Tuesday, July 15, IQrq
THE DARKEST HOUR
By JACK LAWTON.
As Leila sm, wide-eyed tmd sleepless
before her hedrootn window, the moun
turned the .sandy stretch of heneh Melon-
into gleaming silver. lor hours
the Kil l 1,ikI tossed restlessly upon her
Pillow, until at last she had arisen and
dressed, hoping, when the lust guest
ot the hotel retired within doors, to
slip out unseen and settle her prob
lem In the open silence of the night.
x Money,' not just enough to be com
jprtable In her own home, but money
iffieient to. satisfy all the pent-up de
sires of her heart. She might travel,
she might see luxuriously the won
drous sights of the world; she might
have at hand the vvhite-trellised gar
den which had long been her dream
the monotonous office with its 'weary
routine would be forever banished if
she would but accept the conditions of
her querulous old uncle's will ; and its
condition was a husband of his clioos-
Leila Knew slightly this man whom
her uncle favored with his choice, and
the "knowing" had caused her sleep
less night. Tomorrow' she must give
her answer, 'it was'ilie ast (iily- of dy.
cree. She haled the chosen man's
sneering smile, she hated the- shrewd
ness of his cold eyes, but she knew
that he would willingly enact his part,
because of the prize in store. '
It was like Uncle- .Tared to select
such a man as custodian of his accu
mulated wealth; this new secretary
hd won the old man's admiration by
-iiis cautious cleverness, as' Leila had
won it,' by her devotion through one of
his illnesses.
Now : the girl came slmvlv m.-o
white wraith down the moonlit sands
and seated herself there to watch the
dawning.. When the sun rose, shining
across the waters, she must have made
her decision.. The breeze lifted gently,
the curling ends of the long braid
which hung over her shoulder, She had
not wailed to fasten up her beautiful
hair for she was sure of being alone.
Vet hack among the purple shadows
another figure moved at her approach.
"I beg your pardon," he said frankly,
"I thought I should he quite alone
here at this hour; or," he bent smiling
to look Into Leilu's face "have I sin
prised 'tire spirit of morning?' " ' l-
"I came to settle a 'troubled ques
tion," she answered him seriously"
"The moonlight seemed'-to-point down
this path and I also wished to be
alone."
The man lingered, "Why,, tjuit 'was
my case exactly,'; he , said. "I was
threshing things, ouj .by myself up
there in the bote') and riiy disappoint
ment seemed too" big -for tlie indoors.
ho I brought It out." -;- - . -
itm : . : - ..
-1 1 -uisapDOintmentT" nneri .i
s Ait i a 1 1
i J AH at once the stretching beach with
vj, e.,una H3 an aiarmmg ex
cuse in wni. n to be alone. Childish
ly she longed for companionship and
companionship was near. This verj
uice young man with the kind eves
might in some indirect wav even help
her in her decision.
. "Disappointment?" she questioned
again encouragingly and be dropped
down beside her on the sands.
"Something." lie began, "the hour
perliaps, or the sympathetic Intercut
of your tone, urges me to be confi
dential. "I have been studying most of mv
life, you see. with an object lo iim.in
push
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPMP.P OREGON
CLAIM. KARL'S JEWELS
Dispute Between Italy and Aus
tria Over Art Collections.
PAGE THREE
Italians Particularly.. Anxious to Re
cover Former Austrirn Emperor's
"Florentine Gem."
Vienna. A new- turn has been given
to the dispute between Italy and Aus
tria over art collections by the state
ment that former Kmperor Charles has
cai-ried nff ti Uii-i-t.,.,...,., ; ; .,
-the central object of my future Ji-'s. the whole of which are regard-
T.i (ha li i . 1 1 . iwl in A,i.f,.;r. 1,..; ,.t .
career. To the furtherance of thi. ...
complishmeut has been held out to me
an encouraging promise of financial
support. I depended upon it for I knew
that I could double the money be
stowed. Without it. at l.resenl T nm
CU 111 Austria as hr.inu- hia Tit'lvnls.
property, but claims for which have
been filed by Italy, particularly the
Fl ueryine diamond of 133 1-3 carats.
