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CHAPTER XVII.
T*r Greenwood had given Alison strict
Injuncti<ms that she was to keep ber ais.
ter aa quiet as poesible, but It aevmed
Impuaalblc to * be*< the storm of exettsd
talk
Mabrl's only relief was to aerues
herself, and put al! her conduct la Ito
blackest light. A weight *>f intolerable
mlarry lay on her mind . sbe felt her own
pains were rkhly dsoervwd, l*ut tbs
thought that she had rlakol her father's
Ilfs by her disobedience wss mure than
she could bear.
E««ry hour she ques
tioned Ahem al*out teia state. Would be
recover? Was he In any danger? What
did tl»e doctor fear? Alla»n at last culled
R**ger to hr*» aid.
"What »ball we do?*' she exclaimed,
half crying
"Miseie will not get any
sleep to-night; Vhe Is working herself
into a fever, and l*r tireetiw*«»! dore
not wish to give her an opiate. It br«*ks
my heart to hear her going on shout pspa
I think If
crnihl ««»ly •»’* him ah«
would he more n»t»tcn!ed.‘*
"Shall I g*. to ¡Mr?** h« • ••k«*!, h**«l
taring a little, fur
had
no wish to see him.
"<*h, yea. i*erha;*e that will be beet,”
she mid. brightening a litile
"I am so
tired and harsw-.-l that I probably >h>
not any the right thing"
"1 will cume presently . but. Allie, 1
a
wl<h Is downstairs, and she says shs must
a*e you; she s*eiiM very mix h upact lk>
you think you could «;**-ak to ber for a
moment ?"
Alison made a gesture of re;*uguancv.
It was plain that ahe did not wish to *w-e
Mi»« llardwn k. but linger waa bent <»n
cwrrying his point.
"I have to go to my father now,”
Mid. quietly, I-it In als* it a quarter
an hour 1 «Irall lie ready to are Mi«
1 will wait for you here. Miae 11«
wick will not detain you many minutes;
go. dear Allie." And Alison reluctant!]
ot*»j*«l him.
Eva waa pacing up and down the long
drawing room, and came up to Alison
quickly, h iding out both her hnnds.
"Oh. All«**m," »lie said, and the tears
were running down her face iini-hts-ke*!,
”1 know you do not want to see me, but
1 beggc-l so hard of Mr. Ib-ger to * r. I
you t >f coarer, yon hat« the sight of m>-
You think I am the cause of this, bnt.
Indeed. Indeed. I never knew Mr. Marie
would be so angry !"
"You tempted Mattel to drs-rlve sad dis
obey her father." returned Alison, sever»
ly, for her heart waa hard against the
girl. "You knew that lie disapprove«! of
Captain liar; • r. and then you rucourwg
ed and plaunrl thia scheme. Il**w could
any father fall to be angry when hla com
btanda ar*
eutlrvly set aside?"
JYou must not »peak against Anthony,
Alison," returned Eva, in a subdued voles
"I am engage»! to him; he is only my
half «atusln. M»l>el knew this, and ah*
thiwight it would not matter coming with
ua. Mamma would have told you. only I
did not wiirfi it to be made public. All
this has quite spoiled my happiness Poor.
d*er Mabel; If I could only see her. and
help you to nurse her
Hut Mr. Roger
aa*s it is quite Impossible " And s’ie wipeel
• way some fresh tears
There was so mtn-h (rotine In Eva'«
words and manner that Aliaon'a euhlnwBi
relaxed a little.
"You must not err her.** she said.
gravely;
"I believe pat** baa forbidden
that faff th* present. Imt I ran give b*r
your love, and tell ber that you asked
after her.”
"Tell her 1 shall •■nun every evening
to Inquire . tell ber, too, that I shall nd
have a moment's peace, thinking that I
am |«rtly to blame for this. It was wrong
of ua, Alison ; I see that n*>w. I deaerve
to have something to bear aa well aa she.
poor darling! You and Mr. Roger must
not t>* too hard on me, for, Imiessi. I am
•a unhappy as possible; Anna will tell
you so.”
"I will try to forgive you." returned
Alison, with a warm kies, that evhiently
•urprised and gratified her. "It •!*>•-* not
make things batter to be hard and bitter
•gainst |ie*«ple. M'e need not a-ld to our
own unliappineaa In that way. Now 1
must go. please. Give my dear love to
Aqna ; I know ahe will be fretting about
ns" And with a quiet nod Allaon ran
upstairs.
