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CURRENT EVENTS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OF THE WEEK PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE U S E R S G E T P O W E R S IT E . Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief, General Resume o f Im p ortan t Events Presented in Condensed F orm fo r O u r Busy Readers. The Steel trust has readjusted its schedule o f prices by a considerable reduction. A French liner arrived at Martin ique from Panama with 15 cases of yellow fever on board. Diaz succeeded in getting $1,780,- 000 in gold from Mexico safely into a bank in New York City. A Portland woman will have to pay $8,000 duties on diamonds inherited from an aunt who died in Germany. Officers ox the United Wireless com pany have been found guilty o f using the mails to defraud in selling stock. Betting on accidents and death in the auto races at Indianapolis, In diana, is the most prominent feature o f the meet. Fire destroyed the Chutes amuse ment park buildings at San Francisco, causing the death o f four persons and injury o f many others. In a decision more drastic than that against the Standard Oil company, the Supreme court o f the United States has ordered the dissolution o f the To bacco trust. An American - Hawaiian steamer just arrived in Seattle reports having picked up the submarine bell signals from Umatilla reef lightship at a dis tance o f seven and one-half miles, which enabled the ship to proceed safely through a dense fog. A hot wave sent the Chicago up to 94. mercury at President Diaz resigns and the City o f Mexico goes wild with joy. PO RTLAND M ARKETS. Wheat Track prices: Bluestem, 94 (<u95c; club, 85(u80e; Russian, 84c; valley, 80c; forty-fold, 80c. B arley—Choice feed, $280/ 28.50. Millstuffs— Bran, $24.50«/25; mid dlings, $81; shorts, $26.60(n 20; rolled barley, $29.60«/ 80.50. Oats No. 1 white, $29.50 ton. H a y —Timothy, Eastern Oregon No. 1, $21.500x22.50; light mixed, $190/ 20; heavy mixed $17.500/ 18.50; a lfa l fa, $14o/15; clover, $12.50«/ 18.50; grain hay, $18.50«/ 14.50. Fresh Fruit Strawberries, Oregon, $80/4.50 crate; gooseberries, 80/ 10c per pound; apples, $10/3 per tmx. Vegetables Asparagus, $l«/2 per box; cabbage, $3 per hundredweight; garlic, 10«/ 12c per pound.; lettuce, $1.25o/)1.75 per t>ox; radishes, 15c per dozen; new carrots, $2.25 per sack ; turnips, $2.25; beets. $2.25. Potatoes — Oregon and Eastern, $2 .25 per hundred; new potatoes, $3 .500/4 per hundred. Onions Crystal wax, $2.50; yellow, $2.25; red, $3.60. Poultry Hens, 18«/ 19c; broilers, 271«/ 28c; ducks, young, 25c; geese, nominal; turkeys, 20c; dressed, choice 25c. Eggs — Oregon ranch, candled, 21c per dozen; case count, 20c. Butter City creamery, extra, 1 anil 2-pound prints, in boxes, 24c per pound; less than box lots, cartons and delivery extra. Pork Fancy, 9i«/.10c per pound. Veal Fancy, 9$«z 10c per pound. Hops 1911 contracts, 22c pr pound; 1910 crop, nominal; 1909 crop, 15c; olds, 10c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 8J«/ 141c per pound; valley, 12«/ 15c; mohair, choice, 37Jc. Cattle Prime grain-fed steers, $7 6l7.26; prime hay-fed. $ti.85«/7; choice steers, $6.500/ 6.86; gens I. $0 (i/B.50; fair. $5.75«/6; common. $5.50 «15.75; prime cows, $5.75 </6.26; good, $5«/ 5.25; fair, $4.750(5; poor, $4.600/4.76; choice heifers, $6.50«/ 6.76; choice bulls, $4.760(5.25; good. $4.25«/4.75; choice light calves, $7.75 ftl’8; good, $7.500/7.75; choice heavy calves, $5.50«/ 6; good,$5«z 5.50; choice stags, $5.75<i/6.2&; g o o d . $5.25o/5.75. Hogs- Choice, $0.70«/ 6.85; good, $6.500/6.70; choice heavy. $6«/6.50; common, $6«z6; stock, $7«/7.25. Sheep—Choice spring lambs, $6.75 0t 7 ; good* $*¡<4 6 .76; choice yearlings, $5.25o/5.60; good. $5«/5.25; fair. $4 . 