, a friend of Lady lliv- ton, with great emotion.
The
composition
of
the
atmosphere
is
who
«re
guilty
of
fo«si
adulteration,
rapidly.
“Why should she go? It seems to me
er-'ale's.”
and more thorough preventive methods of oxygen and nitrogen In the propor­ powers of the Hindu fakirs. Careful
For a moment there is a dead silence, you give her bad advice,” says Mr. T>y-
attention
to
their
tricks
has
uot
discov
The |s>lley of "enlightened selfish must be devised for lhe general protec­ tion of twenty-one [«arts of the former
during which the pretty crimson on sart, looking from one to the other with
■ess" may be a good oue, but what Is tion of thu people from the dangers to to seventy-nine of the Latter, with a er«*d their secret with any certainty, Vera’s cheek dies out, leaving her singu­ a satirically friendly glance. “Let her
the matter with this more mixlern (sil whhli the villainous praetl«-«* subject« very small quantity of <*arbonlc add; but Capt. James Parker, the English larly pale. No doubt the surprise is rather atay and discuss with us your
marriage with her.'
Icy of unenllghteued sellishness as a them. The average Individual Ims beside« these, there 1« always mure or traveler, who has just returned from a great.
"Is that true?” she saya. “I should
If be bad been so foolishly blind as to
world beater.
scarcely th«* faintest conception of the lass watery vapor held lu suspension. tour of India, ghes it as bis belief that not be surprised, though I confess 1 am; hojie by this bold move to force Vera
extent to which unscrupulous munu Atmosphere Is one of the moat elastic hypnotism is lhe means by which they it is only what I might have expected into an eugHgemeut, his expectations are
According ’o Miss Susan B. Aid bony
facturera are said to have carried the lmdtro m nature, the sllght«»l change accomplish tlielr most startling illu from my first judgment of him. And now on the instant destroyed by his sou.
women will quit marrying as they Is*
business of sulmtltutlng deleterious lu tem|M-rature causing It to expand ur sious. One incident which be describee one should not condemn him, either; it is “Understand me, once for all, that I shall
come more Intelligent. Why does Miss
se<*ms to bear out Ilia view.
and not Infrequently ih >I hoi > ouh ingredi­ contract to a remarkable degree.
not his fault that he calls Uncle Gregory uot marry Vera,” says he, white with
Anthony want to discourage the edu
The trick which Is aeknowle<lg«*<! to father.”
The
weight
of
atmosphere
la
meas
­
anger, aud some strong feeling that he ia
ents In fix«! urtl«*l«*s of lb«* most com
cation of women.
mon and nee -ssary use. It lias long ured by Its pressure on the barometer. be the greatrol of tbe«e Hindu mystic
A footstep upon the gravel outside almost powerless to suppress. "Were
she to come to me this moment and lay
lx*«*n widely known, of course, that at­ The word barom«»ter Is mail« up of two performaiiees, says Capt. Parker, und makes them both turn their heads.
The Indians are to have their hair tempts are often mail«* to palm off oil Gr«*ek words meaning weight measure. the oue that has been described by
• What is it, Gruueb?" Vera calmly her band iu mine, and say she was will­
cut short by the paleface burlier, which (In* public many articles of diet which 'The instrument Is made uf a slender trustworthy persons too often to be asks as the housekeeper appears on the ing so far to sacrifice herself, I should re­
fuse to listen to her.”
la perhaps only poetic Justice us the are fraudulent In tlu-lr <-<im|iosltion. glass tube closed at oue eml and tilled doubteil, is the one in which the fakir threshold.
Vera, for the first time since her en­
"The master wishes to see you. Miss
ludían wa« ormerly addicted to cut­ That poisonous adulternthm, however, with mercury. The tul«e Is then re­ throws a ball of twine Into the alt
Dysart, in the library." There is an ex­ trance, lifts her head to look nt him.
ting the huir of the paleface.
has b«-«-mie such a f«-ntur«* of the man­ versed and placed in a cup of the same ubove him. until it disappears from pression of malignant amusement in the Was he thinking of Miss Butler? Was
he true at last to her? A little bitter
ufacture of the staple foods of dully fluid. The atuKMpbere pressing upon sight. The loose end of the string he
llall tlnlile asserts that too much uae as to In* respoiiHlble for wholesale the fluid lu the cup keeps the column bolds in his hand, and after the boy as woman’s eyes as she says this.
