I
I
o rat LL, n b
■o very Seel, when the trader pot gfla
rvOMrtrtl.
' reUMV.
hand to hla mouth and uttered a peculiar
cry.
Immediately frota the alley ahead
at hit» sprang Iso men. He wae upon
them befure be knew IL He raiaed hl«
TMeptKHM El-bang« B« Il
bravy stlik and «truck one down
The
Oregon
Scio
Austyn
Granville
other Jumi-ed at bie throat and bur. bla>
CIO.
I
III
II
OUGON
to the ground.
G», a gre-era* han ring a-v-1 asrhenge b«m
Evra while be waa thus Agbtlag
• -
Ira»«-rtrtr at .
«ni «»I.
Im.IS
•truggllng for hla Ufa be became
J a OILL, D M D
»irei <m pv I re Hal Ulka
•eioua that «om«thing was being dona in
bi« favor. He raw a medium slaed. thhh-
P»r»riut>. «hit h trarr? 'br wtfr in
CHAPTEIt IX -(Continued I
■«< man etaodlng over them and beard
Th. ductor w«« f<»!> wiug thl« theory • iMMJtioa to rfijuj brrwlf »Hhoul <Uu
with breethlcM lul«rr.<
"Uu oe." hr
of rvcnmmr, and »uppliro b»r. un<Ur him «peaking Io tones of authority. Im-
■aid.
’hr Frrncb Uvr. morro»rr, uhb tbr inraa» mediately the fellow with whom be waa
Aghtlng related bis band on hia thrust.
"He waa about to retire as he ramr
•»f <l*4nf to*
t
OBSG< IB
•i’Kfo
I
I
I
• tn bl« dirty face alarm waa plainly visi
when th« tb'Might occurred to him to
Of »hr many frrqurntm of tbr rio»m
Al *ret Ki-.lotibe U-wt-w-n «urei Bridge
ble.
With a muttered apology to tha Between 200 and 250 Men Entombed
divert suspicion from hlouwlf by placing fr«er*« Mfifabiiffihtnrtit | q (hr Armur W«<
M. montanti
thickset man be rushed to meet tha mob
th« pistol b« bad picked up cm hl« way r»tti
M Julr» I ‘hffibot w*»
wrl
and Hope of Escape for Any
of bls fellows, »«claiming
through the rooms, near hie victim. But
v»mr » fiirffit »» an;. Hi« undoubtrrf r»
Itiu., s.« n r to Blaer hm«. I
"Back, you fool«
It la Monaleur (Mw-
tbrrs must b. a report and a pietol
Ig Very Blight.
tnadr him an rt«*rr<fift¿ly d«
rrcTrtttor.
Wound. He ralasd the window, and not««l
*>ira blr ar«| rial otan«** M Chabote oq fb. aagne."
(Ju
etly
they
all
«neak«d
away
from
th«
tbe distance to llw tree
11« went over '♦tbrr hand. hb«<1 th* frr* and
Notary hiWk awd Botlclior
at
<«. M. T vbnkb
N! McAirt»
of Patents aa-i l.u.1««,«
ami tired th« |- •(■.( at Madame H'-upell. itMMphrrr of thr dr Vallar mandón
!>• nun whom of all other, they dreaded. H.
ex
Jacola
Creek,
l*a..
i*ee.
20.
—
An
who wee «till Inaeuaibl».
Then b« threw Vallar ara? a man abo al»ay« had aom« bad been known to go In among them,
o»«».*» wsMXdairw* albahy . obeo <>*
the pistol down and jumped from th» Yoking. rl<h fool 'fonghng aftrr him. d*
and at th« point of the pistol pick out plueion of gae In the I>arr mine of
window.
W, mu«t ararvh for -lie man •iruua of ffirrtng Ilf*.
