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on Dr DIIIC Y IQ HI? Ali '¡'his Salmon Season Is rUlL. i IU j A 1J Diliiir Pontiff’s Demise Hastened By Grief Over Great War. Rome— Pope Pius X died at 1 :20 o ’clock Thursday morning. He had been ill for several days, but alarm ing sym ptom s did not develop until W ed nesday morning. Throughout the day Drs. March! a- fava and Amici devoted th eir utm ost energies to stim ulating th e ir p atient and keeping him alive. The cardinals were informed of the Pope’s grave condition and some of them who en tered the sick room describe the im pressive scenes, especially when the pontiff, rousing him self from tim e to tim e, spoke. “ In ancient tim es the Pope by a word m ight have stayed the slaughter, but now he is im potent,” he said once. P rayers were said by thousands and the papal secretary, who tak e charge of affairs in such an emergency, were out of Rome, so little was the death of the Pope expected. Outside the apostolic palace the scene was mournful. The G iom ale D ’lta lia , discussing the difficulties of holding a conclave for the election of a Pope while the world is a t war, says th a t even if Italy were among the belligerents every fa cility would be given the sacred col lege to m eet. I t expressed the belief th a t a new Pope m ight be chosen from among the foreign cardinals, for in stance, Cardinal W illiam Van Rossum, of the archdiocese of U trecht, the Netherlands, who would be representa- 1 tive of a neutral power. Best in Three Years A s to ria — Not since 1911 have the salmon fishing interests of the Colum bia riv er had so successful a season as the one which will close next week. This is particularly tru e so far as the g illn e tte rs and seiners on the lower river, the wheelmen and seiners on the upper riv er and the canners are con cerned. The cold storage men, how ever, suffered a severe blow when the European w ar was declared, shutting off th eir principal m arket, and as a re sult the pack of th a t product, which promised to be exceptionally large, was curtailed. S trange to say, the catch by the trap s was not so large as w as to have been expected and th a t is the only class of g ear th a t has not made a fairly good harvest. Taken as a whole, the pack of spring salmon is approxim ately 40 per cent ahead of last year, the canned pack being fully 00 per cent b e tte r and pickled or cold storage output being 20 per cent less. The total canned pack for the season is slightly over 280,000 full cases of 48 pounds and is about 130,000 cases in excess of last year. The cold storage output for the season approxim ates 4375 tierces ol’ pickled fish. The steelhead run was short also and the pack of frozen fish is fully 300 tons short of the previous year. The present season has been peculiar in many ways. There has not been w hat is commonly known as a “ ru n ” since the fishing began May 1. On the other hand there was w hat is much better, an alm ost steady stream of fish from the opening day up to about the first of the present month, when there was a break and since th a t tim e the salmon have entered the river only in little spurts. Early in the season the fish averaged small and prior to July 1 the g re at bulk of them went into cans. Up to th a t tim e there had been kittle fis h in g in ttfl B M W river, but then g re at schools of what were term ed bluebacks came in and as soon as they reached the upper riv er in the vicinity Celilo, the wheels and seines g o b b led 'th e m up by the ton, m aking the pack of th e canneries there the largest in several years. Northwest Dried Fruits Greatly Reduced in Price Portland—The housewife in search of cheaper foodstuifs in this period of w ar prices can turn gratefu lly to dried fru it. It is one product th a t has not gone up in price because of the war. Dried apples, dried prunes, dried peaches, dired pears and risins, quite to the contrary, have slumped sharply in price. Still lower prices may be expected unless sea traffic can be re sumed shortly. The reason for th is is th a t 40 per cent of the dried fru it output is sold in foreign countries. France is an es pecially heavy buyer of dried prunes in particular. Germ any und A ustria take large quantities of apples and prunes. England is also a heavy buyer. Spain is one of the principal purchas ers of apples. Even little Bulgaria, down in th e Balkans, buys g re at quan titie s of Am erican dried fru it products. This instance is cited by dealers in foodstuifs to show th a t the law of sup ply and demand is governing the pres ent prices, and th a t they have not been yanked skyw ard m erely through lust for profit. In this case, the supply being g re a te r than demand, there is a I declining m arket. Where prices have gone up, it is pointed out, demand