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ÉMHPM«to h* W ». n >*-, «• _ m -4^ JT¥ iÿ .T T ". L . », m p p p M i» - « * • I H U á M NLY A FARMER’S DAUGHTER. F . * MRS. FORRESTER. i i»i prwvTW w m i » i i f i r i f i 1 1 1 » i f w m i C H A P T E R IX .—(Continued.) The party at Etjdon Vale wae breaking -up. Lady Marion Alton on being in formed 61 her niece’e engagement had / come to" Endon Vale and carried her off to London, and thence .to pay a visit to Berkshire. Francis Clayton had left the day before for London. Miss Champion >had stayed on, in the hope o f winning back Lord Harold to his allegiance; but « o v that she found each day attracting him more and more to her cousin, she could endure it no longer. The visit to Lady Grace, from which she had antici pated such great results, had been fraught with the most bitter mortifica tion. ^ That same evening while Lady Grace was in her own little sanctum reading, W inifred knocked at her door and, in an swer to her “ come in,” the girl went in and shut the door. Lady Grace looked up and smiled kindly, and then she looked again. W ini fred 'did not seem bright and beaming as was her wont—she was nervous, and there were tear stains on her face. “ W hat to it, my Jove? Yon have been crying!’’ There was such tender solid- • tude in the tone that it was too much Tor the girl’s overstrung nerves, and the tears came thick and fast. “ O Lady G race,'I am so grieved!’* “ Grieved, my child? You have not h id 1>ad news from home?” “ Oh, no, not that; but I am so afraid you will be angry with me and never for give me. I t is about Lord Harold Krs- kina,” W inifred said, nervously, and a sudden chill came into tbe heart o f the elder lady, for she was Very fond o f her nephew. “ About Harold, my dear?” “ Lord Harold asked—asked me to mar ry him this morning; and. oh, Lady 'Grace, I am so sorry!” “ Sorry that he asked you to marry him?” “ Because—indeed, Lady Grace, 'I never drehmt of such a thing—I thought his position made him so fa r beyond me. I thought he was kind to me, juat from gemrous-mindedness like yon, that J might not feel strange at coming into society I was not used to.” “ Then you do not love him?” * ' “ I do like him very murii—I could not help it, he is So good— but. oh, dear Lady ■Or«ce. I ceul4 not marry him. ” and the “ Then you have refused him?” “I told him the truth—I could not de ceive him.” And then all o f a sudden it flashed on L a d y Grace Farqubar’s mind that there was something noble and high-minded in thig girl’s refusing such a position and such wealth because She did not love the mag. A . more worldly minded woman Vfc- X . would have held such romantic folly in codtempt, and thought the girl a fool for her , pains; but not so Lady Grace. Still there was a momentary struggle in her heart before sfitT rose from her seat and kissed W inifred. “ M y love,” She said-sweetly, “ I think yogh ave done quite right, if you feel sure in your own mind that you cannot love hhn. But are you quite sure? Harold in kind and good! he is handsome, and is rich—ought you not to weigh everything In your mind thoroughly before you de c id e r’ “ I like him, I respect hhn« but I do not love hhn—I cannot marry him!” conclud ed Winifred, piteously. “ Very web, my dear, I will say no more. I am sorry, for my boy’ s dike, and I should have bedn'well content to haTe you fo r a niece.” --1- * ------ And then th l kind-hearted woman took the sobbing girt in her arms and W in i fred laid her head on the kind breast, and cried to her h efrt’s content. There was. a good deal more talk before the two parted, and it was settled that W inifred •honld go home the next day but one; and stay there a few weeks; and then she should pay Endon Vale another visit, when Lord Harold Should have left. But Lord Harold left that very day, after see ing and confiding in his au at H is part ing-words were: ' “ Aunt, do you think there to any hope *that she will ever come to care for me?” Lady Grace kissed his forehead and stroked hto head very tenderly. - “ I cannot tell, my boy, but