INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
G R A D E O F A P P L E S H IG H .
DALLAS C L U B O N R EC O R D .
Plan
Favored to Validate T ltla a to
Rich T im b e r Lands.
D allas—A t a m eetin g o f th e D allas
C om m ercial club, th e o rg an izatio n
w ent on record as fav o rin g action by
congress looking to th e v a lid atin g of
title s to rich tim b e r lands held in th is
county by innocent persons from the
railroad company.
A resolution to
th is effect w as d ra fte d , and it w as o r­
dered th a t a copy o f th e sam e be sen t
to each o f th e O regon re p re se n ta tiv e s
and senators in congress.
T here are billions o f fe e t of sta n d ­
ing tim b e r of first g rade q u ality upon
these lands, th e title to which is now
in dispute, and th e lum ber in d u stry is
being seriously handicapped by reason
of th is contention over these title s.
I t is understood th a t th e S paulding
IiOgging company owns a g re a t deal of
th is land, and in case title is perfected
by a c t of congress, th is company will
sell a p a rt o f its holdings w est of here,
and th a t a new mill will go in a t
D allas. Inasm uch as th e use o f the
LaCreole riv e r fo r logging purposes
has been stopped by o rd er o f the
court, the logging of th is tim b e r w est
o f here, and on th e u p p er branches of
th is riv er, w ill n ecessita te th e con­
stru ctio n o f an o th e r railroad line from
th is city into th a t te rrito ry .
R A iN B O W M IN E P R O S P E R S .
L arga
Stam p M ill Will Be Installed
ae F irst Im provem ents.
lia k e r—So successful has been the
first y ear of ow nership o f the Kain-
bow m ine by th e U n ited S m eltin g &
Refining company th a t ex ten siv e im ­
provem ents a re planned.
One of
them will be a larg e stam p mill.
A p arty of th e com pany’s officials,
including F rederick Lyon, vice-p resi­
d e n t; C. F Moore, ch ief e n g in e e r; A.
P. Anderson, ch ief field en g in ee r and
H ow ard S. Lee, en g in ee r in ch arg e of
the Rainbow , w ere h ere in consultation
w ith officials o f th e H um boldt Consol­
idated Gold M ining company, w hich
controls the H um boldt m ine and w ith
A ssistan t M anager W rig h t, o f the
O regon-Idaho L ig h t & P ow er com ­
pany, in regard to g e ttin g pow er for
these and o th e r m ines in the Mormon
B asin country.
I t is reported th a t
the U nited S ta te s company has already
ordered th ree boilers o f larg e cap acity
for the m ill, w hich m eans one o f the
m ost beneficial step s to th e m ining
in d u stry in recen t years.
P U B L IC D A N C E S M A Y G O .
Albany
Council
Considers
T h e m U n d e r Ban.
Putting
Hood
R iver Has 7 0
P a r G ant
C ro p E x tra Fancy.
of
Hood R iv er— Show ing th e crop to
be 70 per cent e x tra fancy, s ta tis tic s
have ju s t been compiled on th e re tu rn s
so fa r received from th e 1911 apple
o u tp u t o f th e Hood R iv er valley, for
the fr u it sold up to F eb ru a ry 1 o f th is
y ear. A sta te m e n t o f th e prices f. o.
b. Hood R iver, giv in g th e av erag es of
th e tw o averages o f th e Hood R iver
A pple G row ers’ union and th e D avid­
son F ru it company, has been made
public as follows by th e Comm ercial
club in a folder ju s t issued:
“ E x tra F a n c y ,” 70 p e r c e n t; “ F an ­
c y ,” 25 p er cent, and “ C G rade” 5
per cent.
Yellow N ewtown P ippin, e x tra fa n ­
cy, $1.99 p er box.
A rkansas Black, e x tr a fancy, $2.12;
fancy, $ 1 7 5 ; C grade, $1.35.
Black Tw igs, one g rade, $1.42.
Red Cheek Pippins, $1.62.
W in te r B ananas, e x tra fancy, $2.40.
Baldw in, one grade, $1.30.
Spitzenberg, e x tra fancy, $2.14.
W agner, one grade, $1.60.
O rtley, e x tra fancy, $2.05.
S traw b erries, 60,000 crates, o r 100
cars, a t an average o f $2.25 a crate.
P ears, 25 ca rs; B a rtle tts, $1.25 per
box, and D ’Anjou, $1.92 per box.
The a v erag e o f th e Yellow N ew ­
town» w ill be m ate ria lly increased
when th e full re tu rn s are received in
the la te spring.
The g re a te r p a rt of
th e N ewtown crop is a s y e t unsold.
The principal m a rk e ts o f th e Hood
R iver apple are shown to be London,
Liverpool, H am burg, New York C ity,
Chicago,
M ilw aukee,
M inneapolis,
Rockford and o th er c itie s contiguous
to th e above. An in creasin g dem and
d u rin g th e past tw o y ears has been
show ing itse lf in th e M iddle W est and
Southern sta te s. S everal carloads of
Hood R iver apples have been disposed
o f in T ennessee and A rk an sas w ith in
the p ast few m onths. T exas also con­
sum es a g re a t q u a n tity o f th e fr u it
and is dem anding more.
D E F IC IE N C Y N O T G R A V E .
W est
Says Institutions Will N o t Be
Behind at Y e a r's End.