is ahead of the available supply. Such is the situation in the rice and bean m arket. On rice, one of the most im portant of food commodities, the price locally has advanced all the way from 50 cents to $2 a bag of 100 pounds, according to quality. There was a rise of h alf a cent W ednesday, and another the day before. A t New Orleans, fancy head rice, the best qual ity, was $7 on board cars, the highest price in 10 years. The reason for this is the em bargo which the B ritish governm ent, on August 8, put on shipm ents of No. 1 China rice, Siam rice and b rew ers’ rice for the next six m onths. W ith this source of supply cut off China rice in bond in th is country im m ediately advanced from $1.50 a bag to $2 a bag. By bended rice is m eant rice held in storage on which no duty has been paid, and which is generally ex ported to Mexico and the South A m er ican republics. The demand from these countries is about 10,000 to 15,- 000 bags a month, exported mostly from San Fanrcisco. Many Years’ Delay by Two Per Cent of Berry State is Made Issue Crop Donated to Advertise P O P E PIUS x . 259th Incum bent of Papal See, Since Y ear G7, A. I). Early Career of Pope. the bells of the churches sounded when the sacram ent was exposed upon all the alta rs. When the court learned of the Pope's condition th ere was the deepest concern. K ing V ictor E m manuel personally inform ed Queen H elena and the news w as com m unicat ed to the Queen m other. E xtrem e unction was adm inistered by M onsignor Zam pini, sacristan to His Holiness. The sisters of the Pope and his niece w ere overcome w ith grief. C ardinal Merry del Val knelt by the side of his bed, w here o ther cardinals joined in, the m em bers of the household intoning prayers. The dying Pope, in a m oment of lu cidity, said: “ Now I begin to think as the end is approaching th a t the Alm ighty in his inexhaustible goodness wishes to spare me the horrors Europe is undergoing. ” Wednesday was one of the m ost anxious days in the history of the papacy. The whole world knew th a t the Pope was indisposed, but it was supposed th a t he was suffering from his usual ailm ent, th e gout. U p to noon even the m em bers of the house hold were unaw are of the seriousness of the developm ents. Almost w ithout w arning came the word th a t the Pon tiff was a t death ’s door. All day his agony continued. At tim es he revived and was able to say a few words, but hope of saving him was finally abandoned. Several tim es throughout the city and a t the palace the rum or spread th a t the end had come, only to be denied later. In the presence o f Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal secretary, and C ar dinals F e rrata , Cagiano and R isleti, and the two sisters of the Pope, a bul letin on the condition of the Pontiff was posted early in the afternoon on the bronze door of the V atican w here th e Swiss guards stood watch. A g re a t crowd outside gazed w ith grief- stricken faces up a t the Pope’s cham ber on the second floor. Confusion reigned a t the V atican because those, w ith the exception of Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, known to the world as Pope Pius X., was elected to the Pontificate on A ugust 4, 1903, since which tim e his adm inistra tion of th a t exalted office has been confronted w ith some of the m ost mo m entous problems, religious and gov ernm ental, w ith which the Holy See has had to deal in recent tim es. They have included, on the one hand, his determ ined a ttitu d e in m aintaining the purity of Catholic faith, beginning w ith his syllabus condemning criticism of the holy scriptures and of the origin of C hristianity, and late r bring ing forth the famous Encyclical “ Pas- cendi” which expounds and condemns the system o f m odernism ; and, on the other hand, the fminful struggles which he had inherited w ith France over the senaration of church and state, and late r w ith Spain on sim ilar issues, and m ore recently w ith Portu gal as a result of the revolution which overthrew the monarchy. Pope Pius was born on June 2, 1835, a t Riese, in the Venetian provences, the first child o f G ian-B attista Sarto, a postm an, and his w ife M argherita. They w ere of the upper peasantry, if one may use the term , and besides the boy destined to be Pope there were seven children, a son and six daugh ters. The fa th e rs’ salary of 40 cents a day and the m other’s modest e arn ings from m aking dresses afforded them only the necessities of life. Giuseppe’s early career was fortun ately influenced by the village priest, who took a liking for the boy, taught him to read and w rite ami drummed into the youthful head the rudim ents of Latin. W ith this im petus Giuseppe a t the age of 11 years entered the sem inary a t Castelfranco, not fa r from