76«/ 5; choice ewes, $4 500/4.76; good, $4«/ 4.50; fair, $3.75«/ 4; good to choice heavy wethers, $4.5t«</5; old heavy wethers, $4«/ 4.50; mixed lots, *4446. C O M M IS S IO N E R . Klamath Glad G overnm ent Is Holding W . L. Finley. E x p e rt in His Line, B e Location N e a r Keno. Klamath Falls- The directors o f the Klamath Water Users’ association feel elated over the order issued by the secretary o f the interior, counter manding the order for the sale o f the government power site on the Kamath river near Keno. A t the inception o f the Klamath reclamation project this power site was purchased at a cost of $10,000. The government abandoned the lands above the gravity canal and consequently has no use for the power for pumping purposes, but the direc tors o f the W ater Users’ association feel that while the pump lands have in most instances been eliminated from the Klamath project, the time is coming when they will again become a portion o f the project and the power will then be needed. The directors appealed to Congress man Hawley and through him^ the matter was presented to the Interior department. In order to hold the site the government has to do a certain amount o f development work and the reclamation service is now performing this work. It is not known Swhat will be the ultimate disposition o f the power site, but the directors are plan ning to acquire title to the property by adding its cost to the Klamath pro ject. By this method it would pass into full control o f the association as soon as the land owners paid back to the government the money expended in building the irrigation system. Several corporations were ready to hid on the site and had it not been for the timely action taken by the water users the sale would have been made and in later years the land owners might have been forced to pay a high price for power to some private con cern. SHEEPM EN ENTER PRO TEST. Portugal has rushed troops to the Assessment Against T h e ir P rop erty Said to Be T o o High frontier and all monarchists are being arrested. Baker Declaring'that sheep are as The Wyoming, Uncle Sam’s largest sessed out o f proportion to their mar battleship, was successfully launched ket value, and that the sheepmen o f the county o f Baker are paying more at Philadelphia. than their proportion o f the taxes on The dissolution o f the Standard Oil the county and state, the legislative company w ill not result in any reduc committee o f the Baker-Union Wool- tion in the price o f oil products to the growers’ association has drafted res consumer. olutions to the state board o f tax com Senator Borah believes there should missioners asking the board to use its with county assessors be a Federal incorporation law fixing infleunce the retail price o f goods sold by inter throughout the state to have sheep as sessed at a lower rate. Members of state corporations. the local association say that this is a A wealthy |San Francisco couple state-wide movement. Similar res have a prize ring at their home where olutions will be sent in from every they entertain their friends with exhi sheep county in the state. The res bitions by noted pugilists. olutions say that ewes are sold on the market for $2 and yearlings for $1.50 An eagle attacked an aviator during to $2, while ewes are assessed at $6 his flight and came near causing disas and yearlings at $5.50 in Baker coun ter. The bird was finally driven off ty. The sheepmen also assert that by beingawounded by a revolver shut. Jerry Fleetwood, the county ussessor, A verdict o f $(¡,100 has been award is a cattleman and is inclined to give ed to the father o f a little girl who the sheepmen the worst o f it. was killed by an automobile driven by John D. Archbold, o f Stundurd Oil fame. Eighteen Shoshone Indians have taken the war path in Nevada to avenge the killing o f a band o f In dians who had murdered four white ranchers. Entire East still swelterB in hot weather. Eastern lumbermen admit having restricted the output in order to main tain prices. H U G H E S FOR V S E A T T L E M A N B U Y S IN O R E G O N One o f the Finest O rc h a rd s Brings $ 7 5 ,0 0 0 , fo r 9 0 A cres. Grants Pass Fred G. Cutler, o f Se attle, has purchased the Elmer Shank orchard, four miles down the river, for the sum of $75,000. This tract of land consists o f 90 acres in fruit, 50 acres in bearing trees 12 years old, and balance in live-year-old trees. The output last year was 18,000 boxes o f merchantable apples. This is one o f the best orchards in the country and the price is the largest ever paid for a single orchard in this vicinity. Cutler will immediately