T he Q uest o
Betty Lancey
3 y M AGDA, r. W EST
Copyrifbt. 1909. br W 0. Chapman.
Copyrtfht la Ornat Brltali
JO i
C H A P T E R X X IV .
H a ck le y e g re e te d J o h n s o n ’s rap w ith
a n e r v o u s "C o m e in ," an d ex ch a n g ed
w an sm ile fo r Joh n n y frie n d ly saluta
tion. H e had been w ritin g and the 1 a
ble w as stre w n w ith p iles o f clo se ly
w ritten m a n u scrip t. J o h n n y ’s e y e s fell
u p on the p ag es, an d riveted there. T h a t
th e y w ere the w o rk o f H a c k le y e ’s pen
w a s ev iden t, a n d -------
T h e w r itin g w a s a b so lu te ly unlik
th at in the le tte rs fo u n d a d d re sse d to
C e risse W a y n e !
" W r itin g a b o o k ? " ask ed Joh n n y, as
he sat d ow n w ith an e ffo rt to be com
p osed.
“ N o, m e re ly so m e in s tr u c tio n s as to
w h $ t I w an t d o n e w ith m y estate, in
ca se a n y th in g h a p p e n s to m e ," a n sw ?r
ed H a ck le y e .
“ I t’s on a c c o u n t o f the
ch ild re n , y ou k n o w ."
“ D o n ’t let m e b o th e r y o u ," p olitely
s u g g e ste d J o h n n y , " i f I in te rru p t I’ll
g o .”
"O n the c o n tr a r y I’m g la d to have
y o u ,” rep lied H a ck le y e , “ I’ v e had
m o u rn fu l m o rn in g , sp e n d in g it a m on g
reliqu a ries.
W o u ld y ou like to
see
so m e o f m y m e m e n to e s ? "
H e pulled ou t a d e e p d ra w e r from
the sid e o f the ta b le and b e g a n liftin g
o u t trea su re a fte r trea su re. F o ld e d In
s o fte s t p a rch m e n t w as a lo n g c a r e ssin g
c u r l o f ru st red h a ir, on ly to o ev id en t
$y c u t from the head o f his dead wife,
T h e n there w ere p ictu r e s o f her from
b a b y h o o d to m a tu rity .
A n d letters
lo v e n o te s— all in the sam e h a n d w rit
ing. T h e re w e re od d g lo v e s, d e lica te
ly p e rfu m e d , w ith the stra n g e od o
th a t had p e rm e a te d the D e ste rle hom e
th a t w re tch e d m o rn in g o f tra g e d y and
w o e , c o b w e b b y la c e h a n d k e rch ie fs, and
a bu n ch o f fa d ed flow ers.
" H e r e is her w e d d in g b o n n e t," m us
ed H a ck le y e . "S e e , here Is a p ro g ra m
o f an e x h ib itio n d ay in the c o n v e n t
w h e re she p lay ed and san g. S he had a
v o ic e like m elted cry sta l. I w o rsh ip p ed
her, m ad e an id ol o f her. and I paid
the p enalty.
1 h o p e that death has
b ro u g h t her p e a c e — life n e v e r cou ld
h a v e d o n e so.
M y w ife , by b elov ed
w ife !"
‘H a ck le y e ," said Jo h n n y , p la c in g his
hand on the b o w e d head, "y o u d id n ’ t
kill her. I k n o w it. H e lp us to find
th e m an w h o d id ."
H a ck le y e lo o k e d up. " Y o u ’ re the first
o n e w h o ’s had a n y fa ith in m e ," he an
sw e re d , " e x c e p t F ra n cis, L e M alh eu -
reu x as y ou ca ll him , h er b ro th e r, you
k n o w . F ra n c is an d I h a v e tried to save
h e r n a m e ."
" W h y ," q u e stio n e d Joh n n y, strik in g
w h ile the iron w as hot, " w h y does
M a lh e u re u x e v e r w alk a m o n g
men
th u s veiled and c o n c e a le d ? "
H a ck le y e sh o t Jo h n n y a g a sp o f te r ­
ror. " A s y ou w o u ld not in ju re the gen
tiest sou l that e v e r w a lk e d ," he p le a d ­
ed. "tr y , n e v e r try to p ro b e that m ys
tery.
F o r y o u r o w n p ea ce o f m ind
le a v e L e M alh eu reu x a lo n e ."
" I sp ied on y ou last n ig h t," c o n fe s s
ed J oh n n y, "I fo llo w e d you in to that
c lo s e t there, w h e re y ou h a v e all those
im a g e s o f y o u r w ife. I w a n t to a p o lo ­
g iz e fo r d o in g it."
" Y o u n eed n ’ t," retu rn ed
H a ck le y e
" W o r s h ip her lo v e lin e ss a n y tim e you
w ish , a s I d o a lw a y s ."
" D o y ou k n o w H a r c o u r t," a b ru p tly
q u e stio n e d the A m e rica n .
"N o , I’ ve n e v e r m et h im ," a n sw ered
H a ck le y e . "I n e v e r knew w h o the m an
w a s that had sto le n m y w ife ’s heart
fro m me. C erisse w a s cle v e i and sh
c o v e r e d her path well.
I d o know ,
th o u g h , that to w a r d s the end sh e seem
ed to g r o w tired o f him .
H e w axed
in s a n e ly je a lo u s o f her to w a r d s th
end. I think sh e w a s p la n n in g to leav
h im at the last.
" W h o d o y o u th in k k illed h e r ? "
q u e rie d Jo h n n y , “ o r d o you k n o w ? "
“ I did not lea se that h o u se at
04
B r ia r sw e e t p la ce — the o n e w h ere the
p a s s a g e w ay w a s fhund y o u k n o w ."
“ W h y , I sa w y ou , saw you g o th rou g h
the p a ssa g e w ay m y s e lf, the m orn in g
a fte r the m u rd e r," c rie d J oh n n y.