"Well?" ol*served Roger, Interroga
tively. aa ahe rame to his side.
"I am glad you told me to go down,"
was her reply ; "there is good la every one.
and Eva certainly appeared to advantage
thia evening Mhe is really f*md of Miasle.
and she cried so about It all. Hbe la not
a bail-hearted girl.”
"No. and all this will do her a great
deal of good. 'Evil la wrought by want
of thought, aa well as want of heart.'
A ill». Now let ua go to poor Miaale.”
Mlasi* fluahed up very much when she
mw Roger, but th* next moment ber face
grew wan and pale.
"WelL” be Mid. cheerfully, taking her
hot little hand, "thia is a sad affair: bul
at least we may be thankful it la n-»t
worse I almost think father !»■*• a lit-
tie better tonight; Mrs Meyrlch tbo»>ght
so. too. There waa certainly a alight con
cussion of the brain last night, but this
•ven nftjte seem more like himself.'
"Oh. Roger!" and Munsie's eyes were
Ml-ng in a moment, "do you really think
so?" Rut the last won! t>*-- sme a s<*b.
"Vee. dear, and Nurse Meyrick Mid the
H.c
c,..k. t-,o -■ '
and sHi- ci'e
Now," kissing her fortbead.
SCIO, LINN
win bo swsy atwut atm. and will try to
sleep?'
•'Hiere 1s no sleep In my eyes." she re-
t-.«rned. with s little of bee old excitement.
"Oh, Koger, yon don't know what it la to
he bruised and hattered ail over, and not
to be able to turn without pala. If II
were not for that 1 would gw to him."
"Perhaps you will be able to go to mor
row," he returned, humoring her. foe her
j (hl »bed fare and excited look m*.le him
anxious "You will try to lie patiently un
til the morning. Msbst dear, will you not?
Ah «on is so worn out. she must sleep to
night, and. indeed, we are all overtired
and barw*«ed."
"Yea. and I am the cause." she return
ed. reaxleesly "t*h. Rager. I will not aak
! you to forgive me. Alison has. but then
■he Is different. But you. of course, you
can never care for me again !"
"Indeed, you are wrong, my dear little
sister,” he asi-l. woothingly; ”1 do care
1 for y*wt very much, all ths mors that yon
are so unhappy. When you get well again
you shall see how irf-Hi'l I shall be of my
two sisters, and what nice tlines we shall
have "
"Oh. a*»." she returned, bursting Into
tears. "I never expected any one to be
fond of me again. I have mad» jrvuir life
miserable, Roger; I have tormented you
Just for love of leasing If I were n.W so
wl--k***l I should like to die. and then per
haps you would be sorry for me. If any-
thing happens to papa. I rotiM not live.
Oh. if I could only see him. and ask him
to forgive met"
"My dear, he baa forgiven you over and
over again." returned Roger, In rather a
husky valve, for he foimd all this very
trying: "that Is the best of it. One n«e»l
never he afraid of losing a father's lore.
H la not to he kart. Mabel: the thing is
■gainst nature. If I sinned against fath
er ever so, I know be must forgive me,
just bevsuae I am bis son.”
" *1 will arise and go to my father,' "
murmured Alison, half to beraelf, but
Mlssle heard It.
"Yea. read that io me; I have b**n r*
peatlng fragment» of the verses all day :
that la. If you are not too tired, Alison,’'
with renewe*l ibvwightfiilnean.
“Roger will read It." returned Alison,
feeling the ta* would be good for her
brother. an*l distrusting her own voice;
and though Roger looked a little ahy over
it. he did not refuse
Mlssle lay with dosed eyre anl listen
ed. and he haraaeed expression [»seed
front her face.
"Thank you; that was beautiful,** ah*
■aid. when he had finished. "Ilow nicely
you read. Roger! Now I will try to be
good and not wake Allsun
Perhaps
when the light is shaded. I may drop off
-
V «--i «si In -••* n*~ *1 -*f r«st bs this
time, her head ached as well as her
llmla : but she had one more duty to per
form before »he laid down In the little tse.1
that laaist bren prepared for her In M sole's
room, and that waa to bld her father
g<s«l night.
