• . •yfô; VOL. SCIO, The Pirate of * RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND A lastair Cogwlght, ISOS, by J. H LIptMncotl Company. O : CHAPTER VIIL- (Cunllaned ) "Don't you think that a girl who's »n garni to oo* man ought to toll other men so?" Sh» drew back sharply and farod me with aatiHrndsd »yea “Why, what do you A. Mr. He) den?" I was la for It. so plungwl ahead "That day you came to the Ship, I had no Idea," I blundered on. "I did not know you were su.-b • frtend of Islip's" "W»K," eh» said, "and now that you knowr "I rtilnk you should hav* told ms. 1 ought to hars known before that after­ noon." Rhe wss haughtiness Itself "Why. what affair was it of yours?* I »hriirrnl my shoulders. "I wss entl tied to know.* “I i-annot understand why Wh«i makes you think that Mr. Islip and I" •hs hesitated a second -"are euch old friends T Of a sudden we w»ro In a very naaty t»mpeet. facing each other “1 happened to see his picture In yonr locket. It wss lying open, fsre upward." Rhe did not »v»n tap her f'»>t. shs »Im­ ply Mt still and l-.M»ked her Indignation at me. "Really, Mr Rel.len, 1 cannot see bow that affects you What reason could there be for telling you my personal sffalra?" I stuck doggMily at ft. "I think I should hav» Ewen told,” I repeat»«! Rhe ra«» me a single glsnce, then rose. "I am g«>ing back to ch» Penguin Club,” She said. I ro»e also. "Vary goo«!. I will •»• you there." “No;** »be turned to me sharply. “I prefer to go back alone.* Rhe wss lmp»rlo«u, I mold E» equally 's • f "And T prefer to go «Irti you. The pines are lonely, and It la growing late. 1 ow» at least tha( duty to your aunt." Then »he tapped her float Impatiently, angrily. "You are very tiresome, Mr. Selden I am my owa mist resa, and T do not wans your company” "And I will not let you go hack alone " “Ton ara very rude." Rhe looked over at th» beech as If for some possible help "Ta there no one eise?" »he asked aloud There can»« » voice from the cabin •teps Exdilnd me "If you will permit me. mademoiselle, I should esteem H a great honor." We both started sa If we wer» shot, and faced about. A tall, somewhat angu hr man stood before ns. hat In hand, bow Ing low to Miss Graham. "I heard your question,' he said, "«nd I took It on myself to answer It Permit tv" He stepped forward and placed hlmaelf at the girl's side. “Who are you T’ I asked, all • m»ve- tn«nt. for t wss surprised out of my wit» "My name I» Pierre Paporrea a." the •trsnger «aid. Ignoring me and addressing Misa Graham, "«nd I count myself fortu­ nate In coming on a lady In distress." We both stood still, taking In the queer figure. Never had I seen a man Jtxet like him. He was dressed all In blach. but hla clottwe were singularly rich »nd of strange pattern. From hla shoulders hung a black cloak held under hla chin by two heavily wrought gold chains. Ar rose hie open waistcoat, which was black satin flowered In white, were three gold chains, and there were rings on bls Anger«. Moreover, his manner was strange, exotic, polished to a degree, and hie voire had a peculiar, fascinating for­ eign enftneea that I had never heard In any other man. Illa height waa over alt feet I rwt>«nIsed the figure that I had seen In the storm. He was smiling easily, the least per­ turbed of the three. “ Permit me, mad«- mnlerlle," he repeated. and offered Miao Graham hla arm. Rhe shot one glance at m«, and then, half smiling, placed her hand on hie • rm. Ko ha led her across tha deck to tha lad­ der I waa still dumb with surprise. I saw ths msn In black leap to the path, help Miss Graham ahlr fs*-l- rated. Duponceau drew his cloak some what eloaad around him. and muffled It •boat hla rliln. so that ill of bis fare I could clearly see waa hla long. wooderfnt black • jm . Indeed, they were wonderful —those •>»• of hla Ths mo-e I looked into them, the more they held me, and yet tbe lens I knew about tho man him­ self. 1 waa Just wondering If thia Du, a 4 * —- r - * *■ # • rt. *.