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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1909)
r n rl t! 'tl a Tl The Pirate of Meal RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND 0 Author of "Th Count IT Copytlght, 1 008, by J. B. Lloplneott :$c&e CIlAPTEIt VI. (ContlnaM 1 followed hi directions to the porch rncloKd -wlA glass, and found Mlti Gra ham sitting there with an elderlx woman who proved to be her aunt, Miss Corey, Sbi presented m, and tha elder lady, after making a fw comments on th awful night, withdrew, Still standing. I rut my hand Into my Inner pocket and drew forth the box with the locket. "When I went back to tho Milp this afternoon I found you had dropped the locket from yonr chain. Permit me to re turn It." "Oht" sh alJ. "How jrood of yoa to bring It! 1 discovered It was gone and ia afraid I might r.ot be able to And It after the storm. Dunk you so much, Mr. Selden." I felt singularly cold and haughty, and teemed to detect a certain reserve also In her manner. The air of the Penguin Clnb wa not conducive, to informality. I had Intended to call her attention to the fact that the locket wa open when I came upon It, hut could not brlrg my elf to do no In the face of the chill that seemed to haTe settled down upon us. "Won't you tit down and talk to raJ" h mid, but I shook my head. "I must be getting back. The storm Is Retting worse every minute. The wood road will aooa be a awollen river." There came a growl of thunder and a flash of livid lightning. Ml" Graham scarcely moved a mncle. "I love storms," the said, '"but I don't blame yoa for wanting to ret home at noon at you can. You mut be soaked even In those clothe." I looked at my rough attire, and then at the dainty white evening gown the wore, and laughed a little sharply at the contrast. "It's lucky I don't often come to the club," I said. "They would probably warn me from the premises u a scare- now of III omen, Ilodney Isllp came on to the porch. In evening dress, as though to emphasize my own Incongruities. "Will you dance. Itarbara?" be said. They're playing one of your favorite value. Then he discovered me. "Hel lo, old chap!" said he. "How the deuce came yoa here? Yoa don't mean to tell roe you rode through the thick of this tormT" Petty resentment got the better of mo; I barely noticed hfm, and bowed to the girl "Don't let me keep you. Miss Graham. My mission Is over. Good night." ' SJie hf!d out her hand ; I barely touch ed" It. I was at the door when Ilodney spoke. "I say, old man, have you seen the evening papers? Terrible timet In Prance, more trouble, on the market! let me gel you the news." lie was so full of the stock exchange himself that be thought we mutt all be Interested. "No, I thank yoa." I answered, blunt ly, and went out. scorning myself for my rudeness to this chap whose only fault lay In the fact that Mis Graham cared to much about him. I was to be still more scornful of tblt rudeness to him In the da) t to come. I stood In the shadow while they passed me, then I ttole back to the glas-covered porch and looked In for a moment at the dancing. I watched Isllp lead MIi Graham on to the floor and float away with her, and I caught tight of the locket banging on lit chain about Iter throat. She looked very fair In her white gown, with her neck bare, and Isllp looked very happy as be dancmi wiui tier. I looked again at my own rough, un- couth carm. Thla was no place for me. ' Huadenty I hated the l'enguln Club and all It contained, all II civilization, all Its clothes ttnd dances. I would be off to my little hut In the dunes, with no one but Charles by, and he my very bumble ser vant. Nero waa ready, and I awung mysejf up and plunged off again Into the night. Flashes of lightning showed me the depth of the water In the woods. I ploughed my way homeward, caring nothing what happened, riding as though a legion of devils pursued. I mid no attention to Charles' Are and the bot grog that he bad ready. I flung off my solden clothes and went to bed, finding my one satisfaction In the crash ing guns of the thunder that teemed to bombard Alastalr from the sky. It wat certainly the night for any mysterious