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i $&&&s$$&d&$d&&&&&d&! CO ...LIGHT AND SIIAWt... &issees6esees3SQQseQQQ iINETTE'S eye bespoke tin ap proaching storm. "A fulr worn 'mi ncalnl' she muttered half audibly ns she gathered up the curds Impatiently to throw for the last time which should declile If she were right to doubt Cecil's loyalty. Fearing to lenm the worst, yet determined to know tho truth nt nny cost, Ninette, tho dark-oyed artist' model, spread out the fortune-tellliiR cards on the pedestal before her, while she awaited the cotnlnR of Cecil Thorne, master of the studio and of her heart. "Ah! Tills Is better" with a smile of satisfaction "why, here Is Rood luck again! Perhaps, after nil, Cecil Is true. If I could only understand their laiiRiiaRcl Hut he never speaks to her lu French. Courage. Ninette! the last cards tell your story. Is It a fair lady or a dark Rlrl who U loved by Cecil T Dleul" The "fair lady's card" had turned nRaln, and Ninette burst Into a fresh deluge of tears Just as the false Cecil awuug open the studio door and. with out otiosrvlng the crouching figure of Ninette, began to whistle a merry air. "How can you whistle when I nm so miserable!" said Nluette Iwtwccn her 80t)B. "Why, bless my soul, Ninette, I nev er saw you I" "You have no eyes for me. You would have seeu another If she had been here." "Another would not hnve kept so silent, perhaps and tears, too! Now this 1 tlresome.-wheu I have had such n turn of good luck. Listen, Ninette, nnd dry your eyes. My picture " Of me?' "No, no the great one, 'The Dawn.' will be exhibited. Then If luck comw TOE onEAT OXE, our way, as Is sure to happen, wo can be you know what!" Cecil drew Nluette to him In affec tionate embrace, too elated with his own hope of prosperity to question further the causo of tears. Ninette's doubts vanished somewhat as the ten der avowals of lovo fell from the lips of her lover. She could not believe blm quit false, and yet why did he not exhibit her portrait In tho salon. Could not "Dawn" have black hair as -well as golden, and surely the fair lady was not otherwise more beautiful than she. Cecil Interrupted tho unpleasant rev erie with, "Ninette, do you know I believe my love for you has made me a' better painter! M. do Tbalea was here this morning and said the warmth and soul of The Dawn' were extra ordinary," Tho announcement that lovo for her had aided blm In putting warmth and soul Into the eyes of another woman was not comforting to Ninette, and she broke from his embrace Impatient ly. Catching up her broad-brimmed hat, she dashed out of tho studio and hut herself In her own little chamber, which was on tho ground floor. "The little vixen!" laughed Cecil, "I supppose old Gretha gave her a bad breakfast this morning. 8he did not heem properly pleased with the posxl- blllty of your belug soon Ah, Julia! I am glad you havo come. The 'picture Is. nearly tlnlslied and such ' good news! De Tunics was here this morning and was delighted. Why do you look at tho door are you afraid of ghosts fallowing you lu?' ' "No, Cecil, but do you kuow I have a strange feeling of fear sometimes when I seo Nlnetto! Sho peered at mo to-day as I came up the stairs, and her black eyes looked like thoso of a ti gress. Cecil, that girl Is dangerous! I hope she Isn't fond of you; you know that Is easily possible with, these French ceratures of Impulse." "O, that Is Just like you women," re plied lightly that excellent Judge of feminine emotion; "always suspicious of another woman's love. Well, I can tell you ono thing, Julia; Ninette!! love Is less dangerous than her hate, al though I should not like to trifle with either. Hut I, "who so thoroughly un derstand Ninette, shall tnko caro that bo danger attends her lovo for me." Nlnetto bad crept from bei chamber S(J "THE PAWX." B and was listening at the keyhole of tho studio with hot breath and angry eyes. How tender his voice! Almost the only Hngltsli word that Ninette knew was "dear," and she heard him nnnlr It to Julia the falr-lmlrrd. Sho felt sho could burst with Jealous pas sion, but at this moment she heard familiar voices on the steps nnd sev eral comrades stood before her. "Oood-monilng, Nina!" exclaimed the foremost on beholding the model, whom all know to be a favorite with Cecil, and. locking his arm familiarly In hers, they entered tho studio, fol