<- b . ,» * LINN COUNTY. OREGON -a- - •?<£ IIMH» was not semethlng of a hypuotlrt w*»e ! AIR FULL OF AEROPLANES. t >uod that be wsa »(wHikin« la • aufL lew, aitnost ruminative voice. Speed Record Broken Wright Ma­ "I like you. Mr Held»«. I Ilk» yen as- chines do Bast. tromely, and so I would not bring you Into any Karra; and yet If you sro my Ithrims, Aug. 24.- The spectacle uf friend I shall nxwt likely do so. for ths* six aeroplanes simultaneously winging curse was laid upon me in th» paet I their flight in huge circles near the have bad many friends and even moro plain at Bethany here today marked the enemlee. and eom* of the friends have up w of _______ uj>ening aviation week. At the finish turned enemle«. but none of the eaemiM there was a grest Teat bn burst of cheers over friends I tell you thia «o that you may thia wundcrnil ... ___ and I imprvuno ex hi the b»Wer Judgv, becaus« y.»u must h» bition. on» or the other. Nobody haa ever Kron Intermittent shower« and high wind» Indifferent." prevailed, and th« eliminating trial» for I rould not ilvtect arrogance; simply th« «election of tho French represent« th» »tat'inent of facts. fives fur th« James Gordon Bennett in “I w uld rather b» your friend." I an Lesa Importa nt bui Not Las« Intere ternational cup, which is to be contested Financiers Wanted Him Io Jump Into sw»red. next Saturday, were »polled. Only la» eating Happening« from Points He was silent sgatn, rsaing st and Harness at Once, but Condi­ Fobvre, with a Wright bi plane, Blériot, through me with his droamy. speculative Outside thè State. Kaiiault IVItcrie and Captain Forber tion Will Not Permit. vision. I had the feeling that I was In braved th« gusty puffs. IwFebvre alone • tneaauro «;wllbouo.l that I could not succeeded in negotiating the complet« start a .-navenation for myself, ohi W But Roosevelt has ktill'd a big elephant circuit of tho courne. He remained in On Board H. H. Kaiser Wilhelm II act without his volition th» air for Ifl minutes in a 25 mile and ..1 Kermit a hippo, wind, breaking the speed record hereto Aug. 24. The condition of E. H. Har­ "There aro roaaons." he continued in A company has been organi ani in fore held by Tlseandier, covering 10 time, “while I cannot tell you much. It riman ha» undergone no notable change I am not one of th» world'» groat men by Han I• icgo, < al., to build aeroplanes fur kilometers in N minutes 55 4 5 secund« lie »till n n.ain» in.,»! ,,f t !>.- tiini- in sale. Of th« others entered in the trial», birth. I am by achievement. There was a ('orslcan born In the last century whom An Armona msn has built an airship Blériot was only able to cover a »uf private cabin owing to th« heavy which ha» prevailed throughout the all the powers of Europe Weight for years in which he fl< w right miles and lauded Orient distanco to qualify. Shortly before dark the rain suddenly tir« trip. The present indications tn bind and silence. there are many awn safely. erased and tho wind fell to a drad there who would d<> the Mme for me A famous painting by Murillo has calm. Th» sky pilots soon ware busy tn flu- »1.inner will b» late in arriving, Wherever Napoleon went he brought been found in Man Francisco, • K m » getting their machines out. Iaitham cause of the delay occnaioned by strife; wherever I go etrlfa follows" He ing "lust” for So yeara wn» first away, ascending high from fog ceased looking through me. end gaaed at Mix aeroplanes look part in the avia th« start. 