1 a n t a s to b e able to confuse th e Iden malign, crouching, re a d y to spring,
R E B E L S S T IL L A C T IV E .
tlty of th e tw o men for a single in there . In th e shadow of night. . . .
s la n t. W h a t though they did r e se m b le
And h e r b r e a t h was s m o th e re d in U naw are o f Arm istice, T ro o p s Move
e ac h o t h e r In form a n d f e a t u r e ? T h e h e r th r o a t and he r h e a r t sm o te so
O n M exiean Capital.
i lik e n e ss w e n t no d e e p e r ; below the m adly a g a i n s t th e frail walls of Its
Mexico C ity, May 24. — N o tw ith
surface, a n d rising th rough It with c ag e t h a t they seem ed like to burst,
ev ery word and look and gesture, lay while she stood transfixed, frozen in stan d in g the official signing of the
a w o r ld w id e gulf of difference in Inaction, lim bs stiffening, roots of he r peace agreem ent, th e capital is more
e very sh a d e of thought, feeling, and hair stirring, fingers g ripping th e ban
nearly isolated to n ig h t than since the
instinct.
i s t e r rail until they pain ed h e r; and
She h e r s e lf could n e v e r again be d e with eyes t h a t sta r e d wide into the inauguration of hostilities.
Ignorant, ap p aren tly , th a t th e w ar
ceived— no, never! N ot for a second lilaek h e a r t of n o th ingne ss, until the
could sh e m is ta k e t h e one for the j night se e m e d pricked with e v a n e s c e n t is ended officially, one small band of
other. . . .W hat w e re they sa ying? | perio ds of dim lire, peopled with mon rebels under Candido N avarro last
T h e turm oil of h e r indig natio n s u b str o u s a nd t e r r ib le sh a d o w s closing
n ig h t cut th e national railroad near
sided a s sh e listened, bre ath le ss ly , to a b o u t her. . . .
M aitland's story of his a d v e n t u r e s ;
Yet— It was a b su r d ! S h e m u s t not San Felipe, south of San L uis Potosí,
and another band stopped all traffic
and th e joy th at leaped In he r for his yield to such puerile supe rstitions.
frank m enda city In s u p p re ss in g e very
over the M exican railroad by ripping
T h e r e w a s n o th in g there . . . .
Incid ent t h a t Involved her. was all but
T h e r e was s o m e th in g t h e r e . . . o u t th e rails and burning a bridge
I overpow ering. She could have wept s o m e th in g that like an In c arn a tio n of
n ear H uam antla.
B elieving th a t the
i for s h e e r h a p p in e s s ; and a t a la te r h a tr e d was sta lk i n g her.
rebels in Morelos would in te rfe re
tim e sh e would; hut not now, when
If only s h e da red s c r e a m ! If only
traffic
over the C uernavaca
e v e r y t h in g depended on h e r m aintain- sh e da red tu r n and Hy, back to the w ith
j ing the very silence of death. ,
c o m fo rt of light and h u m a n com branch of the national railroad, the
How dared they doubt hint? T h e pany! . . .
m anagem ent sen t a tra in south today
insolents!
T h e c r u d e brutish Insol
T h e r e a r o s e a tra m p lin g of feet in w ith guards.
ence of th em ! H e r a n g e r raged high th e ha llw a y; anil sh e h e a r d M aitland's
Rebel a c tiv ity was not regarded as
I again . . . a n d a s swiftly was voice like a f a r echo, as he hade the
quenched, ex tin g u ish e d in a twinkling police good night. And d i s t a n t and m eaning th a t the insurrectos will re
by a t e r r o r born of he r e x c ite m e n t a nd u n r e a c h a b le a s he seem ed, th e sound fuse to abide by th e term s of the
| a b a re sugge stion th r o w n out by ol his words brought h e r s t r e n g th and peace tre a ty . Y esterday the arm is
tice agreed upon term in ated and there
: Hickey.
som e r e a s s u r a n c e , a n d she grew
“. . . e xplainin' how a crook like slightly m ore composed. Yet, th e in are probably scattered bands o f rebels
Anlsty m a d e t h r e e t i l e s In one day s t a n t th a t he had t u rn e d a w ay to talk uninform ed th a t th e ir country is offi
to ste al som e jew els and did n 't get to the c a b m a n , he r fright of t h a t u n cially a t peace. H ow ever, N avarro is
| 'em. W h e r e were they, all th is tim e ?" s p e a k a b le ami incorporeal m enace reported to have said he would not
consent to peace a t present.
M a itla nd's cool r e to r t was lost upon Hooded h e r con sc io u s n es s like a great
The m otive fo r th e c u ttin g o f the
her. W h a t m a t t e r ?
If they d i s b e wave, sw ee p in g h e r — m e ta p h o ric a lly —
M exican railw ay may be th a t a troop
lieved him, p e rsisted In callin g him off h e r feet. And indeed, for the time,
tra in w as being brought tow ards th e
Anlsty, in n a tu r a l c ourse they would s h e felt a s if drowning, ov e rw h elm ed
capital.
u n d e r ta k e to se a rc h the Hat. And If in vast w aters, sinking, sin k in g Into
Unconfirmed reports are th a t the
she were found. . . . Oh, she m ust th e black a b y ss of syncope. . . .
delayed soldiers have d etrained at
s p a r e him th a t! She had given him
T hen, as a d ro w n in g p e r s o n — we're H uam antla and engaged a body o f reb
c a u s e for suffering enough. She m ust told—c lu tc h e s at stra w s, she gra sp ed els in b attle.
get. aw ay, anil th at Instantly, before a gain a t th e v ib r a tio n s of his voice.
