INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
CEM ENT
TU RKEY PASTU RE SOUGH T,
PLANT SEEN
L a n d s o f D o u g la s C ou nty Believed
S o u rc e o f M aterials.
R oseburg—A fte r y ears o f experl
m ents in w hich ¡[thousands of dollars
have been spent, Douglas county
destined to become one of the fore
m ost cem ent-producing counties in the
U nited S tates. Up to a sh o rt tim e
ago th e S ta te o f Oregon w as declared
to be one of th e few sta te s in the Un
ion in which raw m ate ria ls suitab le
for th e m an u factu re of Portland cem
e n t w ere scarce.
I t was considered in Oregon an lm
possibility to find raw m aterials
lim estone and shale — in the sam e lo-
c a lity ; o th erw ise no company could
have possibly been form ed which
would have to face such difficulties in
the w ay of h auling raw m ate ria ls to
the P ortland C em ent company.
The location o f th ese newly discov
ered deposits is th e Itiedle property
near R oseburg.
The raw m aterials,
an abundance o f lim estone of the
h igh est grade, alm ost pure m arble
and shale of uniform composition, are
on th e north and south side o f the
property a t an a ltitu d e o f several hun
dred fe e t in such a position th a t they
would be about 100 fe e t above the
crushers o f a cem ent p lan t b u ilt on
one o f th e hillsides and th a t the lim e
stone would be w ithin 500 fe e t and
the shale w ith in 1,000 fe e t of the
crushers.
Dr. W. M ichaelis, o f Chicago, who
thoroughly exam ined these properties
and burned P ortland cem ent from the
lim estone and shale on the Riedel
property, declared these deposits to
contain the moBt uniform and valuable
cem e n t’ m a te ria ls w est o f D evil’s
Slide, U tah.
In all, Mr. Riedle controls p ra c tic a l
ly 280 acres o f land, adjoining the
prop erties owned by the Portland, Os
wego, D allas £ R oseburg railroad.
The land lies a t th e head o f R oberts
Creek and is accessible to tra n sp o rta
tion. Mr. Riedle says he will develop
the property w ith in th e n e x t year,
having already arran g ed for th e nec
essary cap ital.
1912 O U T L O O K
GOOD.
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C o o s Bay L u m b e r S h ip m e n ts to E x
ceed T h o se of L a st Year.
M arshlield — R em arkable increases
in the 'u m b er shipm ents from the two
ports o f Coos County, Coos Bay and
th e Coquille R iver, have been made
d u rin g the p a st year. F ig u re s fo r the
y e a r 1911 as com pared to 1910 show
th a t th e increase has been g re a te r
than d u rin g any o th e r one y e a r in the
histo ry o f th e county.
The lum ber shipm ents from Coos
Bay showed an increase in 1.911 of 60
per cent over th e shipm ents o f 1910.
The shipm ents from th e Coquille R iver
showed an increase o f 90 per cent over
the y e a r previous.
The to tal sh ip
m ents from th e two p o rts o f th e doun-
ty showed fo r 1911 an increase of 67
per cent over the shipm ents of the
county us a whole d u rin g lO 10. N ever
before has th ere been as much lum ber
shipped d u rin g one y e a r from e ith e r
o f the tw o ports, and never before was
th ere such a g re a t annual increase
e ith e r in am ount or percentage.
The lum ber shipm ents of the two
ports fo r 1911 as furnished hy the
d ifferen t lum ber com panies follow s:
Total from Cooa Bay, 165,000,000
feet.
T otal from Coquille R iver, 63,000,-
000 feet.
Total from Coos County 228,000,000
feet.
W ith th e im provem ents th a t are be
ing made by the d ifferent m illing com
panies and
m ore extensive work
planned by th e logging companies,
th ere prom ises to be even a b e tte r
show ing m ade d u rin g th e y e a r 1912.
The am ount of stan d in g tim b e r in
the county and trib u ta ry to the m anu
fac tu rin g cen te rs of the county in-
su h 's a constantly in creasing am ount
o f lum ber shipm ents from th e Coos
county ports for many y ears to come.
New S aw m ill Starts.
M an A s k i to G raze B ir d s in
chutes National F orest.
D es-
Bend -J. Roy H arvey, supervisor of
the D eschutes N ational fo rest, has re
ceived th e m ost unusual application
for a g razin g p erm it since he has been
connected w ith th e service.
C. D. Schell, who has an irrig a te d
tra c t of land n e a r L aP ine, has asked
for a p erm it to graze 1,200 head of
turkeys in the N ational reserv e around
D avis Lake and C rane P ra irie . Mr
H arvey found no th in g in his schedule
o f g razin g fees ap p ly in g to turkeys,
and referred the ap p lication to S uper
visor C ryder, o f th e P au lin a reserve,
in which the la rg e st p a rt of th e graz
ing ground lies. I t is probable th a t
the application w ill have to go to
W ashington to be decided.
In the D avis Lake and C rane P ra irie
section th ere are many grasshoppers
and Mr. Schell plans to raise and fa t
ten his T hank sg iv in g birds on these
They will be herded and tak en care of
by herders the sam e as sheep. Mr.
Schell ta u g h t school in th e Philippine
Islands for six years.
He came to
C entral Oregon from A shland, w here
he w as engaged in th e fr u it business.
A L A R M E D A T U P R IS IN G .
D u ra n g o A p p e a ls to D iplom atic R e p
resentatives for Protection.
Mexico C ity —Spread o f rebellion in
Mexico is shown by dispatches re
ceived here. The rebels have overrun
the L aguna d is tric t in C oahuila and
appeared in th e s ta te s o f D urango,
Z acatecas and G uanajuato.
