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DAILY DOINGS OF OREGON STATE LAWMAKERS AT SALEM CONGRESS ASKED T O "H A L T .” sign; finally succeeding In throwing “ My wor-r-rd!” said Higgins, with him flat; and knelt upon his cheat, re emotion. Then quickly: "Did 'e get talnlng his grip but refraining from anythin', do you think, sir?" Fifty San Antonio Citizens “ Demand” throttling him. Maitland shook his head, scowling Non-lntarferanca. As It was, all strength and thought over the butler's burly shoulders at the Washington— That the president and of resistance had been choked out of rapidly augmenting concourse of serv Salem, Feb. 28.— Governor Oswald lify a law passed by the people o f his Anlsty. He lay at length, gasping ants in the hallway— lackeys, grooms, congress shall “ call a halt and take painfully. maids, cooks, and what-not; a back hands o ff” in.the matter o f the M exi West and State Treasurer Kay re state at the last general election, Maitland glanced over his shoulders ground of pale, scared faces to the can involution is the “ demand” o f turned today to Salem from their visit whereby the Rogue river was closed The commer to definitely locate the site for the to commercial fishing. and saw the girl moving forward, ap tableau in the library. "This won't certain residents o f San Antonio, Tex. branch asylum at Pendleton. The cial fishing on the said river has for parently making for the switch. do,” considered Maitland. "Get back, “ N o !” he cried, peremptorily. “ Don’t all of you!” he ordered, sternly, indi The demand reached the senate in a governor says that though the site years been controlled by one man, turn off the light— please!” cating the group with a dominant and petition bearing 50 signatures. The recommended by the legislative in who, through riparian ownership has "But— ’’ she doubted. Inflexible forefinger. "Those who are document was addressed to “ The Pres vestigating committee does not accord maintained a complete monopoly upon "Let me have those curtain cords. If wanted will be sent for. Now go! ident o f the United States and to the with the views as to the proper loca the industry. Through the enjoyment tion o f the buildings held by himself o f this monopoly he grew wealthy and you please," he requested, shortly. Higgins, you may stay.” Speaker o f the House o f Representa and Mr. Kay, he considers the matter was absolute dictator so far as that She followed his gaze to the win "Yes, sir. Yes, sir. But wot an Deriving his settled, since the legislature accepted stream was concerned. dows, Interpreted his wishes, and was 'orrid 'appenin', sir, if you’ll permit tives, ” and read: We the undersigned citizens o f San the report o f the joint committee and revenue from Oregon, he spent it in very quick to carry them out. In a me— ” the work o f building the Eastern California, where his fam ily resided trice she was offering him half a "I won't. Be quiet and listen. This Antonio, Texas, and liberty-loving dozen of the heavy, twisted silk cords man is Anisty— Handsome Dan Anisty, people o f the United States, do here Oregon asylum will be carried on as and his supplies were purchased. The that had been used to loop back the the notorious jewel thief, wanted badly by most earnestly protest against your expeditiously as possible and Eastern money he spent for the propagation o f Orgon w ill get the finest institution fish was spent because it would ulti curtains. by the police of a dozen cities. You taking any part in the Mexican rev mately add to his revenue.” Soft yet strong, they were excellent understand? . . . I'm going now olution, now going on in Mexico. to be had for the money. More land will be necessary, the ly well adapted to Maitland's needs. to motor to the village and get the There is not an honest, liberty-loving Salem, Feb. 24.— Under a distinct Unceremoniously he swung his captive constables; I may,” he Invented, des man in this country, knowing the governor thinks, in order to acquire over on his side, bringing his neck and perately, "be delayed— may have to get cause o f this revolution, but who is at necessary water rights, intake and understanding between Governor West ankles in Juxtaposition to the legs of a detective from Brooklyn. If this heart and soul in sympathy with those right o f way for water for power pur and members o f the Oregon Naval re that substantial piece of furniture, the scoundrel stirs, don't touch him. Let revolutionists; we therefore demand poses. Though the matter is not yet serve the governor has sanctioned the fully determined, all the buildings at bill creating that reserve and has al lounge. him alone—he can’t escape If you do. that you call a halt and take hands off His hands, the first to be secured, and Above all things, don't you dare to re ot same and let old despot Diaz and Pendleton will probably be o f con lowed $10,000 o f the $25,000 appro crete. They will be arranged in a priated by the legislature. the