deed, I remember thinking at I fell asleep. CHAITKIt VII. I mutt have been asleep for some time when a sudden sky-cracking crash of thunder brought me wide awake. An In stinctive movement made me jump out of bed and go to the front window which looks out upon the sea. The blackness of the pit, and only the roar of t. waves against the cliff I Then while peered Into the night came a flash lightning, revealing the beach and t -waves and the open tea with ttartll clearness. The scene wan over In t time It takes to tell It, but I hcj something; a long ship's boat, oar-t flashing, half way between the Hilt tha Shifting Bboal and Alastalr, Iastair at HsrvarJ," etc 9 Company. All rights reserved. g followed blackness, and another crath of tho sky's guns. r waited, my eyes trained on the spot, and again cams the flash, and now, out near the Shoal, I saw a long, black schooner, bare of canvat, pitching like mad In the moll of an angry sea. She was not on the Shoal she might be tomt distance off It but the wat tatting a very natty squill. Darkness, anothtr peal, more lightning, and now I saw that the long boat, shooting furiously land ward, was heading towards me, wnt mak ing straight tor the beach as ft as the waves and tb oarsmen could drive her. Another lifting of night, and I saw a tall man he seemed strnngsly, uncannily tall half standing, half stooping In th stern sheets, the ends of a cape flying past him In the gal. When I could sc again the long boat was making ready for the dash Into the roaring surf. The oarsmen there were some twelve were laboring to keep th bow straight on. Tb tall man was Hand ing up to see where hs should go, and I caught sight of his white and storm-dls-torteil face. I could not move, I could not ntter a cry; I stood transited, tcarc breathing, my body taut, waiting to see what would happen next. Seconds passed In the darkness, then a flash, and t saw that th boat had weathered th worst of the surf, and wat grinding on th shore. Four of th men had leaped out and were hauling hard at the aides; the steersman, gaunt and btack, still clutched th tiller, halt crouch Inr. and wat shouting. Succeeding darkness gave m a "banc to wonder what manner of men were these making for Alattalr, deserting their ship on the coast, and landing where there was no harbor, and only a shingle bench. Light again, and I stood dnmfounded, trans fixed, for I saw a tittle procession march ing up the beach to the pines esst of met first th tall man In th long, black, flap ping cloak, then two men bearing a good sited box between them, and then two others, carrying what looked to me llko shovels. Darkness, a terrible roar of thunder, and I pinched myself to mak sure that I wat awake. I struck a match and held It behind my hand In order that no signal should be given. My watch told me the hour wat half patt one. I found that I was shiv ering from the cold, and slipped Into my coat. At every flash of light I was back at the window, raking the lx-ach with my eyes. I saw nothing but the ground! bont, with a number of men standing by. and far off the tossing hulk of the schoon er. I did not even dare step Into the hall to call Charles, so afraid was I of losing something of this remarkable sight. Min utes passed. I kept my watch In ray hand. Flash suecedd flash at greater Intervals, but the scene was still the same: the boat evidently walling, the far ther reaches of the beach empty. Half an hour had gone when my pa tience was rewarded. The same proces sion appeared from the pines, minus only so far at I could tee the box that two of tbem had carried. There wat a long Interval of blackness, and then I saw the long boat plunging again through the breakers, and the crew struggling to keep her righted with their oirs. I could see the boat was sharp at either end, and the men no novice at the dangerous work of beaching. Tbey were gone, going hack to their schooner, and t felt that the spirit pt mystery waa lifting from Alat talr. Btlll I waited, and In time the scene llghttd. and I saw that the boat had left something: tb tall, stalked man still stood upon th beach, gating seaward as though to catch th last of hit mates. I