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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.
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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.