Mosier Bulletin
Issued Each Friday
M O SIER ...
OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
L ess I m p o rta n t b u t N ot L ess In ter
esting H appenings from P oints
O utside the S ta te .
The widow of Claus Spreckles has
been aw arded $3,000,000 of her hus
band’s esta te .
I t now seem s as though th e Chicago
stre e tc a r men will win th e ir fight w ith
the company.
W illiiam R. W allace has been chosen
fo r the D em ocratic candidate for m ay
or of S alt Lake.
Jam es J . H ill says too many people
are going to the c itie s instead of stay
ing on the farm .
Thousands of acres of pastu re and
wood land has been burned over in So
nom a county, C al., by fo re st fires.
P eary re ite ra te s th a t he is the only
w hite man who ever saw the Pole and
prom ises to disprove Cook’s claim .
David E. Thompson, U nited S ta te s
am bassador to Mexico, has secured
control of the Pan-A m erican railroad,
a line 244 m iles long.
The p o rt of Mulege, on the east
coast.o f Lower C alifornia, w as over
whelmed by a tidal wave S eptem ber 4.
Considerable property was destroyed.
F O R E S T FIR ES RAGE.
Blaze T h re a te n s Many R anches and
C alifornia R e so rts.
San Francisco, S ept. 15.— Several
thousand men are engaged in a dozen
counties of th is sta te in fighting n u
merous forest fires th a t th re a te n ranch
and re so rt buildings, as well as many
square m iles of valuable tim b e r lands.
As a resu lt of these conflagrations un
usual heat prevails along the coast
G reat dam age already has been done
to ranch houses and several groups o<
sum m er reso rt hotels and te n t co ttag es
have been destroyed.
The m ost serious fires reported today
are in N orthern Sonoma,
W estern
Nampa, Mendocino, S a n ta Cruz, Lake
and Los Angeles counties.
In N am pa
county, w here W alter S p rin g s was de
stroyed and the co ttag es and te n t hous
es a t B u rk ’s san itariu m w ere badly
dam aged, the fire burned itse lf o u t to
day, but in the hills n ear Preston the
flames are spreading.
In the v icinity o f U kiah the whole
country is ablaze.
F ire fighters are
back firing to save the city from de
struction. In the v icinity of C alistoga
the conflagration th a t threaten ed th a t
town la st n ig h t has been controlled. A
hundred men lrorn S t. H elena succeed
ed in sav in g suburban resid en ts sc a t
tered through the foothills.
N ear
W atsonville a fire has been burning for
tw o days, spreading in the direction of
Gilroy.
R angers suceeded in sav in g the big
trees. Thousands of acres in the foot
hills w est of Donovan valley, Lake
county, have been sw ept by th e flameB,
b u t they are now under control
F or a
tim e the oil region around W h itties
was in danger. M ostof the fires bo fa r
reported originated a t points w here
cam pers had le t em bers or from sparks
from engines.
W OULD REFORM FIN A N CES.
By the election of J . P. Morgan, J r .,
as director in a H arrim an hank, h a r P re sid e n t O pens W estern T our at
monious relatio n s are shown to e x ist
B oston With R evelations,
between the M organ and th e Kuhn-
Boson, Mass., Sept. 15.— P resident
Loeb-Standard Oil group of financiers.
T a ft y esterd ay be^an his to u r of the
Dewey sayB the U nited S ta te s needs country, by coming to th is city from
a larg e r navy.
Beverly in an autom obile, accom panied
I t is said th e H arrim an e sta te will by Mrs T a ft, his d au g h te r and Pro
fessor and Mrs. Louis Moore, and mak
not be divided.
ing a speech a t the Boston Comm ercial
The Peary-Cook controversy has
club, w hich was devoted m ainly to a
grow n very b itte r in New York.
discussion of financial reform .
R ear A dm iral Schley favors Cook,
The p resid en t revealed th a t the Mon
n otw ith stan d in g th a t Peary is a navy e ta ry commission will recommend the
estab lish m en t of a cen tral bank and
man.
x Sweden has tak en steps to end the th a t S enator Aldrich intends to stum p
labor w ar.
A rb itra tio n w d l be in the country in order to arouse in te re st
in his p 'an of financial reform .
He
sisted upon.
also dw elt on the need of reform in the
The- biennial convention of the na in te rsta te comm erce and a n t i t r u s t
tional association of m achinists is in I hws and strongly deprecated section
session a t Denver.
alism , e ith e r betw een E a st or W est or
I t is expected th a t 10,000 deleg ates N orth or South.
The p resid en t said he was going to
w ill a tten d th e E a g le s’ national con
ta k e his W estern trip because he be
vention a t Omaha.
lieved it would enable im to be a
S t. Jo h n 's C atholic church, New O r much more efficient p resid en t and
leans, has been alm ost totally d estroy make him b e tte r acquainted w ith the
ed by fire. Loss $200,000.
needs of th a t g re a t section. He also
General Reyes says he has never outlined some of the m a tte rs to be sub
been a candidate fo r the vice p resi m itted to the n ex t congresB.
dential nom ination in Mexico.
SEPA R A TIO N IDEA G RO W S.
New York, fe a rs a tong w ar in its
Chinatow n, and has sen t scores of ad
S o u th ern C alifornia T ax p ay ers Begin
ditional police to th a t section.
S p read in g P ro p a g a n d a .
C ardinal Gibbons says th a t w hile he
The P irate o f
FARM S E L L S FOR $ 1 0 6 ,6 0 0 .
UMATILLA W HEAT C R O P .
Ashland T ra c t, Cultivated Since 1853,
B rings Fancy P rice.
A shland—One o f the b ig g est real es
ta te deals in the history of this section
was the sale of the E. K. Anderson
farm , five m iles n o rth east of Ashland,
one of the oldest and choicest turn s
in the Rogue riv e r valley to G. A.
Morse fo r $106,500. Mr. Morse is re
cently from Louisiana, and be has ex
tensive investm ents in th is section.
The farm disposed of consists of 305
acres, the sale price being $350 an
acre. O f the t r a 't sold 43 acres are
in apple and peach tre es from tw o to
seven y ears old.
F ifty acres are in
a fa lfa , the rem ainder being devoted to
general I arm in g .