In th e south Z a p atistas continue
th e ir cam paign and in G uerrero fol
low ers o f Je su s Salgado a re show ing '
rem arkable a c tiv ity .
The govern
m ent rep eated ly has said .th e Salgado
u p risin g w as v irtu a lly ended.
In C hihuahua, A ntonio R ojas and
B raulio H ernandez continue to evade
governm ent troops.
On the o th er
hand, G eneral Orozco has persuaded
th e rebels a t Cases G randes to q u it
fighting, according to an official d is
patch.
In th e s ta te o f D urango the rebel
ranks have been filled fo r the m ost
p a rt by field hands who have joined
looting the haciendas on which they
have been employed. The consuls in
the city o f D urango, cap ital o f the
sta te s, a e n t m essages to th e ir diplo
m atic re p re se n ta tiv e in Mexico City,
ap pealing to them for additional mili
ta ry protection.
In the sta te o f Z acatecas the rebel
o u tb reak is characterized, as it is in
th e south, by ra id in g and looting. In
many instances th e mobs com m it th e ir
depredations to th e cry o i —“ Vive
Zapate. ”
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S C O R E S C O S T O F L IV IN G .
W ATER TO R E S C U E W ASTE.
C om pletion ot $ 1 6 0 ,0 0 0 D a m M a r k s
E ra in Reclaim ing V a st T ract.
K lam ath F a lls— W a te r is now flow
ing over the Lost R iver diversion dam,
constructed to reclaim p a rtic u la rly the
bed land under T ule Lake, and to send
Lost R iv e r’s pour into the K lam ath
R iver, e ig h t m iles
d ista n t.
The
scheme w orked w as by building a dam
w hich would back th e w a te r in the
low L ost R iv er u n til i t flowed over
th e dam into a high-level canal, which
would carry it ab o u t ten m iles d is
tance to th e h ig h er level o f th e K lam
ath R iver, th u s keeping th e w ater
from sp reaain g off tow ard the Tule
Luke country.
W hile the w a te r is being thus d i
v erted, Tule Lake w ill have a chance
to ev ap o rate. The w a te r iB now go
ing over the dam to th e e x te n t of
about tw o inches in depth, o r about
200 m in ers’ inches per second, and
the canal dug to c arry it is running
about a foot deep w ith w ater.
The
reclam ation e n th u siasts in th e Klam-
Hth basin are e x u lta n t o v er the com
pletion o f the $150,000 dam , as it is
believed to m ark an e ra o f develop
m ent in the work o f b e tte rin g the land
conditions in th is section, and is the
s ta r t o f a solution o f th e problem of
m aking tilla b le 40,000 acres now
w aste.
M a ssa c h u se tts Executive Pu ts Blam e
fo r Textile Strike .
Boston—The fundam ental cause of
th e te x tile s trik e a t Law rence is the
high cost o f living, according to Gov
ernor Foss, in a le tte r to R ep resen ta
tiv e O scar W. Underwood, D em ocratic
leader o f the house.
G overnor Foss
u rges th e im m ediate rem oval of the
duty from foodstuffs and o th er neces
saries o f life.
The le tte r says in
p a rt:
Back of w h atev er local cause th ere
may be fo r th is strik e , involving 30,-
000 op erativ es, th e fundam ental cause
is th e high cost o f living, from w hich
th e w orking people of all sections of
th e country now suffer, due in large
p a rt to th e p resen t excessive tariff.
'T he p resen t s trik e in M assachu
se tts w ill be se ttle d w ithin the sta te ,
but the high cost o f liv ing can only be
rem edied by th e prom pt action of con
gress, and u n til congress acts, th e
w orking p c o le can hope fo r no per
m anent re lie f .”
Farm er» F ight F o r C a r s.
R egina, S ask.— In a pitched b a ttle
am ong 100 G alician,
French and
Doukhobor farm ers a t B laine Lake,
one Doukhobor suffered a broken skull
and it is said he will die.
Stones, clubs, b o ttles and w hips
w ere used by th e co m batants in the
fight, w hich w as over th e possession
o f g rain cars.
Two hundred cars are needed a t
O R E G O N F IR S T IS M O T T O .
Blaine L ake to carry off the surplus
g rain and only a sc a tte rin g few a r
C o n su m e rs Le ague is
P ro p o se d at rived th ere. A s th e first man reach
M e eting at Dallas.
ing the c a r is en title d to have his
D allas — A t a m eetin g atten d ed by g rain c arried aw ay in it, th ere w as a
general rush o f farm e rs when the cars
200 persons, the first s t a r t w as made pulled in.
tow ard o rganizing an “ O regon F ir s t”
M a n Blind; D o n ’t K n o w It.
C onsum ers’ league.
Colonel E. Ho-
Los A ngeles—J . R obert A tkinson,
for, of Salem ; L. Sam uels, m anager
o f th e Oregon L ife Insurance com the H elena, M ont., young man who
pany ; Charles H oag, of th e M anufac shot o u t both eyes about th ree w eeks
tu r e rs ’ association, and C harles Huck- ago, when he a ttem p ted to com m it
en stein , o f Salem , m ade b rie f address suicide, has so fa r recovered a t the
es, u rg in g consum ers and re ta ile rs to county hospital th a t he w ill be able to
purchase Oregon m ade products in leave th a t in stitu tio n th is w eek.
A tkinson does not know th a t he has
preferen ce to any other, price ami
been blinded for life. He fails to re
(uality being equal.