I am afraid not.” % C H A P T E R X. * Seventeen months have elapsed since Errol Hastings had stood on the deck o f the Bnone, looking down into the Med iterranean, and thinking of the woman he loved so deeply. She w fs not a wom an, thongh, then—she was only a fresh, young girl; and in her sweet, simple purity lay the charm she had for the man af the world. H e was staying fo r a month in Paris en the way home, and the brilliant so ciety he mixed with was very pleasant after his long isolation. To-night, too, he waa to meet an old friend at the opera—a woman whom he had always liked, bnt Who had never seemed so charming to him as she did sow, with her pretty assumption o f matronhood. H er husband waa detest able, certainly, and she knew it. Surely the continuance o f an old friendship oust be grateful to one who could not be rery happy. And with a strong interest rery keenly awakened, ’ Mr. Hastings walked that avenlng into Mr*. Clayton’s ipera box. V The husband and w ife were together alone. The former was gasing intently through his glass at a very showy looking supernumerary, the latter leant back in differently, with a strong evpresaion of discontent and weariness on her pretty face. She was prettier, perhaps, than when we last saw her as Fee Alton; but sadder, more pensive, and her beauty was enhanced by the magnificence o f her jew elry. “ I am so glad y6n have come!” Mrs. Clayton said, smiling up in Errol’s face, and yielding her hand to his gentle pres sure—“ I was so dull. None o f my friends ha« been up to see me. and Mr. Clayton is so fascinated by some lovely crestore on the stage that he has no eyes for any one else. Francis,” she continued, touch ing her-husband—“ Francis, Mr. Hastings is here.” Mr. Clayton looked savagely at her, and then he gave a ,surly recognition to Mr. Hastings. ■ “ I hardly expected to see you here this eVening,” he said. s “ You know, Francis, I told you I asked Mr. Hastings to come,” said Fee, ma liciously. “ Your memory is not usually so defective." Madame was not in the best o f tempers —constant contact with a man like her husband had not tended to inefeaee the amiability o f her disposition. Mr. Clayton turned away to the stage, and left hia w ife to an uninterrupted con versation with her friend. But all the same he was trying to hear every word, that passed between them; he was far too small-minded to be free from jealousy and suspicion. Fee was perfectly aware that he waa listening, so she dropped her voice to a whisper, and flirted away ia a vary aaimated manner with Mr. Hast ings. Francis Clayton was gradually b*1 doming furious. 'A t the end o f the third act he arose. “ It to time to put on your cloak,” he said in a harsh and unpieaaant voice. “ W hy, dear 7” askad Fee. looking up with languid innocence, “ are you afraid I shall take cold? You are not usually so solicitous about me.” “ I ordered the carriage early, and I do not choose my horses to be kept wait ing,” he replied, scarcely deigning to look at her. Mr. Clayton moved toward the door, ami his wife resumed her conversation I almost with you.1 Mr. Clayton “ So she would, fla won’t let her. O f cou if We have a difference o f opinion sha Cak* my part, and he says something rode to her, and she la offended. Ia it not eo, F rancis?” Mr. Clayton muttered Aonuthing about a mother-in-law being bad enough, but an aunt lu In w was more than anybody bargained for. ier a com- “ Ahd aa matrimony is Fee, with a rnerdal speculation,” ; of course, delightful smile, “ you take more than you bargain tor—caa you, Mr. Hasting* r , v f* Errol waa by no mean* pleased at be ing made a third party to matrimonial differences, and made an affflrt to change the conversation. “ H ave yon qeen anything of Lady •Grace Farquhar lately, Mi*. Clayton?” he askad. “ She waa here not a moath ago; and she has adopted such a sweet, charming girl. They a n like mother and daugh ter; and even that selfish old bookworm. Sir Clayton, seems quite taken with her. 1 wish you had been her* sooner. I know you would have been in love with her.” “ I thought Mr. Haatbigs knew Miss E y n ,” Interposed Frauds Clayton. “ A t all events! 