industrial oeiielopiht of thè state
O R EG O N G O A L O F MANY.
A P P L E D AY P L A N S M A D E .
the
Chicago Man Says Agriculturists Are
Coming Here to Live.
Hood H iver— W ith the Commercial
Club, Autom obile Club and business
organizations of the city e x ertin g ev
ery effort to m ake the occasion the
biggest of its kind th a t the Hood R iv
e r Valley has ever w itnessed, the l it
tle apple city is planning to e n tertain
hundreds of guests which are expected
here during the first week of May,
when the orchards are in full olossom.
From present indications the blossoms
will be in full bloom by the first week
o f May and there will be m ore of them
than ever before.
The board of directors of the Com
m ercial Club have settled on definite
plans. L e tte rs have been w ritte n to
the O.-W . R. & N., N orth Rank, and
riv er boat line officials, asking th eir
co-operation. I t is planned to have
special tra in s run from
Portland.
Members of the A utom obile Club will
m eet th e v isitors a t the statio n and
give them excursions through the
orchards.
P ortland—" I n the 13 cars on the
tra in by which I came into O regon,”
said R. h. Kim ball, a Chicago builder
who has come to Portland to establish
him self in business, a t the Commer
cial club, " th e r e w ere betw een 300
and 400 persons, all of whom were
bound for Portland or o th er cities of
th e s ta te ."
"A lth o u g h th e colonist season is
not fa r advanced, w herever I w ent it
appeared th a t the stream of travel
tow ard Oregon was on the increase,
and Portland and Oregon w ere m en
tioned o ften e r by people w estw ard
bound than any o ther city or s ta te .”
Mr. Kim ball said th a t while the le t
te r issued by the C entral L abor coun
cil w arning people aw ay from P o rt
land and this sta te had been widely
circulated and had a ttra c te d a g re a t
am ount o f atte n tio n , he did not be
lieve th a t it had had the effect of de
te rrin g many im m igrants from com
ing, unless it m ight have been a few
who are m em bers or sym pathizers of
the unions. The ag ricu ltu ral class of
im m igrants apparently ignored the
le tte r.
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Hood
River Entertain! Lavishly
First Week o f May.
B E E E X H IB IT S F O R FAIR.
Cash Prizes Will Be
Given
for Best
State Fair Exhibits.
Oregon A gricultural College, Cor
v allis— In a le tte r from S ecretary
Frank M eredith, of the S ta te Board of
A griculture, in charge of the sta te
fa ir exhibits, to Prof. H. F. W ilson,
of the entom ology d e p artm en t a t the
Oregon A gricultural college, a lis t of
tw en ty -th ree cash prizes am ounting to
about $110.00, to be offered a t the
com ing S ta te F a ir for e xhibits in api
culture. It is through the efforts of
the S ta te B eekeepers’ association th a t
space for the ex h ib its and the funds
for the prizes have been secured.
The e n tries will close Septem ber 1,
and the en try fees have been fixed a t
ten per cent of the first prem ium .
The e xhibits m ust be in place by 6 a.
m. Septem ber 2, and it has been de
creed th a t all ex h ib its m ust have been
produced in the apiary of the e x h ib it
or during the y ear 1912.
Prem ium s will be re stric te d to ex
h ib its from w ithin the sta te of O re
gon.
No prem ium s will be paid unless
th ere is com petition, and none will be
aw arded w here the ex h ib its are not
individually w orthy. The judge will
in no case give first prize to a second
grade product, even though there are
only two exhibits.
The honey m ust
be pure n ectar, su g ar or syrup honey
being barred, and the judges will open
the packages to sa tisfy them selves on
th is point. Sections less th an three-
fourths full will also be barred.
E U G E N E - C O O S LINE R U S H E D .
Grade Work Westward Will Be C om
menced This Week.
Fugene— Upon the arriv al o f four
carloads of m ules, F u ller & Company,
sub-contractors on the Southern Pa
cific line to Coos Bay, began grading
operations w estw ard from Eugene.
T his company has had perhaps 200
men scattered along 13 m iles of rig h t
of way all w inter, clearing the land
ready for the g rading work w ith the
se ttlin g of w eather th is spring. Pow
e r graders will be put to w ork as soon
as possible.
Twohy Bros., contractors, have
made a good s ta r t on the 2300-foot
tunnel a t Noti Pass, and th is week
completed the tran sp o rta tio n of ten
wagon loads of com pressor m achinery,
so th a t the tunnel men m ay use air
d rills.|
Deeds for sections of rig h t of way
w est o f Noti Pass are being filed ev
ery few days.
Bumper C ro p Expected.
Hood R iver — A lthough th e Hood
R iver valley will have a m uch larger
crop of stra w b errie s th is y ear than
last, according to e stim ates o f grow
ers and buyers who are already begin
ning to co n tract for the crops, the
production next y ear will probably be
the valley 's g re a te s t o u tp u t of this
fru it.
R eports from every p a rt of
the valley indicate th a t a g re a t
m any plants are being set.
E special
ly will a g re a t m any new tra c ts be set
in the U pper valley. The fru it there
is late r, but is of excellent quality.
Land Now Undervalued.
Salem — D eclaring th a t fa ilu re u n i
form ly to assess property of the A l
b e rt C. Hopkins e sta te in K lam ath and
Josephine counties has reduced the
value o f the e sta te from over $1,000,-
000, which it is stated it should be
rig h tly appraised, to $840,581.30,
S ta te T rea su re r K ay has taken up
w ith County Judge W orden, o f K lam
ath county, the question of a re ap
praisem ent on a uniform valuation.
