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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE M E PLA N N IN G EN GIN EER IN G SHOW O N E P O O R F A R M IS PLA N. Student« Will Airship« and Do Brass Cost Casting Stunts for Visitors. Oregon Agricultural College. Cor- valis—“ Bigger, brighter and better” is the slogan of the engineering stu dents of the Oregon agricultural col lege in their plans for the annual en gineering show, to be held this year March 15 and 16. Hitherto the ex hibit has been called an electrical show, and a manager, one of the elec trical students, chosen to make the plans. This year it was decided to secure the cooperation of all of the en gineering departments an I make it an inclusive demonstration of what the college engineering as a whole can do. Many new features are to be intro duced this year. The forestry depart- mint will exhibit for the first time, and Prof. George W. Peavy, head of the department, is greatly interested in the display which is being pre pared. The civil and methanical en gineering departments, hitherto but minor exhibitions, will this year have the larger part of the space. A blacksmithing shop will be in full operation by the mechanical engin eers, and a foundry, pattern making, and machine shop will interest visitors with the actual processes of making brass castings, and completing the burnishing processes, giving the vis itors paper weights, monograms and other |Ouvenirs made “ while they wait.” The woodworking shop and power plant will also show interesting operations. A number of new pieces of equipment in the mechanical labor atories will be in full operation, and furnish spectacular features. A. M. Jepperson of Baconia, and J. F. Hess, of Corvallis, have purchased the Curtiss biplane exhibited at last year’s show, and after many tests and the building of models and gliders, will be ready to give demonstration of aviation. The Architectural club, just formed this winter, is another new feature as it, also, will have an exhibit, for which it is now holding a contest in which the members are competing for the honor of arranging the club exhib it. QUARRY N E X T STEP. Governor Lays Plans for Road C on struction Work. Oregon City - The establishment of a state rock quarry at some convenient point between Oregon City and New Era is contemplated and that within the near future, according to Governor West, who was in the city accompanied by George F. Rodgers chairman of the State highway commission. Governor West and Mr. Rodgers were met at New Era by a committee from the Oregon City commercial club and with I,. R. Fields, superintendent of the Southern Pacific company, drove down the river road past the Wittenberg es tate quarry a short distance north of New Era and the Willamette Pulp & Paper company quarry just south of Pulp Station. Either of these quarries would be adaptable to the use of the state for obtaining suitable rock fer road con struction. The rock from the Witten berg estate quarry has been examined by the State engineer and State geo logist and has been pronounced first- class for road buidling. The rock on the paper company’s land is of similar formation and char acter. In both places there is suffi cient land fronting the rocky bluff to install the necessary switches or side tracks to connect with the main line of the Southern Pacific company only a few hundred feet distant from the quarries. “ I believe the state should own the quarry and that the land should be purchased outright” said the gover nor. “ Permanent ownership would justify the state in going to the ex pense of constructing buildings, and we would have a supply of good rock that would last beyond this genera tion. We expect to be able to procure a rock crusher at a small cost in Cali fornia from a railroad company, and by the use of convict labor, which costs about 25 cents a day, crushed rock could be sold to any county in the state reached by ’rail lines at a very small cost. Not more than 15 men could be used profitably in ra quarry.” More Study of Farm Problems. Oregon Agricultural College Cor vallis—The new department in The Oregon Countryman the monthly magazine published by the students of the Oregon Agricultural college, is to be conducted by the Oregon experi mental league which has also arranged to send a copy of each issue to every member of the league. In the new department will appear articles for the promotion of the study of the agri cultural problems in different parts of the state giving results of such stud ies as have already been procured. Growers to Widen Work. Newberg— The second meeting of the Newberg apple growers' associa tion was held recently. So much in terest was shown that it was decided to broaden out and take in all of the apple and pear growers of Yamhill county. Talks were