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The Man
From
Brodney’s
THE EUGENE WEEKLY QUART THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1908
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....... " Urltlsh mau-of-wur!
'<l<l- i>ly a party of white men ap-
' "'“.startled Itusula. A him-
dr-d eager I iuik I h were
exteudnd, s
hundred vok'i vs
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iTled • out for mercy, u
InmdriHl Mohamuiedau» beut
the ii
muds In abject «ubmlaalou.
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llrp
plnglin
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iih.l • a faiulllui figure in Ut> ill
tilling red Jacket ami f,,|llK„ . up.»trade
Irmly, defiantly b'-iueen (he row« of
hiimhli. J.ipiitlt.-, < |„M. |M.llhl(j
ram.. Il mil. resolat. grenadier of the
Kiijip | h<>rl>«*r^ Jinny.
•Make way there!
Make way!"
Mr Bowie« win crying, brandishing
the antique hroii'lsword that hud come
down t<, Wy.-khoim« from the dark
C«rriA*. F**- H
• C«
age»
•Stnml imide for the British
goiernment! Make way for th.-Amer
lean!”
CIIAI’TWH XXXI. (Continued. I
Itasuln'a jaw hung limp in the face
fte wrilT ‘»lit Upon ihr W h T tfflllery ■if this amazing exhibition of courage
lie huh
gnd. utterly
threw
Into on tlie part of tlie enemy
• a un«,i|»'”*‘‘<l < finir nod Ntar«*d throimli glaring Inuunely nt th.- enlm. trluui
phnnt face of tlx- man from flrmlm-y'a
who wns now ii.lvun.-lng u | hiii him
with the iiHHiiran.-e of u conqueror.
"You o«e, llaanln. I have ' ailed foi
the cntlMT. nnd It him com«- nt my
bidding
I iirnlng to the crowd that
"iirg.-d up from la-hlml. < <»\ved nnd
'Tinging. Chase anld "It PextM with
vou If I give tliv word Hint ship will
blow you from tin. fn,„ ,,f tti*> ,.,-iptti. |
im your friend, people. I would do you
no harm, hut good. You have I mh - u tula
l<sl by Ramin. Ranula, you are not a
find You can »live yourself even now
I mil here mi the servant of these pro
pie. not ns their binder | luteml to
remalu here until I nni called back by
i lie man who sent me to you.
have"
Ranula uttered a shriek of rage.
hnd been crouching back among hK
cohorts, pmrllng with fury Now I«-
"prang forward, murder In his eyre
Ills arm wna mined, mid a great pistol
wan hoe led nt the breast of tlie man
who fni isl Idm ho coolly, ho confident
ly Depplngham shouted nnd took u
■ top forward to divert the alm of
I frenzied lawyer.
A revolver crack'd behind the
Amerlcnn, nnd lt.i-.uln ntopiied In
tracks There was a great hole In
forehead III* <-yt-s were InirKtlng
Hank to tlie ground dead!
The soldier from Rapp-Thorberg. a
smoking pistol In Ids hand, tlie otla-r
A ihout uroa, to hit tipg, hut ht Uwktil th< ralHed to Ids helmet, stepped to the
slile of Hollingsworth chase.
power to lyiec It voice
"By order of her serene highness,
ttred eyes Into Uio inscrutable night
that bld the sea from. view the faith sir." lie said quietly.
"Good God!" gnspid Chase, passing
less, moaning. Jeering sen!
his
blind neross bls brow. Depplng
When lie nrottsi-d himself with a
start the gray, drizzly dawn wns u|sm bum. repressing n shudder. nddresH's!
the stunti'sl natives:
him He hnd slept.
