The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, January 06, 1905, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextnaslS!" . 4 M' By Order f the Czar A Story of Russian Power By M A A' C tS K A S T 1. A K K ri'MTKi. IX. i., . i 11 re country haa chang TV ed i .'t i it from Little Kolga nn earl; i nuiig noirl a month ago. And I, ton i'ii t'i ned. Like a forest tree my fi mo 1i hardeued and Mrength cno 1 n I w ith It my minl has cat out urn mi fi'ir and become Mini and strong. Since I got Manttcba letter nt Lit telling me that ehe hi nt borne mill safe, 1 em Imbued with hop and coa'deoee, and Ifr J"irneyed on,ao cleila)gineir wlh oil aorta and condi tion of mkii v ;iout meettM; with a single nil-dieiitiire. Anl now I ii ti'illx I the govern ment of K"uio. c.ttmg vary near the front rr r n! ir tirst dllHcillty la staring me in the fur. I have noted IU ap ptfii li rvirt nine I have occasion to take out , 'ii'iha's Hit) pnre to pay for (r . I meal, and, calmly, pbih 0l 1 I -ire thought lli'H t!l tiBM I will BtiJ a wai ' tt hn i o. The landlnrH flf the Inn befme v . .iwir I sit haa jairt received on In itmi p'lm toy titt teu-copek pi c 1 li i rvo led town as much aa jxm1Uv t"it ii n town ant I bow bound, imvu.v; ii I rurbi In my hot letter to w r Jo Kovno. Tbe landlord ha just ii - ii I me that It lie twelve vcrste iron 'ere: 1 what) therefore ha In pQseei"ii f mr letter lu a few hour. I rise a.il stretching myself take p n Meat aider stirk that 1 ent at the bcginnles: of uiv journey. aRtl mart at a steady pace up the street. Soon the last wooden hut U passed; the Innumerable patches rf reclaimed land, and ajtalii the trackless w as of box ami moor etretrb rni-jr to right and left, ever which the iiamiir hawks quiver eternally. 'Hullo, brother! lie merciful!" ex claims a voice from the ground. I ab ruptly stop, anil looking down percehc that my stick, which I hare Wen sway Ins from okle to side, has narrowly raped strtklnt; the bead of a young man ttIio reclines on the aide of the dltrh. lie blinks up at me with n foollh maud lin smirk, and I at ouce perceive that he la not sober. "1 beg your pardon." I say, lifting my bat and continuine my walk. "Hallo, stop! Walt for a follow, little brother!" cries the man. as he scram bles out of the dltrh. Tbo request affects me disagreeably: I want to ret on, and prefer my own company to that of a drunken what? not a Moujlk, nor a royniteur, nor a peasant farmer. What then? lie Is drred In a Hcht snmmer salt of njproTlncial cut, though soiled and a pot ted with grease. Ilia hands show white through the dirt on them, and on the little finger of the left Is a costly ring, a thick gold snake with a diamond In Its head. lie has struggled to his legs and stands before me, a repulsive looking object, with his sloping shoulders, his thin, blotched face, from which protruded a sharp, mean nose, looking as if the point bad been dipped in red Ink. "You might have put out my eye there, xny friend," he observes, shutting up the left and cocking the other nt me. "I might. Indeed," I respond, "for un til yon spoke I saw you not Again I beg your pardon.' ' "I accept your apology, brother," he aya condescendingly, and planting his feet Tery far apart. "And now may Z aslc your destination? Kovno, eh?" Yea, I go to Kovno." "Ah, that Is lock; I go there also, so yeit can proceed together. What think you to sea a gentleman like me going on foot the distance of twelve vcrsts? I have been cheated, robbed, my friend, of all the money I had In my purse Ore hundred roubles, that Is what I had when I left St. Petersburg. Well, lt it got ITelp me along, brother, and I will pay yon for it. when we get to Kovno. My uncle is Governor of the Frovlnce I am going ou a visit to blm. Ha is rich." He awaggers along, stretching his short legs to their utmost capabilities In order to keep step with me; yet