a. my head, and when 1 raised it again the door bad partly closed,
•>'i.._ <*niy a narrow shaft of light. Whether the young man had
re < ntere 1 the .muse, or had left it, I could not tell, but I hastened to
open the gate, ami as I stepped forward I found myself upon an
•.'phalt walk. At the tatue instant there was the sound of quick steps
upon , .o path, and some one rushed past me. I called to him, but he
9 o<> D rops !
ma .t no reply, ami I heard tne gate click and the footsteps hurrving
I
For Infants and Children.
away upon the sidewalk.
New York. NuV. 1 Th*« feuntry Is
I mler other circumstances the young man’s rudeness, and hi* confronting a new and startling
in its financial inteNMta.
recklessness in dashing so hurriedly through th» mist, would have alignment
Out of the seeming chaos of the hist
t
struck me as peculiar, but everything was so distorted by tlwr fog that 10 dayg there is to come the greatest
of private capitalistic pow
at the moment I did not consider it. The door was still as he had left coalition
AVc®c tabk Preparation for As •
ers the world has ever seen. In its
slmiiating the Food and Red uld
it, partly- open. I went up the path, and, after much fumbling, found forefront will be the Morgan-Hill
party, the Harrinian-Kuhn*Loeh In
ting itw 5ianuu±s and Bowe is of
the knob of the door-bell and gave it a sharp pull. Th* bell answered terests and Standard Oil, marshalled
under one flag for the single purpose
CHAPTER ’ — (Continued).
I nfants .’< hiluken
me from a great depth and distance, but no movement followed from of
absolutely controlling the nation's
inside he house, and although I pullet! the bell again and again 1 finances. The general opinion here Is
i
-io a sailor the course did not seem difficult, so I bade my friend
that Roosevelt will retaliate by urg
Promotes DigesliotvChrcrfu!-
could bear nothing save the dripping of the mist about nie. I was ing the creation and establishing In
ness ami Rest Contains neittrr
:go<xl
and walked forward until my feet touched the paving. I
anxious to be on my way, but unless I knew where I was going there New York City of a great c-n'r il gov
Optum, Morphine nor Miuual.
ernment bank in lieu of the sub-
continued upon it until I reached the curbing of tbe sidewalk* A few I
N ot N ahcotic .
was little chance of my making any speed, and I was determined that teasury department, and have the fi
jteps further, and my hands struck the wall of the barracks. I turned until I lcarnt*d my bearings 1 would not venture back into the fog. nances of the country conducted
though It and absolutely regulated
in the direction from which I had just come and saw a square of faint So I pushed the door open and stepped into the house.
by It. the same as is done by the
Bank of England, the Bank of France
light cut in the yellow fog. I shouted ‘All right,’ and the voice of my
“I found myself in a long and narrow hall, upon which doon and the Bank of Germany.
What the final outcome of all this
friend answered, ‘Good luck to you.’ The light from his open door
opened from either side. At the end of the hall was a staircase with a will be remains to be seen. What Is
disappeared with a bang, and I was left alone in a dripping, yellow balustrade which ended in a sweeping curve. The balustrade was cov now transpiring and the events and
leading up to the present nov
darkness. 1 have been in the Navy for ten years, but I have never ered with heavy Persian rugs, and the walls of the hall were also hung causes
el situation are already apparent and
Jnown such a fog as that of last night, not even among the icebergs of with them. The door on my left was closed, but the one nearer me on are the absorbing topics of discus
A perfect Remedy forConstip*
sion and forecast in inside financial
Behring *Sea. There one at least could see the light of the binnacle, the right was open, and as I stepped opposite to it I saw that it was a
non. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea.
Worms .Convulsions .Fever i sh-
but last night I could not even distinguish the hand by which I guide«! sort of reception or waiting-room, and that it was empty. The door
ucss and LOSS or SLEE1*.
myself along the barrack wall. At sea a fog is a natural phenomenon. below it was also open, and with the idea that 1 would surely fiud some
Tac Simile Signatur» of
It is as familiar as the rainbow which follows a storm, it is as proper one there, I walked on up the hall. I was in evening dress, and I felt
that a fog should spread upon the waters as that steam shall rise from I did not look 'ike a burglar, so I had no great fear that, should I en
NEW YORK.
a kettle. But a fog which springs from the paved streets, that rolls counter one of the inmates of the house, he would shoot me on sight.