In the la s t seven days the Federal
F ro m a distance, to-morrow
. . W h a t w as he sa ying?
garrison has been g reatly stre n g th e n
m o r n in g — to-night, e v e n —by telegraph,
“ You will wait outside, please , until ed and the cap tu re of the cap ital w ill
sh e could c o m m u n ic a te with him. . . . I conte out or send som ebody, whom
now be difficult.
At litis j u n c t u r e O 'H a g a n e n te r e d you will t a k e w h e r e v e r directed. . .
I t is reported th a t F igueroa and his
with his parcel. T h e rustle of the
------ S p e a k in g to the c ab m an , th in k chief lieu ten an t, Azunsolo, are a t outs
pa p er a s he brushed a g a i n s t the do o r ing of her, providing for h e r escape! and th a t Azunsolo has angered Zapata,
ja m b was iii Itself a hin t to a mind C o n sid e r a te and foresighted a s a l the cap to r o f Suautla, hy branding
keyed to the hig h es t pitch of e x c i t e ways!
How she could h a v e th anke d him a bandit.
m ent and se e k in g a wav of e sc a p e him! T h e w a r m th of g r a ti t u d e that
from a position conceived to be pe ril enveloped he r a lm ost u n n e rv ed her;
N E W L A W IN J U R E S W O M E N .
ous. In a tric e th e girl had t u rn ed sh e was put to it to r e s t r a i n h e r im
and sped, light footed, to the door open- pulse to r u s h down th e s t a i r s and . . . 100 M atchm akers Discharged Because
At the T urn of the Staircase She Paused.
j Ing on the p riv a te hall.
Hut no; s h e m u st not risk
the
o f 8 -H o u r Lim it.
Here, h a iling for a brief r e c o n n a is c h a n c e of rebuff. How could sh e fore
Chico, Cal. — The D iamond M atch
sa nce, she d e te r m in e d t h a t h e r plan tell what was in his mind a n d heart,
was feasible, If hazardous. She t a n how probe the d e p th s of his feeling company, o p eratin g big facto ries a t
the risk of e n c o u n te r in g som e one to w a rd h e r ?
P e r h a p s he would re B arber, a suburb o f th is city, w ill re
a sc e n d in g th e s t a l l s from t h e ground ceive h e r p r o te s ta tio n s in sk e p tic s p i r place p ractically all its women em
floor; hut If she were cau tio u s and it. H e a v e n knew he h a d c ause to!
quick sh e could tu rn hack In time. On Hared she . . . To he re pulsed! . . . ployes w ith men, on account o f the
new eight-hour law.
In the m atch
the o t h e r hand, th e men whom sh e
Hut no. H e had provided this m ea ns
m ost feare d w ere thoroughly occupied
for flight; she would a d v a n t a g e h e r m aking d ep artm en t alone more than
with th e ir differences, dead lo all save
self of it anil . . . and th a n k him 100 women and g irls will be le t out.
t h a t which was h a p p e n in g w ithin the
hy letter. Host so; for he m u s t ever Many are e x p erts brought from the
room 's four walls.
A c u r ta in hung
th in k th e w orst of h e r ; she could E astern s ta te s and are receiving good
p e r h a p s a third of thp way a cro ss the
n e v e r un d e ce iv e him — pride re s t r a i n salaries.
study door tem p e rin g the light in the
For some tim e it has been im possi
ing and upholding her.
hull; and t h e broad shoulde rs of the
ble for the company to g e t a sufficient
B e tte r so: s h e would go, go quickly,
c abby o b s t r u c te d the r e m a in d e r of the
num ber of com petent women to do the
before he disc overed he r a b se n c e from
opening.
work, and w ith th e enforcem ent of
the flat. . . .
the new eight-hour law, conditions are
It was a chance. She poised h e rself
And
in
co
n
tin
en
tly
she
sw
ung
about
made w orse, as th e work o f p ra c ti
on tiptoe, half undecided, a n d — the
1
C C P r R t Q M T ISOT — T H P R O B B a - ^ U H I U L l - r o .
and flew down th e sta irs , silently, cally 100 men depends on the work of
r ustling of p a p e r as O 'l l a g a n o pe ned
t r e a d in g a s lightly on th e heavily- these women, and th e ir hours would of
"I h a d n 't o u g h tu h left him so long. the parcel afforded h e r an o pportunity
SY N O P S IS .
I guess," he told him self; "h u t . . . to escape, hy d r ow ning the noise of padded ste p s a s though sh e had been necessity have been shortened w ith
th is tle d o w n whirled a d r if t by the the shortening o f th e w om en’s hours
he r m ovem ents.
“ M a i l " D a n M a i t l a n d , o n r e a c h i n g Ills I'll g e t him all rig h t.”
wind, a lt o g e th e r h e ed les s of the from nine to eight.
