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•**>“*•’ i- 'A xfl » . X *-x- J >dti I • X • St ’ * ’ •V / •- VO! I.INN XI COVNTY. The Pirate of Altair HOLLAND Author of "The Cooat at Harvard,* etc. 9 Copyright, I BOB. by J B Lippincott Company Alt rights reserved. ~o CHAPTER V. Three days |»a»ae»l before anything fur ther happened to disturb my «»vianlmity of mind. an»l I was gelling back to my accustomed serena outlook on the teach when at dinner I found a tiny note lying at tny plat» Chari»« fre»|ii»nll> stopped at the Penguin Club on his way from marketing to are If by ch*me any mall had l<vdgr»! there for tue Thia time he ted dlar»vvere>i the diminutive missive aforesaid lurked into the box that was re»*rred for tue. and which usually ecu- tained only the daily paper» The en velope was square «nd of a »lell.ate shade between violet and gray, and my name was written on It In a fine, bold hand. Inside was a single sheet "My Drag Mr. Pirate or Hermit (which ever you are) : "1 shall visit the Ship Fri»l*y after n, ..'i w h--n ,' lie ' i l-- 1« -w Tliere waa no name, not even a bare Initial. I looked at my calendar I was apt to fo-g«t th« day» of the w»wk and found that It was already Fri»Uy. I folded up ths n< te and put It In my pocket, hardly knowing whether to te ve«»<! or pl»s««»l The truth of the mat'er ia that I found Miss Graham's ls«t visit dis n-erttng It ecem«l ateurd. but she bad in ««me strange manner chang -<l the t**ne of the bvwch Instead of being a place for .-alm, solitary musing. It had aaaume-I the as pe*-t of a spot mnd« for company. I ha»l never before felt the n«c»i of pointing out th* the pink shades of the sanda and golden ersats of the rolling combers, nor of requiring another's admiration of ths circling gulls. Now I di»l. and the result was that tbe more teautiful th« beach, the more r«ut)«aa was 1. and this did not suit me at all. I was not eo dull aa to miss th« cause of thia change, and tbs! was the reason why the note both vexed and pleased me. I "»» »'»"I ih«' 1 should be glad, and yet glad that I was In the way of being further vexed. ! looked at the barometer after din ner It was falling. 1 glan<^<! at the aky : It was still a deep, dome-ilk« blue, but there were clouds «teallug acroua It that betokened atorm. Tbe wind was veerliig Into the northeast; we might have ted weather at » moment's noth-«. At th« appointed time I went up the beach and clambered almard tEie ship, 'rtiere waa no one on Eioard. I deaev-nd ad Into the cabin; tEiat waa empty. 1 climbed the ataira. and. »■omitig again on deck, saw Mlaa Gratem starting aero» the causeway. It was low tide, and the path was above water, covered with shells and barnacles I threw over • rope ladder that I bad made and h-ing at the aide, and helped her on boarL Hhe had on a soft, white laca hat that drop ped at the edges and looked delightfully summery. Iler gown was white; indeed, tbe only color she wore waa a ¿»Id chain and locket that hung low al-out her ne»-k. Kha pointe») proudly to h«r stout tan walking shoe«. "I am wiaer today." »he Mid; "mncii more of a s»m woman." 1 had thought once before that I ha 1 tasted fully tbe sense of exploration of the Ship, but sow 1 found that 1 ha I not. Lika two Inqulsitlva chilnren play ing at teing explorers, we ransack'd •very corner of the <*abin. thumping the boards for secret hiding pla-ea, peering Into tha dim re.-esse« of the banka. Hhs opened the bra» bound cheat. ’There waa nothing found In It?" ahe asked. "Nothing." "It are-ms a shame How are we ever to find the due If not In tbe cheatT' "We must look for It out of doors." I •aid 'Terhapu if wa wish hard enough, the spirits of the old rovers will come ba-k." Ho 1 took cuahlona that lay with my painting thing« and mada her a seat on deck, and I lighted my pipe, and told her all I bad dreamed about the Hblp, and how I waa aura. If we only ha I aufll*-lent faith, that a man would come out of the •»• to aall her again and bring her aa fine adventures as any ahe had known. "How different you are from most of the men I have met!" she Mid. "Now, you aeem quite In your setting. It ah most makes me doubt that I'm only els hours from town.” "You're not. you're a thousand miles from town. In another world. In another sphere We don't talk tbe language of town out b»r« on tha Khlp; wa talk a different tongue." Hhe shifted so that she could look over the sea. her ebln still propped In her nand. 