lowed by the others. "Hello, Thorne Just heard of your luck, my boyl Hive us a shake of tho hand, old chap, before you get too high up In the world to tvcegnlzze old frlMids. Let's have n holiday now In celebration. Come out of the studio alter to-morrow you will be too grand for frivolities." Julia arose and smiled assent. "Do, Cecil; you work much too bard. It will do you good. Good-morn-lug, gentlemen; good-by, Cecil Ni nette!" The last was an exclamatlou, not a greeting. Nluette was glaring from her dark eyes, and Julia Involuntarily shudder ed as she lifted her rich silken gowu nnd swept down the stairs. "O, If I knew how to speak French I would let the little French demon know she must not stare nt me so In solently, l'oor Ninette! 1 hope her love for Cecil will not Interfere with his work, but I nm the last person In the world who ought to blame her for loving him." Careless and free as are only the pleasure-loving American artists who alternate the study of art with that of "La Vie" In tho Kden of both, Cecil Thorne and Ills companions made the cafes In the Latin quarter of l'arls ring with their merrluicut uutll a late hour, when Cecil returned to hli lodging, In toxicated with tho thought of the mor row. He spent a half hour or so In hli studio, and after making a few final arrangements started for bis attic bed room. As he passed the door of Ni nette's aprtments he wondered if she slept Then, at a sudden recollection of his hopes and all they meant to him, he broke into n merry whistle and mounted light-heartedly to Ills own door. His burst of merriment was the last straw. "To-morrow," she thought. "I will not forget that I have helped you to put warmth and soul Into her oyesl You think you shall find famo to-morrow, nnd that the falr-halred, cold hearted girl will help you to rejoice; but you do not know Ninette!" Springing from her couch, she felt for matches, but could And none. "No matter," she said. "I know tho easel welL Havo I not wntched blm bond ing over It as though he loved the canvas Itself? I) leu! you should have exhibited Ninette." Noiselessly, vln dlctlvely, she groped her way along tho dark passage Into the studio. Not even n moonbeam to nsslst her feet over tho cold stono floor. "Ha the easoU" she gave n llttlo cry of pain as her tender foot came In contact with the sharp edge. Then, seizing u wet brush, with delicious Joy she drew It again and again ncross tho picture, smearing beyond recognition every corner of tho canvas. "There!" she said as she threw down the brush and started to leuvo tho studio. "There! Mile. Yellow Hair I hate golden hair nt least, I should hate It If Cecil had not golden hair." The thought of Cecil's fair hair, which she had so often covered with ardent kisses, recalled her to a mo ment of sudden reproach. What had she dono? She, who pretended to love Cecil, had destroyed the result of n whole half-year's toll and his hope of fortune, nnd perhaps yes, thnt selllsh "lierhaps" swept over her with over whelming force, and the little criminal crept back to her chamber, throw her self upon her couch, nnd there remain ed till her restless slumber wns dis turbed by the sound of Cecil's foot step entering the studio, Kho awoko with n start. IIo was walking towards tho easel. She dared not go to hint; she woutd wait till the flrst outburst of his passion had pass ed. For a long tlmo there was abso lute silence in tho studio. At last, un able to bear tho suspense, she timidly opened the studio door and looked lu. All trace of the defiant Insolence which made her so bewitching had vanished, and she paused submissively, awaiting tho volley of reproof which slip so richly deserved. Instead of this, Cecil smiled at beholding her nnd udvnnced to meet her, and sho felt half afraid. "Ah, thero you are, nm chero. Come and see what some villainous hand has done." "No, no," answered Ninette, still questioning his sanity. "I cannot look upon It 0, Cecil, you havo driven mo mad with Jealousy!" "Jealousy, ma chero? What on earth aro you talking about?' Do you not believe that I lovo you fondly devot edly " "Stonl You call her 'dear.' Cecil, answer mo this do you love the fair 'Julia who sits for 'The Dawn?'" "I.ovo her f course I do but not as 1 lovo you." "There, you confess! I will not sharo your love with her. I was sorry 1 did It, hut now 1 am glad glodl