Veru had gone into the library with a smilu curls her lip.
credit Is given to Shakspeare. Will
sistant
has
climbed
up
the
string
until
"I thank you,” she says, with a slight
pale face, but it was with one paler still
loss of life th> consumer Hints It hard of mercury within the lube at a height
lam has few relatives now living to
bi ixdleve, even though ex|ierta of high exactly sufficient to balance Its own be, too, is out of sight, the fakir blur she came out of it half an hour later, inclination of her bead toward her cousin,
take up tile tight for lilin and Mr. repute for honesty and skill so declare. weight. At the level of the sea. th«* eul- self follows, with a knife betw«*en bls white as death, and with a strained look aud with a swift step leaves the room.
Caine's cut is rather an unkind one.
teeth.
of passion on every feature not to be sub­
But statements of sinh purpose are uum within the tube la thirty Incbro In
CHAPTER XIII.
The sp««-tators, surprised when both dued. She might perhaps have given way
height. By this we understand that
openly
and
explicitly
made.
The
sub
­
Four long days have crept languidly
to the blessed relief of tears if she had
The Emperor of China has finally
boy
and
man
climb
out
of
sight,
are
the
entire
weight
of
the
atmosphere
is
acknowledged that he Isn't running the ject Ims re<‘«*ntly been brought some­ equal to a layer of mercury thirty horrified when the boy's sever««! head had time to escape Griselda; but as she iuto the past, four of Lhe dullest days
world. After his experience with the what prominently Into view through llicliro deep covering the whole earth, arms and legs, followed by tlie trunk, finds herself looking at Seaton Dysart, Griselda Dysart has ever yet endured, aa
she is compelled to acknowledge even to
Empress howuger It 1« remarkable that the revelation« of a careful und corn and exerting a pressure of tift«*eii fall to th«- ground, ami th«* man slides who has at this moment entered the in­ herself. Slowly, with aimless steps, she
ner ball leading to the room she has just
petent
Investigator,
who
unequivocal
he clung to the foolish belief In his
ly lays the charge of inanslaughter at poll ml a to every square Inch of surface. down close behind. Their astonishmenl left, all her being seems to stiffen into a rises and flings aside the moldy volume
own supremacy so long.
she had found in one of the rooms below,
the floor of many w ho prepare and traf When the pressure of air increases the Is Increastx! when th«* fakir gathers the cold horror of contempt.
She stops short and fixes her heavy aud which she has been making a fruit­
th* In th«* n«*ecHHaries of life. Not only barometer rises; when it decr<*aaes, the severctl members and restores the boy
less effort to read, and looks out upon
eyes on his.
to life.
Sir llols-rt Ball, astronomer royal, art* the dangerous chemlcula made use thermometer falls.
Well, I saw this performance once,
"So you betrayed me!” she says. In a the sunless pleasure-ground beneath her
stands lu with the ciati num and pre­ of In the manufacture of aduiteriinl«,
The atmosphere being ao highly etas
window. She becomes suddenly aware
dicts another gliu lnl sge. It may take this man says, but they are all<iwe«l to tic. the layers closest to the surface of and once I didn't see It; and th«* latter I low tone that vibrates with scorn.
of an unfamiliar figure that, kneeling on
"Betrayed
you?"
echoes
he,
starting.
several thousand years, however, and remain In the complete«! fixid prod the rorth having to support all those experience was more wonderful than
the grass before one of the beds, seems
by that time we will keep warm by ucia, as their retention Is requisite for alwve, are most dense, the density di the other. 1 bad some Lomlon friends There is that in her face not to be mis­ to be weeding away for its dear life.
taken,
ami
a
presentiment
of
coming
electricity inunufuct urei! by the gov a la-otltablc traffic lu them. Bread, mtnlnhlng upwards with the decrease Visiting me. and after having left them evil sends a hot flush to Ilia brow.