The e state is the subject of contro
versy because Hopkins is deceased and
the s ta te is collecting inheritance tax .
Building for Raising Bugs.
Oregon A gricultural College. Cor
v a llis—An insectary has ju s t been
b u ilt in the college orchard a t O. A.
C., for the purpose of studying the
life history of a large num ber o f in
sect pests infestin g the orchards,
truck gardens, and flower beds o f O re
gon, w ith a view to finding the m ost
effective m ethods o f com bating them.
A long lis t of experim ents have been
planned by the entom ology d e p a rt
m ent for the coming season.
P A T E N T S H E L D UP.
Land Agent's Suspicions Delay Opera
tion o f Hawley Bill.
W ashington, D. C.— A new obstacle
has arisen which may delay the issu
ance of paten ts to S iletz hom esteaders
under the Hawley bill. C hief of Spe
cial A gents Sharp, a t Portland has
telegraphed the general land office
th a t he " th in k s ” he has found evi
dence th a t options have been given on
some S iletz lands and th a t “ possibly"
some of these options may be on lands
affected by the Haw ley bill.
He has
suggested the ad visability of delaying
issuance of the p a te n ts while he can
look into the m atter.
Sharp also rep o rts th a t he does not
know w hether those who are ’supposed
to have offered options a re prepared to
tak e them up and the understanding
here is th a t land agents m ay have un
dertaken to buy up these lands w ith
out having the capital on hand to
m ake the purchase if th e ir offer is
accepted. If the In terio r departm ent
acts on S h a rp ’s suggestions, issuance
of paten ts under the Haw ley bill may
be delayed indefinitely.
FISH T O B E P L A N T E D .
Many Mountain Streams T o Be Filled
With Brook Trout.
Pendleton — S ta te F ish and Game
Com m issioner Cranston has received a
le tte r from George W. Bowers, com
m issioner o f fisheries, dep artm en t of
commerce and labor, W ashington, D.
C., saying th a t in his opinion the
spring-fed m ountain stream s and lakes
of Oregon are adapted to the cu ltiv a
tion of the brook tro u t (Salvelinus
fontinulis), and th a t the introduction
o f this species in such w aters m ay be
undertaken w ith reasonable assurance
o f good results.
T his is the fourth
y ear th a t brook tro u t have been ex
perim ented w ith in Oregon stream s,
especially in E astern Oregon, but
S ta te Com missioner C ranston had be
come a little doubtful as to the w is
dom of fu rth e r experim enting w ith
th is p a rticu la r variety of tro u t. The
results thus fa r obtained have not
been up to his expectations. Mr. C ran
ston says, however, th a t since receiv
ing the above reply to his inquiry he
is m aking preparations to stock s u it
able stream s w ith th is species.
Nehalem Jetty Favored
W ashington, D. C.— Based on the
favorable re p o rt of the arm y engi
neers, the senate com m ittee on com
m erce will incorporate into the riv er
and harbor bill an appropriation of
$100,000 to begin the construction of
the je ttie s a t the en trance of Nehalem
Bay, a project to cost in the aggregate
$632,350. The scheme is th a t the gov
ernm ent pay one half the cost, the
P ort of Nehalem the o th er half.
The
rep o rt is now before th e commerce
com m ittee and will form th e basis of
favorable action by th a t com m ittee.
FLO O D S LEA P LEV EES.
St. L ouis—Thousands of flood spec
tato rs w itnessed the th rillin g rescue
of a fam ily of seven, from a sinking
houseboat in the sw irling c u rren ts of
the M ississippi R iver here.
A houseboat in which a man, his
w ife and five children lived, w as torn
from its m oorings by driftw ood th a t
was carried from flood points above.
Soon a fte r being sw ept into the cur
rent the frail c ra ft dragged over sunk
en snags, stove in its bottom and be
gan to sink.
Two m otorboats rushed to the rescue
and a fte r fighting off the heavy d rift,
reached the side of the boat ju s t as
the w ater was sw eeping over the deck.
It sank w ithin five m inutes a fte r the
last occupant had stepped to safety.
The riv e r has reached 29.9 feet, a
rise o f 4.10 fe e t in 24 hours.
This
m ark is .9 fe e t below flood stage and
the w a ter has inundated the railroad
trac k s along the levee. H alf a dozen
expensive power boats have been loBt,
but unless an unlooked-for rise occurs,
no g re at dam age is expected a t St.
Louis except to small shipping.
Conditions in the flooded d istric t at
Cairo a re serious and the situ atio n is
grow ing g rav er every day.
Both the
M ississippi and the Ohio are rising a t
Cairo and although the city proper can
stand several fo rt more, anxiety is
fe lt for the levees above and below
the m outh of the Ohio.
The D rin k w ater levee on the Mis
sissippi side has broken, despite the
efforts o f more than 1,000 men, and
the w a ter is sw eeping over a three-
m ile stre tc h of levee and flooding the
southeastern section of Missouri.
W hen it became app aren t th a t the
levee could not be saved the workm en
turned th eir a tte n tio n tow ard re si
dents in the d istric t, thereby saving
many lives. F arm ers and th eir fam
ilies tied to safety , leaving livestock
to its fa te and hundreds o f c attle and
hogs are floating tow ard the Gulf.