'Talk that tongue," ahe Mid In that little tone of command peculiar to her. I talked of the sea and ships, of irtaa nr» blihlen under tbe waves, of derelicts that floated for years without being sighted, of tbs Ancient Mariner and tbe Flying Dutchman and all the thousand and one legends of ghost ships and their crews. Meanwhile 1 watched her. took In tbe dreamy lustra of her «yaa—gray that ehaded to blue—tbe soft brown color of her chaeks and brow, tbe curling gold of tier hair beneath her big wblts hat, • nd the delicate little hand that pillwwad her chin. I noted the lo»-ket, oval and flat, with her Initials B. G. Intertwined, •nd tbs heavy go d links uf tbs Chalk * that softly atlrred with h»r even breath« She was a child listening to world old •toriea, but I knew ah« was also a woman who had come to change Alastair I stopped, and for a time we both «at •¡lent, while the benediction of that glo rious afternoon rested upon our spirits. There seemed no limitation to the world. Tbe sea stretched out far |*ast the Shift ing Shoal ami melted Into tbe sky. ami that In turn rose Immeasurably high. Italy tbe white clouds flecked tbe deep bln«, casting patches of shade, silver- tipped, upon tbe waves, and that gave us tbs lure of contrast waa Barters looked up - I think It then that I first called ber Harber» to myself and over at tus ’"The world itself Is •o much mote wonderful than anything It i-ontaina, and the beauty of It all ao much greater than any single beauty, isn't It?*’ I could not agree, looking Into her deep, serious eyew, vo 1 held my ' Why Is It, 1 wonder, that we only think these things, only really live, •o rarely 1” There was something In her words that made me hoi*; they s**me»l to say that •he had often felt thus. “One exists an much, but Ilves so lit tle," I said; "but I could ImAfina rirrum Stagers when one would be always Ik* Ing." tier eyes changed, th« depth« In them aurfaca light vanished, there lay only th* I that mocked me. “Onel" ahe echoed. '"Two," I answered, The moment of thought was over; she had changed aa swiftly aa the shadow of one of thoee clouds flying beneath the sun. "You are a great dreamer," ahe aald. "Are you also a man of a t Ion. I won- dsrF ''Give m* the chaniw." "Give you the chancel Men of action don't wait for the chance; they make It." "If I were Canute, I would order the tide to come In." The red blood flushed her cheeks, her eyelids dropped. I forget everything but the picture that she mad» ths lovelieet picture that I had ever seen or dreamed. "But Next moment she sprang up ths tkle la still out,' •he «aid, "and all yoqr wishes will not bring it in. I UKMll tie going home" 1 waa up and standing beside her. lean- Ing on the bulwark. "But you will come again? You'll come again to tbs Ship and take tea with me. or take »upper on tbe Hhlp? When will It be?" “Wait; not for a day or two." She crossed th« deck, and. drawing out th* a small bandkercblrf, held It to brass«. ‘"Fhe wind is from tbe northeaat,” she NV« may Mid. 'That means a storm, have to wait many days." “Several, not many," 1 answered. She gave a little cry ; tbe handkerchief had blown from her hand and over to tbe •bore. "Get It for me.” she said. The Inland »ea was low ; I recovered the handkerchief and came back, to find her half way acr»*» the »-auseway. ’Thank you. Thia la the wund way yoq dev ised of lea vine the «hip on foot." "But It's not the heat way,"l answer*.! 1 went with her to th» great gate of tbe elub and Mid go«vd night. “Oh"' said she. "We forgot and left tbe cushions lying on the deck. It may rain. A good sailor should make things tight." "I will." I uMurod her. A storm was certainly coming ; It »ng In the boughs of the pines as I hurrie.1 through them, it grew in th« gathering douils that hid the beach, it roared in tbe loud wave« that threw themarlves on the shore. I crossed the niuuel backed [with, and climbed on the ship. As I picked up the cushions something slid from them on to ibe deck. It waa a kveket, the locket she bad worn on the chain about her neck, and II lay open. fa<* upward, looking at me. 1 mw a small, round photograph of Rodney lallp. CHAPTER VI. ORKGON they »»»• la «r fixe- CANNOT STOP STRIKE i r < • that bad b«*u tetted ba-k and forth liks King Unable to Control Labor Situa a ahuttlnwfc between them. I tried la tion in Sweden. I«u<h aa one should who sees • clown, bead In air. stumble over a brooms! lek, Stockholm. Aug. 10. The tie-up of but the laugh was not evsn a passai*!