Salem —The figures as shown in the
sta te m e n t prepared by S ecretary Ol-
cott, in d icatin g th a t som e-of th e s ta te
in stitu tio n s are behind, as fa r as th e ir
m ain ten an ce a p p ro p riatio n s a re con­
cerned, do not indicte th a t th e in s ti­
tu tio n s w ill show a deficiency a t the
end o f th e y ear, says G overnor W est.
" W e announced e arly th a t th ere
would be no deficiencies, and th ere
will be n o n e,” said th e governor.
“ The figures for th e y ear, w hile on
the face they would in d icate th a t th e
in stitu tio n s are in som e instances fa r
behind, a re perhaps a little m islead­
ing. and do not show th e e n tire sta tu s
of th e in stitu tio n s.
" F o r instance, a t th e s ta te school
for the feeble-m inded, w here th e fig­
ures in d icate th a t th e m ain ten an ce of
1912 has been used to a c e rta in e x ­
ten t. H ow ever, thousands o f d o lla rs’
w orth o f su p p lie s'a re on hand and con­
sequently th e in stitu tio n w ill be able
to run fo r some tim e on these su p ­
plies. I am assured by S u p erin ten d ­
e n t S m ith, o f th a t in stitu tio n , th a t he
will close the y e a r w ith o u t a defi­
cien c y .”
A lbany—P ublic dances w ill be ab­
solutely prohibited in A lbany if an o r­
dinance introduced at th e m e e tin g o f
the councity council thiB week passes.
This proposed law not only ab ro g ates
public dances, b u t provides fo r the
supervision of p riv a te dances as well.
T his ordinance m akes it unlaw ful
for any person to hold a public dance
or for the ow ner o f any b uilding to
re n t it for a public dance.
A public
dance is defined by th is ordinance as
one (h at is ad v ertised through the
press o r by posters o r folders o r o th er
ad v ertisin g schemes.
The ordinance re c ite s th a t nothing
in the law shall be construed to p re ­
v ent p riv a te d ancing p a rtie s b u t th a t
W A N T C O O L IN G S T A T IO N .
these shall be held under the su p e r­
vision of two or more patronesses, ap ­
proved by the m ayor in w ritin g . For Agent Prom ises O ne Provided Build­
violatinn o f any o f the provisions of
ing Can Be O btained ,
th e proposed law a fine o f from (1(1 to
F re e w a te r — A t a m eetin g in th e
$50 o r im prisonm ent o f from five to
offices o f the M ilto n -F reew ater F ru it
25 days ¡ b provided.
G row ers’ union, th e re w ere a large
num ber o f th e fr u it g row ers p resen t
W ool Sale Oates Announced.
to discuss th e ad v isa b ility of ere c tin g
La Grande- -The se cretary o f the a pre-cooling sta tio n . D. F. P ra tt, o f
O regon W oolgrow ers’
association, th e d ep a rtm e n t of a g ric u ltu re , was
John G. H oke, o f Medical S prings, p resen t and announced th a t if a proper
sta te s th a t prospects a re b rig h t and building could be secured th e g overn­
the outlook unusually good for a fine m en t would estab lish a pre-cooling
wool clip th is y ear, and the announce­ statio n h ere for ex p erim en tal purposes.
m ent o f sales d ates in E aste rn O regon The g re a t w aste in sh ip p in g fr u it is
has been made.
The d ates a re : due to th e fa c t th a t th e fr u it goes into
Echo, May 25; Pehdleton, May 80 and the cars in a heated condition and the
Ju n e JO; P ilo t Rock, May 81 and Ju n e consum ption of ice, w hile th e fr u it is
10; H eppner, Ju n e 4, 5 and 17; Sltan- in tra n s it, is heavy.
T he precooled
iko, Ju n e 6 and 2 1; Baker, Ju n e 8 and fr u it would go to th e c ars held a t th e
Ju ly 8; O ntario, Ju n e 10; Vale, Ju n e sam e te m p e ra tu re , th u s in su rin g the
11; M etolius, Ju n e 24 and Ju ly 16; fr u it reach in g its d estin atio n in a
E nterprise and W allowa, Ju n e 28 and much b e tte r condition. The d irecto rs
29.
will ta k e up the m a tte r and come to a
decision in a m eetin g to be held soon.
Indians' P rotest H eard .
If th e pre-cooler is estab lish ed it will
Pendleton—The sm all band o f In­ m ean much to the c itie s o f Milton and
dians which has been a tte m p tin g to F re e w a te r in th e w ay o f ad v e rtisin g
and will be o f untold benefit to the
keep th e C ity o f Pendleton from ac­ ranchers.
q u irin g the T horne Hollow sp rin g s as
a source o f w a te r supply have caused
Sixteen Hundred T ak e S h o rt C ourse
another delay. The land in question
C orvallis — R e g istra r H. M. T en ­
is unalloted fo r th e reason it is con­
sidered w orthless, but according to a n ant, o f th e O regon A g ricu ltu ra l col­
resolution adopted by the city council lege, e stim a te s th e to ta l enrollm ent in
and forw arded to W ashington, th e ac- the w in te r sh o rt course,
fa rm e rs ’
quistion o f the land is absolutely week and poultry show as som ething
necessary in
o rd er to
keep the over 1,600, although th e final figures
springs free from possible contam ina have n o t been turned in by all d e p a rt­
tion.
m ents o f in stru ctio n . “ T h ere were* 842
stu d en ts reg istered in th e re g u la r short
C h a rn -I Survey Show n
co u rses,” he says, " a n d a conservative
Oregon C ity — M. D. I.ato u re tte , sec­ e stim a te places the num ber th a t a t ­
reta ry of th e Comm ercial club, re ­ tended th e poultry lectu res and dem ­
ceived from S en ato r Bourne a copy of o n stra tio n s at 761, m ak in g a to ta l of
the report of M ajor J . F. Me Indoe, 1,603 people benefited by th e courses.
corps of engineers, on the prelim inary
Logging Cam ps to S ta rt.
exam ination and survey o f th e W il­
lam ette riv e r betw een P ortland and
A sto ria All th e com panies ow ning
O regon C ity.