remember tnat even In that brief InJ about him, something fantastic, orn thing out of keeping with the New l"n land shore. Darkness shut In, the roar of thundl lessoned, th lightning passed ! the out world only snt me the deep, dlsta booming of the sea upon th cliff, stumbled back to Ll and pulled I clothes about me, full of wonder at wl, ray tjt bad seen. I lay there for a long time, think conjecturing what all this strange Ur meant. Somehow, my quiet beaeh been transformed; the space between cliffs now shadowed forth a mystery, a yet, prejoterout as the Idea eerned, felt In some way that I had always i pected a remarkable something to happ ray dreams In some way to come true, Alastalr wat no common place and w fit for some surprising History. In time I dropped asleep, to dream queer things. - -nil AiTKK-Vm.'. - - had not teen the tormented ichoontr, ttet landing ou the beach ot the long boat, th march Into the pines, and the final pic ture ot that tall, gaunt figure gating sea ward. I could not belleie that my Imagi nation or my dreams could he so vivid as my remembrance of those scenes. I questioned Charles closely at break fast as to how he had passed the. night. It teemed that he had slept stolidly through all the uproar. I'ven had h not, he would probably have seen nothing, for his room was at the back of th house. The storm continued, though with les sened violence. After breakfast I ven tured out, dressed for a wetting, and went first to tha place where, as 1 re numbered, tho long boat had bo-Mi beach ed. The waves had done away with all traces of the keel. Then I followed as nearly as I could th path which tho strangers had taken to th pines t but th wind and rain had obliterated th footsteps. If there had ever been any there. I poked Into the pines only to be drenched by waterfalls for my pain. Th mystery was as deep as ever when I Anally desisted and went bark to shel ls r. After some thought, I determined to keep my secret to myself. Charles would respectfully listen to my statement, but without further evidence he would be only too apt, taking th facts In con junction with my mysterious ride to the club In th evening, to believe I had dreamed It all. What would a schooner's crew be doing on our lonely beach In the height ot a midnight storm? A stii tlble man would naturally he Inclined to doubt. I settled down to work, and, shutting my mind both to the mystery and to Mis Graham, succeeded In getting a good dent done by night. Th next day I passed In similar fashion, living In quiet comfort so long tt the ttorm tatted. The third day broke fair, and early In the morning I swept th sot and th beach with my binoculars. Never were sen and land mors peaceful! the tempest appeared to hav cleared th atmosphere and brought It to a new serenity. My work accomplished, I set out for th little river to tha wet ot th cliff, to te how my catboat had weathered the gale. I found there waa sams bolting to be done, and then, called by a gentle breeie, I ran up sail and for an hour beat up th chan nel. The hot sun of noon sent me home. And I sat down to my mid-day dinner. Charles had brought me papers and a note from the club. I ran through the papers first, to prove to myself how llttl I cared for the note, but at last I broke Its teal. "I am going to hold you to your Invita tion for supper In th Ship now that tb storm Is over. May w hav It to-day about 0?" That was all, without even a signa ture. I was In two minds as to what to do. I could not disappoint her without seem ing more than churlish, without writing myself down once and for all as no gen tleman, and jet the sight of her nuts roused much of my sleeping resentment. If I went, I would at least show her that two could play at her game. I visited the larder and decided on a menu. Then I startled diaries half out of his senses, though to hi credit be It sold he never showed It. "You will pack the things" I pointed out certain pro visions "In the wheelbarrow, and take them on to the Ship on the beach. You will also take the folding-table from my study, and two folding-chairs, and set the tabl on th deck. I am going to take supper there with a lady at