revolutionists fight it out.” tightly, behind his back, Anisty lay move that ga g!” This move was made by the gover crescent shape, with the administra helpless, glaring vindictively the while "Most cert’inly. sir. I shall bear in tion building in the center and front nor on the strength o f a waiver that gradually he recovered consciousness RUEF W ILL GO TO PEN. mind wot you says— ’’ ing, with two retreating wings on the reserve will promise not to use and strength. Maitland cared little “ You'd best," grimly. “ Now I’m off. either side and the other buildings more than $10,000 o f the appropria for his evil glances; he was busy. The No; I don't want any attendance— I Bids Friends Good-Bye and Surren w ill be in the rear. tion and a promise that no indebted burglar’s ankles were next bound to know my way. And—don’t— touch— Regarding the Eastern Oregon in ness will be incurred against the state ders to Deputy Sheriff. gether ajid to the lounge leg; and, an by the reserve. stitution, the governor says: instant later, a brace of half-hitches that man— till I return.” San Francisco, Feb. 28.— A fte r be “ Very good, sir.” “ No attack was contemplated on “ The tract selected by the old board | about the man's neck and the nearest Maitland stepped over to the safe, ing at liberty for 15 months on a bail is about equally divided between hill the Oregon system in my second choice support entirely eliminated him as a bond aggregating $600,000, Abraham possible factor in subsequent events. glanced within, cursorily, replaced a Ruef was taken into custody at mid and bottom land, the latter being sep bill, neither do I believe the bill un declared Speaker “Those loops around your throat,” bundle of papers which he did not re night tonight, following the vacation arated from the former by the O. R. & constitutional,” Maitland warned him curtly, "are call disturbing, closed the door and o f the Supreme court’s order remand N. tracks and the county road. The Rusk tonight, in commenting on the proposed building site was upon the reasons offered by Governor West in loose enough now, but If you struggle twirled the combination. ing the case for rehearing. hill tract, but the present board, after vetoing that measure. "Nothing gone," he announced. An they'll tighten and strangle you. Un Early in the evening, Ruef held a careful investigation, decided that the Senator Malarkey’s public service inarticulate gurgle from the prostrate derstand?" consultation with his attorneys and, Anisty nodded, making an Inco man drew a black scowl from Mait after bidding friends about town good said site was unsuitable and their commission bill, extending the powers herent sound with his swollen tongue. land. Recovering, "Good morning." he bye, went home. A deputy was w ait findings were borne out by the reports o f the State Railroad commission to At which Maitland frowned, smitten said politely to the butler, and striding ing at his residence with a bench war both o f the special committee appoint public utilities was the final measure ed by the board and the legislative considered by Governor West tonight out of the house by the front door, thoughtful with a new consideration. rant issued by Judge Lawler. Ruef and the last to be filed by him with "You mustn't talk, you know," he was careful to slam that behind him, quietly surrendered himself and the committee. “ The legislative committee, how the secretary o f state. mused half aloud; and. whipping forth ere darting Into the shadows. pair started for the county jail. “ Knowing the people will profit no ever, reported that the bottom tract The moon was down, the sky a cold, a handkerchief, gagged Mr. Anlsty. An appeal to the United States afforded a suitable site for the build matter which side wins I am filing the After which, breathing hard and in a opaque gray, overcast with a light Supreme court on some constitutional ings, and this report was adopted by Malarkey bill, and will sit back and maze of perplexity, he got to his feet. drift of cloud. The park seemed very ground is his only r • -uroe now. I f watch them fight it out,” said the the legislature.” dark, very dreary; a searching breeze Already his hearing, quickened by the such action is not tak.u, Ruef prob governor. was sweeping inland from the sound, emergency, had apprised him of the ably will start f -i Quentin in a Salem, Feb. 27.