All of it is choice
fru it land favorably located, and the
e n tire tr a c t w ill eventually be turned
into fr u it acreage.
Mr. Anderson has farm ed this par
tic u la r tra c t of land since 1853, and
upon it grew the first w heat ever
milled in th is p a rt of the sta te . Some
y ears ago he purchased home property
in Ashland and nas only lived on the
farm a portion o f the tim e, a sen, G.
N. Anderson, having charge of the
i lace.
Flood of Gold Follow s the H arvest in
P ro s p e ro u s Grain C en ter.
P endleton,— The lure of $3,000,000
in b rig h t gold pieces, w ithout ta in t or
reserve, sends a th rill through the peo
ple of U m atilla county, a t th is season
of the y ear th a t cannot be appreciated
by any one who as not fe lt the charm
of the g rain fields when each golden
head nods to th e th rifty fa rm e r its
readiness to be converted into gold for
his purse as rew ard for his efforts dur
ing the 12 m onths closing w ith the
g ath erin g in of the sheaves.
The call
of the g rain fields has been heard, the
trem endous task of saving the harvest
has been perform ed, the m ark etin g of
the g rain is the duty which calls forth
the best judgm ent and ta c t of the farm
er, in th is county, w here to raise grain
successfully rand largely is the am bi
tion of every ow ner of land.
U m atilla county farm ers have ju s t
finished h arv estin g a crop of g rain th a t
will place fully $3,00u,000 in th e ir
purses. The crop will net about as
much money as any produced in the
county, inasm uch as the price to be re
ceived will be much higher than was
taken for the " b u m p e r” crop of 1907,
when U m atilla county produced more
than 1 per cent of all the w heat grown
in the U nited S tates. U m atilla coun
ty is easily the g rain center of Oregon,
producing p ractically one th ird of all
the sta te . T here w as a tim e when
U m atilla county "to o k off its h a t,”
m etaphorically speaking, to the W il
lam ette valley in the grow ing of grain,
but th a t day has long since passed into
history.
A P P L E S AT T O P PR IC E.
Hood River Union C lo ses $ 1 5 0 ,0 0 0
Deal With E astern B uyers.
Hood R iv er—Joseph S tein h ard t, of
the comm ission firm of S tein h ard t &
Kelly, th e New York firm th a t bought
the o u tp u t of the Heod R iver Apple
g ro w ers’ union la s t year, has set the
apple buying ball rolling by again pur
hcasing the e n tire crop handled by the
union a t a gross figure th a t w ill total
over $150,000.
According to Mr. S tein h ard t and the
officers of the union, the announcem ent
of the sale will cause a quick scram ble
for box fru t in o th er N orthw est sec
tions, as they have been w aitin g for
the signal from Hood R iver in order to
g e t a line on prices.
The saie includes the purchase of
60,000 to 70,000 boxes of fancy fruit,
or about 125 cars, and it is claimed
th a t it w ill be the b ig g est deal made
th is y e a r by one firm. The fr u it is to
be especially packed fo r S tein h ard t and
K elly and w ill be labeled w ith a new
label ju s t adopted by the union and an
effort will be made to send one large
shipm ent in a solid tra in of re frig e ra
to r cars to New York.
G rand R onde’i G re a te st C ro p .
La G rande— Heavy rains throughout
Union county have g reatly delayed
thresh in g , b u t it is estim ated th at
most o f the work will be finished w ith
in the n e x t two weeks, although there
will be a sm all am ount th a t will not
be finished in the n e x t 30 days. The
yield in Union county is estim ated to
run over the 1,000,000 bushel m ark.
This w ill be th e la rg e st am ount of
w heat ever grow n in the G rand Ronde
valley. The fa rm e rs are not so inclined
as they w ere a t fi st to hold onto th eir
w heat until it reaches the dollar mark
and are le ttin g the w heat go in Brnall
am ounts every day. The price ranges
around 80 cen ts for bluestem , 79 for
40 fold a rd 77 for club.
Milton G ro w ers Ship A pples.
M ilton—W. E. Gibson, of the Sibson
F ru it company, of Chicago, is in Mil-
ton shipping about 100 carloads of
prunes bought from the M ilton F ru it
grow ers’ union. The price being paid
is $32 per ton.
L ast y ear the crop
w as sold fo r $15 per ton.
A large
force of packers has been employed in
the sheds for tw o w eeks and a larger
force of pickers has been engaged in
g ath erin g the fru it.
The orchards
owned by C. L. S tew art, C. W. Ray
and John M. Brown, near C rockett, are
good illu stratio n s of the prune indus
try here.
F orm Colony at Dallas.
D allas — T w enty Germ an fam ilies
are colonizing 1.000 acres of land near
D allas. The fam ilies hail from New
Mexico, and are in fairly well to do
circum stances. They are particularly
well im pressed w ith the soil and cli
m ate here as com pared w ith the dry,
barren lands they have been tilling.
The m em bers of the colony are all fine
stockraisers, and a re bringing a lot of
blooded anim als w ith them to im prove
the stra in of already good stock.
The
place they have chosen com prises some
of the best lands in Polk county.
Rich S trik e a t Gold Hill.
Gold Hill In the Gray E agle mine
developm ent has opened th e m ine 70
fe e t below the first tunnel and struck a
Los A ngeles, Sept. 15.— Members
should like to see prohibition rule, he
body of ore w hich shows values from
does not believe the p resen t move will o f executive com m ittees appointed a t a
$(’) to over $300 per ton.
A ten stam p
mass m eeting o f ta x p ay e rs in Symphony
be successful.
mill is now on the way to the property,
the mill having been started a fte r the
F airb an k s has le ft China on his way hall yesterday, will m eet tom orrow to
organize and issue a form al call for a
nia n stockholders and d ireto rs had ex
to M anila.
conference to consider the form ation of
am ined the ground carefully.
In the
W ould H urry A llotm ents.
The S an ta Fe has w ithdraw n its o r th e s ta te o f South C alifornia.