" Y e s , I k n o w y ou d id ,"
ad m itted
H a ck le y e . “ T h a t w a s m y se c o n d visit
there. I w as In th ere the m o rn in g that
th e y fo u n d the b od y .
I had fo llo w e d
L e M alh eu reu x th ere up th ro u g h the
h ole In the wall. M rs. D esterle sa w me
th e re w hen sh e bu rst in the d oor. Le
M au h eu reu x and 1 had g o n e up to see
C erisse. Le M alh eu reu x had been there
b e fo re . H e had tra ce d her o u t an d tol l
m e w h ere she w as. I w en t e x p e ctin g
to find the liv in g w o m a n — I fou nd . dea*]
cla y .
W h en the p o lice m a n and M rs
D e ste rle 's h u sba n d w ere c a r ry in g her
ba ck to her be d ro o m . 1 w alked d ow n
the sta irs an d a w a y fro m the house.
W h en 1 reach ed m y lo d g in g s, w h ere 1
w as s to p p in g un der an a ssu m ed nam e.
1 d isco v e r e d 1 had lost o n e o f m y g a r ­
ters. I w ent ba ck that nigh t and f o r c ­
ed an e n tra n ce to the F lan d ers house,
and clim b e d ba ck Into the bed room
th rou g h the h ole In the wall. I looked
fo r the gu rter bu t co u ld n 't find I t
1
w an ted It fo r s e n tim e n t’s sake, an d lot
b e ca u se I w as a fra id o f a n y in c r im in a ­
tion that m igh t result from It. a s for
y e a rs I h ave been p ra ctic a lly un know n
in c iv iliz e d co u n tr ie s.
A n d ," w ith
a
w h im sica l sm ile, #,I
w as
frig h ten ed
a w a y , an d In my h a ste to le a v e the
F la n d ers hou se. I lose the m ate to It
ou t o f m y p o ck e t."
"A n d I fou n d it righ t by the d o o r to
the hou se that H a m ley H a ck le y e was
su p p o se d to h a v e le a se d ." said J o h n ­
ny.
“ W a s the M a n -A p e r llla In
the
ro o m w h en y o u an d I^e M alheu reu x
w e r e ? " ca m e J o h n n y 's final q u estion .
"I k n o w o f n o su ch a n im a l." said
H a ck le y e .
“ A nd n ow . Mr. J oh n son . I
am tired. T h e stra in o f m on th s is te ll­
in g on me. d o y ou m in d If 1 beg to be
'x c u s e d ? "
CH APTK R XXV.
T h e r e w a s n o d e la y In the trial J u t-
d e e had w aited su fficie n tly lon g and
d em a n d ed an a ir in g Im m ed iately
The
cru sh In the c o u r tr o o m w as fe a rfu l and
a Jury w as p olled b e fo r e noon.
T h e c ru x o f th e e x a m in a tio n c a m e at
last. T h e y sen t fo r M rs. H a rco u rt and
b r o u g h t her In. fo r c in g h er to k eep her
v e il d o w n till sh e w as d ire c tly In fron t
o f the p rison er.
T h en h er fa ce was
b a red .
H a ck le y e fell fo r w a r d a s If sh ot to
th e heart.
" C e r is s e ’ " he ex cla im ed .
••Cerisse. m y w ife , and a l i v e !"
T h e c o u r t -r o o m ran g w ith r io t V a in ­
ly did the Judicial g a v e l rap for order.
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Ooings of the World at Large
Told in Briet
and th e b a iliffs seek to e je c t the m ost
unruly. T h e p u b lic n e rv e had been at
too high a ten sion fo r to o lon g. W ith
lia c k le y e ’s return to s e lf-c o n tr o l, c o m ­
p a ra tiv e ca lm w as restored . M rs. H a r-
ou rt a p p ro a ch e d him v ery g en tly , and
sp ok e fo r the first tim e, “ A re y o u not
m is ta k e n :
A re y o u not m is ta k e n ? "
<he ask ed. "L o o k a g a in . I n ev er saw
y o u r w ife w hen sh e w a s a liv e, b u t I
believ e w e are v ery like ea ch o th e r ."
A t the sou n d o f h er v o ice, H a ck le y e
was h im se lf again.
"N o , y o u ’ re n ot the sa m e," he a s s e n t ­
ed. " B u t it is stra n g e, m ira cu lou s. W h o
are y o u ? "
“ I am the w om an w h o m a rried H a r ­
old H a rc o u r t," she rep lied , rath er sa d ly ,
an d at a sign from the Judge le ft the
room .
T h ey b rou g h t H a r c o u r t in n e x t and
ask ed H a ck le y e if he kn ew him .
"I n ev er sa w h im b e fo r e ,” rep lied the
d efen d an t. " W h o is h e ? "
" T e ll h im ," said the Judge.
H a rc o u r t,
c r in g in g
an d
fe a rfu l,
sta m m ered out his nam e.
H a ck le y e
g r ip p ed the w itn ess c h a ir hard. " Y o u ’d
b etter g o a w a y from m e," he said, p e ­
cu lia rly . “ I h ave n ot co m m itte d m u r ­
d er y et, fo r m y c h ild re n ’s sake, bu t I
m ig h t."
“ T h a t Is all, y o u r h o n o r ," said the
p rosecu tion , "w e are th rou gh w ith the
w itn ess."
M rs. H a rco u rt took the stan d . H er
testim on y d ivu lg ed n oth in g new. M ark
S. F lan d ers, w h o leased the h ou se to
the su p p osed H a m ley H a ck ley e, a s s e r t ­
ed he had n ev er seen h is tenant, that
the w h ole o p era tion had been by le t ­
ter, a c c o m p a n ie d by N ew Y o rk e x ­
ch a n g e to c o v e r the rent fo r
th ree
m on th s, an d that the lea se w hen s ig n ­
ed in d u p lica ted by "H a m le y H a c k ­
ley e," had n ev er been seen by him ,
F landers, till a fte r h is return from E u ­
rope.
H a ck le y e w as re ca lle d to the stand.