— Baker’s demand Governor West issued a proclama For an Inatant They Were Swaying Back and Forth. situation's Imminent hazards. It soughing sadly in the tree tops; a day or two to begin a 14-year for greater consideration at the hands tion today proclaiming Wednesday, needed not the girl's hurried whisper, chill humidity permeated the air, pre term on a charge o f bribery. o f the Oregon & Washington Railroad March 1, as Colonist Day. In his "The servants!” to warn him of their cursor of rain. The young man shiv & Navigation company in the way o f proclamation he calls upon the people danger. From the rear wing of the ered, both with chill and reaction from distributive and special commodity o f the state to avail themselves o f the EATING DOGS AND C A TS. mansion the sounds of hurrying feet the tension of the emergency just past. rates was taken up for investigation privilege o f sending a personal letter were distinctly audible, as. presently, He was aware of an instantaneous officially today by the railroad com to some one in an Easten state, accom were the heavy, excited voices of men loss of heart, a subsidence of the Starving Chinese Use Pets to Ward mission. Baker has made a demand panied by literature telling o f the ad O ff Death. and the more shrill and frightened elation which had upheld him through similar to the one made by the city o f vantages this state has to offer to the cries of women. out the adventure; and to escape this, Medford for distributive rates as fa v Shanghai.— A missionary who ar homesteader. Heedless of her displeasure, Mait to forget or overcome it, took imme rived here from the famine district, orable as those enjoyed by the larger diately to his heels, scampering madly Salem, Feb. 23— Two hundred and land seized the girl by the arm and where he had been engaged in relief shipping centers such as Portland, thirty-three bills were dumped upon urged her over to the open window. for the road, oppressed with fear lest work, says that 3,000 persons are dy Spokane and Seattle. 'Don’t hang back!” he told her ner he should find the girl gone— wlih the ing daily and that 350,000 are wholly Attorney Arthur C. Spencer o f Port the governor since last Friday. The vously. “ You must get out of this be jewels. dependent on the foreign famine com land, is conducting the case for the overwhelming task that has confront fore they see you. IX) as I tell you, railroad company. Attorney F. H. ed Governor West since Friday has That she should prove untrue, faith mittee, which was organized here. please, and we’ll save ourselves yet! less, lacking even that honor which In many places dogs and cats are McCune o f Portland, is attorney for been to read and carefully consider If we both make a run for It, we're pioverblally obtains in the society of being killed for food and houses are the Baker Commercial club, the plain 233 bills, separate the goats from the lost. Don't you understand?” elimináis—a consideration of such a pulled down by the occupants and the tiff bringing the complaint against sheep and be right in his selections or A t 11 o ’clock meet the criticism o f the public. As “ No. Why?” she demanded, reluc possibility was intolerable, as much debris exchanged for anything that the railroad company. when the case opened before the com a result the governor has been smoth tant, spirited, obstinate— and lovely in so as the suspense of Ignorance. He can be eaten. C O P y m O H T I K ) T — T H E f t O B Ö Ä - ^ I R R I U L C O . _________________________________________ his eyes. could not. would not. believe her There is urgent need o f help pend mission Attorney Spencer put on the ered and swamped with work. He is spending night and day in the “ If he were anybody else," Maitland capable of ingratitude so rank; and ing the arrival o f the American trans stand General Freight Agent F. W. sense of trust misplaced. Illusion re SYNOPSIS. solved Into brutal reulltlos. Hla Angers indicated, with a jerk of his head to fought fiercely, unreasoningly, against port Buford, which is bringing sup Robinson, o f the Oregon & Washing seclusion o f his office, putting all oth- Even his corres ward the burglar. "But didn't you the conviction that she would have fol plies donated by the people o f the ton railroad company and he read into er matters aside. '•Mad” Dan Maitland, on rea ching Ida closed convulsively about her wrists; Now Y or k ba chelor club, met un attrac the records a stupendous amount o f pondence has been forced to w ait un see? He must be Maitland—and he's lowed her thievish instincts and United States. but she held passive. live you ng w om an at the door. Janitor statistics and figures showing the bus til these bills could have his attention. A U 'li a ita n aaaured hint no one had been “ Ah, but I might have expected my double. I'll stay, brazen it out, made off with the booty. . . . within that day. Dan dlacovered a worn- iness relation o f the business o f the He is just beginning to see daylight then, as soon as possible, make my es judgment meet and right upon him that!” came her reproachful whisper. Cholera Kills Hawaiian*. en'a Anger prints In dual on Ida (leak road to the different cities and centers from beneath the pile and tomorrow alone with a letter fr om Ida attorney. "Take them, then, my— my partner cape and Join you by the gate. Your for his madness! Honolulu Four more deaths from Maitland dined with Hnnncrmnn, Ida a t is the last day, for all bills must be o f population in Oregon. motor's there— wait! Be ready for Heart in mouth, he