K lam ath F a lls—C om plaint is made w orkings a 13 foot vein has been found
ders for fa s t tra in s from the EaBt
U nder the term s o f th e resolution
of unnecessary delay in allotm ents of so fa r and still the foot w all has not
B urg lars succeeded in g e ttin g away the conference is to be held w ithin 30 th e K lam ath Indian reserv atio n . The been reached.
w ith 'je w e lry valued a t $100,000 in days. A lthough y e ste rd a y ’s m eeting m a tte r is in th e hands of Rev. H. F.
w ent on record as favoring sta te divi
C ro p P ro s p e c ts G ood.
P ittsb u rg .
W hite, who began the task two years
sion, the conferences are to consider
K lam ath F alls— R ecent rain through
ago.
A
t
th
a
t
tim
e
it
w
as
announced
Spanish forces in Morocco have been all phases of the question carefully, and
out the en tire K lam ath country have
g reatly reinforced and now hope to de* to decide w hether the form ation of a th a t it would require not more than six
months to do the w ork. When the put the fall range in good condition
fe a t the Moors.
n ew state is desirable. If it decides in
Indians have received th e ir lands there and stock is doing well. The m oisture
The first snow has fallen in Mon favor of it, a convention is to be called, will be le ft over about 200.000 acres did some dam age to the hay crop on
tan a. Should it continue much uncut to w hich all counties and all the p rin of fe rtile fa rm in g land, stock range the ground, but the loss is slight.
cipal c itie s in Southern C alifo rn ia will
g rain will be dam aged.
and tim bered tra c ts. I f these lands G rain was not in j i red, h u t h arvesting
be asked to send d elegates.
are opened for se ttle m e n t it w ill mean w ill be a few days late on account of
H ill has attack ed the Southern Pa
an enorm ous influx o f people into the the rains. The g rain yield w ill be ex
cific land g ra n t in order to force an
Boy o f 8 0 B eats It in 10.
K lam ath country and w ill g reatly in ceptionally good.
entran ce into Southern C alifornia.
Los Angeles, Cal , S ept. 15.— When crease the resources of th is section.
The Chicago, M ilwaukee & P u g et Dr. B. W. Law rence, 80 y ears old,
PO RTLA N D M A R K ETS.
Sound road has ottered to carry mail lined up at the tape opposite th e Hol
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from Chicago to P u g e t sound in 69 lenbeck horns to go a g a in st tim e for
W h eat—B luestem , 97c; club, 87c;
Medford— F iv e hundred cars of fru it red R ussian, 8534c; valley, 90c; fife,
hours.
60 yards nn inconsiderate youth yelled
w ill be shipped from Medford this sea
Pernicious an aem ia and oedema of " B e a t it. k id .” The venerable anti- son. This q u an tity will be quadrupled 87c; T urkey red, 87c; 40-fold, 89)^c.
Barley — Feed, $26.50; brew ing,
c
ig
a
re
ttist
twiddled
his
w
h
ite
w
hiskers
the lungs was the ch ie f cause o f H arri-
w ithin a few years.
In 1908 more $27.50 per ton.
He tra v
m an’s death, according to Dr. Lyle, disdainfully and " b e a t it ”
carloads of com m odities w ere handled
H ay— Tim othy, W illam ette valley,
eled th a t 60 yards in 10 seconds flat.
his physician.
here th an a t any p >int in Oregon out $13(0 15 per ton; E astern Oregon,
The tim e was taken by tw o men, but
E x-P resid en t R oosevelt has been not, of course, under sanction o f the side of P o rtlan d , on the H arrim an $16.50(u 17.50; a lfalfa, $14; clover,
named as a d elegate to the w o rld 's m is A. A. U. " I ’ll sign a g a in st anybody lines. So fa r 1909 is ahead of last $14; cheat, $13(ul4 50; g rain hay,
sionary conference a t Edinburgh, Scot for T hanksgiving d a y ,” the aged phy y e a r’s record and th e to tal for the year $ 160/ 16.
w ill show a g re a t grow th. Passenger
land, n e x t Ju n e 14 to 24.
B u tte r—C ity cream ery, ex tra s, 36c;
sician said.
traffic is h eav ie r in and out of Medford fancy outside cream ery, 33((i'36c; store,
P eary says he w ill prove Cook was
than a t any o th er point betw een S acra 21(d22c per pound. B u tter f a t prices
A fter W estern Union.
never a t the Pole.
m ento and P ortland.
Many of these average 1 t*c per pound under reg u lar
Omahn,
Se
pt.
15.—
The
New
York
are hom eseekers.
H arrm an lines are not likely to have
b u tte r prices.
News bureau today authorizes the
any more one-man power.
E ggs—Oregon ranch, candled, 31c
st: tem en t th at considerable progress
P ru n e A ssociation F orm ed
per dozen.
C anadians are determ ined to re-open has been made tow ard consolidating
Rosel u rg —Prune grow ers of M yrtle
Pou1 try — H ens, 15Ji(g 16c per pound;
th e B ering sea sealing question.
the W estern Union and the A m erican Creek have m et and form ed an associa
springs, 15Lj((ilPc; roosters, 9(i/'10c;
Telephone
&
T
elegraph
com
pany.
The
H arrim an stocks did not drop on the
tion for th e sale o f th e ir crops.
They
telephone company has been try in g to also elected a com m ittee to receive of ducks, young, ld t ^ c ; geese, young,
•tock exchange as was expected.
obtain control of the W estern Union fe rs and do th e selling for the pool. 10c; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $1.75(02
per dozen.
Lord Roseberry has le ft the B ritish for several m onths, b u t th e term s have
They have issued an in vitation to all
P o rk —Fancy 10c per pound.
R adical party and joined the L iberals. not been agreed upon. R ecently n e
grow ers to join th e pool. The fr u it j
g o tiatio n s w ere resum ed.
I t is under w ill all be sold to g eth er, a rd w h o ew r , V e i l —E xtra, 10(<i 10 4 c per pound.