A certain portion some drai-erata criminal and deliver him PiUaburg Coal cornjatny, located lieio, it. Brian*
C. C. Brian
aulir
in two place.; In the haunt« of the poo' <»( th«
only of then« Inii-m-nta over to jusiitw. That's bow Alfred Css-
jeeteiday entomb»«! brivreen 200 and
and In the pa lam of
at lb.
th« wraitfay
W«
wealthy
ould !«• dKrrtffid to I th. Innumerable and aagn* and t'barlra IVAuburon Xu« are
BBYAXT A BON
250 tuInara, an ! there ia scarcely a
have Httl. to guid* u. but Ih« «r.|>« of
nywtffirlou« mu*« of th. Mutual Credit qua inted.
Profoundly grateful to M
parchment and th. (old lu> kel I also and Truat (*otr»paojr, They were then at-
i<u». of hope that a tingle one of litem will
foun-l."
forded an opj-»rtunity of taaing th* mal li'Auburon not only did not
Par
be taken from the mine alive.
OrcgoB
Mb an y
"lot m«
Th.
dita at tha card table« In the .Ivrnur of him. but visited him often
'londwia Block
ALBANY. OBk‘»'
dot.«
“<
frl»ndahlp of the detective waa the other s Hally wreckr<l building« In the vicinity
Wagram.
contain a Io- k at hair or s-»<n»th!ng "
salvation. Merely curious at flrst. 1 ►‘Au- of the mine and tbe oonditlao of the
Many, douMIr»?, «ho fre-j j*nt«-d th*
T L DUGGER
"I have already done that. It contain« rtaNntM **!abliffi|imrot wrr* totally un
Lu ron ultimately became completely faa- few lol ire found early in the rescue ^EATUEkgQBD S BY ATT
a picture," res|—odeil t's.sagn»
"I wl.
a war« uf tbe risk» they ran. Thmr w*ra clnated In the -haracter and raresr of his
work indicate an explosion of such ter
show you."
friend
rarely »oiFrrrd to gc» behind th* curtain
Th« detective took a penknife and prie-l M < habot waa one <»f th<*»« » h<> had f»>r
YY-lnklng that he. li'Auburon. bad sera rific force that it (ceiua imp aalble that
OBro la Blumberg Block
np the little gold lid
A email photo
and evbauated everything, he was aaton any one could have survived It. All of
-*rinffi time .»ot |»~-n admitted to th» prlr
graph WB. dis- ..«.-I to view
It was the Ilrged circle without (rest rare. To do Sled to And these new flehls of adv»n
Drank'. Mortgage« and Pension Vmtch.
ALBANE I
I
I
I
t
OBto<"
era car« fully written and n. knowledge.I.
portrait of a man of a -><ir tsenly y»«ra him Justice, It h> highly pr-U-at-la that If lure and -r- -ipetloo whl- h thia man bad the 13 bediee taken out up to thia time
lea«- a. Contra« ta. > tc prepared. bouth
of ag».
the vrll had t-een removed al! at one. bs tilled to such perfection that they yield are terribly mutilated, and thteo ol
Ut.U AKE OP DEILXTIVB TfTLI 5 ol bridge, at ► antiam New» <41 oc.
"What do»« th!« li eail?" cried (be doc
Imagining bo them are hemllree.
would Kara -««•«-I hl. rl.lt. altnfothrr. ed an abundant harvest
tor, "Henry Graham cannot have ccmb
knew it ell. h» aloud bumbled In the prae-
II* »lr*d In bachelor apartment a.
Pro
Thia is the third mine diiaater a I nee
mlttsd this murder
Hils le a portrait foundly Impr*••**<! «hh « nen*« of hie ence of that g-nlua. wbora utve-iualed pen
of ll»«>ry Hraham blmrelf "
etration of the thoughta and method«, and the first <»f the month in the veins of
¡<*r«onffil dignity, he «mdcftvored on « rery
"impossible!** »ja.-ulated th. detective
• !>■•• eitranrdlnary knowledge of the hi turn I none ccal nn.letlying Western
•mall Incoine to keep up appmrancee
"It le a fact." repllrel Hr. Mason, lie l-ditcly, howerer. he had joined de Vallar ways of m»n and women, astonished while Pennsylvenia and Writ Virginia, for
the Naomi mine, near Fayette City, and
ren Into the drawing room, and phk'ng In mor* than one Intretment by whhb It enthralled him.
o«er rap
up an album. turned th.