Boats carried
persons out of the
D rinkw ater d istric t all day Sunday.
The Iron M ountain
train s w ere
caught betw een the B ard’s Point and
Charleston floods and th e passengers
had to be taken off in boats.
All
traffic betw een Cairo and Charleston,
Ky., has been annulled.
C O N T IN U E S Q U E S T O F PO LE.
British
Ship Returns, But Explorer
Remains for Winter.
W ellington, N. Z.—C aptain R obert
F. S c o tt’s vessel T erra Nova, which
carried the B ritish expedition to the
A ntarctic, has arrived a t Akaros, a
harbor in B ank’s peninsula, N. Z. but
has not brought back C aptain Scott or
the m em bers of his expedition.
The
comm ander of the T erra Nova brought
instead the follow ing b rie f m essage
from S cott:
“ I am in the A ntarctic for another
w in ter in order to continue and com
plete my w o rk .”
The la te st news sent back by Cap
tain Scott to his base a t McMurdo
Sound showed th a t on Ja n u a ry 3 he
had reached a point 150 m iles from
the South Pole and was still advanc
ing. I t was clear th a t had the ex
plorer delayed sending back notifica
tion of his progress until he actually
reached the Pole, word from him could
not have been received by the T erra
Nova before she was compelled to
leave, ow ing to the se ttin g in o f w in
te r and the freezing o f Ross Sea.
3CO C H I L D R E N
RETURN.
Lawrence Textile W orkers Hold C e l
ebration to Greet Tots.
L aw rence, Mass — Coming from
homes in New York, Philadelphia and
o ther cities, 300 children of te x tile
operatives who p articip ated in the re
cent strik e have returned to Law
rence.
T heir arrival was m ade the
occasion of a g re a t dem onstration in
celebration of w hat the m ill w orkers
considered a notable industrial vic
tory.
M ore’ than
20,000
operatives
thronged the stre ets, h alf of them
p a rticip a tin g in a m onster parade.
As the procession passed the jail
where Joseph J . E tto r and A rturo
G iovcnnitti, form er leaders of the
strike, nre held a w aitin g tria ls on
charges o f being accessories to m ur
der, the m archers b u rst into deafening
cheers, ceasing only long enough to
sing “ The M arseillaise.”
Lighted Hats in Demand.
Chicago—An active demand for “ in
Another New Demonstration Farm.
candescent hats, ” the first o f which
Oregon A gricultural College, Cor was displayed here several days ago a t
v allis—A new location for another the convention of dressm akers, has
C entral Oregon experim ent sta tio n is caused a leading electrical company to
being selected by P resident W. J . g e t out several designs, all operated
K err, of the Oregon A gricultural col from small dry b a tte rie s in the crown
lege, Prof. H. D. Seudder, o f the o f the hat. One new design is being
agronomy departm ent, and S enator C. exposed in the windows.
It contains
L. H awley, of the board o f regents, tin y orange bulbs about the size and
who have gone to look over available shape o f sm all tan g erin es and con
sites.
For the establishm ent and nected w ith green w ires looped w ith
equipm ent of the new statio n a fund orange and o th er blossoms in decora
of $10,000 has been subscribed by the tiv e fashion.
0.
-W. R. & N.. Oregon T runk, and
p riv ate individuals of Portland.
City of Mexico Alarmed.
Rail Line to Tap Newport.
Salem — Supplem entary articles of
incorporation, which w ere filed w ith
th e secretary o f stn te by the Valley &
S iletz road, provide for the construc
tion of a railroad from Independence
to N ew port.
In the original a rticle s
the company proposed to build a ra il
road from the upper dam on the
1. uckiam ute riv e r to Sim pson. U nder
the new plan this will give Portland a
d irec t connection w ith Yaquina bay on
th e W est Side.
a
Many Hava Narrow Escapes and Live
stock is Abandoned.
W ashington, D. C .—D ispatches to
the d e p artm en t of S ta te from the
Am erican em bassy in Mexico C ity re
ported the insurrecto m ovem ent in
Puebla and V era Cruz as gaining and
said th ere was considerable alarm in
Mexico C ity. The activ ity of Z apata
forces in Puebla and V era Cruz leads
some observers to believe th a t a reb
el m ovem ent is being directed to the
tak in g o f the c ity of Vera Cruz to pro
vide a rebel-controlled port through
which the insurrectos may receive
th e ir arm s and am m unition.
Hawley to Help Commission.
Work on Big Dam Started.
S ites at Fair Selected.
Salem — In reply to a recent te le
A storia—The Bidwell-Hayden com
San F rancisco--T he P hilippine Isl
pany, to whom was given the contract gram from the S ta te R ailroad com ands and the s ta te o f South D akota
for building the big dam for the 100,- m ission, asking th a t steps be taken to w ere added to the lis t o f site-holders
000,000 gallon reservoir a t the head- { pass through congress a bill pro h ib it on the grounds o f the 1916 exposition.
w orks o f A sto ria 's w ater system , have ing the ow nership of steam ship lines Governor Vessey, o f South Dakota,
taken o u t a donkey engine and two by railroads, R epresentative Haw ley w ith exposition comm issioners from
larg e boilers to be used in connection w rites th a t he will so vote unless his sta te , took precedence in the cere
w ith th e ir operations. The firm will good and sufficient evidence shall prove m onies and im m ediately a fte r the
South D akota flag had been planted on
o p e rate a rock crusher. The actual some m odification is advisable.
construction work will be commenced
the reservation selected for th e ir sta te
Pendleton C rop s Hopes High.
as soon as the cam p is completed.
building, the Philippine commission
Pendleton Crop prospects continue ers, received a deed to th e ir lot.