"Y o u sa y that F ra n c is W ay n e, b r o t h ­
er o f the m u rdered w om an.
w h ose
w h erea b ou ts you d e cla re y ou d o not
know , had v isited the room p re v io u sly
to the m o rn in g o f her d e a th ? "
‘S o I u n d erstood ," a n sw ered H a c k ­
leye.
"W h y?"
"W e ll, he ca lled upon m e at m y lo d g ­
in gs an d said that he kn ew w h ere C e ­
risse w as, and that if I w ish ed to see
her he w ou ld sh ow m e h ow to g et to
her.
O n n u m erou s o th e r o c c a s io n s I
had m et up w ith her, but she a lw a y s
d eclin ed to see me. F ra n cis took me
o v e r to the street k n ow n as B ria rsw eet
place. H e had a la tc h k e y to the fr o n t
d o o r — at N o 94
I th in k it w as a s k e l­
eton key, but he is an a rtifice r o f u n ­
co m m o n skill, so I d o not know .
He
le* m e In. T h ere seem ed to be n o on e
at hom e, In the Flauiders hou se.
We
w ent Into the lib ra ry , and he lifted
d ow n a bra ss p laqu e fro m the w all. W e
had g reat d ifficu lty in c ra w lin g th rou g h
the hole, as the panel stu ck . W h en we
g o t In th ere w e fou n d m y w ife dead.
It w as ev id en t too. th at she had not
occu p ie d the room a lo n e ."
'C ou ld F ra n cis W a y n e h ave leased
this h ou se in y o u r n a m e ? " a sk ed the
C ourt.
I h a rd ly think s o ." replied H a m ­
ley.
“ In fa ct, I um p o sitiv e he did
not.”
" D o y ou think he killed his s is t e r ? "
ask ed the C ourt again .
"I am p ositiv e he did n ot."
'W h a t reason had he fo r s u r r e p ti­
tiou sly fo llo w in g his sister.
W a s he
afraid you w ou ld kill h e r ? "
"1 d o n ot know a s to that. I think
his o b je c t w as to try an d p ersu ad e her
to retu rn hom e to her ch ild re n ."
M rs. Dr. F oth erg ill then testified.
"T h e m o rn in g a fte r I had ex a m in ed
Mrs. H a rc o u r t at the h osp ita l
and
n oted w h at seem ed to m e to be in d ic a ­
tion s o f this p a r tic u la r fo rm o f lo c o
p o ison in g , I ob ta in ed
p erm ission
to
visit the room fo rm e rly o c cu p ie d by
M rs. W a y n e .
It w as p ra ctic a lly u n ­
tou ch ed , an d a g la ss sto o d on the w a sh -
stand. I took It a w a y w ith me. g iv in g
the p o lice due n o tific a tio n that I haul
d on e so, an d when at h om e rinsed It tiveness.
th o rou g h ly w ith w a ter an d a slig h t
(T o he continued.)
p e rcen ta g e o f a lco h o l, as his
latter
solv en t has a m arked affinity fo r lo c o
H E SCARED TH E M A W A Y .
In an y fo r m
T h e a n a ly sis o f this s o lu ­
tion sh ow ed It to be h ig h ly
charged
S h o t a t K l . f M e n . . i d In t h r M n r n -
with p ow d ered lo c o root. On m ere w o m ­
I n , A ll W f r f l .n n r Hut F o u r.
a n ’s in tu ition an d m y ow n Initiative, I
Ople Head told this one long ago.
sou g in fu rth er. U n d ou b ted ly the lo c o
root w as d rop p ed in to tho g la ss o f says the Detroit News-Tribune:
"Old Lem Harkins of Possum Trot
w a ter an d later Mrs. W a y n e eith er w it­
tin g ly o r u n w ittin g ly d rank it."
had come Into the country judge',
W ill y ou tell the c o u r t, ypu r d ia g n o ­ office. The Judge said:
sis o f the alim en t o f M rs, H a rc o u r t."
“ 'Why, hello, Lem.’
A bad ease o f pnlsontn’g from the
*■ 'Howdy. Jedge?'
m ale lo c o b lossom s. H er p resent state
‘Anything goiu' on over at Possum
o f h ea lth is a ttrib u ta b le on ly to the
Trot?’
rig o ro u s trea tm en t o f m orp h in e am i
"'Nuthln' wuth dividin'.’
fem ale lo c o b lossom s w h ich sh e was
su b je c te d
T h e p o w d e rs In e v id e n ce
’’ 'That so?'
w ere d isp en sed to her d a lly by her
“ ‘Yep; nuthln' wuth dividin'.' Then,
husband, so sh e eluiins, in fa ct e m p lo y ­ after a pause.
'Me an' thivn Hlgh-
ât the hotel saw him g iv e them to towehs ain't been glttln' along right
lier m ore than on ce.
T h ey are tho
for a spell.'
entra ted essen ce or the m ale b tos-
” No?'
slm o f this n ox iou s plant. I sh ould sa y
’’ 'Nah. not right good.' After an­
that she had been kept u n d er the Infiu-
long expectoration punctured
nco o f this d ru g a b o u t five
years. other
T h ose tw o p a rch m en t b a g s filled w ith pause the old man leisurely continued'
w h ite p o w d e r there, c on ta in m ore o f 'T'other night about chicken roostin'
he sam e d ru g. T h e y w ere d isco v e r e d time I was a-settln' In th' house a
In Mr. H a rcou rt'a lu g g a g e ."
readln' uv my Bible when I ha* is
And y o u r op in ion then is ? "
some shootln' outside Th' old woman
M y o p in ion Is." s lo w ly stated Dr.
waa out thah a feedin’ th' chickens.
F oth erg ill. "a n d I d e d u ce It from s c ie n ­
I ain't paid no ‘tentton t' that th.ih
tific fa c t s an d an a ly ses, that H arold
Putty soon th' old woman
H a rcou rt not only kept his w ife u n der shootln'.
kind o' pale *n'
the in flu en ce o f lo c o fo r years, bu t that comes In, lookin'
he e m p lo y e s this p estilen tia l p ro d u ct nahvous.
a m eans to kill N a r c isse
W ayne
......What's th’ matter, ol’ woman?"