With an ardor which be could not have the tw ■ mine« at Monongah, W. Va., | Otti-« resi prvq.rtr ym» Inum i u> pnrrt e*.
he had profited.
An I- 11- t . !
I C
, t < f
Idly.
Finally h. atopi/x] at a rertalu
believed be |<»■««■»i-l. he willingly placed in which the eatlier expl-el.-ns hap o, «.-.—pi «. aecurity '.»• au«-ei kanod. ou.
«* ■
he I a
» ■ I
latro.«
r«,«ivtng
ih.
t«i,«at
ol
osr
saper
photograph.
blr frirr.ij to p»» «vi eoinrrning handnotua himself and hla fortune at the dispoeal of pened, are m the same belt a« the l<<ra!
CHINESt MEDICINES
•1.1. a»ia’nl«lw.l In Mn.
'That waa Henry < ira ham *l*rn h. ae hl« abare of three entrrpria»-«. of the great n.««(«e In that moat difficult of working«.
Yreteiday'e lataatrophe
Su.-.-. ee.r t-i th‘- I-' II- tiÿ W-. rung, of
waa a decent member of eoriety," h« Mid
profession.
li'Auburon. aa t'aaaagne be • wells the number of victims of ileiuily
rotarne, had bit object In »lew.
What
Z. tl. KLIH), Maoager.
Albany, Orept-n, is n..w | ►-■ | aro-l to
Tha detective put th« l-«'k»t down clone other, Inderd. could it be than to discover fore him. au-vumbed to the fascination« mine gaa for the 10 days to between 550
furnish t lum-ra .................. toa!’.
Tim
to th« photograph, and . --mpersd tbe two *11 atiout C'habot'e rich friend. Mme. of a pursuit whl- h the Ignorant despise,
< iftoe oonter Third and He «lall, in Sc«.
and ft< K).
oiideraigi>v-d rveiHiiniende him
and
plctur-w rarefully
Roupell, coorwmlng whom M í’hahot wat simply becauaa they do not comprehend
ALBANY. OREGON
That thio dimeter <h<ce not equal or
utranter» «atiafaction. Call <>r write
"There Is no doubt whatever shout It." not at all loth to Impart Information,
IL
li’Auburon l-ecame Kral tbe pupil, even eurpae* tn !<«• of life and attend
him at 117 W.-st >«c -n l Mr- • t, Alluny
h« remarked, "You ar. right ; they ara for be would In hie turn be able to die
and Anally tbe assistant of the great de
ant horrors the one In Weal Virginia ia
lirtq-.n.
M. WESTFALL
portraits of on. Bud th. awuia mau."
tectlva.
And li'Auburon and “Cllquot"
corer what proliable dot tbe old lady
due t>> the .h-v-iti cii t< «-bur, h -iut i»e of
'Then It couldn't to. Henry Grabam?" would be able to give whichever of the were on» and the same man.
Inquired th. |d>)al-iau
“A man doe.u t girle be ahould c I mmjm to marry.
It waa urarly ten o'clmk one morning a considerable numl-er ot the miners, i
BO YEARS* '
carry « lock at containing a picture of
when li'Auburon jumped out of bed. He In ot-cervance 7 the church featival,
Much Inquirir«, the vicomte, whoee po
f.XPEKlLNCa
many
of
the
400
or
more
men
regulaly
blmaelf."
•IfIon in th« world of finance enabled him had worked late the evening previous on
"it may not be ll-nry Graham at all," to make better than < 'haj*ot. willingly a i«-t literary proje-t Uvea of Great employed at the mine did not go to Ko 1—
There who carapevl through j lo.«•• Yequtne...__ ___
replied the dete-tlva.
