Mosier Bulletin
Issued Each M d a y
M O SIE R ..
OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
Less Important but Not Less Inter*
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Russia appears to be planning a war
o f revenge on Japan.
Anarchy is rampant, in London on ac
count o f the execution o f Ferrer.
Official figures show a total attend
ance at the A.-Y.-P. exposition o f 3,740,-
551.
The trolley lines o f Vancouver, Wash.;
have been extended seven miles toward
Orchards.
The interior department refuses to
recoguize Washington’s claims to reser
vation lands.
A three cornered fight is on in New
York fo r spoils o f subway contracts am
the mayoralty.
W. I. Buchanan, an American diplo
mat on a special mission, died suddenly
in London o f apoplexy.
The government has decided that
horses are better than dogs fo r trails
portation work in Alaska.
Had the mutiny in the fireek army
succeeded, the Duke d ’Ahruzzl would
have been offered the crown.
Prosident T a ft tells Texas people that
he favors irrigation ami a big standing
army. He will rest four days on his
brother’s ranch in Texas.
One convict is dead, two wounded,
and two deputies wounded as a result
o f a battle between five escaped con
victs and a posse near Buena Vista,
Or. Tw o convicts escaped uninjured.
The Alaska-Yukon-Pncific exposition
closed with many ceremonies.
The total fatalities in the recent
storm in Tennessee number 40.
A runaway horse leaped clear over an
automobile at Bellingham Wash.
Stuyvesant Fish, o f N ew York, is
likely to bo the next minister to China.
The Oregon Trunk will bridge the Co
lumbia betweon Celilo and The Dalles.
CALLS
FE R R E R
T a ft promises to help statehood in
Arizona, and sounds warning against
fads o f Oklahoma.
Charles K. Crane, minister to China,
has been requested to resign.
Russian officials expelled an Am eri
can at the expiration o f his passport.
H ill says Oregon Trunk line will
build feeders in Oregon, but not extend
them into California.
A Portland man helped his w ife draw
up the papers in her divorce proceed
ings against himself.
The recent blizzard caused many
shipwrecks on the Croat Lakes, and
considerable loss o f life.
Snow storms and intense cold prevail
throughout the Middlo West states.
Crowds were so big at the Seattle
fair that W. J. Bryan found it difficult
to see the exhibits.
Ferrer, the alleged revolutionist ar
rested at Barcelona, Spain, was refused
pardon and executed by shooting.
I t is believed that the Japanese g o v
ernment, fo r personal reasons, forced
the removal o f Crane, minister to China.
Socialists and radicals in many Eu
ropean capitals have raised a storm o f
protest at the execution o f the Spanish
revolutionist Ferrer.
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American Federation o f Labor Joins in
General Protest.
Washington,
Oct.
20.— Resolutions
fiercely denouncing the murder o f Fran
cisco Ferrer, the Spanish revolutionist,
who was condemned by court martial
and shot in Barcelona, were adopted at
to d a y ’s session o f the executive council
o f the American Federation o f Labor.
Ferrer was referred to as a- martyr.
“ We. in our personal behalf, as well
as in the name of Am erica’s workers
and the whole people,” the resolutions
declare, “ express our intense indigna-
t !on, horror and strongest protest
against the murder o f Francisco F er
rer by direction of the Spanish govern
ment.”
Taken in connection with the action
o f the supreme court o f the District o f
Columbia in sentencing President Oom-
pers, Secretary Morrison and John
Mitchell, o f the federation, to serve
terms in ja il fo r contempt o f court,
the concluding paragraph o f the resolu
tion is looked upon as significant. It
declares that:
“ W e take this occasion o f the m ili
tary murder o f a man whose real of
fense was speaking, w riting and teach
ing humanity to become more wise,
more free and more liberty-loving, to
remind the people o f our country that
liberty o f the citizens is only secure
when trial by jury and in open court
for any alleged offense involving pun
ishment is guaranteed.”
The resolutions say: ‘ ‘ The cause
o f free speech, free press and free ed
ucation has found in Ferrer another
martyr, the more regrettable in an age
when civilization boasts o f having re
placed the tortures and brutality of
mediaevalism by freedom and enlight
enment. ’ ’
Professor Ferrer, it is declared, will
take rank wiTh all those who have
done the greatest service for humanity.
“ A noble company o f martyrs and a
cause in which a man might well give
his lif e , ”
the resolutions continue,
“ did tyranny require it. L ik e Jeffer
son, Washington and Lincoln of our
own country, ho labored and taught
and suffered that t ie people might have
wisdom and be worthy o f freedom .”
Declaring that, though Ferrer suf
fered the ultimate penalty of a shame
ful death nt the hands o f those who
rule in the doctiine o f the “ divino
right o f kings,” the resolutions ex
press the b elief t lat the sacrifice was
not in vnin.
In its preamble to the resolntions,
the council says the execution of P ro
fessor Ferrer has aroused the strongest
indignation o f all just, liberty loving
and broad-minded men o f the civilized
world.