made by W. K. Newell, president of the State board of horticulture, and H. B. Miller, re cently consul-general in China. It was evident that a general organiza tion will he effected here at a later date of all the fruit growers of the county. Kernville fo Have Cannery. Newport—Kernville, on the Siletz river, is to have a new salmon can nery. At present the only cannery on the Siletz river is that belonging to the Elmore estate. H. F. Barnes, a Portland business man, who owns the canneries at Waldport, on Alsea bay. and Oysterville, on Yaquina bay, is to establish the new Siletz cannery. Bend Flour Mill Operating. Bend The flour mill of the Bend Milling & Warehouse company is now in operation. It is operated by elec tricity. power being obtained from the Deschutes river. Wou'd Be Less and Indigent Much Better Cared For, Salem—To establish a central home for the aged, located in or near Salem, and do away with all poor farms and homes for indigent people throughout the state is the plan which is announc ed by Governor WeBt. The governor believes that under the system which he proposes to establish the counties of the state will be saved at least one- half the expense incurred in caring for the poor and at the same time will be able to see their poor cared for in a much more humanitarian and comfort able manner. Governor West, in the past week, has sent letters to the county judges throughout the entire Btate, in whch he has asked personal opinions as to his scheme, as well as complete data of the expense which counties have been put to in the care of the poor. Letters are arriving, but not enough have been received that he is able ade quately to give any comprehensive idea of the approximate expense as compared to the expense under the county plun of caring for the poor. Governor West will incorporate in his message to the next legislature a plan largely along the lines which have been outlined tentatively by him. G O O D ROADS BODY FORMS. Oregon Leagus Proposes to Foster Highway Building in State. Corvallis — The Oregon Good Roads league was organized here Wednesday. Constitution and by-laws were adopt ed and the following officers elected : President, Victor P. Moses, county judge of Benton county; first vice president, C. C. Lemmon, of Hood River; second vice president, B. W. Short, of Klamath Falls; secretary. Professor E. F. Ayers, Oregon Agri cultural college; highway engineer, Robert Gelattly, of Benton county; directors for three-year term, J. R. Edwards, of Lincoln county, Professor H. M. Parks, of Oregon Agricultural college, and B. P. Cator, of Benton county; directors for two-year term, B. D. Schell, of Ashland, S. W. Laythe, of Harney county, and C. W. Leevee, of Corvallis; directors for one-year term, V. R. Allen, of Marion county, Harry Ebson, of Astoria, and Phil Streib, Jr., of Portland. The purpose of the organization is to foster good roads building in the state and to supply supervisors and others with information that may aid them in the highway improvements under their jurisdiction. Revision Work Delayed. Salem—It probably will be the lat ter part of February before the com mission to revise the tax commission of the state holds another meeting. A desire to wait until after common wealth day at Eugene may make some difference in the date, as State Tax Commissioner Galloway has been ar ranging plans so that the subject of taxation will be thoroughly discussed there at that time in as many of its phases as possible. The various members, who were as signed the task of handling the details in connection with the six or seven bills, which it is probable the commis sion will pass on before they are sent to a vote of the people, have from time to time reported that progress is being made, and it is probable that by the time the next meeting closes these bills will be well under way toward formulation, if not entirely completed and in readiness for the voters. Water Contract Drawn. O P I U M T R A D E IS B E T T E R . Flagrantly Violate Law Since Outbreak ot War. Pekin One unfortunate result of the revolution has been a revival of opium consumption. A fillip was given to the trade when Kuang-tung and Yunan joined the movement, and proclaimed their independence. These two provinces, with Szechuen, were the largest consumers of opinum in the empire, and the suppression of poppy cultivation and opium smoking was keenly resented by a good number of the inhabitants. As soon as the authority of the im perial government was thrown over board there was evidently a reaction among those addicted to the habit. Even before the revolution, and in spite of the stringent rules, there is reason to believe that opium houses continued to flourish secretly. Now it is said that they have begun to carry on their trade publicly in Canton and in other places, the