"Take the I hm I. v away May that be
The neit Instant he wan on Ida feet,
tlie end of all assassins!"
clutching the stone balustrade with a
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grip of iron. Ida eyes starting from Ills
The
King's
Own came alongside tis-
hi-utl A shout arose to Ids H im , but lie
la< kia| the |s>wer to givi» it voice A Amerlcnn vessel In less than an hour
quaint smile grew In Ids face. Ills Accompanied by the British agent. Mr
Rowles. Chase slid beppfngham lefl
.«res were bright ami full of triumph
After a full minute of prv|>nriitl<>n lie tin- dock In the company's tug and
steamed out toward the two monsters
mad« Ids way toward the breakfast
The American had made no move to
Ceni outwardly ns calm as a May
send men ashore.
morning
Standing on the forward deck of the
Browne nnd Depplngham w ere asleep
swift little tug. Chase unconcernedly
ita the chairs. He shook them vigor
accounted for the timely arrival of the
ously. As they awoke lie said In the
two cruisers.
coolest, most matter of fact way
"Three wts'ks ago I sent out letters
"There's an American cruiser out-
by the mall steamer, to be delivered to
Bide the linrts>r. Got up!"
the English or American command
era. wherever they might be found.
('HAFTER XXXII
I'ndoubtedly they were met with in
IX TUE »AMK UIIAVL W 1 111 SK AGON.
llie same |s>rt. That Is why 1 wuh so
OWN In the village >f Aratal positive that help would come sooner
lluro were Hlgtm of a vast <>r lut.-r I knew that we'd need help,
commotion, Early risers and and I knew that If 1 brought the
the guarda were flying from I cruisers my power over these |s»ople
would never la- disturbed again.”
b- ii a to liotiue, «boutlug tin- in'«».
"My word!” exclaimed the admiring
Outside the harts.r lay the low. hiii
age I.H.kliig ship Its guns were |Hillit llow les.
"Chase, you may be theatric, but
«<1 directly nt the helpless town. Its
<!> ■■ ks were «warming with white, you are the most ilejiendable chap the
world has ever known," said Depping-
clothed men.
The plague was forgotten. The1 ham. nnd he meant It.
Strategy that had driven off the ships' The warships remained off the har
of peace wan l«»«t In the face of this bor all that >iay. The British captalu
ugly creature of war. Ibiuula’« reign consented to leave a small detachment
of marines In til* town to protect Chase
of strategy was end.-d
"They will not tire! They dare not!' and the bank, To a man the Islanders
tn- was shrieking as he danlied back pledged fealty y to the cause of peace
and forth along the dock. "It la chance and Justice. They shouted the names
and - Allah In the «nine breath
They do not come for Chaae! Believe of Chase e —
In me! Tho tug! The tug! They and demanded of the latter that he
preserve the former’s beard for all
must not land!"
The crash of tlie long unused six eternity.
The King's Own was to convey the
■pounder nt the chateau, follow«! al
the
nioHt Immediately by a great roar from llberatisi heirs to Aden, whither
one of the cruiser's guns, brought the cruiser was bound. At that port a
1*. and O. steamer would pick them up.
lamlc to a crisis.
Ths islanders «cattered like chaff be One w hite man elected to stay on the
fore the wind, looking wild eyed over isliuid with Hollingsworth Chase, who
steadfastly refused to desert his post
their shoulders lu dread of the pursu
until Str John Brodney Indicated that
ing cannon bull, dodging In and out
Ids mission was coiupleteil. 1 hat one
ntnong tho houses and off into the man wns the wearer of the red Jacket,
foothills.
the bearer of the king’s commission In
Hauula, undaunted, but crazed with
Jnpnt, the undaunted .Mr. Bowles.
dlHiiiqMdntnH-nt, stuck to Ills colors on. The Princess Genevra, the wistful
•be deserted dock.
He cursed and light deepening hourly In her blue gray
raved and begged. In time two or ryes, avoided Iw-ltig alone with the
three of the more canny, realizing that man whom «lie wns leaving behind.
^safety lay In an early peace offering. She hnd made up her mind to accept
Ventured out beside him. Other« fol the fate inevitable He luid reconciled
l<>wcd I heir example, and hi 111 others himself to the ending of an Impossible
••unk trembling to the fore, their dream
There wns nothing more to
Vole.-« ready to protest liims'eiice and
say except farewell.
friendship and loyalty.