H a ck le y e ."
I say*.
C H A P T K R X X V I.
T h e se con d m orn in g a fte r the c ritic a l
tiay w hen l)r. F o th erg ill had m ad e her
tartltng sta tem en ts a b o u t the lo c o root
fou nd the c a se at a stan d still.
E a ch
side w as w a itin g fo r the other, an d fo r
h a lf h ou r a fte r c o u r t had op en ed
there w a s n oth in g d o in g sav e a p o th e r
m on g th e a tto rn e y s
'Y o u r h o n or," It sp ok e, "I am F ra n -
1» W a y n e, the b r o th e r o f the dead
w om an w h ose death y o u are tr y in g to
p rob e."
L e M a lh e u r e u x !" e x c la im e d J o h n ­
son an d I^arry M orris in a breath . T h e
figure b ow ed to them an d tu rn ed a g a in
to the ju d ge.
'I f y o u r h on or please.** said L e M a l­
heu reux, “ w ith a ll a p o lo g ie s fo r m y
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
tardin ess and for m y sett, 1 would like
EA R T H T R U LY OLD.
to tell m y s to ry . In th is w * lle t a r e the
d o cu m e n ts o f p ro o f.
N o t L e s s T h a n 6 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 Y e a rs,
“My s t o r y is my father's sh a m s. I lls
nam e w a s Joh n F r a n c is W ayns, sod
,la N e w Estim ate.
he w as the son o f
T hom as
J a m es
Washington—Old
Mother Earth, like
W ay n e, o n c e b ish o p o f the d io ce s e o f
femininity through all time, but with
E X P E C T 2 6 .0 0 0 D E L E G A T E S .
F IN E T IM B E R B U R N IN G .
G eorg ia. A m o n g the s la v s s my g ra n d
far greater success than moat of her
fa th e r o w n e d w as a fine fe llo w n a m ed
sex, has defied man to learn her age. F o r e s t s A blaze in Y e llo w Pine S e c ­ P ortlai d P la n s to E nterta in Natlona
Ben, w h o had been sto le n fr o m the
Scientists still admit their defeat.
G old C oast. H e had a son , a ls o nam ed
W o o lg r o w e r s ' C o n ve n tio n .
tion N e a r M e d fo rd .
Their latest estimate credits her with
Ben, an d the fa th e r o f the A fr ic a n B e-
Portland—
That Portland will reap
Medford—
A
forest
fire
is
raging
‘ ‘ not above 70,000,000 years or below
noni th at y o u h ave Just th row n Into
about nine miles out of Butte Falls, fully $2,000,000 as a result of the Na­
ja il, b e c a u se he has k ep t sile n ce o u t o f
55.000. 000 years.”
resp ect fo r m y in firm ity . H is son Ben
This estimate, to which official sanc­ and about three miles square of |yellow tional Wool Growers’ convention and
General R e s u m e o f Im p o rta n t E v e n ts tion is given through publication by pine timber is said to be burned over. the National Sheep show January 4, 5,
and m y fa th e r g r e w up in that r e la ­
tion sh ip that, o n c e ex iste d in the S ou th
P re se n te d In C o n d e n s e d F o r m
the Smithsonian Institution, is the re­ The timber is said to be valuable, av­ 6 and 7, 1911, is the belief of persons
betw een b o y -m a s t e r an d
b o y -s la v e .
sult of studies by Frank Wigglesworth eraging 4,000,000 feet to the quarter prominently identified with commercial
f o r O u r B u s y R e a d o re .
B en’s fa th e r had told h is son h ow their
activity in the city.
Clark and George F. Becker, of the section.
p eople w ere k in g s in m id -A fr ic a , and
The National Wool Growers’ Con­
The fire originated in the embers of
United States Geological Survey.
o f the en o rm o u s w ealth th ey held there,
Professor Clark in a paper entitled the small fire on Fourbit creek inside vention and Sheep Show, the first
all v ested in d ia m on d
m ines.
The
Tacoma is having a big legal fight “ A Preliminary Study of Chemical De the national forest. A stiff breeze is ever held in Oregon, is expected to
black lad and the w h ite on e w ere ad
with its streetcar company.
nudation, ” presents a review of avail fanning the flames and driving the bring into Portland fully 25,000 dele­
v en tu rou s y ou th s, an d plann ed from
gates and persons interested in the
b oy h ood up to sail to A fr ic a as soon
Bryan was deposed as a Democratic able data from a chemical point of flames westward.
Mr. Becker discussed the ques
A force of 25 men under the direc­ sheep and wool business.
a s they w ere g ro w n to m an h ood . Ben leader by the state convention of Ne­ view.
Members of the Portland Commer­
tion in a paper on "The Age of the tion of John Holst, ranger, is fighting
w as to be restored to his a n cestra l braska.
Earth” from a more philosophical point the flames and a call has been sent to cial club and Oregon Wool Growers’
p ow er an d m y fa th er w a s to be e n r ic h ­
The steel business of the country has o f view.
Medford for more men.
The Iowa association met with George S. Walk­
ed w ith h a lf the w ealth o f the k in g ­
The age of the earth has always been Lumber company, on whose land the er, secretary of the National Wool
dom and to retu rn h ere to A m e rica to increased many millions over the same
live. F a th er w an ted to b e a p h y sicia n , period last year.
a subject for discussion among men of fire is burning, organized a force of Growers’ association, and formulated
so his p a ren ts sen t him to G erm a n y
Alaska census enumerators did much science and largely without any definite fire fighters at Butte Falls and sent it plans for the largest convention and
and la ter to F ra n ce to stu d y . Ben. the
show ever held in the history of the
of their work when the mercury was agreement among the representatives to help the government forces.
slave, w en t w ith him a s
h is
valet,
of the different branches of studies on
Manager Hafer, of the lumber com­ sheep or wool industry in the United
70 degrees below zero.
though th ey w ere m ore
like
fo ste r
account of the different points of at­ pany, says that the fire will do but States.
broth ers, an d w ith g o o d reason ,
as
A range war between cattlemen and tack.