N e w Y o r k l i a r I i f l o r d u b , m o t a n a t t r a c
And turning, lum bered gloomily e a s t
F o r two e te r n a l seconds she was
tive y o u n g w o m a n a t t h e d o o r. J a n i t o r
c ree ping t e r r o r she had sensed on the
I t had been rum ored the company
O ' l l a g a n u a a u r o d h im no o n o Imd boon
w ard, r a p t with vain Imaginings, edgin g stealthily down toward the
u p p e r flight, c a r e le ss of all sa v e her contem plated em ploym ent of Japanese
w ith in t h a t d u y . I t a n d lH cn v e re d a worn
sq u a t, swollen figure blending into the o u t e r door; then, in no tim e at all,
I n ’» l i n g e r p r i n t « In d u a t o n h i s d a n k ,
im m e d ia te need to re ac h th a t cab be to replace the women, but General
a l o n g w i t h a l o l t o r f r o m tils a t l n r n e y
deep, m e a n e r sh a d o w s of the T e n d e r found h e r s e lf on the landing a n d —
fore M aitland should disc over t h a t she S uperintendent F a irb u rn denied this.
M a i t l a n d d l n o d w i t h l l a n n a r m a n , h i s a t loin; ami so on tow ard
M a itla nd's c onfronte d by a fresh complication,
torney
D a n s e t o a t f o r O r o o n l h - h l s , to
h
a d esc aped.
room s morose, m isunderstood, m allg one un fo res ee n : how to leave the
:et h l a f a m i l y J e w e l« .
D u r in g his w a lk
T h e door w a s j u s t closing behind
o th e c o u n try «oat, he m ot the you n g
Hillm an Barely Escapes,
n
a
n
t,
coddling
Ills
fictitious
w
rongs:
house
w
ithout
being
observed,
w o m a n In g r u y . w h o m la* h u d s o o n lon v
San Diego, C al.— C. D. H ilm an, th e
siqpchow pa the tic ally typical of the stopped, and p e rh a p s de ta ined until t h e cabby a s sh e re ac h ed the bottom
lag his bachelor»* club.
llo r auto
had
b r o k e n d o w n . H e f ix e d It, B y a r u s e sin* force he re presented.
too la te ? T h e r e would he men at the ste p ; and she pa use d, c o n sid e rin g th at S eattle m illionaire, whose appeal from
" l o s t " him . M a it la n d , o n r e a c h i n g hom o,
it w e re best to wait a m om e nt, at a sentence fo r real e sta te frauds is
s u r p r i s e d l a d y In Kray, c r a c k i n g t h e s a f e
On the c o r n e r of F ifth a v e n u e he door, beyond doubt; possibly police,
least, lest he should be su rp rise d at pending, had a narrow escape from
co n taining
his k o u is . She. a p p a r e n tly ,
sta
tione
d
t
h
e
r
e
to
a
r
r
e
s
t
all
p
e
rsons
paused, s ta rtle d fairly out of his dour
took h im fo r a w e l l - k n o w n c ro o k , D an ie l
th e q u ickne ss with which his em ploy having to sell fo r $150,000 a ranch
a
tt
e
m
p
t
i
n
g
to
leave.
.
.
.
A nlsty. H a l f - h y p n o t i z e d , M a i t l a n d o p e n e d
m ood by the loud e cho of a n a m e al
e r found work for him; pa u se d a n d on n ear E n cinatas, w hich is proved by
his su fe, took t h e r e f r o m t h e Jew els, am i
ready becom e too hatefully fam ilia r
No tim e for w eighin g chances. T he
s a v e t h e m t o h e r , f ir s t f o r m i n g a p u r l -
som e m y ste r io u s im pulse half turned, th e discovery o f oil to be w orth $500,-
choice of two a lt e r n a t iv e s lay before
to his e ars, and hy the sight of what
n e r s h t p In c r i m e . T h e r e a l D a n A n l s t y .
g lanc ing back up th e stairs.
s o n v h t hy police of th e w orld, a p p e a r e d
000.
h
e
r:
e
it
h
e
r
to
r
e
tu
r
n
to
t
h
e
alcove
at
first
glance
lie
took
to
he
th
e
he
un t h e s u m o m i s s i o n M a i t l a n d o v e r c a m e
Not a thought too soon; a n o th e r in
A fte r having accepted an offer of
g inning of a stre e t brawl,
or to seek sa fety in th e d a r k n e s s of
him .
H e m et th e g irl o u tside th e house
s o d t h e y s p e d o n t o N e w Y o r k In In i a u
the up p e r floors— u n te n a n te d , a s sh e s l a n t 's he sita tion and s h e h a d been $150,000 from Oakland men, H illm an
to. H e h a d t h e J e w e l s a n d s h e p r o m i s e d
had been at pains to d e te r m in e . T he c au g h t, Some one—a m a n — w a s de visited the ranch and found th ree oil
C H A P T E R X III.
to m eet him th a t d ay . M a itla n d received
and rapidly.
M aitland? outfits a t w ork and ascertained th a t
s "M r. H n u lth ," In tro d u c in g h im se lf a s a
l a t t e r se e m e d hy far th e b e tte r, th e s c e n d in g ;
Flight.
detective.
T o s h i e l d ti n- g i r l In g r a y ,
E ven in he r brief glanc e she saw the oil in paying q u a n titie s had been
M a i t l a n d , u h o u t t o s h o w h i m tt ie Jew
In th e alcove the girl waited, lorn less dangerous, c ourse lo pursue. And w hite shield of a sh ir t bosom gleam
els, s u p p o s e d l y Ins t, w a s f e l l e d h y a blow
struck and th a t prospects w ere good
In th e throes of Incipient h y s t e r ia ; at a t once sh e took it.
fro m " H n a lth 's " ca n e. T h e la tte r proved
dull a g ain st the sh adows.
Maitland for a b e tte r flow.