The first d raw in g in the Cuban na
F ru its Apples, $ l(u2.25 per box;
stood the telephone company is seeking buys th e pool g e ts all the fru it. The
tional lottery yielded the governm ent
to secure the G<uld and Sage holdings grow ers have agreed to dry the prunes p e irs , 50c(<j$1.25; peaches, 65c(ii$1.25
$100,000 profit.
per c ra te ;
cantaloupes, 5 0 c(ul.50;
besides buying in the open m ark et.
in a good m ark etab le condition and ex plum s, 25(u75c per box; w aterm elons,
L ate st advices say 10,000 lives wrere
p ect good prices.
lii/l *,c per pound; grapes, 60c(u$l 25
C a n a d ia n S c o r e s T a r if f .
lost in the earthquake wh:ch destroyed
per b a sk e t; cassbas, $ l.75(«2 per
H am ilton, Sept. 15. The annual
Acapulco, Mexico.
H op C ro p 6 0 ,0 0 0 Bales.
c ra te ; quinces. $1.50 per box.
m eeting of the C anadian M an u factu r
S alem — H oppicking in the K rebs
Chicago carm en are again endeavor
P otatoes $1 per sack ; sw eet pota
e rs ' association began here todav.
ing to arran g e for a rb itra tio n w ith the
yards is finished. Mr. K rebs estim ates toes, 2(*(2'jC per pound.
P resid en t K. Hobson ch aracterizes the
stre e tc a r company.
the yield o f the K rebs yards a t 1,800
Onions- $1.27 per sack.
condition of the A m erican senate as
V egetables Beans, 4(.( oc per pound;
The situ atio n in N orthern Mexico is violation o f the tr u s t reposed in it by hales, atiout 1,200 less than the output
K rebs declares cabbage, l( * r l'4c ; cauliflower, 75c(d
■till serious and there is much suffer I the people of the U nited S ta te s and of a norm al season.
I th a t, while the hops sre lig h ter, they $ ’ .25 per dozen; celery. 50c(</$l; corn,
ing among the people.
barren of all desire to c reate closer
are o f an unusually fine q u ality , w ith a 16di20c; cucum bers. 10(«/25c; onions,
trade rela tio n s w ith Canada.
He
I very slig h t am ount of mold, consider 1 2 V 'n 16c; peas, 7c per pound; pep
Unusual building operatii ns thro u g h
’culled
upon
tin*
Canadian
governm
ent
ing the u n favorable tonditions.
He pers, 5(i(10e; pum pkins, 1
out the U nited S ta te s is reported for
i \ ,c ;
to take them a t th e ir word and bring
estim a te s the Oregon crop a t not to ex squash 5c: tom atoes, 35(u40c per box.
A ugust. P ortland shows an increase
I into effect the su rtax a ct of 1909.
ceed 60,000 bales.
of 29 per cent.
Hops 1909 Fuggles, 20c; clusters,
nom inal: 1908 crop, 17c; 1907 crop,
Tid il Wave S w eep s P o rt
J . P. Morgan has offered financial
12c; 1906 crop 8c per pound.
Drill fo r Oil N ear Rose burg.
aid to E xplorer Cook.
Mexico C ity, S e p t 15. The P ort of
Wool E astern Oregon, 16(u23eper
! R osehurg—The D illard Developm ent
valley,
23m 25c;
m ohair,
WireleBS m essages from the Pacific Mill* ge, on the east coast o f Lower company haa received a d rillin g outfit pound;
C alifornia, was overw helm ed by a to be used in d rillin g for oil n ear Look- choice. 24(<i25c.
fleet rep o rt it near Honolulu.
ti d a l wave S eptem ber 4. T here w ere
C attle -S te e rs, top. $4.25; fa ir to
H arrim a n ’s fortune! is variously es several c a su alities and considerable j ing Glass, about 12 m iles w est of th is
[ city . Indications o f oil have been good, $4; common, $3.50((j3.75; cows,
tim ated a t from $50,000,000 to $100,. property w as destroyed.
The tidal j known in th is vicin ity for a long tim e. top. $3.25(u3.50; fa ir to good, $3(<i
000,000.
wave fl null’d the inland d ia tric t for a
| A lthough the m achine is capable of 3 .2 5 ; common to medium, $2.5<W 2.76;
B ritish people a re inclined to favor distance of about tw o m iles.
going down 2,000 feet, it is expected calves, top, $6<(i 5.50; heavy. $3.50(x4;
Cook a g a in st Peary a fte r reading the j
| oil will be reached a t less than th a t bulls, $2d;2 25; stags, $2 50(u3.50.
M ount Vesuvius in Action.
la t te r ’s story.
Hogs Best. $S; fa ir to good, $7.75
I depth.
Rome, S ept. 15.- A disp atch from
(u7.S5: steckers, $6(07; C hina fats.
D uring his trip through the W est
P e a r C ro p S h o rt.
Portico, on the Bay of N aples, to the
$7.50<( 8.
T a ft will explain th e new tariff hill in
G lornale d ’lta lia says th a t Mount Ve
La G rande The first carloa ! of pears
Sheep Top w ethers, $4; fa ir to
his speeches.
suvius is active aga n. G uides rep o rt th a t will be shipped out of La Grande good, $3.50(1(3.75; yearlings, best, $4;
G overnm ent su its involving title to rum blings followed by slig h t seism ic th is year is being packed now.
The fa ir to good. $3.5iVu3.75; ew es, ^ c
oil land in C alifo rn ia will be delayed shocks. The sm all crater« have been supply will not bea s abundant as th a t less on all g rad es; spring lam bs, $5(<(
by the death of H arrim an.
unus ally active in the la st few days. of last y ear.
5.25.
RUPERT SARGENT
HOLLAND
Akîîair
A uthor of MTho Count a t H arvard," ate.
C o p y rig h t. 1 0 0 8 . by J . B. L ip p in c o tt C o m p an y .
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C H A F T E R X I I .— (C o n tin u ed .»
M otionless, we listened, and cau g h t the
re g u la r b re a th in g of a sleeping m an, th en
d istin g u ish ed th a t o f a n o th e r, an d finally
h e a ru som e one tu rn an d g ru n t. In some
in ex p licab le w ay, these men had h ap p en ed
to cam p ju s t above th e s¡*ot chosen by
D u p o n ceau to hide his chest.
I scarce d ared tu rn and craw l aw ay
from fe a r of w aking th e sleepers, a n d so
lay still, w ondering if by an y ch an ce they
could have alread y found th e tre a su re , or
if th ere m ight yet be an o p p o rtu n ity for
us to rem ove it. S uddenly I felt Rodney
g rip my arm . “ L is te n .” he b reath ed .