Maps accom pany the logging cam ps in th e G rays and Deep
report. The rep o rt is now before the R iver d is tric ts have sm all crew s of
riv ers and h arbors com m ittee. The men a t work re p a irin g th e railroad
plan provides for a channel 12 feet tra c k s o r ex ten d in g th e lings and
deep a t low w a te r to Oswego, and a probably all o f them w ill begin c u t­
m inim um d epth o f th ree anil one-half tin g tim b e r by th e first o f March.
fe e t from th a t point to O regon C ity.
The N orth Shore I-ogging company is
esta b lish in g a cam p in a tra c t o f tim ­
F arly Plum Blossoms A re O ut.
ber w hich it has purchased a sh o rt d is­
C ottage Grove — The e a rlie s t plum tance from K nappton and th e C am p­
blossoms ev er seen in th is section of bell lo g g in g company, which com plet­
th e valley w ere b rought into th e city ed op eratio n s on Deep R iver last fall,
Monday by H orace Cochran. T here will o p e ra te on G rays R iver.
are many who fe a r a fro st and g re a t
a tte n d a n t dam age to th e precious fru it
Linn Road Supervisors M ee t.
trees. G arden peas are also in blos­
A lbany— Every one o f th e 33 road
som.
supervisors o f Linn county a tten d ed a
convention of the su p erv iso rs in th is
T o Hava Postal Savings B ank.
city. The supervisors discussed m eth ­
Toledo — Toledo is soon to have a ods o f road building and exchanged
postal savings bank. P o stm aster A r­ ideas and consulted w ith th e County
nold received n otice th a t th is office court reg ard in g plans for road work
has been chostn. The bank w ill be th is y ear. C ounty Ju d g e Duncan pre-
opened for business March 7.
i aided a t th e convention.
A V IA T O R L O S T O N IC E .
M eets
Disaster On Laka Erie
Escapes By Chance.
a rd
E rie, P a .— E arl S andt, a youthful
av iato r, th e first birdm an to fly over
the G reat L akes from th e U nited
S tates to Canada, came to g rie f ten
m iles o u t on L ake E rie from N o rth ­
east, P a., when a tte m p tin g a retu rn
flight to th e A m erican shore.
W hile high in th e a ir and 20 m iles
w est o f his course, the en gine o f his
biplane stopped.
F or a w hile he
glided, b u t suddenly th e m achine over­
turned and he w as buried unconscious
in th e w reckage on th e ice. How
long he rem ained in th is condition
Sandt does not know.
When he re ­
covered he w as sa tu ra te d w ith blood
from m any cuts.
Aided by a pocket compass, S andt
walked ten m iles to th e A m erican
shore, lan d in g a t N o rth east a t 10
o ’clock a t n ig h t. He was found s ta g ­
g erin g along th e phore by boys who
w ere sk a tin g and w as carried to a ho­
tel
Word th en w as telephoned to
th is city.
S andt is not injured seriously. He
w as bro u g h t here from N o rth east a t
m idnight in a special car. Thousands
of persons, a brass band and loud
blasts from shop w histles g reeted him.
M E X IC A N
FEDERA LS
W IN .
Rout 2 0 0 0 Rebels in Fierce
W ith Heavy Loss.
Battle
Mexico C ity — A ccording to a rep o rt
received here, 900 Federal» attack ed
2,000 rebels n e a r C uernavaca, ro uting
the revolutionists. The Federal» have
regained control o f Cruz de Piedra,
S an ta C arla and H u ististlac.
The
rebels w ere commanded by a b rother
o f Em ilio Z apata.
I t is unofficially
reported th a t 80 men w ere killed in
th e engagem ent.
The tow n o f A ladam a, C hihuahua,
surrendered to the V asquistas, w ith ­
o u t resistance.
F o rty conspirators
w ere captured.
A ccording to dispatches. G eneral
Robles, in command o f the Federal
forces, led an a tta c k on Z a p atistas en ­
trenched in and around S an ta M aria.
He used a rtille ry freely and drove the
rebels from th e ir positions. No e s ti­
m ate of c asu alties is given. A report
says th a t th e rebels also w ere d e fe a t­
ed in a fierce fight n e a r San Pedro,
north o f Torreon.
El Paso, T ex as— In sp ite o f his re ­
ported loyalty to P resid en t Francisco
I. Madero, o f Mexico, V asquistas a t
Casas G rande has issued a m anifesto
nam ing G eneral Pascual Orozco, com ­
m ander-in-chief o f th e revolutionists.
No recen t word has been received here
from Orozco, who a t p resen t is in
Chihuahua.
R eports from Ju a re z say th a t a doz­
en a rre sts have been m ade th ere of
persons charged w ith in c itin g m utiny.
A nother re p o rt says th a t hundreds
of rebels a re now o p e ra tin g near J u a ­
rez and an a tta c k upon the c ity is
feared.
Y
M . C . A. Indorses Pool.
W alla W alla—T h a t the college s tu ­
den ts may not have to freq u en t pool
halls in o rd er to play the gam e, the Y.