his b irth place, and for four years every day, rain or shine, he tram ped to school, usually barefooted, until he reached the o u tsk irts of the village, where he would silp on his shoes to keep up appearances. Two pairs of shoes was his yearly allowance. Huerta Is Seeing London. Approves Purchase o f Ships. London — Marooned in London be cause of the w ar and the consequent interruption of travel, Victoriano H u e rta , ex-president of Mexico, ami his fam ily, made a b rie f sight-seeing tour about the city Friday, General H uerta and family slipped into London un announced and took apartm ents in an obscure hotel, where they have rested quietly for two days, worn out by the tr ip from Jam aica To inquiries as to his health General H uerta said he was well but tired. He will rem ain here a few days, then go to Santander, Spain. W ashington, I). C.— Comprehensive plans were mapped out by the admin istration for building up the Am erican m erchant m arine w ith government money for the im m ediate purpose of transporting the products of the coun try to the w arring nations o f Europe and to South and Central Am erica. President W ilson, in consultation w ith Dem ocratic leaders of the senate ami house, approved a project contem plat ing the expenditure of about $25,000,- 000 for the purchase of ocean-going vessels to t>e run by the governm ent. Austrians on Italg Line. McRcynolds Warned Justice. Rome — A message received from T ren t says that A ustria, which hitherto has mobilized its troops with prudence, Is now openly m obilizing at the Italian fro n tier. A thousand workmen are engaged in constructing entrench m ents. Fam ilies of A ustrian officers a t R iva have been advised to leave w ithin 24 hours. S ta te money, archives, etc., have been transported to the interior. E lectric lig h ts are not burned a t night for fe a r o f in dicating the tow ns to aeroplanes. W ashington. D. C. President W il son has nom inated Jam es C. McRey ( nolds, now attorney general, as justice of the U nited S tates Suprem e court, and Thomas W att Gregory, o f Texas, to succeed Mr. McRey nolds as attorney general. No Dem ocratic opposition to the nom ination of Mr. McReynolda is looked for in the senate. The judici ary com m ittee, to which the nom ina tion was referred, will m eet next week. Mr. G regory’s appointm ent as attorney general also will be passed on by the judiciary com m ittee. ' E ugene—The S ta te of Oregon has ten days in which to explain a delay of 14 years betw een the g ranting of school land deeds to one Hyde and the filing of a su it to set aside these deeds, which are alleged to have been ob tained fraudulently. If the sta te has a good excuse the te s t case of the S ta te of Oregon a g ain st Hyde may proceed and from the basis for sim ilar suits affecting thousands of acres of Oregon school lands. This decision was voiced by Judge H arris, before whom the te st case is on tra il. The court sustained H yde’s dem urrer on the ground th a t the sta te has been guilty of laches, or unreason able delay. O ther contentions in H yde’s dem urrer were overruled. The sta te contends th a t Hyde en te r ed into agreem ent w ith persons to m ake application for school lands, but th a t these applications w ere fraudu lent, because, it is alleged, Hyde agreed to pay from $1 to $20 to the applicants. As soon as they obtained a certificate of title they tran sferred it to Hyde, the prosecution alleges. Orenco Club Revives. Salem —To advertise the berry th a t the immense crop this year may be sold profitably, the m em bership of the Oregon Loganberry G row ers’ associa tion agreed to donate 2 per cent of the crop. More th an $1200 was subscribed at the m eeting. A com m ittee appionted to co-operate w ith the Salem Commercial club in the exploitation o f the berry is composed of H. R. Crawford, H. S. Gile, George F. Rodgers, Ralph Moores and Frank G ilbert. The Salem F ru it Union and II. S. Gile & Co., promised dried ber ries for use as samples in popularizing the product. Because of the large increase in acreage this year grow ers have fe lt for some tim e th a t the demand for the berries m ight fall fa r below the sup ply. To obviate th is the association was formed several months ago, and it is now believed th a t the entire crop will be disposed of a t fa ir prices. Several railroads have placed orders for large supplies for use in dining cars. Hop Picking to Start. Dallas— Ilopgrow ers are busy p repar ing for 'p ic k in g . The crop all over Polk county will be short th is year. In many yards the crop will only be 50 per cent of the usual yield. In some yards the yield will be norm al. Owing to unsettled conditions in Europe, hop- growers are looking for a high price this year. Picking will commence in some yards next