The last day dawned. Tlie sun
They hud beard of tlie merciless smiled down u|">n them. The soft
American gunner, nnd they knew in |,recze of the sea whispered the curae
Ilieir hou I s that he could shoot tlie I* of destiny into their ears. It crooned
laud Into atoms liefore nightfall.
th. song of heritage; It called her back
The native lawyer harangued tliem til the fastnesses where love may not
nud curscl them nnd at last bmught
ventnre in.
them to understand In a feeble wny
The ehntenn was In a Mato of up
that no hnrm could come to them It heaval. The- exodus was beginning.
• hoy faced tho situation boldly. Tlie | The princess waited until the last mo
Americans would not land on British ment. She went to him. He was
*'*11; It wonhl precipitate war with1 standing npsrt from the rest, coldly
England. They would not dare to at- I Indifferent to the pangs he wns suffir
tempt a bombardment; Chase was a
Hsr, n mountebank, a dog! After shout | ’"“I shall taee you always,” she said
■ng himself hoarse In Ills frenzy of <le Hlmplv. giving him heMinnd- “always.
"pair lie tlnnlly sm-eeed.*.! In forcing Hollingsworth.” Her eyes wore wide
•lie men to get tip steam In the com „„.I hopeless; her ll|» were white.
I'nny'e tng.
He bowed Ills ¡tend. “May t.od glvo
'll tills time the oil! -ers '<t the you all the happiness that I wish for
Ai.n-rlcan wnrshlp wore dividing their von.” im saLii “TIlP cikL —
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By OfOttf BANK
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a long time, searching for his soul for
Mr. Britt afterward spent three to n.ln rnnt the deal did not Include
the hope that never dies. Then she weeks of IncoHHunt travel on the eon the transfer of Neenah. She was not
for sale, said Selim to Ben All.
gently withdrew her hands and stood I tlneut and an additional seven .lay« at
It was of Mr. Bowles that the three
In Baden Baden he happened
i sen.
away from him, humbled In her soul.
upon Ix>rd and Lady Depplngham. It persons were talking a« they Btood In
"Y oh '', sho whispered, “Goodby.” vlll lie recalled that In Japat they the evening glow
“Yes. Selim." said the tall man In
He straightened his shoulders and had always professed an unholy a ver- flannels, “he's a sort of old do< Tray.
slon
for
Mr.
Britt.
Is
It
causa
for
(rvw a deep breath through . om press-
ever faithful, but not the right kind.
rd uostrlls. ''Goodby! God !>i«-.,a you” wonder, then, tiinr they declined hie You don't happen to know anything of
He
invitation
to
dine
In
Baden
Baden?
was all that he said.
old dog Tray, do you? No? I thought
Hlie left him standing there The even proposed to Invite their enure
Nor you, Neenah? Well, be
wall between them wus too high, U <- party, which included a few dukes uuu not.
duchesses who were leisurely on their wuh ”—
Impregnable, for even love to storm.
"Was he the one wbo was poisoned
I.ady Depplngham came to him tbere way to attend the lung talked of uup
at the chateau, «xceileucy ?" asked
a moment later. "1 am sorry," sb** tluls In Tborberg ut the end of June.
In Vienna the Depplngham* were Neenah timidly.
said tenderly, "is there no bo,»-?"
“No. my dear.” he replied soberly.
"There is no hope for hrrt" be said Joined by the Duchess of N.. th«
bitterly. “Khe was condemned too long Murchloness of B and other fash “If I remember my history, be died lu
ago.”
lonables in a week all of them would the seventeenth century or thereabouts.
On the pier they said goodby to him l»e In the castle at Tborberg for the It's really of no consequence, however.
He was laughing us gayly and ut ceremony that now occupied the at Any good, faithful dog will serve my
purpose.
What I want to lmpreas
blithely an If the world held tn> aor tention of social and royal Europe.