reached the torney. Dan aet out fo r Greenflelda, to that was.” Her tone cut like a knife cholera have occurred among the Ha- E. H. Flagg, chief clerk o f the filed with the secretary o f state within tret Ida fa m i ly Jewels. I bi r ln a Ida walk und the touch of the canvas bag. as me” gates, passing through without dis to tha country Beat, he met the young But she had grasped his Intention covering her, and was struck dumb waiians isolated at the quarantine sta state senate, and John P. Hunt, assist five days after they reach the gover woman in gr ay, whom be bad Been l e a v she forced it Into his hands, wus hate and was suddenly become pliant to his and witless with relief when she tion because o f contact with infected ant clerk, were prominent figures in nor, Sundays excluded, or they be ing Ida baebelora* club. H e r uuto bad fill to him. broken down. H e fixed It. B y a ruae ala will. "You're wonderful!" she told stepped quietly from the shadows of persons. This makes a total o f six the recent controversy over the revis come laws anyhow. “ Forgive me— ” he began. " l o o t ” hltn. Maitland, on reachin g home, The governor has called to his as him with a little low laugh; and was a low branching tree, offering him a deaths since the disease first made its ion o f the senate journal. Flagg went lurprlaed lady In g r ay , cra ck in g the ante “ But listen!" appearance, here. containing hU len a. She. a|>|iarently. into the courts to prevent Hunt and sistance various members o f the bar For a space he obeyed, the silence gone, silently as a spirit. guiding hand. took him fo r a we ll -k n ow n crook. Daub San Francisco F. E. Tritter, chief The curtains fell behind her in long, Anlaty. Ha lf- hyp no tiz ed . Maitland opened at llrst seeming tremendous; then "Come," she said, quietly. "This quarantine officer o f the port, notified Colonel Mercer from revising the jour o f the city o f Salem from time to time hla a a f e , took t he ref ro m the Jewels. and faint but distinct, he heard the tinkle straight folds; Maitland stilled their nal, as they had been directed by a and also other advisers who have been way." g i v e them to her. Aral fo rm in a a purt- all shipping men that vessels clearing and slide of the brazen rings support swaying with a touch, and stepped eerahlp In crime. Without being exactly conscious of from Honolulu must obtain a certifi senate resolution to do, and won his close friends o f his. He has taken in point. the members o f the bar for the pur back Into the room. For a moment he what he was about he caught the lug the smoking room portiere. This incident was o f more impor pose o f getting their legal advice on CHAPTER IV.— Continued. Ills hand sought the girl’s; she had caught the eye of the fellow on the hand In both his own. “ Then," he ex cate from the chief quarantine officer The Interior of the Hafa wua re not moved, and the cool, firm pressure floor; It was upturned to his. sardonic ulted almost passionately— “ then you o f the Hawaiian port. Vessels not so tance than the average reader may some o f the bills and his other friends provided will be sent to quarantine on suppose. A record o f every bill en have given him advice on the practical vealed In a shape little different from of her flngerS steadied him. He ally intelligent. But the lord of the didn't— ” arrival here. acted into law must be kept and set side o f the measures has had to con manor had little time to debate con that of the ordinary household strong thought quirkly. His voice choked in bis throat. Her forth from the time o f its introduc sider. box. There were several account "Q uick!" he told her In the least of sequences. face, momentarily upturned to Ills, tion, and unless this record is correct Abruptly the door was flung wide C hief Poisoned, Belief. books, ledgers and the like, together whispers. "Leave by the window you gleamed pale and weary in the dreary Salem, Feb. 22.— Considerable scur with some packages of docketed bills. opened und wait for me by the motor and a short stout man. clutching up Lawton, Okla. The death o f Quan- in every detail the law may be as light; the face of a tired child, sailed in the courts. Legal authori rying followed the discovery today his trousers with a frantic hand, burst In the pigeon holes. The cash box, e rr.” nah Parker, chief o f the Comanche In troubled, saddened; yet with eyes In ties differ as to whether a law can that Speaker Rusk’s house bill provid into the library, brandishing over Itself a safe within a safe, showed a " N o !” expressibly sweet. She turned away, dians, Thursday, resulted from poi stand if it is not backed by a complete ing for second choice at primary elec blank face broken by a small combi There was no time to remonstrate head a rampant revolver. son administered by medcine men o f tugging at her hand. tions had not reached the office o f the " 'Ands hup!" he cried, leveling at nation dial. Behind this. In a se with her. Already he had slipped away, the Cheyennes, instead o f pneumonia, ly accurate record. (T O UK C O N T IN U E D .) governor. It was supposed that all cieted compartment, the Maitland heir shaping a course for the entrance to Maitland. And then, with a fallen as reported by the white physicians, Salem, Feb. 25.