bad example once set being quickly followed. Owing to the suppression of poppy cultivation enough local opium is not available and the foreign article is in great re quest. Prices have risen and clear ances in Hongkong and Shanghai are very satisfactory from the trade point of view. C h in e » SH IP T O S E E K T R E A S U R E . Money Provided tor Expedition the South Seas. to Ran Francisco—That the failures of adventurers of the past to find hidden loot of bygone buccaneers amid the enchanted isles of the South coast and coral reefs of the South seas, fails to discourage persons with a belief in the legends of wealth, became apparent when another story of a contemplated expedition leaked out here. James Morton, just arrived from Topeka, Kan., is searching among the hulks of Oakland Creek for the sort of craft he thinks he needs to carry on a search for millions. Morton said that the money already was provided for the undertaking and all that was needed was a schooner or barkentine capable of holding supplies and possessing accommodations for the score of men who will make the trip. He refuses to divulge the nature of the princely fortune which will be brought into port several months after the vessel sails from San Francisco, but admitted that it was of immense bulk. In weight it would amount to several hundred tons. “ It is really a very expensive com modity,” said Morton. “ If I were to tell you the real value you would only smile, so I shall not discuss that part of it. What I want is the right ship. We have the money and are ready to pay cash. This is not a game, but a straight business proposition.” Inventor Loses Life. Paris—Francois Reichelt, aged 35, a ladies’ tailor, was instantly killed here when a parachute which he had invented failed to work as he jumped from a stage of the Eiffel tower, nearly 200 feet from the ground. Reichelt had been working two years on his invention, which he in tended for use by aviators when aero planes began to tumble because of ac cidents. The parachute was made of silk and was attached to the back like a sol dier’s knapsack. It weighed less than 20 pounds. Reichelt ascended to the first stage of the tower, which is about 187 feet from the ground. He placed a table near the edge facing the Seine and got ready for the jump while a crowd of reporters and cine- metographs awaited him on the ground. Reichelt jumped out from the table with the parachute on his back. For a second it seemed as if the parachute was about to open in accordance with the theory of the inventor, but it shrunk together again and he fell like a stone, striking the ground in less that four seconds. He was picked up dead. His legs and spinal columh were broken and his body made a hole several inches deep in the frozen ground. (Him DEGREE ! ^CHARLES KLEIN Y w ARTHUR0 HORNBLOW ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAY WALTERS C.W. DlL L iN uhA tt COMPANY COmUGHT, (909, SYNOPSIS. H ow ard Jeffries, banker’s son. under the evil Influence of Hubert Underwood, a fellow -student at Yale, leads a life of dissipation, m arries the daughter of a gam bler w ho died in prison, and is dis owned by lms fattier. 11<- tries to get work and fails. A form er college chum m akes a business proposition to Howard which requires $-,000 cash, and Howard Is broke. Hubert Underwood, who had been re pulsed by H ow ard’s wife, Annie, in bis college days, and had once been engaged to Alicia, H ow ard’s stepm other, has apartm ents at the Astruria. and is ap parently in prosperous circum stances. Howard recalls a $L'50 loan to Underwood, that rem ains unpaid, and decides to ask him for the $2,000 he needs. Underwood, taking ad vantage of his intim acy w ith Mrs. Jeffries. Sr., becom es a sort of social highw aym an. D iscovering his true char acter she denies him tlie house. Under wood's absence from a function causes com m ent am ong Mrs. Jeffries’ guests. C H A P T E R IV.— Continued. “In a word,” laughed the Judge, ‘you mean that any one trained to read my mind can tell just what's passing in my brain?” “Precisely,” replied the doctor with a smile “the psychologist can tell with almost mathematical accuracy Just how your mental mechanism is work ing. I admit it sounds uncanny, but it can be proved. In fact, it has been proved, time and time again.” Alicia came up and took the doc tor's arm. “Oh, Dr. Bernstein,” she protested, “I can't allow the judge to monopolize you in this way. Come with me. I want to introduce you to a most charming woman who is dying to meet you. She is perfectly crazy on psychology. ’ “Don’t introduce me to her,” laughed the judge. “I see enough crazy people in the law courts.” Dr. Bernstein smiled and followed his hostess. Judge Brewster turned to chat with the banker. From the dis tant music room came the sound of a piano and