week, and by Septem ber 16 all grow ers will be g athering th eir crops. It is believed the quality will be about the sam e as usual. Orenco — C itizens of Orenco have tranform ed the Civic improvem ent league into the Orenco Chamber of commerce. A nominal fee will be charged and a board of five directors will be elected from the officers. The old officers will have charge until the annual m eeting. Steps w ere taken tow ard establishing a cannery for the next season’s business. A nother m eet ing will be held next week for fu rth er Salem Rule May Change. discussion and to plan collection of Salem — A com m ission-m anagerial subscriptions for stock. Several hun dred dollars already have been sub form of governm ent for Salem has been recommended by a com m ittee ap scribed. pointed by the m ayor and city council make an investigation. The report Pendleton to (let Another Park. to recommends a governm ent by seven Pendleton— Pendleton is to have an commissioners, one from each ward, to o ther park. The la te st addition is to be elected a t large, and the one receiv be jo intly constructed by the city and ing the larg est vote to he chairm an or A city m anager would be by the O.-W . R. & N., and it is to mayor. face the depot. The present site is chosen. The report provides for lim it a tria n g u la r area, known for years as ing the tax levy for general purposes “ Pendletion’s P ra irie .” In windy to 10 mills forever. It also prohibits w eather it is cloudy in dust, and in overdraw ing of accounts and deficits. w et w eather it is ankle deep in mud. The Commercial association of this Old Mine Is Reopened. city has been try in g to solve the prob Molalla The Ogle M ountain mine, lem, and now the railroad company 29 miles south of Molalla, sta rte d its offers to donate the land on condition m achinery running W ednesday for the th a t the city will care for it. first tim e. T his m ine has been worked in a sort of a way for the last State Will Push Suit. 18 years. A few years ago stam p mills Salem A ttorney General Crawford were installed, but when put in opera said Thursday th a t he probably would tion it was discovered th a t too much of file an amended com plaint in th e test I the gold was being w asted and opera- The old stam p mills suit to recover school lands alleged to ■ tions ceased. have been obtained through fraud in | have been discarded and $75,000 worth ! of modern machinery installed. the Benson-Hyde deal. C ircuit Judge H arris, of Eugene, Medford Water Cheaper . sustained a dem urrer to the complaint filed by the sta te on the ground th a t Medford—A fte r considering the sub th ere had been delay in filing the ac ject several weeks the city council tion. He said th a t the sta tu te of lim granted the request of outside w ater itations would not bar the action if users and reduced the m inim um rate the sta te could show good reason for from $2.50 to $1.75 for 6000 gallons its delay in sta rtin g suit. and from 25 cents to 15 cents for over 1000 gallons over th a t am ount. All outside w ater-users were put on a m e flood Fairer Roads Asked. Hood R i v e r - - Charles Steinhauser te r basis, while city w ater-users are was elected president and J. R. Bar- still allowed a flat ra te of $1.60 a roll secretary of the U pper Valley month for oridnary household purposes. Good Roads association. The 'organiz Polk C M Term Is Over. ation aim s to obtain construction of D allas—The August term of the one or two trunk lines from the lower orchard districts. The upper valley C ircuit court for Polk county has ad is idvided into seven comm unities and journed a fte r one of the longest term s An effort one resident from each d istric t has ever held in th is county. been appointed on a com m ittee to cir will be made at the next session of the culate a petition asking for the em legislature to get the term s of court ploym ent of an engineer to select the changed so th a t court will not convene m ost enconomical routes for the pro- during August, when farm ers are par ticularly busy w ith th e ir crops. I posed highways. PLACE UQNEY- ^ HAROLD / V\ MÀCGPÀTU: Piciures é CD. , RHODES'!: 7 ~ ä v & jA SYNOPSIS. E l e a n o r a d e T o B o a n a w a s s i n g i n g in I'u ris, w h ic h , p e rh a p s , a c c o u n t e d for E d w a r d C o u r t l u n d t ’s a p p e a r a n c e t h e r e . M u l tim illio n aire, he w a n d e r e d a b o u t w h e r e f a n c y d i c ta te d . H e m ig h t be in P a r i s one d a y a n d K a m c h a t k a the nex t. F o llo w in g th e o p e r a h e g o e s to a c a fe u n d is a c c o s te d b y a p r e t t y yount? w o m a n . She g a v e h i m tlit- a d d r e s s o f F l o r a D e s i m o n e , vocal rival of T o sc a n a, a n d F lo ra gives h i m t h e a d d r e s s o f E l e a n o