I attempt sot to adapt my walk to his, and pre atrve a glum silence In my vexation, whilst I curb my longing to shake him off my nnn. "What la your business?" he asks pres ently. "I am a atudent." I reply shortly. -What faculty V -Medicine." "Studied In Moscow?" "St Petersburg." "What, St Petersburfgl I, too. am a Bt Petersburg studeut!" I at once regret having spoken the truth. He atops short at atares at me. "Let roe look at you, brother"' Then shaking bis bead "No, may I be bung If ever I saw you before!" He still stares and hla Jaw drops until his open mouth takes the form of the Jstter V. "And yet, I have seen some one like you somewhere." Suddenly be slaps his leg. "By all the saints!" be exclaims. "I know now. I went to see some fellows hung once, and one of them, the ringleader, had the look of youl Perhaps you remember the esse? Ever) body talked of it at the time. They called the fellow I speak of Vladimir Alexandrovitch Lubanoff." I thrill to hear my name thus men tioned; nevertheless I am sufficiently master of myself to reply with perfect composure: "Yes, I remember all the particu lars." "He waa a fine fellow, that Vladimir Alexandrovitch, and you are a fine fel low. We will have a good time together In Kovno. I will stand treat My uu- "Thanks for your good intention," I Interrupt "but I remain not In Kovno. X am merely passing through." Meanwhile the exercise In the fresh air gradually sobers him. He talks less, and filially not at all, having enough to do with porting and blowing. I pretend pot to obserre, and atalk on. At length . iiia mini out: "What Is all the hurry? We are not walking for a wager. Why anoum we blow ourselves this way?" "I am not In the least blown," I reply, "ajsul axcusa me It I decline to rest with ou. I mum Bet on to Kovno with nil haute, 1 hae IiusIhoks there." lie lrbi ko my ami and Ktaro. nt mo, whilst hln neao srown to grow sharper, and the red rims remit! his ojfa to deepen. "What? Hare I hoard aright?" ho ayi "you would leave n brother thu. hi thw awkward predicament?" "I hare no choice: 1 am obliged to pro ceed. Hut look jmi, take my ndxlro, wait here until some vehicle conii up and bantu I for a life. Von have only to aay that jou axe a nephew of the fiovernor, CHAPTHU X. I finish not my santanc. for I we coming toward at. Is a cloud of dust, a lime "calash" drawn by four hoee. M companion ha started forward, and la peering In the direction of the equip age with Ma hand arched over hla blink ing eye "My alt the ealnti. It la very Hhe ye. It U my uncle's oalaahf be ex claims. "Tnat'U wall: the I have the honor h wish .o good-hy," 1 say, Hwring quickly away. "So laare ma not! Stay am! help me out of this! What u 111 he think 'to Knd ma thus? Oh ah, help me t mhc lie! Yon are a fellow-student both food of walking )ne day back me up, broth er!" I bite my lip ami pue Irresolute. There U nothing for It but to meet the Inevitable with a boh! front. "I will stay," I reply. "You may rvlj on me." lie wrings my hand, and proceed to mop hl fare with u dirty cambric hand kerchief; after which he pull down hl waistcoat, straightens himself, ami al ready the cloud of dmt Is receiving us. "Ah, my uncle, 1 thought I was iwt mWtakeu! I knew your trotters at n glance. I hope 1 seo you well, Vaslli Urkwrterltcb!" The sole occupant of the carriage, a thin, sharp-featured man of middle nge. dressed in uniform, peers at tne speaker. and then exclaims: "la It poslble? My brother's son, Andrei Plotrovltch!" "Yes, my uncle, I am he I Ha. ha! You have expected me for some days; but not thus, not now!" "I hare looked for this arrival every day for a week! And now what Is this? I meet thee here, on foot and In this plight?" "Ah. yes, that Is Just It a plight! Walking on a dusty road Improves not one's appearance. Ha! ha! I feel quite disreputable. But It Is only on the sur face, my uncle. You see. I am