Alb moiilhs old
between solid house-fronts, that forces cabs to move at half speed, that The second door in the hall opene«! into a dining-room. This was also
J » Dosi s - J jC i \ I •»
drowns policemen and extinguishes the electric lights of the music empty. One person had b(*n dining at the table, but the cloth had not
kail, that to me is incomprehensible. It is as out of place as a tidal been cleared away, and a flickering candle showed half-filled wine
ware on Broadway.
glasses and the ashes of cigarettes. The greater part of the room was
‘•As I felt my wav along .the wall, I enoountered other men who in complete darkness.
were coining from the opposite direction, and each time when we
“By this time I had grown conscious of the fact that I was wan
hailed each other I stepped away from the wall to make room for dering about in a strange house, and that, apparently, I was alone in
•them to pass. But the third time I did this, when I reached out my it. The silence of the place began to try my nerves, and in a sudden,
hand, the wall had disappeared, and the further I moved to find it the unexplainable panic I starte«l for the open street. But as I turned, I
further I seemed to be sinking into space. I had the unpleasant con saw a man sitting on a bench, which the curve of the balustrade had
viction that at any moment I might step over a precipice. Since I had hidden from me. His eyes were shut, and he was sleeping soundly.
Kt out I ha«l heard no traffic in the street, ami now, although I
“The moment before I had been bewihlere«! because I could see no
November has come, and with It house matron of th«« sorority, acted
listened some minutes, I could only distinguish the occasional footfalls one, but at sight of this man I was much more bewildered.
the wind rain that we naturally ex . ‘ as patronesses of the evening.
♦ ♦ ♦
pect. The stormv weather Is per-'
-of pedestrians. Several times I called aloud, and once a jocular gen-
“He was a very large man, a giant in height, with long yellow hair
haps not as pleasant as the soft Oc-1 Mrs. Geo. Melvin, Miller was the
>tleman answere<l me, but only to ask me where I thought he was, and which hung below his shoulders. He was dressed in a red silk shirt
tober days, but then we miaht as well | charming hostess on Tuesday even
be philosophical and take things as ing to a number of the University
then even he was swallowed up in the silence. Just above me I could that was belted at the waist ami hung outside black velvet trousers
they come. With the knowledge that students. As the guests sat about
make out a jet of gas which I guesse«! came from a street lamp, and I which, in turn, were stuffed into high black boots. I recognize«! the
we cannot be much out of doors, the the cozy fireplace Mrs. Miller proved
various
sewing and card clubs will herself a delightful story-teller. Late
moved over to that, and, while I tried to recover my bearings, kept costume at once as that of a Russian servant, but what a Russian serv
in the evening Mr. Miller assisted his
be more attractive now than ever.
wife In serving a delicious chafing
♦ ♦ ♦
ant in his native livery could be doing in a private house in Knights
Mrs. A. L. Peter charmingly en-1 dish supper. It is a pleasure to be a
bridge was incomprehensible.
tertained the Priscilla Club on Thurs guest at this charming little bunga
day afternoon at her hospitable home low in the Fairmount hills.
“I advanced and touched the man on the shoulder, and after an
♦ ♦ ♦
on High street. The afternoon was
effort lie awoke, and, on seeing me, sprang to his feet and liegan bow
all too quickly passed with needle-1 Mrs. A. T. Cockerllne and Mrs.
work and whist, after which the hoe. Wm. Kuykendall were joint hostesses
ing rapidly and making deprecatory gestures. I had picked up enough
tess served, in a unique* and pleas to about thirty-five of their lady
JONES.
ing manner, rhe daintiest of lunch friends on Wednesday afternoon at
Russian in Petersburg to make out that the man was apologizing for
Quarterback on Yale’s foot bn 11 elev- eons. At 5 o'clock the guests were the*home of Mrs. Kuykendall. In a
having fallen asleep, and I also was able to explain to him that I en, who Is look<*d upon an the probable ushered into the dimly lighted din "Black
Cat" contest Mrs. W. L.
choice for a similar position on the all ing room, where numerous jack-'»* Cheshire was awarded first prize and
desired to see his master.
glimmered and glowed with Mrs. David Link second. The hos
American team. He la president of a lanterns
“He nodded vigorously, and said, ‘Will the Excellency come this the
bizarre but humorous effect. This tesses were assisted in serving by the
senior class at Yale.
j sight was enjoyed but a moment, Misses Mabel Kuykendall. Wlnnlfred
way I The Princess is here.’
when a flare from may scarlet can
can- Cockerline, Moda Drain, Wlnnlfred
quraters
here.