II* wekaimed her with a smile,
•I
feel easier to-night," he said, and hla
voice was stronger "My gixsl nurse baa
.«I- m*
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we shall both be able to sleep a little.
Hirw Is Pusste?" the old name ew-aplng
from his unawares.
"I do not think she is any worse,” she
replied, rautloualy; “but she still suffers
a great »leal. and she la making herself
so unhappy about you.”
“Tell her not to do that." he rrplle«l,
with a little effort; "he need not take
rhe blame of the accident on herself; she
has enough to hear without that.”
"May I give her y*»ur love, papa?"
"Oh. yee.” he said, as though aurprie
o*i by the question, for he knew nothing
of the child's misery. '"Tell ber I hope
she will have a good night." And t*>rn.
as he seeiue<| weary, she left him.
Mlssle received the nxuwage In silence,
and. as the light waa dim. Alison could
not see her fara. She fanelli that just
as she was dropping off to sleep there
waa a sound as though some one was
crying; but her «miM-s were li«o drowsy
to take in the fart that It might be Missis
tubbing in the darknriw
Iler last r*»«ol
lea-tml thought waa about Aunt I Hana.
Roger had prnmiard to write a few *llnew
from the office, and abe bad wondered If
he had doM It.
"How shochevl Aunt IM will be." ahe
thought, "and bow aorry for ua all I” The
half finlahrd amtena-e was completed In
her dream, for she dreamed that Grevllle
was rowing them both among the water
lilies, and Aunt IM was gathering roses
■nd throwing them Into her lap.
"l>o not cry, idtild, it will all rom*
right In time,' Alison beard her •y ;
"there la a silver lining behind »»ery
cloud, you may be sure of that." And
then she wuhe with a start. Homrthlng.
■he did not know what, had disturbed
her; abe aat up and looked round In be
wilderment. The moon was shinlug full
mt* the rteta, end Mlssie's bed was
empty.
CHAPTER XVI It.
Nurse Meyridl was sleeping on a rou.-h
in the dressinc room It had been placed
so near the dor of couimunb-atlon that
she had a full view of her patient. He
had just sunk Into a tranquil dose, and
ahs had followed hla example, when a
faint aound, like an opening door, roused
her, and a moment after she caught a
glimpse of a whlte rol-ed figure with long,
fair hair. A young girl In a looee dress
Ing g*»wa was standoig by Mr. Merle's
bed. Nurse Meyrich'a quick eyes dlecern-
ed that one arm waa bandaged and In
splints, It must bw the young lady, she
thought, who had t>een Injured In the a*--
<-i<|ent ; m
perhapa she was light hea*led.
Ths next minute she touched her softly.
"Come, my dear, conte," she said «wag-
Ingly ; "you ought not to be out of your
t**»l at thia time of night : let me help you
bark. there's a d«ar young lady," for Mis
ale's wide, feverish eyes alarmed her.
"Na. no." returned Missis, recoiling
from the nurse's gentle touch. "1 could
COINTY
not stay in nm I «wild not •
tmtlt t
WORKS ON CABINE T
h-*4 sesn papa let ms stay an J leok at
him: I will be «-»»I and not sake him."
Hut ths aura» shook her bead at thia.
Taft Says Moat of Hia Adviasra Have
“You muat n«>< stay," ahs whl<q«ere»|,
Bean Tentatively Solicited.
not *!arin< to raise her vol»-s; "your feet
Washington,
Feb. 16. Aa soon aa
art bare, and you look an bad as poasible.
President-elect Taft finds a suitable
t'oms, my dear, let me carry you l*a*-k to
your room. It will scarv your father to
man for secretary of war, his cabinet I
ate y»m ■tsnifiu« there."
will l>e complete; that is, tentatively
"No, no,” return«»! Mla^je. shrinking
complete, it will be subject to change
still tuore. "I must stay with pai*> Why
<i*ies l«t look •» pal». ■1,'l
w still? Is be
any time before the 4th of March, if
drad? No on« told no* be waa dead.
conditions arise which, in the opinion
Papa!" abe cried out. for ahe waa be
of Mr. Taft, justify modification.
wildered by tbs dim light and her «»a
f»»-er!ah fsnclsa "Hpeak to me only
But it can be said un the authority
word, just to tell me you are all«»."