M. C. A. o f W hitm an has taken up a
m ovem ent to have b illiard and pool
tab les p u t in the B illings H all dorm i­
tory for the use o f th e boys.
T his
m ovem ent is finding a h e a rty response
and it is believed th e re w ill be no op­
position.
Local men a re donating
money for the purpose.
G eorge Cole, stu d en t m anager, who
la st y e a r w as expelled from the M eth­
o dist conference fo r dancing and up­
holding card playing, b u t who w as
la te r re in sta te d , is a t th e head o f the
m ovem ent fo r th e b illiard and pool
tables. He is a senior, chairm an of
the m an ag erial board, one of the best
ath le te s in school and one o f the m ost
popula men o f the in stitu tio n .
Chinese Brigands' Beheaded.
T ien tsin —- The tow n o f Macheng,
some d istan ce in th e in te rio r, is be­
sieged by brig an d s,.
S trong arm ed
bodies a re able to g e t in and out, b u t
ex cep t when accom panied by escorts
run n in g in to th e thousands, the c iti­
zens d are not v en tu re outside the w alls
and are compelled to be continually on
the a le rt to p rev en t th e brigands from
b reak in g in. In the various a ttem p ts
th a t have been m ade to sta m p o u t the
outlaw ry, th e a u th o ritie s have lately
captured and beheaded n early 1,000 of
the outlaw s.
Dictagraph Evidence Held Valid.
C olum bus- Rodney D ieygle, form er
sergeant a t-arm s in th e s ta te senate,
m ust serve th re e yenrs in th e p en iten ­
tia ry for com plicity in leg islativ e
briberies.
T his wns m ade certain
when th e S ta te Suprem e co urt affirmed
his conviction, th ereb y holding valid
th e use of th e d ictag rap h in securing
evidence.
T h is decision opens the
way for tria ls o f o th e r m em bers of the
le g isla tu re a g a in st whom D etective
W illiam J . Burns is said to have se­
cured evidence through th e use o f the
d ictag rap h .
F reig h t to Be C hecked.
San Francisco A ttorneys re p resen t­
ing 35 railro ad s have agreed before
the S ta te R ailroad com m ission to
m eet th e dem and o f sh ip p ers for the
issuance o f “ clean bills o f la d in g .”
H ereto fo re th e railroads have refused
to be accountable for sh o rtag es in
fre ig h t w here th e c a rr ie r’s agents had
not checked personally th e goods to be
shipped. S hipping in te re sts insisted
th a t all fre ig h t should be so checked,
and th is dem and has been acceded to.
Investigate High C o st o f Living.
New York M ag istrate Murphy a n ­
nounces th a t he will in q u ire into the
high cost o f n ecessities. D istric t A t­
torney W hitm an probably w ill prose­
cute crim in ally a num ber o f specu­
lato rs in b u tte r, eggs, veg etables and
m eats.
The proceedings w ere first
centered on b u tte r and eggs. It is be­
lieved th e re w ill be 150 d efendants in
crim inal actions as a resu lt of the
probe.
M orse on Way to Recovery.
A tlan ta. Ga.
C harles W. Morse,
the form er banker, recently pardoned
for w recking a New York bank, a fte r
serving tw o y ears o f a 15-year sen ­
tence, w ill recover sufficiently to again
en te r W all s tre e t a c tiv itie s, according
to Dr. A. L. Fow ler, M orse's personal
physician.
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him .
l i e is in d e s p e r a t e t t n u n c i a l s t r a i t s ,
t r i d * * n b r s f o r u j i o m In- l i a s b e e n a c t i n g
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■alls In a n I n t o x i c a t e d c o n d i t i o n . H e a s k s
U n d e r w o o d f o r ij.cou.
C H A P T E R VI.— C ontinued.
lie helped h im self to a n o th e r drink,
his hand sh a k in g so th a t he could
b a ld ly hold th e d e c a n te r.
He was
lu st a p p ro a c h in g th e s ta le ot co m p lete
in to x ic atio n
U nderw ood m ade no a t ­
te m p t to in te rfe re .
W hy sh o u ld he
c a re if th e young tool m ad e a so t of
h im self? T h e so o n e r he d ra n k hint-
se ll in se n sib le th e q u ic k e r he would
g et rid of him.
“ No, H ow ard." he sa id ; “y o u ’d n e v er
m ake a d e c e n t m em b er of society."
" P 'r a p s n o t,” hiccoughed H ow ard.
“ How does A nnie ta k e h e r social
o s tra c is m ? '' Inquired L’nderw ood.
“ L ike a brick.
S h e ’s a th o ro u g h ­
bred, all rig h t. S h e 's all to th e good.”
"A ll th e sa m e. I'm so rry I e v e r in ­
Sank Sleepily Back Among the Soft Divan Pillows.
tro d u ce d you to h e r," re p lied U n d er­
wood. ”1 n e v e r th o u g h t you'd m ake by fo rce, w hen th e re w as a rin g a t
A licia ro se an d , c ro ssin g th e room ,
su c h a fool of y o u rse lf as to m a rry —" th e fro n t door.
c a re le ss ly in sp e c te d one of th e p ic­
H ow ard shook his head in a m aud­
B ending quickly o v e r his c o m p a n ­ tu re s on th e Wall, a stu d y of th e n u d e
lin m a n n e r, a s he re p lie d :
ion, U nderw ook saw th a t he w as fa st by B ouguereau.