r a , w h o m h e Is determ in ed to see. C ou rtlan d t en ters E le a n o ru 's a p a rtm e n ts . She o rd e rs him o u t a n d sh o o ts a t him. The next day P a r i s is s h o c k e d b y t h e m y s t e r i o u s d i s a p p e a r a n c e o f the p rlm u d o n n a. R ealizin g t h a t he m a y be s u s p e c te d of th e a b d u c tion o f E le a n o r a C o u r t la n d t a r r a n g e s for a n a l i b i . E l e u n o r a r e a p p e a r s a ri d a c c u s e s C o u r tla n d t o f h a v in g a b d u c te d her. llis a l i b i is s a t i s f a c t o r y t o t h e p o l i c e a n d t h e c h a r g e is d i s m i s s e d . E l e a n o r a tie» s t o H a k e C o m o to r e s t a f t e r th e sh o ck . S h e is f o l l o w e d b y a n u m b e r o f h e r a d m i r e r s , a m o n g th em th e prin ce w ho rea lly p r o c u r e d h e r a b d u c t i o n . C o u r t l a n d t a l s o go»\s to C o m o a n d t h e r e m e e ts J im m i e H a r r i d a n . retir* d p r iz e f i g h t e r a n d f a t h e r o f E l e a n o r a . w h o s e r e a l n a m e is N o r a H a r r i - gan. H a r r ig a n ta k e s C o u rtla n d t in to his f a v o r a t once, lb- In tro d u c es C o u r tla n d t to h is d a u g h te r , b u t th e l a t t e r g iv es no s ig n o f e v e r h a v in g m et him before. She s tu d io u s ly a v o id s him. N o ra 's confessor sc e n ts a m y s t e r y inv o lv in g N o r a a n d C o u rtlan d t. H e ta k e s a s tr o n g f a n c y to t h e y o u n g m a n . N o r a ’s s u i t o r s b e c o m e m o re a n d m o re p e rsisten t. C H A P T E R X—Continued. “Abbey, I wouldn’t climb th o se s t a ir s for a b o ttle of H o r a c e ’s F alern ian , s e rv ed on S e n e c a ’s fam o u s citron t a b le .’’ “ Not a frien d in t h e world,’’ Abbott lam en ted . / l a u g h in g ly they h u stle d h im in to ' h e h allw ay an d fled. T h e n C o u r tla n d t went his way alone. H a r r i g a n w a s in a h appy tem p er. H e kissed h is wife a n d c h u c k e d N o r a u n d e r t h e chin. And th en Mrs. H a r r i dan la u n ch ed t h e t h u n d e r b o l t which, h av in g been held on th e leash for s e v e ra l ho ur s, had, for all of th at, lost - o n e of its ability to b light a n d scorch. “J a m e s , you a r e a b o u t as h opeless a m a n as e v e r w as born. You all bu t disg raced us th is a f t e rn o o n .” “M other!” ‘M e?” cried t h e b ew ildered H a r rig a n . “Loo k a t th o s e ten n is sh o e s; o n e w h ite s t r i n g a n d one brown one. I t ’s »nougli to d r iv e a wom an mad. W h a t In h e a v e n ’s n a m e m a d e you c o m e ? ” P e r h a p s It was t h e a f t e r effect of a good d in n er, t h a t dwin d lin g aw ay of p l e a s a n t e m o tio n s; p e r h a p s it w as t h e fery tr iv iality of t h e offense for w hich Ae w as t h u s suddenly a r r a ig n e d ; a t a n y rate, h e lost his tem p er, a n d h e was r a t h e r fo rm id ab le when t h a t oc cu rre d. “ Damn it, Molly, 1 w a s n ’t going, but C o u r t l a n d t a s k e d m e to go w ith him, a n d I n e v e r t h o u g h t of my shoes. You a r e alw a y s finding fau lt w ith m e th e s e days. I d o n ’t drink , I d o n ’t gam bl e, I d o n ’t r u n aro u n d a f t e r o t h e r wom en ; I n e v e r did. B u t since y o u ’ve go t th is social bug in y o u r bo nnet, you keep m e on hooks all t h e while. Nobo bd y no ticed t h e sh o e str i n g s ; a n d they would h av e looked upo n it a s a jo k e if t h e y had. A fter all, I ’m t h e boss of t h i s ranch. If I w a n t t o w e a r a w h ite s t r i n g an d a b lack one. I’ll do it. H e r e ! ” H e c a u g h t up a book on social u sa g e s und th r e w i t ou t of th e window. “ Don ’t e v e r sh o v e a t h in g like t h a t u n d e r my n o se again. If you do, I'll hike b ack to little old New York a n d s t a r t t h e gy m ag ain .” H e r a m m e d one of th e colonel's per- fectos (w h ich he had been sa v in g for t h e m o rro w ) b etw een h is teeth , an d s t a lk e d into th e garden. N o r a w as h e a r t l e s s enough to laugh. “ H e h a s n ’t talk ed like t h a t to m e in y e a r s ! ” Mrs. H a r rig a n did n o t kn ow w h a t to do— follow him o r weep. She to o k t h e middle course, a n d w en t to bed. N o ra t u r n e d ou t t h e lig h ts a n d sa t o u t on t h e little balcony. T h e m o o n sh in e w as glorious. So d en se w as th e e a r t h b la c k n e s s t h a t t h e few lights tw in k lin g h e r e an d t h e r e w ere m o re like fallen sta rs. P r e se n tly she heard a sound. It w as h e r father, r e t u rn i n g as silen tly as he could. S he h e a r d him fum ble am o n g t h e k n ick k n ack s on th e m an tel, a n d th en go aw ay again. By a n d by sh e saw a spot of white light move h i t h e r an d