Mrs. A tk in
The m eeting w as an open session of m em ber th e shooting.
th e D allas Com m ercial club. More son, th e m other, w ill arriv e in Los
than 100 nam es w ere enrolled as ch a r A ngeles soon to ta k e h e r son home.
A tkinson sa id : “ I ’m going to leave
te r m em bers o f th e O regon F ir s t Con
here and employ a specialist.
My,
su m ers’ league.
b u t w o u ld n 't it be aw ful to be blind
all your life ? ”
O re ga n Electric W o r k s at Albany.
A lbany—W ork is p ro g ressin g ra p
idly on th e g rad in g o f th e line o f the
O regon E lectric railw ay from Albany
to Eugene, and by sp rin g all will be
ready fo r laying th e ra ils on the
Salem -Eugene division. The steam er
City o f E ugene b rought up a 70-ton
steam shovel and o th e r equipm ent to
be used on the r u t ju s t w est o f th is
city. Copenhagen B rothers, o f P o rt
land, have a tw o-m ile c o n tract n ear
th is city on th e Albany-F.ugene d iv is
ion, and w ill begin w ork im m edi
ately.
Monroe The saw m ill ju s t completed
a t th is place by the A lpine Lum ber
company sta rte d its engines for the
first tim e S aturday. The m ill has a
capacity of 50,000 fe e t o f lum ber
daily, and is modern in all its ap p o in t
m ents.
T he company has a large
force of men g e ttin g out logs in the
A lsea hills, 12 m iles w est of Monroe,
Line Extension Planned,
and w ill soon be in a position to su p
B aker—T h at th e Kuhn B rothers, of
ply lnm ber for th e larg e num ber of P ittsb u rg , are planning to extend
buildings to be erected here this th e ir e lec tric line from Boise to W alla
spring.
W alla is said to be th e reason why
M ajor Fred R. Reed, th e ir W estern
O il C o m p an y F orm e d at Albany.
business re p resen tativ e, v isited Baker.
A lbany—P erm an en t organization of It is known th a t in th e fight w ith the
th e Valley Oil company, which was M ainlands, th e K uhns w ish to push a
road down the Snake and Powder
form ed by a larg e num ber of Albany
riv ers from H untington to B aker, and
men to prospect for oil in I.inn coun
then on t o 1 La G rande and la te r
ty, was effected a t a m eetin g at the
through to Spokane. W hile Reed re
rooms o f th e Albany Comm ercial club.
fused to g ive o u t any inform ation, he
C. W. T eb au lt w as elected president
passed much tim e g a th e rin g it.
o f the company, C. C. Page, vice-
president, and G eorge Dorr, secretary-
M o r o F a rm e rs N o w H appy.
tre a su re r. The board of directors is
Moro F arm ers on John Day riv er
composed o f these th ree officers and E.
e a st o f Mom report a crew o f 15 U n it
V. Bloomfield, G. A. H indes, John
ed S ta te s reclam ation engineers cam p
Macneill and L. A. Wood. The com
ed and w orking on a 200-foot dam to
pany will begin active work a t once.
he b u ilt a t w h at is locally known as
“ C opper M ill.” The dam is to gen
W o u ld -B e E le c to rs None,
e ra te e lec tric pow er for the U m atilla
Salem — W hile th ere is a w hirlw ind p roject and irrig a te Rock Creek farm s
rush among candidates to g e t th e ir ami land betw een A rlington nnd Con
nam es on th e ballots ns prospective don. all in G illiam county.
The pro
d elega tes to both the R epublican and posed work will flood 15 fr u it farm s,
D em ocratic N ational conventions, so including w hat is known as th e Mc
f a r not a so litary volunteer has come Donald F erry property.
forw ard as a candidate for p residen
tia l elector.
The e n tire effort along
Klam ath F alls to W in Library.
th e presid en tial line, as fa r as candi
K lam ath F alls- P rospects for a C ar
d ates under th e new presidential p ri negie lib rary seem b rig h t for K lam ath
m ary ia concerned, seem s to he to be Falla, as on the assurance o f a rep re
elected to th e position o f d eleg ate to sen tativ e o f Andrew C arnegie, th e
th e N ational convention The deleg ate County court made a levy for th e sup
g ets $¿00 for expenses from the sta te . port o f a lib rary which will raise even
a la rg e r am ount th an th a t demanded
A cre age Planted to Logan berries.
by th e iro n m aster to w a rra n t his
F alls C ity —C. J. Pugh, o f th is city, assistance.
has purchased 25 acres of land from
Bend Project W o r k Due So o n .
W illiam Ellis, e a st o f town, and will
p la n t 10 acres in loganberries this
Salem The co n tracts betw een the
sp rin g and 10 acres a y e a r later. Sev C entral O regon Irrig a tio n company
eral o th er persons here will p lan t an and th e D esert Land board have been
acre o r m ore each in lo ganberries this finally signed up and th e supplem ental
spring. T his te rrito ry is unexcelled agreem ent reg ard in g th e big project
fo r fru it and b erries, b u t no e x te n near Bend is now in full force and
siv e developm ent w ork has been done. effect.
A viato r S k im s B rid ge s.
New York — Two sensational aero
plane fights w ere made here W ednes
day.
F ran k CofTyn, in his hydro
aeroplane, made his th ird flight over
New York harbor w ith in th e la s t ten
days, and G eorge B eatty Hew over
from N assa boulevard, Long Island,
and landed in C entral P ark . Coffyn’s
flight w as highly spectacular, includ
ing dips b eneath both the Brooklyn
nnd M anhattan bridges, as well as
flights over them a t a h eig h t of 700 to
800 feet. B e a tty ’s flight took him over
church sp ires and skyscrapers.