Mr. Taft*« clum-st a.lviie ra, Panic Blocks E sits and Third of Au*
Lata Important but Not Leas Intw* of <>ne
"t»h. huah !" exclaimed the nurse; but
that eight of the nine cabinet officer«
sating Happenings from Points
Mr Merle w*Ue <n>;
•be waa too late
dienes Dies Performance in
have been com! it ion ally chosen, and
l-iii tn h.s »««k
* I ■ •:> h • d*ighter'a
Outside ths Stats.
Honor of Governor.
pr<w«n<-e d.d not ««etu to startle him.
seven out of the eight have signified
"My dear." he Mid. feebly ; "they ought
their willingneaa to enter the cabinet
rw»t t*> hare allowed thia
? o*i will make
Austria ia making aecret pre para
if the formal tender is made.
yourself ill leaving your warm baal."
Mexico City, Feb. 16. Between 250
tiona for a war with Servia.
"Hut I could not aleep," abe tubbed . "I
It should also be said that, aside and SOU people were burned to death
A .Mexican at Guadalajara haa juat from the state an»l postoffice portfolios, j
rvuld not rest. I thought they were hid
'• |nnd many others injured in a fire which
Ing things from tne. It you had dl«*l. anil celebrated hia I3»th birthday.
none of th« cabinet offices have aa jet 1
d* troy«-d th» Flores theater in the city
I had neter bdd you I was sorry. I should
t«een
finally
and
formally
dis|*oaed
of,
Women suffragist leader* are pran
hate died. t>» Oh. |o|*«. Il must ha«s
and the incoming president can, with of Acapulco last night. The newa of
paring to again alorni parliament.
klilMl me"’
out th»« slightest breach of good faith, the disaster reached here this after-
Ils smiled faintly, ami gsthert-d the hot
Chicago business men have protest«*»! make any changes in hia present pro
noon, telegraphic communication with
little band In hia.
to e»*ngreaa against a duty un coffee.
gramme which to him seem prujier. Acapulco having been il«*stroye«l Hat
"You were s»«rry all th« time, my pet.
State wide prohibition in South Car The selections so far are:
night and today, owing to the fact
were you notT
Secretary of State Philander C. that the tehgraph oilice adjoining the
"Yea, I am aqjry now," erseping still olina has been def»*at«-»l by four votes.
Knox, Pennsylvania.
theater was destroy* d and all wires
closer. “I tvMil»! not ask <l»»l to forglvs
A San Francisco woman haa secured
Secretary of the Treasury George put out of commission
n» until you had forgiven me. Ob. pa;«! (7,000 damages for seven hours' false
M. Reynolds, Illinois, or some other
'I ha Flore* theater was a wooden
why do you look so kindly at nie. when imprisonment.
Illinois man.
you know It la ail through my wlcfcednraa
structure and last night more than 1,-
The Maya Indians, of Mcxieo, ar«
Attorney General George W. Wick- 000 |x*oplc crowded into it to w itness
that you ars lying here? Of course, no on»
causing troublcl and troops have been ershatn. New York.
■ an love me any more "
a s|H-<'ial performance given in honor
Postmaster General
Frank
H. of Governor 1 lamian Flores, of the
“Not love you, Pussle! Com*. *-om« my urdervd to the acene.
Hitchcock, Maaaachusetta.
child, fathers are not Ilk» that. I forgive
•late <«f Guerrero. One of the num-
Hocks :a the Santa Barbara channel
Secretary of the Navy George von
you freely ; everything 1s right between
(■-<1 of-a
which were formerly 40 feet above
us But. my poor tlariing. you ar» ill and
L. .Meyer, Maaaachusetta.
series of moving pictures. While the
the water have sunk until they will
suffering, ami if you rare to please me
Secretary of the Interior Richant A. operator was exhibiting these, a film
prove a menace to navigation.
let nuns carry yon back to bed,"
Ballinger, Washington.
caught fire ami the bias« was quickly
"Will you let m« kiea you first?"
During the Hat half of I90M the
Secretary of Agriculture
James communicated to some bunting which
His only answer was to etreti-b out Ma Denver & Rio Grande railroad earnings Wilson, Iowa.
had been used for decorative pur|»oscs.
arms to her . tail hs w*»n*ler*d to see how ■how«*»l a decrease ot 8600,000 aa n>m-
Secretary of Commerce and l.ab»*r
In an incredibly short time the flames
■lowly she » mom * to him. How tvotild he pared with th«- same period of 1907.