R E B E LS G A IN
FORCE.
Estrada’ s Nicaraguan Revolutionists on
Honoy won the rocount o f votes for
Road to Victory.
the Democratic nomination fo r district
Bluefiolds, Oct. 20.— More than half
attorney.
o f the republic o f Nicaragua is in the
W illie Boy, the California Indian out hands o f revolutionists. Confirmatory
law, committed suicide with his lust dispatches have been received here
cartridge.
that Rivas, Corinto and San Juan del
A deputy sheriff was badly woundocf Sur have been taken by the insurgents.
in a battle with escaped convicts near Oeneral Juan Ro/es, ex-governor o f the
coast provinces, who led two previous
Salem, Or.
revolutions against Zelava, Oeneral
T a ft sternly rebuked N ew Mexicans Mona and Oeneial Fornos Diaz, accom
who questioned his good faith as to panied by nearly 100 exiles, have nr
statehood.
rived here from Limon and Boons del
President T a ft exchanged visits with Toro, and probably w ill join General
President Diaz, o f Moxico, and pledged Estrada at Rama immediately.
Recruiting has been general with
international friendship.
great success, many thousands along the
I t is declared that Ferrer was not a
Atlantic coast (locking to the head of
revolutionist, but only a promoter of
Oeneral Estrada. Vessels left hero to
free education in Spain.
day on the return trip to Limon for
An American aeroplane was wrecked more exiles. Only a lack o f arms pro
during its first trial at Doncaster, Mng- vents nil advance.
T.opez and Martinez, partners in a
land, while an English aviator made the
prominent firm o f Bluefiolds, who have
longest flight ever seen in England.
been enriched b y concessions roccived
T a ft was showerod with gifts by
from President Zolaya, have been
Pueblo Indians.
seized by the revolutionists. Senor
A. D. Charlton declares the heavy Lopez has been placed in jail, and will
be held until he pays $20,000 to aid the
traffic from the East w ill continue. '
revolution.
Thomas J. Lipton is anxious for an
other try fo r the American yacht cup.
A L L OO TO B U IL D IN G AUTOS.
C ook’s discovery o f the North Polo
is officially recognized in Now York Carriage Builders Say Their Business
City.
Is in Doldrums.
I t is now reported that Minister
Washington, Oct. 20.— Automobiles
Crano is the victim o f political in have displaced carriages to such an ex
trigues.
tent that carriage builders are obliged
Torriblo storm in South kills at to retire from business or devote their
least 50, and causes immense property attention to tho construction o f auto
mobile bodies.
damage.
Tn effect this was the statement made
President M offatt says the Oregon
Eloctric w ill ultimately build on to today by Maurice Connolly, o f Du
buque, Ta., president o f the Oarriagn
Roseburg.
Builders’ National association o f the
Superior judge at Washington rules United States, which convened hero in
that it is not necessary to declare one’s its 35th annual meeting.
politics when registering in that state.
W illiam L. Hall, assistant forester of
A woman drawn by mistnko as a the agricultural department, said the
juror at Los Angeles declares she will supply o f hardwood from which the
serve, and there seems to be nothing bodies o f both carriages and automo
biles are constructed is diminishing
to prevent it.
rapidly.
A fam ily feud near Lacy, Wash.,
resulted in the blowing up o f a house
Lightkecper Out o f Food.
by dynamite, and exposed a whole
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 2fi.— Tho tug
household o f degenerates.
Goliah, which lost its tow. the barge
F ive convicts at work on roads near Qnatsino, en 'onto from Nanaimo for
Salem, Or., overpowered their two Cordova, with 2300 tons o f coal, last
guards and escaped, taking two auto week, arrived in port today. The
matic revolvers, $29 in cash and a
Green island light was dark and tho
horse and buggy.
vessel piled up on the reef in the night.
Japan is pressing her demand on The lighthouse keeper was out o f coal
oil, he having used the last o f his p ri
China.
vate store o f illuminant the night be
K illin g frosts in the South have fore. The Canadian government sup
raised the price o f cotton considerably. ply boat Quadra, with stores, was over
An ltaliau warship has arrived nt San due nearly a month, and the lighthouse
Francisco to participate in the l ’ortola keeper was reduced to cornstarch and
bread.
festival.
A robber who had held up a Chicago
bank committed suicide when cornered
by police.
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M ARTYR.
Ross Must Go to Penitentiary.
Salem, Or., Oct. 20.— The supreme
court today rendered an opinion in the
case o f the state vs. J. Thorburn Ross,
affirming the decision o f the circuit
court for Marion county, Judge George
H. Burnett presiding, except ns to that
part which savs Ross shall be impris
oned In tho Multnomah county jail
until the fine of $576,853.54 shnll have
been paid. In all other respects the
judgment o f the trinl court is affirmed,
and Ross must serve five years in the
penitentiary for wrongful conversion of
state school funds, amouting to $288,-
426.87.