bring his family to Rogue River valley to pass the summer. A few years ago this land was sold to Shank for one-half the present price. Since that time the new hind has been brought to a high state o f cultivation anil the number of bearing trees greatly increased. Berries G et T hrou gh Rates. Freewater E. G. Miller, traffic manager o f the Walla Walla Valley railway, announces that the Walla Walla Valley railway and the North ern Pacific have made an agreement whereby the Northern Pacific will put into effect through rates to and from all points on its line to all points on the Walla Walla Valley company’s line. This gives to Milton and Free water the same rates as Walla Walla has over the Northern Pacific and also gives them through freight rates to all iniints over the two roads. L a rg e r Purchase is U rged. Salem State ^Senator Patton and Representative Reynolds, o f Marion county, waited on Governor West and Secretary Olcott Monday urging them as members o f the state board to buy the entire block east o f the present capitol grounds instead of half a block as originally planned. This twill be the site for the additional [capitol building for which $150.060 was ap propriated by the la st^ legislative assembly. Rush Keeps Land O ffic e 'B u s y. I.akeview The J government land office here is worked to its full capa city looking after the many filings of laud throughout this land district. People from all part* o f the country are coming in preparatory to getting lands before the completion o f the railroad from the South that is now under construction, with over 4(H) men at work grading near Davis creek, the rapidly growing town at the lower end o f the valley. Im m igration C o m m its io n 'N a m e d , Salem Members o f the state board o f immigration commissioners were named by Governor West. They are: W. E. toman, John M Scott, I.eRoy Park. Portland; Thomas C. Burke, Baker; and A. F. Hofer. Jr., Salem. Hood River Builds M acadam Road. Hood River This county is building four miles o f macadam road this year, two miles on the East side and two on the West side, main trunk lines. comes State G am e W arden. Salem — J. Frank Hughes o f Gold Hill was appointed by Governor West as a member o f the State board o f fish and game commissioners to succeed W. L. Finley, who resigned as a mem COPYRIGHT 1907 — ber o f the board to become state game the . BOBRj>-ne**n-L «to. warden, succeeding R. O. Stevenson, o f Forest Grove. J. N. Wisner, o f Ore 8 Y N O P S I3 . gon City, has been appointed superin tendent o f state fish hatcheries. a d " Dan Maitland, on rea chi ng his Finley, who has become widely N e " M w Yura bachelor club, met an att rac - known as a student o f birds and one l i v e yo un g w om an at the door. Janitor ' t l a g a n assured him no one bad been o f the foremost members o f the Audu O within that day. Dan dis covered a w o m bon society, was serving as the four- a n '» finger prints In dust on tils desk. year term member o f the new board. Along witti a letter fr om hla attorney. M a it la nd dined with Hannerman. hla a t The other four members requested torney, Dan set out fo r (¡reenrtclds. to g that he resign to take the position as et Ids fa m il y jewels. During bla walk to the coun try seat, he met the you ng state game warden, which carries a woman In gr ay, whom he had seen l e a v salary o f $2,500 annually. There ing hla haehelnrs' rluh. H er auto had broken down. H e fixed It. By a ruse she were 12 applications for the position, " l o s t " him. Maitland, on res ell ing home, but these were all carefully considered surprise,! lady in gray, era ek ln g the safe nta ini ng Ids gems. She. apparently, by the members and all o f them were co took him fo r a we ll- kn ow n crook, Daniel found to be not adapted to the posi A nlsty Ha lf- hyp no tiz ed . Mai tland opened his safe, took ther ef ro m the Jewels, and tion. g a v e them to Iter, first f o r m i n g a p a r t Members stated that they consid nership in crime. T h e real Dan Anisty. sought by police o f tile world, appeared ered Mr. Finley would be o f more val on tiie sa m e mission. Maitland o v er ca m e ue in the position o f state game ward him H e met the