A number of innovations are to be
little damage as long as it is in the
B en’s m oth er had been m y fa th e r ’s wet sheep men has broken out in Montana
Briefly, the more recent discussion yellow pine, which is not brushy, but introduced at the Portland show.
nurse. B en w as b rig h t, an d to fit h im ­ and serious trouble is expected.
as to the earth’s age has placed time fears are entertained that the fire will Among these will be an exhibition of
se lf to rule o v e r his p eo p le and to head
reach the Douglas fir belt, a short dis collie and shepherd dogs, of which the
The 0 . R. & N. will reduce grain as follows:
his d rea m s o f a vast A fr ic a n c o lo n iz a ­
Lord Kelvin, in 1862, 20,000,000 to tance to the west, where the fire will Northwest ha3 many breeders and fan­
tion he stu d ied side by sid e w ith m y rates to compete with the Northern
400.000. 000 years, with a probable 98,- be more disastrous, [as that kind of ciers. This exhibition will be for both
father.
T h e y saved th eir m oney, did Pacific in hauling grain to the Sound.
exhibition and "w orking” animals.
000,000 years.
timber is very brushy.
these tw o b oys, and w h en th ey w ere
The mayor o f Toledo, 0 ., was ar­
Clarence King and Carl Baras, in
There are no settlers in the burned The latter will be “ worked” as on a
m a tricu la ted m ade read y to g o to A f ­ rested for breaking the speed limit in
1893, 24,000,000 years.
sheep range for the edification of the
area.
rica.
H o v e r in g arou n d P a ris b efore
his automobile, but was released when
visitors.
Lord Kelvin in 1897 revised his fig­
their d ep a rtu re m y fa th e r m et
the
he
made
himself
known.
U SE C U RREN T M O TO RS.
ures to 20,000,000 to 40,000,000 years.
Arrangements are being made by C.
b ea u tifu l tw in d a u g h ters o f a F ren ch
Da Lapparent, in 1890, 67,000,000
B. Mintsn, secretary of the show, for
man o f rank and w ealth, the M ad em ol •
Five inmates of the criminal ward of
selles D esiree and M arie De La R o u x the Oregon state insane asylum es to 90,000,000 years.
M a lh e u r C o u n ty F a r m e r s O rg a n iz e to a monster exhibition of Angora goats
T h e y w ere like as tw o peas, and o f e x ­ caped.
Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the
simultaneously with the sheep show.
Three were recaptured im­
Irriga te 1 2 ,0 0 0 A c re s.
cep tion a l g ra ce and ch a rm , and fo r a mediately but the other two are still Smithsonian Institution, in 1893, max
Always heretofore at the annual show
Ontario—
The
Snake
River
Irrigation
long w h ile fath er did n ot k n ow w h ich at large.
imum age 70,000,000 years.
this feature has been neglected, but
district,
limited,
¡
b
a
new
corporation
to ch oose.
H e loved them both.
F i­
J. J. Jolly, in 1899, age of the ocean
at the January show it is planned to
The
skeleton
of
a
young
woman
was
organized
in
Malheur
county
for
the
nally he d ecid ed upon D esiree,
p ro­
80.000. 000 to 90,000,000 years.
make this a stellar attraction.
“ The
posed. w as a ccep ted an d m arried w it h ­ found in a sack half buried in the sand
W. J. Sollas, in 1909, age of the purpose of irrigating the lands com­ brand of mohair grown in Oregon ex­
in a fo rtn ig h t. A s the tw o sisters had on the beach at Newport., Or.
It is ocean, 80,000,000 to 150,000,000 years. prising 12,000 acres located between
ceeds that of any part of the United
never been sep arated M arie a c c o m ­ believed the woman was murdered and
Malheur Butte, two miles west of On­ States,” said Mr. Minton, “ and us the
panied the n e w ly w ed d ed p air to A f ­ has been dead many years.
tario, and on the north side of the Mal­ industry is much followed in Oregon,
rica S h o r tly a fte r th eir arriva l in *he
P E A R Y Q U IT S T A L K .
heur river, and west of the Snake riv­ we hope to have fully 1,000 thorough­
The conductor of a Northern Pacific
an cien t k in g d o m o f B en ’ s fa th er, a
er, and extending to a point opposite bred Angora goats at the exhibition.”
switching
crew,
was
run
over
by
cars
jo u rn e y a c c o m p lish e d o n ly a fte r t e r r i­
L e c tu re P la tfo rm P ro v e s O t h e r T h a n Weiser, including the famous Dead
at
Tacoma
and
had
both
legs
severed
Not only will awards be given to
ble h a rd sh ip s. Ben m arried T y o g a . th#»
Ox flat.
B ig S u c c e ss .
As he lay on the
prize sheep, but the fat stock and
m oth er o f B enoni. and the fo ste r m o th ­ below the knee.
These lands are to be irrigated by
er o f M eta, n ow B e n o n l’s w ife.
T h e ground waiting for an ambulance he
New York — Commander Robert E. means of current wheels to be installed mutton will have a special department
n a tiv es g a v e them sh ort sh rift at first coolly gave orders for the work of the
Peary is done with the lecture plat­ in the Snake river, the wheels to be with cash swards. This is also an in­
H ad not m y fa th e r’s rea lly m a rvelou s crew for the rest of the day and chat­
novation.
form,
at least as far as America is run by the pewer of the water.
This
k n ow led g e o f ele ctricity an d his c le v e r ted with the men.