Charles Nagel. Missouri.
spread
tu all ¡»arts of the structure.
guewa each movemetit waa agiuiy to the
There were but three narrow exits
Farmers an<1 others interested have
¡■■»r child? How she had ever managed
NIAGARA FALLS DRY.
and the panic stricken audience rushed
to crawl from her ••-•I and aCTOM the pae- started another suit in an effort to stop
to them, many ¡M-rsons failing to be
the smoke nuisance from Montana
sag* only she bereif kn«-w
"I have only one arm to put around smelters, which is killing vegetation.
lea Piles Up on Amarlcan Side and crush»*,! to death, their bodies choking
the way to escape for others. The
your neck," sh* whispered, ss her long hair
Two Men Cross on Rocks.
Th« fact that Rooaevelt will spend
fell »»ver hla fare. "I»ear. dear pS|S. if I
Bcn-ama of those Imprisoned were ter
11 days in Italy haa cause»! on hia way
Niagara Folia, N. Y., Feb. 16.
rifying.
could only bear It all!" And aa he felt
to Africa has caused a stir in Rome, Only a tiny rivulet, not deep or swift
ber tears upon hie cheek be understood
Owing to th« rapidity with which
ami
pr»-|*ar-atioi
a
are
being
hurried
for
enough to carry a pulp log over the the tire spread and its intense heat it
b»»w her young heart was wrung with re
brink, la flowing over the American was inq>.H<Hible to attempt rescue work,
morse and sorrow, and holding her a a reception.
A
strong and those imprisoned were literally
moment tried to oimfort ber, an*l he-
Th«* Mexican volcano of Colima is •id« of Niagara Falla.
northea.it wind which has blown since roasted alive, as the fire burned with
»■Might Go»l to bless hie p*t.
spreading devastation.
Alison was Ju»t sitting up In affright,
Friday, has h< Id back the water and little smoke and few were suffocated.
Buchanan has signed a treaty with allowed the ice to gain a foothold. Two
looking artmnd th« empty room, when
Nurse Meyrlck appeared, carrying Mis Venezuela settling all disputes.
employes of tlw American reservation
sis In her arms.
HURLS BOMB FROM 1 RAIN.
The Montana legislature will take walked from Proapect Point nearly to
“Oh. Mallei, where have you been? up the Japanese cxclus on question.
Bath Islam! thia morning.
You bsvs frightens«! tne so!”
A great wall of ice runs from th* Black Hand Agents In Gotham Use
Cleveland shippt-rs say competition
“Go to sleep, Allaon." return*»! Mtsele,
head of Goat island to th>* American
Elevated Cara.
In a happy voira. "I have only been to between the Harriman lines is a farce. mainland, through which only tiny
•ee paffL
5» h*s forgiven me, and
N*w York. F eb, 16. The neighltor-
The order of Elka haa ask»-d congress streams are able to trickle. This wall
now I can rest."
to protect Wyoming elks from starva has even encroached on the Canadian hiMxf of Second avenue and One llun-
"Khe will be quiet now," whisper»«! th« tion.
channel, extending out some 200 feet , dred and Sixth street, which ia largely
nurae *’! hav» <x»vere<! her up warm, end
inhabited by Italians, waa thrown into
The Waters-Pierce Oil company will ; beyond the Third Sister island and conf us **n late tonight by the explosion
shs will reel until Morning." Ami sh«
greatly diminishing the flow over the
waa right. Though Mlaoie lay awake, fight the Standard in the Mieaourii
Horseshoe. Only the very a|wx of the of a Immb ilrupix-d to the street from a
feverish and full of pain, sh« guv« no courts.
Canadian falls is left, and that is rob ' paqping Second avenue elevateti train.
more trouble, ami poor Alison was allow-
Harriman haa started on a tour of bed of half of its flow. The gorge l«e- The explosion wrecked the window, of
«<) to sleep undisturbed until morning
the South and West to inspect hia rail low is choked and the rapid« have lost a numb» r of stores on Sec«»nd avenue
For the next few days Mbstie was very
roa*ls.
their fury, wl'le the whirlpool is and caused alight inujriea to paaaeraby.
