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MAY
I.INN COUNTY. ORE<
•poke In Mr t.ynn'a whrsl. I m a l»uteh
»■aa," o»-d I to my**lf, os I wont away
fruta Dingi» Cottage
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CHAPTER XV .«•„ntlnuvd >
It waa for Lynn, uot fur hm>»-Jf, h>
wanted the farm.
I mw now why be
had pitched upon that ixrt cular one. hr
was Slso ssare that It waa ».!« to al I ■
with the (tingle
|f anj thing could pro
m-tte the utt.on of Lynn Y comes end M.av
Oalrytuple. It was this protuauulty . tor
here, he must hare r*fi.s ted. tbs young
man would be urged to do his best, that
ahe might are he bad the g- -I qualities
th» »nergy. th« resolution which fa» pre
t»ud«d to posaees.
In the evening I went over to the «loe
tor a hotise to a«« If I could pick up • V
new», si. l k) • !'-»>'| y - bin•« ha »•• at
home. He wek-onred tus heartily,
"I have ««.n th» captain'» farm,
It
will do admirably. I mil g»-t you to ar
range the term» with him •• «arly as
possible,'' he »ai l.
I nodded gloomily. My want of enthu
wianm now, eontraatiiir «(th my warmth
In th» morn ng. waa too noticcabl» io •-
cape him
I. »• « .
keenly alive to the hui. or-oua aapc-t of
thing», and 1 mw a twlnkls In bl» eye
as he turned to poke the firs.
"Y m don't aossn an eager about it ••
you »
V
he «awl. with a smile
"No; I ws» fool enough to think you
wer» going to take It for tourself."
"And you hare found out that the fu
ture tenant is to be |.e Lynn Y«s i -s?"
"Well, let me hear what you've gut to
•ay,” wild I. turning round, with a r»
aolve t > be •» ln>;>artlsl in m.r <lcnbug»
with Yesuiiw sa If he sere unknown to
E T T
It vee-.i. 4 to me that I had a»v»r seen
X.irv» Ger* mil» to swh advantage. Black
wa» certainly beomung to her. and h»r
Arena was, to my eyes, th« perfect .on of
gttacc and elegaoen, giving fullness to her
figure which, a» I have •»»* before, arsa,
in my opinion, a trifle tow slight.
Her
carriage ««• never wanting la dignity,
bul I thought sh» hors herself with th*
air of one eon« lou» of be ng mistress of
house
Yet lh»re was no »tiffn»»» or
formality in her maausr; lltti» lxurs
herself Aid not web ¡m» me with »weetvr
•utile»
I sat down by th« fire and we fell to
talking about the netghb->rs
1 learned
that they bad already received visitors,
though It was scarcely
warcety time to expect
them, and I was glad to b»*»r this, not
only t«., Æ..se .t would I*» good for txure
to Had companion» of her own age. but
for Mi«» Dairy..iple • sake also. Mixing
among people who must appréciais her
excellent qual.t.««. It was tea to <>n» tbat
- cue ih.eut young fellow would fail In
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with her. sud good might com» of It
line thing I bad made up my mind upon.
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CHAPTER XVII
Lynn Y asmes had the sagacity to
• .’ocey ford, sad keep out of sight, know
ng tbst ba could do nothing tu re-eatab
UM bls character until be had got mt«
the far» where be «sa to work aud
woadera. or Unding the bad weather tha
succeed»-»! the fru«t Intolerable, or am-let
dull, or for auvna other reason that may
be dearer laser oo
He had made himself very popular a
t'onvyford with hia charttlee. bls reck Im
riding, hia agreeable ma nuera, and hia *
«umpcloa of bluff, outspoken
honest
Propio were I mimed to think even bette
' • l - « hsn a
' - > i
amongst them, romembering the pleusau
•ide of hia character and forgetting thl .
little atipa which occasionally •w&t.etieff -—--i.. L.»