” 1 d o n 't know w h e th e r 1 m ade a asleep . T h e re w as no tim e, to a w ak e n
“W e n e ed n o t go In to th a t,” sh e said
fool of m yself o r not, b u t sh e 's all him a n d g e t him o u t of th e w ay, so, h a u g h tily . “T h a t is all o v e r now. I
rig h t. S h e 's got in h e r th e m ak in g s q uickly, he took a big sc re e n a n d a r ­ c am e to a sk you w h a t th is le t t e r —th is
of a g r e a t w om an— very c ru d e, but ra n g e d It aro u n d th e div an so th a t th r e a t—m ea n s. W h a t do you e x p ec t
s till th e m ak in g s. T h e only th in g I H ow ard could not be seen. T h e n be to gain by ta k in g y o u r life u n le s s I
o b je c t to is, Bhe in s is ts on going back h u rrie d
to th e
fro n t
d o o r and c o n tin u e to be y o u r frie n d ? How can
to w ork. Ju st a s if I'd p e rm it such a opened it.
I be a frien d to a m an lik e you? You
th in g . Do you know w h a t I said on
know w h a t y o u r frie n d s h ip fo r a w om ­
A licia e n te red .
o u r w edding d a y ? 'M rs. H ow ard Jeff­
a n m ean s. It m e a n s th a t you w ould
rie s, you a re e n te rin g one of th e old­
d ra g h e r dow n to y o u r ow n level a n d
C H A P T E R V II.
e s t fa m ilie s in A m erica. N a tu re has
d isg ra c e h e r a s w ell a s y ourself.
fitte d you fo r social lea d ersh ip . You’ll
F o r a few m o m e n ts U nderw ood w as T h a n k God, m y e y es a re now opened
be a p e tte d , p a m p e red m em b e r of th a t too m uch ov erco m e by e m o tio n to to y o u r tr u e c h a ra c te r.
No self-re­
se le c t few called th e ”400,’’ ’ and now, sp eak . A licia b ru sh e d by in h a u g h ty sp e c tin g w om an could afford to allow
d am n It all, how can I a sk h e r to go silen c e, not d e ig n in g to look a t him. h e r n am e to be a sso c ia te d w ith yours.
back to w o rk ? B ut If y o u ’ll let me All he h e a rd w as th e so ft ru s tle of You a re a s in c a p a b le of d is in te re s te d
h a v e th a t $2,000— ”
.
h e r c lin g in g silk gow n a s It sw e p t frie n d s h ip a s you a re of com m on h o n ­
By th is tim e H o w ard w as begin n in g alo n g th e floor.
S he w as in ce n se d e sty ." C oldly sh e a d d e d : "I hope you
to g e t dro w sy . L y in g b a ck on the w ith hint, of c o u rse, b u t sh e had q u ite u n d e rs ta n d th a t h e n c e fo rth m y
sofa, he p ro ceed ed to m ak e h im self oem e. T h a t w as all he a sk ed . She ho u se is closed to you. If w e h a p p en
c o m fo rtab le .
bad com e In tim e to save him . H e to m e e t In public, It m u st be a s s t r a n ­
“ T w o th o u sa n d d o lla r s ! ” lau g h ed w ould ta lk to h e r a n d e x p la in e v e ry ­ g e rs .”
U nderw ood. "W hy, m an. I’m in d e b t th in g a n d sh e w ould u n d e rsta n d .
U nderw ood did n o t sp eak . W ords
up to m y e y e s .”
She w ould help him In th is c ris is as seem ed to fa ll him . H is face w as s e t
As fa r a s his c o n d itio n e n a b le d him , sh e h a d in th e p a st.
T h e ir
long a n d w hite. A n e rv o u s tw itc h in g ab o u t
H ow ard g av e a s t a r t of su rp rise .
frien d sh ip , all th e s e y e a rs of in tim ac y , th e m outh show ed th e te rrib le m en ta l
" H a rd u p !" he ex claim ed . P o in tin g could n o t end like this. T h e re w as s tra in w hich th e m an w as u n d e r. In
a ro u n d th e room , he sa id :
“ W b a t's still hope fo r him . T h e s itu a tio n w as th e e x c ite m e n t he h a d fo rg o tte n a b o u t
all th is —a bluff?"
n o t a s d e sp e ra te a s he fe are d . H e H o w a rd 's p re se n c e on th e d iv an b e ­
U nderw ood nodded.
m ig h t y e t a v e rt th e sh a m efu l e n d of h ind th e sc re e n . A lis te n e r m ig h t h a v e
"A bluff, th a t's i t
N ot a p ic tu re , th e suicide. A dvancing to w a rd h e r, d e te c te d th e heav y b re a th in g of th e
n o t a vase, n o t a stic k b e lo n g s to he sa id in a h o a rse w h isp e r:
sle ep e r, b u t even A licia h e rs e lf w as
m e.
You'll h a v e to go to y o u r fa ­
"O h, th is Is good of you, y ou've too p re o cc u p ie d to n o tic e it. U n d e r­
th e r.”
com e— th is Is th e a n sw e r to m y le t­ wood e x te n d ed his a rm s p lea d in g ly :
“ N e v er,” sa id H ow ard d esp o n d e n tly . te r."