It
Is
believed
these
“I distinctly ma«le out the word ‘princess,’ and I was a good deal events are already forming the great dles revealed the pretty table, the Hadley and Pauline Potter
sunny cloth strewn with crimson au
♦ ♦ ♦
embarrassed. I ha«l thought it would be easy enough to explain my Issues of the next presidential cam tumn leaves, and all a-sparkle with
The Zeta lota Phi sorority enter
paign. With characteristic caution silver and cut glass, Guests of th«*
intrusion to a man, but how a woman would look at it was another the financial powers are carefully club were Mra. E.
on Thursday afternoon with a
Pengra ( Rose-, tained
reception from 2 until « o'clock at
matter, and as I followed him down the hall I was somewhat puzzled. concealing their movements toward burg) and Mrs. C. F. Peter. The I their
chapter house on East Eleventh
realignment, and the only outward next m««etlng of tha club will be held
“As we advanced, he noticed that the front door was standing evidence is the Issuing of orders In on
street. The rooms were gorgeously
November 14th at the home of decorated
with chrysanthemums and
directions, curtailing expendi Mrs. H. A. 8<hwering, on Twelfth
open, and with an exclamation of surprise, hastened toward it and all
I gay branches of autumn leaves. The
tures. stopping construction work, street.
Misses Helen Washburne and Hasel
close«! it. Then he rappe«! twice on the door of what was apparently halting all kinds of physical develop,
♦ ♦ ♦
Bean welcomed the guests at tbe
ment In the West, and even standing
Hallowe'en wax appropriately cel-1 door,
the drawing-room. There was no reply to his knock, and he tapped the crop movement. The only rea
and Mrs. H. D. Sheldon. Mrs.
id> rated on that evening by Miss McIntosh,
Miss l-ouise Bryant and
again, an«l then timidly, and cringing subserviently, oj>ened the door son given for these things Is the Fields Rhodes and a number of
squally conditions existing In the guests at her home at the corner of Miss Cora Cameron greeted them In
money market. The real reason back Fourteenth and Alder streets, The the receiving line. The dining room
I and stepp« <l inside. He withdrew himself at once and stared stupidly
of It all is that the money powers evening was devoted to the perfor was gay with jack-o’-lanterns and
at me, shaking his head.
have reached a determination that mince of mystic tricks ami telling yellow chrysanthemums. Here Miss
“ ‘She is not there,’ he said. He stoo«l for a moment gazing blankly the country must accept a revision of of ghost storie«, followed by the aerv- Bertha Dorris presided at the table,
the present ratio of values between Ing of an appetizing Hallowe'en while the Misses Marguerite Emerson
through the open door, and then hastene«l toward the dining-room. capital
and Merle Lili served the guests. A
and labor.
menu.
large number of students accepted
The opening skirmish was fought
The solitary candle which still burned there seemed to assure him that
♦ ♦ ♦
the hospitality of the sorority.
out between themselves. The first
Mlns
Estella
Bean
charmingly
en
the room also was empty. He came back and bowed ine toward the move was a combination of forces to tertained on Monday evening with a
♦ * ♦
Little Miss Marian Gilstrap was
syn- whist party In compliment to Miss
drawing-room. ‘She is above,’ he said; ‘I will inform the Princess of put C. W . Morse and the Heinze
dlcate out of business, The Morse Hazel Bean, of Portland. As a result given a Hallowe’en surprise P*<ty on
the Excellency’s presence.’
chain of banks was cleaned out with of the evening's contest prizes were Thursday evening by about ten of
eaBe. Then came the awarder to Mita Belle VanDuyn and her playmates. Each guest was giv
“Before I could stop him he had turne«l and was running up the comparative
windup of the long standing fight be Ralph Robinson, while Miss Adah Al en a miniature jack-o'-lantern with
staircase, leaving me alone at the open door of the drawing room. I tween the Standard Oil party's Amal len and Roy Knox received the con which they visited the neighborhood
during the early part of the evening
gamated Copper and Heinze. It
•'-< .SvC-lKE OF LIGHT SUDDENLY OPENED IN THE NIGHT."