STATE
TREASURY
FLO U R ISH ES.
Increase in Taxes and License Money Cranberry Culture Extensive Industry
on Coos Bay.
Indicates Prosperity.
Marshfield— During the season o f bar
Salem— I f the business done by the
vesting cranberries on C'oos bay, which
departments o f the state government,
is now coming to a close, employment
and the reports o f those departments is furnished to many persons. Indians
may be considered as barometers of the and halfbreeds are especially good at
general prosperity o f the state, then the work, and some are quite expert.
They gather at the cranberry ranches
the state at largo is in a very flourish
at picking time and come from all parts
ing condition. Chief Clerk F. K. o f the county.
Lovell, o f the secretary o f state’s o f
On tlie William Frazier place, on
fice, states that in some divisions the North inlet, b ig bunkhouses are pro
work o f that department has increased vided for the pickers, and they furnish
their own meals. They are paid 50
over 50 per cent in the past year. A fte r cents a box fo r picking, and some make
deducting insurance fees, which have excellent wages. On some o f the
been paid to the insurance cominis places patent pickers are used. These
sioner since March 1, the secretary of patent pickers consist o f a box arrange
state’s office has paid into the treusury ment that opens and shuts with teeth
from October I, 1908, to September 30, in front. Tho box is closed over a
1909, fees amounting to $(¡3,334.58, as bunch o f berries and by pulling tho
compared to $53,052.06 from October 1, dovice the berries are removed from
1907, to September 1, 1908.
the vines and le ft inside the box. A fte r
Automobile licenses issued for the the picking the marsh is flooded and
first six months o f 1909 reached the the loose berries which may have fallen
total o f 1064, as compared to 643 for on the ground float on the water and
the same period in the preceding year. are gathered up.
Cash statement o f the state treasurer
Mr. Frazier bought the ranch o f the
for tho nine months ending September late Mr. McFarland, who was the pio
30, 1909, shows a larger balance in the neer cranberry man o f the Pacific
common school fund than ever before coast. This is his first season on the
in the history o f the state. The first place, but he understands the business,
mortgage loans now amount to $1,534,- as he was form erly in the cranberry
434.62; school district bonds, $186,825; commission business in another city.
certificates o f sale o f state lands, $548,- The yield from the ranch this year will
586.02; a total irreducible school fund be nearly 1000 boxes, and Mr. Frazier
of $5,269,845.64. The agricultural col w ill leave soon for Portland to look
lege fund amounts to $189,819.03, and a fter the marketing o f his crop. There
the university fund to $95,136.75, a are near Coos bay several other bear
total educational fund o f more than ing marshes, besides new one3 which
$5,500,000. There was an increase o f have been planted, and which w ill pro
first mortgage loans during September duce within a fe w years.
of about $54,000.
L I N N S H IP S M A N Y SHEEP.
The treasurer’s cash summary shows
cash on hand January 1, 1909, $892,-
147.44; receipts, $2,392,514.36; trans Forty-six Carloads Go From Albany in
fers, $34,874.35; disbursements, $2,657,-
Three Mouths.
482.73; cuh I i on hand, September 30,
Albany—
Though
tho W illam ette v a l
1909, $027,179.07; total, $3 319,536.15.
ley has never been rated as a sheep
country, 46 carloads o f sheep have been
shipped out o f Albany in the past three
F IS H M O N O P O L Y B RO K E N .
months. This figure is remarkable
Interests o f Late R. D. Hume to Bo when it is considered that practically
no sheep were exported from Linn
Sold at Public Sale.
county two years ago.
Marshfield— The monopoly o f the fish
The sheep industry has made most
ing rights held for so many years by rapid strides in the W illam ette valley
in the past three or four years, the fo o t
the interests o f the late R. D..Huinc
hill ranches offering a splendid place
will soon be broken, as the entire es
for raising the animals. The wool out
tate is to be sold at private sale this
put o f the valley is yet insignificant,
month. A fte r Mr. Hume’s death the
compared with Eastern Oregon but the
fisheries and cannery were closed, but
number o f sheep here is steadily in
were opened for a short time this fall. creasing. As a matter o f fact sheep
On account o f tho approaching sale, the
are produced here more fo r sale for
fisheries were closed after 400 cases o f breeding purposes than for wool. In
canned salmon had been shipped. Since view of this fact, the standard o f the
they were closed, the Union Fisheries
stock raised in the valley is very high,
company is said to have made a haul and growers are meeting with great
with seines which netted 1800 fish.
success in this field.