“A licia— for th e s a k e of a u ld lan g
T h e su g g e stio n w as e v id e n tly
too
A licia Ignored h is e x te n d e d hand s y n e ! ”
m uch for bint, b e ca u se be stre tc h e d a n d took a se a t. T h en , tu rn in g on
“Auld lan g sy n e ,” sh e re to rte d . “ I
o u t h is b au d fo r his w h isk y g lass. " F a ­ him , sh e exclaim ed in d ig n a n tly .
w an t to fo rg e t th e p a st. T h e old m em ­
th e r 's done w ith m e,” b e said dole­
“T h e a n sw e r sh o u ld be a h o rse o rie s a re d is ta s te fu l. My o nly o b je c t
fully.
w hip. How d a re you se n d m e such in com ing h e re to -n ig h t w as to m ak e
’’H e'll r e le n t,” su g g e ste d U n d e r­ a m e s sa g e ? ” D raw in g from h e r bag the situ a tio n p lain to you a n d to a sk
wood.
th e le tte r re ce iv e d from him th a t you to p ro m ise m e n o t to —c a rry o u t
H ow ard sh o o k bis h e ad drow sily. e v en in g , sh e d e m a n d ed :
y our t h r e a t to k ill y o u rse lf. W hy
T o u ch in g h is brow , he sa id :
“ W h a t do you e x p e c t to g a in by should you k ill y o u rse lf? O nly c o w ard s
“T oo m u ch b ra in s, too m u ch up th is t h r e a t? ”
do th a t. B ecau se you a re in tro u b le ?
h e re ." P la c in g h is hand on his h e a rt,
T h a t is th e c o w a rd 's w ay out. L eave
“ D o n 't be a n g ry , A licia."
he w e n t o n : "T oo little dow n here.
not
U nderw ood sp o k e so o th in g ly , try in g New Y ork. Go w h e re you a re
O nce he g e ts a n idea, he n e v e r le ts It io c o n c ilia te h er. W ell he knew th e know n. You a re s till young. B».,iu
go. h e h o ld s on.
O b s tin a te .
One se d u c tiv e pow er of his voice. O ften life o v e r a g a in , so m e w h e re e ls e .” A d­
Id e a —s tic k to It. Gee, b u t I'v e m ade he bad used it a n d n o t In vain, but v an cin g to w a rd him , sh e w e n t on:
a m ess of th in g s , h a v e n ’t IT”
to -n ig h t It fell on cold. In d iffere n t "If you w ill do th is I w ill h e lp you.
U nderw ood looked a t h im w ith con­
I n e v e r w a n t to see you a g ain , b u t I’ll
e a rs.
te m p t
"D on’t call m e by t h a t n a m e ," sh e try n o t to th in k of you unk in d ly . B ut
"Y o u 'v e m ad e a m ess of y o u r life,"
you m u st p ro m ise m e so lem n ly n o t to
sn ap p ed .
he said b itte rly , " y e t y o u 'v e h a d som e
U nderw ood m ade no a n sw e r.
He m ake a n y a tte m p t a g a in s t y o u r life."
m e a s u re of h a p p in e ss. You, a t least, tu rn e d slig h tly p a le r and. fold in g his
“I p ro m ise n o th in g ," m u tte re d U n­
m a rrie d th e w om an you love. D ru n k ­ a rm s . Ju st looked a t h e r, in silen c e derw ood doggedly.
e n b o a st a s you a re . 1 e n v y you. T he
"B u t you m u st,” sh e In siste d . “ It
T h e re w a s an a w k w a rd pause.
w om an I w a n te d m a rrie d som e one
would be a te rrib le c rim e, n o t only
A t la s t sh e sa id :
e lse , d a m n h e r ! ”
"1 hope you u n d e rs ta n d th a t e v ery sg a ln s t y o u rself, b u t a g a in s t o th ers.
H ow ard w as so d ro w sy from the
t h in g s o v e r b e tw ee n us.
O u r a c ­ You m u st give m e y o u r w o rd .”
e ffe c ts of th e w h isk y th a t he w as a l - ;
q u a in ta n c e la a t a n end."
U nderw ood sho o k h is head.
m o st aslee p . As he lay b a ck on th e I
"M y fe elin g s to w a rd you c an nevet
"I p ro m ise n o th in g .”
sofa, he g u rg le d :
xiiange,” rep lied U nderw ood e a rn e s t
"Bay, old m a n ; 1 d id n ’t com e h e re
ly. ” 1 love you— 1 sh a ll alw ay s love
to liste n to h a rd -lu c k sto rie s . 1 cam e
you.”
to tell o n e .”
A licia gave a little sh ru g of her
In m au d lin fa sh io n he b eg an to sing,
sh o u ld e rs, e x p re ss iv e of u tte r ln d iffer
“Oh. lis te n to m y ta le of w oe,” w hile
U nderw ood s a t g la rin g a t him , w on­ ence.
“L o v e !” sh e e x claim ed m ockingly
d e rin g how h e could p u t him out.
"Y ou love no one but y o u rse lf.'
As h e re a c h e d th e la s t v e rse his
U nderw ood a d v a n c e d n e a re r to her
h e ad b eg an to nod. T h e w o rd s cam e
a n d th e re w as a tre m o r In h is voice
th ic k ly from h ts lips a n d h e sa n k
sle ep ily b a ck am o n g th e so ft divan a s h e said :
"Y ou h a v e no rig h t to say th a t. You
pillow s.
re m e m b e r w h at w e o nce w ere. W hose
J u s t a t t h a t m o m e n t th e tele p h o n e
fa u lt is It th a t I ant w h e re I ant to H and-W ritten Business L etter Ap­
bell rang. U n d erw ood q uickly picked
pealed to the Man of Old-
day?