decided that the adventure had gone quite far enough, and if I had quickly resuited in the latter’a over solation tokens Miss Bean wan as Upon returning home they Indulged
sisted in serving a dainty supper by In apple diving, after which Mra. Gil
been able to explain to tbe Russian that I had lost mv way in the fog, whelming defeat, carrying down Miss Myra Loveridge. The guests strap served refreshments.
han<| on the iron post. Except for this flicker of gas, no larger
with Heinze his banka and trust com were: Misses Elizabeth and Sibyl
and onlv wanted to get back into the street again, I would have left panies.
♦ ♦ ♦
Elliot, Adah and Eva Allen. Bernie
'luh tho
the tip of niv finger,
fing« I could distinguish nothing about me. For
The bazaar and supper Riven bv
A fact not generally known Is that and Martha Schooling. Helene Rob
the
house
on
the
instant.
there has been a combined fight by inson, Bertha Dorris, Belle VanDuyn, the ladies of the First Presbyterian
rest, the mist hung between me and the world like a damp and
nil the great banks against the trust Louise Bryant and Myra Loveridge; church on last Wednesday was a ao
“
Of
course,
when
I
first
rang
the
bell
of
the
house
I
had
no
other
tar? blanket.
companies generally, between whom Messrs. Everett Sherk. Ray Walker, rist as well as financial succaaa. All
expectation than that it would be answered by a parlor maid wh«» there has been much bitterness of Grover
ladies of the town took
Kestley, Ralph Robinson, Or day long the
1 could hear voices, but I could not tell from whence they came,
of the bazaar to purchase
would direct me on my way. I certainly could not then foresee that I feeling for a long time.
mond Bean, Harold Bean, Ormond advantage
many pretty and dainty, as well a«
*n'l the scrape of a foot moving cautiously, or a muffled cry as some
Rankin, Roy Knox, Fred Oh It and useful
things for Christmas. This
would disturb a Russian princess in her boudoir, or that I might lx
Walter
Stafford.
department of the bazaar was under
»tumbled, were the only sounds that reached me.
♦ ♦ ♦
thrown out by her athletic bodyguard. Still, I thought I ought not ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
direction of Mrs. W.C Henderson,
‘I decided that until some one took me in tow I had best remain
On last Saturday evening the the
♦
who was ably assisted by several
now to leave the house without making aome apology, and, if the ♦
were
at
home
Kloache
Tlllacum
Club
+
MARRIED
MARItlEII
♦
young ladles of the church. Tbe ran
I was. and it must have been for ten minutes that I waited by
♦ Io their many student friends. The dy booth In charge of Miss Staple*
worst ahould come, I con)«l show my card. They could hardly believe !♦
evening was given In the nature of was very popular, as were also the
lamp, straining niv ears and hailing «listant footfall*. In a h>*'i«e
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ a reception to th* new members of
that a' member of an Emltaaay had any designs upon tbe hat-rack.
sherbet tables, where Mrs W T WIE
*»r me
p»O»to were dancing to the in»i=»>«' of a Hungarian band,
At LaGrande, Oregon. October 1». the club, who am the Misses Ada Cof son presided The success of the dav
“The room in which I stood was dimly lighted, but I could see l»07.
fey.
Moda
Drain.
Mabel
Kuykendall,
Benjamin
Amis
and
Miss
Bea
fancier[ could hear the window* shake to the rhythm of their
per ha « hi was tbe chicken pie supper
that, like the hall, it was hung with heavy Peraian rugs. The corners nie Peterson. Justice of the Peace Ruth Rolfe and Marlon Stowe The given In the evening from 5 o'clock
spacious rooms of the clubhouse were until
**t. but I couhl not make out from which part of the compass *
Hough
officiating
The
groom
is
a
Hupper was served to a I HMM t
were filled with palms, an<l there was the unmistakable odor in the air resident of thin city and han been a very prettily arranged with Immense
two hundred people and a'lll otbera
«Tim<. An«i sometimes. „ the mU8ic rose, it seem*«i close at mv
branches
of
autumn
leaves.