Off in th e d istan c e, clear an d long, rose
th e osprey call. D uponceau w as in some
d an g er.
W e w riggled aw ay from the hem lock,
craw led back th ro u g h th e woods,
an d
stood erect only w hen we reached th e
edge. T h e re we sw ep t th e beach and
w h at we could see o f the Ship fo r signs
of men. b u t the shore w as still em pty
a s th e d esert.
“ S h all we ru n for i t? ” I a s k 'd .
“ No/* said R o d n e y ; “ if th ere a re any
m<vn th ere, th e y ’re betw een u s a n d the
boat, o r on th e l>oat; w e’d best keep close
to th e C liff u n til we get o u r b earin g s.”
T h e ad v ice w as g o o d ; like In d ia n s we
m ade th e. frin g e of th e w oods,4k eeping in
shadow’. W hen we w ere forced to leave
th is sh e lte r we sk irted the cliff, read y to
cro u ch back a t a call o r to ru sh fo rw ard .
A s we n eared th e shadow of th e h ead
lan d we saw figures clim b over th e rocks
of th e little in lan d sea an d head u p the
beach— fo u r men, silh o u tted black a g a in st
th e w hite sand, an d nor one of them as
ta ll as D uponceau.
“T h ey h av en ’t got him ,” I w h isp e red ;
“a t least, he Is n o t w ith th em .”
“T h a t ’s q u eer,” said R odney. “ I h av en ’t
h eard a sh o t fired. T h ey
m u st have
boarded th e S h ip .”
W e crossed th e cau sew ay , ru n n in g lig h t
ly, an d clim bed on board. T h e deck w as
a s em pty a s th e beach had been when
we first crossed it. I rushed below and
poked in ail th e bunks, but not a tra c e of
D uponceau w as to be found. Rodney and
I stood in th e how an d peered acro ss the
rocks.
W e could see n o th iu g save the
w oods an d th e sky.
“ W ell,” said Islip a t last, “ th a t tak es
th e cake. H e ’s vam osed, vanished, cleared
o u t, an d I d are say w e’ll never see hide
or h a ir of him ag ain . T h is th in g ’s get
tin g p o sitively spooky, Selden. A re you
su re th a t th e man w as flesh a n d blood?”
“ I c e rta in ly th o u g h t so,” I answ ered.
“ R u t he cam e in the m iddle of the n ig h t,
an d he’s gone a t th e sam e tim e. S tra n g e !
W h ere on e a rth could he go?”
S earch me,” said R odney. “ I th o u g h t
th e a d v e n tu re w as alm o st too real to be
tru e .
S uch th in g s don’t h appen, you
kuow — th a t is, n o t co n secu tiv ely — w ith in
la y ’s ride of New Y o rk .” H e co n sid er
ed th e m a tte r grav ely . “ R u t w h at will
R a rb a ra sa y if she finds we h av en ’t kep t
by h im ?”
“ I w as th in k in g o f th a t m yself,” I a n
sw ered, looking b lan k ly a t him.
Islip b roke into a lau g h — such an In
fectious laugh th a t I co u ld n ’t help jo in in g
him . “ I d a re say w e’re d ifferen t in m ost
w ays, S eld en ,” he said , “ b u t w e’re alik e
in one. W ell, h ere’s how !” an d he held
o u t h is h a n d to me.
W e shook hands, h a lf seriously, h a lf In
jest, an d I took back all th e u n k in d
th in g s I h ad ever th o u g h t ab o u t him.
W e tu rn e d an d w en t dow n the deck on
th e o u te r side of th e m ast. I heard R od
ney exclaim and saw him sto p a n d look
a t th e ra il w here his h an d rested.
A
sm all gold ch ain w as fasten ed to th e edge.
H e peered over th e side, an d th en , to my
u tte r am azem en t, began to th ro w off his
clothes.
“ W h a t on e a r th -------” I began, b u t Rod
ney only chuckled, an d finished u n d ress
ing. T h en from som ew here o u t in th e sea
cam e th e o sp rey ’s cry. clear, q u av erin g to
a m inor cadence. Islip slipped o ver the
side, crossed th e rocks, an d dived into
th e w aves.
I pulled on the ch ain an d u p cam e a
bundle of clothes w rap p ed in D u poncenu’s
cloak. T h e n I un d ersto o d , and follow ed
R odney’s exam ple.
N ever have I know n such a sw im as
th a t, in th e m y stery of sta rlig h t, th ro u g h
a sea th a t seemed m ade of silver. W e
found D uponceau by his cry an d followed
him , re stin g now an d th en to float on th e
silv e r su rfa c e , an d a g a in racin g h an d over
h an d o u t th ro u g h th e m y stery . W e were
no longer m en, b u t free sea cre a tu re s, in
o u r own elem ent, undism ayed.
W e sw am in a g re a t circle, an d a t last
D uponceau led us back to the S hip. Day
w as b reak in g far o u t, beyond th e S h iftin g
S hoal. “ I saw them com ing.” he said,
‘an d so I h u n g my clothes from th e side
am i took to th e w aves. T h ey found n o th
ing : p erch an ce now they th in k me a
g h o st.”
W e told him o u r ex p erien ce in se a rc h
ing for th e chest, an d he show ed a g reat
deal of p e rtu rb a tio n , b u t finally cam e to
th e wise conclusion th a t we could do n o th
ing in reg ard to it then.
I t w as my tu rn below, an d I fell asleep,
in a g lo rio u s glow from th e sw im , ju s t as
he sky w as sh ad in g pink.
i
L
All rig h ts re s e rv e d .
e
-I-
I u p of th e sc ra p s o f th e p ro v isio n s B ar-
| b a ra had b ro u g h t us. I told C h a rles th a t
I p refe rred to have him sta y w ith us, as
th ere w’as no tellin g w hen we should
need every able-bodied m an we could find,
and so he b ro u g h t th e canoe on board,
stow ed h e r on tile after-d eck , t nd devoted
h im self to th e sm all d u ties c n h is new
housekeeping.