a beautiful soprano voice. The rooms were now crowded and newcomers were arriving each min ute. Servants passed in and out serv ing iced delicacies and champagne. Suddenly the butler entered the salon and, quietly approaching Alicia, handed her a letter. In a low tone he said: “This letter has Just come, m’m. The messenger said It was very im portant and I should deliver It at once.” Alicia turned pale. She instantly recognized the handwriting. It was from Robert Underwood. Was not her last message enough? How dare he address her again and at such a time? Retiring to an inner room, she tore open the envelope and read as follows: Y BY graph office. A special feature was the garden court, containing over 30,- 000 square feet of open space, and tastefully laid out with palms and flowers. Here fountains splashed and an orchestra played while the patrons lounged on comfortable rattan chairs or gossiped with their friends. Up on the sixteenth floor was the cool roof garden, an exquisite bower of palms and roses artificially painted by a famous French artist, with its rech erche restaurant, its picturesque tziganes, and its superb view of all Manhattan island. The Astruria was the last word in expensive apartment hotel building. Architects declared that it was as far as modern lavishness and extrava gance could go. Its interior arrange ments were in keeping with its ex ternal splendor. Its apartments were of noble dimensions, richly decorated, and equipped with every device, new and old, that modern science and builders’ ingenuity could suggest. That the rents were on a scale with the grandeur of the establishment goes without saying. Only long purses could stand the strain. It was a fa vorite headquarters for Westerners who had “struck It rich,” wealthy bachelors, and successful actors and opera singers who loved the limelight on and off the stage. Sunday evening was usually exceed ingly quiet at the Astruria. Most of the tenants were out of town over the week-end, and as the restaurant and roof garden were only slimly patron ized, the elevators ran less frequently, making less chatter and bustle in cor ridors and stairways. Stillness reigned Then came the answer. The boy looked up. “He says you should go up. Apart ment 165. Take the elevator.” In his luxurious appointed rooms on the fourteenth floor, Robert Under wood sat before the fire puffing ner vously at a strong cigar. All around him was a litter of objets d art, such as would have filled the heart of any connoisseur with Joy. Oil paintings in heavy gilt frames, of every period and school, Rembrandts, Cuyps, Ruys- daels, Reynoldses, Corots, Henners, some on easels, some resting on the floor; handsome French bronzes, dainty china on Japanese teakwood tables, antique furniture, gold em broidered clerical vestments, hand- painted screens, costly oriental rugs, rare ceramics—all were confusedly jumbled together. On a grand piano in a corner of the room stood two tall cloisonne vases of almost inestimable value. On a desk close by were piled miniatures and rare ivories. The walls were covered with tapestries, armor, and trophies of arms. More like a museum than a sitting room, it was the home of a man who made a business of art or made of art a busi ness. Underwood stared moodily at the glowing logs in the open chimney- place. IBs face was pale and de termined. After coming in from the restaurant he had changed his tux edo for the more comfortable house coat. Nothing called him away that particular Sunday evening, and no one was likely to disturb him. Ferris, D ear Mrs. Jeffries: This is the last tim e I shall ever bore you w ith m y let ters. You have forbidden m e to see you ugain. P ractically you have sentenced m e to a living death, but as I prefer death shall not be partial, but full and com plete oblivion, I take tills m eans of letting you know that unless you revoke your cruel sentence of banishm ent, I shall m ake an end of it all. 1 shall be found dead. Monday m orning, and you w ill know w ho is responsible. Yrours devotedly, RO B ER T UNDERW OOD. An angry exclamation escaped Alicia’s lips, and crushing the note up in her hand, she bit her lips till the blood came. It was just as she feared. The man was desperate. He was not to be got rid of so easily. How dare he—how dare he? The coward—to think that she could be frightened by such a threat. What did she care if he killed himself? It would be good riddance. Yet suppose he was in earnest, suppose he did carry out his threat? There would be a terrible scandal, an Investigation, people would talk, her name would be men tioned. No—no—that must be pre vented at all costs. Distracted, not knowing what course to pursue, she paced the floor of the room. Through the closed door she could hear the music and the chatter of her guests. She must go to see Underwood at once, that was certain, and her visit must be a secret one. There was already enough talk. If her enemies could hear of her vis iting him alone in his apartments that would be the end. “Yes—I must see him at once. To morrow is Sunday. He’s sure to be home in the evening. He mentions Monday morning. There will still be time. I'll go and see him to-morrow.’’ “Alicia! Alicia!” The door opened and Mr. JefTries put his head in. “What are you doing here, my dear?” he asked. “I was looking e«rywhere for you. Judge Brewster wishes to say good night.” “I was fixing my hair, that’s all,” replied Alicia with perfect compos ure. Salem—Sidetracking for a time at least, the Benham Falls project, the Central Oregon Irrigation company representatives and the Desert land board completed a draft of a contract on the remainder of the project. That this may be only tentative, as before, however, is evidenced by the fact that neither side signed it, and then re fused to do so later. This is taken as Troo ps to Be Held Ready. an indication that even further Washington, D. C.-—To meet any changes may be made. The agree emergency that may arise in connec ment stands, barring a few minor changes, as those previously drawn. tion with the unsettled conditions in Northern Mexico, General Leonard A. Wood, chief of staff of the United Jetty Work to Be Pushed. States army, has issued orders to com Marshfield—The Marshfield chamber manders army posts in var of commerce has received word from ious parts of of several the country to hold their Congressman Hawley that the report troops in readiness duty along the made by Major Morrow favors the re border. General for Duncan, in com storation of the jetty at the entrance mand of the department of Texas, was of Coos bay, but that the engineers at instructed to "use his own judgment” Washington say the law prevents a re in moving the troops under him in en port and estimate being made at this forcing neutrality laws. time. Unless these technicalities can be overcome in some way an appropri Elks Will Ride In Specials. ation for the improvement of the jetty Portland, Or. — Practically every would not be available at this time. Mr. Hawley says he has taken the Elks lodge in the Pacific Northwest will come to Portland for the grand matter up with the committee. lodge reunion by its special train. Within the past few days negotiations Good Roads Enthusiasts Busy. been closed wi{h the railroads Hood River—Hood River good roads have for an aggregate of nine crack specials. enthusiasts are making efforts to com These nearly 100 standard ply with the recent good roads procla sleepers, comprise capable of handling 3,000 mation of Governor West, and four people. The which will use meetings will be held in different these specials lodges are Lewiston, Wallace parts of the valley within the week. and Moscow, Idaho; Walla Walla and A meeting will be held at I'arkdale North Yakima, Wash.; Pen hall in the Upper valley, to discuss dleton, La Grande and The Baker, Dalles, Or. the various proposed methods of road C H A P T E R V. legislation. Meetings will follow at Oyster Fleet Is Lost. Park Grange, Pine Grave Grange and Tilghmans, Md.—Six oystermen are Among the many huge caravansaries Hood River. believed to have been drowned in the that of recent years have sprung up Choptank river when their boats were in New York to provide luxurious Marshield Gets Busy. carried into the open waters in the ice quarters regardless of cost for those Marshfield—The campaign to have jam that began to move early Monday who can afford to pay for the best, the Coos Bay life-saving station mo.-ning the gale that swept over none could rival the Astruria In slie changed from its present location over Tilghmans with The iceboat An and magnificence. Occupying an en three miles from the bar to a more napolis, up island. hour, had found tire block in the very heart of the convenient place, is being pushed by no trace of to the a late boats. Five other residential district, it took precedence the chamber of commerce and others. managed to |fight their way over all the other apartment hotels of One petition which was generally cir launches through buffeting cakes and made the metropolis as the biggest and culated was signed by about 1.500 clear most splendidly appointed hostelry of water. citizens and now another petition is Us kind In the world. It was. Indeed, being circulated only among the big Tro ops Held in Readiness. a small city in itself. It was not nec mill owners, vessel owners and other Leavenworth. Kan. -Colonel Daniel essary for its fortunate tenants to large interests who are shippers. Cornman. acting commander of the leave It unless they were so minded army post at Fort Leavenworth, re Everything for their comfort and Socialist Party Allowed Expenses. ceived