« the businesa of thv country aa a result imitation of thv strike is eo rerioua that King Tbe storm was coming, and L>f it. 1 wanted no m*»rs of tills fin* Gustav intervened in an endeavor to »•■ather »ben « men was led to l»i«s* into secure a compromise. The king to r -w-i-ulor-.l drrwmv an*! fancy htnuelf a day sent a message to the |>artles at priti*« with th« world a« bla realm. Th« rain began to spin against my conflict, exhorting them to agree al fa*«. Ebe «t**rm was coming fist, anJ the earliest moment possible and ad tbe waves terk»*l angrily at my feet, like vising arbitration. lioumia yelping But I would not run. I would not even turn up my coat collar to Leas Important but Not Leas Inter It was after King Gustav's message Officiels Have Double Set Drawn to keep off th« wel ; I would walk stolidly had been approved al a cabinet meet esting Happenings from Points Guard Against Accident Work •nd let myself te s*>ak«d. fur tbe p>«>r ing Saturday that he summoned to a muddle brained Idiot that I «•« Outside the State. Progresses Smoothly. conference at the ¡lalsce thv two lead But what of her? Barbara Graham liaiked Io me like a eunsumnuite flirt, ers of the warring factions Director playing with me wb»n she was a trifle Orville Wright says he can fly 1,000 Sedow, of the employers, and Senator Spokane, Aug. HI. When little weary of the company of her a*»-r»«lite«l miles in his aeroplane. l.lndquist, president of the federation Helen Hamilton, niece of Mayor Boyd, siltnirer. I knew that women sometliues The I'rat signa of a break in the of trades unions. ; did «u<'h things. I did nut cwo»i*ter that of Coeur d’Alene, walked into a pile of ! -be was tbe .* *r»t of b»r sea,but merely a Swedish strike arv appearing. The result of the conference has not 105,(>00 yellow envelopes containing ' striking Instance of the sex's ln»in*'»rity. China has yielded to Japan in the yet transpired, but apparently the applications for land of the Coeur Yet «lie bad lo- knl like a child, as guile- king's efforts for a peaceful solution d’Alene Indian reservation yesterday Antung .Mukden railway affair. I«*»» as a maid In »hurt skirt» and brahl- of the trouble were without result. 'morning, shortly after 10 o'clock, the «d hair, when she had watched the *-a. Count Zeppelin, the German aero Tonight it was n noun ceil the printers great land drawing on the thro« tracts and then I remembered th*we «ii*i*ien naut, has undregiuie an operation for would «trike tomorrow, and the Na of government land the Flathead. the flashing changes »hen the Imp of subtle abscess. tional labor union baa issued a procla Coeur d’Alene and the Spokane Indian mischief had darned in her blue gray The Milwaukee road will soon estab mation that, beginning tomorrow morn reservations was on. eyes. She ana just a bundle of mischief, ing, every drag wagon whose driver is Several hundred people stood around to whom a new man »as «imply «o much lish through service from SL Paul to not wearing a union badge will be the platform, on which Judge Janice sport Yet I envied Islip with all the the coast stopped by strikers. No exception, it W. Witten, of Washington, 1). C., etrrngib of my heart, which shuws how Greece refuses to renounce her claim waa stated, will te made fur owner« formally openad the drawing on one of strangely Inconsistent 1 ka*l grown. to Crete and Austria warns Turkey driving their wagons. the last of the big tracts of Uncle Charles had foreseen the storm ■ nd against war. The union further declarva it will Sam's public domain. Unlike the rush | had madr (hingM tight lb»* ojttage; tu««r*NjYrr, hr hi»4 built a fir* id th» liv Cannon intends spending the time try t»> frustrate thv attempt of th» in "squatter” days, the modern method ing INM un, which wa« also the dining room, until the regular session of congress Stockholm streetcar company to start of distributing land moved along with to take tbe chill out of the rapidly tlain;» taking a rest. its cars on the surface lines. the precision of clockwork. enfng air. Ordinarily. I would have tieen When Miss Hamilton, daintily dreaaed Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., likes the glad to get In and change into dry clothes in white, had pluck cl the first lucky COREA SORE SPOT AGAIN, and stand In front of the tire, snug and air and will apply fur a pilot's license envelufie from the tna«» and handed it cumfortable. but now I waa as much <*ut to go ballooning. Many Clashes Occur Between Japs to Judge Witten ami the name of laa- of s<>rta as though the cottage had been Harriman is to merge the Illinois dore Selig, of Myrtle Creek, Or., had ard Chineao. a house of cards ami had audilenly • urt»- Central and New York Central with liven read aloud, th» gathering crowds bled down about my head. Victoria, B. C , Au^. 