“I hope It Isn't •et <»n foot to u(> 11 g* bl« frlen-1. 11« as
.. 1 1* A U
J>«te-’tIve.. On th. table of hla sitting wotk.
Arrivre Albany
___ ™_._
for th« Mbs of th« family, but he's the aur»<! M t'hal-ot that report hail not si
11 M A M
ru-em the manuscript upon which be had thia reaeon ate members of tbe Greek
man a«'v« g--t to look for flrst. and tli« a<g»r«t«-l Mme. llo-H-ell'« w-altb
¡■era engaged still lay
Ncnttered near It Catholic church and they »uepended No X—
That
Train ira ves Allany
— , ___ nut «
Ooouer WO lind him th«
better
your a purl Ion of a million and a half of were Half a do««n volume., al! relating to work to co lei-rale Hl. Nicholas' day.
“
“
io, vaili. .... ___ m -
friend'« prvap«<'ta ar. of r-g.vlblng bis franco had been s»t nt«rt for th. Wei-
the Min* ai»b>-t
li'Auburon stepped
Tnr^s' M arks
Aa waa the cnee a! Monongah, the
" arrlvM l,.: "".
.. » *•_■ ••
liberty."
u *•- «
d->n «1ster«
In th. opinion of M Cba
lightly from hla be-lrwra Into a small explosl ‘U followed • brief »ii'il -I wn.
Traías Te aart Prora ■Xelrvvls.
IwH, It only remained for him to declare kltchao at the be- k of tbe flat. He struck Th« I*atIr nitr— having l«,-u cl.-erd No X-
AnffifkAffi
*!» t *
pe»rivl<,n n ay
CHAI-TEH X
himself to one or the other of th. young a u-st- b. lit his gas stove and put on his Tm-e-lay and Wednesday. It wee ju«t i
• u
u< .
•>
r
lewv«. Altan» ft»r iMlrotl...___ TWA M
I oe. ...,n a
< tk • 1^1» LAB t**”*"
There ar. all hind« at m«n In Parta, ladl-e. and he ha.l l-een, as the reader chocolate.
Amv«o innroil.. ___ ____ ..
I» n a
doing to bls bathroom b. 11 30 o'cbck when the tenth trip of I
V''j’ tri r
fi» I t
*'• fret S»n-»| f a<-.s«tÇs« ÌB**t>lffie
all kin-la of failure 111 life at I al! kind« will have seen, on th« v«ry eve of mak turned on the n>ld water. Then be went
Bu •—
hrt-lcd car« had bcrti brought out to
I*». ': I’ • . \ t >1 .
à CU. rvCVaV»
trarre Hetron .. ,
1 «o T. N
ef IUH ewse. th. |---r gclilll. who dis
( rtxraent In hl«
ing euch a declaration to Enilly W»ld<xi
•K»
ffie-íu*, W ' ’ ut * ’
,rt n
tbe tipple that there came an awlul
Arriva, aitany........................
»MP
patches himself In an attic, and lb« when th« tragsdy occurred.
Ing g»<<rn and alippere looking out through
financial magnate. Tha Vi -mte de Va
Traía« R>r < arv.lll«
Th« questl-m whl-h now ar-* In tb. the lace curtains Into tbe Street. He waa rumbling sound, followed immediately
no . a-
A
llluttn**! w«--.ilf,
lair was one of th'-«« gentlemen who mind of M Victor I-ehlanch«. th« astute perceptibly b.-re-L
Active aervice vra« by a loud report ai -l a ooncti«»ion that
Iravre
Altwng
tur l orva-lu
fx •t»vn <’f »nr •
kiu * J » %.
■tight 1-. placed tn the latter category. prefart of polire, waa this Had M. Cha
what he was longing for. Falling that, •hook r.rarby building» and was (ell
Vffiar f ar*
tM4 bf
Am rea C urvaUla. .
within
a
radius
of
acveral
rnilra.