W hen H illm an
T
h
e
r
e
w
as
no
light
on
the
first-
t o lie A n l s t y h i m s e l f a m i In- s c e n t e d t h e
first too w eak front re ac tio n and re
was In ev en in g dress. Could It be learned th is he attem p ted to call off
em s. A nlsty, w h o w a s M a itla n d 's dott
vulsion of feeling lo do a n y th i n g o t h e r floor la n d i n g —It having pre su m ab ly possible . . . ?
le. m a s i | u e r a d e i l a s t h e l a t t e r .
The
the deal w ith the O akland people, and
crim in a l kept M a itla n d 's cnKuKcmcnt w ith
t h a n lean heavily a g a i n s t the wall and been e xtinguishe d by th e ja n i t o r e arly
No lim e now for c o n je ctu re , tim e finally compromised by g iv in g his per
t h e g i r l hi « r a y .
H e g a v e Ite r t h e g e m s ,
In
th
e
evening.
Only
a
feeble
twilight
fight
with
all
h
e
r
s
t
r
e
n
g
t
h
anil
will
a f t e r f u l l i n g In l o t ' a t f i r s t s i g h t . T h e y
now only for action. She s p r a n g for sonal check fo r $5,000 to sev er nego
w e r e t o m e e t a n d d i v i d e t h e lo ot . M a l l
a g a i n s t this craw ling, shuddering, obtained th e re , ill part a reflected glow
l a n d re v i v e d a n d r e g r e t t e d m i s s in g his
front t h e e n tr a n c e hall, partly thin a nd t h e door, had it open in a trice, and tiations.
c
r
e
e
p
in
g
h
o
rro
r
of
n
erves,
th
a
t
th
r
e
a
t
engagem ent.
A nlsty, m a stpie ratling as
before t h e c abby was really e n
M altlum l.
n arro w ly
avoided
capture
cnetl alike he r self-control, h e r con diffused ra ys e sc aping from M a itla n d ’s th roned upon his lofty box, th e girl
M onarchists in Prison.
t h r o u g h m y s t e r i o u s t i p . T h e g i l l In g r a y
study.
So
It
was
th
at
the
first
few
sciousness, and h e r reason.
v i s i t e d M a t t l n n d ’a a p a r t m e n t s d u r i n g h is
w a s on th e step, fa ir trouble d face
Lisbon — A ccording to an official
Hut Insensibly th e t r e m o r wore It s te p s u p w a r d took th e girl into dark- u p t u r n e d to hint in wild e n tr e a ty .
a b s e n c e a n d r e t u r n e d g e n t s , b e i n g tils
cov ered on retu rn .
M a i t l a n d , w d tl i o u t
sta te m e n t issued here, a num ber of
self aw ay, leaving h e r w e ary and worn 1 ness so clo se and unre lieve d as to
c a sh , called u p his h o m e a n d h ea rt I a
“H u r r y ! ” sh e
cried,
d istracted. persons in various w alks o f life have
hut m is tr e s s of h e r t h o u g h ts and a c j se e m alm ost palpable.
w o m a n 's
v oice e x p o s tu l a ti n g .
A nlsty.
Ple ase — oh, been arrested in the northern p a rts of
d i s g u i s e d a s M a i t l a n d , to l d h e r h t f r e a l
At th e tu r n of th e s t a ir c a s e she “ D rive off, a t once!
tions And s h e dropped with g r a titu d e
Identity an d
realising
h im se lf trick ed
please!”
Portugal charged w ith c ircu latin g
Into a chair, be nding a n e a r a tt e n ti v e j paused, holdin g th e rail a n d re stin g
tried to w rin g fro m her th e lo c atio n of
Seizing re in s and whip, he jerke d a larm ist reports.
tlie gents. T h e n h e p ro p o s e d m a r r ia g e . \
The prisoners w ere
to th e w a r of words being waged in for a n in sta n t, th e while she liste ned,
c r a s h w a s h e a r d a t t h e f r o n t d o o r . M a tt
e r e a sc en d in g at a m ore s e d a te pace th e s ta r tle d a n im a l b e tw ee n th e shaft» se n t on board th e P ortuguese cru iser
Ihe room beyond the portieres.
la n d s ta r t e d for hom o. Ite fo u n d A n lsty
A dam astor, lying off O porto.
The
a m i t h e g i r l In Ills r o o m s A g a i n la* o v e r
At first, however, she failed to g ra sp to a h a v en of safety m ore c o m p le te In out of its a b s t r a c ti o n a n d —
w h e l m e d t h e c ro o k , a l l o w i n g h im to es
"I say. cabby! One m o m e n t ! ”
b luejackets o f the A dam astor, w hich
th e Import tif the a lte rc a tio n .
And that It would be m o re r e m o te from
cap** t o s h i e l d Hit- y o u n g w o m a n
Dan
T h e c a b m a n t u r n e d ; th e figure on w ere landed a t Oporto, la te r proceeded
him self n a rro w ly avoids a rrest.
Jan ito r
w he n In tim e she u n d e rstood its trend. the battle-ground below.