10. Pasaen- began to evidence increased interest the Union Pacific. Poor Charles I He was soon te feel and quivering exciteme.it. the rawness of my temper. 1 ted no Mrs. Harry Thaw wants (600,000 grra arriving on thaateamar Monteagle A faint cheer aroee and followed in sooner closed th» d«»r than I call**! to ¡ from the Thaw family pure», but the from the Orient today in diacuaaing the rapid order as Mu* Hamilton, aided him to get into his oilskins sn-l gu to price is considered too high. aituation between Jajian and China, by Ml»» Christine Donlan and Misa Mi't'ulloai's aith an order to him to ha vs A Ixi« Angeles inventor is looking fur aay COB iitiona at Cheintuu, on the Harriet P> t, plucked the other lucky my horse at th* te* k d*«r by & Men and "Yea, Mr. Felix," »aid Charlee “It's a wife with money enough to back him Corean border, are more likely to cause envelopes from the pile. going t * I* a ted night, sir, a«klng your in building a flying machine. serious trouble liotween the two na- women, now anxious to hear the ver pardon.” The Forty-third National encamp j tiona than the dispute over the Antung dicts in the first 20 envelope«, crowded "I’m going to the Penguin CluK ment of the G. A. R. is in session at up to the platform where newspaper Mukden railway. Charli-s.'' I nnswered, "and I don't car» men and government Clerks grabbed Salt Lake. Fully 50,000 are in attend When the Monteagle sailed reporta at the bits of news bearing names and If tbe heavens fall on the way.'* ance. ' Y-* sir, very g nod, -«I. sir sir . " and (Tiarlea had iwen received that the Chinoee hs*l started them throughout the land by depart*'*], wvmlr>ing. doubliew, at the Mobile, Alabama, ia now in the list massed 3,000 soldiers at Cheinlao special win s run to the drawing stand. He of "dry" towns. strange new master lie bad found, The whole alTair is a perft’Ct deline and collision» between them and knew what I fbought of th« Penguin. Spain explains the Barcelona out the Japanese |<olice were frequent. ation of the large scale on which Uncle I changed Into toy storm viothr» — Sam conducts his official business. The ».it 'i « lea’ her break as a local affair. Seoul dispatches receive»! before sail heavy rldlt-g drawing for the first day closed at 4 I Jacket that buttoned up to my chin, A granddaughter of General Corbin ing alate that, following the arrest of o’clock. The mark of 1600 set by put til I krt in a littlr pasteboard tea is to marry a Japanese. a party of Coreans by the Japanese at Judge Witten as the labor fur the •ml placed It in an ln*id« pocket. ItauM- 'Cheintao, the Chines» troops attacked Great Britain is not greatly alarmed the Japanese and rescued the prisoners, first day, was reached sn I the remain less Mian Graham ralur-1 that «mall gold at the Japanese threats on China. oval trinket with b»r monogram woven I several of the Ja|iancae being wounded. ing 1 Soo will be drawn today. There are but at>out half that many claims to on the oul«hle and her lover ensconced Jerome says Thaw is still crsxy and A boycott has been deciare»! against he given away, but the extra 1600 are Inside, and she should not have to wait the Japa» ••»<» by the Chinese and Cor- should be kept in an insane asylum. drawn to till in where wipners fail to until lb» sto'iii pa■»■*•1 to learn that she eana of the daitrict. Japan has commenced work on the file by April I. had nut loat it. It would do no harm for her to te disturbed for a few hours; Autung railroad in deaflnea of China. MAY AVERT STRIKE. then I would eml it. IRRIGATION CONQRESS OPEN. California gardeners at Basadme Charles <••:.«> te a and said that Nero have passed resolutions declaring Bur would t*e aruuml at H. I ted sup|>er In Chicago Labor Controversy Appears Largo Number Gathers st Spokane to silent state, and then «auk into gloomy tank * fakir. to Be Near End. Discuss Important Affairs. thought before the Are. Confound me A California couple returning from Chicago, Aug. 10.