It is certainly the new gardener. Poor
eminent.
sugar aud meat bought from repulable of pressure. It has been proven that for a few minute« on the veranda of , "You are a bad actor," says she, with creature, whoever he is, what could have
one Im If the entire atmosphere, hr my bungalow*. I saw, ns I was return I a palesmlle; "you change color, at a induced him to come here? Uncle Greg­
John M Allen auya the Mississippi dealers, ami prexuinsbly of tin* beet weight. Is condensed within three and Ing. the same fakir ami his assistant crisis; you have still a last grain of hon- : ory had evidently found no difficulty In
quality,
have
been
found,
when
sub
valley can produce enough grain to
two fifths miles of the sea level, and whom I had seen perform the trick, [ eaty left in you. You should see to that; 1 replacing his former employe. Had ho
feed the whole world, enough cotton Jected to careful analyst«. If this man's twothlrds below the summit of the standing about forty feet In front ol kill it quickly, it spoils your otherwise secured this new gardener on the old
evidence
Is
to
lx*
ac<-epte<l,
to
contain
poor terms? Unhappy creature! poverty
and wool to clothe the whole world,
hlglirot mountain« Were It not for this my friends, apparently preparing to be perfect role.”
indeed must have been his guest before
enough oil to light the whole world, quantltl**« of acid adulterants, th«* en­ fact, mountain ranges would not have gin a performance As 1 was about as
"You are pleased to be enigmatical," he
and his clothes came to such s sorry
enough coal to warm ths world und trance of which into th«* human «tom such an Influence In directing and mod­ far behind the natives as tny friends says he, with a frown. "I am, however, pas«! At this moment the "unhappy
at
a
loss
to
know
what
you
mean.
”
enough money to carry on the com- «ell Is cali-ulate«l to entnll to tin* ino«t ifying the course of the winds.
were hi front of them, ami had not been
creature" lifts his head, turns it deliher
"Oh. are you ashamed to keep it up ately toward her, and Nhe finds herself
inerce of the world. John la telling the serious consequeueea. Flour, too, 1«
It Is <*alculated that from forty five observed, 1 stmxl quietly where I was. —the
deception?"
cries
she
with
a
sud­
Included
111
tills
expert'«
list.
Homo
truth alxxit It.
to fifty miles aliove sea level the at­
The man placed a drawn knife be­ den outbreak of wrath. "Oh, how could face to face with Tom Peyton!
of that w inch ranks among th«* choicest
A little sharp cry breaks from her; she
mosphere Is so rarefied that Its pres­ tween bis teeth, took th«* usual ball of you do it?”
lacks
much
of
being
chemically
pure,
The <’anadian government made a
sure would have no perceptible off«*ct twin«* in his right hand, made a mo­ "Great heaven! how can I convince you stifles it, but turns very pale.
"You! you!" she says.
mlatake and prtnted on lia new four- he assorts, while many grades contain upon the barometer. Taking thia a« tion as if throwing it into the air. and that I have done nothing?" exclaims he,
“Don't look like that!" he says, in a
dollar bllls tlu* plcture of 1 lie Aiuerl no less a proportion Hum 2.1 i«*r cent of practically the upper limit, the atmos­ then stoo<! perfectly quiet. My friends growing pale as herself.
low tone, but sharply. "Would you be­
"There waa no one else awake, there tray
eau loek at the "Soo” tnstead of tlie adulterants. Such din-la rat Iona, even phere appears as a thin film measuring on the veranda were looking Into the
me? Remember, it was my only
tlanadlan loek, It was auppoaed Huit though abundant allowance be made not more than one hundredth the radius upper air with astonishment on their was no one to see me," says she, trying chance of getting near you. Don’t faint,
for
poslble
error
or
bias,
are
necessar
­
to
stifle
her
agitation.
"What,
then,
must
tlie plate would be chang<sl Itnmedl
of the earth.
faces, which In a minute turned to a I think but that you were the one to tell I mean, or do anything like that.”
ately and a lot of American eurlo liuut ily Htartllng and disturbing. That the
"Oh. how could you do such a thing?"