passion ately fond of walking In the country, and the day Is so fine I could not resist A freak a mere freak, and now I have had enough of It My friend hem as I was saylug, my friend here was Just complaining of fatigue when you came In sight, Vaslli Grigorlevitch." "The lying acouudrel!" I think, yet I dare not contradict him, and stand silent ly enduring the severe scrutiny of the Governor, "Helu!" he nasals at length, and with draws his eyes. "Where are thy effect. Andrei Plotrovltch r "Sent In advance, my uncle; they will arrive before us." "Hem!" ejaculates the Governor again. And to the man servant who has descended from the box: "Yeremsl. open." The carriage door Is held wide. "May I pray you to ascend, monsieur!" Tho Governor Is addressing me, though he Is looklug past me. "I thank your Excellency, but I am really walking from choice, therefore beg to decline your courteous offer." "Ah Indeed are you fond of walking, an accomplished pedestrian, and doubt less a true rotary of Nature. I congrat ulate you on your good taste, air!" Then to his nephew: "Yet I understood thee to say that thy friend bad complained of fatigue. Andrei Plotrovltch?" "Said I so, Vaslli Grigorlevitch? Sore ly not! You must have taken me np wrong. I said that I waa fatigued, could scarcely say ao of my friend hem Ivan hem Ivan Feodorelvltch." lltx his uncle's gaxe being removed from him, the perverted Jackanapes winks and makea a grimace at me. "Ivan Feodorelvltch," he repeats with empha sis and auother wing, "can walk his fifty versts a day as easily aa you can take a pinch of snuff, my uncle"!" It Is evident to me that alnce ha Is comfortably Installed In bis uncle's car riage and the embarrassment of the meet ing Is tided over, Andrei Plotrovltch would not be sorry to part from ms. "Indeed! A manly accomplishment." observes the Governor, making me a stiff bow. Presently he asks me: "Are you making any stay In Kovno, Ivan Feo dorelvltch r I wince at the name the young fool has fathered me with, and to which I am compelled to answer: "No, your Excel lency, I am merely passing through." "Ab, well, If we are not to have the pleasure of your company, Ivan Feo dorelvltch, I have the honor to wish you good-day," and the Governor raises bis cap with another stiff bow, to which I respond. "Au revolr, Ivan Feodorelvltch !" ex claims Andrei, with an audacloua grin. The man servant shuts the carriage door, swings himself to the box, and In a few moments I stand aloe; In the road. I step out after this, and the vim stones crop up quickly one after another. I advance Into the town until the houses begin to take the form of streets, and I fee! the round bowlders of the pavement under my feet Then I ask my way to the general postofAce of a respectable looking cltlxen. I am dlrectsd to the usual square, flanked on all sldea by government build ings, over whose entrances hovers the spread eagle, In lha center of which rises an equestrian statue, probably of Peter the Great I am presently enter ing the postoHce. In ascending the steDs mr eyes rove up the street and are arrested by the sight of two officers whom I met In the suburbs, who are Just turning the corner togsther. They both look toward ma. j-4 Well, there la nothing extraordinary In two gomlnrmos walking together, nor Is tterc nitythltnr tvmnrknlilo In the. fact that they luippeu nlniultniuMiily to di rect their ije Inward mo. It Is acci dent pure nccldent, I think, slinking inj self froo of thti vague intensities Hint I crt'opliig on mo. And I push open the swing door of tho "l.oft l.otlor Depnit moiit." "A letter for Waldentar Nleolnlilleh Aiiknnotrr "Yes, there I one." The clerk linnd It to mo and m finger close with a thrill of jo mi the prodou tulxalve. All In well! I well! my heart sing. 1 spring down the stops and hare gained the street, when a hand I put on my ahoul dor and 1 seo lieforc