O ' l l a g a n willed a n ti d in e d t h e o fficers of
And, r e s tin g so, was suddenly chilled th e stoop of the house was u n d o u b te d to Caminha, on the riv e r Minho, to
It was with Incredulity, r e s e n tm e n t,
th e law
ll l e k e y . a d e t e c ti v e , d u p e d by
A n ls ty , re fu s e d to p a r t a k e a n d m u s e d on
and a d a w ning d r e a d lest a worse through a n d thro u g h with fear, sh e e r ly M aitland's Maitland a s he had Just p revent th e m onarchist conspirators a t
h is Ill-fate.
t h in g might yet befall her, w orse by j c hildish d r e a d of the Intangible and se e n him. with the addition of a hat. Tuy, a Spanish fro n tie r tow n, from
f a r t h a n aught th at had gone before. u n know n t e r r o r s that lurked in the As h e looked the m a n was a t the crossing the rtv e r into Portugal.
C H A P T E R X II.— Continued.
Hut to he deprived of his protection, b lac k n es s a b o v e her. It w as a s if. wheel, c la m b e r in g In.
H a t lilted ov e r Ills eyes, o n e elbow
Rebel Against Rebel.
“ C hanged m y m in d —I'm com ing
lo feel he r se lf forcibly r e s t r a i n e d from re n d e r e d s u p e r s e n s itiv e by s t r a in and
on th e chaltlm ck. a n o th e r on the table,
e x citem en t, th e quivering filam ents of along, cabby," he said cheerfully.
t h e s h e lte r of Ills g e n e r o u s c a r e — !
El Paso, T exas— W ith the accession
flabby jowl« q uivering us bo m umbled
A m o m e n t gone she had been so h e r subconsciousness, like spiritual “ Drive us to t h e St. L uke build ing o f Madero to pow er in Mexico inde
t h e Indispensable cigar, puffy h a n d s
te n ta c le s feeling a h e a d of he r, had p le a se a n d — h u r r y ! ”
pendent revolutions will be handled
clasped a cross his a m p le c hest, be s u r e th a t all would now be well with e n c o u n te r e d a n d recoiled from a sh a p e
w ith an iron hand, according to an an
"Y esstr!"
But for m any m in u te s by Ihe side of her, once Maitland suc c ee ded in rid of evil, a sp e c te r of h o r r o r obscene and
(T O UK C O N T I N T E D .)
nouncem ent a t M adero’s headquarters.
ding him self of th e police, l i e would
his unheeded drink, pondering, tu r n in g
The revolt in L ow er C alifornia, fos
shut the door and ami then sh e would
ove r a nd ove r In Ills mind the one
tered by the Mexican L iberal party,
c o m e forth and tell him, tell him
Idea It was c a p a b le of bat boring a t a
which is opposed to Madero, w ill be
e v e rything, and, w ithhold ing naught
time.
th e first attended to. G eneral Orozco
t h a t da m ne d he r in h e r own esteem ,
"H e c ’tt'd 've w rote th at l e t t e r to th ro w h e rself upon his mercy, bruised
will be sent a g a in st the Low er C ali
himself. . . . t i e 's wise
enough. with pe nite nce hut s e r e n e in th e as
fornia rebels.
R eports th a t G eneral
. . . Yeb e an 't fool H ickey all the s u r a n c e th a t he would prove k in d .
Figueroa, who heads 12,000 men, w as
tim e.
. . . I ll gel him yet, (Jot-
aligned w ith the L iberals, w ere brand
She had such faith In his te n d e r
t a h m ake good 'r It's the sidew alks a n d gentle k in d n es s now. , . . She
ed as false by Orozco.
f'r mine. . . . Me, tr y ln ' ha rd to I hail divined so clearly the m otive that
m a k e an ’ones! livin’. . . . 'Nd I had pe rm itte d A ntsty's e sc a p e In o r
French Relieve Fez.
him with all kinds of m o n e y ! ”
d e r th a t she might he saved, not alone
T an g ier—T he sa fe ty o f Fez from
T h e fat m ottled lin gers so ught a
| from Anlsty, not alone from Ihe sh a m e
sack and m assacre is believed to be
waistcoat i>ocket and. fum bling t h e r e of Im prisonm e nt, but from h e rse lf as L ittle Bride Simply Made T rouble by he would still d e c la r e th a t he was It assured.
D ispatches have reached
in, touched c a re ssingly a little pellet w ell—from herself as Maitland knew
Asking U seless Question.
Is not in m a sculine n a t u r e to go bark here th a t Colonel B arn ard 's French
of soft paper. Its po ss es so r did not her. T h e b u r g la r out of the way, by
on such a s t a te m e n t once It is made, re lie f expedition has reached the cap
re q u ire to e x am in e It to r e a s s u r e him ruse , evasion, or su b te r f u g e she would
It was a very warm night, and peo said the experienced, and so th e little ital, w here the sultan is beleaguered,
»elf as to Its legltlm aey a s a work of he se c re te d from ihe prying of th e po ple In the boarding ho u se had left bride was sim ply m aking tro u b le for and th a t it has e ith e r entered or is
a r t, nor as to th e p rom ine nce of the lice, sm uggled out of th e house and th e ir bedroom doors slightly a ja r th e m both.
camped outside the w alls o f the city.
ltom an C in Its e m b e llish m en t of on t a k e n to a place of safety, given a T h u s any c o n v ersa tio n of p e rsons who
The arriv al o f the French has d issi
g raved arabesques.
Dissecting a Violin.
new ch an c e lo redeem herself, to clean were so indiscreet as to forget the
pated all fears th a t the foreigners
“ A c e n tu r y ,” he reflected sullenly; h e r h a n d s of th e m ire of theft, to be fact was d istin c tly he ard down the
Not one person In a h u n d r e d h a s the who w ere besieged w ith the sultan by
“one lonely little c e n tu r y for mine. com e worthy of Ihe w om anhood lhal hall, and th a t a c c o u n ts for se veral slig h te st notion of how m any p a r ts or th e rebellious tribesm en will be slain.