You would bo famous with her portrait and sho would be glad with you. Is It not so? You dare not deny It!" "Why, Ninette, how strangely y.ou l talk! Would she not be nil unnatural woman not to be glad of her brother s success?" "llrotherl" almost shrieked Ninette. "Urother? She Is your sister, Cecil?" "My dear child, do you mean to tell mo you hnve not known that?" "Why have you never told me tlint before?" "Why, Ninette, I never dreamed that you did not know It. Kvery one else known It, nnd you havo never spoken of this liefore." "No, I could not In-ar to speak of her. and I heard nothing of your tnlk I do not understand your Kngllsli tnlk. And now O, Cecil! Cecil! tho picture the villainous hand "O. ves! to be sure: 1 nearly forgot , the plcturu with your wild talk. I say, j Ninette, wlint a uood thing 'Tlie , !....... 1....1 ..... r..mni-,i fmin i lin I easel I" Ninette burst Into a loud laugh. "Itemoved? Say It again, Cecil! It was removed, and It was not her pic ture thnt I 0, what would you have done?" Then the painter realized for tho llrst tlmo what sho had Intended to do. You llttlo vlxcnl" he said seriously. I "did you do It, and did you menu to lawn and Instructed to report Sntur spoil 'The Dawnr Ah, Ninette, you day. August 20, nt whlrh time tho or are really too bad!" ! ""'"'J0" J" "'?. r Hut sho wns not listening. Kl.e knew how to mnkc her peace with him Chicago Tribune. FAMINE IN TIMBER THEEa OrowlaK Bcm-cltr of Wood HnltatiU for Mufcturlnir 1'urpot-. It will bo but a few yenr In-fore durable timber becomes very much di-urer than It Is nt present. Howl chestnut nnd wldto oak iwsts are , worth now fifteen cents each, and red cedar posts twenty cents apiece, mi i dressed, nnd are hard to get at that. Ten years from now tho supply will be ' much less. No more protltnblo use of I land can bo mndo than to plant wal nut, chestnut, oak, hickory, spruce, nsh, maple, poplar, willow, locust and i Prairie City, September 1-3; Hose other trees thnt have a value In tho , '"?. 8optomber 1-4; Hcppnor, Sep- . n i . 1. . i e, ,i, tomber 2-4; Hov ns, September 7-9 arU for their Umber. Plant tho rough g(f Bcp'tombor 0.n. Vale. Rep- lanu u trees, iuo ""ji"" ' "" i tembor 10-12; Oregon City. Hcptam grown In tho southwestern ortlou of , j)f,r 15.17; Klamath Falls. September our country more extensively than any other exotic forest tree. These trees nru orlglunlly from Aus tralia; they are known there under tho name of nntlfever trees, ns by their rapid growth and largo amount of foliage they absorb tho imIsoiious gases of the swnmps, making the air puro nnd the climate healthy. In Cnl- Ifornla, Kansas and Indiana tracts of 1 1 .....rl ihniiuinit ncri-s III area havo been planted with seedlings of tho eucalyptus rostrnta for fuel, rail-1 road ties and for windbreaks. On ac couut of their rapid growth they make I ''.Irnliln nhndo trees for the dwelling ! nn.t imsture lots. Ill mnny parts of the southwest tho "clypU are mil- b.r 3 Ized to advantage to furnish shade lu temDOr n.o pastures. If set along tho fences nnd f nac08i Antelopo, Soptembor 17-19. nlong tho Irrigating ditches they can fitock oxhlhlt and rnco meet, Port bo mndo to protect tho cnttlo In tho ! Und, Septembor 21-26. pasture without nt nny time Interfer-! Second Knstcrn Oregon District 1.... ...i.i, ... rv Rwviiinir. mnv 'Fair. The Dalles. September 22-20. In, hud from tho nurserymen In 100 lots nt Ave cents each. There are some ininy uincrcnr. vuruuin, mm uu of them nro said to grow equally well In tho middle nnd southern States. Plant the hllUldcs In forest trees nnd fnnn tho low ' ground.-Uultlmoro American. Ttio riiilehliiK Touult. Tho small boy with his eyes open often knows more of things us they nro than tho artist who draws things as thoy nro not An Illustrator who Is winning laurels by his flno work main tains that his most vul 'iblo critic is his sou, a boy of twelve. Ho knows little about drawing, says tho artist, but he bus a M'llck sciimo for "beauty nnd a keen Imagination ns well Not long ago I had to maKo n draw- Ing of a streeet full of people running to a fire. I fluttered myseir 1 nnd mniio a llfcllko and moving sceno, nnd sub mitted It to ray boy with 11 feeling of satisfaction. Ho surveyed It for n moment, hands In his pockets, head on ono side. Thou he said; "Tho people nro all right, but whoro'n tho dog?" "Tho dog'" I