1 recollect hearing their names connected in some story about meetipg in a wood Errol started slightly, and it might have been fancy, but Fee certainly thought a deeper color came into Ms bronzed face. Mr. Clayton seemed to think the same, for he proceeded in his praal amiable manner: “ 8he and Erskine weru awfully sweet on each other when w * .werq. staying at the vale. I dare aay/ tk » t will be a match. Lady Grace seems quite agree able to k ; but of course it’s a shocking bad one fo r him. “ Francis,” exclaimed his wife, “ bow you exaggerate! You know Winifred nev er cared for Lord Harold. She Won’ r confess it, but I am quite rare he made her an offer, and that she refused him. H e never will meet her i^ghe can help it.” “ D id you say that Lady Grace had adopted her, Mrs. Clayton?" “ Yes, more than a year ago; indeed, before I waa married. She was in such sad trouble, poor girl. She waa very fond o f hoc. father, and he was killed suddenly in a very sbockisg way. H is horse ran away with Jiim, and he was thrown out o f the dogcart and killed on the spot. They thought she never would get over it, and Lady Grace took her home and nursed her as if she had been her own child. Old Jllr Howard Cham pion would have taken her, bnt she re fused to go near them, because they would- not acknowledge her father. She has promised to come aad stay with me when we get back to town. You must come and meet her.” “ I shall be—very—happy," stammered Errol. C H A P T E R X I. M (ding towsird the Bota de Boulogne, pondering touch oh what he had beard. H e was snrprlsed—he tried to bqlieve he was pleased; but somehow or other hto satisfaction was not very genuine. Miss Eyre had certainly made a fortunate step ia life; true she bad lost a father whom she had loved, but then she had gained a friend, in Lady Grace Farqnhar, She would get introduced into good society, and perhaps» but that was not a train o f thought he care^ to fol low. Had not Erskine already been at her feet? Mr. Hastings’ soliloquy was cut short by seeing Col. d’Agniiar walking leisure ly along tbe Champs Elysees. H e drew rein instantly. “ D ’Agullar!” he cried. “ Hastings!” exclaimed the other, and they shook hands warmly. “ I thought yon were back with your regiment,” said Errol. . “ I have a month more leave, and my brother asked me to join him here, and so I came.”/ A great many questions came iato Er rol’ s head that he wqnld’ have liked to ask Col. d’ Aguilar at once; but conver sation is neither easy nor agreeable when carried on with a pedestrian from the altitude o f a horse’ s back, particularly when your steed is restive and impatient. “ Come up to my hotel to-night, d’ Agui lar. will you?” Mr. Hastings said. “ Very w ell;,I suppose you are going to the ball at the Embassy?” “ Yes: but net before twelve.” “ Then I ’ ll look in about ten.” And the two men parted jnst as Mrs. Clayton rolled past in her handsome car riage, drawn by high-stepping horses. She looked like a lovely little Esquimaux en veloped in her soft white furs, and she gave Mr. Hastings a bright smils, and the wave: of * delicately gloved . little hand. 8he had not observed Col. d’Agui- lar. Sixteen months had pasaed since the day when they had ridden together down this avenue of broad-leaved chestnuts at Endon Vale. She was not altered—at all events, it did not seem so in the momen tary glance he had caught o f her smiling face. W as she then utterly heartless? Could she have lived all these months with such a hateful, contemptible wretch as Clayton, and still go on smiling and flirting, and give no sign? Col. d’ Aguilar knew none of the particulars o f the mar riage; he had not even keard that she was happy; he had but her once, and then she had left him her husband’s command, with a smile her lips. He turned, and walked ba unhappy and resentful. v Mr. Clayton, as well his wife, was profoundly ignorant ofjC ol. d’ Aguilar’ s arrival in Paris. or hq would as soon have trusted his wife »ne in that fine