'N d he had a wad like a hum . . on w a s hers. . . .
persons know ing that Ihe little bride, pieces th e r e a re In a violin H e re Is a
Lifsboat Tells o f W reck.
him. . . . 'Nd I m ig ht 've had It
Hut now she t h r u s t finger-nails who Is not m ore th a n 20 ye ars old, list of them : Hack 2 pieces, belly 2.
all for my very own if . ,
ills cruelly into he r soft palm s, striv in g said to he r equally youthful h u sb a n d : coins and blocks t>. sides 5. side lin
Igindon The B ritish arm ored cruis
brow clouded blackly.
lo c o n ta in h e rself and keep h e r tongue "A re you tellin g nte the t r u t h ? ” His ings 12, ba r 1. purflings 24. neck 1, e r Cum berland reported by w ireless to
“S l e u t h ! ” Hickey grouud th e e p i from c rying aloud to those t h r e e a n s w e r was not heard, but it failed to finger board 1. n ut t, bridge 1. tail the adm iralty th a t she had picked up
t h e t vindictively be tw ee n his teeth. bru tal, blind nten th e t r u t h ; th a t sh e he convin cing, evidently, for th e little board 1. b u tto n for tailboard 1. s trin g a t th e m outh o f the English Channel
And spat. “S le u th ! Ah h e ll!"
was guilty of th e robbery, sh e with bride r e p ea te d the question, even unto for tailboard t. gu a rd for s t r i n g 1. an em pty lifeb o at belonging to the
Recalled to him self by the very i Anlsty; that Maitland was Maitland: th e th ird time, and a t the last he r sound post I. s t r i n g s 4. pegs 4. total overdue B ritish steam er Cayo Largo.
vehem enc e of his emotion, he t u rn e d a word synonym ous w ith " m a n of voice by uo m e a n s e x pressed convlc- 69 pieces. T h ree kinds of wood a re The vessel le ft Sw ansea A pril 16 for
use d -m aple, pine and ebony
Maple Tam pico, and it is feared th a t she
I tlon.
hastily, dra ine d to Its d re gs th e tall honor.”
g las s of lu k ew arm and vapid
beer
And th e n those who w ere o ld e r In la used for th e hack, the neck, the foundered in the storm s th a t followed
In th e beginning. Indeed, all t h a t r e
P ine Is her departure.
which had stood at hla elbow, placed a • tr a in e d her from doing so w a s h e r worldly wisdom pondered and c o m side pieces a n d the bridge
used for th e belly, the ba r. th e coin*
nickel on th e table, and. rising, wad I knowledge th at Maitland would
be m ented.
A viator D rops 2 0 0 Feet.
died hastily out into the night.
Because, th e y said, th a t of all use and blocks, t h e side lin ings and the
m o re pained by h e r sacriflee t h a n g la d
S trassb u rg , G erm any — D uring an
Kbotiy is use d for the
It was being borne in upon him with de ned or relieved. He was so s u r e of less things, it was for a wom an to sound post.
m u ch force that If he wished to sa ve c le arin g hltnself. . . .
It w a s In ! ask h e r h u sb a n d if he w e re telling th e finger board, t h e tailboard, th e out, t h e aeroplane com petition here W ednesday
h is l a m e and fa m e so m e th in ' had got conceiv able to h e r th a t t h e r e could he tr u th E ven If he w e re not, and knew g u a r d for s t r i n g of tailboard, the afternoon A viator l.aem m lin fell 200
| feet and w as in stan tly killed.
t o be done a b o u t I t
{ m en so stupid a n d c ra ss ly unobserv- i t h a t his wife knew t h a t he was not. pegs so d th e button.
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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
R E G IO N G R O W S F A S T .
P R U N E R E T U R N S B R IG H T .
Southern O regon Is Rapidly Develop W illam ette
ing V aried Industries.
G rants Pass -T hat S outhern O re
gon, w ith its varied resources, is m ak
ing g re a te r strid es than any o th er
section o f the sta te , is the b elief o f
H. L. H erzinger, a m em ber of the
city council of G ran ts Pass. F ru it
raisin g , a lfa lfa grow ing and m ining
are some of th e ch ief
resources,
which a re being developed rapidly.
W ith a large am ount o f foreign cap
ital being a ttra c te d to th e d is tric t,
the C ity of G rants P ass is feelin g the
effect o f the developm ent o f the su r
rounding country and a larg e m unici
pal im provem ent program m e is being
contem plated, declared Mr, H erzinger.
Mr. H erzinger has been in G rants
P ass m ore than four y ears and in th a t
tim e has seen Josephine county grow
from a sparsely settled d is tric t into a
prosperous com m unity.
‘‘The Rogue R iver V alley, in which
G ran ts Pass is the cen ter, has become
fam ous for its pears, grap es and a p
p le s ,” said Mr. H erzinger.
“ D evel
opm ent along this line is ju s t in its
infancy.
The people o f G ran ts P ass
and vicinity have raised funds fo r th e
construction o f a concrete dam across
th e Rogue R iver th ree m iles above
th e city. W ater w ill be stored by th is
dam to supply w a te r to irrig a te 60,000
acres o f fe rtile f r u it land on e ith e r
side o f the riv e r above and below
G rants Pass. T his large area w ill he
utilized fo r the grow ing o f fru its.