W hen you b ro k e o u r engage-
up th e re c e iv e r.
Fashioned Ideas.
n t a n d m arrie d old Je ffrie s to g
t
W h o 's t h a t ? ” he ask e d .
As
y o u r social a m b itio n , you ru in ed my
u ia r d th e a n s w e r h is fa ce lit up a n d |
"Y este rd ay ,” said an old-fashioned
h e re p lie d e a g e rly :
“ M rs. Je ffrie s— | life. You d id n 't d e stro y m y love— you
m an. "I re ce iv e d a h a n d w ritte n le tte r,
yea. I'll com e dow n. No, te ll h e r to c o u ld n 't kill th a t. You m ay forbid m e
e v e ry th in g —to se e you—to sp e a k to th e first I had rece iv e d In a long tim e,
co m e up.”
and do you know I w as m uch Im­
H a n g in g up th e re c e iv e r, he h a stily you— even to th in k of you, b u t I can
w e n t o v e r to th e d iv an a n d shook n e v e r fo rg et th a t you a re th e only pre sse d by It? M uch.
w om an I e v e r c a re d for. If you nad
"Y ou know th a t for a long tim e now
H ow ard.
“ H ow ard, w a k e up! co n fo u n d you! m a rrie d m e. I m ig h t h a v e b een a d if­ a lm o st all b u sin e ss le tte rs h a v e been
Y ou've g o t to g e t o u t—th e r e 's som e­ fe re n t m an. And now , Ju st w h en I ty p e w ritte n , d ic ta te d . W ith th e v a st
w an t you m ost, you deny m e ev en y our m u ltip lic ity of le tte r s to be w ritte n ,
body c o m in g .”
He sho o k him ro u g h ly , b u t h is old frie n d sh ip . W h at h a v e I done to de­ we could no lo n g er find tim e to w rite
c la s s m a te m ad e no a tte m p t to move. se rv e such tre a tm e n t? Is It fa ir? Is o u r le tte rs by hand. T h a t h a n d -w rit­
te n le tte r th a t I got y e a te rd a y did
"Q uick, do you h e a r ! " e x claim ed j it ju s t? "
A licia had liste n e d w ith g ro w in g Im­ p lease roe.
U nderw ood Im p atien tly . "W a k e up—
p a tie n ce . i t w as o nly w ith difficulty
"T h e re w as a m an w ho In a n sw e r to
m e o n e 's com in g ."
H ow ard sle ep ily h a lf open ed his th a t sh e c o n ta in ed h e rself. Now she m ine h a d s a t dow n and a c tu a lly w rit­
te n m e a le tte r, a n d th e r e w aa a te n s e
ca.
H e h a d fo rg o tte n e n tire ly in te rru p te d him h o tly :
"I b ro k e m y e n g a g e m e n t w ith you of p e rso n a l a tte n tio n In th a t th a t
w h e re h e w as a n d believ ed he w as
b e c a u se I found th a t you w ere d e c e iv ­ p leased m e v e ry m uch, and I th in k
on th e tra in , fo r h e a n sw e re d :
"S u re. I'm sle ep y .
S a y —p o rte r, ing m e— Just a s you deceived o th e rs .” th e re m ig h t s till be found profit In th e
■ lak e up m y bed."
" I t 's a lie !" b ro k e in U nderw ood. “I h a n d w ritte n le tte r. M any su c h le tte r*
H la p a tie n c e e x h a u s te d . U nderw ood m ay h av e trifled w ith o th e rs, b u t I th a t w e uaed to gpt w e c o u ld n 't read ,
o r wo d e cip h ere d only w ith m u c h la-
waa about to Dull h lw Croat th e sofa n e v e r deceived you.”
“ B ut you m u st,” p e rs is te d A licia. “I
w o n 't s tir from h e re u n til 1 h a v e your
p ro m ise.”
H e looked a t h e r curiously.
“ If m y life h a s no in te r e s t fo r you.
w hy should you c a re ? " ho a sk ed .
T h e re w as a n o te of sc o rn in hla
voice w hich a ro u se d h is v isito r’s
w ra th . C rum pling up his le tte r In h e r
h a n d , sh e c o n fro n te d him a n g rily .
“ S h all I tell you why 1 c a re ? " sh e
cried . “ B ecause you a cc u se m e in th is
le tte r of b ein g th e cau se of y o u r d e a th
—I, w ho h a v e been y o u r frie n d In
s p ite of y o u r d ish o n e sty . O h! I t ’s d e s­
p icable, c o n te m p tib le ! A bove all. It’s
a lie— ”
U nderw ood sh ru g g e d h is sh o u ld e rs.
C ynically he re p lie d :
“ So it w a sn ’t so m uch co n ce rn for
m e a s fo r y o u rse lf th a t b ro u g h t you
h e re .”
A licia 's e y es flashed a s sh e a n ­
sw e re d :
“ Yes, I w ished to s p a re m y self th is
in d ig n ity , th e sh a m e of being a sso ­
c ia te d in a n y w ay w ith a suicide. I
w as a fra id you m e a n t w h a t you sa id .”
" A fra id .” In te rru p te d
U nderw ood
b itte rly , " th a t som e of th e sc a n d a l
m ig h t re a c h a s fa r a s th e a ris to c ra tic
M rs. H o w ard Je ffrie s, S r.!"
H e r face flushed w ith a n g er, A licia
paced up and dow n th e room . T h e
m a n 's ta u n ts s tu n g h e r to th e quick.
In a w ay, sh e fe lt th a t he w as rig h t.