The climate of our globe Is governed look of horror as their eyes came back your father of that unlucky night when
evil
1«
a
pr«*seiit
and
u
growing
one
can
says she, in a trembling voice. “Ami_
ers began buvlng up the tilllx at a pre­
by astronomic causes, namely: the ac­ to the ground, in another minute their I was locked out in the garden?”
and how strange you look, and what
mium. But the governuient weiit rlght «carcelv be <|U«*Ntluued Maliy Hlales tion of the sun's rays upon th«* earth's couuteuances lighted up with pleasun*
"He has heard that?" Heaton, as if dreadful clothes you have on!”
on. and the Mise apeculatoro tlml thaï lune enacted laws whose purpose is surface, the spherical form of the earth, and they applauded roundly.
thunderstruck, looks blankly at her.
"Well, I gave a good deal for them,"
they bave lx-eu paylng ÿô for *1 nini lhe protection of consumers against and Its dally and yearly motions The««
"Why do yon compel me to tell you says he. casting an eloquent glance at bis
They could not say enough about ths
adulterate«! f«xxl Impositions, but they
liave lost inoney by It.
what
you
already
know?"
says
she,
with
cn list's < operate so at to effect differ
have provtsl Inadequate. The greedy etiees of ’ temperature and rainfall In wonderful performam-e they had seen a little irrepressible stamp of her foot. trousers; "more—four times more—than
I ever yet gave for a suit. I'm sorry you
and they were astonished beyond mess
and conscienceless adulterators seem
The huge Celtic, one of the biggest
different latitudes, and variations In ure when I told them 1 had lx»en as "If you will listen to what is already no don't approve of them; but for myself, I
news to you, learn that your father sent think them becoming, and positively
to Is- pushing th«-lr nefarious traflle the Mine latitudes
leviathans ever launched. Is to lie aur-
In different parts of near the fakir as they, and had seen for me just now—a long time ago. hours
with Uliilbatixl vigor. More severely the year, 'nils Is
glory in them; I would rather have them
passed by a still bigger vessel, the Ceti
<-alled astmnoml<*al
restrictive uieasur«*«. of wider sco | h *, climate, Besides this, there Is also nothing of what bad so wonderfully ■go, I think." putting her hand to her than any clothes I’ve ever yet »ad, and
rlc. At least current report aaya so
impressed
them.
head
in
a
little,
confused,
miserable
way.
must b«* provided. If In n mad scram­ what 1« called physical climate. Physi­
I think them right down cheap, It’s
Are steamships a furlong in length to
if that was not hypnotism, what was "and accused me of having sp«*nt the rather a sell if you don’t think they suit
ble for th«* extra prollt lielleved to lie cal cllniate Is simply astronomlcsl cli­
whole
night
alone
with
you.
purposely,
in
lie excelled by Titanic bulks more than
my style of beauty.”
thus obtainable men are making and mate modlthsl to s greater or lew ex­ It? 1 outh's Companion
the garden."
an eighth of a tulle from stem to stern
Hi* is disgracefully tmalive to the bor­
selling dangerous adulterations to pur tent by physical agencies. such as nt
"And
you
think
that
I
----
”
lii'-ti tain« tlml Embarrassed.
and pro|Hirtlouately wide ami deep?
ror of his position. ile is even elated by
clnisers who pay for and suppose they uisapherlc and marine currents, i««l
"I don’t think," writh a condemnatory i it. and is plainly <
W hat la to be the limit of ambitious
The funniest thing 1 ever heard of glance.
<>n the point <>f bubbling
ure getting pure, healthful and n«*ees tlou In regard to the oerotui. direction
"As I told you before. I know.
shipbuilding? Floating cities we have
has happened lu a family of moderate Your father has insolently accused me over with laughter. Given an opportu-
sary food «Utmtances, there should be of prevailing winds and elevation
already, ami superb they are Are wo
means, but whose «laughter ia a young of an impossible thing; but even if I had nity indeed, ami it is certain be will give
a law which will i-ueompass not only above the level of the sen.
to see hereafter floating republics and
person of vaulting u tn bl tlou. She waa staye«l in the garden with you that night, mirth away; Griselda, however, declines
their
detection,
but
tlielr
appropriate
j to help him to this opjxirtunity.
klugdoms?
engaged to a very nice young man, who of my own free will, I cannot see where
puulslime.it. If they are poisoning
"It’s horrid of you—I don’t know how
CROMWELL THE LITTLE.
would lie the disgrace he connecta with
»»«
equally
Impecunious,
and
they
you can laugh, says she. beginning to
people, aubj«*ct them to such a penalty !
it.”