The gasoline schooner Gerald C.,
which was form erly owned by tho Hume
Sheep A re in Fine Shape.
estate, has been sold, and has made her
Pendleton— Thousands o f sheep are
last trip to Rogue river. She will bo
taken to Astoria.
now on the trails leading from the sum
For over 30 yeers R. D. Hume con mer range in tho forest reserves o f the
trolled tho fishing rights, owning both
sides o f tho river fo r 12 miles up from Blue mountains to the fa ll and winter
the bar. He had his own fish hatchery range on the foothills and lowlands.
and canning plant, and made a fortuno They are coming out o f the mountains
out o f the business. The people in the ill as good or better shape than they
Rogue river valley assert that it is the havo ever come out before, yet despite
finest fishing stream in tho country.
this fact the prospects for the winter
are not as bright as the growers of wool
Raise Apples W ith Name On.
would like to see. Tho grass in the
Hood R iver— To supply one o f New mountains was unusually good this year,
Y o r k ’s cafes with Spitzcnberg apples owing to the limitations placed upon
with tho c a fe ’s name on tho apples, the number o f animals.
Hears & Porter, one o f Hood R iver's
largest applo growing firms, adopted a
Bend Sends Exhibit.
now idea in this locality this year. A
Bend— A well assorted exhibit o f the
paper label with tho name and tho fig dry-farming products o f the Bend coun
ure o f a bird, which is said to bo a try has been dispatched to the forth
martin, was pasted on the apples when coming dry-farming congress at B ill
they wore green. As the fru it colored ings, Mont. The samples o f the local
the words were le ft on the apple in red irrigationless productions are entered
with tho background green. About 400 in the congress by the Bend board of
apples were treated in this way, and trade, with whom John I. Springer,
they will bo shipped to Rae & Hatfield, freigh t and passenger agent o f the
a commission firm o f N ew York. The Great Northern railroad, arranged for
fruit w ill command an especially high the display. This is the first official
figure, ns tho labels were placed on se publicity work done by the H ill inter
lected fruit.
ests in Oregon,
Dike Building Is Urged.
Astoria— A petition asking that a
district bo created on tho west side of
Young's bay to rebuild the dikes in that
section has been completed. The ob
ject is to have the dike rebuilt from tho
mouth o f A dair's slough up to and in
cluding the C. S. Brown ranch, on the
Lewis and Clark river, a distance o f
about eight miles, and the district em
braces all the tidelands lying between
those two points and- extends to the
tidelands directly south o f Warrenton
as far as the section line between sec
tions 23 and 33.
Bourne Promises Aid.
Oregon C ity— United States Senator
Jonathan Bourne was tho guest here of
the Commercial club at a smoker that
was attended by all the prominent busi
ness and professional men o f the city.
The affair was very informal. Senator
Bourne promised to do what ho could
to bring about desired improvements,
such ns the removal o f the rapids at the
mouth o f Clackamas river and the con
struction o f a federal building nt Ore
gon City.
Roseburg Signs Contract.
Roseburg— A ll members o f the Rose
burg committee signed the contract for
construction o f the Roseburg to Coos
Bay electric railroad. Messrs. Knettner
ami Haas, o f Portland, with whom the
contract is made, will build the line.
They are expected here in a few days,
and will then post a bond in the sum
o f $100,000 for construction o f the road
within two years. Surveyors will be
put into the field at once.
Irrigation Survey Begins.
Weston— A preliminary survey is in
progress for the proposed Pine creek
irrigation project. It is planned to
build a large dam at Rocky ford, three
Russia Threatens Finns.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 20.— A report miles above town and to conserve flood
was current today that orders had been waters fo r the irrigation o f about 12,-
00(1 acres in this vicinity.
issued for the mobilization o f the first
corps o f the Russian guard, preliminary
State Raises Land Price.
to the occupation o f Finland. While
an investigation proved the report to
Salem— At a meeting o f the state
be premature, it also established that land board it was decided to increase
sueh m ilitary occupation o f the grand the price o f indemnity selection land
duchy may take place i f It is found from $8.75 to $10 an acre. The state
necessary thus to enforce the wishes still owns about 90.000 acres o f this
o f the Russian government. Grand class o f land. The new price goes iqio
Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch has re effect at once.
turned to tho capital.
Large Land Tract Sold.
Plague Spreads in China.
Oregon C ity— H. A. and ,1. L. Kruse
Amoy, China. Oct. 19.— It is officially have sold 140 acres o f land near Wil-
reported that there were 87 deaths from sonville to Oeorge McBride, a son o f
bubonic plague and 64 fatal cases o f Supreme Court Justice McBride, who
cholera in Am or during the two weeks will plat the property into five acre
tracts. The price was $125 per acre.
ended October 16.
BY
M A C H IN E S P IC K B ERRIES.
PO R TLA N D M ARKETS.
Wheat— Track prices: Bluestem, $1@
1.02; club, 92c; red Russian, 90c; valley,
92c; fife, 91c; Turkey red, 91c; fo r ty
fold, 93c.
Barley— Feed. $26.50(7727; brewing,
$27(f?27.50 per ton.
Oats— No. 1 white, $28(7728.50 per
ton.
Corn— Whole, $35; cracked, $36 per
ton.
H ay— Timothy,
W illam ette
valley.
$140717 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18(77
19; alfalfa, $14; clover, $14; cheat, $13
(7714.50; g rn ji hay, $14(7715.