“ The people o f th e com m unity dem
o n strated th a t they w ere w ide-aw ake
when they subscribed in tw o hours
$70,000 for th e construction o f the
railroad from G ran ts Pass to the fam
ous m arble caves. T his group o f caves
form s one of the n atu ral w onders of
Oregon. The railroad will ta p one of
the finest tim b er b elts in the s ta te and
will supply tra n sp o rta tio n to th e a l
fa lfa d is tric ts along the A pplegate
and W illiam s rivers.
“ In addition to th e h o rticu ltu ral re
sources o f Josephine county, m ining
developm ent is going ahead on a large
scale.
The H iggins and A nderson
strik e s in the old K irby d is tric ts on
the Illinois riv er a re causing m uch ex
citem ent.
T hese p ro p erties seem to
be alive w ith precious m etal. I be
lieve if they w ere rem ote from tra n s
p o rtation and difficult of access, we
would have a stam pede to the camp.
B ut, it seem s, they a re too n ear home
to cause a rush.
M ining ex p erts be
lieve th a t some o f the newly discov
ered claim s b ear tin ore in paying
q u a n titie s .”
LEAG UE T O D EV ELO P LAKE.
Local Clubs to Be O rganized;
Still O pen to Entry.
Land
L akeview —The L ake county devel
opm ent league is th e nam e of the new
organization th a t succeeds th e Lake-
view board of trad e and w hich w ill
bend its energies tow ard developm ent
o f th e e n tire county and peopling the
large areas o f governm ent lands open
to hom estead and o th er en try .
The
new organization is composed o f rep
rese n ta tiv e citizens of L akeview and
it w ill be th e ir endeavor to in te re st
citizens of th e o th e r portions o f th e
county. I t is believed th a t w ith the
com ing o f th e N evada-C alifornia-O re-
gon railw ay, w hich w ill be a t L ake-
view th is year, and th e contem plated
com pletion of lines into the north end
o f th e county, L ake w ill receive a
g re a t im petus.
Goose L ake valley has 100,000 acres
of fe rtile land a w a itin g the plow, some
o f w hich can be hom esteaded.
W a r
ner V alley has 200,000 acres of till
able lands and som e hom esteads.
Chew aucan valley has 75,000 acres
and some hom estead lands.
Sum m er
L ake valley has 50,000 acres o f land
th a t may be irrig a te d from a rte sia n
w ells stru ck a t depths o f from 122 to
260 feet, and nearly all o f w hich can
be hom esteaded. C hristm as L ake val
ley has 350,000 acres, some o f w hich
can be hom esteaded. H orse M ountain
valley has 75,000 acres, nearly all
open to en try . E dith valley has 75,-
000 acres, half o f it under th e 320-
acre hom estead act. S ilv er L ake val
ley has 50,000 acres, 30,000 acres of
w hich is open to en try . Many o th er
sm aller valleys p resen t homes fo r the
homeless.
The m em bers o f the new o rg an iza
tion w ill v isit every p recinct in th e
county and organize local developm ent
clubs to co-operate w ith the p aren t
organization and w ork to the develop
m ent of th e ir sections.
T his under
ta k in g is not a sm all m a tte r in a
county o f this size.
Valley Fruitm en
Conditions.
Salem — M em bers o f the pool o f the
W illam ette V alley P ru n eg ro w ers’ as
sociation m et W ednesday in this city,
a good rep resen tatio n o f the principal
grow ers o f th is section being present
to consider m ark et and crop conditions
o f the prunes of th is section.
A full rep o rt o f the m a rk e t condi
tions o f the world was presented by
the m anagem ent, show ing th e pros
pects to be good fo r th e m ark etin g of
the p resen t grow ing crop. L e tte rs
from re p resen tativ es in th e principal
fru itg ro w in g sections o f E urope w ere
read. These rep o rts indicate th a t the
stocks o f dried fr u it th ere a re light.
R eports from the larg e cen ters o f this
country, are along th e sam e line. A
late rep o rt from C alifornia w as read
w hich indicates the outside estim a te
of the prune crop th ere to be 125,000,-
000.
T his is considerably less than th e
e stim a te o f tw o w eeks ago.
A g en
eral canvass o f the grow ers in reg ard
to th e local prune crop now grow ing,
showed various e stim ates from 40 to
75 per cen t of a full crop, or an o u t
side av erag e of 60 per cent. The hill
orchards of th is section, w here usually
the la rg e st crops o f prunes a re ob
tained, are show ing lig h t th is season,
the m ain crops being on th e low er
land and these are spotted. B ut w ith
a medium crop and good prices indica
tions are the crop w ill show much
b e tte r retu rn s than is g enerally re
ceived from the la rg e r crops, ow ing to
the increased value of the large sized
fru it.
P R IS O N C O N T R A C T M A D E .
Stove
Foundry May Use But
Convict W o rk e rs .
H erm iston— A Spokane syndicate
has ju s t come into control o f several
hundred acres of land n ear H erm iston
and U m atilla. D. C. B row nell, one
of the oldest se ttle rs in U m atilla, d is
posed of nearly 1,200 acres, including
300 town lots in U m atilla, th e deal
am ounting to over $150.000, it is a l
leged. John D. R ice handled the deal.
If reports are tru e th ere w as also sold
to th is company 320 acres belonging
to Mr. R ice and 100 acres belonging to
W illiam H. S kinner.