I’rofesaor Edward North, of llamll
would
often
tiewall
their
lot
at
not
be
­
I cry. **I can’t bear to see you dressed
VielMiludes in the I.if« at Oliver
"You are right, no one could see dis- like that. Just like a common man."
ing able to lie married and receive a
ton College, renlgmal receutly from the as others who endanger human life are !
Cromwell*! Aon.
made to suffer.
grace
where
you
were,
”
says
Seaton.
chair of Greek, which h«> had held eon
"Well—I think you’re a little unkind,”
The wheel of fortune has strange quantity of "numerous and costly"
calmly. "My father is an old man, be—" snys he. regarding her reproachfully, "I
tlnuously for almost sixty years, ills
turnings, but It baa often turns«! ao presents. The time arrived, however.
“
is
old
enough
to
know
bow
to
insult
,„r.
retirement prompted one of the most Alli MPI I HIS IRK h
completely round as In tbe spring of uot very long ago, when the wedding a woman." coldly, "when." with a terri­ did think you would be glad to see me.
1 thought, I fancied—I suppose I was
charming Christmas gifts of the sea
AM» HAM MIMI
1*V In \prll. Richard Cromwell sat came off. and to thia young lady's a. ble glance at him. “shown the way. Oh," wrong that when we parted -m that last
eon Nearly seven hundred letters
on the throne of England, King In all tonlahment her friends sent bridal gifts laying her hand up>n her breast In a day you were sorry—that you would like
beartag appropriate greetings am! lov­
but name, master of two palaces, with that. In name at least, equaled million paroxysm of grief, "it was abominable of to see me again."
ing message« were »ent by old nluiunl
you. and you said—twice you said it,”
an allowance of ilO.fk«) a year. In alredom.
"Well, that was all true,” say« Gri­
from «11 parts of the country. The
There was a yacht and a house, an coming closer to him. and lifting accus­ selda, sobbingly.
May h« wandered homeless in a
ing
eyes
to
his.
“
‘
Trust
me.
’
1
remember
president of the college galhervsl them
"Then what are you crying about?"
atrango land, a fugitive, not from Jus­ automobile. which Is one of the "new" it as though you uttered it but now. and
I am unhappy that because of me you
Into a bushel basket, covered with with
tice. but from the law. in hla trunks offerings In smart society, a cheat of I believed you. ’Trust me,' you said."
must be made so uncomfortable."
a bug«* armful of roses and carried
were tbe congratulations he had re­ silver, aud. last but not least, a dla
"I should say it again." says Dysart.
' If that s all, says be. beaming afresh,
them to "old Greek's" door. The mer­
ceive*! a month or two before from the nxmd tiara. But alas, all these cov "■ hundred times again. Come,” be says, "it's nothing. I’m not a scrap uncom-
etsd
objects
were
toys!
cury wa« below aero that Christmas
crowned heads of Europe
and
leads
her
back
again
to
the
library
Wirb
them.
A doten
fortable. It strikes me as being a sort
nictiiWvg but the atmosphere into
years before hit father's name had however, has town forwarded many ■ she has Just quitted.
of a lark—h’m-a Joke, I mean I feel
Gregory
Dysart
still
sits
ia
his
usual
which Hi«* In-loved obi professor pluug
made the world tremble, now It was a pretty and useful souvenir, so the bride
as jolly as a «and boy. and.” with a ten
rd w as w arm
name to which hla eon dared not an- does not quite know whether to laugh chair, his arms on the elbows of it. his der. earnest glance, "far jollier, because
face
is
aet.
as
though
death
had
laid
Its
ewer
ills wife waned fifteen years or *ry at h«*r wishes having l>een gratl seal on It. save for the marvelously, I can now see you.”