M o re Free S p e a k e rs Held.
San Diego, C al.—Ten m ore persons
w ere arre ste d fo r d efy in g the free
speech ordinance of San Diego. T hree
thousand persons w itnessed the dem on
stra tio n in th e business d is tric t. As
fa s t as th e speakers m ounted the ros
trum they w ere taken into custody.
In d e fa u lt o f $50 bail each, all w ent
to ja il. L eaders of th e C alifornia F ree
Speech league here declared th a t the
dem onstrations would continue until
the ja ils w ere filled o r the law re
pealed or declared invalid. All those
arre ste d dem anded ju ry tria ls.
4 8 P erish in C ollision.
N agasaki, J a p a n —F o rty-six sailors
and passengers w ere drow ned by the
sinking, a fte r a collision of two J a p
anese steam ships, the Royha Maru and
the Mori M aru. The accident occur
red in a heavy fog ju s t outside this
port. The Royha Maru w as b u ilt in
1878 a t Hiogo, Ja p a n , and w as owned
by th e Yoshida K eitaro, w hile the
Mori M aru, o f 1.10J tons net, w as
built a t W est H artlepool. E ngland, in
1880, and owned by the Yoshida Seike.
R an ke r M a k e s G rain b a gs.
W alla W alla. W ash.— A. J . W elty,
th e B ellingham ex-banker, w as put to
work in th e ju te mill a t the prison
W ednesday. For a few days he will
learn th e use o f th e m achines and
la te r may be assigned to one All the
men possible are b eing w orked in the
mill now
T u r k s Lo se : Six ty Killed.
D em a. T ri|x ili—The T u rk s in force
made tw o d eterm ined efforts to rush
the Ita lia n line, b u t w ere beaten off
fte r d esp erate han.l-to-hand fighting.
The T u rk s lost 60 killed, w hile the
Ita lia n casu alties num bered three
killed and 22 wounded.
“M y God!
W h y Are They H ounding Me Like T h is ? 1
A müUBAÏÏOVE
RflEir[B®[KD[L0ÏÏAK3 OJEE
T mdd Deem
CHARLES KLEIN
A R T H U R HORNBLOW
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY W AITERS
COPYRICHT, 1909,0 Y C.W. DILLINCMAM COMMNY
S Y N O P S IS .
H o w a r d J e f f r i e s , b a n k e r ’s s o n , u n d e r
t h e evil In flu e n c e of R o b e r t U n d e r w o o d ,
f e l l o w - s t u d e n t a t Y ale , l e a d s a life o f
dissipation, m a rrie s th e d a u g h t e r of a
g a m b l e r w h o d i e d In p r i s o n , a n d is d i s
o w n e d by his f a t h e r . H e tr i e s to g e t w o r k
a n d falls. A f o r m e r c o lle g e c h u m m a k e s
b u s in e s s p r o p o s itio n to H o w a r d w h i c h
r e q u i r e s $2,000 c a s h , a n d H o w a r d is b r o k e .
R obert U nderw ood, w ho
had
been
re
p u l s e d b y H o w a r d ’s w i f e , A n n i e , i n h i s
college d a y s , a n d h a d on ce b e e n e n g a g e d
to
A licia,
H o w a r d ’s
step m o th er,
has
a p a r t m e n t s a t t h e A s t r u r i a , a n d is a p -
aren tly
In
prosperous
circum stances.
T o w a r d r e c a l l s a $250 l o a n t o U n d e r w o o d ,
t h a t r e m a in s u n p aid , a n d dec id es to a s k
h i m f o r t h e $2.000 h e n e e d s . U n d e r w o o d ,
♦aklng a d v a n ta g e of his in tim a c y
w ith
M rs. J e f f r ie s , Sr., b e c o m e s a s o r t o f s o c ia l
highw aym an.
D isco v erin g his tr u e c h a r
a c t e r She d e n ie s h im th e h o u se.
A licia
receives a note from U n d erw o o d , t h r e a t
e n i n g suicide. S h e d e c id e s to go a n d see
h im . H e is in d e s p e r a t e f i n a n c ia l s t r a i t s .
f
C H A P T E R V.— Continued.
U nderw ood lau g h e d n e rv o u sly . A f
fe c tin g to m is in te rp re t th e o th e r's
m ean in g , he sa id :
“ Y es, y o u ’re rig h t. .T h e a r t a n d a n
tiq u e b u sin e ss Is a d e lic a te b u sin e ss.
God know s i t ’s a p re c a rio u s o n e ! ”
R eac h in g for th e d e c a n te r, be a d d ed :
H av e a d rin k ."
B u t Mr. B en n in g to n re fu s e d to u n
bend. T h e p roffer of re fre s h m e n t did
n o t te m p t him to sw erv e from th e ob
je c t of h is m ission. W hile U nderw ood
w as ta lk in g , try in g to g a in tim e, h is
e y e s w e re ta k in g in th e c o n te n ts of
th e a p a rtm e n t.
Com e, ta k e a d rin k ," u rg e d U n d e r
wood again.
No, th a n k s ," re p lie d Mr. B e n n in g
to n c u rtly .
S uddenly he tu rn e d sq u a re aro u n d .
" L e t’s g e t dow n to b u sin e ss, M r. Un
derw o o d ,” h e ex claim ed . "M y firm In
s is ts on th e Im m e d iate r e tu r n of th e ir
p ro p e rty .” P o in tin g a ro u n d th e room ,
he ndd ed : “ E v e ry th in g , do you u n d e r
sta n d ? "
U nderw ood w as sta n d in g In th e s h a
dow of th e lam p so Ills v is ito r did not
n o tic e th a t he h a d g row n su d d e n ly
very
w h ite, a n d th a t h ts m outh
tw itc h e d p ainfully.