At
At a bound he had ris- n from cv-mpsra
No
U-
for
things
l.ad
been
dull
of
late,
be
bad
but sought to precipitai, matrera by the
Iravre Allony .. _
lit. ol-wurlty to sudden wealth and su- h rsmuval of th* proprietress of the Cha
the ■ame lime there came out of the
fallen lack upon hi« lavuk.
li.«..n i.-n u. <» ir»,. vvMl, u. .u. U O.
Social po.ltIon •« hl« title, having H« trail Vllleneure? He had discovered al-
A rri rea al l or valli«
He waa arouse-! from hla reverie by mouth of th« mine an immenre clou-i
source in th. king of th» ll- ’glan«. could teady that Inquiría* regarding h»r fortune th<- sound <<f the water boiling over In of ilenee smoke and duet that fi-ated No. •-
Iravre Aitaci......
Ineur« him In a < -- i«ty whl- h < are-l rath and her intentions respecting It bail tw'.ti the kitchen
7 a» r m
I’naeing quickly through th« aer.e» th- Yotighi vhetiy river..
The Secret of a
Amv«a Correlila.
ut r. ti
er more for <>««1 >1 nn»r« than <• I bl-"-l
•»t on foot by Julr. Chabot,
A Illi!« other two apartments h« baaled himself
Intuitively everyone in the vicinity
Beautiful Face
Trwlaa ter AlSaag
Th» Vicomte de Vallar'« greet hit had further re rearch revealed th« fact I bat
In th« preparation of hla chocolate This knrw what had happen«-.! xml all atari»
lie« in keeping the «kin pro-
been the a-i. • «••ful floating of the City th« Frenchman'« Anance. wer« In a <!<••
done, he took two r>«ltw from a small cup ed fot the one place—the mouth of the Nn. g-
trctrdaiwellatclranied. Just
Iravre Coreani» ____________ . S:ao A
and Nuhur1 an Mraaenger Company l«>n
perate condition, la hi- later enterprtaaa board. put them on a plate and carried mine.
wavhing ia not enough—that
Arriva. Alban»_____ _ . ,
. Vila A
dou bad refused io a< rapt tins scheme, with th« Vicomt« <1« Vallar, fortune bad them into hl« sitting room, wh»re he do-
only leave« the dcii< ate aurface
As far aa known only one man who No. * -
preferring to send Ita s- riant« out Into nut been «o kind
11« had kart heavily. l>oslt«d them oa tbe table. Then while
more ex|w>«e<l to the irritation
Iravre Coreani« ........................
it» r
went to work escaped. Joseph Maple-
tbe rain and ruin Ita llverlea, to having
hla chocolate waa cooling, he went to the
of du«t and germ» j to merci-
Arrtve« et Aìl-wnr
.......
lu r
t--n, « putn|>er, emerged from one of
a little Itiatrum- nt In the Im i—• by who b
talthnevm.
where
be
threw
aalde
hla
dreaa-
CHAPTEIt XI
lr«t attack« of «tin and
No Y—
to summon at a trifling charge a mrwn
weather. After washing, ap-
Ftv« years before th. tragedy at the Ing g-’*n and undergarment, kl-ked off the aide entrance« shortly after the
Iravre Curvante
- ............
f 0OP. M
He had left the port <>f the
gar, a doctor or a cab
l»e Vallar, with Chateau Villeneuve, (.liarlea li'Auburon hie sllpi-era and dl«port»d himself for a explosion.
trrlvre Alton!