Butter— C ity creamery, extras, 36c;
fancy outside creamery, 33(7736c per
pound; store, 22B>(<724c. (Butter fat
prices average l'-Oc per pound under
regular butter prices.)
Eggs Oregon, 34(7?35c per dozen;
Eastern, 30(77.31c per dozen.
Poultry— Hens. 14(a 14 Lj c ; springs,
l i e ; roosters. O olO c; docks, 15(7716c;
geese. 10c; turkeys, 16(7?17c; squabs,
$1.75(<72 per dozen.
Pork— Fancy, 8(779c per pound.
V eal— Extra, 10(771 lc per pound.
Fresh Fruits — Apples. $1(772 per box;
pears, $1(771.50 per box; peaches. 75c(77
$1 per crate; grapes, 90e(77$t per
crate, 10(7712'([C per basket; casabas,
$1.25771.50 per dozen; quinces, $1(771.25
per box; cranberries. $9(779.50 per bar
rel: huckleberries, 9 (0 10c per pound.
Potatoes— Oregon, 50(7?65c per sack;
sweet potatoes. 2c per pound.
Sack
Vegetables— Turnips,
75(77$1
per sack; carrots. $1; beets, $1.25; ru
tabagas, $1.25 per sack.
Onions— New. $1.25 per sack.
Vegetables— Artichokes, 85ei77$l per
dozen; cabbage, 1(771 tic per pound;
cauliflower. 50e(t7$l per dozen; celery.
50(7790e per dozen; corn. $1(771.25 per
sack; eggplant. $1.25 per box; garlic.
10c per pound; horseradish. 9(7710e per
dozen: peppers. 5(776c per pound; pump
kins, loT IU .e: radishes. 15c per dozen:
sprouts, 8(779c per pound; squash, 1R|(7?
USe; tomatoes, ffOTTfiOe.
Cattle— Steers, top quality. $4.50(7?
4.75; fair to good. $4(774.25; common.
$3.50 f 3.75; cows. top. $3.25(773.50; fa ir
to good. $3(,73.10; common to medium,
$2.50(7i 2.75; calves, top, $5(77 5.25;
honvv, $3.50(774; bulls. $2(772.25; stags,
$2.50(773.50.
Hogs Best, $8; fa ir to good. $7.50(77
7.75; stockers, $6(777; China fats. $7.50
(77 8.
Sheep— Top wethers. $4.25; fa ir to
good. $3.75(o 4; ewes. t£e less on all
grades: yearlings, best. $4(774.25; fa ir
to good. {-3.50(773.75; spring lambs, $5(7?
5.50.
Hops— 1908 crop, choice. 17c; prime
tn choice. 16c; prime, 15Hc; medinm,
15c; 1909. choice. 27e; prime. 26c.
W ool— 1909. W illam ette valley, 20(77
24c; Eastern Oregon. 20(772.3c. Mohair
— 19(19. 23(7724« per pound.
MRS ALEXANDER
"A
Crooked
W dow .”
A u i hor of
P a lt ,“ "M aid.
Wile or
" U v W n -.a i'» W . t . " " B e a to n 's
« > Bargain.” " A Llie Interest,” ‘ 'Nona's
■ >
Choke,” " A Woman’s Heart."
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H A T GOLD
CANNOT
B1JY Is one of the atar
stories. It Is rarely that
a better one Is offered.
Its class Is that of the
home circle, and this
powerful serial Is rec
ommended for Its force
ful delineation of every-day characters
In connection with simple, yet ani
mating, Incidents that form the his
tory of Interesting lives.
Mrs. Saville Is a wealthy, self-willed
woman,
whose Imperious
nature
brooks no opposition. She really be
lieves that her money w ill buy her
not only luxury and ease, but power.
She thinks that power w ill enable her
to gain and guide those about her to
her own will, but she finds that there
Is something that gold w ill not buy,
namely, love.
In a most Interesting way the ro
mance tells how her son, Hugh Sa
ville, marries the g irl of his choice
against the wishes of his mother. She
turns him from her home and he Is
sent to war.
His w ife determines,
during his absence, to win the love of
the selfish mother. Under a false
name she becomes engaged as the
companion of Mrs. Saville.
The story of her trials, her patience,
her humiliations brings out the nobili
ty of her true nature and perfect
womanhood. Day by day she wins the
love of the lonely old woman, whose
false pride and wasted wealth sink
Into nothingness In the final reconcili
ation with her son, and this charming
romance ends In a happiness that has
been well and w orthily won by a most
captivating and worthy heroine.
W
C H A P T E R I.
Mrs. Sayvllle had stayed unusually
long In town, and, at the moment cho
sen to open this story, was sitting at
the writing-table In her private room,
a richly-furnished and luxurious apart
ment with yellow brocade curtains and
stained-glass windows.