«u»|dcion
He was spuken of ss a fin«
Mexican troops are moving 16'TfflF
typ» of muscular Christianity
Miss ltal-
rymple was constantly « th th»»» people, Guatemala frontier.
and a» It was gamerally understood tbat
More than 2.000 preachers lu Cal
a tacit engagvsnenl existed betwe.-n her ifornia will apeak «gainst race track
■ 1 Y ■ « •»’■.-
..-
i
gambling next Huudcy
talking about him. ami aounding
hi»
A surgeon general of the navy la
praise»
Then that dear, stupid old doc-
having great aucceaa In treating con
tor. whenever be »of a letter from Lynn. sumption with mercury.
must used* show it to her and dilata on
Two bags of valuable mall from
th» fins prospect »xtemUng befor» a young
fellow with surtí manly feeling and high Ixindon. worth IbUO.oOo, wer« atolvn
In New York or In transit
aim.
It waa rbe end of th» s«s-ond »•»! In
Ambassador Tower has given up
March, and people wee» »peculating on hia Berlin home and will start south
th» day when Lynn Yrame» would tuaks with hia family Immediately.
! hl» apfs-aranc», when something occurred
Han Francisco shipowners are cut-
1 which upset everything. It was nothing ting freight rate* to tho Orient In
lews itvan s moral ca'aciysm altarini tb» an attempt to drive out tramp steam-
i emir» s»p«rt of affair».
era.
Cimilhg hum» that particular aftorn-ion.
A city count*liman of Georgetown,
It found a visitor In my oflice who had
be»-n «siting there tbrro parta of au hour Wash . was arrested for keeplug Ina
■ to •«» ni»
He was a little pudgy mao. place of business, u saloon, open on
Su :nl.^
¡ with • «hurt throat. • puffy foc», and
j eye« «• lik» a pig's •» ever 1 «sw. II»
Ixtcal option which goes Into ef-
j breathed with difficulty, and gaspeil be I feet May I In Mnaaachusetta will
fore «sch sen'eoi-». and In the middle also throw about 2.000 •aiuon men out
; if it wa» a long on». II» bad not much of work.
j hair «hat th»r» wa» of It had a dirty,
Latest reports of tho sinking of
vsn iy t.nt . hi» whiskers wer» hardly 'the British cruiser Gladiator place
<1 »r ugulabable, they
were so tb.u'p the total casualties at tlvv dead and
planted, and Ilk» hi» complexion
II» 23 mlaaiug.
wa» dre«»«d In a llghtlr btiltonad frock
Extra passenger trains aggregat
coat that form«.! deep rid»- • In hia want,,
ing about 260 coaches will be run
and «reme-l to ItK-reaae tbe difficulty of
Into San Francisco during th» bat
'•r-<at ! g
lu .11» >: Ml-I I. f- l in» lis
tleship visit.
n '!i- ■'S.-r » ¡.a r of xi *»««. and !>.<rh
Spring rains and melting snow
reatad on hl* knees, wtrt'di. hy reason of |
their »bonne«« and p idginess, wer» wido caused a laudslld» In the province of
Quebec, Canada, which destroyed a
ly »«parated.
“Afternsen,
Mr
Ke»ne.
afternoon, cl I luge and killed about 30 persons
sir,” be gasped, turning his litri* blue
Santa Barbara. Cal , gave a flower
ey»s in the corner before h» could »rrew Hanta Barbarn. Cal., gave a flower
himself up «n hie h*g* to faca u». "Coma fruit i va I In honor of the battleship
to talk with you on a matter of bu»i >tlm-t and bombarded them with tou
nraa. Yfy nsm*'a Bat Smithton Hai ;" I >1 ueta.
with tha h» «auk down on hl* chair and
Admira! "-'vans took an auto rida
ga»p*d again.
and Is feeling much Improved.
"Not th» pleaeiir» »f kr. owing you. Mr
The boycott of Japanese goods by
Bas," ««id 1, sitting down in front o(
Chines» has salMdPd to Australia
him.
portsnVixxft
fare of wbisb drj
leas degree upon nijL
lie in attoadane», a|g
I- nt I:»» ini il.*i
ebosen
set as 1
f»r«nee
Grover ' l«v >!»n.*
President of the I
health permitting, ■
voters. Ths other.