“And to think," said the duchess, upon you la thia—it Is most difficult for
rows In all Its mighty grasp
"I'll look you up In London,” lx* h > i I<1 "she might have died happily on that a faithful old dog to survive a change
to the Ilepplnghains. "Remember, tin miserable Island. I am sure we did all of masters, it isn't human nature—or
real trial Is yet to come. Goodby we could to bring it about by steaming dog nature, either. I’m glad that you
away from the place with the plague are convinced. Neenah. But please
Browne. Goodby. all. You may com
'-basing uh . Itear me. how diabolically don’t tell Sahib Bowles that he is a
again another day.”
those wretches lied to the marquis' dog."
The launch slipped away
“Oh, no, excellency!” she cried ear
pier He and Bowles Htood there, side They sold that every one In the cha
by slile, pale faee<l, but smiling, wav teau was deml, L..uy Hep pingham. and nestly.
"She is very close mouthed, sahib.”
Ing their handkerchiefs. He felt that buried. If I um not mistaken. It would
Genevra was still looking Into bls eyes be much better for poor Genevra if added Selim, with conviction.
even when the launch crept up under she were to lie buried Instead of mar
“We’ll take Bowles to England with
ried next week,” lamented the dueb us next week." went on Chase dream
the walls of the distant ship.
Slowly the great vessel got undet ess.
ily. “We’ll leave Japat to take care
“Other women have married princes of itself.”
way. The Amerl.nn cruiser was al
ready |<>w on the horizon. There was h and got on very well,” said Prince
He lighted a fresh cigarette, tenderly
LIcbteuMein.
fingering it before applying the match.
“Oh. come now, prince,” put In Lord
“I’ll smoke one of hers tonight, Se
Depplngham; “you know the sort of lim. See! I keep them apart from
chap Brabetz 1 h . There are princes tlie others I d this little gold case. 1
am! princes, by Jove.”
smoke them only when I am thinking.
"He's positively vile!” exclaimed the Now, run in. 1 want to be alone.”
duchess, who wouM not mince words.
They left him, and be threw himself
“She's entering ujion a bell of a—I
upon the green sod. bls back to a tree,
mean a life of bell,” exidoded the
his face toward the distant chateau.
duke, banging the table with his fist
Hours afterward the faithful Selim
'That fellow Brabetz is the rottenest
came out to tell him that it was bed
thing in Europe. He’s gone from bad
to worse so swiftly that public opin time. He found his master still sit
ting there, looking across the moonlit
ion is still months behind him.”
"Nice way to talk of the groom,” flat In the direction of a place In the
said the host genially. “I quite agree hills where once he had dwelt in mar
with you, however. I cannot under ble halls.
“Selim," he said, arising and laying
stand the grand duke permitting It to
go on unless, of course, it's too late to his band upon his servant’s shoulder,
his voice unsteady with finality, "I
Interfere."
"Poor dear! She’ll never know what have decided, after all, to go to Paris.
It is to t>e loved and cherished,” said We will live there. Selim. Do you un
derstand?" with strange fierceness, a
the marchioness dolefully.
Lord and I.ady Depplngham glanced great exultation mastering him. “We
at each other. They were thinking of are to live in Paris!”
To himself all that night he was
the man who stood on the dock at
Aratat when the King's Own sailed saying: “I must see her again! I shall
see her!"
away.
“The grand duke is probably saying
A thousand times he hnd read and
the very, thing to himself that Bra- reread the letter that Lady Depping-
betz’s associates are saying In public,” ham had written to him Just before
ventured a young Austrian count.
the ceremony in the cathedral at Thor-
“What is that, pray? ?”
berg. He knew every word that it
“That the prince won't live more contained, He could read It in the
than six months, He's a physical dark. She hnd said that Genevra was
wreck today nnd a nervous one too.
a hell that no hereafter
T/u n was a giunte that from the Khtn’r Take my word for It, he will be a going into
could surpass in horrors! And that
Own.
creeping, Imbecile thing inside of half was ages ago. It seemed to him. Ge-
single shot from the King’s Own, a a year—locomotor ataxia and all that, nevra had been a wife for nearly
reverls-ratlng farewell.