Bridge Over the Grand Ronde.
b rig h t throughout th is section. Tem
Treaty Signed by Sultan,
La G rande — Steel for the new p eratu res have been low for several
b ridge spanning the G rand Ronde riv weeks. G rain has continued to m ake
T a n s — A dispatch to the Matin from
e r a t R iverside park is expected any a good grow th, w hile fru it buds have its Fez correspondent says th a t a
day. T he bridge will be 16 feet in been kept back until there is no dan j tre a ty e stab lish in g a French protec-
length and will have a walk on e ith e r ger o f late frosts. No fall g rain was 1 to rate over Morocco w as signed by the
I frozen out.
1 Sultan.
side six fe e t wide.
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S Y N O P S IS .
TToi ve rd J o T r l c s . b u n k e r ' s
sm . under
I1 n e v il I n f l u e n c e o f R o b e r t U n d e r w o o d ,
f e l l o w - s t u d e n t n t Y al e, l e u d n a l if e o f di a-
c p a t l o n , m a r r i e s Hie d a u g h t e r o f a S o u
tlier v. Ito d . e d i n p r l a o n . a n d la d i s o w n e d
by Ida f a t h e r .
H e is o u t o f w o r n a n d In
Itap e ra tc atialta
U n d e rw o o d , w h o liad
on<«» bt*«in e n g ’i ; ‘d t o H o w a r d ' s s t e p
m o t h e r . A l i c i a . In a p p a r e n t l y in p r o s p e r -
ti ;* i c l r c i ’. n i s t t t n c c s .
T ik in g a d v a n ta g e of
his I n ti m a c y w i t h Alicia, h e b e c o m e s a
lo rt of social h i g h w a y m a n .
D isco v erin g
ills t r u e c h a r a c t c r, A l i c i a d e n i e s h i m t h e
h o u s e . H e s e n d s h* r a n o t e t h r e a t e n i n g
6',’.h ide.
A r t deal* i s f o r w h o m h e a c t e d
as c o m m i s s i o n e r , d e m a n d a n a c c o u n t i n g .
H e c a n n o t m a k e g oo d .
H o w a rd calls a t
id s a p a r t m e n t s in a n i n t o x i c a t e d c o n d i
t i o n t o r e q u e s t a l o a n o f $L\00O t o e n a b l e
him to t a k e u p a bu sin ess proposition.
U n d e r w e n t ! t e l l s h i m h e is i n d e b t u p t o
nfs e y e s .
H o w a rd d rin k s h im se lf in to a
tr.audlin co n d itio n , a n d g o e s to s le e p o n a
.li v an . A c a l l e r is a n n o u n c e d a n d I T n d e r -
wood d r a w s a s creen a r o u n d th e d r u n k e n
Bleeper.
Alicia en ters.
She dem ands a
p rem ise fro m U n d e rw o o d t h a t h e will not
t a k e h i s l if e
H e r e f u s e s u n l e s s s h e wi l l
renew h e r p atro n ag e.
T h is she refuses,
a n d t a k e s h e r leave.
U nderw ood
kills
h im self
T h e r e p o r t o f th»- p i s t o l a w a
k e n s H o w a r d . H e f in d s U n d e r w o o d d e a d ,
rtr i li z lm r I d s p r e d i c a m e n t h e a t t e m p t s t o
tlee a n d is m e t b y U n d e r w o o d ' s
valet.
H o w a r d is t u r n e d o v e r t o t h e po l ic e .
Capt. C lin to n , n o to rio u s fo r h is b r u ta l
treatm en t
of
prisoners,
puts
H ow ard
t h r o u g h t h e t h i r d <h g r e e , a n d f i n a l l y g e t s
an a lle g e d confession f ro m th e h a r a s s e d
m an. A nnie, H o w a r d 's wife, d e c la r e s h e r
belief in h e r h u s b a n d 's i n n o c e n c e , a n d
l a y s s h e will c le a r h im .
S h e calls on
J e f f r i e s , Sr .
C H A P T E R XII.— Continued.
Ho h alted , looking a s if h e would
like to escap e, but th e re w as no w ay
of e g ress. T h is d eterm in ed -lo o k in g
young w om an bad him a t a d isad
v an tag e.
"I do n o t th in k ," he sa id Icily, “th a t
th e re Is an y su b ject w h ich ca n b e of
m u tu al In te re s t—"
“You W ill Leave America Never to Return— "
"O h. yes, th e re Is,” sh e rep lied ea g
erly. S he was quick to ta k e a d v a n yo u r law yer, la th e m an. W e w an t sa y s th a t som ehow h e ’s n ev er b een
tag e of th is en terin g w edge Into th e Ju d g e B re w s te r.”
th e sam e since. I— I Ju st loved him
m an ’s m a n tle of cold re se rv e .