III. Her agitation of mind brought on a
Thia is the arcond time in 1» aa than
Taft says the president and gover barely in motiot
slight feverish attack, and when this ha-l
Thia ia only ths third time that thia thre« month» that the neiglitmrhud
yielded to the doctor’s remedies her weak nors should work U»gether for the good
combination of wind and ice haa thus ha» been viaitod by bcMnbthrowera.
ness was ra*-»-*■ iv«. Her nerves had b«*vn of the country.
affected the falla since the white man The same method of dropping the mla-
Jarred and unstrung by the accident; sn*l
A big reception is pHrine»! when the came here. The other oceaaiona were aile from a paMlng train waa used.
ths least m*lse. the slamming of a door,
I
The bomb ia believed by the poll««
or even a louder vol*** than usual, made fleet arrive, home from its voyag»*1 on March 29, IN4N. and on March 22,
to have twin intended for Joseph
her »-hang* color and burst Into trara It around the world.
I »03.
Arana, whose apartments face along
was Impossible for her In her shattered
Prominent Canadians also favor the
the elevat»ni railroad structure arni to
Irritability, exclusion of Jupa from schools attended
state always to repr*
ITALY THANKS AMERICA
whom a i umber of Black Han<! letter«
Again the old »harp tones and words re by white children.
have been sent recently,
callt-d Missis's faulty temper, Hut there
Grateful
for
Aid
Rendered
to
Earth
A preacher in Wyoming stopped a
»as this Improvement ahs atrugg'e-l
quake Sutterers
bravely against her heart ting ■in, and train to get the crew to act aa wit-*
PAY BIO FINE.
would aak ;«r*l**n quite humbly of Alison, neaaes at a wedding.
Baltimore, Feb. 16. "My govern
"I have been so eroM to-day,” ■he would
ment
haa
many
things
for
which
to
Protract««! drouth in parts of Texas
Missouri Courts Doubt Waters-Pierce
say, with tears In her rye«; "I wish you
have driven cattlemen to extremes to thank the people ol America since the I
would not be so sweet and patient with
Company Quitting Standard.
earthquake
in
Southern
Italy,"
said
procure f»»«»l for their stock.
me"
Bart-n des Planches, the Italian amt*as-
JrfT< rson City. Mo., Feb. 16.
Hen
Russia has violated the Portsmouth •ailor nt Washington, in an interview ry 8. Priest, of St, Louis, and H. Clay
"I will promiM to srol»l when you are
well efiough." Alison would My. In her treaty and the UniUtl States and Great today.
Pierce, chairman of the board of the
newt cheerful manner, for she knew Mis Britain may protest jointly.
''Besides the great monetary asaist- Waters-Pierce Oil company, today filed
ale must not be em-ouragwl to be morbid.
Eastern wool buyers have form«*! a •nce and the sympathy we have receiv in the Supreme court of Missouri an
"Just now. darling. I can only remember
ed, we are grateful for th« scientific acceptance of the terms imposed upon
combine.
you ars III. and that your poor arm la
information which we have received the company by the recent ouster older
giving you trouble. I know I should be
Several persona have been killtal In
and the valuable hints which have been of the court. The fine of (50,01*0 was
croM If I had so much to bear."
Mexican riots against landlord rule.
given ua by the Unite»! Staten geolog paid. The ouster decree provided that
But In spite of Alison's amume»! cheer
A jury haa been aecure«i in the bri ical survey. Thia information will b* the company must show to the court
fulness she was growing pale and thin.
of more lasting benefit to Italy than that it hail severed all connection with
Her close con fine men t In Mlssie's room bery case against Calhoun in San Fran
even the great sums of money that the Standard Oil company, and a state
cisco.
tried her; no one but Alison suite*! the
havi been sent to our people."
ment to this effect may yet be required
siidt girl's fancy ■ no one else see me. I to
A tornado in Delaware and Pennsyl
Messina waa going to rebuild, he by the court. Judge Priest, however,
timleratand her little ways. MI m l»4gh's vania kille»i two persona and dratroyed
said, but profiting by the lessons of th* said that he believed today's action
gentle mournfulnrss Irritated her; she many buildings.