It’s coming positively with a «harp three months—the wife of a man she
Hollingsworth Chase turned away crash."
loathed. She was calling in her heart
“I’ve beard he has tried to kill that for him to come to her. She was suf
at last. There were tears in bis eyes,
md tlx-re were tears in those of Mr. woman in Paris half a dozen times.” fering in that unspeakable hell. All
Bowles.
remarked one of the women, taking it this he had come to feel and shudder
"Bowles.” said he. “it’s a beastly as a matter of course that every one over in bls unspeakable loneliness.
shame they didn't think to say good- knew who she meant by “that wo-
He would go to her. There could be
by to old man Skaggs. He's in the man.”
no wrong In loving her. in being near
“She was really responsible for the her. in standing by her in those hours
same grave with us.”
po6ti>onement of the wedding in De- of desperation.
cember, I’m told. Of course I don't
CHAPTER XXXIII.
A copy of a London newspaper
know that It is true," said the mar stuffed away in the recesses of his
A TOAST TO THE PAST.
chioness. wisely qualifying her gos
E middle of June found the sip. "My brother, the grand duke, trunk, dated June 29. had come to him
by post. It contained the telegraphic
lieppinghams leaving London does not confide in me.”
details of the brilliant wedding in
once more, but this time not on
“Well, my heart bleeds for her,” said Thorberg. Every royal family in Eu
a voyage Into the mysterious Depplngham.
rope was represented. The list of no
south seas. They uo longer were in
“She's going Into it with her eyes ble names seemed endless to him, the
terested In the Island of Japat, except open,” said the prince. “It isn't as if
flower of the world’s aristocracy.
as a reminiscence, uor were they con she hadn't been told. She could see
How he hated them!
cerned in the vagaries of Taswell for herself. She knows there's the
Tlie next morning Selim aroused
Skaggs’ will.
other woman in Paris and— Oh, well, him from his tltful sleep, bringing the
The estate was settled—closed!
why should we make a funeral of it? news that a strange vessel had arrived
Two months have passed since the Let's do our best to be revelers, not i off Aratat. Chase rushed out upon his
Deppingliams departed from Japat, mourners. She'll live to fall In love veranda, overlooking the little harbor.
“for good and all." Many events have with some other man. They always
A long, white, graceful craft was
come to pass since that memorable do. Every woman has to live at least lying in the harbor. He stared long
day, not the least of which was the once In her life—if she lives long and intently at the trim craft.
exchanging of £5<X»,000. less attorneys' enough. Come, come! Let us forget
“Can I be dreaming?" he muttered,
and executors’ fees. Lady Depping- the future of the Princess Genevra passing his hand over his eyes. “Don’t
ham and Robert Browne divided that and drink to her present!”
lie to me. Selim! Is It really there?"
“And to her past, if you don't mind, Then he uttered a loud cry of Joy and
amount of money and pass'd into
legal history as the “late claimants to prince!” amended Lord Depplngham. started off down the slope with the
looking into his wife's somber eyes.
the estate of Taswell Skaggs.”
speed of a race horse, shouting in the
It was Sir John Brodney’s enter
frenzy of an uncontrollable glee.
prise. He saw the way out of the
It was the Marquis of B.’ b white
CHAPTER XXXIV.
and blue yacht.
difficulty, ami he acted as pathtinder
THE TITLE CLEAR.
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to the other and less perceiving coun ffl WO men and a woman stood In
selors, all of whom had looked for
Three weeks later Hollingsworth
the evening glow looking out
ward to an endless controversy.
over the tranquil sea that crept Chase stepped from the deck of the
The business of the Japat company
up and licked the foot of the yacht to the pier in Marseilles. The
and all that It entailed was trans cliff. It was September. Five months next day be was in Paris, attended by
ferred by agreement to a syndicate.
had passed since the King’s Own the bewildered and almost useless Se
Never before was there such a stu steamed away from the harbor of Ara lim. An old and valued friend, a cam
pendous deal in futures.
tat. The new dispensation was in full paigner of the wartime days, met him
Tlie grandchildren of the testafors effect.