D uponceau and Islip had sle t little the
nig h t before, an d sh o rtly a f te r lunch th ey
took u p th e ir bunks to n ap . I w as on
g u a rd on th e forw’ard deck w hen I h eard
a voice call, “ S h ip ah o p !” aD I looked up
to see B a rb a ra on th e cliff.
I called t j C h a rles to ta '.e my place
fo r a few m om ents an d sal .ed fo rth to
shore.
R a rb a ra jo in ed me a t th e foot
of th e headland.
“ Well?* she asked eagerly.
I to ld h er th e adventure * of th e pre
vious n ig h t, a n d when I cam e to th e e a r
ly m orning sw im h e r eyes danced as she
clapped her han d s w ith d light. “ Oh, I
wish I had been o u t th e re frith y o u !” she
cried. “ I ’ve alw ay s w an tei to try a sw im
in th e d a rk .”
“ I t ’s ju s t a s well you v *ren’t,” I a n
sw ered sagely.
She looked so m ew hat lor jingly o u t to
sea. “ W h at a b eau tifu l a iie r n o o n ! A nd
a re th e re st of the crew w o rk in g ?”
“T h e r e s t of the crew ir e sleeping.
T h ey had too much coffee f r d in n e r last
n ig h t, an d it kep t th em aw ik e.”
“A nd w h at is C h a rle s d c ia g ? ”
I p ointed to th e deck. “ I
on g u ard .
T h a t’s th e reaso n I ’m h ere.’
“O h, t h a t's it, is it?
I th o u g h t you
cam e to see me.”
“ A nd so I did. S uppose v.*e sit h ere a t
th e foot of th e cliff, w h ere we can look
o u t to sea an d c a n ’t be seeu. T h e re ’s a
little nook I know o f.”
I found th e place th a t I so u g h t— a se
c ret crevice in the ro ck s— an d theire we
sa t an d w atch ed the tid e do its best to
reach us as it bounded lan d w ard . T h e
a fte rn o o n d rifte d p ast, an d we, borne on
its tra n q u illity , w ere now talk a tiv e , now
silen t. R a rb a ra rolled h er sleeves above
h e r elbows, an d played w ith the w a te t In
a little pool beside o u r ledge of rocks.
H er d ream in g eyes brooded
o v er
the
ocean. I w atched her, tried to tu rn my
eyes se aw ard , felt th e irre sistib le call, and
cam e back to w atch in g her. T i e tim e
had come w hen I could th in k o nly th e
one th o u g h t.
T h e sun w as low, B a rb a r a w as hurr
m lng a little F re n c h song. T h e whole
w orld w as adorable.
“ B a rb a ra , I love you !”
T he w o rd s w ere o u t, spoken w ith o u t
volition, all o f them selves.
She looked u p ; h e r sin g in g stopped,
an d th e deep blush-rose cre p t in to h e r
face, w’hlle h e r eyes sh ra n k .
“ B a rb a ra , I love you. I have loved you
since I first found you on th e S hip, a n d
I sh all go on loving you u n til I die. I
c a n ’t help i t ; it ’s not only conscious, i t ’»
p a rtly u n co n scio u s; i t ’s ju s t you callin g
to me.
B a rb a ra d ear, you a re all my
hope in th e w orld. You a re th e w orld.
W ill you m a rry m e?”
I w as leaning fo rw a rd , th in k in g only
of th a t sw eet, th a t in fin itely sw eet face
opposite.
She sm iled, h e r eyes tu r n in g to w atch
th e w aves, a n d I w aited spellbound for
h er an sw er.
“ I h av en ’t know n you very long,” she
added, her voice low ; “ an d w h at do you
know* of m e?”
“ E v e ry th in g . All I could ever know —
th a t you are th e one w om an in th e
w orld .”
“ R u t i t ’s sum m er, an d i t ’s easy to say
such th in g s in sum m er. I t ’s all p a r t of
th e se ttin g . I told you once you w ere a
d ream er. D ream ers a re a p t to rom ance,
a n d th a t is probably w hy you a re now in
love w ith the w aves an d th e su n sh in e an d
— w ith me.” T h e la s t w o rd s w ere ju s t a
w hisper. She raised h e r eyes to m ine for
a fleeting second, th en d ro p p ed h er lashes.
“ R elieve me, B a rb a ra , i t ’s n o t t h a t ; i t ’s
th e t r u th — th e tru e s t th in g in th e w o rld .”
She played w ith th e w a te r in th e pool
a t her side.
“ I like you— b u t. th e n , I like m any.
T h e re ’s R odney I like also. IV rh a p s I
like you b e tte r because I have n ev er seen
you in tow n, n o r an y w h ere b u t in y o u r
chosen co u n try . R u t I c a n ’t fo rg et th a t
th e re a re o th e r tre a s u re s in ihe sea—
how can you be su re you w on’t come up
on a n o th e r an d a fin er? T h en , too, l
like men w ho do th in g s, :nen who fight
an d win o u t— a n d so you see,” she fin
ished, w ith a slig h t sm ile, “ it's n o t th a t
I like a n y one in p a r tic u la r less, b u t the
in fin ite p o ssib ilities m ore.”
“T h e n ,” I said stu b b o rn ly , “ I will w ait,
an d prove ray m eaning io y o u .”
She raised h er eybs fra n k ly to m ine “ I
like th a t,” she said.
A fter a tim e we w alked back to her
p a th an d said good-by. T b» beach w as
im p ty . Islip w as sittin g on th e S h ip ’s
deck, and B a rb a ra w aved to him an d he
waved hack. I felt so rry fo r him, som e
how’, fo r now I knew w h a t he m u st feel.
No w onder he co u ld n ’t go back to his be
loved W all S tre e t.
“ Good-by a g a in ,” she »aid, an d th e n ,
th a t th e p a rtin g m ight n o : be too a b ru p t,
she added, “ I th in k I am g row ing alm ost
ns fbnd ns you of y o u r little k in g d o m /
R u le it w ell.”
“ I sh all. I have a g re a t leal to prove
now .”
She sm iled. “ F elix of A la s tn ir ;” th en
she tu rn e d u p the p ath .
I w ent back to th e S h !p m ighty w ith
reso lv es; I th irs te d for g re a t deeds o do.
W hen I rara e on board l found p la n s fo r
su ch deed» brew ing.