— O f the 725 bills bills had been enrolled and sent to the The Dog. looms languished, half forgotten of the passage. But the dominant thought countenance: "G-r r reat 'eavins, sir! is the belief o f medicine men o f the The dog is man’s most faithfm Comanches. The Comanches will send that were introduced in the two houses executive by this morning, but a their heedless owner. In Ids mind was that at all costs the You. Mister Maitland, sir!" "Ah, Higgins," his employer greeted friend. A man may lie, but a dog White Parker, son o f the late chief, o f the legislature, 275 o f them have thorough search failed to reveal it The cash box combination offered girl must be spared the exposure. She The among the bills in the governor’s won't; a man may get drunk, a man among the Cheyennes to investigate. been allowed to become laws. less difficulty than had the outer dial. was to he saved, whatever the hazard the butler blandly. Higgins pulled up, thunderstruck, may slander his neighbor, a man may Qmannh had been among the Chey legislature itself failed to pass or in office. Maitland had it open In a twinkling. Afterwards— Chief Clerk Drager, o f the house, The tapestry rustled, but he was pnnting and perspiring with agitation. embezzle and defraud, a man may ennes three days when he became ill. definitely postponed 386 bills, or more Then, braxenly lifting out the inner The bill may steal He hurried home and died 20 minutes than half the number introduced, and finally located it, however. yet too far distant to spring. He His fat cheeks quivered like the wat borrow money, a man framework bodily, he thrust a fum the governor by the exercise o f his had not been enrolled, but w ill be im bling hand Into tho aperture thus ills crept on with the crouching, vicious tles of a gobbler, and his eyes bulged money, a man may go into politics, after reaching there. veto power, stopped a total o f 64 mediately and sent to Governor West '.lOaed and pressed the spring, re attitude, mental and physical, of h as, by degrees, he became alive to the a man may knife his best friend, a bills, which is the largest number o f for his consideration. man may run people down with an au situation. ■easing the panel at the back. It dls panther stnlklng Its prey. 500 to Try to Flank Madero. bills o f any one session that has ever Governor West today’ appointed the Maitland began to explain, forestall tomobile, a man may gamble himself Like a thunderclap from a clear sky appeared as though by witchcraft, El Paso. Tex. The Mexican m ili been vetoed by a governor o f this commission to make arrangements for and the splash of light from the bull s the glare of the light broke out from ing the embarrassments of cross-exam to ruin, a man may waste his sub tary commander has ordered the regu placing the statue o f George H. W il stance in riotous living, a man may lar schedule on the Mexican North state. «ye discovered a canvas bug squatting the celling. Maitland paused, trans ination. By these vetoes and by other ar liams in Statuary Hall, Washington, go to heaven— but a dog won't. Can eastern railroad, operating from Jua "By the merest accident, Higgins, I flxed, on tiptoe, eyes Incredulous, bruin humbly In the secret compartment; a rangements whereby only a portion of D. C. The commission is to be made fat little canvas bag. considerably soiled striving to grapple with the astounding was passing in my car with a party of these things be truthfully spoken of rez south to Casas Grandes and Pear Mends. Just for a Joke I thought I'd other friends man has about him? son. discontinued and commanded all the sums appropriated by the legisla up o f Dr. T. L. Eliot, C. E. S. Wood from much handling, such as Is used discovery that bad come to him. ture are to be used, the governor has and George H. Himes, curator o f the by banks for coin, a sturdy, matterof The third factor stood In the door steal up to the house and see how you There is a strong affinity between man cars to take south 500 soldiers and turned back into the pockets o f the Oregon Historical society. fact, every-day sort of canvas bag. way, slender and tall, In evening dress were behaving yourselves. By chance and the dog; It must be the affinity of two field pieces. These men will try Governor W est w ill veto the state -again— 1 happened to see this light contrast. Yet any man will resent be to flank Madero, who is reported south taxpayers approximately $600,000, or with nothing about It of hauteur, no —as was Maitland a light, full over more than half a million dollars which aid road bill, carrying an appropriation air of self-importance or ostenlatlon. coat banging