She was a
small, slight woman, with regular, del
icate features, quick, dark eyes, and
hair nearly white, combed back and
surmounted by a tiny cap of exquisite
lace with a tuft of scarlet velvet rib
bon. The small thin hand which held
her pen was loaded with rings that
flashed and glittered even In the sub
dued sunshine, while the other gently
caressed the head of a small, silky,
pearl-colored dog which lay on a chair
beside her.
She was speaking with a fair, large
lady about her own age, who occupied
an arm chair at the other side of the
table, and who was rather gorgeously
attired In out door dress.
” 1 am sure I Interrupt you. You
are always so busy.” said the latter,
with a comfortable smile, but showing
no Inclination to move.
” 1 do not mind being Interrupted
this morning,” returned Mrs. Saville,
not too graciously; "m y eyes are very
tiresome. They smart so when I read
or w rite for any time. I really must
get an amanuensis.”
"Is It possible? I should never sus
pect your eyes of being weak. Thejf
seem strong enough and sharp enough
to see through anything."
"Thank you; they have served my
purpose well enough.”
“ When do you leave town?"
“ I am not quite sure. I do not care
to go until Hugh returns. He ought to
be here now. This scare about trouble
with Russia may bring him his ap
pointment to a ship any day. and he
ought to be on the spot. He has been
ashore now for nearly a year.”
“ I wonder he chose the navy,” said
the visitor. " I should think the arm y
must be much the most agreeable pro
fession.”
"M y dear Lady O livia! who can ac
count for a young man's vagaries? My
son Is positively enthusiastic about his
profession. He Is very scientific, you
know, and w ill, I have no doubt, rise
to great eminence.”
“ Oh, I dare say he Is very clever,
but he Is not a bit like other young
men. I confess I do not understand
him.”
"N o ." returned Mrs. Saville, with
much composure, “ I don't suppose you
do.”
"N ot clever enough myself, eh?"
raid Lady Olivia, with a good-humored
smile. "W h ere Is this bright partlcu
lah star of yours Just now?”
"W hen he last wrote he was still
at Nice. He has stayed on there too
long, I think.
I trust and hope he
does not visit Monte Carlo too often;
I am not much obliged to Lord Ever-
ton for Introducing Hugh to his gam
bllng friends there.”
" I don't fancy poor Everton’s friends
are generally what would be consld
ered eligible acquaintances for the
young and Inexperienced, especially
when they have pretty daughters who
sing like angels—or prlma donnas,”
she added, with a comfortable laugh.
"P o o h !” cried Mrs. Saville, with a
flash of anger In her keen black eyes.
"H ugh Is quite Indifferent to all that
nonsense.”
"Is he? What an unnatural mon
s te r!” said I-ady Olivia, rising.
“I
wish I could say the same of my
George!
However, he has taken to
admire married women lately— which
Is a great relief."
Mrs. Saville also stood up. and rang
the bell. "W here Is Everton Just now?
I want him so much to write to his
cousin, Captain Brydges. on Hugh's
behalf. 1 don't understand how It was
he did not do so before on hla own ac
count.”
“ Oh, nobody knows where Everton Is
to be found. He Is coming to us In
September at Herondyke.”
"L a d y O livia Lum ley’a carriage,”
said Mrs. Saville to tha man who an
awered the bell.
“ Good morning, then, dear E lla »
beth. Don't try your eyea too much.
Shall we meet you at tha Montgom
e ry ’s to-ntght?”
"N o; 1 am really sick of society.”
"M y dear, you must be seriously
111?" cried Lady O livia, with another
good-humored but rather silly laugh,
aud the slsters-ln law shook hands, and
parted.
Mrs. Saville picked up her little dog
and took a turn up and down the room
with It under her left arm, a look of
extreme annoyance quivering I d her
eyea. "W h at a fool that woman Is !’
she murmured to herself; "not even a
well-bred fool! and to look at her, who
would Imagine she was the daughter
of one earl, the sister of another? yet
there she Is. started by the mere acci
dent o f birth In a position which coat
me all my fortune, my aristocratic
marriage, my brains, to achieve. Still,
I do not complain; had these class dis
tinctions not existed, there would have
been nothing to strive for, nothing to
attain. Still, Lady O livia Is a fool;
you are a wiseacre to her, my pre
cious Prince," she continued, patting
the dog’s head; “ you are a natural
aristocrat; so Is Hugh, though he has
some abominably radical Ideas."
H ere the footman opened the door,
and said, deferentially, " I f you please,
'm, Mr. Rawson would like to see you."
"Yes, certainly. Show him up."
In a few mlnuteB the door again
opened, to admit a gentleman, a short,
stout,
well-dressed
man,
slightly
breathless, and apparently well braced
up In his adm irably-fitting clothes. His
hair and complexion were of that neu
tral tint which Is termed “ pepper and
salt,” his eyes light gray and tw ink
ling with a perception of the ridicu
lous, and his air, though It was po
litely respectful, showed a certain as
sured fam iliarity Indicative of a con
fidential position.