Negotiations have been opened to
concerned,
and
he
probably
will
never
is
a
new
plan
of
pumping
for
irriga­
a cq u a in ta n ce w ith b la ck art as It w as
obtain the armory for the sheep show
deliver
another
address
on
a
box-office-
The
Chicago
grain
market
is
flooded
tion
purposes
in
Oregon
and
Idaho.
then p ra ctic e d In som e p o rtio n s o f G e r ­
receipt basis in any country in the This plan has been tried out at Pasco and the convention sessions.
m any stood them In g o o d stead, th eir with orders to buy corn.
on the Columbia river, where water
lives w ou ld n ot h a v e been w orth m uch.
Official census returns give Oklaho­ world.
Bar Shows Twenty-Three Feet.
His tour in the United States, fol­ for irrigation purposes has been suc­
A s It w a s the b a rb a r ia n s con sid ered ma City a population of 64,205.
Marshfield — Soundings, the results
lowing his return from the North Pole, cessfully lifted 220 feet.
m y fa th er a terrible s o rce re r, and e x ­
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, expects to proved disastrous both financially and
alted him to be th eir ruler.
S h ortly
The plan of the Snake River Irriga­ of which were highly gratifying to the
a fte r w a r d s B en and fa th e r qu arreled harvest a wheat crop of 60,000,000 in amount of enthusiasm he awakened. tion district is to install two o f these people, were made on the bar of the
and fa th e r had the fa ith fu l slav e e x e ­ bushels.
It cost the Civic Forum thousands of pumping wheels in the Snake river, Coquille river when the steamer Fifield
cuted w ith terrib le tortu re, fo r the sight
dollars, and the explorer didn’t get one of which will be at the mouth of left Bandon on her last trip to San
Rock
Springs,
Wyoming,
was
ser­
o f the w ealth In this A fr ic a n kin g d om
anywhere near ,the amount of money Jacobsen’s gulch, five miles north of Francisco. It was found that with only
and Its a lm o st lim itless d iam on d fields iously jarred by several shocks of he expected.
Ontario. One of these plants will lift seven feet of tide there was 23 feet of
earthquake.
had d isclos ed all the a v a r ic io u s q u a li­
When he left for England a few the water 46 feet above the river. water on the bar. The government ap­
ties o f m y fa th e r’s n atu re, and he felt
The Indiana National guard is held months ago he said he would never The other plant will lift the water 103 propriation of $56,000 which has been
no a ffe c tio n e x c e p t fo r the g litte r in g in readiness for action in the Grand
made is to be used entirely inside the
lecture here again.
"Peary has a feet above the river.
Jewels th at h is th ou sa n d s o f se rfs piled
Trunk strike situation in Indiana.
right to be sore at American people,”
Work on the first lift has been com­ bar. Some of the snags and shoals in
up at his feet T y o g a rem a in ed stau n ch
"They paid their menced and it is expected to have this the river will be removed so that boats
to her lon ely y o u n g m istre ss even a fte r
A gale reaching 60 miles an hour did his friends say.
crossing in at Bandon can go up the
the fea rfu l death o f B en. her husband. much damage in St. Louis and put the money for a gold brick, but wouldn’ t finished within 90 days.
Thirty
river to Coquille.
“ T h en B en on i and I w ere b o rn — w it h ­ street cars and telephones out of busi­ subscribe to the genuine article."
are at work.
Cook made a clean-up, some say as
in a m on th o f each other, when the ness.
I.OOO-Acre Ranch Sold.
first y ea r o f the sojo u rn on A frica n soil
much as $75,000, in his few lectures
F R U I T IN J E O P A R D Y .
A shortage in the accounts of Irwin here before his story was attacked.
w as ba rely ended. T y o g a con secra ted
Klamath Falls— One of the biggest
B enoni to m y se r v ice at his birth, and Wilder, assistant cashier of the Russo-
real estate deals made here for a long
It was in the South where Peary re­
he has been m ore fa ith fu l and loyal Chinese bank of New York City, ceived the worst frost. He was booked D e c isio n in P e a c o c k M ills C a s e M a y time was closed up recently when the
than a b ro th e r ev er sin ce. W ith in the amounts to $600,000.
S t o p W ater.
Klamath Development company took
for six cities, but two of these were
n ext y ea r m y sister C erisse w as born.
Walla Walla—Attorney C. M. Rader over what is known as the Altamont
Three occupants of an automobile cancelled because of poor business,
In a p p e a ra n ce I w as like m y father,
were inBtantly killed and the other two while the other engagements showed a of Walla Walla, discussing the decis­ ranch. This place lies just outside the
bu t I had m y m o th e r ’s d isp osition
ion of Judge Bean at Pendelton, in the city on the southwest and contains
C erisse w a s the Im age o f ou r m oth er badly injured while racing with a rail­ deficit.
famous Peacock Mills water case, said about 1,000 acres. It was owned by
and o f o u r A unt M arie, bu t ler nature road train for a crossing.
that several hundred acres of land Circuit Judge George Noland, J. D.
T R A IN W R E C K A T T E M P T E D .
w as that o f o u r father. In ten sely vain,
Much graft evidence is expected to
now irrigated in the Milton-Freewater Carroll and the heirs of W. G. Smith.
selfish an d ov e rb e a rin g
C erisse w ou ld
develop at the inquest over the body of
section, will be deprived of water un­ It is one of the finest ranches in the
h ave been hated by all arou n d the c a s ­
G ra n d T r u n k E n g in e e r is W a rn e d
less the decision is overruled by the county, every foot of it being tillable.
tle bu t for h er e x c e p tio n a l beauty She Ira G. Rawn, late president of the
and
H
e
S
l
o
w
s
D
o
w
n
.
Supreme court of Oregon. The case
w as b a rely tw o years old when a y ou n g great Monon railway lines.
cap ta in In the F ren ch a rm y , R aou l de
Forest Fire Gets Fresh Start.
Toronto, Ont. — An attempt was has been in the courts for five years,
Crops in Kansas, Missouri, Oklaho­
E n close, station ed In ca m p a few ma and Arkansas are shriveling under made to derail a Grand Trunk local and involves a water right arrange­
Klamath Falls— Instead of being un­
rods from o u r dem esn e, m et m y A unt
a burning sun.