11» passed th» cheering tri New York, Aug 24. As tbe Kaiser me. "You have your quiet beach, your tion carnival, the Wright machine» bun»» at the height of 150 feet. I. •am Wilhelm II hourly draws nearer to her snug house, your »ummer with the fair bert, Sommer, t'urkburn, Do la Grange making tho beat showing. lady of this afternoon, do you still wlah and Fournier followed in quick sue nier in New York, public interest in FL A charge of wholesale peonage ia eeMion, and ns Idithain was complet me to stay?" II Harriman’s return grow* acute, tlcn '"rhe Hhlp Is any one's property." I made against former State Hrnstor, ing th» first round, now at a height rrsl anxiety as to hi* health ha» found •aid. ' a»'l the »h.>ro j» fro» If you want Smith, of Gi-urgm, by about 5o negroes, of 300 foot, ail aeroplane», like sen ««preasion in a series of published ap _ over the field. pr<-cintions of his |H-r»on<-«an'e eysa to find it dry. They were forced to demonstration of the maneuvering ca most trusted lieutenants, »[Hike of his eamp without water and on very »bort parity of his machine, circling around chief today with »«riousneaa and were »tern and fix«!. "! have lieeii «ailed a pirate, a robber, ration». the »farting point, cutting several fig warmth. "Mr. Harriman," said he, "ha» been a modern Juggernaut, but It waa only bo- A wireless message from tho steamer ur« right» and awia>ping down over tbo kanc, Aug. 24.—Fires raging in To tell you the truth, I hover »aw him ing Duponceau. be visits in that state. play, except with his children. Ills chil "Charles,'' I mid, “thia is Monsieur f<>ri'»ta northeast and southeast of Npo cetat<>r» and a mechani­ Ihiponceau, who has lately come to stay kane are destroying nn immense area uf cs m wet.- kill'd ill the lnd.anap..|«i auto splendid timber and driving the few in thia hhlp. You are not to mention bls races, making seveu in all. settlers in tho more isolated region to presence here to any one, but will do MAKES THRILLING FLIGHT Trans Mississippi congress asks open the river's brink for safety. whatever be ask». You ne»«l not take th« While the fire along the Pend ing of mineral and farm lauds in re thing* away , they way !>» of u-» to him d'Oreille river in Washington ia under American Aeroplane Lowers Record In the cabin. Monsieur l»ui>on>-eau. you serves and indorses PinchuL control, it still blares furiously, having for Rheims Course. may roly on Charles as on yourself.” President Din«, of .Mexico, has sent Charles bowed to the man in black, a mor« troops to check th« Reyes move cut a swnth a mile wide and aaveral Rheims, Aug 24.- tllrnn IL Curtiae, fine figure, raxing steadily at my man. I mrnt and may be obliged to call off bis miles long. The dumnge will total an the American aviator, and M. I’aulham, immense sum. could not help noting th» picture that meeting with President Taft. representing France, divided honors or Terrific winds are blowing this even he made, hi» band still on the platola, hla Wellman's dirigible started for tho ing near Handpoint, Idaho, fanning th» »er..nd day of aviation week, th« •oft tdai-fc hat low upon hl» forehead, hla North Pole, but a series of accidents former in a thrilling flight just before small fires, which so far have been kept cloak flung acroas hl» »boulder. ended finally in the explosion of the under control, and they threaten sori dusk, in which ho lowered the speed Charles turned to go. "Has there Eieen balloon and abandonment of the at- ous damage. A large tire south of Co record fur th« course, which measures <> I *, miles, to 5 minutes 35 2 3 sneonds; any message for me?" I asked aa an sf- ternpL colalla threatens to destroy timlier bo the latter making two impressive high- lerttiought. longing to H. C. Culver. Eighteen mon One of the Moroccan rebel leaders are now fighting thia firo, but cannot altitude flights of ll'j and 30 kilometers, "No, Mr. Felix." Charles hesitated ; resfiectively, in the endurance teat for "but I found a man prowling • Ixiut the has been captured. subdue it. the prix de In Champagne. liack road after »upper, and. though I'd The Lumbermen s Protective Asau Spanish warshqis are