Bryan, who hop«
drew Carnegie, in«
J. Hill, railroad nidi
•hall, leader of law
or the presidential^
W it I* «.th»» e 1«. pt
whose duties in I'a,
trndanee, will be '.i.
Looking at the
its histories! side
•aid that never bA
history have the
states ••eoir.blod
purpose whatsoev <
as an epoch
eix>eh mark'
mark
an
cue« will egsilv t
scmbly of |‘u' lie
eiviliyod world, f
entire govornuien
in tbs persona o
heads, will he a«e
for no other rcas
interested in the
Lynn Yesmes shouldn't.
Although th»
runn.ng at present looked favorsbl» for
Lynn, th» race ass not won yet by many
a length, and I had a strong belief tbat
be would b» found nowhere when tb» mar
raige bell rang.
"And who «Ise ha» cnlloi upon you.
Ml»» Iksirymple?” I asked, when Ixure
“Has Mr. Yesines paid
left H m » fiMFU.
you sniMbFr vl»h •Ince we last met?“
I WtMldi »••1 « het lier the little frown
"I have no r.ght to any of thin money with whi<4i aba replied In the negative
virtually," h« «aid.
ied (bat ah* sui hurt by hl* neglect,
“I won't admit that, to begin with." I I or
at tha thought of hi* calling
replietl "(levmore willed the money to | njM>n her
*‘I waa totd fh
you, and signed his will when h wa< in I
health, and ha I the ability to r-ason the i his* rhara<*t«r be
matter out , the will he did not «.gn wna him*eif,“ «aid I
SECURE
decided upou when he was »ck • nd
”i am rery <1
unable to reason upon It.”
| ¡died, tailing up bar work.
*'Y*ou will admit that in either » tw
Senator Gats Hs
”I low»’ver. you will
abla io **** hhn,
he intended thi» money Io go to Ule tust» f«»r h- * t<> I»*» a a«r neigbthor.** I fan
0-K
Miss iMtlrympIr should tusrry "
tied that abe did o<>( look particularly
Rcattlo,
Waals
I assented to this proposition, and !>« pkwiMd at th* intimaton
“Ila la go
Htstcs Hens»or n
continued “It is no longer a question ing to live In the boutw nvar tb«rv, and
etty, yosterday w
whether 1 »hall marry her that is s-t
front th»* window you will b* able to
• one half interna
tied forever."
him. if you get np **arty, mowing
retatr, valticd ap
"YY'ell, If be wjl only work heart •nd l hl# field*, following hi* team, throwing
OOC. Thi« end» s
soul fur bl» own ».ike. It's as much as 1 i heart aud aoul and money into the noble
tendml uvrr a pol
can expect of him. I-et him begin with •
»r to
txue n worthy u;^ti»bef of
wbirh ha» Henn
dial . we shall see about the re»t.
You me ety and a m*4el farmer”
history of th« Hu
bnve ■p'keti to him ou this subject?"
• tint I ; i‘b ’«.»« -! that Mr Yaemee
w.»)l a.red in tho
"Y'es; ws went together to look st the waa tn dilUguhiea.**
'Thought you might have beard of DJ«
The supreme court of Illinois de ■tat«
farm this afternoon. He i-* deligb;»| with
••IVbat th*« that matter? lie ha« found from Lynn Yetunea or Mrs. Yeamas.
Kight vears •
1 ‘dures the new local option law «slid.
it. Is cuulklent of »u<ve->, and eager to a fr»«-nd who1« a bigger fool than he in •in friend of th» (siully ”
prominent citlsri
car
strikers
i'enaacola
street
begin."
unu o f th« biggcsl
•nrne r« *prcU, will.ng to pay hit debt«,
"A profemional friend?” 1 «»ked. for
1 was not stirprlwd to hear th.» Every and spend a tho*»«!nd a rear t»ea*dee to I d»<feted the l»»k of • pettifogger In •toned the car barns and several ar rtty, and «uburbaH
reels
were
made.
die«! Ira v in# no *0
one thinks be has rhe wit to mak< i a farm milk»' •» worthv
Ibi him.
of him.