I I t s ■ y e te ry som ew here, a n d o n r frien d
P ie rre :g a som ebody, th o u g h w h e th e r the
W a r d e r in g Je w or th e lost N apoleon I
ca t say. Suffice it, h e’s got a tre a su re
'n e a t, and i t ’s u p to us to sit on it so
eight th a t none o f ita pieees-of-eight can
filter th ro u g h .”
F o rtu n a te ly th e n ig h t w as cloudy, an d
ab o u t eleven we w ere ready to s ta r t. I
had never felt so com pletely th e d esp era
do before. W e w ere all th re e arm ed w ith
revolvers, I carried a coil o f ro p e w ound
a b o u t my w aist, an d R odney a d ark la n
te rn w hich C h arles had found in the
cottage. D uponceau w as th e least ex cit
ed. H e took com m and of o u r exped itio n
w ith th o a s su ra n c e o f a born leader, an d ,
in fact, it w as only his o verw eening con
fidence th a t gave th e schem e th e least
p ro sp ect of success.
J u s t before we left the S h ip C harle»
jo in ed u s w ith tw o spades, an d so, a p arty
of four, we sto le over the beach an d in to
th e dunes. D uponceau led us to th e pine,
th en ce we craw led in w ard , lying silen t
a f te r each crack in g tw ig, s tr a in in g o u r
eyes an d e a rs fo r new’s. W hen we cam e
to th e hem lock we lay fo u r a b re a s t and
so peered o v er a t th e te n t th a t loomed
vaguely w h ite ah ead .
T h e only sound
w as a loud and reso n a n t snore.
D u p o n ceau craw led fo rw ard on one side
o f th e te n t, an d th en beckoned to me to
do the sam e on the opposite side. W hen
I had w’riggletl fo rw a rd som e ten feet I
could look in a t th e te n t, th e sides o f
w’hlch w ere open to th e su m m er breezes.
O ne m an lay w ith in , sleeping.
It w ai
clear th a t th e enem y had not expected
us.
D uponceau stole to his feet, I did like
wise. H e en tered th e te u t from one side,
an d I from th e o th er.
W ith a sw ift
m ovem ent he w as over th e sleeping m an,
an d had pinned him to th e bed, w hile he
th r u s t a h an d k erch ief in to his m outh.
T h e sleeper s ta rte d , stru g g led , m oaned,
a n d lay s ti l l ; I had held my revolver in
h is face. In a tw in k lin g wre had him
bound an d gagged, rolled from h is bed of
boughs, an d laid a t a
little
d istan ce.
W h ile we did th is Islip an d C h a rles c u t
th e guide-ropes, an d th e house of o u r
enem ies fell, co llap sin g like a g re a t w h ite
balloon w hen th e g as escapes. W e clear
ed it aw ay , a n d the place w h ere th e ch est
w as hidden lay before us.
T h en follow ed a stra n g e scene fo r those
u n h isto ric pines of Alasrtair. W ith ea rs
keen fo r th e slig h test ala rm , D uponceau
and I dug, R odney holding his black lan
te rn so as to aid us, C h a rles keeping
w atch . A foot dow’n an d my sp a d e stru c k
wood.
In -five m in u tes th e chest w as
uncovered.
C a refu lly w*e ra ise d It an d
placed it on th e ground.
As his h an d
touched th e un b ro k en lock I th o u g h t th a t
D uponceau gave a little sigh of relief.
(T o be co n tin u ed .)
T H E ESCAPE.
»later* « D iN p n ra g ln K C o m m e n t W a «
S id e tra c k e d J u * t In T im e.
L ittlo M rs. W a l t e r B u r n e tt, c o m in g
d o w n s t a i r s in h e r n e w w i n t e r s u it,
g la n c e d w ith s h y d e lig h t fro m h e r h u s
b a n d to h e r s is te r -in - la w .
T he B u r
n e t t s w e re y o u n g , a n d w o u ld h a v e b een
poor had
th e y n o t b e e n so r ic h in
o t h e r t h i n g s t h a n m o n ey . M rs. W a l t e r
h a d n o t h a d a w in te r s u i t sin c e h e r
m a r r i a g e tw o y e a r s b e fo re , a n d t h e
s e n s a tio n o f fe e lin g h e r s e l f a g a in In
t h e s ty le m a d e h e r p r e t t y f a c e u n d e r
th e brow ’n h a t n s v iv id a s a ro se . H e r
h u s b a n d lo o k e d a t h e r a d o r in g ly , a n d
r e m a r k e d t h a t s h e w a s “ a s t u n u e r .”
H e r s is te r - in - la w ’s a p p r o v a l w a s m o re
c la s s ic a lly e x p r e s s e d , b u t n o le s s w a rm .
“ E v e n y o u r s i s t e r S u e c a n ’t find a n y
f a u l t w ith t h a t , ” s h e sa id .
A b it o f th e b r ig h tn e s s f a d e d fro m
M rs. B u r n e t t ’s fa c e .
“ O h, S u e ! ” s h e s a id , w ith a la u g h
t h a t s h e t r ie d to m a k e lig h t. “ I t w o u ld
b e to o m u c h to e x p e c t S u e to lik e it.
S h e a lw a y s t h i n k s
th e
o t h e r th in g
w o u ld h a v e been b e t t e r .”
T h e s is te r -in - la w e y e d h e r s h r in k in g
y o u n g r e l a t i v e s te r n ly .
“ Now’, E ls ie ,” s h e s a id w dth d e c isio n ,
“ i t is tim e to s to p th is .”
“ S to p w h a t ? ” E ls ie p a r r i e d , feeb ly .
“ T h is a llo w in g S u e to si>oil e v e r y
th i n g f o r y o u . S u e is a fine w o m a n .
I a p p r e c ia te h e r th o r o u g h ly , b u t s h e
h a s f a lle n in to t h e h a b it o f s k im m in g
t h e c re a m o f e v e ry b o d y ’s p l e a s u r e b y
b e la te d a d v ic e .
Y o u r o n ly c h a n c e o f
c o m f o rt In t h a t s u i t is to s to p h e r b e
f o r e s h e s a y s a n y th in g . H e r e s h e is.
by t h e w a y . c o m in g u p t h e p a th t h i s
m in u te . N o w re m e m b e r— tills is y o u r
c h a n c e to s t r i k e f o r fre e d o m .”