I
' San Francisco disast» r, it would be covered the cam- so far as the Mis
had never »»red mix«h for Anna, and she
California fruit raisers fade»! to get done on different tinea.
souri corporation was concerned, and
had lost all desire for Era's companion
ship, ami though her father hail generous- , the increSM-d rates on dried and can-
said he did not know of anything mors
ly withdrawn hla prohibition. F!va had n«*d fruit rescinded.
that could be done.
Wheat Men In Combine.
only otu-e been admitted to her room Th»
Taft's engineers say that a sea-level
Hastings, N* b., Feb. 16. Organisa
,nt.rvi«w had been a HtReemh.rv.Mi», eawl’to^f
Oarman Immigration Increasing.
tion of the Winter Wheatgr»»w*-re* as
Eta bad cried and !»-gg«*l Mlnsle to for- -
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’
would bs incalulablo.
sociation
of
Nebraska,
Kansas
and
Ok
St.
Paul, Minn. Feb. 18. According
give her. and MI m I c had been kind and
magnanimous In her answer; but after
President Gompers. of the American lahoma waa complete»] Saturday at th»* to word received h* re, 45 families are
the first few agitating minutes their talk Federation of I^bor, says 2,000,000 close of a three day«' mana meeting of scheduli-d to nail from Germany today
had drifteil Into aiiem-e; Miasie was lan men are now out of employment in the farmer» of the three »tab-«. The pur- to take up farms in Pine county, .Min*
poae ia to control th* price of winter neaota. Their coming marks the be
guid and out of spirits, am! Eva did not United States.
wheat. About 200 farmers aignrsl a ginning of a new immigration move
posaeM the art of soothing -the latml of I
New Orleans is preparing a great pledge agreeing not to sell their next ment of German farmers into this state
sympathy between them s*em<-»l broken.
Both of them had yet to learn that simi welcome for the Taft party, the princi year*, crop for leaa than the price to and r»-«ults from the efforts of the Min
larity of tsati-a and the boisterous spirits pal feature of which will be a typical . be fixed at a delegate convention, »x- nesota immigration bureau. The proa-
of youth do not lay the foundation of a Southern banquet prepared by Creole fCept after 30 day.' notice to the direc p*ctive settlers come from Galicia,
lasting friendship. While Alison and cooks.
tor. and failure to get the agreed price. where they have lived on small farms
Anna seemed to cement their Intimacy j
A Chicago firm has been awarded a A fund of |5i*0 wn* raised to push the and have saved small sums, but have
more every day, as the good qualities of contract to supply the British army work.of organization.
not enjoyed the political and religious
each became more apparent, there were with corned beef for a period of three
freedom they desire.
symptoms that Mlaele and Eva «oui 4
years. The first delivery, between
Stor.ns in Middle West.
still
further
apart.
drift
500,000 and 1,000,000 pounds, will be
Teton Tunnal la on Fira.
Chicago, Feb. 16. A heavy fall of
(To be coo tinned I
made next July.
Great Falla, Mont., Feb. 16.
sleet and snow, driven by a high wind,
As a result of a search he has been interferred with transportation and fierce fire ia racing in the Great North
A Had NlnaSee.
making in the Interior department. seriously interrupted wire communica ern tunnel at Teton station, 50 milea
She- Cook baa given uotlce.
Representative Hawley has discovered tion over a largo portion of the Lake «aat of here, arxl it will be completely
H*—Why?
The storm burned out. A large force of men la
Kho— She says you spoke In a brutal that the Corvallis A Yequina wagon Michigan district today.
manner to her on the telephone y ret er- road bill, recently introduced in the waa general through the central Weat. at work in an effort to check the flam««.
house, contains a joker which would Northern Illinois, Northern Indiana, but aa there is no water available, they
day
operate to defraud the government out Missouri an<i Kansas had little commit- 'cannot accomplish much,
It I* •-
lie Yesterday?
1 thought I was
of scvreal thousand acres of valuable meat ion with the outside world by 1 ed that the road
blocks
s|*eukhig to you!—London Opinion.
I wire tonight.
^Mvara) days.
land in Oregon.
tVENTS OF THE DAY
DISASTER IN MEXICO
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
Flimsy Theater Burns and Nearly
300 People Are Dead.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
CRUSHED AND ROASTED ALIVE
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