Mr. Je ffrie s sh ru g g ed hi9 sh o u ld ers. b ecau se I w as s tro n g an d he w as
“ F le sh an d blood,’’ sh e w e n t on
“ I r e p e a t— m y so n ’s m a rria g e w ith w eak. I th o u g h t I could p ro te c t him .
e a rn e s tly , "Is of m u tu al In te re st. Your th e d a u g h te r of a m an w ho died in R ut now th is te rrib le th in g h as h ap
son Is y o u rs w h eth er you c a s t him ofT p riso n — ”
p ened, and I find I am pow erless. I t ’s
o r not. You’ve got to h e a r me. I am
to o m uch fo r me. I c a n ’t fight th is
She in te rru p te d him.
n o t a s k in g an y th in g fo r m yself. It s
b
a ttle alone. W o n ’t you help me, Mr.
“T h a t w as h a rd lu ck — n o th in g b u t
fo r him , y o u r son. H e’s In tro u b le.
sh e
ad d ed
pleadingly.
h ard luck. Y o u 're n o t going to m ake J e ffrie s? ”
Don’t d e s e rt him a t a m o m en t like
m e re sp o n sib le fo r th a t, a re you? “ W on’t you help m e?”
th is. W h a te v e r he m ay h av e done to
T h e b a n k e r w as th o u g h tfu l a m in
W hy, I w as on ly e ig h t y e a rs old w hen
d ese rv e y o u r a n g e r—d o n ’t —d o n 't deal
th a t h ap p en ed .
Could I h av e p re ute, th e n su d d en ly h e tu rn e d on her.
him su c h a blow. You c a n n o t realize v en ted It?” R e ck lessly sh e w e n t on:
“ W ill you c o n se n t to a d iv o rce if I
w h a t It m e a n s In su ch a c ritic a l s itu a
“ W ell, b lam e it on m e If you w a n t to, a g re e to help h im ?”
tion. E v en if you only p re te n d to be
b u t d o n ’t hold It up a g a in s t H ow ard.
S he looked a t him w ith dism ay.
frien d ly w ith him —you d o n 't n eed to H e d id n 't know it w hen he m a rrie d
T h e re w as tra g ic te n s e n e ss in th is
re a lly be frie n d s w ith him . B u t d o n 't me. H e n e v e r w ould h av e know n it
d ra m a tic s itu a tio n —a f a th e r fighting
yo^u se e w h a t th e effect will be If you, b u t fo r th e d e te c tiv e s em ployed by
fo r h is son, a w om an fig h tin g fo r h e r
h is fa th e r, publicly w ith d raw from his
you to dig up m y fam ily h isto ry , and h u sb an d .
su p p o rt? E verybody w ill say lie's no
th e n e w sp a p e rs did th e re s t. God!
“ A d iv o rce?” sh e sta m m e re d . "W hy,
good, th a t he c a n 't be an y good o r h is
w h at th ey d id n ’t say ! I n e v e r r e a l
f a th e r w o u ld n 't go b ack on him . You ized I w as of so m uch im p o rtan ce. I n e v e r th o u g h t of su ch a th in g as
th a t.”
know w h a t th e w orld Is. P eo p le will
T h ey p rin te d it in scare-h ead lines. It
" I t’s th e o nly w ay to sav e h im ,”
condem n him b e c a u se you condem n
m ade a fine se n sa tio n fo r th e public, sa id th e b a n k e r coldly.
him . T h ey w o n ’t ev en give him a b u t it d e stro y e d m y peace of m in d .”
“T h e only w ay ?” sh e faltered .
hearin g .
F o r G od's sa k e, d o n 't go
” A c o n v ict's d a u g h te r ! ” sa id Mr.
“T h e only w ay ,” said Mr. Je ffrie s
b ack on him n o w !”
Je ffrie s co n tem p tu o u sly
firm ly. “ Do you c o n s e n t? ” he asked.
Mr. Je ffrie s tu rn e d an d w alk ed to
“ H e w as a good m an a t t h a t ! ” sh e
A nnie th rew up h er head. H er p ale
w a rd th e w indow , an d stood th e re g a
a n sw ere d h otly. “H e k e p t th e s q u a re s t face w as full of d e te rm in a tio n , as sh e
zing on th e tr e e s on th e law n. She
poolroom in M a n h attan , b u t he re re p lie d resig n ed ly , c a tc h in g h e r b re a th
did n o t see his face, b u t by th e n e r
fused to pay police b lack m ail, an d a s sh e sp o k e:
vous tw itch in g of h is h an d s b eh in d
he w as ra ilro a d e d to p riso n .” In d ig
“Yes, if it m u st be. I w ill co n sen t
h is back. Bhe saw th a t h e r w o rd s had
n a n tly sh e w e n t o n : “If m y f a th e r ’s to a d iv o rce— to sa v e h im !”
n o t b een w ith o u t effect. She w aited
sh in g le h ad b een up in W all s tre e t,
In silen ce for him to say so m e th in g
“You w ill leav e th e c o u n try an d go
an d h e ’d m ade 50 d ish o n e st m illions,
ab ro a d to liv e?” co n tin u ed th e b a n k e r
P re se n tly he tu rn e d aro u n d , an d sh e
you’d fo rg e t It n e x t m o rn in g , an d y ou’d
coldly.
saw th a t his face h a d ch an g ed . T he
w elcom e me w ith open arm s. R ut he
look of h au g h ty p rid e h ad gone. She
S he liste n e d a s in a d ream . T h a t
w as u n fo rtu n a te . W hy, B illy D elm ore
had to u ch ed th e c h o rd s of th e fa
w as th e b e s t m an in th e w orld. H e ’d sh e w ould be co n fro n te d by su ch an
th e r 's h e a rt G ravely he sa id :
give aw ay th e la s t d o llar h e had to a lte r n a tiv e a s th is had n e v e r e n te re d
She w 'ondered w hy th e
"O f co u rse you re a liz e th a t you, a frien d . I w ish to God he w as aliv e h e r m ind.
above all o th ers, a re re sp o n sib le fo r now! H e’d h elp to sav e y o u r son. I w orld w as so cru el an d h e a rtle ss . Yet
If th e sacrifice m u st be m ad e to sa v e
hla p re se n t p o sitio n ."
w o u ld n 't h av e to com e h e re to a sk
H o w ard sh e w as read y to m ake 1L
She w as ab o u t tp d em u r, b u t sh e you.”