“O h, I c o u ld n ’t ! ” M rs. B u r n e t t f a l
te r e d , a s a c le a r v o ic e s o u n d e d in t h e
h a ll.
“ ‘S t r i k e f o r y o u r a l t a r s a n d y o u r
fire s ,’ ” h e r s is te r -in - la w w h is p e re d , a n d
th e n so m e o n e e ls e w a s in th e ro o m .
“ Ilow ’ d o y o u do, e v e r y b o d y ? ” S u e
c a lle d , c h e e r f u lly . “ I s n ’t th i s g lo rio u s
w e a t h e r ? W ell. E ls ie , so y o u r s u i t h a s
co m e h o m e.
I w o n d er— ”
S he eyed
t h e n e w s u i t c o n s id e rin g ly , a f ro w n
c r e e p in g b e tw e e n h e r b ro w s.
E ls ie c a u g h t h e r b r e a th , a n d g la n c e d
d e si> e rately a t t h e tw o a llie s .
“ S u e, p le a s e d o n ’t ! ” s h e f a lte r e d .
“ D o n ’t w’h a t ? ” S u e a sk oil. In s u r p r is e .
“ D o n ’t s a y i t — w h a t y o u a lw a y s do.
y o u k n o w — a b o u t t h i n k i n g t h e g re e n
w o u ld h a v e b een b e tte r , a f t e r a ll. Y ou
see-—” a n d th e r e w a s a q u iv e r In h e r
voice. “ It se e m s so n ic e to h a v e a w h o le
n e w s u it, a n d I J u s t lo v e it. a n d I w a n t
to th in k I look n ic e in It, a n d — ”
H e r s i s t e r lo o k e d a t h e r
s h a r p ly .
F o r a m o m e n t th e r e w a s sile n c e — th e n
s h e la u g h e d .
“ W h a t n o n se n se , c h i l d ! I w a s J u s t
g o in g to s a y t h a t
b ro w n w a s y o u r
c o lo r,”
s h e d e c la r e d .— Y o u th ’s C o m
p a n io n .
C H A R T E R X III.
W hen I aw oke I found R ooney seated
on th e cab in table.
“ M orning, Selden !” he exclaim ed. “ Ry
S ou n d ed R o m a n tic .
the w ay, w ho is M o n sieu r D u j•oncean?”
“ T h e r e w a s o n e tim e in m y lif e ,”
I shook my head. “ I gave th a t ques
s a i d th e fu s s y o ld b a c h e lo r, “ w h e n I
tion us som e tim e ago. H ow about b reak
r e a lly w a n te d a b e t t e r h a lf .”
f a s t? ”
‘I w as th in k in g of th a t m yself,” said
“T e ll m e a b o u t It,” co o ed th e s e n ti
R odney. ” 1 d on’t m ind being a hero, but
m e n ta l w id o w .
1 p refe r to play th e p a r t on a full sto m
“O h. th e r e I s n 't m u c h to te ll,” a n
ach .”
s w e re d th e f. o. b. “ S o m e c h a p stu c k
C H A P T E R X IV .
T U sig n al C h a rle s.”
I w ent u p on
Ih .p o n ceau had been bro o d in g all day m e w ith a b a d 50-c e n t p ie c e .”
k. an d found th a t th e su n w as high
up. and sh in in g on a glo rio u s su m m er >ver th e possib ility of losing th e co n te n ts
Savina ; th e P iece«.
w orld. I fasten ed a n ap k in to th e broken | o f his precio u s chest, a n d »>, a f te r torn«
“Every little fragm ent of tim e should
stu m p of th e m ast.
arg u m en t, R odney an d he had decided to
F ifte e n m in u tes la te r we saw my canoe make th e effort to move it to th e S h ip be saved,” said the home-grown phil
.
steal cau tio u sly ab o u t th e point of th e th a t n ig h t. I p ointed o u t th e fa c t th a t osopher.
I iff beyond my house an d poke its nose in all p ro b ab ility th e enem y Knew n oth in g
"Sure It «houUl," rejoined the cynical
in th e d irectio n o f th e Ship.
C h a rle s | w h atev er o f *be c h est’s posit ion, an d had person. “T h e moment the day breaks
sim ply h ap p en ed to cam p in th ? neig h b o r It's up to us to begin
b ro u g h t th e tin y c r a f t alongside of us.
saving the
“ T h e y ’re w atch in g th e house closely, hood of th a t p a rtic u la r hem lock ; h u t D u pieces." _
M r. F e lix .” he said. “ I t w as a h I could j po n ceau ’» fear» w ere aro u sed , and it **a»
do to get dow n to th e riv e r w ith o u t th e ir ev id en t th a t he w ould be satisfied w ith
A H o t O ne.
follow ing.”
n o th in g sh o rt of h av in g the strong-box
C lara (a fte r she has refused h im )_
rt»e canoe had b ro u g h t u s hot coffee, u n d er hi» j ? » i
I never gave you aiTy encouragem ent
eggs an d rolls. W e b re a k fa ste d in s ta te j “ W h a t th e deuce do jo n »eppoae thos*
C harles— Ye«, you did. You Intim at
in th e cab in , w ith C h a rle s to w s it upon paper» are, th a t be sho u ld be so fearfu l
us. H e had little new s, beyond th e fact ab o u t th em ?” I asked R odney w hen we ed th a t your fath er had money.
th a t tiie p in es w ere p atro lle d by a n um w ere alone.
H I . T k o lro o f E v ils.
b er of men.
H e shrugged hi» »houkJerm. “ H eaven
A fte r b re a k fa st we passed th e tim e as k n o w s! Th* m an Isn ’t e n u y , fo r Rye Shall I forever from her part.
O r wed her for better or w orse T
best we could, b u t th e
m orning w en t , been stu d y in g LJm d o eely all day, an d
slow ly, and we w ere glad when lunch wks some experience w ith W all S tre e t h as p u t The form er's sure to break her h eart—
read y . T h is w as a m eagre meal, atade | me wise on cran k s. No, th e r e » a r ^ i .
The la tte r to break her p u r m