me (he ixtltoo otll cera, one of whom addreaeva me courte ously: "You are a stranger In town, I bvlloic sir?" "Ye, I am a stranger to Kovno: I nm palng through the town." 1 rvpl, look ing the man steadily In tho face. For tunately he cannot see my Hying pill. "Uxaetly. I am rry to Imie to trou ble ou, but wo have order to Inspect the paper of traveler. The police In spection department I Just acroa the square If )ou will hate the goodneos to accompany us." The man Indicate a large atone build tug opposite. It coata ma a aupremc effort not to groan aloml, and my loiee shakes aa I stammer: "1 have not my paper here. Would It not ettfftca If I present myself with them tomorrow?" "t regret to say that It wonhl not." rep!ie the officer. Tader these circum stance we are boand l place yon tinder arraat until your paper are torthcom lag." "Well. It i no use parleying, alout It." rough 1 Interpose) the other omVer. "The man must coma with us. That I the sum plikW Ami he laya his hand tm my arm. "The gentleman I unite willing to go with us ami set this little matter right." obeene the polite otttecr. and bo quietly stroke hi companion's band from my arm, taking bl place on my other side I still hold Maruscha's letter crushed In my finger, forgetful of It In this mo ment of perplexity. I am reminded of It by Its dextrous withdrawal. "Permit mr," obpurrea the polite o ni cer. He rale It to hi eyes ami slonly read the addre amud. "Waldemar Nleolnlvltch Altkanoff." He hows to ward mo as If a third party were lu the act of presenting mo to him. "A good name. A good Itiiftftlan name!" "I hare not read that letter. It Is from my betrothed," I say, choking down my ludlgnatlou. "Will you permit me to read It? Surely It can make no differ ence so that you retain It In your pos session?" "My duty I to place It In the hand of the Prefect unopened," Is the response. "As there Is nothing treasonable In It, he will return It to you." The cold sweat breaks out on my brow. "Oh, Marucha! Mnruscha! God lu His mercy grant that thou hast not compromised thyself!" I Inwardly groan. Meanwhile, with a gendarme on earh side of me, I hara crossed the square and am entering the police oRlcea, We pass Into a small ante-room and stop at a door at which the officer who seems al ways to take the initiative knocks. It Is torn open Instantly, ami an Irate head Is thrust out surmounted by a military cap. "What now?" exclaims this Individual. "No use coming to me! I have nothing to do with It After business hours going home to dinner. Should have been gone an hour ago." The gendarme draws blm aside and whispers to him. I strain my ears to catch the purport of the gendarme's remarks, but only hear: "The Governor. "St. Petersburg." and the name Andrei Plotrovltch." Only three words, yet they are enough to In form me aa to whom I owe my arrest, and the knowledgo lightens not my ap prehension. Whilst the gendarme Is whispering, the listener fixes his goggle eyes on me aa If he would look me through. I endure his looks with the Indifference of despair. When the gendarme has finished whis pering, the oUlcial pronounces the flat "Lock him up! Case will be heard to morrow. Too late to-night. Present your report to the Prefect to-morrow. Meanwhile, lock him up." Ills orders are executed and at 8 o'clock that night the Iron-studded door receives me Into Its drend shadow. (To be continued. IMMUNITY FROM TRAMPa Scenting; It by the Unselfish Olrlng of an Amateur Cake, "We owe our Immunity from tramps to pastry," proclaimed a recently mar ried Gennantown man. "Hotter yet my wife made the pastry. It waa this way. To begin with, alio Insists upon the pastry. Stio makea cakes, and even plea, but she always forget some Important Ingredient; ao one time a thing will bo aa heavy aa lend, and the next as wet aa water this la when aha la stingy with tho flour. "It ao happened early In