t h i t h e r a m o n g th e g r a p e ar bors. Fo r five o r six m in u te s sh e w atch ed it dance. S uddenly all b e c a m e d a r k again. “ Nora, a r e you t h e r e ? ” “ Yes. O v er h ere on t h e balcony. W h a t w ere you doing do wn t h e r e ? ” “ Oh. Nora, I'm so rry I lost my t e m per. But Molly’s begun to n ag me lately, an d I c a n 't sta n d It. I w en t a f t e r t h a t book. Did you throw so m e flowers ou t of th e w in d o w ?” “ Yes.” *'A b unch of d a is ie s? ” “ M a rg u erites.” sh e co rre cted . “All t h e sa m e to me. I picked up the bunch, a n d look a t w h at 1 found inside.” H e ex ten d ed his palm, flooding It with t h e light of his p o ck et lamp. Nor a's h e a r t tightened. W h a t sh e saw was a b eau tifu l u n c u t em er ald. prev ailed upo n th e f are of t h e w aters a n d defied all sav e t h e k e e n e s t sc ru tiny to d isc e rn w h ere th o m ountain tops ended a n d th o sky began. It was a day for indoors, for d ream s, good books, an d good fellows. H e r e th ey all were. Mrs. H a r rig a n was deep in t h e i n tric a te m a z e of th o Amelia Ara of Bologna, which, as t h e in itiated know, is a w onderfu l laco. By ono of th o windows sa t Nora, winding in t e r m i n a b l e y ard s of lace h em m in g from off th o willing if a c h i n g digits of th e Barone, who was sp e cu latin g as to w h a t his N eap o litan club friends would Bay could th ey see, by so m e tric k of cr> stal gazing, his p r e se n t oc cupation. C e le ste w as a t t h e piano, playing ( p ian issim o ) s n a t c h e s from th e o peras, while Abbott looked on, his elbow s p ro pped up on his kn ees, his chin in his palms, a n d a qu ality of e c s ta tic c o n t e n t in' h is eyes. “ Play th o f o u rth ballad e,” u rg ed Abbott. As C ele ste beg an th e a u d a n t e , Nora signified to t h e B a ro n e to d ro p his work. S h e let h e r own h a n d s fall. H ar rig a n g en tly closed h is book, for in t h a t rou g h kindly soul of his lay a m ighty love of music. H e h im self was w ithout ex p ress io n of a n y sort, a j d somehow' music se em ed to s t i r t h e d nn a n d no t q u ite u n d e r s t a n d a b l e longing for u tt e r a n c e . Mrs. H a r r i g a n alo n e w en t on with h e r w o r k ; sh e could w ork a n d listen a t th o s a m e time. A fter t h e m agnific ent finale, n o th in g in th e roo m s t i r r e d bu t h e r needle. “ B r a v o ! ” cried t h e Baro ne, b reak in g th e spell. "You n e v e r played t h a t b e t t e r ,” d eclared Nora. “ T h a t ’s s o m e ! ” H a r r i g a n b eat his h a n d s t o g e t h e r t h u n d ero u sly . “ G r e a t stuff; eh. B a ro n e?” T h e Baro n e r aised his h and» as if to e x p ress his u t t e r inability to d e s c rib e his se n satio n s, l l i s elation was t h a t as crib ed to th o se f o r t u n a t e mor ta ls whom t h e gods lifted to Olympus. At his fe et lay t h e lace h em m in g , hop e les sly snarled . “ F a th e r , f a t h e r ! ” r e m o n s t r a t e d N ora; “you will w a k e u p all t h e old ladies who a r e h a v in g t h e i r siesta." “ Bah! I ll bet a d o u g h n u t t h e i r e a r s a r e glued to th e i r doors. W h a t ho! S o m eb o d y ’s at t h e portcullis. P ro bably t h e padre, co m e up for t e a . ’’ H e w a s a t t h e do or in s t a n t l y . He flung it open h eartily . It was c h a r a c te r is tic of t h e m a n to op en every- What She Saw Was a Beautiful Uncut Emerald. t h in g widely, his h e a r t , his mind, his h a t e o r h is affection. “ Com e in, co m e in! J u s t iu t im e for t h e m a t i n e e c o n c e r t .” T h e p a d r e w as n o t alone. C o u r t lan d t followed him in. “ W e h av e b een st a n d in g in t h e co r r id o r for t e n m in u te s,” affirmed th e padre, se n d in g a w in n in g sm ile aro u n d t h e room. “ Mr. C o u r t l a n d t was for going do wn to th e b u r e a u a n d se nding u p o u r card s. But I would n o t h e a r of su ch formality. I a m a privileged p e rso n .” “S u r e yes! Molly, r in g for tea, an d tell ’em to m a k e it hot. How a b o u t a little peg. a s t h e colonel s a y s ? ” T h e tw o m en declined. How eas ily a n d n o n c h a la n tly th e m an stood t h e r e by t h e do or as H a r r i gan took his h at! C e le ste w a s a q u i v e r w ith ex citem en t. S h e w as th o roughly a w o m an ; sh e w a n te d so m e th in g to hap p en , d ram atically , ro m an tic ally . But h e r w a n t was a vain one. Nora h a t e d scen es, an d C o u r t l a n d t h ad t h e a d v a n t a g e of h e r in his k n ow ledge of this. C e le ste r em ain ed a t t h e piano, but N o ra t u r n e d as if to move away. “ No, you m u s t siug. T h a t is w h at I c am e up for,” i n sis te d t h e padre. If t h