It. You ran tear the I ceil tea In a bottle. Hav the tupper rrady at a quarter before the hour, and then leave. We will not re quire any service.' "Yes, Mr. Felix," sl,l Charles, sedate ly. I frowned rs though the whole pro ceeding bored me, and returutd to my work. As half past fi I dressed carefully and left the house. As I walked up the beach I could not help but contrast ihls sunny scene with the night of the storm. What ever that night had brought to Alastalr, It was dear I was not to know much ubout It. I waited on the shore until Miss Gra ham appeared, and crossed the path with her to the Ship. I pulled th short rope ladder over the tide and heliel bT on Itoard. Wei beheld a suju-r table Iranian ulalely set, and place for Iwo, Miss Graham was delighted, and I could not help relenting a little when I ...- hnu- rerv i)lras-d she was More- if fy t id t ill at cd nd ry rt ich of ied g. irk on r." in- 1st tli lid- ne- I. fat- on, - vOl ..." 'Z'ZZZ A (loud Strainer I Necessary. DIrt-carrylug bnclorln onco In tho mlllr lins Intin Its harm. Altd 110 num ber of atrnlnora of nny kind yet III- Wilted Crtl ma" out tho pornlclout Rorni. Tho best ntrnlnor for tha Avornxfl dftlrymnu n tiietnl vessel, na iti own In tho cut, with tt wtru acreou of 100 wires. lirnr trrr. to tho Inch, Im oi-AMn mi n slrnlnor should bo rcplarcd ni soon na It Itecomea broWon or rutted, The only iwtlsfartory wy to cle.in tho screen of a tirninor i with a amnll. ttlff bruth. Tho liott kind nf a stmlllor It OMO with UlO acrecn on tho tldoa, rather than on tho bottom, for thon tliero It no m duo pressure, which somotlmca force aniAlt particle of dirt tliroimn nm r,uti Th M-rnener cannot bti count ed upon to nmko up for provlout caro- lcasniTsa In milking hciimiusu say that n poor strainer may even In- HfSMKo nox io PAinr utkkmui. crenso the bacterial content of milk. In using cheesecloth or thick linen for straining milk It should not only bo boiled after use. but should then bo wrapped In a paper and hakod In tho oven for thirty minutes and then kept wrapped up until tlmo to uto again. Farm and Home. Ciiniiirrrlnl ItiitT l'rm, Tho production of market egg" I probably tho safest branch of the poul try business, and tho amount ot rnpl tal Invested need not bo very large. In tho New Knglnnd Htnlos. New York nnd New Jersey tliero aro many com mercial egg farms, keeping from KOO to several thousand liens. The farm- art, too, In this section or tho country keep largo Hocks for egg for the Knit orn markets, and nil seem to lio do ing well and making money. What wo need In tho South la moro egg farina. Ijinds nro cheap, material for housing and labor rheiip, nnd, again. It Is not necessary In tho South to build siirli oxpcnslta Iioiisihi. Wo have every ndvantnga In the Southland for producing eggu at n less cost than our Northorn brothers, nnd with quick nnd satisfactory railroad fncllltlo to tho Knstcrn market tha South should bo como tho greatest poultry producing section of tho entire country Other branches of tho poultry Indus try may pay better than eg; farming, but none am attended with so llttlo worry nnd risk nnd nro so certain of sternly return nnd a fair remunera tlon for the tlmo nnd money expended. Mllbtnv. Mllklne under nulet. favorable con dition Is quite Important, for tho fol lowing reasons plainly sot form ny John Jlu Troughs, the eminent natural ist. In siieaklnir of the sunuosed Dow er of cows to "hold-up" their milk. Hava Mr. Ilurrouuhss "Moil fanner and country people thliiK that the 'giving uown' or noiumg up ino iuiik by tho cow it a voluntary set. In fact, they fanry that thu udder I a vessel filled with milk, and that tho cow release or withhold It Jut as ho chooses. Hut the uddor Is a man ufactory; It Is filled with blood rrom which tho milk I manufacture! whllu you milk. Tills process I controlled by tho cow's nervous system; when she I excited or In any way disturb ed, as by a stranger, or by tuklnif nwny hor cnir, or nny other caitso, tho process Is arrested nnd the milk will not How. Tho wliolu process Is A In voluntary a Is digestion In man, nnd la disturbed or arrested In nbout tho same way." Missouri Dairyman. Truck Pu