our game of housekeeping that a tramp applied at the back gate for aomethlng to eat. My wife siiid ahe was sorry, but there was nothing to spare, and In repeating it to me abe added that everything we had waa too fine to spoil by cutting. I espied her latest In cake (I had al ready discovered lta leaden quality) and I rushed out to him with It tell ing her that selfishness waa unpardon able and self-denial a virtue too sel dom practiced. Now, whatever that tramp told bis brethren I don't know, nor do I know If be ate the cake and died, or waa brained with It by some Jealous one who wrenched It from hlra. nut I do know that no tramp has since ventured to approach us with a request for food. Taking the cake was no merry Jest" Philadelphia Itecord. Vacancy, "Mamie used to laugh so heartily and so frequently that It waa a pleas ure to be with her. What has sobered her down so?" "Lost a front tooth," Detroit Free Press, History makes baste to record great deeds, but often neglect good ones. Ballou, MEXICAN WAR VETERANa Twetttytwn of Them Are tltlll oaths Army Hetlred 1. 1st, It Is Interesting to nolo Hint of tho olllccrs who took pnrt In tho Mexican wnr tlioro nro still twonly-tivo on tlm rot trod list of tlio army nt tho present time, niijh tho Now York Pout. Of tlila number seven tiro 'ot Point Knulu ate, mill lite other llfteeu weie either appointed from clll llfu or nerved In the rank during Hint eoutliet itud Inter wore given coiiuiilaMlotia, t'upt. Napoleon J. T. Mitim linn Hie lienor of being Hie oldest Knidiiute of the Military Academy now on tho re tired list, linvlnu entered Hint ttistl tutlou In IS'tS. Ho I followed by MnJ.-tlen. Tliotuna .1. Wood, who en lorod lu IKII; HrlK.-GeiiH. J nine ,0111(0 and Marcus l. L. Sltiiion, and I.lout.-Col. Henry 1). I lender aliott, who entered In lSI'J; MnJ.-Uon. Orlando II. Wlllcox and llrlg.-Uoii. llorntio (1. (lll)on, who begun their nervlee In ISIit. All of tliem olllooni nerved with credit lu the Mexican war. and received an advance In urado thl year for civil-war norvleo. with the exception of Capt. Dana, who resigned from the service In l.s.Vi hm ii captain lu the iiiartoriiiaattr' department, and who, through OiMgrossloiml legis lation, was reappointed an aawhttant iiuartorwaater with the rank f cap tain, August 3, 1MU. Nina days later be waa placed on tlm retinal Hat, and therefore tloca not -nnvhe any Wtn-ilt from th law meod this spring, lie also mtrred .throughout the civil war In the voluutocr service, rvcwhlue; the rank of major-general. MuJ.-Geu. I.nvrnce P. Graham la the oldest oltlcer lu jmlnt of aorvica on the reatlred M of the army, hav ing been ajiHilnteil a ttecoiid lieutenant In the Second Dragoon, October Id. 1S37. that la, no loi than alvty-eevcii yearn ago. lie la cheniy followed by MaJ.-Uen. Daulel ll. ltuek-r, who wa apimliited a second lieutenant In the First Dragoon fifteen ilays later. Gen. Itnrker I older lu yearn than (leu. Graham, having been born In IMI, ami the latter In ISIS. Then follow Meut.-Col. Thoma J. Kckeraon, who waa a private from IStS until ISM, when ho wa appointed military store keeper quartermaster, with the rank of captain; MaJ.-Gcn. Robert Murray and llrlg.-Gen. John !. Head, aur Kcona, 1SI0; MaJ.-Gen. Richard C Drum, who was a prlvnto In Uio vol unteer In IS-ltt. and who wna appoint ed a second lieutenant of Infantry In 18I7; Col. Kdwnrd Collin, who wa a private from lIO to Hail, when ho wa commissioned a llrat lieutenant of Infantry; Col. John Green, who wa a prlruto from I 111 to IS.", when he was appointed n second lieutenant lu the .Second Dragoon; MnJ. William Fletcher, who wa n prlvato In tho volunteers and regular from lHIU un til ISOl, being appointed a second lleuteiiniit of Infantry In that year; Col. George It. Dandy, who wa a private In 18I7 and ISIS, then a ca det at West Point until ISM, again a 1 prlvato from ISM until 18.17, when ho wa appointed a second lieutenant of nrUllery; Urlg.