Lloutonant General Llnevltch. who from rvwrywherr,
pay by hist riding shout on • rob and you think he will »tKrtadl**
' You may call n>« professional friend
giving order». and to be • "gentleman
Sha did not reply tn my queeri«m. but if you like- not a lawyer exactly- know managml the Bu «a lau retreat from no rvlativra ao
eonntry.
farmer" la th» desire of a good many ent alMe»rt?ed in thought.
WalrhiDg bar something about it." lie gave ms a glan- • Mukden, I» dead
Konator P i I« m »,
laxy young gentlemen —especially when fa«r k<*rnl> I thought there waa an I el- that was not to b» mistaken, and contlu
Roprooontatlve Rayner, of Mary Hullnan. wml (o
there's giwi »hooting in tlie UdghtiorhieHl, pr m » on of t> der *adn«'»* in It.
1 Was ued
"To begin with, you must under land. aaya It is time to eurb the
Oravra wrre ri
and a c ■ ufortabl* ho’ive. with an cX‘-«l
«he mourning m tier heart for the tall of •tand that I—acting on behalf of the fam ; power o( the president.
M»ann«^l, and fin
lent billiard table in it.
Ou«» whom
v i xu !i > •''fort could ratup? or lly- Lynn Yeauies nothing at all to do
The Independence league of New at Hulhvan wrrc
"If you ar» still resolved on parting mt# «be grieving to think of that other with It better keep out of It.”
| York la practically baukrupt aud Its tu giv« Hrnator ■
with yuur money." I think I »•■« b«w it friend’» d¿«appointment when be should
“He does not wish to take lb» respoii ¡creditors threaten suit.
t?atat0 tu defeiuii
■nay be dour nitbo.it too much risk," find that all be had dona wa« of no ■ibdity of anything you do?”
htigant« who w<
the
dond
King
Edward
nnys
of
•aid 1.
“YVe will »tart with the d«a avail?
"That's It- Too generous-- too careless
flirr» a ah«'«* of t'
premier "He waa n faithful servant
that when Flogmore Ho.ise is sold, the
■ |h>* friend i« |>r »kwdrey?** «aid M»«a of his own Interest» altogether too------- " of his country.
I am truly sorry he Edward Coreora
Dmgle Cottage paid for, and everything
ghan, »inet? dwB«*a
Italrymplr, after wa had asi la •Uraco he gasped and filled up lb» break with a Ims gone."
w,uared up. you hive two tli .ii-xn l i y.
war» of his gloves
w<*rr dstlariHi th
fur *M»n»e moment«.
to dl»i"'— of for nine y«ir» f< u t i »
Tho Illinois democracy hna in- ator Pi!«*»' law fi
"I un.krstsnd his character perfect
••Yea.** I replied; “that i» not difficult
strutted Ila delegates to vote
for «*d aa w*dl aa th
date. Half of that must lie put «»»> a-
to dlacover; for I beltera i boro'* not an ly, Mr Bax , let ua com» to the point."
a rew-rve fund
Out of the other Half
"YVe'll go at might at It—begin In tbs Bryan and une all honorable moan» tbia fight, Ihr tdp
other nun io the whole world who would
Ito secure hia nomination.
bind in thia atatJ
you mint pay Mis* I*»lrympl«'» salary
middle- sav» breath.
Ur. Awdrvy la a
beggar huiiwlf for others as be will."
and the expen-«» of Ixvurr and the t ■
scoundrel
—
biggest
hypocrite
and
rawnl
General
Manager
Gruber
of
the
She Mt with idle hand» and musing
tag« «ay, roughly.
I
four
bandrod a
eie*, »till and »ileut as <> im > alts at times tbat »ver Imposed -credulous human.ty !" Great Northern, estimât»-« that th«
• I 800
year. That leaven six hundred to meet
“B* good enough to »how bow you ar- damage to that road by the bursting
seed by the beauty of a «tarry night.