. .........
|-ly Robertine and espertctM-e
« <■ I ■
an eye k-—n a« a hawk, had watched lha had found blinaelf the untramm.le-1 poe- mlnule or two In tbe water.
mine
where
moat
of
the
men
were
it» dibghtful refreshment.
lie waa
Bo. Il -
career of th« entrrprl«« In tha Enfi tab •ereor <>f a conaiderahl. patrimony, and plunging around, enjoying the Icy ron- working and «as on the way to the en
travretorvalll«
V-usi.l admire the line-leu
..It U a M
metrnpolia. Ils «aw that It a a« unauit
Arriva, al altar.y _ ...... .. ... _ Il M p M
g l iiru it iinjort» to face,
bad started In Io enjoy Ilf., 11, waa then tact as only a thoroughly roi-ust man gine room for oil.
nc k and artm. it not only
ad to th« phlegmatic and ««* lu«lv. tetn
A considerable number of the minors No 11 -
twenty on« year, of age Two year, later docs, when a loud knocking at the door
UareoAlhany
________ ...liner m
•tim -teaar Kant glow, l-ut
peramrnt uf ths Briton
In ths Amerl
he had »ilia listed every mean« of pleasure. of the sitting room was beard. Ils opea- were Atnerirana, acme of the officers
Arrivassi Corvelli«
| 1« r. M
protect» the »k ~ from becom
ran colony at I’arla al .ns ««• t.> |.« 11« w.a at that ag. when a really good ed ths l»athr’>-Hn <l-»>r without stepping ettlmatitig that probably more than
All oC tire al-r-r« traina ronnari wlth a-.ulhern
ing coarae
I’tc vent« burn
found a auiv<-Mtul fl-l-l for Its opera
woman would have prvvrd bl. miration. fruen the tub. and -liouted lustily:
half of the victims ate Americana, a« r« ia»
tram», taiih al Aitany and
ing, tan and ft < ale«.
tiona
"Walt a minute; I am bathing."
t
oivaUia.
«a
wali
ss
owln
S-v
Iwiroil.
(Ivlng
Hh« did not, however, make her appear
DfiirtH
ft»
the majority vf the foreigner« did not
direct *«rvMW io Nawport «n i s4Jre.nitra- l.re
Tbe |>ro)«<'tor a of
Iba London c-un
“I can't wait.
Hurry up." replied a work.
ance- He waa ilestiurel to And relief In
ss watt a* Brett«»i.uali Hot .p tnge.
pnny, Americana, ware (lad enougb to a more novel and totally unexpected dl
voice on th» outside of the door. "There's
The l»nrr mine ia Iwated on the ant
tur turttwr intvrinatlon apply lo
call th. French patent«
a let tar fot you. monsieur."
Th.y »v«n pact ion.
aide of the Yougldogheny river, in
'«<• r NEVINS .*» rare Agl.
laughed in their alrevra at the vicomte,
(To b* continued )
Th. Hue Broiler la not a particularly
Weatmoteland county, along the line Il IL* BONIM* Agsnt. Alla»!
as they t-o.ket.--l hl« >»«h. regarding him attractive street either before or after
of the Pittsburg A lake Krla railroad,
already aa a rulne-l man
At th» same midnight.
Tlie police will SMure you
\ Iffillor« nn fhffi Job.
40 miles •outhfrtat of Pittaburg ami IS
time they could not help admiring hla that It I. poaltively dangerous.
Many a
The truly gifted
engineer alwvys
miles notthweat of Connelavllle.
It
audacity.
Tha Vicomte d. (altar was •unrlae ha. revealed the body of nm«
make« one juirt of hla work fit Into an
1« one of the largcet of the PitUbury
auda-'i'-'.«. «ni ba 'i;-, ay d
....
victim lying In Ita -lark court« and nol
other. and no energy la over wasted
Coal company.
tact in putting hl« .chemo before the ■ome alleys
It la altogether a »(range
A wealthy etiglnccr who had set up a
public.
11« opened a larg« and ahowy place for a young man of m--.ii«. who by
There was much dmnkrnncM hers
office.