e r e w as any m alice in t h e c h u r c h man, it w as of a n e g a t i v e quality. But it w a s in h is I^atin blood t h a t d r a m a should a p p eal to him strongly, a n d h e r e was a n u n u su a l p h a s e l.i T h e G r e a t Play. He had u rg ed C o u rtlan d t, m uch a g a i n s t th e l a t t e r s will th is day, to co m e up with him. sim ply t h a t h e m ig h t se t a little sc en e su ch a s th is pro m is ed to be a n d s t u d y it from t h e v a n t a g e of t h e p ro m p te r. H e kn ew t h a t t h e pr incipal th e m e of all g r e a t bo oks, of all g r e a t d r a m a s , was a n t a g on ism , a n t a g o n i s m b e tw e e n m an a n d woman, th o u g h by a th o u s a n d o th e r n a m e s h as it been called. H e had often said, in a s p i r i t of raillery , t h a t th is a n t a g o n i s m was principally due to t h e fa ct t h a t E v e had been c o n s t r u c t e d (an d v ery well) o u t of a rib from Adam. N a tu r a lly sh e re se n te d this, t h a t she had n o t b een fashioned in d ep en d en tly , a n d would hold it a g a in s t m an until t h e t r u e s e c re t of t h e p a r a b le was m ad e c l e a r to her. N o ra saw t h a t o p p o sitio n would be use less. A fter all, it would be b e t t e r to sing S he would no t be co m pelled to look a t th is m an sh e so des pised. At t h e b eg in n in g sh e had Intended to sin g b adly; bu t as th e music proc eeded, s h e sa n g as she had not s u n g in weeks. T o fill th is m an s C H A P T E R XI. soul with a h u n g e r for t h e sound of h e r voice, to p o u r in to his h e a r t a A Comedy with Music. T h e H arrigan» occupied t h e suite fresh kn o w led g e of w h a t he had lost in t h e e as t wing o f t h e villa. This f o rev e r a n d forever! C e le ste t u r n e d from t h e k ey s a f t e r •onsisted of a large d raw in g room an d wo am p le b ed ch am b ers, with window the final c h o r d s of “ M or ning Mood.” " T h a n k y o u ! " said Nora. b a l c j m ^ s a n d a p r iv a te v e r a n d a in “ Do n o t sto p .” beg ged Courtlan dt. he rear. looking off to w ard t h e green N o ra lo ck ed d irectly Into h is ey es ff t h e pines ai d th e me:al-l:ke lu s t e r as sh e replied; “O n ^ ’s voice can no t if t h e c o p p er beeches. It was raining, a flne. soft, b lu rrin g go cn forever, an d m in e Is n o t a t all Vlpine rain, a n d a blue-g:ay m onoton e s t r o n g .” T h e r e was a k nock at t h e door. T h o m a n a g in g d ir e c to r h a n d ed H a r rig a n a card. “ l l e r r R o sen .“ he read aloud. “ S en d him up. S o m e friend of you rs, N o ra; H e r r Rosen. I told Mr. Jllli to s e n d h im up.” T h e p a d r e drew hiB feet u n d e r h is cas sock, a sign of p e r t u rb a t i o n ; C o u r t lan d t continued to u nwind the sn a rl of lace dr opped by th e Ba ro n e; t h e B a ro n e glanced fiercely a t Nora, who sm iled enigmatically. H e r r Ros en! T h e r e was no o u t war d reaso n why t h e n a m e should h a v e se t a chill on th e m all, t u r n e d th e m into e x p e c t a n t sta tu e s. Yet, all se m b la n ce of good fellowship w as i n st a n tl y goue. Mrs. H a r rig a n sm o o th ed o u t t h e w rin k les in h e r dress. F ro m t h e o t h e r s t h e r e had been little m o v em en t a n d no soun d to sp e ak of. H a r ri g a n still waited by t h e door, seriou sly c o n tem p l a t i n g t h e bit of p a s te b o a rd in h is hand. H e r r Rosen b ru sh ed p a s t H a r ri g a n unce rem o n io u sly , witho ut pausing a n d w en t s t r a i g h t o v er to Nora, who was th e r e u p o n seized by an u n co n tro lla b le sp ir it of devilment. S he h ated H e r r Rosen, bu t she was going to be as p l e a s a n t a n d as en g ag in g as sh e kn ew how to be. She did n o t c a r e if ho m is i n t e r p re te d h e r mood. S h e wel com ed him w ith a hand. H e w en t on to Mrs. H a r rig a n . who colored p leas ur ably. H e w as th en intro duced , a n d ho ack n o w led g e d ea ch in tro d u c tio n with a careles s nod. He was t h e r e to se e Nora, a n d he did no t pro p o se to p u t him se lf to a n y in co n v en ien ce on a c c o u n t of t h e o thers. H e r r Rosen i n sta n tly u s u r p e d th o c h a i r n ext to Nora, w ho began t o po ur t h e tea. H e had como up from t h e village p r e p a r e d for a d i sa g reea b le h alf hour. In stead of being g r e e t e d w ith icy g lan ces fro m sto r m y eyes, h e en c o u n te r e d such sm iles a s th is a d o r a b l e c r e a t u r e had n e v e r be fore be sto w e d upo n him. H e was in th o clouds. T h a t n ig h t a t ( ’a d e n a b b ia had a p p a r e n t l y k nocked th o bottom ou t of his d ream . W om en w ere riddle s w hich only th ey th e m se lv e s could solve for o th ers. F