The
member
of
the
Recorder
force
for
of Russian cigarette. an«l strange, dry acenta that carried me back to
could not procure seats at the table«
«nd again, to be floating high in the air above my head Al-
over a year. The bride balls from guests were received and welcomed
who had the supper In chara*
the bazaars of Vladivostok. Near the front windowa was a grand Portland, where she has resided for by the Misses Angellne William«, Those
the Mesdames W. O Heckart. J.
I wa« snrrounded bv thousands of householders. I was a* m piano, and at lhe other end of the room a heavily carve«! screen of several yearn The newly married Faith Johnson and May Scott. In were
W Kays. Wm Polders. H N Mount.
couple are at home in the B F Hor- the dining room refreshments were McClain and Romeo Gilbert. The
I**1? lr*t m though I had been set down by night in the Sahara
served by the Misses Grace l-aftrle, num cleared Is not l*aa than Sil»,
some black woo«!, pi«-ke«l out with ivory. The screen was overhung rell residence on Nob Hill.
|
• There <*eenied to l»e no reason in waiting longer for an
rt,
We clip the above notice from th* Mattel Kuykendall and Isolene Sha which will go toward the buildlag of
with a canopv of silken draperi«**, and forme«! a sort of alcove. In Elgin
(Or.I Recorder of October 25, ver.
the new church.
«Cain set out. and at once bumped against a low iron fence. At
front of tbe alcove was spread the white skin of a polar bear, and art and will aay that the groom Is a ni-
♦ ♦ ♦
♦ ♦ ♦
live
son
of
Lane
ounty,
Oregon,
and
I believe«! this to lie an area railing, but on following it 1 ■ un‘
on that was one of those low Turkish Coffee tables. It held a lighte«! is an old-time typo, having several
Helmet lodge. Knights of Pythia«.
On la..t Friday evening the fresh
?*’ M rfretched for a long distance, and that it was pierced at regular
man class of th* University of Ore will give an anniversary social In
spirit lamp an«! two gold coffee cups. I had hear«! no movement from years ago held down cases In the gon
gave themselves an acquaintance their hall next Thursday evening. All
Guard office, and worked In the State
with gates. 1 wa* standing uncertainly with my hand on one
above stair*, and it must have been fully three minutes that I atoo«l Journal office for a while We ten party at th* chapter house of the m embers and visiting knlgbta are
L
when a square of light su«l«lenly opene«l in the nig11 ■ 'n
Committees urged to be present.
congratulations, and wish he and Beta Epsilon sororlt)
waiting, noting these details of the room and wondering at the delay, der
had been appointed on decorating and
his
wife
a
long
and
prosperous
Jour
♦ ♦ *
***' ** .Tnu *ee a picture thrown by a biograph in x darken«*' ' *
Rev. and Mrs. O. C. Wright gave
refreshments, and with the co-opera
ney through life.
an«l at the strange silence. .
tion of th« who)* class the evening a social evening on Wednesday to the
Ionian in evening dreM, and back of him
‘«M-
(Continued Next Week 1
At the home of Dr Kime at Cot proved a delightful on«. In a con young married people of the Baptist
I
» rne*u..i
— its _z
------■ — an,| ,
,
tage Grove. October 29, I#ft7. Edwin test of securing the most nam«*s of church. Tha evening was spent in
pie*M*.] f.
front
elevation
Fuller and Mixa Trenaa Garrontte, those present on a card. Mr Dever* telling wlerd stories, serious conver
e
street,
all
«am*
at
Cottas*
«cor*
of
41
to
14
In
favor
of
Roa»-
come from tbe door of a liov.se set ba< k
The basket t
Rev W A. Elkin«, pastor of the Chrla- eaux was awarded the prize. Mra. sation. solving profound punlee. etc.
I me Grove Thursdi y nlah; between tbe t,org -Jtosebnrg Review.
Geo. O'B. l»*Bar and Mrs. Jones, Itainty refreshments were served.
lea, ^fmined to approach it and m*k the young men to
tlon church, officiating.
ol
team
resulted
in
a
boys' high ache
L
**-*■ But in ftimbiinc* with the lock of the gate 1 tnsUnUt
BIG INTERESTS
OF COUNTRY
1CÍST0RIJ
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORiA
SOCETY HAPPENINGS
THE WEEK—