city, as he would have ralked willingly himself into the cage 01 I the lion in the Jardin des Plantes.. > (T o be conti L) “ A re yon coming 7” he exclaimed, turn ing Impatiently. „ “ Me—coming?” returned Fee, noachat- antly, raising her eyebrow*. uM y dear Francis, what could put such an absurd idea into your headY’ T o be treated with indifference,' and, worse, ridicule, is naturally disagreeabl* to any man; but it made Mr. Clayton, sulky and ill-tempered as he already was, perfectly aflame with rage. “ Marion, are you coming?” “ Certainly not.” “ Then I shall go aloae. Henry can get you a fiacre when you feel disposed to follow me.” And the amiable-husband le ft tbe box. Mrs. Clayton was as bitter ahd angry as a high-spirited woman would be under the circumsthaaces; but ah* went on talk ing to her companion very fast, to conceal her annoyance. ' She was too proud ts make any allusion to her husband’s treat ment o f her; and Mr. Hastings appeared not to have noticed it. But he felt for her keenly. ' H e did not quite justify her, or think she had behaved wisely, but he saw what the man was, and felt there must have been some strong undercurrent of bitterness to change the bright, good- tempered, sunny, little fairy he had known formerly to (he indifferent, pro voking woman of to-night. “ Poor little girl!” he thought to himself. “ I dare say she has found out by this time that money doesn’t, bring happiness.*! Mrs. Clayton remained until the fifth act was half over, then she asked Errol to see if her servant waa in the hall. He left the box, and returned almost immedi ately. “ M y brougham to at your disposal, Mrs. Clayton, and your servant is just calling it up.” She thanked him; and he put her cloak carefully .j-ound her, .and g a v e ‘ her his arm. “ Good-night,” she said, when she was seated in the carriage. “ Many thanks for yJtar timeiy aid. W ill you come and see ns to-morrow at onr hotel?” H e promised; and at parting he held, her hand longer than is strictly necessary in wishing good-by. The day after Jheir meeting at the opera Mr. Hastings called on Mrw Clay ton; and Mr. Clayton, suspecting the visit, was purposely at home. Fee bright ened up when Mr. Hastings was announc ed. She had always liked bftn; now in her loneliness and misery she ranked him as a dear old friend. H er manner was all the more cordial'because she wanted to annoy her husband. “ Mr. Hastings, I am delighted to see you; I was Just feeling so frightfully bor ed And dull. I hope you bring a whole budget of news.” “ I must ask first after my old friend. Lady Marion,” he answered. “ I cannot forgive myself fo r my remiasness in not doing so last night.” “ Annt la very well, thank you. I heard from her this morning. She aays she ia God Is on the side o f dreadfully-dnll without me, and ia longing ever dirada punlshmenl to m o us back again.” “ I often think how aha must miss yon. whoever deserve* it dr year o p successful w o r k . Tw# D yiricts Have • Par T h e year Just closed has been one o f the moat successful in the history o f the U n iversity o f Oregon. A hearty spirit o f coop eration has oritto d be tween the students and faculty, and the work accomplished during the year speaks fo r itself. T h e classroom work o f the students has bean above the average, and cases o f discipline have been, few . T h e athletic and other Interests o f the atildents body have been con duct ed according to the Ideal o f the uni versity, and have been enthusiasti cally supported. President P. L . Campbell has made many friends during the first year o f his regim e, and his efforts to build up the university and to bring it into closer touch with people o f th e state have been appreciated by the regents and by the general public. T h e prospects fo r a large Increase In attendance next semester are flat tering. A lready nearly 100 applica tions have been received fo r freshman standing, most o f them com ing from graduates o f the different high schools throughout the state. T h e scientific and engineering courses w ill Ce bet ter equipped than