"Y ou w ill leav e A m erica and n e v e r
checked h erself. W h a t did sh e ca re
Mr. Je ffrie s sh ifted u n easily on his
r e tu r n —is th a t u n d e rsto o d ? ” re p e a te d
w h a t th ey th o u g h t o f h e r? She w as fe e t an d looked aw ay.
th e b a n k e r.
fig h tin g to save h e r h u sb a n d , n o t to
"Y ou d o n ’t seem to u n d e rsta n d ,” h e
“ Yes, sir,” sh e re p lie d falterin g ly .
m ak e th e Je ffrie s fam ily th in k b e tte r said im p a tie n tly . ‘T v e co m p letely c u t
of her. Q uickly sh e a n sw e re d :
M r. Je ffrie s paced n erv o u sly up and
him off from th e fam ily. I t ’s a s If be
d ow n th e room . F o r th e first tim e
“W ell, all rig h t—I'm resp o n sib le— w ere d ead .”
h e seem ed to ta k e an In te re s t in th e
b u t d o n 't pun ish him b e c a u se of m e.”
She ap p ro ach ed n e a r e r an d laid h e r i
in te rv ie w . P a tro n iz in g ly h e sa id :
Mr. Jeffries looked a t her.
h an d g en tly on th e b a n k e r’s arm .
“ You will receiv e a y e a rly allo w
W ho w as th is y o u n g w om an w ho
“ D on't say th a t, Mr. JefTrles. I t ’s
chnm plonod so w arm ly h is ow n so n ? w icked to say th a t a b o u t y o u r own an c e th ro u g h m y law y er.”
A n n ie to ssed up h e r ch in defian tly .
She w as his wife, of co u rse. Itu t w ives son. H e’s a good boy a t h e a rt, and
of a c e rta in kind n re q u ick to d e s e rt h e ’9 b een so good to me. Ah, if you S he would show th e a ris to c r a t th a t
th e ir h u sb an d s w hen th e y a re In tr o u only knew how h ard h e ’s trie d to g e t sh e could be a s p roud a s he was.
“ T h a n k s.” sh e ex claim ed . “I d o n ’t
ble. T h e re m u st be so m e good in th e w ork I’m su re y o u ’d ch an g e y o u r o p in
g irl, a f te r all, he th o u g h t. H e s ita tin g ion of him . L ately h e ’s been d rin k in g a c c e p t ch arity . I'm used to e a rn in g
m y ow n livin g .”
ly. h e sa id :
a little b ecau se he w as d isa p p o in ted
"Oh, v ery w ell,” rep lied th e b a n k e r
“ I could have fo rg iv en him ev ery in n o t g e ttin g a n y th in g to do. B ut
quickly. “ T h a t’s a s you p lease. R u t
th in g , e v e ry th in g b u t— ”
he trie d so h ard .
H e w alk ed th e
“ B ut m e,” sh e said p ro m p tly . "I s tr e e ts n ig h t an d day. O nce h e even I h av e yo u r p ro m ise— you w ill n o t a t
te m p t to see him a g ain ?"
know It. D on't you su p p o se I feel It, took a p o sitio n a s g u ard on th e ele
“ W h at!
N ot see him once m o re?
too, an d d o n 't you su p p o se It h u r ts ? ” v ated road. J itp * *hlr.k of it, Mr. Je ff
su ch s tr a its w ere T o say good-by?” sh e ex claim ed . A
Mr. Je ffrie s stiffen ed up. T h is w om ries, y o u r son
an w as c v td in tly try in g to e x c ite his w e red u c e d —b u t ho cau g h t cold and b ro k en sob h alf ch eck ed h e r u tte ra n c e .
sy m p ath ies. T he h ard , p ro u d e x p re s had to give it up. I w an ted to go to “ S u rely you c a n ’t m ean th a t, Mr. Je ff
I alw ay s rie s.”
sion cam e back in to h is lace, a s he an w ork and h elp him out.
T h e b a n k e r sh ru g g ed h is sh o u ld ers.
e a rn e d my liv in g b efo re I m a rrie d
sw ered c u rtly :
“ I d o n ’t w a n t th e n e w sp a p e rs filled
"F o rg iv e me fo r sp e a k in g p lain ly , I him , b u t he w o u ld n ’t le t m e. You
b u t my so n 's m a rria g e w ith su ch a ' d o n ’t know w h a t a good h e a r t h e's w ith se n sa tio n a l a rtic le s ab o u t th e
w om an a s you h as m ado It Im possible got. H e's b een w eak and foolish, but h e a rtre n d in g farew ell In terv iew be
tw een H o w ard Je ffrie s, J r., an d h is
to even co n sid er th e q u estio n of re c o n you know h e ’s only a boy.”
w ife— w ith y o u r p ic tu re o n th e fro n t
page.”