girl outside thw house they sped on to N e w York In her au- en where he could devote all o f his and to. H e iiad the jew'els anil she promised time to the work, and Mr. Finley ac to meet him that dav. Ma it lan d received " M r . S n a lt h. " Introducing himse lf as a cepted after a conference with Gover a detective. T o shield the girl in gr ay. nor West. Maitland, about to show him the j e w els. supposedly lust, was felled by a blow The board also reached the conclu fr om " S n a l t b ' s " cane. T h e la tter pruved sion to establish a new office o f super to be A n is t y tiiluself and he secured the intendent o f state hatcheries at a sal gems. An ist y, wh o w as Ma it lan d' s dou ble. masqueraded ss the latter. The ary o f $2,000 annually. This superin crimina l kept Mai tland 's en ga g em en t with tendent will work under the game the g i i l In g r a y He g a v e her the gems, a ft e r fa lli ng in love at first sight. T h e y warden and the fish warden as well. were to meet and divide the loot. M a i t He will have charge o f trout and sal land rev ive d and regret ted missing his gag em en t. Anisty. mas que ra ding as mon hatcheries, the trout hatcheries en Maitland, n a r ro w ly a voi de d capture being maintaned largely from the through mysterious tip. T il e girl in g r a y visited Ma it lan d' s apa rtm ent s during tiis game fund and the salmon hatcheries absence and returned gems, being d is co ver ed un return. Maitland, without from the hatchery fund o f the state. called up Ills home and liesril a Notification was sent out by the rash, w o m a n ’s voice expostulating. Anisty. board to all o f the mills o f the state disguised as Maitland, told her his real Identity and realizing hi m se lf tricked and others who own dams, fish lad tried to w r in g from her the location of ders, irrigation works or other obstruc the gems. Th en lie proposed marriage. A crash was heard ai the front door. M a i tions to streams that an investigation land sta rted for home, l i e found A ni st t y will be made in the near future o f all and the girl In his rooms. A g a in he o v e r w he lm ed the crook, a ll ow in g him to es such devices or ditches and the board cape to shield the yo un g woman. Dan will determine to what extent the law himse lf n a r ro w ly avoids arrest. Janitor O ' H a g a n wined and dined th# oftlcers o f in this respect is being observed. B U IL D E L E C T R IC L IN E . Eugene to Have D ire c t Connections to T id e w a te r. Eugene— Stockholders o f the Lane County Asset company have taken ac tion directing immediate steps to be gin construction o f an electric rail way from Eugene to tidewater at Florence. The directors o f the com pany will frame instructions to H. D. Fornieri, chief engineer, looking to the construction this summer o f the first link o f the road from Eugene to Elmira, approximately 14 miles. The I.ane County Asset company is a local corporation that has been en gaged for the past two years in the promotion o f a railway to the coast at Florence. A permanent survey has been completed and right o f way has been acquired over practically the en tire route. Officials o f the company say that sufficient capital is available to warrant the beginning o f actual construction work on the 14 miles o f level valley to Elmira. The company has been promised large quantities o f ties by sawmills along the proposed route, and some of the rails for the first 14 miles are al ready in sight. The tentative plan is to construct an electric line, deriving power from the surplus current for sale by Eugene’s power plant at Wal- terville. Three o f the five members o f the city water board, which has complete control o f the electric plant, are members o f the Asset company. Stockholders o f the company also ordered condemnation proceedings to obtain two small sections of right of way for which private negotiations have not been successful. These places are between Eugene and Elmira. Beyond Elmira, right o f way has been obtained as far as Glen- ada, on the south side o f the Siuslaw harbor, at which point the company controls 800 feet o f waterfront. i | | f the law. Hickey, a detective, duped by An isty. refused to pa rta ke and mused on Ids Ill-fate. T ii e girl In g r a y made her escape. Jumping Into a rah. An Instant later, by w o r k in g a ruse, A n i s t y was at her side. CHAPTER XIII.