-Gcn. Kllsha I. Rally, surgeon. 1817; Llout-Col. Albert II. Kauffmnn, who was n prlvato froln 1817 until 1803, being then appointed a captain of volunteer and made a flrat lieutenant of cavalry In 180d; MaJ. John Miller, who wa n prlvnto lu the volunteer nnd rogulnr from 1817 until 18152, when ho wa commis sioned a second lieutenant of Infan try; Ilrlg.-Gens. John K. Hummers and John Campbell, surgeon, 1818. All of tho olJtrcr were on duty dur ing tho Moxleau wnr. Col. KniifTiimn served sixteen years In tho rank ho foro being commissioned. It I sel dom nowadays tlint an enlisted man who succeed lu getting n commission hn served over flvo year lu tho ranks. HONEYMOONS IN OKLAHOMA. aiutunl ltdltor Huys Tlier Are Almost Unknown In UU rtccllon. Tho honeymoon, a thu term usual ly Implies, I about a scarce In this section a snowball In August, say tho Mutual (O. T.) KntorprUo. Wo do ' not mean to convey that our peoplo never get married, for weddings are getting of such common occurrence that tho boys forgot to serenade tho contrucUng parties any longer. When one of our young couple get married they do not spend a month honeymooning, a I tho custom In tho KiiMt, hut they settle down to Uio rou tine of llfu with tho ono harmonious Ipurposo of building up a coinfortnblo and happy homo. Instead of "spoon lug" around over tho country, attract ing tho attontlou of everybody, look ing slckenlngly lovahlo and calling ouch other all kinds of sweat little "chestnuts," tho newly married may be found at work tho uoxt day follow ing tho nuptials. It may be Uio bride will put out a big wushlng, while Uio other half will bo found plowing corn 'and carrying water simultaneously. And this Is not a result of a lack of reapect for the nupUal relaUonablp, but the opposite. The average bene dict here Is highly respectful of his marriage relation. No one la more cautious to recognize Uie rights and wishes of bis wife than he. Always upon leaving home be takes the pre cauUon to kiss bar good-by, under pen alty of turning prematurely bald or In viUng some oUier calamity equally aa undesirable. This Is evidence of- his devotion, but the wife 1 no less at tenUvo and on tho whole few of our married couple have ever found It necessary to dissolve partnership. But Uie period known as the "hon eymoon" has dropped out It Is a dead lettor In this part of Oklahoma and some of us older folks are mighty glad of It MRS. CASSIE L. CIIADWICK, THE CUVtLANIJ YU0.'N ui niioiMii. I .V S f K I -awWc WsataawBnWy AsjJ f TiVlmTjT WHO MRS. CIIAOVtICK IS AND WHAT SHE HAS DOSL Mrs. Cbadwlck waa reared In an unpretentious Canadian horns, and her anteccdente and early history aro eiirrounded In mystery Friend de clare tho mystery of her birth was mado known to her comparatively re cently She was married In 1WHJ to Dr lroy H. Chadwlck. a wollktmwn physician of Clot eland. She haa been accusal of mesmeric Influence over men, but tho allegation Is repudiated by creditors. She borrowed upward of fl.isJO.OOO In largo amounts from loading bankers, spent a fabulous fortune on house furnishing". Jewelry and furs and brought i-owcrful but myaterlotii frictwU to her aid In tho hour of International notoriety QENERAL LEW WAtLACE. ItuHnntmi I'oniou as an Author, Hal dler and Diplomat. Within a abort time General Iow Wallace will be 78 year old. He waa born In Rrookvllle, Franklin County, Ind., In 1827. He baa, been In tbe thick of poltUcal, military ami literary life slnco the Mexican war, which he entered before he bad attained hi ma jority and from which he emerged a young lieutenant covered with honor. Apparently nothing In lit whole won derful career to which he has act his hand has been done other than well, Possibly tho leaat success attained by him was a a lawyer, which career he embraced In his early