S he w as n o t liste n in g to h is sar*
casm .
"N o t ev en to sa y good b y ?” s h t
sobbed.
"N o,” rep lied Mr. Je ffrie s firmly.
"N o t even to say good by.”
"R u t w h a t w ill h e sa y ? W h a t will
he th in k ? ” sh e cried.
"H e will see it is fo r th e b e s t,” a n
sw ered tho b an k er. “ H e h im self will
th a n k you fo r y o u r a c tio n .”
T h e re w as a long silen ce, broken
only by tho eo u n d of th o g irl's so b
blng. F in ally sh e said :
“ V ery w ell, sir. I’ll do a s you sa y .”
S he looked up. H er ey es w ere dry,
th e lin es u b out h e r m outh se t and d e
term in e d . “ Now,” sh e said , “ w h at a re
you going to do fo r h im ?”
T h e b a n k e r m ade a g e s tu re of im
p atien ce, ns if su ch c o n s id e ra tio n s
w ere not Im p o rtan t.
"I d o n ’t know y et,” h e said , h a u g h t
ily. ” 1 sh all th in k th e m a tte r o v er
carefu lly .”
A nnie w as fa st losin g p atien ce. She
w as w illing to sa crifice h e rse lf an d
give up e v e ry th in g sh e held d e a r in
life to save th e m an sh e loved, b u t
th e cold, d e lib e ra te , c a lc u la tin g a tti
tu d e of th is u n n a tu ra l f a th e r e x a s
p e ra te d her.
"B u t I w a n t to kno w .” sh o said,
boldly. ” 1 w an t to c o n sid er th e m a t
te r carefu lly , too."
“ Y ou?’ sn e ere d Mr. Je ffries.
“ Yes, s ir ,” sh e re to rte d . “ I’m pay
ing d e a rly for It— w ith m y —w ith all
I have. I w a n t to know Ju st w h at
y o u ’re going to give him fo r it.”
He w as lo st In reflectio n fo r a m o
m ent, th en he said, pom pously:
“ I shall fu rn ish th e m oney for th e
em p lo y m en t of su ch leg al ta le n t as
m ay be n ecessa ry . T h a t’s ns fa r a s I
wish to go In th e case. It m u st n o t
be kn o w n — I can n o t allow It to be
know n th a t I am h elp in g h im .”
"M u st not be k n o w n ?” crie d A nnie,
In a sto n ish m e n t.
“ You m ean you
w on’t sta n d by h im ? Y ou’ll only Just
pay for th e la w y e r? ”
T h e b a n k e r nodd ed :
“ T h a t Is all I can p ro m ise .”
S he lau g h ed h y ste ric a lly .
“ W hy,” sh e ex claim ed , “I— I coufd
do th a t m y se lf if I— I trie d h ard
en o u g h .”
"I can p ro m ise n o th in g m o re,” re
plied Mr. Je ffrie s, coldly.
” B ut th a t Is n o t en o u g h ,” she p ro
teste d . “ I w a n t you to com e fo rw ard
and p u b licly d e c la re y o u r b elief in
y o u r so n ’s Innocence. I w a n t you to
p u t yo u r a rm s a ro u n d h im an d say to
th e w orld: 'M y boy is In n o cen t!
I
know It an d I’m g oing to sta n d by
him.* You w o n ’t do th a t? ”
Mr. Je ffrie s sh ook h is h ead .
“ It is im p o ssib le.”
T h e w ife’s p ent-up feelin g s now
gave way. T h e u tte r In d ifferen ce ol
th is a ris to c ra tic f a th e r aro u se d h er
in d ig n atio n to 6uch a p itch th a t she
becam e re c k le ss of th e consequences.
T hey w an ted h e r to d e s e rt him , Jus!
as th e y d e s e rte d
him , b u t s h i
w ouldn’t. She would show th e m th e
kin d of w om an sh e was.
“ S o !” sho cried In an o u tb u rs t ol
m in g led a n g e r a n d g rief. “So his fam
ily m u st d e s e rt him an d h is wife
m u s t leave him ! T h e po o r boy m u st
sta n d ab so lu te ly alo n e In th e world,
and face a tria l fo r h is life! Is th a t
th e id e a ? ”
T h e b a n k e r m ad e no rep ly . S n ap
pin g h e r fingers, sh e w en t on:
“ W ell, It Isn ’t m ine, Mr. Je ffrie s! 1
w on’t c o n se n t to a d iv o rce! I w on’t
leav e A m erica! And I’ll se e him Just
a s o ften a s I can , ev en if I h av e to
sit In th e T o m b s p riso n all day. As
fo r h is d efen se, I ’ll find som e one. I’ll
go to Ju d g e B re w s te r ag a in and if he
still refu ses, I’ll go to som e one else.
T h e re m u st be som e good, b ig -h earted
law y er In th is g r e a t city w h o ’ll tak e
up h is c a s e .”
T rem b lin g w ith em o tio n , sh e read
ju ste d h e r veil an d w ith h e r h a n d k e r
ch ief d ried h e r te a r-s ta in e d faco. Go
in g to w ard th e door, sh e sa id :
“You n e e d n ’t tro u b le y o u rse lf any
m ore, Mr. Je ffrie s. W e s h a n ’t need
your help. T h a n k you v ery m uch for
th e In terv iew . It w as v ery k ind ol
you to liste n so p atie n tly . Good a f t e r
noon, sir.”