- According to the Spokane, Aug. 10. The congress for being such a «Imple, gullible fool, I a honeymoon abroad have been arrested w ho had scarcely hid eyes on a woman for undervaluing gomia brought home. i outlook tonight there will be no «trike opened with the "Irigation (Me," sung before at Alastair! That waa tbv trou- of th* streetcar emplojea of Chicago, by the Sjxikan« chorus of 260 voices. Turkey has renewed her threat to hie with thv affair In town 1 should The luidress of welcome to the state have I wen prr|ared. properly gyvevl and send an armed force into Greece if that and a aettlcmcnt ia likely to be reached waa delivered by Governor Hay, of breast plated, but here ahe bail come up country does not withdraw her troops ! by tomorrow night Washington. on ue In my own natural wilderueea, on from Crete. It ia »aid an offer of a wage Increase, On behalf of the city Mayor N. 8. my own simple beach, in tny Ship of day t>a»e»l on employee* length of »ervier, Pratt spoke. He caused the suggestion The Swedish general strike contin dream», wtere everything waa •» free ues and leaders claim more men are to will te mad»- by Preaident Mitten, of of a aei saticn by charging private cap and open as the sea. ital with interfering with government Two regiments of sol the Chicago City Railway company. (Tiarlea eyed me a«kance as I pulled be called out. reclamation projects. my oilskin hat shout my ears and vault- diers have mutinied. John M. Roach, preaident of the Chi The response on tehslf of the con- >d u|»>n N»ro Even the poor txsist must Japan has sent China an ultimatum cago Railway» company, ha» ha»i his have looked at me auspiciously, for thia on the railroad situation in Manchuria. suditor» at work figuring out a mrthoil grraa waa made by George E. Barstow, president of the congrrss. • •< no night for riding oo any aimple of advancing wag»», and it 1» »aid hie It ia urderstood that a number of Cleveland, Ohio, officers are having first offer to a committee of his em rrrand. I must te the twarer ot tuli nr*. state delegations have declined to com a figure »tep(w*| out of a rough and tum a row over the Whitla kidnaping re- I ploy*» tomorrow will te on the aame mit themselves in the matter of indors ble story. Ila*l 1 only known bow that ward. general baaia sa that of Mr. Mitten. night was to carry tue far afield, and ing a candidate for president. Thia The controversy probably will te ad Lord Kitchener is to be field mar bow that ride te tbe first swift gallop in is true in the case of President Bar shal and organize the British colonial just*»! without rrsort to outside arbi- to a strange ami swirling enterprise! stow, who, although an announced can I (ration. The employe» aay they are The pines shot their water into my forces. didal», has not been urged strongly for '-!ecid*»lly op|K> ed to arbitration, and face as I galloped along the narrow r<va<L Marriages of pretty cashiers has a second term because of the feeling The sandy footing gars now and again, caused Ixie Angeles hotel men to em rather than »ubmit to it will accept any that the honor should be "passed reasonable compromiae coming from and I had to let Nero's Instlm t eave ua ploy men. around." Other candidates for the th* companies direct. fiom foundering in the tea-* which the president of the congress developed The Moors are again showing activ heavy rain was making of the country, during the day in the jieraona of ex The night waa black as pitch; th* wind. ity and another clash with Spanish Sestlle Fair Half Over. Governor Gooding, of Idaho; ex-Gov- risen to a hurri<-»ue. serwhed through troops is expected. Seattle, Aug. 10. With the closing ernor Pardee, of California, and Con the forest In a thoustnd varied voice«, Tlie murder of a Mexican girl by a of the gates Sunday, the first half of gressman Mondell, of Wyoming. each more terah and -vminous than ths the Alaska Yukon Pacific ex|>oeitlon The question of a next meeting plica last. Meversl times, riding out from th« Chinaman has caused an outbreak at waa ended. Figures compiled by the has narrowed down to a fight between middle of the mad. wet liranrhrs driven Zapotlan, Mexico. exposition management show the at San Francisco and Pueblo, Colo., with by the gale flung themselves against me Venexuela is about to bring to a • nd aiimiat thudded nie from my horse. cloee the disputes with foreign powers tendance for the first half of the fair Denver pleviged to aid the latter. to be 1,744.361. Basing their esti I crouelosl low, tending forward for safe dating from Castro's regime. The new cot at i tut ion privilege, the mates upon the percentage of Increase buaniees like basis eo much desired by ty «nd that I mlfbt peer 1st« ika m-irky A case of Bubonic plague has been for August and September over the the congress, was adopted without dis- blackness of the mad. He* er a I times i found in Sacramento county, Cal. The preceding months at previous expoai- senL his head. • ituation is not regarded alarming. tiona, the officiala estimate that the 'I