During tho long, sickening at the Gare de Lyon in response to a
were ready to accept the best settle weeks that preceded the coming of the telegram.
ment that could lie obtained, Theirs syndicate Hollingsworth Chaae toiled
"I'll tell you the whole story of Ja-
was a rather forlorn hope to begin faithfully, resolutely, for the restore- i pat. Arch, but not until tomorrow."
with.
When It was proposed that tion of order and system among the I Chase said to him as they drove to
and
Robert demoralized people of Japat.
Agnes
Depplngham
ward the Ritz. “I arrived yesterday
Browne should accept £250,000. apiece
With the transfer of the company’« ' on the Marquis of B.’s yacht, the
In lieu of all claims, moral or legnl, business his work was finished. Tw« i Cricket. Do you know hhn? Of course
against the estate, they leaped at the young men from Sir John’s were now you do. Everybody does. The Cricket I
ehnnee.
settled In Aratat as legal advisers to was cruising down my wny and picked
They had seen but little of each oth the Islanders. Chase having declined me up—Bowles and me. The captain
came a bit out of his wny to call at
er Hltice landing In England, except as to serve longer in that capacity.
they were thrown together at the con
He was now waiting for the steamer Aratnt, but he had orders of some sort
ferences. Lady Agnes went In for which was to take him to Cape Town from the marquis by cable, I fancy, to
I
stop off for me."
every diversion Imaginable. For a oti his way to England- and home.
He did not regard It as necessary to
wonder, she dragged Depplngham with
Tho chateau was clo«e<l and in the
her on all occasions. It was a most hands of a small army of caretakers. tell his correspondent friend that the
unexpected
transformation.
Their The three widows of Jacob von Blitz Cricket had sailed from Marseilles
friends were puzzled. The rumor went were now march'd to separate and dis with but one port tn view—Aratat
about town that sho was In lore with tinct husbands, all of whom retained He did not tell htm that the Cricket
her husband.
their places ns heads of departments had come with a message to him and
As for Bobby Browne, he was devo at the chateau, proving that courtship that he was answering It In person, as
tion Itself to Drusilla. They sailed for hnd not been confined to the white It wns intended that he should—a mes
v„w York within three days after the people during the closing days Of the sage written six weeks before his ar
rival in France. There were many
settlement was effected, ignoring the siege.
enticements of a London season. The
The head of the bank was Oscar ' things that Chase did not explain to
Brownes were rich. He could now be Arnhelmer, Mr. Bowles having been Archibald James.
come a fashionable specialist. They deposed because his methods were
"You’re looking fine. Chase, old man.
were worth nearly a million and n even more obsolete than his coat of Did you a lot of good out there, Yon
quarter in American dollars. They
armor.
; are ns brown ns that Arab In the taxi-
now had nothing In common with Tas-
Selim disposed of his lawful Interest meter back there. By Jove, old man.
well Skaggs. Skaggs Is not n pretty in the corporation to Ben Ali, the new that Persian girl Is ripping, You say
name.
cadi, and wns waiting to accompany she's his wife? She's"— Chase broke
bis master to Atuerlca. It may be well I q upon this (or from original estimate
ELFTRN
of the picturesque Neenah.
”1 say, Arch, there's something I
want to know before I go to the
marquis’ this evening. I’m due there
with my thanks.
He Ilves in the
Boulevard St. Germain—I’ve got the
number all right. Is one likely to And
the house full of swells? I’m a bit of
a savage just now. and I’m correspond
Ingly timid.”
His friend stared at him for a mo
ment.
“I can save you the trouble of going
to the marquis,” be said. “He and
the marchJoueHM are in London at pres
ent Left Paris a month ago.”
"What? The house is closed?” la
deep anxiety.
"I think not Servants are all there.
I dare say. Their place adjoins the
Brabetz palace. The princess la his
niece, you know."
"You say the Brabetz palace Is next
door?" demanded Chase, steadying his
voice with an effort
"Yes—the old Flaurebert mansion
The princess was to have been the so
cial sensation of Paris this year. She’s
a wonderful beauty, you know.”