open from his shoulders: through the library windows." And ing called a dog. Possibly the dog o f Juarez, marching on Chihuahua, will make the appropriations voted by o f $340,000, according to a statement to betray the fact that it was the re one hand holding back the curtain, the Maitland, putting an Incautious hand would resent being called a man if he with 500 Federals that le ft Juarez the legislature aggregate a total o f made by him today. understood— I do not know. I only upon the bull's eye on the desk, with- ceptacle of a small fortune. other arrested on the light switch. His Friday in his rear. This troop move The same question that arose in con Irew It Instantly, with an exclamation know that the maxim works but one ment w ill leave only about 400 sol about $4,300,000, instead o f $4,900,- At Maitland’s ear. Incredulous: lips dropped open and his eyes, too 000, as previously estimated. nection with the bill among good roads were protruding with amazement. Fea of annoyance and four scorched lin way; and if we would say: "Man is | diers in Juarez. “ How did you guess?” she breathed. Among the last bills to receive the men o f Portland will direct the gover the dog's most faithful friend," there I He took thought and breath, both lure for feature he was the counter ! gers. governor's disapproval was the Rogue nor in his course, as the bill fails to “ He's been at the safe." he added would be many a cavil, saying that it | briefly, and prevaricated shamelessly: part of the man before him; In a word Jap Coolies Going Home. River fish bill, upon which the gover make provision as to who shall have ptlckly. diverting attention from him was mighty rough on the dog.— Suc “ Bribed the head clerk of the safe here was the real Anlsty. San Francisco. The number o f Jap nor for some time has intimated his supervision over the expenditure o f cess Magazine. elf. "I was just in time." manufacturer who built this." The wonder of It all saved the day anese laborers in the United States action. He says the people have ex the money. Klulng. he passed over to the center for Maitland; Anlsty’s astonishment has decreased 11,152 in the past three pressed themselves without qualifica “ I cannot allow $340,000 to be table, the girl following. “ Steady with was sincere and the more complete years, i f statistics prepared by the tion on the matter and le ft nothing for thrown about among the counties as the light," he whispered; and loosed la that, unlike Maitland, he had been Japanese foreign office are correct. the legislature or himself to do other though it were thrown among so many the string around the mouth of the unprepared to And any one In tht The figures were made public by Mat- than follow their will. In the mes birds, with no one having supervision bag. pouring Its contents, a glistening, III rary. suzo Nagai, Japanese consul general sage accompanying this veto he says; o f the method o f spending the mon priceless, flaming. Irldlscent treasure For a mere second his gaze left for San Francisco. The report indi “ The purpose o f this bill is to nul e y ,” said the governor. horde, upon the table. Maitland and traveled on to the girl cates that the United States has lost “ O h!” said a small voice at nls side then to the rifled safe— taking In the 6.371 Japanese, o f all classes, by ex Oliver Bill is Illegal. Collect Taxes From Clatsop. And again and again; “Oh, Oh I Oh!" whole significance of the scene. When cess o f departures over arrivals in the Salem. Feb. 23. — In an opinion Salem, Feb. 28.— Assistant A ttor Maitland himself was moved by the he spoke. It was as if dazed. three years. handed down today Attorney General ney General I. H. VanWynkle left wonder of It. The Jewels seemed to "By llo d !" he cried—or. rather. He Wlfey'a Economy "'Sat Draw No Praise to be recharged yet. So rather than Crawford holds that the Oliver bill, Salem this afternoon for Astoria, All the room with a flashing, amazing, syllables seemed to Jump from hi.1 ! Uncle Sam May License Autos. from Husband. have that spark wasted. I went Into providing for relinquishment o f claim where an effort will be made by him coruscant glamour, rainbow like. His lips like bullets from a gun. the library at dusk, with all the cur- | Washington The Federal automo by the state to the John Morrison to collect from the county o f Clatsop breath came hot and fast as he gazed The words shattered the tableau. O f | There was a pensive look In Mrs. tains drawn and the shades down, and bile license bill introduced by Wanger, property in Union county, is unconsti about $4,000 o f that county's appor upon the trove; a queen’s ramsom. a their echo Maitland sprang and fas of Pennsylvania, was favorably re tutional. Oliver's bill would make tionment o f the state tax for 1909, fortune Incalculable even to Its owner. tened his Angers around the other’t Compton's charming eyes, but she Just sat there In the dark—or It would ported by the house committee