Inquired, "Whnt dog?" "Any dog," ho sold, In n touo of pity for my dullness. "Why, father, don't you know there's always at least ono dog rununlng alongsldo nnd getting un der everybody's feet when you'ro going to n tiro? Haven't you over been to n llro, father, or Hcftn a crowd going to ono?" When I thought H over, I know ho was right, nnd tho dog wont In. Wo do lovo to call a girl named Mar guerite "Maggie." HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON AUCTION SAUIS OP STOCK. A New I'cature I'lnnncJ lor the Oregon State I'slr. Auction nnhH of livestock will ho conducted ul tho Oregon slnto fair on September 18 and ID. Tho fair has al ways afforded an opportunity for fonuora and breeders to buy and Hull stock, and ovory yenr mnny sales aro mndo. Tho trausaetloiiH havo always boon made by private dickering around the cnttlo department. This yenr, tho fair management linn ar ranged for the employment of nil auc tioneer and public salon will bo held. A largo number of well-known brooders will send stock to the sale, and thoso who wish to buy can dud almost anything they wnnt. While the greatest Interest will protmbly be centered In the salon or cattle, there will also bo horses, sheep, goata nnd Iiokb sold to the highest bidder. Tho sales will begin on Frldny, and continue on thnt day nnd Saturday Those who wish to bid will thorofore have nlontr of tlmo earlier In the week to oxnmlno all the stock offered anil ucicrnune wnni uioj- " , This fenturo of the fair established nnrttculnrlr for the farmers, In likely to prove very popular. RAINIl'.K IS AWAKRNnt). Ilosrd of Trade Poroied to Further Inter ' cits of the Town, A number of tho citizens of llaln- ler havo affected a temporary organ llratlon nf n Ixinn! of trade. A com- niltteo was nnpolnted to draft by- '"'".'" ' ." , .7 n t l ioviiu i-uiuim mr iiix'nmn m to ndvortlie the resources of the town. The recent county sent ngnt. I while It wan not won by Hnlnler. It ;has stimulated the citizens to action, i Roads are to bn built, streets Im proved, factories to be put In opera tion. In short whero there in only n ' town of n few hundred Inhabitants i Hnlnler uxnecls to be n city of never nl thousand Inhabitants bctoro tho closo of the Lowl and Clark fair. Coming Ilvcnts. M. A. A. C carnival, Portland, flop, tembor 14-26. Multnomah Fair Association races, Irvlngton track, September 21-20. Teachers' Instltuto, lxstlnn, Aug ust 24-26: Hood "liver. August 20-28; 8-30; Ijikovlow. Oetohor 1-3, and Hlllsboro, October 28-30. Southern Oregon Pioneer re-unlon, Ashland, September 3. Labor Day, Portland, September 7. State convention of mining men, por,i.n,i Annimber 7 Oregon National Ouard onenmp- ment. September 3-12; Third Infan- try, Ooarhart Park; First Pattory. Seaside. August 20; ncpnratn battal- "" u-uum. ,,,,..... -.,. Joint concatenation of Hoo I loos, Portland, Scptotnber 9. Cnrnlvnl, Oregon City, 23-27. Soptembor Stato Fair, Snlem, September H-19.' Second Southern Oregon District ' Fair. Rugcno, September 2D-Octo- F,!10mo',ct!oberO6,3ty Fn'r' Klmnih Cr0Qk County Jockpy cb mcft prlnovlllo, October 27-29. Lincoln county hair, Toieno, wop- tember 10-1J IUce moot, Sumptor, October 1-C. Price of Mops Raising. Twenty-two cents has been offered for hops of the crop of 1002. TIiIh Is Information recolved by Mnnnger Wlnstnnloy. of tho Oregon Hopgrow era' association, from a rollnbla sourco. While thin prleo has been of- I fered for ono lot or hops, It Is not con sidered the nuuKct pneo, mil mereiy Indicates thnt thn market In strong nt the figure generally quoted, 20 contn, row snios, 11 nny, arc manm piaco. Wheat Low at Pendleton, Pendleton buyern nro offoring ox- tremely low prlcon for wheat, com- pared to quotations In other plncos Two salon havo Just been mndo nt 10M oents. Another small lot has boon sold nt 71 contn. At Kuroka Junction nn off or or 70 cento linn been mndo for blueatom. At Walla Walla hluostom In soiling In tho neighbor hood or 7C cents. Rich Values on Powells Creek. Sharp Drofl, & Holman, minora of Powell creek, mndo n qunrtz discov ery or unusually oxccllont npponrauco on tho hondwntorn or that stream a few days ago, Thoy hnvo uncovered n ledgo four feet In width, samplcH from which havo given values or 80 to the ton. Sale of Hohcmls Mines. William Orimth nnd son, a. H. Orlf flth, of Oregon City, hnvo sold their Ilroadway group or mlnoa In tho no hnmln district to tho Oregon Surety company. It Is understood that tho consideration was $30,000. 