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.
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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.