B efore th o a sto n ish e d b a n k e r could
sto p h er, sh e h ad th ro w n b ack the
ta p e s try el 1 d isa p p e a re d th ro u g h ths
door.
(TO B E C O N T IN U E D .)
ciliatio n ."
She w atch ed h is face to see if h e r
W ith all h er effo rts a t self-co n tro l, w o rd s w ere h av in g any effect, b u t Mr.
A nnie would h av e b een m o re th an Je ffrie s show ed no sign of relen tin g .
h u m an had she n o t r e se n te d tho In sin S a rc a stic a lly , h e said :
u atio n In th is c ru el sp eech . F o r a m o
“And you took a d v a n ta g e of th e
m e n t sh e fo rg o t th e Im p o rta n c e of fact an d m a rrie d h im ?”
p reserv in g am icab le re la tio n s, an d sh e
F o r a m o m en t sh e m ade no reply.
r e to r te d :
S he felt th e re p ro a c h w as n o t u n m e r
"S u ch a w om an a s m e? T h a t's p r e t ited. b u t why should th e y b lam e h e r j
ty p la in —. But you 'll h av e to sp e ak for seek in g h a p p in e ss? W as sh e n o t '
ev en m o re plainly W h a t do you m ean e n title d to it a s m uch a s an y o th e r |
w hen you say su ch a w om an a s m e? w om an? She? h ad n o t m a rrie d How A n d T h a t Ended. R e crim in atin g Sene- h a w k e rs. try in g th o se Ja y h aw k ers
W h a t h av e 1 do n e?"
a rd fo r b is social p o sitio n o r h is (
tore Spzedily Fo rg et T h eir
th e cap a c ity of Judge ad v o cate
Mr. Je ffrie s looked o u t of th e w in m oney
In fact, sh e h ad b een w o rse
Difference*.
ro b b in g hen ro o sta."
dow w ith o u t an sw erin g , and sh e w en t off sin ce h e r m a rria g e th a n sh e w as I
T h e re w as m o re of th e sa m e kl:
on:
before. She m a rrie d him b ecau se sh e j
T h e late Jo h n J. In g alls, se n a to r and every b o d y th o u g h t th e re would
"I w orked In a fa c to ry w hen 1 w as loved him . an d b ecau se sh e th o u g h t j
tro u b le , Inaam ucb a s In g alls w as hi
n in e y e a rs old. an d I'v e e a rn e d my sh e could red eem him . and sh e w as from K an sas, le t loose In th e s e n a te
sp irite d an d B lack b u rn u n afra id .
living e v er since. T h e re 's no d isg ra c e read y to go th ro u g h an y am o u n t of o n e d ay ab o u t Conkltng. H ancock an d
A fter th e s e n a te a d jo u rn e d Bla
lu th a t. Is th e re ? T h e re 's n o th in g su fferin g to p ro v e h e r d is in te re s te d se v e ra l o th e r d istin g u ish ed people.
H is re m a rk s w ere p a rtic u la rly se v ere . bu rn an d In g alls m et. face to face,
a g a in st mo p e rso n a lly —n o th in g d is dev.otion. Q u ietly, sh e said:
g racefu l, I m ean. I k n ew I'm n o t ed u
Jo e B lack b u rn , th en s e n a to r from th e c o rrid o r In fro n t of th e marl
“ Yes, I k now — I did w rong. B ut I—
cated . I’m n o t a lad y In y o u r se n se I love him , Mr. Jeffrie s. B elieve me K en tu ck y , w as ch o sen to a n sw e r In room . A doxen sp e c ta to rs looked !
of th e w ord, b u t I'v e led a d e c e n t life. | o r n o t—I love him . It's m y only ex*' g alls, an d he took a good deal of hid e carn ag e.
T h e re Isn ’t a b re a th of sc a n d a l a g a in st cuse. I th o u g h t I could ta k e ca re of off th e b rillia n t K an san . In one p a r a
In g alls sto p p ed , looked sq u a re ly It
m e—n o t a b re a th . B u t w h a t's t h e 1 him . H e need ed som e one to look a f t g ra p h B lack b u rn said : "A nd th is B lac k b u rn 's ey es an d B lack b u rn glai
back.
good of ta lk in g ab o u t m e? N ev er m ind e r him . h e's too easily Influenced You m an h a s th e te m e rity to assa il H an
me. I'm not a s k in g fo r a n y th in g . | know h is c h a ra c te r Is n o t so stro n g co ck — H ancock th e S u p erb — w ho w aa
“Jo e," said In g alls, p u ttin g o u t I
W h a t a r e you going to do fo r h im ?] a s It m irfit be. H e told m e th a t h is g iv in g of hts life 's blood on th e hand. " Isn 't th is cru e l w a r o v e r? ”
H e m u st h a r e th e b e s t la w y e r th a t fellow stu d e n ts a t college used to hyp h e ig h ts of G e tty sb u rg w hile th e se n a
“I t la.” aald B lack b u rn , ta k in g t
m otley can p ro c u re — n o n e o f th o s e j n o tize him and m ak e him do all k in d s to r from K sn saa w as sk u lk in g alo n g offered hand, and th e y w en t off at
b arro o m o ra to rs.
J u d g e B re w ste r, of th in g s to a m u se th e o th e r boys. U a 1 b eh in d a re g im en t of K anoaa jay- In a rm .—S a tu rd a y E v en in g PoaL
Foes Only During Debate