“Was to have been?”
“She married that rotten Brabetz
last June, but of course you nevei
head of It out there in what's-the
name-of-the-place.
You may have
head of bls murder, however. His
mistress shot him In Brussels’’—
“Great God, man!" gasped Chase,
clutching bis arm in a grip of Iron.
"The devil, Chase!” cried the other,
amazed. “What’s the matter?"
“He’s dead?
Murdered?
How—
when? Tell me about it!" cried Chase
his agitation so great that James
looked at him in wonder.
“Gad. you seem to tie interested!"
“I am! Where is she—I mean the
princess and the other woman?"
“Cool off, old man. People are star
ing at you. Brabetz was shot three
weeks ago at a hotel in Brussels. He’d
been living. there for two months,
more or less, with the woman, in fact
he left Paris almost Immediately after
he was married to the Princess Gene
vra. The gossip is that she wouldn't
live with him. She’d found out what
sort of a dog he was. They didn’t
have a honeymoon, and they didn’t
attempt a bridal tour. Somehow they
kept the scandal out of the papers
Well, he hiked out of Paris at the end
of a week, just before the 14th. The
police had asked the woman to leave
town. He followed. Dope fiend, they
sav. The bride went into seclusion at
once. She’s never to be seen any
where. The woman shot him through
the head and then took a fine dose of
poison. It was a ripping news story
The prominence of the”—
"This was a month ago?” demanded
Chase, trying to fix something in his
mind. “Then it was after the yacht
left Marseilles with orders to pick me
up at Aratat.”
“What are you talking about? Sure
it was. if the yacht left Marseilles six
weeks ago. What’s that got to do
with itr
“Nothing. Don’t mind me. Arch. I’m
a bit upset.”
“There was talk of a divorce almost
before the wedding bells ceased ring
ing. The grand duke got his eyes
opened when it was too late. He re
pented of the marriage. The princess
was obliged to live in Paris for a cer
tain length of time before applying to
the courts for freedom. Gad, I’ll stake
my head she's happy these days!”
Chase was silent for a long time.
He was quite cool and composed when
at last he turned to his friend.
“Arch, do me a great favor. Look
out for Selim and Neenah. Take ’em
to the hotel and see that they get set
tled. I'll join you this evening. Don’t
ask questions, but put me down here.
I'll take another cab. There’s a good
fellow. I’ll explain soon. I'm—I'm go
ing somewhere, and I'm in a hurry.”
The volture drew up before the his
toric old palace in the Boulevard St.
Gertnain. Chase's heart was beating
furiously ns he stepped to the curb.
The cocber leaned forward for instruc
Tli.-re naa come into her life a vital
brt-ak, a change that altered every
thing. What wuh It to mean to him?
He ¡Hood a moment later In the sa
lon of the old Flaurebert palace, vague-1
ly conscious that the room wns dark
ened by the drawn blinds and that It,
was cool and sweet to his senses. lie'
knew that she was coming down the
broad hallway. He could hear the rus
tle of her gown.
Inconsequently he was wondering
whether she would be dr>»aed In black.'
Then, to bls humiliation, be remen»-1
bered that be was wearing uncouth,1
travel «oiled garments.
She was dress«-d in white—a houae
gown, simple and alluring. There wa«
no suggestion of the coronet, uo shadow
of grief tn her manner, as she came
swiftly toward him. her bands extend
ed, a glad light In her eyes.
The tall man. voieeles« with emotion,
<-las|>ed her bands In bls and looked
down into the smiling, rapturous face.
"You came!” she said, almost In a
whisper.
“Yes. 1 could not have stayed away.
I have just heard that you—you are
free. You must not expect me to of
fer condolences. It would be sheer
hypocrisy. I am glad—1 am glad! You
sent for me—you sent the yacht, Ge-,
nevra. before—before you were free. I
came knowing that you belonged to
another. I find you the same as when
I knew you first—when 1 held you in
my arms and heard you say that you
loved me. You do not grieve—you do ,
not mourn. You are the same, my Ge
nevra—the same that I have dreamed
of and suffered for all these months.