Huelologlsts write paiwrs and print
But how L-ng is it to InstF’ says «he
for bls return, and died st last wlth- tie«! at the ex|iense of her sense of hu horribly youthful eyes, so full of fire and
nervously. "It can’t go oB hke this fo/
IsMiks all their 111«*« lu s«*rklug a M>lu
out seeing him again; hls favorite m«w The practical Joke, at any rate, life.
ever, and Beaton come« down here ume
Hon of the tramp problem The elty
-laughter l>orothy was msrrte,! an«? made much fun. an«! to my mind is a
"You will be so good as to explain to times, and he knows you.”
of I’ortlaiid. Ore., doe« not phlloeopklse
g
»*■!
satire
on
the
opulent
displays
at
bur **d In ■ few month« Hhe was the
Vera at once." begins Heaton, in a da«
' I dare say I «hall manage to avoid
It acta, it la not seeking so much a
only ( rximwell ««iinelxxly h«. eald. fsah'ixiable w«*d«t t gs Ihwton lieraid gerous tone, "how it waa you learne.1 of hint. Though I have often thought late­
solution of far H-setilng problems as the
her being in the garden ths other night." ly that it would be a go,»l thing to take
There la a goal l«*al of fun. blit more txirn la the purple ‘
practical ellnunatlou uf the hols, in for the ouhxikers than for those who
hat night? She may have been out him into our confidence.”
New Affbs thin <vf Iho Kye«.
Cromwell «me home at last, to live
»
1 new aff,-.
,| (,f the eyes, aused. every night, for aught I know; «he tells
this latter effort. If oue may Judge from try to do IL In th- following trl«-k« In lodg ngs at 10 shillings a week N,»
Oh. no. no, no indeed." cries she; "he
the account lu the Oregonian, It has Several persons can take part I d the txxty guessed that the Mr Clarke who It « * «!. by the prevailing meth.x! of me she is fond of moonlight." replies the might tell hi« father, and then all would
be up with u».”
measurably succeeded. The oreguuiau game, and each must asaume the po«l- live«! «Imply «nd quietly at Cbeahunt seating pass«*ngera In street cars ami old man. impassively.
You understand perfectly the night of
says "Tb«*re were <>uly four bots-s tbm shown In the accompany Ing pic­ was the man who had been the I’rotee- Omnibusses, ha« been discovered. The which
Well, there’s my »i»ter. Grade—she’s
I speak." says Beaton, bis face
working on the n»-k pile y«*st«*nlHy, and ture, namely, he must stand on his tor of the Couiim nwealth. Mr« I’en effort to tlx the gaze upon passing ob- now livid "Who?” he repeata, ia a low ’ very go.*d natured woman, and clever
. 1 Wer* ” trtl h,r ■ll* »he would
indeed the knoctero' gang has been a right foot, hold b s left foot behind hla
telly hl« landlady, kept hla a*-*-ount« Jei-ts results tn a strain ami twitching but terrible voice.
tell Beaten, and between them they
ette
slim one all week. Rlm-e the advent of bach with hl« right band an«i grasp
n
the
external
inii**iea
of
the
globes,
"Onin.-h."
replies
Mr.
Dysart,
shortly,
the ris-k pile txd«*« are not placing hla right ear with hla left han«l Wban ■ graat data!! aud R Riel ird la gye which Is quite anmiying.
something in his son’s face warned him might manage someth.ng There's a step!
Go away, and try to «ee me to-nxx-row
■ot to go further.