Corn, cotton and passenger train near Brockville, but ment in which priority in water right der control, as reported, the timber fire
M arie. T h e y fell v io le n tly In lov e with
peaches especially, are being injured. the engineer received warning and acquisition enables a holder to deprive on the North Fork of Sprague river
each other, and d espite m y fa th e r ’s o p -
slowed down in time to pass safely a more recent securer o f a water right now presents a much more serious as­
p osition w ere m arried
by the old
By the giving way of a window screen
of his water in times of drouth.
pect than ever. Although the rain of
F ren ch C ure w h o had a c c o m p a n ie d the a 4-year-old child was thrown from a over the spot where spikes had been
• ,
. . T
pulled and rails loosened. Troops have
a few days ago put a slight check on
p arty on Its m igra tion Into the A frica n window
35 feet to the ground at Los i r
. . D
..
O d d F e llo w s T e m p le , $ 4 1 , 0 0 0 .
“
1 been sent to Brockville to replace the
the blaze, it has broken out afresh.
w ild ern ess. F a th er w as w ild w ith a n ­ Angeles, but was picked
up laughing
militia there.
Klamath Falls—The contract for the More than 50 men are fighting it, but
ger a b o u t the m a rria ge
H e forb a d e
and apparently unhurt.
Superintendent Brownlee said the construction of the Odd Fellows’ tem­ the fire is reaching over new territory
my aunt an d her h u sba n d tho house,
and retu rn ed to m y A un t M arie her
The president’ s yacht, with Taft on company would be prepared to accept ple has been let to R. E. Wattenburg. and now threatens to do a large amount
h a lf o f the Joint fortu n e that she and board, was forced by fog to put to sea any amount of freight in a day or two. The structure will be built of brick, of damage.
An extra crew of men
her sister had b rou g h t w ith them to instead of making a landing, as no On all divisions there was a good and the cost is to be $41,250 complete. went out from this city to assist in
A frica, on ly becau se he 'e a r e d that shore lights could be sighted.
They movement of freight.
The contract calls for the completion trying to get the blaze under subjec­
C apt. d e L ’ E n clo s m igh t Invoke an In­ remained at sea all nighL
President Garretson, of the Order of of the structure by January 1. The tion.
vestiga tion o f the W a y n e d esm en e by
President Taft received a sprained Railway Conductors, arrived here from building will be 68 feet on Main |street
the F ren ch g ov ern m en t. M y au n t wn*
PO RTLAND
M ARKETS.
Cedar Rapids, la., and President Lee. and 106 feet on Fifth street. There is
by now th o ro u g h ly en ra p tu red w ith ankle while playing golf.
o
f
the
Trainmen,
from
Cleveland.
Both
to
be
a
full
basement.
The
second
Wheat— Blues tern, 94095c; club, 86
life In the trop ics, w h ich w as but n a t­
Logged-off lands are being exten- declared they are not here to draw up [ floor will contain 22 offices. The third ©87c; red Russian, 85c; valley, 86 0
ural, a s the De La R ou x had orig in a lly
c o m e fr o m M artin ique.
A fr ic a
was sively used by Coast farmers for graz- any new programme and that the fight i floor will contain two lodge rooms, a 87c.
against the Grand Trunk was now
ba rred to them , b eca u se both she and ing purposes.
banquet hall and kitchen and an abund­
Barley— Feed and brewing, $24 ton.
her h u sba n d feared m y fa th e r's v in d ic ­
to the finish.
ance of locker and paraphernalia rooms.
Hay—Track prices: Timothy, Wil­
A carload of immigrants about to
start West were held up at the landing
at Weehawken, N. J.
lamette valley, $18019 per ton; East­
Doubt Thrown on Merger,
ern Oregon, $20022; alfalfa, new,
Sumpter—The incorporation of the $130114.
Chicago — Frank Biegler, Jr., w as
King George, of England, seeks to burned to death here in attempting to i Sampson company, the $7,000,000 con-
Corn— Whole, $32: cracked, $33 ton.
establish and maintain peace among rescue F. M. Kempt, a laborer, from a I cern which has announced its purpose
Oats -N o . 1 white, $28028.50 ton.
the different political parties.
Butter—City creamery, extras, 33c;
| fire that destroyed the factory of the I °* acquiring seven of the largest
mines in the Bourne district, has been fancy outside creamery, 31033c per
Biegler
Tar
£
Roofing
company.
The
Forest fires rage around the town of
the cause of considerable speculation. pound; store, 23c; butter fat, 33c.
Rainy River, Ontario, and there is dead youth was the son of the president , Two of the most important properties
Eggs—Oregon candled, 26,^@27c;
of the roofing company and was work­
little hope of saving the town.
ing in the offices at the plant when j named in the plans for the merger are Eastern, 2 4 0 2 5 '.¡c per dozen.
Poultry— Hens, 170118c; springs, 19
A delirious typhoid fever patient in the fire occurred. Kempt was prob­ the Colnmbia mine and the North Pole.
Spokane hospital leaped from a ably fatally burned. Mrs. Antoa Arm- Manager F. S. Baillie, o f the Columbia 0 20c; ducks, 15c; geese, 10011c; tur­
fourth-story window and was instant­ bruster and Mrs. Annie Ditter were mine, says no option is out for the pur­ keys, live, 180,20c; dressed 22^@ 25c;
q labs, $3 per dozen.
severley burned, while trying to aid chase of the property.
ly killed.
Pork— Fancy, 12t^@13c per pound.
young Biegler. Captain Charles Pot-
W
a
s
c
o
O
u
t
o
f
Debt.
It is now believed that President ter, of the fire department, was hurL
Veal— Fancy, 12012'-¡c per pound.