— Continued. Bitter as poverty the cruel lash cut round the horses flanks; and as tJie hansom shot out at breakneck speed toward Fifth avenue, the girl cowered back In her corner, shivering, staring wide-eyed at the man who had so coolly placed himself at her side. This, then, was that nameless dan ger that had stalked her on the stair case. this the jiersonality whose ani mosity toward her had grown so virulent that, even when consciously Ignorant of its proximity, she had been repelled and frightened by its subtle emanations! And now—and now she was in his power! Dazed with fear she started up. act ing blindly on the primitive Instinct to fly; and in another moment, doubt less. would have thrown herself bold ly from the cab to the sidewalk, had her companion not seized her by the forearm and by simple force com pelled her to resume her seat. "Be still, you little fool!” he told her sharply. "Do you think that I’m going to let you go a third time? Not till I'm through with you. . . . And If yojt scream, by the powers, I'll throttle you!" “ Y o u — Y ou M ean You W o u ld “ I can make you understand, I fancy. To-night, Instead of dropping to the backyard and shinning over the fences to safety, I took the fire-escape up to the top-flat—something a copper would never think of—and went through to the hall. Why? Why, to interrupt the tender tete-a-tete Mait land had planned. Why again? Be cause, for one thing. I've never yet been beaten at my own game; and I'm too old a dog to learn new tricks. Moreover, no man yet has ever laid hands on me In anger and not regret ted It." The criminal’s voice fell a note or two, shaking with somber pas sion. "I'll have that pup's hide y e t!” he swore. The girl tried to nerve herself. “ It — It doesn’t seem to strike you," she argued, controlling her hysteria by sheer strength of purpose, “ that I have only to raise my voice to bring all Broadway to my rescue.” For by now the cab had sheered off CHAPTER XIV. into that thoroughfare, and was rock Retribution. ing rapidly south, between glittering She sank back, speechless. Anisty walls of light. A surface car swooped glanced her up and down without down upon them, and past, making visible emotion, then laughed un night hideous with gong and drum pleasantly— the hard and unyielding ming trucks, and drowning Anisty’s laugh of brute man brutishly impas response. For which reason he chose sioned. to repeat It, with added emphasis. "This silly ass, Maitland,” he ob “ You try It on, my lady, and see served, "Isn't really as superfluous as what happens.” he seems. 1 And him quite a conveni She had no answer ready, and he ence, and I suppose that ought to be proceeded, after watting a monent: totted up to his credit, since It's be “ But you're not going to be such a cause lie's got the good taste to re fool. You have no pleasure In the semble me. . . . Consider his prospect of seeing the Inside of the thoughtfulness In providing me this Tombs, yourself; and, besides, you School Land* Bring $ 3 0 an A cre. What'd I've done without It? ought to know me well enough to Salem— The top-notch price in the cab! history o f the state for unadvertised To tell the truth I was quite at a loss know. . . ." “ What?” she breathed, In spite of school lands hus been reached by the to frame tt up. how to win your coy state land board, D. S. McCrea, D. C. consent to this giddy elopment, back herself. there tn the hall. But dear kind Mis Cummins, I>. C. McCrea and Mike Anisty folded his arms, thrusting Cosgrove paying $30 an acre for a sec ter Maitland, bless his Innocent heart! the right hand beneath hls coat. tion near the Santiam mines. Rather fixes It all up for me. . . . And "Maitland got only one of my guns," than homestead the land the men of- so,” concluded the criminal with he announced. Ironically. “ He'd 've ered to pay $25 an acre to the state. Ironic relish— "and so I've got you, my got the contents of the other, only he Land Agent Rinehart was sent to ex lady.” chose to play the fool and Into my