Seattle. April
■ he low« on the farm • tel pay Interest
I
of
th«
Hauser
lake
dam
waa
about
rive
at
this
concluelon,"
»aid
I.
"And 1 hare not told you all tbat bo
..f the Fpiscopsl
on the capital I oto I o I on going la.
If
“I will.
Flexmorr's will.
He kuew 175.000
will ilo to make Yeatuea a gentleman—
of Alaska, who a
Yearn«« makes farming pay, >o touc h th»
Hs I ‘
!x» Angeles will take about 3300 from th« north
he will give him two thou««nd ■ year of tb» condition» in the first ou».
better (or him ; he can |SM-ket the profit,
knew
also
lb*
conditions
In
th»
second,
i
m«n
of
tho
battleship
fleet
on
a
tour
when he wins you. If that doe» not en-
th« first 4ctail«<!
• nd the Si hundred su !• add- I to the
Then they will hnv« n regarding th« bi
courage hun to make hiuivelf a fit subject lie knew that If that were uot sigued b« j of the city
rewrve fund ”
tbousand
a
year
nouhl
come
Into
two
barbecue luncheon and see th« wild Creek, at the h
for matrimony. 1 don't know what will."
"Atel what Is to be done with the ro
weet show
"He did."
river. Bishop Ft
“He mu»t 14«« i great r»>;»--t fol Mr.
serve fund?"
"Good.
Tell me, pleane, Mr Keeoe.
Yearn«*.“ she sai l
are
causing t'roek risili wh«
Widespread
raina
"i'm comltqt to tha*. At the end of
why that «ec-ond will was not signed “
and washril out
' \ very strong belief In hia latent good
groat joy to California farmers.
nine years, when Miss Ihilryrmpl« ceases
"I wa» thrown out of a trap; that aud
claim with his o
aeaa, undoubtedly," I »aid.
"Dr. Aw
It la reported that threats have washed out that
to be Ixure's guardian, th» reserve sum
drey ls a« simple and confiding a* a the fog------- "
•hall be drawn out and paid over in •
How? An been mndo on the life of Abe Ituef.
"Thrown out of a trap.
Nolan Cr.M'k is
In that category
■ he I« not the only
lump to Miss Italrymple if »he is slngl-t,
I
Htidden warm weather la causing from thn Arctic
..ne elio lias h«<l a great respect for Mr. swer me that. If you ¡.lense "
or to her busbsnd if s I m > la married 11 «re
"By a rope stretched from on» aid« of great damage In Alaska from floods only about I IS d
Y«a mea."
la an indu«*wn«at for Yearn«» to develop
Bishop Howe left
“How am I to reply to that thrust?" the road to the other."
Four million oysters were destroy
bls fin« qualities, to work hard and nm
The strike w
“Good.
I can produce a witness to
»he a»krd. with a ani le.
ed
by
striking
fishermen
at
Cancale,
Mias Italrymple, fur then he will c<m>r
about IS'» feet a
"By telling me that If Dr Awdrey had prove that he waa rngag«d by Dr. Aw- Franc«.
In for the whole • mount arising fro«u th«
washed by erud
drey to stretch that ropu «ad throw you
•» intimate an acquaintance with Mr
A bunco man who baa been rob estimated the e
bequest. Now, there'» an arrang--m«iit ad
Yearn«« •• you have, his respect would over t”
bing women hna been arroated in this summer will
vantageoua enough for Y'eame» In all con
(To bo continued )
have evaporated-"
Oakland.
•rietwe.
It <h»e» not benefit you one
"But still his faith In latent food
penny piece, and so ought tu be •<- < pt
Four masked robbers hold up a
Wo Farther Weed,
qualifie» might exist." ro d she.
Impeci
able; and it carries out Flextnorv's last
! hooked a fiali yeoterday," «aid tbs fashionable club at Hot Hprtngs,
"I know hi» love would r«mslu un» I
Paso
Robles
II
wish«» to a tittl».”
amateur angler, “that weighed all of Ark . and got away with *10,000.
tered ; and while Iw» thinks Yeanies capo
2M
R«ar Admi
"That ac«m» a capital arrangement,"
ble of g»»»wln»and you capable of lov ten pounda but it got off tl>e hook.