orders to hold in readiness to pleasure was to be had without taking Salem — That the Socialist party is go at a moment's notice to the Mexi the trouble to go out of doors. On entitled to $200 apiece for five dele can border, the Seventh infantry, of the ground floor were shops of all gates to the national convention, to be which he is in command, and the sec - 1 kinds, which catered only to the paid hy the state, is an opinion given ond squadron of the Fifteenth cavalry, I Astrurlas patrons. There were also bv Deputy Attorney General Van under command of Captain William T. on the premises a bank, a brokers •flUe. a hairdresser, and a postal tele I.ittegrant. Winkle. Yes, I Must See Him at Once.” everywhere as if the sobering influ ence of the Sabbath had invaded even this exclusive domain of the unholy rich. The uniformed attendants, hav ing nothing to do, yawned lazily in the deserted halls. Some even in dulged in surreptitious naps in cor ners, confident that they would not be disturbed. Callers w’ere so rare that when some one did enter from the street, he was looked upon with suspicion. It was shortly after seven o’clock the day following Mrs. Jeffries’ re ception when a man came in by the main entrance from Broadway, and approaching one of the hall boys, in quired for Mr. Robert Underwood. The boy gave his interlocutor an impudent stare. There was something about the caller’s dress and manner which told him instinctively that he was not dealing with a visitor whom he must treat respectfully. No one divines a man’s or woman’s social status quicker or more unerringly than a servant. The attendant saw at once that the man did not belong to the class which paid social visits to tenants in the Astruria. He was rather seedy looking, his collar was not immaculate, his boots were thick and clumsy, his clothes cheap and Ill- fitting. “Is Mr. Underwood in?” he de manded. “Not home,” replied the attendant insolently, after a pause. Like most hall boys, he took a savage pleasure in saying that the tenants were out. The caller looked annoyed. “He must be in,’.’ he said with a frown. “I have an appointment with him.” This was not strictly true, but the bluff had the desired effect “Got an appointment! Why didn’t you say so at once?’’ Reaching lazily over the telephone switchboard, and without rising from his seat, he asked surlily: “What's the name?” “Mr. Bennington.” The boy took the transmitter and spoke into it: “A party called to see Mr/Under- wood.” There was a brief pause, as If the person upstairs was in doubt whether to admit that he was home or not. his man servant, had taken his usual Sunday off and would not return until midnight. The apartment was still as the grave. It was so high above the street that not a sound reached up from the noisy Broadway below. Un derwood liked the quiet so that he could think, and he was thinking hard. On the flat desk at his elbow stood a dainty demi-tasse of black coffee—un tasted. There were glasses and de canters of whisky and cordial, but the stimulants did not tempt him. He wondered if Alicia would ignore his letter or if she would come to him. Surely she could not be so heart less as to throw him over at such a The Price of Fame. It was in the office of one of the big theaters. A lot of actors were hang ing around, a couple of journalists and a secretary or two. A young woman dropped in for a hasty greet ing, and then paused a moment to speak to a very w’ell-known actor whom she evidently met for the first time. The press agent’p desk was open, and In a corner fas a package of pictures of the celebrated actor. The latter looked them over, and as the young woman exclaimed that he should give her one he said, with an insinuating smile to the press agent: “Alas, they are not mine. They be long to Mr. Dash!” “I can’t give any away,” said the latter. “Each one costs me 20 cents.” “Surely that Is cheap!” the young lady suggested. The press agent ignored her and turned to the actor. “Cheap? Do you think anybody would pay that much for you?” And the young lady laughed and went without her picture. moment. Crushed In hta left boarf was a copy of the New York Herald containing an elaborate account of the brilliant reception and musiculo given the previous evening at her home. With an exclamation of imputieace he rose from his seat, threw the paper from him. and began to pace the floor. Was this the end of everything? Had he reached the end of his rope? He must pay the reckoning. If not to» day, to-morrow. As his eyes wan dered around the room and he took mental inventory of each costly ob ject, he experienced a sudden shock as he recalled the things that were missing. How could he explain their absence? The art dealers were al ready auspicious. They were not to be put off any longer with excuses. Any moment they