He looked at her In sidelong fash hands. Now I guess you understand" amine it and returned with a report ion. speculative, calculating, relent that it was worth $30 an acre and the —and turning his head he fixed her men who wanted it consented to pay less. And she bowed her head, as with nn inflexible glare, chill and senting. "Yes— " that amount. heartless as steel— "that one squeal "You’re dead right, little Woman. out of you will be the last. Oh, I've Got you. I ’ m mnint.” B etter Prices on fo r Salm on. got no scruples; arrest to me means a She made no reply; she could have living death. I'll take a short course, Astoria -W hile sales o f this year’s Columbia River canned salmon were made none aside from raising an out by preference, and— I'll take you with reported a few days ago at $1.95 for cry, although now she was regaining me (or company." fiats Hnd $1.85 for tails, sales have something of her shattered poise, and "You— you mean you would shoot been made since that time at even a with It the ability to accept the situa me?" she whispered, incredulous. higher rate. One packer is known to tion quietly, for a Utile time (she "Like a dog,” he returned with have contracted several carloads at $2 could not guess how long she could unction. a dozen for fiats and $1.95 for tails, endure the strain), pending an oppor "You, a man, would— would shoot a the latter figure being 20 cents a doz tunity to turn the tables on this, her woman?” en above the rate which prevailed last persecutor. "You're not a woman, my lady; season. These prices are for the "What is It." she said presently, you're a crook. Just as I'm not a early fish and may not hold later. with some effort— "what Is tt you man; I'm 'a crook. We re equals, sex less. soulless. You seem to have over wish with me?” Railroad Surveyors Espied. "1 have my purpose,” with a grtm looked that. Amateurs often do. . . . Baker News has just leaked out smile. To-ntght 1 made you a fair proposition, here that for some time a surveying to play square with me and profit. "You will not tell me?" corps o f the O.-W. R. 41 N. company "You've guessed It, my lady; I will You chose to be haughty. Now you has been at work on the survey o f an not—Just yet. Walt a bit." see the other side of the picture." extension o f the line from Rrogan into She spurred her (lagging spirit until Bravado? Or deadly purpose? How the Isxwer Powder valley. To extend It flashed defiance. "Mr. Anisty!” could she tell? Her heart misgave the W illow Creek line from Brogan it "Y e s ”" he responded with a curling her; she crushed herself away from will be necessary to tunnel the divide him as from some abnormally vicious, Up, cold eyes to hers. separating the lower Powder valley loathly reptile. "1 demand— ” from the Willow Creek valley. He understood this; and regarded "N o you don't!" he cut her short with a snarl. "You're not in a position her with a confident leer, inscrutably Bonds May D ra w Low Rate. to demand anything. Maybe It would strong and malevolent. Salem In an opinion by Deputy A t be as well for you to remember who "And there is one other reason why torney General Van Winkle it is held you're dealing with ' yon will think twice before making a that the school board or electors o f a row," he clinched hls case. "If you "And— ?" —heart sinking again. school district may authorize the issu "And l've been made a fool of Just did that, and 1 weakly permitted the ance o f bonds or interest-bearing war- I as long as 1 can stand for It. I'm a police to nab and walk us off. the busi rants, bearing interest at a rate less ! crook—like yourself, my lady, but with ness would get tn the papers—your or more than 6 per cent. more backbone and some pride in be name and all; and— what’d Maitland ing at the head of my profession. I'm think of you then, my lady? What'd M ill R unt Day and Night. wanted In a dozen places; I'll spend he think when he read that Dan La Grande The George Palmer the rest of my days In the pen. If they Anisty had been pinched on Broad Lumber company’s mill has resumed ever get me. Twice to-day I've been way In company with the little woman night and day runs and gives employ within an ace of being nabbed—kind