I’ortlaiid on their visiting list to any ail tbe players are In this position s has unrarthel many of them, which
if you nn.’’
give ua strange glim;«•«*• of the later
two Van st ITvilipptnesk.
extent. Kiru buslMee at the police newspap** <* some other object winch
"You
hear?"
says
Seaton,
turning
to
1 hey hare barely time to «e pa rate be
life of « romweB’s son He atnoknl a
view of the arduous duties ile Vera, "it was Grnach wb« betrayed fore the gaunt tig-ire of drum h is teen
«tattoo and munk-tpal <»<irt 1« ds rni Is about all luctu*« lu height Is ptacsd
great
desk
paying
2
«hillings
«
|«en-r
you
You
are
satisfied
now*
’
ini of naval oflV*ers In the e
Ing. because tlx-rv are fewer arrrota on the grouml. and each player la
approaching through the laurels.
to t«er |n«i for hla "pyiies," and he was
"On that point yes. I suppose I should
g Fbillpi n» climate two year
A uew era of pea«w has lieen ushered hop toward It and do hla utmost
to tk«*' eftHM <*% eu tn ht« iH'vrrtr on one
offer
you
an
spelogy."
«ay«
«he.
ietly
In I’ulleemeu are leglnnlng to hiok catvb It with hla teeth and raise It
CHAPTER XIV.
to
’ But." with a swift gianro at hia father
. .ig!t»u he bon owed ¿2 from his lan<!
To-day i« wet; a soaking, steady
fat. happy an<1 contented Trainmen re- hla own bright Those w ho suceve«l
’
bow
can
I
be
satisfied
when
----
"
In
poor that entnmenrod at early lawn l(
ta>rt that <wrs bouud tor l*urtlan«l are doing thia ara balled as winners, while lady, who entered It down f*«r the day
Her voice breaks
v hen hla
still rendering miserable the shrubbery
is* longer gr*«aniug under the weight <>f that wbo do not SSccerd have to i*ay s "wbea you had yonr feast
"Sir."
cries
Beaton,
addressing
h.a
and garde««
*
came ---------
• daughter«
---- .... era
... ------
— from ,Iur>
.
to see •*■ him
llur«-
N,
Meary W Hies." It is very plain from fprfelL
father with sudden paseioa. "why dxt
Vara, deprro^ hy the melancholy ef
|I»J. ii.a heme n better d«y«. K. hard aide
¡yoa speak to her of thia? Why have the day. has cast her hoah and«, sad.
«
*--------
with a certainty of me«*ting nob^M
the empty rooms and corridors, w« . jF*
aimlessly throughout their dreary
and breadth.
These rooms are »/
known to her. and presently wearying
them she turns aside aud rather t
pushes open a huge, faded, baize-.-,
door that leads she scarcely know«
er. She pushes it back and looks eagerl.
ia ward.
It is not an apartment, after all. «
long, low, vaulted passage reveal» ¡twif
only dimly lighted by a painted winfi.,^
at the lower end. It appears to b» ,
completely bare passage. leading Oo.
where; but presently, as she runs h«r
eyes aloug the eastern wall, a door tue,.,
them, an old oakeu door, iron-cla.p^j
and literally hung with cobweb».
Curiosity grows stroug within her
Catching the ancient handle of thi» ,1^,,,
a mere brass ring suuk iu the woodwur^
she pushes sgaiust it with all her might
!n vain. But not deterred, she push«,
again and again; aud at the last trial of
her streugth a sharp sound—a ring
something brazen falling ou a stone
—crashes with a quick, altogether :lM.
founding noise upou the tomblike silenca
that tills the mysterious passage
At the same moment the door give,
way, and she. unexpectedly yielding with
it, steps hurriedly forward into a dark
and grewsome bole.
The poverty of the light has perhap,
dimmed her sight, because after a little
while a shadow on the opposite wall,
that resolves itself into an opening,
comes known to her. It is uot a door,
rather a heavy hempen curtain, and now^
resolutely determined to go through with
her adventure, she advances toward it,
pulls it aside, and finds herself face to
face with Gregory Dysart!
He is on his knees, next that peculiar
cabinet described
in .........
an earlier - chapter,
• — ------ —
““i'ici,
and as 1 he lifts his head upon her eu-
trance, a murderous glare, as uf one
hunted, desperate, comes iuto his curious
eyes.
The side of the cabinet ia lying wide
open, and, as he involuntarily moves, the
chink of golden coins falling one upon
another alone breaks the loud alienee that
oppresses the atmosphere. In hia hand
he is holding au old and yellow parch­
ment.