he Italifs at the gate of the rlnb wees total attendance at the clooe of the Se Bank Guaranty Law Effective. The Chinese government has made | • •-it they were evidently not et|>ectlng atti« exposition October 16 will be arrangements to install a telephone Austin, Texas. Aug. 10. The now visitors I male Nero to the stable«, left more than 4,600,000. guaranty of bank deposits law passed him with a groom, and strode Into the plant in Pekin with a capacity of 200,- The instruments are to be by the recent special sc salon of tbe club's main hall. I mist have prevented 000 lines. Bolivian Revolt Likely. Texas legislature wont into operation my tight buttoned American make. a aorry ape*-lade; Lapaz, Bolivia, Aug. 10. It is stated and leather jacket, my riding hreoehea Heat ia claiming more victims at that, although the inauguration of Dr. yesterday. The law is similar to the boots, all »naked and running with water, Oklahoma law in all its moat import Chicago. Don Elidoro Villazon as president of ant provisions. It provides for and de uiy hair and face dripping when I took Striking bakers at Montreal, Canada, the republic has been set for next fine* two alternative methods or plana off my oilskin hat that brack led under my Thursday, there are many persons here for the protection of the depositors of have caused a bread famine. chin. ’Take my name to Miao Graham.* I who doubt that this program will be state banking cor|>orationa which are The J a pa have called off their strike •aid to the clerk at the d<ak. ami be rwr- consummated because of his friendli referred to aa the "guaranty fund on Hawaiian sugar plantations. Ognlaed uw and sent a buttons to find nrss toward Argentina. The situation plan’’ and the "bond security plan," her. The Stockholm strike is causing s in Bolivia never has been more serious, rv-pec lively. Th» state banks may "Miss Graham la In th» son parlor os famine and ia spreading throughout and sensational events are expected decide which plan to adopL tbe |>orch to the right of the main -loor.* Sweden. shortly. reported the buttons, "and aays aha wiD “ Wallman May Soon Fly. An Oregon woman has t>een arrested see you there." C vina Give« Her Consent. Tromaoe, Norway, Aug 10.- -Advieea at Oakland for swindling railroads by (Ta be rontinned.) drtak'ns >'» " -*» EVENTS OF THE DAY lilHIS PICK WINNERS Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the World. Drawing for Government Land at Coeur d’Alene. PREPARED IÜRTHE BUST READER OREGON MAN GETS EIRST CHANCE There waa no mlataklng thnao fea ture« ; they belotiged as unquestionably to the man in tweed» aa did the locket to Barbara Graham. Moreover, the photo graph did him justice, and ahowed an ex tremely preposeaaing. alightly amiling face, and -that I considered added Inault to the Injury. 1 anapped the locket together and put It In my breaat podiet; then I hurled the mahlona down the cahln-etepa, pulled over the hatrhea, and left the Ship. I waa In a very different humor from that of an hour before. All the way down the beach I ponderavi the matter. How came the locket to have dropped from the chain. how carne It to have fallen open when the catch aeemed eo atrong? But these were petty, fake injury claims. trivial quaatlona. the mereat IntroductIona The Lw*t Wort. Bernard J. Mullaney has declined to the great, all absorbing question -how Rhw— And do you believe that a won* Mayor Busse’s offer to be chief of po am Rodney lalip'a picture there? an slwaye lumi to the last page flnit lice in Chicago. Alaa, there aeemed only one plauaible when she picks up a book? He Well, explanation. and I remembered the alight One of the four surviving wives of I have no rm» n to doubt IL I know air of proprietorship, the amused a mils the Mormon leader Brigham Young, is aa though at aotne hidden joke, that had It is the nature of the fair aei to aid I dead. She was RM years old. •truck ma when Islip had come upon ua tbe last work. Pick Me L’p. Tok Io, Aug. H. It is telle veal that the Chinee* minister to Japan has re- caived instructions from Pekin in which the objection« of th« Chinese Ifovemment to th* reconstruction of tha AntungMukden railroad and its conversion into a standard guage line are completely withdrawn,’ 4b f I I • a received here from Spitzenbergen, where the Walter Wallman polar ex pedition la being prepared for an at tempt to reach the north pole, say the repairs to the balloon abed which waa badly damaged by a atorm laat June, have l.een completed and a gas appar atus hna been inatalled. rowtf'¿a? I<'' 1 ’ .»¿ri