he'd been making eyes at— whom he ment to about 100 additional skilled nesa of you and your Maitland Now was going, tn hls fine manlike way. workmen. The managem« nt o f the — I'm desperate and determined. Do , to reach down a hand to and yank mill will continue the night and day you connect ?" up out of the gutter and redeem and— runs indefinitely. "W hat—?" she asked, breathlessly. J aud all that slush? Kb? S hoot M e?” She W h is p e re d . And again hls low evil laugh made her shudder. "Now, you won't risk that. You'll come with me and be have, I guess, all right." She was dumb, stupefied with mis ery. He turned upon her sharply. "W ell?" Her lips moved in soundless assent — lips as pallid and bloodless as the wan yonng face beneath the small- inconspicuous hat. The man grunted Impatiently; yet was satisfied, knowing that he had her now completely under control; a condition not hard to bring about In a woman who, like this, was worn out with physical fatigue and overwrought with nervous strain. The conditions had been favorable, the result was pre-eminently comfortable. She would give him no more trouble. The hansom swerved suddenly across the car-tracks and pulled up at the curb. Anisty rose with an ex clamation of relief and climbed down to the sidewalk, turning and extending a hand to assist the girl. “ Come!" he said, imperatively. “ W e’ve no time to. waste.” For an instant only she harbored a fugitive thought of resistance; then hls eyes met hers and held them, and her mind seemed to go blank under hls steadfast and domineering regard. “ Com e!" he repeated sharply. Trem bling. she placed a hand in his and somehow found herself by hls side Regardless of appearances the man retained her hand, merely shifting It beneath hls arm, where a firm pres sure of the elbow held it as In a vise. "You needn't wait," he said curtly to the cabby; and swung about, the girl by his side. "N o nonsense now,” he warned her tensely, again thrusting a hand In his breast pocket significantly. "I understand," she breathed faintly, between closed teeth. She had barely time to remark the towering white facade or upper Broad way's tallest sky-scraper ere she was half led. half dragged Into the entrance of the building. The marble slabs of the vestibule echoed strangely to their footsteps— those slabs that shake from dawn to dark with the tread of countless feet. They moved rapidly toward the ele vator-shaft. passing on their way de serted cigar and news-stands shroud ed In dirty brown clothes. By the dark and silent well, where the six eleva tors (of which one only was alight and ready for use) stood motionless as If slumbering In utter weariness after the gigantic exertions of the day. they came to a halt; and a chair was scraped noisily on the floor as a night- watchman rose, rubbing his eyes and yawning, to face them. Anisty opened the Interview | brusquely. "Is Mr. Bannerman In now?" he demanded. The watchman opened hls eyes wider, losing some of his sleepy ex pression; and observed the speaker and hls companion—the small, shrink ing, frightened-looking little woman who bore so heavily on her escort's arm. as if ready to drop with ex haustion. __ - It appeared that he knew Maitland by sight, or else thought that he did. "Oh, ye're Mister Maitland, ain’t you?" he said. “ Nope; If Misther Ban- nerman’s in his offls, I dunno nothin’ about It." "H e was to meet me here at two,” Anisty affirmed. "It's a very import ant case. I'm sure he must be along. Immediately, if he's not upstairs. You’re sure— ?" "Nah, I ainT sure. He may ’ve been there all night, f'r all I know. But I'll take you up 'f you want,” with a doubtful glance at the girl. "This lady is one of Mr. Banner- man's clients, and in great trouble.” The self-styled Maitland laid hls hand in a protecting gesture over the fingers on his arm; and pressed them cruelly. "I think we will go up, thank you. If Bannerman’s not In, I can 'phone him. I've a pass-key.” The watchman appeared satisfied; Maitland's social standing was guar anty enough. "A ll right, sir. Step in.” The girl made one final effort to hang back. Anisty's brows blackened. "By God!” he told her in a whisper. " If you dare . . .!" And somehow she