l rh nml Oruhnril, When ono of our Western fnrmor goes down Has ha Is Impressed with tho fact that tha truck patch, the orchard, tho poultry yard nnd the dairy are relatively of vn.tly Krootor Importance than In ' country where broad fluid of Krnln, alfalfa, spud and sugar boots aro In fashion r.nd big bunches of beef cattle enliven tho landscano. Thu great cltlos, somo of them containing mur iwoplo than tho entire Stato or Colorado, must hi- (ed rrom tho rarms. The products ol the West are mainly such as may b readily transported over lonir dU- i I Inner. Hut milk, vegetatiies Aim smalt fruit ara better, a wen as i......r if nriitnrMl near tho lilnrn of consumption .and this lino of sgrloul turn h" from tun exigen-7 "i mi"n become tho Industry of Kstro '" ors. Field and Farm. l!rlr limlnsr Alwr Heli I .Miiimnr wit nut n drill lit wheat sttibblo about hnlf plowed when other work rolled u nwny. Tho remaining stubble wa turned under early till spring, nnd tho whole field planted to corn. Tho corn on last summer' plow lug Is now several Inches taller than that on the land plowed till spring. nml I ranker nnd belter In amy other way. Tlmrn Is n difference botwrcn SUtlt' mor and 'all plowing, the difference be ing In favor of the summer plowing Turning n green growth Into the soil seem to b very tuucii imiier iiinn iiirniiiif mi mmal isniwth under, but waiting until It has matured nnd dried before doing It. Here on tin wrm wo nlm to do all the plowing possible thts summer. It mny 1m hot work but tho day aro long nnd ono doe not need to hurry tho tratm Not only It It better lo get the work done n soon as ivoiwlbt for any crop lo lw sown this fall, but our experience prove to us that the earlier the belter If corn Is to I tho next crop. Fnrmor Mall and Ilrceio. Arlilllr and lluller I'lavur, It ha been a generally neeeplcd theory among teacher of and writers on dairy subject that the production ot good butter necessitate tho devel opment of a certain amout or arid In tho cream, ror two reasons, to develop n desirable flavor and lo Improve the keeping quality. Itrccnl Investiga tions by the United Stales Department of Agriculture Indicate, however, that mtter made from I'ailourlicd swevt cream ha better keeping qualities and remain free rrom objectionable flav or ror a longer tlmo than butter made from sour cream, If these facts are established It might seem that In tho years to come only sweet cream would bo bought for butter making. A Hnu Shelter. The form or Individual hoghouie shown In the Illustration Is C reel square on the ground and both door aro hinged so they will open and eloia readily; 13 loot boards mtike Iho side and roof. Use good soft pine floor ing, as It Is lighter and much roller to movo when necessary than heavier lumber; lour piece Ixl Inch and ( feet long aro for sills; two piece Sxl Inch and C feet long aro for rldgo and piste. The door In tho root can b opened when the sun shines. Sun sblno Is Iho licit lonle known for lit tle pigs In early spring, and the door SUr iMnivitu'At. iiiKiiiousr. I essential when the sow needs at tention at pigging tlmo as n means of entrant and, as I sometime th case, a very hasty exit llreedera' Oa gotle. "- "" Hairy Noles, flutter methods are gradually gain ing favor. Working to tho best advantage moans using brains. Keep ono onlf growing all tho time, but don't feed It too much. Cold and overfeeding will kill the young cair mora quickly than any thing else. Don't try to keep a cow ror milk and beer. Sho will disappoint you ev ery time. Tho nian with n "dual purposo" dream utunlly wnkoa up to find that ho I In tho beef butlnoa. It's just about as hard to gut a good hulfor out of a scrub a It I to maiia water run up hill. Tho creamery patron has his month ly cream checks wlillo tho other fol low has tha storo bill, Kvory hand separator Is built lo tako caro of a certain amount of milk. Don't reed It nnovu capacity, Tho ordinary man may bo judged by tho company ho hoops, but tho dairy farmer la judgod by tho cow ho keeps. Tha best way to lusuro high price for dairy products Is to make thorn so good that tho peoplo can't holp eating them. voni:im-MADi: biaAurnxa. W