11« Btil«l<ll«ed the most venal of right« ahould at .uch an hour be snugly very fine plane In the country, wb >ro tonight, some of the man who got a
the Paris i
In t-«d and .»l«ep, to be wandering In at he had carried out many p«-t construc good start on account of the holiday
Mad string. Then, when all waa ready, three o'clock In the morning. It la th. tive projects, was vlalteil (bero by an continuing their carousal after tbe eg-
be opened hla aubecrlptlon !«»>ka. Hun
• bod« of robl-era. ~
Every houa. In It la a old friend. Ttw visitor had eo mti-b plosion In celebration of their escape.
MYEK A McKNltìHT, 1 r..¡ .ristora
dre-le came to hie office, rang up a mra
den of thieves
The Seine, running by difficulty In puahlng <>|-en
the front
A new air shaft for the mine ia being
sen ger. and having subscribed, called up at Its fest with dark and turbid flood,
gate that he ajaike about It to the pro constructed, work having Imen start re!
a cab on th« queer little bugging instru 1« altogether too handy.
on it several months ago.
Had thia
prietor.
ment, and detmrted rejoicing In
their
it waa to thia unattractlr. street that
"You ought to look to that gate," he been completed, it is said, the lose of
heart« that there were «m b enterprising at an unseemly hour Ctuirlwa li'Auburon
life today w.-uld have been much lerta
men In eilotrn.e as lb* \ icomte de Ya
•frayed with unconscious feet.
He had said. "A man wl»o baa everything ex
liar.
(risen from a akeplem bed. and had actly right atiould Dot bare a rat* aarioua.
The Roupell Mystery
MORE MINERS DEAD
Physician ^Surgeon
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Third Explosion Io Pennsylvania
In Nlneleen Dajs.
Dentist
RAISES TOTAL DEATHS TO 550
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Corvallis & Eastern R. R.
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Macks connect with all trains both at West
and Munkers
I >,
hit
ili
All that was five years ago.
One.
float»«!, tha vicomte had promptly with
drawn blmaelf from the m—senger enter
pri.«. and lnve.te-1 tbe Increa«.-1 capita!
which that speculation had brought him.
In the Mutual
"
Credit and Trust C.-m
l>any. A very limited mnnlwr of «har«,
of thia concern bad been offered to th«
public,
Such was th« i>rest!(» at th.
vicomte's nani. that they had been sub
•■•rlbed for over and over again In a very
few honro.
Hut It waa not al-na In tha field of
bualneea that de Vallar had
achieved
euch a remarkable aucreae. Th« rtcom
taso, was a
woman, whom d« Vallar claimed to hav«
m«t abroad during hl. travels In the Warn
Indi«. Martinique, rumor bad It.
Iler
ontertalmur ta were mu-h sought after,
and who slall ray that ah« waa not a
useful and excellent helpmeet?
If a
wealthy rabaeriber wavered, an Invita
lion to the house wher. they could talk
til. matter Oler almost Invariably result
od In th. closing of th« tranMctlon.
It
waa not p-waihl. that a maa with such
an Mtahllahment •bor< »I! »urh a wit*
—could go wrong,
If (ha rl<x»mtffi’» l<b*a
of an office waa rather a loud on«, the
undoubted g-x-d taste of bls wife rar
rec-ad thrra thing, at horn«.
Th««« deep blue ey«e of th« vlcomterae
were not tb« only attraction at th« de
Vallar manaion. There was always high
play for th-«» who r«llah»d that kind of
thing, and a sprinkling of th<>«« ladle,
whom such a «roman aa the da Vallar,
as eb« was familiarly railed at th« clnbffi
would l-e «uro to gather around h-r. They
w«re women of great personal attractions
some of them divorcees, others on the
high road to that enviable atat«t tbe
•trolled far and near. Intending to tire that la hard to op«*n."
Makes Traveling Safer.
himself out.
Then hl« reward would
"Ha!" exclaimed the engineer, •yon
come. rep-oe. sound and refreshing, and. d.-n't understand my
Omaha, Neb., I»ee. 21.—That safety
ecorwimy. T ib
glorious thought, perlia*. an appetite, to quite certain. That gate <«>mniunlrat--e devices save limlrt and live, ia demon
which latter luiury be had been for some
with the waterworks of the hciuon, and strated by the casualty rrjxirt of the
days a stranger
Union Pacific railroad.