“ W hy, w h a t's th e tro u b le ? " he s ta m
m ered. " H a v e n ’t I g o t p ric e s fo r y our
people th a t th e y w ould n e v e r h a v e g o t
te n ? ”
Y es— w e know all th a t," re p lie d
Mr. B en n in g to n Im p a tie n tly . “ T o be
fra n k . M r. U nderw ood, w e'v e re ce iv e d
In fo rm atio n th a t y ou've sold
m any
of th e v a lu a b le a rtic le s In tru s te d to
you for w hich you've m ad e no a c c o u n t
ing a t a ll.”
'T h a t 's n o t tru e ," e x claim ed U n d e r
wood hotly.
"I h av e a c c o u n te d to r
a lm o st e v e ry th in g . T h e r e s t of th e
th in g s a re h ere. Of c o u rse , th e r e m ay
be a few th in g s — "
T a k in g a box of c ig a rs from th e
d esk , he offered It to his v isito r.
No, th a n k s ," re p lie d B en n in g to n
coldly, p u sh in g b a ck th e pro ffered
box.
U nderw ood w as fa s t losing h is self-
c o n tro l. T h ro w in g a w ay h is c ig a r w ith
an a n g ry e x c la m a tio n , h e began to
w alk u p a n d dow n.
"! can a cc o u n t fo r e v e ry th in g if you
give m e tim e. You m u st give m e tim e.
I'm h a rd p re sse d by m y c re d ito rs . My
e x p e n s e s a re e n o rm o u s a n d c o lle c tio n s
ex ceed in g ly d iffic u lt I h a v e a larg e
a m o u n t of m oney o u tsta n d in g . A fte r
o u r p le a s a n t b u sin e ss re la tio n s It
se e m s a b su rd a n d m o st u n fa ir th a t
y o u r firm should ta k e th is s ta n d w ith
m e.” H e h a lte d su d d e n ly a n d fa ce d
B en n in g to n . "O f c o u rse. I'm m uch
oblig ed to you, p e rso n a lly , fo r th is
frie n d ly tip ."
B e n n in g to n sh ru g g e d h is sh o u ld e rs
'T h e w a rn in g m ay give you tim e
e ith e r to ra is e th e m oney o r to g e t th e
th in g s b a c k .”
U n d e rw o o d 's d a rk e y e s flash ed w ith
su p p re ss e d w ra th , a s h e re to rte d
'O f c o u rse . I c an g e t th e m a ll back
In tim e. D am n It. you fe llo w s d o n 't
know w h a t It c o sts to ru n th is kind
of b u sin e ss su c c e ssfu lly ! O ne h a s to
sp e n d a sm all fo rtu n e to k e e p up a p
p e a ra n c e s. T h e se so c iety p eople w o n ’t
buy If th ey th in k vou re a lly n e ed th e |
y
y o u ui
U n t h e reaefc«-* *v *
h«s cour on. 'T don t - w a n t t v
age failed him . H e r a th e r (e a re d U n th a t little m a tte r o t tw o h u n d re d a n d
derw ood. a n d he fe lt th e need of a fifty b u c k s w hich you b o rro w e d from
s tim u la n t to b ra c e him up fo r th e m e tw o y e a rs ago. I su p p o se you 'v e
“ s tr ik e ” h e w as a b o u t to m ake. T h e fo rg o tte n it, b u t— ”
A look of a n n o y a n c e cam e o v e r Un
b a ck d o o r o f a sa lo o n w as c o n v e n ie n t
ly open a n d w hile h e w as re fre sh in g d e rw o o d ’s face.
“ W ell, w h a t of It? " h e sn a p p e d .
h im self tw o o th e r m en he knew
H ow ard took a n o th e r d rin k be fo re
dro p p ed in. B efore he knew it, h a lf
a dozen d rin k s had been a b so rb ed , h e continued.
"I w o u ld n 't re m in d you of th e loan,
a n d h e had s p e n t th e w hole o f $5
w hich h is w ife h a d in tru s te d to him old c h a p ; b u t I'm up a g a in s t It. W hen
o u t o t h e r c a re fu lly h o a rd ed sav in g s th e fa m ily k ick ed m e o u t fo r m a rry
W h en h e so b e re d u p he w ould re a l in g th e fin e st g irl th a t e v e r lived, m y
ize th a t h e h a d a c te d like a co w ard f a th e r c u t m e off w ith a p iking allo w
a n d a cu r, b u t Ju st now h e w as fe el a n c e w h ic h I to ld him to p u t In th e
ing r a th e r Jolly. A d d re ssin g U n d e r c h u rc h p la te . I told him I p re fe rre d
W ell," he w e n t on
w ood w ith Im p u d e n t fa m ilia rity , he in d ep e n d e n c e .
w ith serio-com ic g ra v ity , "1 got m y In
w e n t on:
“T h e d—d boy d id n 't seem to know d e p e n d e n c e , b u t I’m — I’m d e ad broke.
if you w ere in o r not, so I cam e up You m ig h t a s w ell u n d e rs ta n d th e situ
a n y h o w .”
G la n cin g a t B e n n in g to n , a tio n p lain ly . I c a n 't find a n y b u si
he a d d e d : " S o rry , if I'm b u ttin g In." n e ss t h a t I'm fitte d fo r, a n d A nnie
U n d erw ood w as n o t in th e h u m o r th r e a te n s to go b a c k to w ork. Now,
to be v e ry g ra cio u s. L ong ago young you know I c a n 't sta n d a n y th in g like
H ow ard Je ffrie s had o u tg ro w n h is use th a t. I'm too m u ch of a m an to be
fu ln ess a s fa r a s he w as co n cern ed . su p p o rte d by a n y w o m a n .”