All th* regular army troops In
•a 1 Awdrey cheerfully. "I should think
improve. Today
ing him. he will en l-aior to bring about
"Will you swear to that?" asked the the vicinity of Heat tie will partici
Yearnea would be pleaw-d with ft."
pai« In th« welcome of battleships bile ride to O(
your marriage.”
one-man audience.
"He ought to be." said I.
at that port.
"Hi» love?" »b« repeated queatloolugly,
nine mil«» frt
But t was very doubtful whether he
“No," answered the a a. “1 swore
with a Lttle ewphasis.
Spring»
11« wa
Mrs
Beulah
Hawklttf
of
Loa
An-
would be; for a greedy man would not
enough when I l«xt the fish"
"(Ils love." I «id again; "and greater
gcl«a. has now been asleep 7S day», Evana, Dr. Mel»f
b» satisfied with ten thousand a year. If
love hath no man than this—that he lay
and th*r* I» apparently no ehnngo In
be thinks be may by book or by crook
To Jorfwe from A ppearaoeoa.
btirgh, Jr., gene
down hs life for hia friend.'”
her condition.
get twenty.
the Houth«rn I’a
Elderly
Spinster
—
Too
kn<rw,
doctor,
"I>o you think he loves Mr. Team«» to
However, he had the grace to express
Eight consecutive witnesses In the 0 » I re n. Lte
I'm always thinking that a man la fol
vtirh an extent as that?”
Ford bribery trial teatiHed that Gal Marsh, daughte
»Stir* satisfaction with the arra:.«, o«n
"I aras n»»t thinking nt Mr Yeame«,” lowing me. I>o ycu think I suffer from
lagher paid them money to voto for Paso Robl«S tod
when Awdrey explained It to him. and the
hallucinations?
«aid I ; “he is not the only friend con
thn overhand trolley franchisa.
doctor bada me conclude negotiations with
val at Hanta Had
cerped ; It I» a fr.etvl better known, more
Doctor (siting her up) - Absolutely
Capta.n Ranger as quickly as possible.
Roman Catholics of thn United
highly prised in his heart, for whom that certain you do. ma'am.- Sketch.
Mates will raise a fund of OM Mil"
CHAPTER XVI.
brave man would lay down h.s Ilf»."
Ravtrs Rt»
lion dollars to educate candidates for
The following week Mias Dalrymple
Tbe maHciou» «nil« provoked by our
A m Old
Txvndon, April 1
the priesthood and aid poor parishes.
moved Into h»e new bom» with all her little pSMkige of arms faded from her
card, the worst el I
"Did y<>u ever eiperlem-a a change or
An attempt waa mndo to assassi
household; and on» morning when 1 had ilpav the color left her cheek, her dark
of England since
heart?*'
asked
the
kind
old
Indy.
nats
ex-Hupervlaor
Gallagher,
of
Ran
been to settle affairs with Captain Ran
eye« deepen«»! a» »he looked st ma with
"Well. I should aay !" laughed the Francisco, by blowing up bla house tieally all over '
ger, I walked a<-rosa the meadow, cllmlusl intense earnestne»», to rend in my faro
No one waa Injured thmnghont Frida
girl. “I've Iwrti engaged four tluiox!” with • bomb.
•ver the fence that se[>ar»r«d It from what I had yet left untold.
until Saturday
Russian forces have repulsed tho and telephone sei
the Dingle padd~-k, snd made my way
I believe ah« rral.t«d at that moment — Itetrolt Free Prana.
Kurds who had them surrounded.
to th» Cottage.
I found everything In
■t *'
'
: in« rtnt pr Audrey loved
and railway trafl!
Its place, and tb« whol* house aa neat and h.-r wi’h • love that" Is deejier Iban
Thera are eighty State, private and
Rnloon forrea were generally attc- laved
Enormoi
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