I in l' r I llvntllr llillw o l.nrH ltiiiiilln I'rmliietlmi, Though (ho Ullllfld Htntuit Is (lit greatest rlgnrettn prmlurliig nittlmt of tho world, thuro nr Imported Into tMi country ory year nmio tlmu 3.0fl0,. DUO worth or foreign uiaito tUnmlttn, sumn Turkish and soma KgrptUn. Tilrkey Is n largti tobacco prodiulng country, yielding 60,000 Inns of tnlme ro every year, and the Turks, It li well known, ami a nation or smokers. Tha amount or tobacco raised In Kgypt Is Inronilderahln, and yet K'gyp. tlnn cigarette are Imported Into 1,1, country In ronaldernbln amount vry year. Tha explanation or the mailer Is simple. It seem that the Greek to bacco nop last year waa Urn largest Greece ever harvested about zOO.000, 000 pouif I A brand or (lirnk tnbaeco I used for Kgyptlail cigarettes Why, It la asked, Kgyptlati? The answer I that Kgyptlan cigarette are made by Greeks, Ixtcalltn rlgatettfl pi. per I loo eipenstvo for Greece, whr It I a government monopoly Thui the business lias gun uvr to ligypt. The most famous cigarette makert at Kgypt ate Greek, A very larga business In rlgrtu i making has been rstnbllshsd In Alex- ' ntnlrla, and It Is In tint hands or Greek, who Import their tobacco from their own country and In turn ship it lo foreign countries, Itngland ami th United State are the chief markets for Kgyptlan cigarette, whlrli are. In fact. Greek cigarettes, those hearlNg thu title Turkish being Imported feoai Turkey direct Them ha been a decided Inrttix of foreigner who mAUUfAeturarlgar'tl, Into thU country, during the last fw yenr American rfro Inclined to Ilk the last or the foreign brand better than th domestle product and th manufacture of them Is heavy SOME MARMED MEDITATIONS. By Glartne L. Culltn. The approaching census will not state how many myriads of married couple ar living together just out at the force of habit. Homo women Ilk to make thetr hus bands go to church ou Sunday morn ing just to show thetr neighbors that they ran make 'em. Women are siii'li artistic dissembler that a pair of them ran walls together at a tunnies summer retort hotel and pretend that they enjoy It. A woman just knows that n doelor must bo a craekerjack In hi profes sion ir he ba fine white trcth and b you tlfully kept finger nail. What no man fnn understand How hi wife ran hide two suits of pfl)iwnl In lit suit rase so that ho can't ir find I hem without a search warraat nnd n writ or replevin. Tha main re son why a woman daei tint like her husband's Whelnr frl-ndt Is that she know that they know a heap of thing! about him that she doesn't know and that they'll never tell her. When n woman wants to maki an other woman ftel worried about her new dress she says: "It's quite pretty hut do you think It's exactly yonr jolorf Or: "It fits real wll--er In the back, doesn't It?" You're In pretty bad when your wife (without your ever knowing It) (tragi lo her women rrnnle that tho ran mako you do anything sho want sim ply by opening her (ear duels at th psychological moment. When women themselves write about women' "myatery" and their "Intuition" and their other famled fitherralnrstes Iho effect ) about ridiculous as It would 1 If men v " In brag of.tl)Mr hlrei and thu ai lino contour o'f Yheii r.eew. I'Miltfht llriidtnu, rofeaor Cubo ItooL't class of ff metrleal geniuses were receiving n atrurllons. They were first tatif.lit that n circle was a thing like this O. Thny then learned that a straight lino was one without wabble In It. to . "Now, boys." said Professor Hoot, "can any nf you describe to mo what n half circle I like?" Up shot half a dnien grasping hand. "Wall. Te-My." ald Frofoasor Itnot, "lot's hour your dclnltlon of a htlf clrolo flrt." . ''. "I'leasn, sir," answered Teddy, "If n straight lino caught bending-" London Kxpress. A II lleliiriiilirreil II. "Bhadbolt, did you over have n touch of anything Ilka tho appendicitis?" "Onco,- Hnvo you forgotten, Din guvs, that when you woro operated on ror It you touched mo ror nu ven hun dred!" Chicago Tribune. Women nro grwt tnlkera, hut most or tholr victories over men can bo traced to tears or hiuIIoh. A woman Isn't necessarily gilt"! La causa sho has tho, gjtt, of gab. , I!