0001) CHOP IN POOR STRAW. Plump llcrrles rill the Mends of Marlon Wheat Stalks. At tho end of a woek'n work wllh the threshing machines the ruportn recelved nro to tho effect that tho wheat crop In Marlon county In turn ing out much better than waM vx peeled. Manager J, O. (Irahum, of llnlfour, (luthrlo & Co.'n olllco In Snlem, says that yields are running from 26 to CO bushels per acre, and even a llttlo bettor than tho last named nmniiut In reported In some In stances Mr. (Irnhnm has heard or no crop thnt ban ylolded less than 2G bushels per acre thin yenr, Tho qual ity in good. Farmers were evidently deceived by the looks of the straw thin yenr. Thn stand of straw wns poor, and tho farmers looked for only fair yields at best, but It seems that the bends or wheat were tilled out from end to end with plump grain nnd tho yield wn'n thus greater thnn appearances Indi cated, asa rr will wait a yhar. PruncRrowcrs' Iniursncs Company Can not llegln dullness r-ow. Tho directors elected by tho recent ly orgnulzed Pnmegrowors' mutual Insurance company have decided not to begin business this season. An agreement wns made with tho Oregon mutual fire relief association, of Mo Mlniivlllo, by which thai company will extend Its work so ns to Include pnine dryers. Under the agreement tho Oregon Mutunl will fix a rate of assessments on prune dryers which will mnke the cost of Insurance GO per cent of tho rates charged by old line companies. Tho prunegroworn mny perfect their organization so ns to operate n mutual company of their own by the time the next drying season begins. The directors considered It Impracti cable to get their work started this season. Ulg Ore Ilotty Uncovered.. Recent development at the "Lucky Cuss," tho property under develop ment by W, T. Cope nnd others on Mnple Gulch, n tributary nf the Ap plegate. havo uncovered nn ore body six feel In width, while the distance between wnlls Is 13 feet Tho lilo matter outside of the main ore body Is carrying streaks and bunches of qunrtz, Indicating that the whole width may come Into quarts nl a llt tlo greater depth. During the whole progress of tho tunnel, which In now nenrly 300 feet In length, there has been n steady Incrense, both In the dimensions of thn vein nnd In thn qunllty of the ore. Tho values are very steady nnd range from 18 to f20 per ton. Tho mine Is easily ncrn rlble and the ore can be handled eas ily and cheaply. Using New Road Law. Columbia county In adopting a new system for rond work under the new law. The road master, recently ap pointed, lias mndo n tour of Inspec tion through the lower end of the county and will recommend some rad ical changes In the building of roads. Sawmill on Scnspoose, Messrs. Daniels & Hnnnn, of Hood River, have secured n vnluahlo body or timber on thn north fork of the Senppoose, nnd nro putting In a saw mlll of largo capacity. PORTLAND MARkCTS. Wheal Walla Walla, 7870c; blue item, flORSc; valley, 80c. Flour Valley, 13,053.86 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, 13,00(94.00; hard wheat, patents, M.10("4.80; graham, I3.3K"3.76; whole wheat, f3.&5(44.00t ryo whe.t, M.B0. Da rley Feed, t!O.00&21.00por ton: brewing, 121; rolled, 131(921,00. Oats No. 1 white, tl.07tfs gray, fl.OOtf 1.0." percental. MlllitiifTs "Iran, $22 per ton; mil dlings, $26; shorts, $22; chop, lt; linseed dairy food, $10. Hay Timothy, $1-1.00 par ton; clover, nominal; grain, $10; cheat, nominal. Putter ysney creamery, 22KCISo per pound; dairy, 18($20o; ttoro, 16 01 do. Oheoeo Full cream, twins, He; Young Amorlca, 16o; factory prices, lQtl.oleu. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11X( 12o per pound; spring, HCSMKo; hens, 12QI2XO; broilers, $2.00 per dozen; turkeys, llro, 10Q12o per pound ;droBMl,HQlBcs ducks, $404.60 per dozen; geo, $600.60. Kggs Oregon ranch, lOo, Potatoes Oregon, 76860 per sackj sweet potatoes, 2'ic per pound. Wheat 8arka In lota of 100, Stfc. Beef Gross steers, $3,7604.25; dressed, 07o per pound. Veal 8Jio per pound. Mutton Gross, $3; dressed, 6(A fiKo; lambs, gross, $3.60; dron-vd, Ac. Hogs Gross, $6.60Qu.7oj dressed, 8c. Hops 1002 crop, 20o per pound, Tullow Prime, por pound, 45c No, 2 and great), 2KQ3c. Wool Valloy, 17CT18o; Kaslorn Oregon, 12016c; mohair, 3B37Xo.