manhood. After the stirring event of the Civil Wnr, from which ho emerged a major gen era), he took up for a brief perjod the practice of Uie legal profusion. He wa not wealUiy In those day ami some career waa ncceaeary, Hut ha did ' not like Uie law, and gradually, with dlpIomaUc work Interspersed, he un dertook the work of a litterateur, In which he haa made, If comparison are posaibl In so wall-rounded a life, bis moat djtlnrtilhed aaoceaa. Am tbe author of Ben-Hur General Wallace U known In practically every oocntry of tbe glob. No other book 'since abe days of Pilgrims' IrogreM baa beea so widely read. An estimate lodlcatM that from the total number a edition of the book that have beea eht at least 4,000,000 people hare read and enjoyed tbe hooater Midler's beautiful taie t the lowly Naaarane. Tbe dramaUaation of the work, which was completed In 1601, further ex tended the general knowledge of tbe etory and added largely as well to (tie fame and profit of Uie author, ly every right of ancestry General WaHao is entitled to the dUUnctlon whloh he has achieved, ne waa "to tbe manner born' his father, David WftUaee, having been elected Govern or of Indiana la 1MT and to Oocgrea) ORfKIIAt LEW WALLACE. In 1HI'.' from the Indianapolis district The father was a man of strung part and of Illustrious atwratry. lu hi youthful day Opneral Wallace dis played a tendency to neglect the op portunities wbtch hla faUier'a position gave him. He listed hooka ami schools, and remained at school only so long a It waa ImpoMlhle to avoid, lu this manner he acquired but little real fundamental education. Previous to Uie outbreak of Uie Mexican war General Wallace had un dertaken the Mudy of law When the call for aoldlere came he waa among the first to enlUL II ws not yet Hi yaars old, but hi aervlcrs were so meritorious that ho cam baek from the war a lieutenant. At the close of tbe war he married Susan a ISIstnn, widow of a pioneer of Crawfonlnvllle, ami tho two hare lived happily togeth er ever alnce. Their tasto aro con genlnl, Mrs. Wallace herself being an author who ha achieved much suc cess In several book which she has published. Among tho heat-known of her writings Is "Along Uie lloaphorus," a story Uie material for which wa ac cumulated during the time General Wallace wae minister to Turkey, to which port he was apolnted by Gen eral Garfield with the understanding that he avail himself of tho opportuni ty to write anoUier novel of tho Ort ent that should follow the lines of llen-Hnr. The result of this promise was The Prince of India," a novel which quickly attained popularity and which for a time Ihreatanod to out rival Hen-Hur. Mrs, Wallace has aUo written "The City of Uie King." "The Repose of Bgypt." a brightly descrip tive talo of Egyptian life, with which she familiarized herself during the so journ of heraclf and General Wallace In Europe; "The Land of the Pueblos," written when General Wallace was Territorial Governor of Now Mexico, and wbtch 1 given tbe distinction by critics of containing more romance and local color of New Mexican his tory Uinn any other book yet pub lished. The story of the wrlUng of 'Ths Prince of India" U an Interesting one. When Garfield was elected President h sent for Wallace, who waa a close personal friend, and during the con rersaUon offered to make him minister to Constantinople on the condlUon that be would write another book during hla atay In Turkey, The proffer was accepted by General Wallioe. During his voyage to Europe Garfield waa as teeainated, but Wallace considered nil promU to write a book a saored pledge. "Tbe Prince of India" was th remit It like "Ben-Hur," U being dramaUaed. Abstlneaoa. Mistress Katie, do you eat onions? New Girl (with dignity) No, mum, not fr breakfast New OrUan Times-Democrat A. woman can board a train without a ticket, do a little crying and r wherever tho pleases.