H e looked to w a rd U n d erw o o d In a
H e w as a t a loss to g u e ss w hy h e had
com e to se e him u n in v ite d , on th is stu p id kind of w ay, a s if looking to r
p a rtic u la r S u n d ay n ig h t, too. It w as so m e sig n of a p p ro v a l, b u t h e w a s d is
w ith stu d ie d c o ld n e ss, th e re fo re , th a t a p p o in te d . U n d e rw o o d ’s face w as a
stu d y of su p re m e in d iffe ren c e . H e did
he sa id :
n o t even a p p e a r to be liste n in g . Som e
“ S it dow n— I’m g lad to se e you.”
H o w ard a g a in
“ You d o n ’t look It,” g rin n e d H ow w h a t d isc o n c e rte d ,
a rd , a s he a d v a n c e d fu rth e r In to th e ra is e d th e g la s s to h is lips, and th u s
room w ith sh a m b lin g , u n c e rta in step s. re fre s h e d , w e n t o n :
‘T h e n I th o u g h t o f you, old chap.
C o n c ea lin g his ill h u m o r a n d pro m
isin g h im se lf to g e t rid of h is u n w el Y ou've m ad e a ro u sin g su c c e ss of It—
com e v is ito r a t th e first o p p o rtu n ity . g o t a big n a m e a s a r t c o lle cto r— m ade
U nderw ood In tro d u ce d th e tw o m en. lo s t of m oney a n d all th a t —”
U nderw ood im p a tie n tly In te rru p te d
“ M r. B e n n in g to n — Mr. H o w ard Jeff
ries, J r . ”
him .
Mr. B e n n in g to n h a d h e a rd of th e
" I t ’s Im possible, Je ffrie s. T h in g s a re
o ld er J e ffrie s ’ tro u b le w ith h is sc a p e a little h a rd w ith m e, too, ju s t now .
g ra c e son, a n d h e eyed, w ith som e In Y ou'll h a v e to w a it fo r t h a t $250.”-
te re s t, th is y oung m an w ho h a d m ad e
H o w ard g rin n e d .
such a fiasco of his c are e r.
" ’T a in t th e $250, old m an, I d id n ’t
"O h, I know B e n n in g to n ," exclaim ed w a n t th a t. I w a n t a couple of th o u
H o w ard jo v ia lly . “ I b o u g h t a n ele s a n d .”
p h a n t s tu s k a t h is p lac e in th e d a y s
U n d erw ood could n o t help laughing.
w hen I w as som ebody.” W ith m ock
“ A couple of th o u s a n d ? W hy n o t
sa d n e s s h e ad d ed , “I'm nobody now I m a k e It a m illio n ? ”
—c o u ld n ’t e v en buy a c o lla r b u tto n .”
H o w a rd 's d e m a n d s tru c k him a s be
"W o n ’t you s it dow n a n d
sta y in g so h u m o ro u s th a t he s a t dow n con
a w h ile ? " sa id U n d erw ood s a rc a s tic v u lse d w ith la u g h te r.
ally.
L o o k in g a t him stu p id ly , H o w ard
" If you d o n ’t m ind, I’ll h a v e a d rin k h elp ed h im s e lf to a n o th e r d rin k .
firs t,” re p lie d H o w ard , m a k in g h is
“ It se e m s I'm a h it,” h e sa id w ith a
w ay to th e d e sk a n d ta k in g up th e g rin .
w h isk y d e c a n te r.
U n d erw o o d by th is tim e h a d reco v
U n d erw ood did n o t c o n ceal h is a n e re d h is com p o su re.
n o y an ce, b u t h is a n g ry g la n c e s w e re
"S o you’ve done n o th in g sin c e you
e n tire ly lo st on h is new v isito r, w ho le ft c o lle g e ? ” h e said.
w as ra p id ly g e ttin g in to a m au d lin
“ N o,” a n sw e re d H o w ard . “I d o n ’t
co n d itio n .
A d d re ssin g
B en n in g to n seem to g e t dow n to a n y th in g
My
w ith fa m ilia rity , H o w ard w e n t o n :
id e a s w on’t s ta y in o n e piace. 1 g o t a
"S ay , do you re m e m b e r th a t w on job a s tim e -k ee p er, b u t I d id n 't k e ep
d e rfu l s e t of iv o ry c h e s sm e n m y old it dow n a w eek. I k e p t th e tim e a ll
m an b o u g h t? ”
rig h t, b u t it w a s n 't th e rig h t tim e .”
B e n n in g to n sm ile d a n d nodded.
A gain ra is in g th e g la s s to h is lips, be
“ Yes, s ir ; I do, indeed. Ah, y o u r a d d e d :
“ T h e y 're m b e a s tly p a rtic u
f a th e r is a fine a r t c r itic ! ”
la r.”
H ow ard b u rs t in to b o iste ro u s lau g h
“ You k e ep p re tty good tim e w ith
te r.
t h a t ,” lau g h e d U nd erw o o d , p o in tin g to
“ A rt c r it i c ! ” h e ex claim ed .
“I th e w hisky.
sh o u ld sa y he w a s. H e ’s a b orn
H o w ard g rin n e d in d ru n k e n fa sh io n .
c ritic . H e can c ritic is e a n y old th in g
“I t ’s th e one th in g I do p u n c tu a lly ,”
—e v e ry old thin g . I d o n 't c a re w h a t h e h iccoughed.