o r th i s . o n e wom an h e wras pe rfe ctly read y to th ro w ev e r y t h in g aside. A m an lived bu t once; a n d he was a fool who would hold to tin sel in p r e fe re n c e to su ch h ap p in es s as he th o u g h t he saw’ o p en in g o u t be fo re him. N o r a saw, b u t sh e did no t care. T h a t in o r d e r to reach a n o t h e r s h e was p r a c tisin g infinite cru elty on th is m an (w h o se one fau lt lay in t h a t h e loved h e r ) did n o t ap p eal to h e r pity. But h e r a r ro w flew' wide of t h e t a r g e t ; a t least, t h e r e a p p e a r e d no re s u lt t o h e r a r c h e r y in malice. Not once h ad th e i n te n d e d victim looked ov er to w h e r e sh e sat. And y e t sh e knew’ t h a t h e m u st be w atch in g ; he could not possibly avoid it und be h u man. And w h en h e finally c a m e for w ard to t a k e his cup, sh e lean ed to w ard H e r r Rosen. “ You t a k e t w o l u m p s ? ” sh e a s k e d sw eetly. It w as only a c h a n c e sho t, bu t sh e h i t on t h e tru th . “And you r e m e m b e r ? ” excitedly. “ O ne lu m p for miue, p lease,” said C o u rtlan d t, smiling. S he pi ck ed up a cube of s u g a r an d d ro pped it into his cup. She h ad th o a i r of o n e w ish in g It w ere poison. T h e r e c ip ie n t of t h is good will, w ith p er fe ct u n d e r sta n d in g , r e t u r n e d to th e divan, w h e r e t h e p a d r e an d H a r rig a n w e r e g rav ely t o a s tin g each o t h e r with bened ictine. N o r a m a d e no m i s t a k e with e i t h e r A b b o tt's cu p o r t h e B a ro n e’s; b u t th o tw o men w ere filled w ith b u t one d e sire, to th ro w l l e r r Rosen o u t of t h e window. W h a t h ad begun as a b e a u tiful day w a s now b ecom ing black an d u n certain . T h e Baro n e could control every fea t u r e s a v e his eyes, a n d th e s e op enly a d m i t t e d d eep anger. He recollected H e r r Ros en well enoug h. T h e en c o u n t e r o v er a t C a d en ab b ia w as not t h e first by many. H e r r Rosen! His p r e s e n c e In th is room u n d e r t h a t n a m e w as an insult, a n d he in ten d ed to call t h e in te r lo p e r to a c c o u n t t h e ver y first o p p o r tu n ity he found. P e r h a p s Celeste, sit t i n g as q u i e t as a m o u se up on t h e pi ano stool, w as the only one who sa w t h e s e s t r a n g e c u r r e n t s driftin g d an g ero u sly about. T h a t h e r own h e a r t ac h^d m iserab ly did no t p r e v e n t h e r from ob serv in g th in g s with all h e r usual keen n ess. Ah. Nora, Nora, who h av e e v e r y th in g to give a n d yet give no thing, why do you play so h e a r t l e s s a g a m e ? Why h u r t th o s e who can no m o re h elp loving you th an t h e e a r t h can help whi rling aro u n d t h e calm d isp a ssio n a te su n ? Always th ey tu r n to you, w hile I, wh o h ave so much to give, a m given nothing! S h e se t down h e r t e a cu p an d began t h e aria from La Boheme. (TO RE C O N T IN U E D .) NOT A NATION OF SAVERS In t h e M a tte r of T h rif t t h e United S tate* le F a r Behind European Countries. A tab le p r e p a r e d by Dr. H e n r y 3. W illiam s for Moody’s Magazine place* t h e U nited S t a t e s a t t h e bottom of a list of 15 c o u n tr ie s as a n atio n of sa v ers. T h e co m p ariso n la on t h e n u m b e r of s a v in g s b a n k d ep o sito rs per th o u sa n d of population an d r an g es from 554 In S w itzerlan d to 99 In th is country. Den m ark . Norway, Sweden. He]glum a n d New Z ealand follow th e Swiss. F r a n c e lead s t h e big n atio n s, th en co m e Holland. G erm any, E n g land. A u str alia. J a p a n an d Italy. Ou r 10.son ono de posito rs, w ith th eir $4,729 | ■ posits, o r a l m o s t $440 per depositor, may be co n t r a s t e d with G e r m a n y 's 2 2 ‘.00,000 d ep o sito rs with but $4.942 ooo.noo. o r only $189 p er head. T h e United Kingd om h a s al m ost 13.000.000 depo sitors, b u t only a little o v er $1.250,000.000. F r a n c e h a s n early as m a n y dep o sito rs with a cou ple of h u n d r ed m illions less, b u t th is t a k e s no acco u n t of t h e I n v e stm e n ts of F re n ch th riit. R u s sia h a s 8.000.000 deposito rs, bu t only $800.000.000 be- tw een th em . A u s tr ia h a s 8.500,000. with ab o u t t h e sa m e a m o u n t a s G reat Britain Italy h a s as m an y d ep o sito rs as Russia, b u t with one-fourth more depos its, J a p a n h a s a b o u t 20.000,000 depos itors, b u t th ey do n o t a v e r a g e $9. The savings habit, it can be seen. Is very much more general abroad where the opportunity Is very m uch less. Three fourths of our saving Is being done In the New England and Eastern State« Then come the Middle West, the Pacific Coast, the South a n d the Western States.