S he o u g h t to h av e g u e sse d h is c h a ra c ­
te r long ago and bad n o th in g to do
w ith
him .
H e se e m e d
d e s p e ra te
e n o u g h to do a n y th in g , y e t sh e d o u b t­
ed If h e had th e c o u rag e to kill him ­
self. S he th o u g h t sh e w ould try m ore
c o n cilia to ry m eth o d s, so, sto p p in g
sh o rt, sh e said m o re g e n tly :
“ You know m y h u sb a n d h a s su ffe red
th ro u g h th e w re tc h e d m a rria g e of his
only son. You know how d e ep ly we
b oth feel th is d isg ra c e , a n d y e t you
w ould a d d — ’’
U nderw ood lau g h ed m ockingly.
"W hy should I c o n sid e r y o u r hus­
b a n d 's fe e lin g s ? ” h e cried . “ H e d id n ’t
c o n sid e r m in e w hen he m a rrie d you.”
S uddenly b en d in g fo rw a rd ,
e v e ry
n e rv e te n s e , he c o n tin u e d h o a rse ly :
“A licia, I tell you I’m d e sp e ra te . I ’m
hem m ed In on all sid e s by c re d ito rs .
You know w h a t yo u r frie n d s h ip — y our
p a tro n a g e m e a n s?
If you d ro p m e
now , y o u r frie n d s w ill follow — th e y ’re
a lo t of sh e e p led by you—a n d w hen
m y c re d ito rs h e a r of m e th e y ’ll be
dow n on m e like a flock of w olves.
I’m n o t a b le to m ak e a s e ttle m e n t.
P riso n s ta r e s m e in th e face."
G lancing a ro u n d a t th e h an d so m e
fu rn ish in g s, A licia re p lie d c a re le ss ly :
“I’m n o t re sp o n sib le fo r y o u r w rong­
doing. I w a n t to p ro te c t m y frie n d s.
If th e y a re a lot of sh e e p , a s you say,
th a t is p re c ise ly w hy I sh o u ld w a rn
th em . T h ey h a v e Im p licit confidence
In m e. You h a v e borro w ed th e ir m on­
ey, c h e a te d th em a t c a rd s, s to le n from
th em . Y our a c q u a in ta n c e w ith m e has
given th em th e o p p o rtu n ity . B ut now
I've found you out. I re fu s e a n y long­
e r to sa c rifice m y frie n d s , m y self-re-
p ect, m y se n se ot d e ce n cy .” A ngrily
sh e c o n tin u e d : "Y ou th o u g h t you could
bluff m e. Y ou’ve a d o p te d th is cow ­
a r d ’s w ay of fo rc in g m e to re c e iv e
you a g a in s t m y w ill.
W ell, y o u ’ve
failed. 1 will n o t sa n c tio n y o u r ro b ­
b ing m y frie n d s. I w ill n o t allow you
to sell th em a n y m ore of y o u r high-
p riced ru b b ish , o r p e rm it you to c h e a t
th em a t c a rd s."
U nderw ood lis te n e d in silen ce. H e
sto o d m o tio n less, w a tc h in g h e r flushed
fa ce a s sh e h e ap e d re p ro a c h e s on him .
S he w as p ra c tic a lly p ro n o u n c in g his
d e a th se n te n c e , y e t h e could not help
th in k in g how p re tty sh e looked. W hen
e h a d finished he said n o th in g , bu t,
going to his d esk , he open ed a sm all
d ra w e r a n d took o u t a rev o lv er.
A licia reco iled , frig h te n ed .
" W h a t a re you going to d o ? ” sh e
cried .
U nderw ood sm iled b itte rly ,
“ Oh, d o n ’t be a fra id . I w o u ld n ’t do
it w hile you a re h ere. In sp ite of all
you’ve said to m e, I still th in k too
m uch of you fo r th a t.” R e p la cin g th e
pistol In th e d ra w e r, he a d d e d : "A licia,
If you d e s e rt m e now . y o u 'll be so rry
to th e d a y of y o u r d e a th .”
H is v isito r looked a t him in silence.
T hen, c o n te m p tu o u sly , sh e sa id :
(TO B E C O N T IN U E D .)
Came as Pleasant Change
b o r; c e rta in ly th e ty p e w ritte n le tte r
Is a g re a t c o n v en ien ce and com fort,
a n d still I do th in k th a t It w ould pay
a b u sin e ss m an o c ca sio n ally to w rite
a le tte r w ith his ow n han d . It w ould
p lea se h is c u sto m e r, I do b eliev e, to
re c e iv e such a l e tte r th a t w as obvi­
ously a p e rso n a l co m m u n icatio n .
I
know th a t su c h a le tte r p lea se d m e.”
Sameness.
" T h e re 1* a c e rta in sa m e n e ss a b o u t
n a tu ra l s c e n e ry ,” said th e m an w ho
look* bored.
“Do you m ean to c o m p a re a m ag ­
n ific en t m o u n ta in w ith th e b ro a d ex­
p a n se of th e s e a ? ”
"Y ea. W h e re v e r you find a sp o t of
e x ce p tio n a l b e a u ty som ebody Is su re
to d e c o ra te i t w ith s a rd in e tin s and
b isc u it b o x e s."— W a sh in g to n S ta r.
Uncle Ezra Saya:
"D on’t fo rg it th e t je d g m e n t d a y la
e v 'ry d a y on th e p a rt uv y o u r sharp*
ey ed n e ig h b o r."— B oston H e rald .