“ I can row , sw im ,
It is, he can c ritic is e It. ‘W h en in d o u b t play te n n is , fo o tb all, golf a n d polo a s
—c ritic is e ,' is n a ile d on f a th e r ’s e s w ell a s a nybody, b u t I’ll be d am n ed if
c u tc h e o n ."
B ow ing w ith m ock c o u r I can do a n y th lu g q u ite a s w ell a s I
tesy to eac h h e ra is e d th e g la s s to his can do th is ."
lips a n d said.' " H e re ’s h o w !"
“W h a t do you w a n t $2,000 fo r? ” d e
B en n in g to n lau g h e d good hum ored- m an d e d U nderw ood.
ly, a n d tu rn e d to go.
‘T v e g o t a n o p p o rtu n ity to go Into
"W ell, good n ig h t, M r. Je ffrie s. b u sin e ss. I w a n t $2,000 a n d I w a n t
Good n ig h t, M r. U nd erw o o d .”
it d eu ce d quick."
U nderw ood follow ed th e m a n a g e r to
U nderw ood s h ru g g e d h is sh o u ld e rs.
th e door.
"W h y d o n 't you go h om e a n d a s k
"G ood n ig h t! ” h e sa id gloom ily.
y o u r f a th e r ? ” he d e m a n d e d .
H is v is ito r se e m e d offended a t th e
C H A P T E R V I.
su g g e stio n .
“ W h a t! ” h e e x claim ed , w ith com lo
T h e d o o r sla m m e d , a n d U nderw ood s u rp ris e , “a f te r b e in g tu rn e d o u t lik e a
re tu rn e d to th e s ittin g room . T a k in g dog w ith a y oung w ife on m y h a n d s!
no n o tic e of H o w ard , he w alk ed o ver N o t m u c h —n o t
I'v e in ju re d th e ir
to th e d esk , slo w ly se le c te d a c ig a r p rid e.
You know f a th e r m a rrie d a
a n d lig h te d it. H o w ard looked up a t seco n d tim e , lo ad ed m e dow n w ith a
him foolishly, n o t k n o w in g w h a t to s te p m o th e r. S h e ’s a ll rig h t, b u t she'»
say.
H is fre q u e n t lib a tio n s h a d so so co n fo u n d ed ly a ris to c ra tic .
You
b e fu d d le d him t h a t h e h a d a lm o st fo r know h e r. S ay, d id n 't you a n d sh e —■
g o tte n th e o b je c t of h is visit.
w a s n ’t th e r e som e s o r t of a n e n g ag e
“ E x cu se m y b u ttin g in, old chap ," m e n t o n c e? S e e m s to m e I— ”
be sta m m e re d , “ b u t— ”
U nderw ood ro se to b is fe e t a n d a b
U nderw ood m ad e n o a n sw e r. H ow ru p tly tu rn e d his back.
a rd s ta r e d a t him in com ic su rp rise .
" I’d r a th e r you w o u ld n 't g e t p e rso n
H e w as n o t so d ru n k a s n o t to be a l,” h e sa id c u rtly . S ittin g dow n a t a
a b le to n o tic e t h a t so m e th in g w as d e sk , h e b e g an to ru m m a g e w ith som e
w rong.
p a p e rs and, tu rn in g im p a tie n tly to
"S ay , old fellow ," he g u rg le d ; H ow ard, h e sa id :
"y o u ’re a r e g u la r Jim D um ps. W hy
" S a y , old m an. I ’m v e ry b u sy now .
so c h o p falle n , so — ? My! w h a t a long Y ou’ll h a v e to e x cu se m e."
face!
Is th a t th e w ay you g r e e t a * If H o w ard had b e en so b e r, he w ould
c la ss m a te , a fellow f r a t ?
W ait till h a v e u n d e rsto o d t h a t th is w as a p re t
you h e a r m y h a rd -lu c k sto ry . T h a t’ll ty s tro n g h in t for him to be gone, b u t
c h e e r you up. W ho w as i t sa id : in h is b e so tte d c o n d itio n , h e did n o t
'T h e re 's n o th in g c h e e rs us up so m uch p ro p o se to be d isp o se d of so e asily .
a s o th e r p e o p le 's m o n ey ? ’ ” R e a c h in g T u rn in g to U nd erw o o d , h e b u r s t o u t
fo r th e w h isk y b o ttle , h e w e n t on: w ith a n a ir of offended d ig n ity :
“ F ir s t I'll p o u r o u t a n o th e r d rin k .
"U n d erw o o d , you w o u ld n 't go b a c k
You see, I n e e d c o u rag e , old m an. on m e now . I'm an o u tc a s t, a p a ria h ,
I’ve g o t a fa v o r to a sk . 1 w a n t som e a d e re lic t on th e o c ea n of life, a s o n e
m oney. I n o t o nly w a n t It— I need It.” of m y h ig h ly re s p e c ta b le u n c le s w ro te
U n d erw o o d lau g h ed , a hollow , m o ck m e. H is g ra n d fa th e r w a s a n iro n pud-
ing la u g h of d erisio n . H is old c la s s d le r.” W ith a d ru n k e n lau g h he w e n t
m ate had c e rta in ly ch o se n a good tim e o n : "D o e s n 't it m a k e you sic k ? I'm
to com e a n d a s k him fo r m oney. H ow no good b e c a u se I m a rrie d th e g irl. If
a rd m isto o k th e c y n ic al g a y e ty for I h a d ru in e d h e r life I'd s till be a
good hum or.
d e c e n t m e m b e r of so c ie ty .”