might insist either on the immediate return of their prop erty or on payment in full. He was in the position to do neither. The articles had been sold and the money lost gambling. Curse the luck! Every thing had gone against him of late. The dealers would begin criminal pro ceedings, disgrace and prison stripes would follow. There was no way out of it. He had no one to whom he could turn in this crisis. And now even Alicia had deserted him. This was the last straw. While he was still able to boast of the friendship and patronage of the aris tocratic Mrs. Howard Jeffries he could still hold his head high In the world. No one would dare question his integrity, but now she had aban doned him to his fate, people would be gin to talk. There was no use keep ing up a hopeless fight—suicide wai the only way out! He stopped in front of a mirror, startled at what he saw there. It was the face of a man not yet 30, but apparently much older. The features were drawn and haggard, and his dark huir was plentifully streaked with gray. He looked like a man who hail lived two lives in one. To-night his face frightened him. His eyes had a fixed stare like those of a man he had once seen in a madhouse. Ho wondered if men looked like that when they were about to be executed. Was not his own hour close at hand? He wondered why the clock was so noisy; it seemed to him that the ticks were louder than usual, lie started sud denly and looked around fearfully. Ho thought he had heard a sound outside. He shuddered as he glared toward the little drawer on the right-hand side of his desk, in which he knew there was a loaded revolver. If Alicia would only relent escape might yet be possible. If he did not hear from her it must be for to-night. One slight little pressure on the trig ger and all would be over. Suddenly the bell of the telephone connecting the apartment with the main hall downstairs rang violently. Interrupted thus abruptly In the midst of his reflections, Underwood jumped forward, startled. His nerves were so unstrung that he was ever apprehensive of danger. With a trem ulous hand, he took hold of the re ceiver and placed it to his ear. As he listened, his already pallid face turned whiter and the lines about his mouth tightened He hesitated a moment be fore replying. Then, with an effort, he said: “Send him up.” Dropping the receiver, he began to walk nervously up and down the room. The crisis had come sooner than he expected—exposure was at hand. This man Bennington was the man ager of the firm of dealers whose goods he disposed of. He could not make restitution. Prosecution was in evitable. Disgrace and prison would follow. He could not stand it; he would rather kill himself. Trouble was very close at hand, that was certain. How could he get out of It? Pacing the floor, he bit his lips till the blood came. There was a sharp ring at the front door. Underwood opened it. As he recognized his visitor on the thresh old, he exclaimed: “Why, Bennington, *this is a sur prise!” The manager entered awkwardly. He had the constrained air of a man who has come on an unpleasant er rand, but wants to be as amiable as the circumstances will permit. “You didn't expect me, did you?” he began. Shutting the front door, Underwood led the way back into the sltt'ng room, and making an effort to ontrol Lis nerves, said: “Sit down, won’t you?” But Mr. Bennington merely bowed stiffly. It was evident that he did not wish his call to be mistaken ior a so cial visit. “I haven’t time, thank you. To be frank, my mission is rather a delicate one, Mr. Underwood.” (TO B E C O N TIN U ED .) Martha Washington, Housekeeper. In the oldest wealthy families of Vir ginia all the women knew all about cooking and housekeeping, and had to in order to run an establishment of many slaves, and an Ignorant mistress would not have commanded the re spect of her cunning negroes, but would have been a laughing stock. Martha Washington owned 15,000 acres of land and hundreds of negroes, yet she knew all about cooking and housekeeping and made the rounds of her household every day. Just as did the general his plantation. Martha was neither a sloven nor churl, but true aristocrat of the right sort. Girls should be taught housekeeping by ladies who have sprTghtllness, vi vacity, eloquence and fine manners, so as to correct the miserable false no tions besetting the modern Anglo- Saxon word about “menialism.”—New York Press. Proof of Remembrance. She (after elopement)—“I received l letter from papa to-day. He write« Cost of Living Increasing. that he had just finished making hii The price of diamonds bss been In will.” He—“Did he remember us?* creased ten per cent. It sppears Im She—“Yes, indeed. He has left all hli possible for the poor man to get In on money to an ayslum for hopeleei IdioU.” the ground floor anywhere.