bombarding CurtiM* | j>orf"rtnnnee * liegan ju»t as never seen him before, I couldn't learn eiation is presaing every available man th« ¡»ooition held by the Moors. the time limit ___ nit __ for ________ the start of th« prig his bualneM. He looked like a aly one, into servir« to fight th« flamea. A de la Champagne was expiring, Blériot The Greek flag in Crete has t>«en large tiro ia reported to have done a sir." only a few minutes before had clipped 1 turned to Ihipooceau; ha waa amlF broaght down by a shot from a foreign great deal of damage at Naples, Idaho, Hi seeunds off IcF'ebv ro's record. but nt present there is no moans of com Ing. warsnip. Suddenly, at th« end of the Held a cry munication with this placo. Another "You see, Mr Seldon, how quickly my The row between Pinchot and Bal­ large fire between Granite and Athol is went up; "The American is starting!" words And proof. Where I come atrifa With a preliminary run along the linger is likely to cause Pinchot's res­ reported to have destroyed a large tract fol Iowa" ground of Kki yards, the tnaehine rose of standing timber. ignation. (To ba continued.) lightly and shot by tho tribunes at a Forest Area have destroyed several A British battleship want ashore off farm honsra in tho vicinity of Port lliil, height of 60 feet. It waa going s ter In IHstress. tho coast of England. It ia hoped tu north ol Bonners Ferry, Idaho, burning rifle pare, with tho wing level as a plane. CurtiM msdo tho last run under "Where tre you going In such a save th« vesisol. much timber also. Mon cannot l>o had burry, pat' asked the tall womau In to tight tho flamea West of Bonners the mistaken impreMion that the finish Heney has been nominats-d by the Ferry a largo force of men is working line was cloeor. 11« descended so el os« tha rad sutilxmnet aa her husband Dornocarta of Han Francisco for prose­ day and night to extinguish th« flames, tn earth that many thought he touched, dashed by with a powerful [»air of but perceiving his error, he mounted cuting attorney. but have nut made any headway, farm horses. uuiekly, rroMing the line majestically. A million dollars would not pay for Thirty-nine of Japan’s leading bust- An instant later tho signal was hoisted "Going to pull an aul >ti»>btla [»arty the timber already destroyed, but it ia out of the mud. •la. 1 laughed O' old nrsa men have start»«! for America for difficult to estimate the exact Iona. For that he bad made a record. fartnrr. "They've got the *C. I >. Q. a tour of the United States. cst rangers have the fir« under control Wheat Prices Tumble. signal flying from their machine." Thaw has been returned to the in­ east of Bonners Ferry, Mmnra|K>lia, Aug. 24.—No. 1 North­ sane asylum without special privileges. Tactical »kilt. Crazed by Fool Questions. ern wheat today broke 13 cents from His mother will continue the fight lie (thougbtleMly> This bread lan't Han Francisco, Aug. 24.—Georg« I* th« opening price, dropping from 41.25 The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy like the klml—— Root, a tourist Conductor of tho Chi to 41.10. Opening figures today were Hhe (angrily )—Weit your mother railroad includes Bibles among the rngo, Burlington A Quincy, who was 13 rents under Saturday's quotations booka furnished the library compart­ tunde It, all the aame. found wandering about the railroad of *1.35, making a total deelino of 23 ments of their train«. He (dcprecathigly)—I waa going to yards in a half demented condition to Prohibitionists from all quarters of day, attributes his mental breakdown rents sine« Haturday. New No. 1 North­ •ay, my dear, like the kind we hnd the last time you made IL—Baltimore the country will celebrate in Chicago, to tho eomidaints, protests and quea ern sold a week ago at 11.43. Satur­ tion» pouretl h,s unwilling ears by day'» price waa fll.33. Today it sold poured into h