"I sa id I'd c h e e r you up," he w en t
ITO B E C O N T IN U E D .)
m oney. I ’ve h a d to give e x p en siv e din
n e rs a n d sp e n d m oney like w a te r even
to g e t th e m to com e h e re a n d look a t
th e th in g s . You m u st give m e tim e
to m ak e a s e ttle m e n t. I n e e d a t le a st
a m o n th ."
B e n n in g to n sh o o k h is h ead . T h e re
w as a h a rd , u n c o m p ro m isin g look In
hts face a s h e re p lie d c a u s tic a lly :
“ T h e y 're com ing for th e th in g s to
m orrow . I th o u g h t It fa ir to le t you
know . I can do no m o re.”
U nderw ood sto p p ed sh o rt.
"T o -m o rro w ,” h e echoed fa in tly .
“Y es," sa id B e n n in g to n g rim ly . "You
m ig h t a s w ell u n d e rs ta n d th e situ a tio n
th o ro u g h ly . T h e g a m e ’s up. T h e firm
n a s b e en w a tc h in g you for so m e tim e
W h en you trie d to se ll th e s e th in g s to
old D e frie s for o n e -q u a rte r th e ir re al
v a lu e h e in s ta n tly re co g n ize d w here
th ey c am e from .
H e tele p h o n ed
s tr a ig h t to o u r place. Y ou've been
sh ad o w ed by d e te c tiv e s e v e r sin ce
T h e re 's a m an o u tsid e w a tc h in g this
p la c e n o w .”
“My G o d !” exclhim ed U nderw ood.
“W h y a r e th e y ho u n d in g
me
like
th is ? ”
A p p ro ach in g B en n in g to n quick ly , he
g ra sp e d h is h and.
“ B e n n in g to n ,” h e sa id e a rn e s tly ,
“ you a n d I've a lw ay s b e en on th e
sq u a re . C a n 't you te ll th em It’s all
rig h t? C a n 't you g e t th em to g iv e m e
tim e ? "
B efo re th e m a n a g e r could re p ly th e
te le p h o n e bell ra n g sh a rp ly . U n d e r
wood s ta rte d . An e x p ressio n of fe a r
cam e o v e r his face. P e rh a p s th e firm
h a d a lre a d y sw o rn o u t a w a r r a n t for
h is a rre s t. H e p ick ed up th e re c e iv e r
to a n s w e r th e call.
“W h a t n a m e is t h a t ? ” h e d em a n d ed
o v e r th e tele p h o n e . T h e n a m e w a s re
p e a te d a n d w ith a g e s tu re of re lie f he
e x c la im e d :
"H o w a rd J e ffrie s !—w h a t on e a r th
does h e w a n t? I c a n ’t se e him . T ell
him I’m — ”
B e n n in g to n took his h a t a n d tu rn e d
to go:
"W ell, I m u st be off.”
"D o n 't go,” ex claim ed U nderw ood,
a s he h u n g up th e re c e iv e r m e c h a n
ically.
“I t 's o nly t h a t In fe rn a l a ss
H o w ard J e f f r ie s ! ”
"I m u s t,” said th e m a n a g e r. A s he
w e n t tow a rd th e d o o r h e m ad e a close
s c ru tin y of th e w a lls a s If s e a rc h in g
fo r so m e th in g th a t w a s n o t th e re .
S to p p in g sh o rt, h e sa id :
" I d o n 't se e th e V elasquez.”
"N o—n o ,” sta m m e re d U n d erw o o d
n e rv o u sly .
''I t 's o u t—o u t on p ro b a
tio n . Oh, It's nil r i g h t I can a c c o u n t
fo r e v e ry th in g .”
Mr. B e n n in g to n c o n tin u e d h is in
sp e c tio n .
‘‘I d o n 't se e th e G obelin ta p e s try ,”
h e said laco n ically .
"O h, t h a t 's all rig h t, too, If th e y 'll
o n ly give m e tim e ,” h e c rie d d e sp e r
a te ly .
"G ood God, you d o n 't know E n g lish In s titu tio n T h a t R eally H aa a th e S o ciety w om en, w h ile som e s tu
w h a t It m e a n s to m e, B en n in g to n ! T h e
G re a t Deal to Be Said In
d e n ts a re allow ed to com e as day
p o sitio n I'v e m ad e fo r m y self w ill be
Ita F avor,
w o rk e rs o r can a tte n d sp e c ia l classes.
sw e p t a w a y a n d — ”
T h e s tu d e n ts w e a r a p lain u niform
M r. B e n n in g to n re m a in e d d is ta n t
A school fo r b rid e s is th e la te s t E n g
of b ro w n lin e n w ith m ob cap and
and u n s y m p a th e tic a n d U nderw ood lish e d u c a tio n a l e n te rp ris e a n d a s th e lin e n a p ro n In th e m o rn in g and of
th re w h im self In to a c h a ir w ith a g e s b rid e s a re ta u g h t d o m estic econom y , b ro w n c a s h m e re w ith m u sltn cap a n d
tu r e of d isg u st.
and h o u se w ife ry th e re o u g h t to be re ' a p ro n in th e a fte rn o o n .
T h ey sleep
“ S o m e tim es I d o n 't th in k I c are jo ic in g In th a t c o u n try of u n sk ille d In little c u rta in e d c u b icles, b u t th o se
cooks
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w h a t h a p p e n s," h e ex claim ed . " T h in g s
w ho w ish It can h a v e s e p a ra te bed
T h e new school c a lls Itse lf th e Col room s a t a n a d d itio n a l c h a rg e of $1.25
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h is jo c u la r g re e tin g .
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