In spite of
It. walked <>n. totally uneot»«c|oua of every pcreon who cornea through It
greatly inerraeed traffic, the number nt
danger, a thick atlck his only weapon. In l>uuipe up four gallons of water!**—
people killed and injured by the road
all the Confidence of a man who ha« never 1«.n.Ion Tit Bits.
during 11*07 waa 1,20», aa compared
felt the crack of a bram knuckle In th.
with 2,0»" in l»0fi. The report con
To« Much to II other With.
hand of a garroter or made the acquaint
•tire of a mn-lt-ag.
Rabbatb
Rcbool
Teacher Where tains a Hat of the principal train acci
bark figure, wer. creeping from th. have you been lately, Sedisi I haven't dents of the year, with a statement of
alleys behind him. Mysterious whistle «c-n you at Sunday school for am»« the rauaee and consequences In each
case.
Frtch wreck was inveetigatml by
resounded and re echoed from the court.
limo.
Something told him of hla danger. He
a special committoe consisting of oper
Sadie Smith-Oh. pirase,
•topped and looked up at a name on the
ating or other officials of the toed.
learning French and music
renter bouse. Just legible In th« dingy
lamp light. To what pert of I'arla bad itnother don't wish me to take religion
New Grand Jury at Work.
he wandered? 11« waa In the Hue Brodl.r. Just yet—fondon Sketch.
Ran FtanciBro, IM*. 21.—The new
Involuntarily h. turned to retrace hla
County grand jury held ita first aeeol-tn
A Beti.r BranS.
steps, only to And himself confronted by
yesterday and after quickly petlrcllng
T«sn
Shortlelgh
has
given
up
the
a half score of sturdy ruffians. 11« grac
ed hi« stick the tighter and hacked closer Ides <>f Joining that north polo expedl- the detail, of orgnnitatinn took up the,
to th« wall.
Ills face waa very pale: (Ion. He aaya he d.-can't cars to court case of the miming Colton reruritles
and the connection nf former official, of
but he di-l not show any sign of frar
death In the arctic ragffins
the C b I Hornla Safe lN-pcieit A Truat
"You will go on," he answered. defiant
Jack—Well, | don’t blame him—
S tmpany with the disappearance nt val
ly, "or I will rail to« police."
•eelng that be la now courting a rich
uable storks and bomla.
A number nf
"The police! But few of thtvee rattle
widow.
I
make their beats In the Hue Bro-Iler, even
witnraera were evatnine-l, and lbs tak
In th« daytime." retorted the leader of
ing
<
f
troti
ir
ony
liad
not
bren|x>nc)tideii
Wise.
the mfflana. "Come, your money, young
H«re-When ahr married without her when the meeting adjourned until today.1
ma.tar."
father's co nan nt tie cast her off with*
It'Aubuton put hla hand In hla packet
New Drydock Projected
and Aung into th. air what silver end out a penny.
Ran
Francieeo,
D m . 2!.—The Bulle
Hbe
llow
.1U1
they
contrive
to
limi
gold he had shout him. It fell upon the
lie They published
s
vvltuno of tin aavg that within a lew 'nonthe the
pavement under the at reel lamp. They
It'nlon Iron work« will let a contract
rushed at It like beasts.
Then O’Au- their love lettera.
for a f!<a I Ing drydeck large enough to
buron hwt hla nerve
He thought he mw
| accotnm-Hiata all Teeeela that come to
hla opportunity.
He sprang Into th.
mlddl« of the street and ran Ilk. a deer
thia port, with the p-eslble exception
¡of the Pacific Mail liner« M<>ngulia
Th» moh rushed after him. He would
hav« distanced them all, perhapa, he waa
Maachurla.
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