Something tells me that you have de
scended to my plane. I will not kiss
you. Genevra, until you have promised
to become my wife.”
She had not taken her eyes from his
white, intense face during this long
summing up.
“Hollingsworth. I cannot, I will not*
blame you for thinking ill of me.” she
said. "Have 1 fallen In your eyes? 1
wanted you to be near me. 1 wanted
you to know that when the courts
freed me from that man 1 would
be ready and happy to come to you as
your wife. I am not in mourning to
day. you see. I knew you were com
ing. As God is my witness, I have no
husband to mourn for. He was noth
ing to me. I want you for my hus
band, dearest. It was what I meant
when I sent out there for you—that'
ar.d nothing else.”
I
( the end .)
TO MAKE SURVEY
•
OF SIUSLAW BAR
---- --
People of That Section Have
Raised $100,000 for
Improvement
A survey of the bar at the mouth
of the Siuslaw river nas been order
ed by the board at Washington, and
Assistant Engineer W. G. Carroil, of
the United States engineer corps, bas
gone down there to take charge of
work, says the Oregon Journal. The
oeople of that section have voted
bonds for >100,000 for the purpose
of improving their own bar and the
government is sending down the en
gineer to make the survey.
It is reported from Florence,
which is about three miles from the1
mouth ot the Siuslaw river, that they}
have had a very successful year ih
getting boats in and out of the river, I
over the bar. and they have had '.
about 11 feet of water on it the en-|
tire seas'n. The people of that part*
of the country want to get larger (
steamers into the rivers and they are
?oing to raise $lb0,d00 for the pur-'
pose of deepening the water to 19
feet if possible.
The government had a project at
that point several years ago and did
some work there, but at the present
time there is no project and therefore
no appropriation, so the people them
selves will try and raise the sum
necessary to start the work.
This is a bad time of the year to
make a survey of any of the bars and
Assistant Engineer Carroll will un
doubtedly have his hands full, on ac
count of the rough weather all along
the coast. He will secure a local tug
to do the work with and it will prob
ably take some time to finish the sur
vey.
, x
IRA HAWLEY KILLED
IN EASTERN OREGON
Lane County Boy Died From In
juries Received by Being
Thrown from Horse
Miss Katie Hawley, who is staying
in Eugene during the winter, this
morning received a telegram from
a point in Eastern Oregon, inform
ing her that her brother, Ira. died
last night from the effects of Injuries
received by being thrown from a
horse several days ago. He was the
son of W. W. Hawley, of Star, this
county, and he formerly resided at
Wildwood. Besides his sister in Eu
gene, he leaves another sister, Miss
May Hawley, who is teaching school
eight miles southwest of the city.
The young man was aged about 25
years, and was well known In the vi
cinity of Wildwood and Star. He has
been in Eastern Oregon for three or
four years.
He was single.
It is
probable that the remains will be
brought to this county for burial.
A Scalded Boy's Shrieks,
horrified
his grandmother, Mrs.
Maria Taylor, of Nebo, Ky.,
who
writes that, when he though!, he
would die, Bueklen's Arnica Salve
wholly cured him. Infallible
for
burns, scalds, cuts, corns, wounds,
bruises, cures, fever sores, bolls,
skin eruptions, chilblains, chapped
hands. Soon routs piles. 25c at W,
A. Kuykendall's.
tions. Hts fare hesitated for a mo
ment, swayed by a momentary indeci
sion.
"Attendre.” he said finally.
The
driver adjusted his register and settled
back to wait. Then Chase mounted
the steps and lifted the knocker with
trembling Angers. He was dizzy with
eagerness, cold with uncertainty.
Mrs Fred Applegate and son of
She had asked hhn to come to her,
but conditions were not the same as Yoncaila, are visiting relatives in Eu
. .-
u
w hen sb« sent thq y'Oiup.-IUng uiessago gene.