"I—I am sorry," murmurs Vera, terri­
fied; “I did pot know; I-----’’
"What brought you here, girl—here
where I believed myself safe? Go, go—
there is nothing—nothing, I tell you­
they lied to you if they told you any-
thing—go, I say!"
He has entirely lost his self-possession,
and is still kneeling on the floor, now
hugging, now trying to hide beneath him
the paper he holds with his sinewy, ner­
vous fingers. "Go, go, go!” he shrieks,
beside himself. He is in a perfect fren­
zy; ail dignity is gone; to the girl stand­
ing trembling there it is a loathsome
sight to see this old man on the brink ot
the grave thus crouching, abased, dishon­
ored.
"I ain going," she says, faintly. She
is ghastly pale; the sight of him iu his
horrible fright, cringing thus upon the
ground, has so unnerved her that she ac­
tually grasps at the curtain for support.
(To be continued.)
PARADISE FOR
The
BIRDS.
White House Grounds Possess
Many Charms for 'I hem.
Binis having a keen eye out for resi­
dence quarters In Washington And the
White Hous«* grounds th«* most fash­
ionable am! select nelghliorhood they
can enter. This Is especially so of birds
dewiring a quiet life, without lielng stile
Jected to the “rubber-necking" of other
birds, animals and human beings.
Sparrows in great numbers have their
homes in the grounds, but they would
I h * Jturt as much at bom«* on Pennsyl­
vania avenue, and It Is said by the bird
doctor at the White House that the
sparrows which live around there are
recluses, or have ls*en run away from
the thickly settled quarters of the city.
There is plenty of room for more of
these little rascals In tlie grounds,
where the trees furnish quiet places
for building and hatching, but the great
majority of these birds apqvear not to
care much for these delightful grounds.
For feeding purposes tlie White House
grounds are not a succees, becauM
they are always kept clean. In addition
to the value of the grounds for.resi­
dence purposes, there Is on«* distinct
advantage. That is in the bathing fa­
cilities. The White House sparrows
are like Jaivanese ¡s*<>ple in this resistei.
When they are not chattering about
this thing and that they are bathing in
the different fountains in the grounds.
At all hours of the day. but more par­
ticularly in the morning, the little spar­
rows assemble at the fountains, flit to
the hvaves of the water plants and dive
and duck as long as they desire. They
are not good swimmers and do not wear
fancy bathing suits. Where water is
convenient sparrows are cleanly little
animals. Each leaf of a water plant
is strong enough to hold the weight of
a bird, and there is not much danger
of drowning. At any rate, no life
guards are stationed by the sjaarrows
to watch and protect incautious birds.
Blackbirds, robins, thrush, bluebirds
and crows make their homes In the
White II ouim * grounds, together with
other varieties. Nearly all the year
round robins may be seen in the
grounds. an<l they have their nests
somewhere about. They fly about the
front of the grounds and hunt among
the flowers am! plants for worms. They
do not l»athe themselves like the spar-
rows, The.v are comparatively tame,
ss no one bothers them. These few
robins have been In the gr minds for
years, They do not go far north, like
the others of their trib«*. In the sum­
mer months. The Washington climate
suits them. In the winter they disap­
pear for a trip to the winter resorts
in the South, but nome back in the ear­
ly spring. The blackbirds seen In ths
grounds are big fellows, half as big
as crows and Just as glossy black.
A rain crow which Ilves In ths
grounds and in the trees of Lafayetts
Spnare can tw* heard Just t«*fore ea< h
rain, giving his p«M*ullar warning that
rain may be expected. O’.dtlmors st
the White House say that this bird is
a better weather prophet than th«
weather bureau, so far as rain Is con­
cerned.
Profit for the Drn««l«t.
Mrs. Richmond—I always bate to go
Into a drugstore and ask to see the di­
rectory and then walk out without buy­
ing anything
Mra. Bronxborough Oh. I never do
that. I always buy a postage stamp
•r something.—New Tork Journal.
A Certain Way.
' How can you tell mushroom« from
toadstool«. little boy?"
"Easy! If de gny dat eats ’em !•
alive neat day deys muahronm« If
be « shifted off 4e mortal ceil den deys
tos dated s."