e v e r before, and tha! facilities fo r Instruction in th< branches w ill be v ery elflcent. T h e dorm itory la being improved and transform ed into a com fortable home fo r the young men o f the univer sity. T h e dorm itory w ill be managed in the future by the university and n fixed rate o f >3.50 per week w ill be charged fo r board and lodging. It is very encouraging to note (¿A t 85 per cent o f the students who w ere in the university during tb e past y< w ere actual college students and fl>*t the preparatory department, which a few years ago contained m ore than one-half o f the students body, is gradually disappearing. * T w o school districts have made plication llcation to borrow money from tbe irreducible »reducible state school fund, under the net o f the last legislature, ___ th eir applications have been accepted. A number o f oth er districts a r t mak ing preparations to bofrow money from the same nource, had It seems that the state land board w ill bo able to put out a considerable sum in this way. T h e districts whose offers o f bonds have been accepted are D istrict No. 1, In Clatsop county, which w ill Issue bonds to the amount o f | I 5 , 000 , and D istrict No. 2, In W asco county, which w ill Issue bonds to the amount o f $S60Q. T h e loans w ill be made at 5 per c e n t Interest. T h e usual rate fo r m ortgage loans Is 6 per c en t, but the board does not find borrowers fo r the entire fund. The act o f the last legislature pro vided that w h en ever any school dis trict desired to raise m oney by Issuing bonds, It should be the duty o f the district to o ffer th e bonds to the state land board at not less than 5 per cent interest. T h e board has th e option on the bonds alt that rate, and I f the bonds are found to be lega lly Issued, may purchase them. I f the state land board declines to purchase th e bonds the district m ay then sell them in the m arket a t the best term s that can be had. T h e state land board Is also prepar in g n form o f bond Which each dis trict w ill be required to issue. U ni form ity in this respect w ill make it easy to keep the records o f bonds In the hands o f the state land board. N o school district can now Issue bonds without g iv in g the state land board an opportunity to buy them, so that practically a ll the Interest paid by school districts upon bonds h ereafter issued w ill g o into the public school fund, th u » saving this large amount o f m oney to th e public schools. PRUNE GROWERS’ FUEL PROBLEM. The- Fourth o f July fund at P o r t Marion Cord wood Has Incroaasd Jn Pries land has been transferred to the Hepp- aad Is Lcarra. ner re lie f com m ittee, and iu£ celebra An enorm ous prune crop aad an un tion w ill be held, exoept n sham battle usually short supply op wood w ill mSke ht Irvington, fo r tb e benefit o f Hepp- the fuel question an important one to ner. T h e am ount paid in is 12874.66, fruitgrow ers this fall. T h e curing o f and about $250 is outstanding. It ia the hop and prune crops takes thous expected that all this balance w ill be ands o f cord* o f wood each year. In paid. T h e re are bills outstanding the last year o r tw o the amount o f fuel which must h e paid, but th e balance cut has decreased, and it is v e ry e vi to be transferred to th e H eppner fund w ill be a t least $2500. dent that the supply w ill not equal the demand this foil. E ve ry cord o f wood country is already sold. Thh quality o f large hr is selling, at M a dly orings bnt $3.76 to |3. T h e price o f sm all fir has not advanced so much, as this clans o f wood is in less demand and m ore plentiful supply. T h e price has gone up from $2.3» and 92.60 a cord to |t. It is alm ost certain th at aa the season passes the prices w ill increase aad that prune, gro w ers w ill find the ite m o f fuel adding to the cost o f preparing th eir fru it -for m a rk e t Four thousand cords o f alabwood w ill be brought to Salem from Eugene this summer. Big A deal in vo lv in g several hundred thousand dollars- has just been con summated b y which H . L . Plttook. F. W . Lead better, president o f the Col umbia R iv e r paper company, and W . P. H aw ley, assistant general m anager o f the Crown paper company, have purchased approxim ately a h alf inter est in the Charles K. Spaulding lo g gin g company, owned by Spaulding and B. C. M iles. T h e ob ject o f the deal la to enlarge the scope o f opera tions o f the company, which ownes a m ill at N ew b erg, sveral steamboats and thousands o f acres o f tim ber lands. T h e capacity o f the N ew b erg m ill is about 20,000 feet dally, and this w ill be at least doubled, as tbe com pany wishes to Increase its lumber output. ed to A sto ria fro m service on th e p ilot schooner, says that, tm a result o f the present fresh et in th e Columbia, fresh and muddy w a ter extends a distance o f fu lly 25 m iles o ff sfiore. T h is is undoubtedly w hat prevents the salmon fro m com ing in in th e expected largo runs. Light Plant at Pert Captain Goodale, constructing quar term aster U nited States arm y with headquarters a t A storia, has received authority fro m th e departm ent at W ashington to ad vertise fo r hkla for the construction o f an electric ligh t plant at F o rt Stevens to lig h t the grounds and barracks. - tt — OM Pioneer O o m . Captain Joseph Sloan, an Oregon pioneer o f 1850» first superintendent o f the O regon penitentiary, and an early ch ief o f p olice o f Portland, died a t th e homo o f Dr. E . A . P ie rc e in Salem last 8 unday. POffTLANI MARKETS. W heat— W a lla W alla , ley, 77c. 709 74c; val ■ ' Barley— Feed, $30.00 per ton ; brew ing. $31. F lo u r - B e s t grades, graham, $3.46(33.86. $3.96 9 4.30; M illstu ffs— Bran, $33 per to n ; m id dlings, $37; aborts, $33; chop, $18. Oats— No. 1 w hite, $1.10 9 1.18; Law far p a y , $1.06 par cental. Some o f the larger towns In Oregon h ave overlooked the act o f th e Iasi H ay— T im oth y, $30931; clover, legislatu re which requires that e very nom inal; cheat, $15(318 par ton. Incorporated c ity o f 4000 inhabitants Potato«#— Best Borpanks, 60966c shall have s ’ board o f exam iners o f plumbers within th irty days a fte r the per sack; ordinary, 36945c per cental, act becomes a law. A ccordin g to the growers’ prices; Merced sweets, $8 9 computation m ade by the secretary o 3.60 per cental. state as to U e tim e when acts o f tbe P ou ltry— Chickens, m ixed, 10911c; legislatu re becam e laws, the 80 days yoong, 13914c; hens, lS e ; turkeys, expired last Sunday. T b s act also re liv e, 18917c; dremed, 30933c; ducks, quires that in such towns e ve ry per son desiring to engage in the occupa •7.0097.60 per dosen; faces, $ 8.009 tion o f a plumber shall first secure a 8.50. license from the board o f examiners Cheese t F u ll cream, twins, 1 6 X 9 of plumbers. Plum bers are re 16c; Young Am erica, 1 6 9 1 5 X e ; fact quired to pay a license fe e o f $1 and ory prices, 1 91 X c leas. each shop o r establishm ent must pay B olter— Fancy creamery, 3 0 9 2 3 X c a license fee o f $5. per pound; extras, 33c; dairy. 209 22 X c ; store, 16 c 9 1 8 . Portland Real Estate Active. A n Increase o f pearly $90,000 above Eggs 17910c per dosen. the real estate transfers o f tne pre H ope Choice, 18920c per pound. ced in g week lg fh e feature at the past W ool— V a lle y ,1 2 X 9 1 7 c ;E a s te rn Or week In Portland, am ong tbe realty dealers. T h e building perm its fo r the egon, 8 9 1 4 c ; m obair, 3 5 9 3 7 X c . same period show a sligh t decrease, Beof— Grom, cows, 3 X 9 4 c , par but nothing abnormal when the ordin pound; steers, 6 9 6 X 0 : dressed, 8 X 0 . ary fluctuations o f tbe construction V ea l— 7 X 9 8 c. business are considered. Organize a Fair Chib. Mrs. Em m a Galloway, state organi ser o f wom en’s L ew is and Clark clubs, ne; fo r who- w as in Mbnmouth last wee, where she ers it, and form ed another club with a good char te r membership. , i t —Colton. X I HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON Mutton— Grom, $3.60 per dreeeed, 6 9 6 X 0 . . Lamba— Grom, 4c per dressed, ’ X c . H ogs—G rom , 696 X 0 per pound; pound; pound; 1.