The Italian commissioner, Professor
i-'Aueona, has stated that this ilin-
v-1'1 i yroeni, i am i - oLi..eu uiai mis uia-
helpiess, and after years of laboriously ! ni,IIKl formed part of the collection left
geitinc the neepiirt tinnrn - ,i I tn flip oii-v vf- l.1!,,... 1 1L.
geitmg the necessary, money together
k would probably be too late for the
fulfillment of my dreams.
"Last night only I learned that the
old friend, who had been, so enthusi
astically interested in my enterprise
and who had given the promise of its
support, had died during my recent nb
sence and bad made a hasty will leav
ing all his property to a niece upon
condition that she marry his latest sec
retary, one who bad in ' some way
gained the old man's favor. The will,
of course,' is just. Heretofore I lia-d nil
knowledge-of this niece's existence.
My friend, J a red Long, died at this
hotel a week ago.. I came on here to
learn details.
."The unexpected outcome of the will
is merely one of life's disappointments.
The bitler'hardhess of it to me lies In
the fact of the failure forever of -iny
acliievement. Pardon me." ended the
man abruptly. "I have been musing
aloud and had almost forgotten my
.listener."
Tensely the girl leaned forward, a
glimmer' of light across the wafer
shone in her eager eyes, her red lips
parted breathlessly.
"And if," she asked, "this niece or
old .Tared's should refuse his request?"
"The property then would strangely
revert to me," the young man replied.
Leila stood up before him.- Like a
freed creature she stretched her amis
forth to the rising sinu
"The darkest hour." she "murmured
st'ftly, "Is just before the dawn. Per
haps your darkest hour of disappoint
ment .has already past. And mint"-)
wonder ?",
' fcniillng she looked up into the man's
eyes, : ; . . . , .
"! want, to see you again," lie said
jsuddenjy,. Imperntlveiy. "I must see
you again."
. Then side' by side the two walked
oh together' into the golden path ot
tile sun. "'
(CciJyrlKhl, 1911, Wsiitrrn Nor.-ir.-i.wr L'nlonl
to the city of Florence under the will
of Anna Maria Medici, but that it was
carried off by the house of Austria jn
1748 when Duque Leopold became em
peror of Austria.
He said the Austrian - government
had been notified of Italian claims to
this jewel months ago, and if it per
mitted Kmperor Charles to carry it
away it would be necessary to obtain
possession of it again. It is unknown
here whether the emperor lias dispos
ed of. the diamond while in. Switzer
land in order to pay his living ex
penses. Professor D'Ancona has carefully
traced the history of this remarkable,
stor.e whi.-b. legend -relates, was lost
m- the Imirlefietil nf. !,.....
'Charles the Bold, duke of .-Burgundy,
six tenf-ji-ics- ago; ,. " - .-
Tl was picked up and believed to he
la piece of glass and' sold for a small
j sum. II found its way. to'SwiUerliind,
i where it .was sold for;ll,000 -dttca's to
the duke of Milan, Hud" brought to
Home in-1;01 by Fer.limrnd -Medici
. Tt- 1 .... . I .....
" oeeu on exmiiitlon ,f late years
in the Holhurg museu-m.
Professor' D'Ancoiia-.-poi-nted out to
the Associated Press correspondent
that the Austrian? cannot claim that
In siirreiMerliig this stone-they-:wcm!d
lie injuring Vienna's art ' collection
since they were willing to part with It
to the former emperor who :4s n6w a
private citizen and has .left the coun
X' r . i
""'"'I.IS 1:1(1 nvs, w.i . . . .
o y.re,ve .in the world here." - He
h eyed , , mil:le to living in 1
tl, ar m , """" !"rivins 1!ll"np'l
Hat hn, Ce!ave had moved from the
-iiy oxer tour years ago.
The boy encountered many hard-
n ight lll a wmdstor.n which left him
' ;vei;k''" W :ln the mouu
" Vi;lli'. fur ' through a
long snow-shed. At Sparks, Xev" he
almost died of thirst, and his little dog
Truck of Dynamite Dumped.
Pottsville. Pa.-A dozen miners went
aver an embankment near here seat
ed on i truckload of dynamite and are
111 l,viug to tell the. story. Why tho
dynamite failed to explode cannot be
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severely bruised.
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