"W ell, Mr. Rawson,” said Mrs. Sa
ville, resuming her seat and placing
her small favorite on the chair beside
her, "w hat has brought you here to
day?"
H er tone was considerably more
amiable than It had been to her pre
vious visitor.
"W h at will, I hope, g ive you satis
faction.
I fancy we w ill succeed In
getting that piece o f the Everton prop
erty you have been so anxious to pur
chase, for your price, and It w ill be a
decided bargain. I am to see the
vendor’s solicitor finally on Thursday,
when I fancy he w ill come In to our
terms."
**I know you are fond of ftugfc. Mr.
Rawson; your regard for him strength
ens the old ties that your excellent
service has created.”
"H u m p h !” said Rawson to himself,
"does she think I am her footman?”
"Y e s ." he observed, “ your son was a
tin e friend to my poor w ild lad. It's
owing to him that he Is what he Is
now, and has a chance o f a respect
able life .”
“ I am very glad he was of use to
your son." returned Mrs. Saville, with
an air of Infinite superiority.
"But,
Mr. Rawson, do you not think Hugh's
answer evasive?”
"M r. Hugh Saville Is never evasive.
He may have been a little huffed with
the young lady."
“ Then she was on the track of soma
other prey,” said Mrs. Saville, scorn
fully. “ I nave an admirable match for
Hugh, desirable In every way;
so.
when I found he had wandered back
to Nice and was lingerin g there, I felt
not a little uneasy.”
“ Did you say the young lady’s name
Is H ilton?” asked Rawson, suddenly.
"Y es; her father Is. or calls himself.
Captain H ilton.”
“ Then I don’t think you need dis
tress yourself. I saw the death o f a
Captain H ilton about a fortnight ago
In a newspaper. He died somewhere
In France, but not at Nice. I noticed
the name because— oh, because I have
heard Lord Everton speak of him.”
“ H ow can you tell If it be the
same?” Mrs. Saville was beginning,
with great animation, when the butler
appeared, carrying on a salver a large
envelope bearing the Inscription “ On
H er Majesty's Service” and addressed
to Lieutenant Hugh Saville.
“ This Is some appointment for my
son,” cried Mrs. Saville. " I knew It
would come In this unexpected way. Is
It not maddening that he should bs
absent?” As she spoke, she tore the
letter open and glanced at it, and ex
claiming, “ Yes, as I th ou ght!” handed
It to her confidential adviser. He took
It, and read as follows;
"A d m iralty. W hitehall, July 20.
"S ir— I have the honor to Inform
you that you are appointed to H. M. S.
Vortlgern. Flag-ship of Adm iral Ward-
law, on the W est Indian Station.
“ You w ill proceed by the Mall leav
ing Southampton on the 26th Instant
fo r Port Royal. Jamaica.
" I f H. M. S. Vortlgern has left, you
w ill report yourself to the Senior Na
val Officer, from whom you w ill get
directions where to Join your ship.
" I have the honor to be, sir, your
•
" I am very pleased, Mr. Rawson, obedient servant,
very pleased Indeed. I must say, you
"R O B E R T BROW N.
always manage my business most sat
"S ecretary to the A d m iralty."
lsfactorlly. But you say several farms “ T o Lieutenant Hugh Saville,
on the property are unlet. Now,
1
"Stafford Square, S. W .”
want my money to bring me In a de
"There, that Is Just the
opening
cent percentage.
W hat do you pro Hugh has wished for— lieutenant of
pose doing w ith the land?”
W here the flag ship on the W est Indian Sta
upon solicitor and client plunged Into tion. Why, If this threatened rupture
an animated discussion, In which Mrs. with Russia comes to anything, the
Saville proved herself to be a shrewd West Indian squadron
would
most
woman of business.
probably be ordered to the Black Sea —
then he
‘'W ell, Mr. Rawson,” she said, after nothing Is more probable;
a short pause, "respecting a smaller m ight have a chance of distinguishing
matter, yet not an unimportant one. himself. I want to see my son an ad
Have you made any Inquiries about an m iral! How Infinitely provoking that
he should be absent!"
amanuensis or companion for me?"
" I hardly thought you were serious
"Y ou must telegraph to him without
In the wish you expressed----- ”
a moment’s loss o f time,” said
Al*.
Rawson. " I f he starts to-morrow, or
" I am, exceedingly serious,” she In
terrupted.
“ My maid, who has Just to-night, why, he'll be here In thirty-
left me, was really a very superior six hours. Very little tim e need be
person, and could read aloud
very lost. Shall I w ire for-yo u ? ”
“ Oh, yes, please; and reply to this,
w ell; now I have a totally different
woman. I must have some one who Is too. Let them know he Is coming.”
“ W ell, there Is little danger o f your
fairly educated, who can write, and
keep accounts, and read French— I like son being caught now, Mrs. Saville.