Rawn, of the Monon railway, com­
The Dalle*— Wasco county is prac­
Green Fruits— Apples, new, $1.250:
mitted suicide to escape gigantic graft
tically out of debt and has $41,095 in 2 per box; Lambert cherries, 12015c
P ris o n R e s to r e s R e ason .
exposures which he knew would soon
its general fund with which to meet per poifnd; apricots, 5Oc0$1.5O per
Denver—Imprisonment
in
a
railroad
occur.
current expenses, according to the box; plums, 5Oc0$1.25; pears, $2.25;
culvert for a week without food or
semi-annual report of the county treas­ peaches, 4Oc0$1.25; loganberries, $1
August Ropke, bookkeeper of the water appears to have restored the urer just published. During the past
01.25 per crate; blackberries, $1.400)
Fidelity Trust company, of Louisville, i reason of Mrs. Catherine Krouse, aged six months it expended $23,714.70 on
1.50 per box; watermelons, $10)1.26
Ky., is believed to have embezzled the | 60 years, of this city, who wandered roads and highways, which was its
per hundred; cantaloupes, $2.7503.50
entire surplus of the
corporation, from the home of her daughter a week heaviest expense. Its next heaviest per crate.
ago and was found by a train crew.
amounting to $1,400,000.
60075c
The woman was found tightly wedged expense was its state tax, the half-, Vegetables — Artichokes,
per dozen; beans, 305c per pound;
A salmon was caught at Astoria, between two planka in the culvert. yearly payment being $12,441.18.
cabbage, 2 t40 '2 '..c; cauliflower, $1.50
Ore., with a fish hook of foreign make Her body was covered with braises,
B o o t h -K e lly L a n d s B u rn e d .
per dozen; celery, 90c; cucumbers, 50c
embedded in its mouth. It is believed but as she was carried into the home
Eugene— The Booth-Kelly Lumber per box; egg plant, 12‘ ac per pound;
to have come from the Southern Cali­ of her daughter she talked coherently
fornia or Mexico coaat, as no hooks of for the first time in months, but could company’s logged-off land above Wend- green onions, 15c per dozen; peas, 5c
ling is being swept by fire, which has per pound; peppers, 10012 >ec; rad­
this kind are made or used in this not remember leaving her home.
been burning now several days. So ishes, 15020c per dozen; carrots, $1@
country.
far the company has been able to keep 1.25 per sack; beets, $1.50; parsnips,
R a id on B a n k s Planned.
the fire out of the standing timber, but $101.25; turnips, $1.
Hot winds are destroying crops in
Wallace,
Idaho—
A
well
laid
plot
to
the mill was forced to close down on
Oklahoma.
Potatoes— New, l^4c per pound.
rob the Wallace banks of $2,000,000 account of a shortage of logs.
Onions — Walla Walla, $2.50 per
deposits
has
been
perfected,
is
the
re­
Norway's recognition of the Madrix
sack; Hood River, *2.25 per sack.
......A lot o' them Hlghtowehs Is ,ut blockade has aroused indignation at I port following the capture of Bud Rog­
N e w B lo c k at K la m a th Falls.
Cattle—Beef steers, good to choice,
ers, self-confessed train robber, at
thah a-shootln' at me,” she says.
Washington.
Klamath Falls—The two story build­ $5.2506; fair to medium, $4.2504.75;
Boise. According to a confession said
’* 'Now, I don't like that, jedge,
Flour will soon advanae 20 cents a . to have been made by Rogers, hi» three ing which L. F. Willis is to erect on cowa. and heifers, good to choice,
shootln' round about my house an'
the lot where the Masonic hall now
| pals, still at large, have perfected a stands will be 50x106 feet, and will $4.250^4.50; fair to meadium, $3.500
skeerln' up all th' chickens when they barrel.
4; bulls, $303.75; stags, *2.5004.50;
1
plan
to
loot
the
banka
at
Wallace
at
an
Rainfall
ha*
checked
the
forest
fires
orto be a-gotn' t' rost an' ¿neybe kill­
have two store rooms on the main floor calves, light, *5.750 6.75;
heavy.
in' a calf rrltteh or somethin'. So I in many localities on the Pacific CoaaL early date. Official» o f the bank are and office rooms on the second floor. *3.5005.
keeping
loaded
guns
in
easy
reach
and
lays down my Bible an' I goes ovah In
The entire front of the building will
Eleven men were killed in a prema­
Hogs — Top. *10010.25; fair to
th’ cohneh an' picks up my Wmchestch ture explosion of a 12-inch gun at will uae them if attacked.
be of plate glass.
medium. $8.600 8.75.
an' I look out th' wlndeh.
Thah Fortreaa Monroe, Virginia.
Sheep — Best wethers, $404.25;
Forbidden Orug is Found.
stands five o' them Hlghtowehs out­
V a le L e t * C o n tra c ts.
fair to good, $308.60; best ewes, *30:
It
is
said
false
reports
of
gold
strike
side my fence with theh guns. I Jes'
SL Louis— The third raid of Chinese
Vale—The contract for the construc­ 3.50; lambs, choice, $.5006; fair.
draps a few bullets amongst 'em an' at Iditarod, Alaska, have filled that restaurants within three weeks result­ tion of the Vale water and sewer sys- $4.7505.25.
camp
with
hundreda
of
destitute
men.
goes back t' my readln’.’
ed in the seisure of opium worth $18,- tema has been let to the American
Hops— 1909 crop, 10013c; olds,
” ‘Next raohrnln' I goes out an’ looks
A bitter fued between John D. 750 at retail by revenue officers, who Light A Water company, o f Kansas nominal; 1910 contracts. 13c.
whah them five Hlghtowehs had been Rockefeller and his brother Frank, of believe SL Louis it the headquarters City, for $63,490. The city has been
Wool— Eastern Oregon. 13017c per
a «landin' an' they waa all gons but many years standing, has been amic- for the Middle West for the diatribu- bonded for $75,000.
Work must be pound; valley, 16.>,0i8c;
mohair.
I ably settled.
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tion o f the forbidden drug.
completed in four months.
: choice, 32033c.
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