found herself at his side in the steel cage, the gate's clang ringing loud in her ears. The motion of the car, shooting upwards with rapidly increasing speed, made her slightly giddy. Despite Anisty's supporting arm she reeled back against the wall of the cage, closing her eyes. The man observed this with covert satisfaction. As the speed decreased she began to feel slightly stronger; and again opened her eyes. The floor numbers, black upon a white ground, were steadily slipping down; the first she recognized being 19. The pace was sensibly decreased. Then with a slight Jar the elevator stopped at 22. “ Yous know the way?" "Perfectly,” replied Anisty. "Two flights up—in the tower.” “ Right. When yous wants me, ring." The car dropped like a plummet, leaving them in darkness—or rather in a thick gloom but slightly mod erated by the moonlight streaming lri at windows at either end of the cor ridor. Anisty gripped the girl more roughly. "Now, my lady! No shennanigan!” A futile, superfluous reminder. Tem porarily at least she was become as wax In hls hands. So ‘ complex had been the day’s emotions, so severe her nervous tension, so heavy the tax upon her stamina, that she had lapsed into a state of subjective conscious ness, In which she responded without purpose, almost dreamily to the sug gestions of the stronger will. Wearily she stumbled up the two brief flights of stairs leading to the tower-like cupola of the sky-scraper; two floors superimposed upon the roof with scant excuse save that of giving the building the distinction of being the loftiest In that section of the city —certainly not to lend any finishing touch of architectural beauty to the edifice. On the top landing a door confront ed them, its glass panel shining dimly In the darkness. Anisty paused, un ceremoniously thrusting the girl to one side and away from the head of the staircase; and here fumbled in a pocket, presently producing a jingling bunch of keys. For a moment or two she heard him working at the lock and muttering In an undertone— prob ably swearing—and then, with a click, the door swung open. The man thrust a hand Inside, touched an electric switch, flooding the room with light, and motioned the girl to enter. She obeyed passively, thoroughly subjugated, and found her self In a large and well-furnished of fice, apparently the outer of two rooms. The glare of electric light at first partly blinded her; and she halted Instinctively a few steps from the door, waiting for her eyes to be come accustomed to the change. (T O BE C O N T IN U E D .) T h e R enaissance, The word "renaissance" has in re cent years acquired a more extended significance than that which is Implied in our English equivalent, "the revival of learning." By the term is now meant the whole transition from the middle ages to the modern world. Al though it Is possible to assign certain limits to the period, we cannot figure on any date so positively as to say "between this year and that the m ove ment was accomplished." TH E PROLIFIC QUEEN BEE The queen bee Is a great antagon#-------------------------------------------- 1st of race suicide. She strives to were obtained. To argue so much In perpetuate the race with an ardor and favor of one bee would be to place an understanding that is worthy of the belief In the statement that a man highest commendation. Some have with ten acres of ground aud two rab been known to lay 4.000 eggs a day for bits can become a millionaire in three a year, the number lessening after years selling rabbit skins to glove that to 1.200 and going forward at manufacturers—Technical Worlc. that ratio for another two years With 50.000 bees to the colony that M e re P ro fession al R iv a lry . single praiseworthy queen laid enough "Do you expect to reform yout eggs to establish 46 colonies. Bee city?" keepers figures on a net Income of "N o," answered Mr. Ward Heeler; three dollars a colony each year. If the owners of the bee under discus “ I don't expect to do that. But 1 hop« sion profited from her labors to that to put some of those opposition graft- extent the gain was $148. It Is not ers to a lot of trouble before 1 qulL“ t j be presumed that any such results ; — Washington Star.