French novels; she must be fit to asso If Venus herself had her hand on him
ciate with, yet ready to leave me to he must break away, when such a sum
m yself at a nod; I cannot be hampered mons may mean fighting. Good morn
with any one whose feelings I have to ing. Leave the telegraph to me. and
consider. She must have pleasant man accept my best congratulations." Mr.
ners and a sweet voice, and look fit Rawson bowed hhnself out.
Mrs. Saville m echanically rose and
to be seen at luncheon and when she
rang the bell.
Then she stood
In
comes out with me.”
“ My dear madam, you have Indeed thought for a minute, and rang again.
Th is tim e the butler presented him
set me a task!
You must g ive me
some tim e to find out such a treas self.
"A tk in s,” said his mistress, " I ex
ure."
on Wednesday
or
“ I cannot g ive you much time. You pect Mr. Hugh
must find her as soon as you possibly Thursday. He w ill only stay to col
lect his luggage, and goes on to Join
can. Advertise In all
the papers;
the ship to which he has Just been ap
heaps o f young women w ill
apply;
pick out one or two, but on no account pointed. I want you to look out hts
chest and all his things. Let me know
let me be worried w ith an Indiscriml
nate string o f candidates; I know 1 whatever you can see Is wanting, and
shall be disgusted with them. I w ill order the carriage Immediately after
not ask any of my acquaintances; they lunch. Send Jessop to me. ¡»r e a lly
always recommend the most unsuita think I m ight as well go to the Mont
gom erys’ this evening,” she thought
ble people and are offended If you do
" I feel so relieved.
not take their proteges.
Then they
(T o oe continued.)
l ore you with pitiful stories. No, my
dear Mr. Rawson, let It be a purely
H o r s e « in A u s tr a lia .
business m atter."
"A u stralia furnished the American
" I shall do my best. Suppose I try
arm y In the Philippines most o f Its
an advertisem ent In a provincial pa
horses," said General Hoad, Inspector
per----- ”
o f the Australian forces, to a Wash
"D o what you like; only remember
ington Post reporter.
I must have a presentable, well-edu
"W e sent hundreds of animals into
cated, well-mannered young woman—
the Islands, and from all reports they
young, mind, who w ill save me trou
gave excellent satisfaction.
At
the
ble, not g ive me any.”
tim e o f the Boer war Australia sent
"T h e labors of Hercules were a trifle
18,000 troops to South Africa, and
to this,” sighed Mr. Rawson.
"Oh. you w ill do It as cleverly as you nearly all the horses that accompa
do everything. Now. tell me, have you nied our soldiers were two-thirds
thoroughbred. The thoroughbred horse
heard anything of my son lately?”
Is probably not adapted to arm y ser
"O f which, rnay I ask?--M r.
Sa
vice, but I firm ly believe that the In
vllle ? ’’
jection o f thoroughbred blood Is the
"N o ; o f Hugh.”
"W ell, no, not for a week. He was secret of the development o f the Ideal
cavalry horse. I know that our sol
at Nice. I think.”
diers prefer a horse that has soma
“ I know that, and It makes me very
uneasy. W hy does he slay there? It thoroughbred blood in him.
" I t Is a well-known fact that in tha
is not the season.”
"A r e you afraid o f Monte Carlo? 1 C ivil W ar in this country the Confed
don't think you need be. Mr. Hugh erates gained a great early advantage
because they were mounted on thor
Saville never was Inclined to gamble."
” 1 am afraid of something much oughbreds, but after the Federal
troops had secured some o f the high-
worse— a designing woman."
"In d e e d !” And Mr. Rawson glanced blooded horses, they turned the ta
curiously at her.
bles. In Australia we believe In en
"Y es,” continued Mrs. Saville. strok- couraging the Improvement of the
| tng the little dog’s head thoughtfully. racehorse, and I regret to hear that
"W hen he was abroad some time ago In Am erica some o f the states have
he made the acquaintance of a horrid passed legislation that Is Inim ical to
old gambling, disreputable friend of the thoroughbred. Our race courses In
Lord Everton’s. Th is man has a daugh Melbourne. Sydney and other large
ter. and I heard accidentally that cities In Australia are patronised by
Hugh wag a great deal with her. When thousands o f people, and It Is not the
my son returned I warned him against betting feature that attracts the ma
such penniless adventurers. He laugh jo rity o f onlookers, but a desire to
ed In an odd. bitter way, and said, see the contests o f speed and stami-
'Don't trouble yourself, my dear moth
er; Miss H ilton would not look at me.'
B arber-shop R epartee.
I at once saw some deep scheme tn
this; don’t you?”
Customer (h a vin g face steam ed)—
“ W ell. I can't possibly say; thers Gee whls! that towel le hotl
are so many sides to human nature—
Barber— Tee, I know; but I couldn't
fem inine human nature especially. hold It any longer — Puck.
The young lady must bs rather pecu
Two-thirds of the native population
liar If she would not look at Mr. Hugh
Saville. I should say he was rather a o f Uganda has been wiped out by tho
pleasant object.”
sleeping sickness ln «even r e a m