on in 1,000 acres, which, it is said, should which Clatsop county refused to turn As for the girl, he thought that the thront. Carried off his feet by thi smiled across the table at her husband have been dark except for the lantern, terstate and foreign commerce. The escheat to the state, go to the people over to the state treasurer last spring. wonder of It must have struck her sheer ferocity of thd assault. Anisty when he asked her If she felt too tired I mean—and pressed one finger sfter | another on the lantern button, measure provides a Federal license in who, he declares, are heirs o f John In view o f the fact that the recent o go with him to a concert. “ I sup- dumb Not a sound came from the gave ground a little For an Instan changing Angers as they got numb, till addition to the local license, but ex Morrison. Many objections have been legislature appropriated $50.000 for spot where she stood. they were swaying back and forth IHvse you have been busy packing all at last the spark gave out. So now I empts the automobile from the local filed against the bill, it being asserted that county's celebration o f the 100th day." he said, thoughtfully. Then, abruptly, the sun went out; with advantage to neither. Then the license of other states through which that Oliver wrongfully used his posi anniversary o f the settlement o f As •t least, such was the effect; the light burglar s collar slipped and somehow I "Oh. yea. I've been busy." she said, can have It recharged to-morrow with it may pass. Provision also ia made tion as a legislator. toria it is hoped the county will settle. of the hand lamp vanished utterly, : tore from Its stud, giving Maitland's with a little sigh, “ but I feel satisfied, a clear conscience.” — Youth’# Compan for the licensing of drivers. leaving a partly-colored blur swim hands freer play. His grasp tightened I for everything Is packed now. except Ion. West ¡a Opposed to Treaty. Shelbum Wants Waiting Room. mlng against the Impenetrable black about the man’s gullet; he shook him the last things, that can t go in the Police Party May Be Lost. Salem. Feb. 2 3 .--In passing opinion What's In a Word ? Salem. Feb. 28.— A petition was ness, before his eyes. mercilessly. Anlsty staggered. ga*|>ed. trunks till to-morrow, and besides that Dawson. Y . T. A police expedi on the proposed Japanese treaty Gov received by the railroad commission Two men were discussing the trou His lips opened; but a small hand reeled, struck Maitland once or twice 1 have done something I'm sure will this morning from citizens who live in fell firmly upon his own. and a tiny, upon the chest—feeble, weightless el please you. Henry. It will show you bla In India, and each had a deal to tion o f four men. which le ft Fort Mc em or West said today: “ I believe this is a white man’s the vicinity o f Shelbum, where the tremulous whisper shrilled In his ear bow Jabs that went for nothing, then | that I'm really learning to be thrifty say about hta notion of Hindu charac Pherson and Hersehel Island, in the Arctic Ocean, a week before Christ country, and any attempt to open the Corvallis 4 Eastern railroad inter “ Hush—ah. huehl” concentrated his energies In a vain and economical like yon.” ter. mas. with police advices and mail j flood gates and allow foreign immi sects with the Springfield branch o f “ What— ?" attempt to wrench the hands from hts > “ I should like to hear what you've "Thay're such a bellicose set of from whalers, traders and trappers, gration, especially coolies from Japan the Southern Pacific company, asking “ Steady . . . some one coming throat. Keeling, tearing at Maitland’s | done." said Mr. Compton, with as seri people.” said one. has not yet arrived here, though the > to pour in should be blocked immedi that the commission investigate condi . . . the Jewels.” wrists, fare empurpling, «yes staring ous an air as hla wife's. "Indeed!” exclaimed the other. In journey should have been made in 30 | ately.” Although the governor has had tions, and, if it is found necessary, to He heard t h e ' .ill musical clash of In agony, he stumbled. "I knew that the battery In my Itttle Mercilessly tb-sm as her ^xlds swept them bark Maitland forced him to hla knees and electric lantern would not begin to last surprise. “ I was always under the Im days. A relief expedition has gone ! no time o f late to read the papers, he make an order requiring these roads Into the bag. and a cold, sickening fear bullied hint across the floor toward the till our vacation was over.” said Mrs. pression that they were very spare out from Dawson. Indians report one ! is prepared to state that he does not jointly to build a depot or waiting whaler at Hersehel. regard the treaty entirely favorably. station at the point o f intersection. rendered him almost faint with the nearest lounge -with premeditated de Compton, "and yet it didn't really need | men."— Harper's Weekly. Ä3WL ^ZOUIfcJOJlPH ÚNCR, And Then He Wasn’t Pleased