T his en tire
acreage will be sold in sm all tra c ts.
W ashroom M ade O ffice.
Salem —So cram ped fo r room is the
capitol th a t S ecretary o f S ta te O lcott
has assigned th e new purchasing
agent, C. D. F razer, of P ortland,
q u a rters in the w ash and cloak room
in the re a r o f the senate cham ber.
Mr. F razer is flanked on one side by
th e s ta te a rc h ite c t's office, and on
the o th er by the office o f the S ta te
ag ricu ltu ral board, and to g et o u t he
has to pass through one o f these
offices.
W a ter Turned Into Canal
W est Stayton— W a te r w as p u t into
the first m iie of th e W illam ette V alley
Irrig ated Land com pany's canal Mon
day.
E v ery th in g w as sa tisfacto ry
and w hile work has been stopped tem
porarily on account o f the inclemency
o f th e w eather, only a few more
w eeks' w ork w ill com plete the canal
to W est S tayton.
200
Salem —A fte r several w eeks o f d is
ag reem ent the differences betw een
G overnor W est and L oew enberg, Go
ing & Co. have finally been settled
and a new co n tract draw n up betw een
the company and the s ta te U nder the
new co n tract the com pany has a lim it
of 200 men who may be employed in
the stove foundry a t the s ta te pen i
te n tia ry .
U nder the old co n tract it w as possi
ble for th e company to use all of the
men in th e prison ex cep tin g those n e
cessary fo r the s ta te to use about the
buildings.
U nder the new plan th e
governor w ill he able to req u isitio n all
o f the e x tra convicts fo r road work.
The w orking tim e has also been c u t
from a ten-hour day to a nine-hour
day, and provision is m ade in th e con
tr a c t th a t the company m u st providg
space in its buildings fo r lav ato ries
and b ath s so th a t th e, men w ill be
clean when they a tte n d th e ir m eals.
A num ber o f m inor changes have been
m ade as w all, re la tin g to fire protec
tion and incidental m a tte rs in connec
tion w ith the shops.
The only bone o f contention rem ain
ing is as to paym ent fo r 14 convicts
who have been employed daily around
the shops w ith o u t rem uneration to the
s ta te . The governor has insisted on
paym ent for these, w hile th e company
refuses, a sse rtin g th ere has been a
d istin c t understanding th a t the men
w ere to be used in carin g fo r the
shops and keeping them in shape fo r
th e benefit o f the s ta te and it is de
clared th a t no money w ill ev er be paid
for them unless the s ta te sues and suc
cessfully recovers.
B erries Late But Good.
Hood R iver— A y e a r ago T hursday
the Hood R iver F ru itg ro w e rs’ union
shipped th e first carload o f stra w b e r
ries fo r the season. The cool w eath er
o f the p a st tw o w eeks th is year, how
ever, has held the crop back, and i t is
probable th a t no ex ten siv e shipm ents
will be made u n til Ju n e 1. D espite
this fa c t b erry pickers a re beginning
to arriv e and pitch th e ir te n ts on the
riv e r flats below the city.
The Hood R iver crop this season
w ill be o f fine quality.
E stim a te s o f
th e crop run from 60,000 to 75,000
crates.
F arm Has Electric Plant.
Pendleton— In stallin g an individual
electric lig h t
and
pow er plant,
S pencer M. B entley, a prom inent
w heatgrow er six m iles north of Pen
dleton, has supplied his place w ith
m ost m odern farm equipm ent. A ten-
horse pow er gasoline engine g en erates
an am ple supply o f elec tricity . F orty
lig h ts supply the illum ination needed
fo r dw elling, barns and sheds, w hile
conveniently - arranged m otors pum p
his w ater, c u t his feed, saw his wood,
tu rn the grindstone and run all the
o th er farm m achinery.
C ottage G rove Plans fo r
9 1 5 0 ,0 0 0 Deal in Um atilla.
Discuss
Pea S h ow
Eugene— M anagem ent o f the S w eet
P ea show, the annual ev en t o f prom
inence in C ottage Grove, has passed
from th e civic im provem ent com m it
tee o f the W om en’s club, to a new o r
ganization known as th e Civic Im
provem ent league, o f which Mrs. C ald
well, chairm an o f the form er com m it
tee, is president, and Mrs. May H a rt
secretary . A d ate fo r th e show will
be se t as soon as the season has ad
vanced sufficiently for th e grow ers to
decide when th e flowers w ill be in th e
b est bloom ing condition.
Wool S ro u rin g is Begun,
Echo— W ith both the large m ill
w arehouses full to overflow ing and
thousands o f pounds o f wool stacked
on th e platform s, th e p lan t o f the
Echo scouring m ills has sta rte d on the
season's run. The run prom ises to be
longer than usual, for the reason th a t
in addition to the h alf m illion pounds
grow n and sheared in th is vicinity,
m any clips a re being shipped in from
th e outside. T hree carloads have ju s t
arriv ed from A rlington.
Join t Bridge Refused.
B ak er—I t was announced by C ounty
Ju Ige Basche th a t the county court o f
B aker county would not m ake the ap
propriation o f $10.000 for th e Oregon-
Idaho bridge across th e Snake riv e r a t
Brownlee. T his m eans th a t th e bridge
will not be built, as the appropriation
of *10,000 each by the leg islatu res o f
O regon and Idaho was provisional upon
a like ap propriation by th is county.