was asleep, yet considered 1t strange prom ptly aent for the pollca.
TRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
4 7 0 0 A CR ES W ITHDRAWN.
Land
U nder
Colum bia
S o u th ern
P ro je c t A cted O n.
Salem — W ithdraw al o f 4,700 acres
under th e d efu n ct C olum bia Southern
p ro ject waa agreed to by th e D esert
Land board, e x p iratio n on th is being
due shortly.
The board took th is ste p to p ro tect
th e land a g ain a t being throw n open
fo r e n try and to give th e Oregon
W ashington F inance company, which
is a tte m p tin g to place th e old p roject
on its feet, a b e tte r chance.
R ep resen tativ es of th e Oregon-
W ashfngton F inance com pany rep o rt
th a t they a re m aking ex cellen t pro
gress tow ard financing th e plan, and
w hile they may not com plete th e ir
efforts successfully before th e tim e
lim it expires, they believe they can do
the work w ithin a reasonable tim e and
place th e pro ject on its feet.
T his seg reg atio n em braces 27,000
acres in Crook county on the W est
side o f th e D eschutes riv e r n ear I,aid-
law. The segregation w as orig in ally
m ade on b eh alf of th e T hree S iste rs
Irrig a tio n company, w hich proposed to
reclaim the lands from th e re g u la r
flow o f Tum alo creek.
T his company
subsequently
as
signed its in te re sts to th e Colum bia
Southern Irrig a tio n com pany, which
in tu rn tra n sfe rre d them to th e Co
lum bia Southern Irrig a tin g company
The company sold w a te r rig h ts for
17,929 acres inside th e seg reg atio n
and 1,360 acres outside.
I t was soon
discovered, how ever, th a t th e re g u la r
flow o f Tum alo creek w as sufficient
fo r only a b o u t 2,000 acres, and as a
re su lt th e board endeavored to have
the com pany com plete a sto rag e plan
fo r th e reclam ation o f lands, b u t the
company refused, a receiv er w as ap
pointed and a s u it w as commenced to
cancel th e com pany’s co n tract, b u t in
th is th e s ta te lost.
O REG O N HEN EN R O U TE.
Poultry
D em onstration C a r to Be
8 e n t O u t April I.
O regon A g ricu ltu ra l College, Cor
vallis— A new a c tiv ity o f th e ex te n
sion division o f th e O regon A gricul
tu ra l college is about to be launched,
when a poultry dem onstration c a r is
sen t out, to trav el over th e Southern
Pacific lines.
In consultation w ith A ssista n t Gen
eral F re ig h t A g en t L ounsberry, and
S ta te S u p erin ten d en t o f Schools A b ler
man, P ro f. H etzel, d irecto r o f e x te n
sion a t th e college w ill m ake o u t the
itin e ra ry o f th e car, and a rra n g e to
have th e school children in each town
w here th e c a r stops dism issed fo r th a t
day, th a t th e y m ay a tte n d th e lectu res
and dem onstrations.
The c a r w ill a rriv e in C orvallis
about M arch 16, and Prof. Ja m e s Dry-
den, o f th e college, w ill equip it,
probably u sin g much o f th e m aterial
shown in th e egg production ex h ib it
a t th e close o f fa rm e rs’ w eek.
D ur
ing th e trip , C. C. Lam b, forem an of
th e college poultry p lan t, w ith an
a ssista n t, w ill be in charge, and will
d eliv er th e lectures.
The Southern
Pacific railro ad has agreed to carry
the car w ith o u t expense to th e college
over all its lines, atta c h in g it to reg u
la r tra in s, and leaving it a t th e s ta
tions scheduled.
BREW ERS R E JE C T PLAN.
D oubt Practicability o f S chem a to
G row O w n H ops.
P o rtlan d —The b rew ers o f th e U n it
ed S ta te s have decided not to go into
the hopgrow ing business. T he scheme
fath ered by E. Clem ens H u rst to u n ite
th e b rew ers and Pacific C oast hopmen
into a g re a t hop-producing monopoly
has fallen by th e wayBide, lik e so
m any o th e r schem es designed to put
the hum ble hopgrow er o u t o f business.
A t a m eetin g of th e U n ited S ta te s
R rew era’ association, held in New
York C ity recently, the H o rst p roject
w as tu rn ed down, as not p ractical
from a b re w e r’s standpoint. It is said
th ere w as much u n favorable com m ent
a t th e m eetin g on th e m nnner in
w hich th e nam es o f leading brew ers
w ere used w ith o u t a u th o rity in try in g
to fu rth e r the movem ent.
R oad to Ashland to Be Built.
K lam ath Falla— I t is expected th a t
th e much talk ed o f and badly needed
good road betw een Ashland and this
city will become a re a lity n e x t sum
m er. W ork on th e K lam ath portion
o f the road w ill be commenced as soon
as th e w e a th e r is favorable. Jackson
county w ill im prove the highw ay from
th e K lam ath county line to Ashland.
Much work w as done la st y ear on the
road betw een Keno and th e county
line, and a wagon bridge has been
b u ilt across the K lam ath R iver near
the old ford.
9
Laksvlew to G st D epot.
L akeview —The N evada-C alifom ia
O regon railro ad will soon commence
erection of a larg e passenger statio n
a t th e foot o f C en ter stre e t.
Pressed
brick and stone m aterials w ill be used.
G eneral M anager Dunaway says th is
will be one o f th e finest statio n s on
th e line, th e cost will be about $15,-
000. In addition to th e tra in m a ste r's
office, th e u p sta irs offices w ill be used
by th e d is tric t sup erin ten d en t.
This
will be a term in al point for many
y ears and alw ays will be a division
poinL th e railroad men say.
W O O D RA T8 BLAMED.
P orcupine* A lto S aid to Ba D amag
ing Valley T im b er.
C ottage Grove — No positive clews
have been obtain ed as y e t as to w hat
m anner of anim al is doing the m y ste r
ious dam age to th e tim b e r on the
S torey-B racher tra c t, n e a r here. The
guesses vary from a w oodpecker to a
rokarebor, and include pine squirrels,
wood beavers, w oodrats, goats, pocket
gophers, w orm s, sidehill augurs, fly
ing squirrels, m ountain beaver and
porcupines. The m a jo rity o f opinions
seems to be th a t it is e ith e r w oodrats
or porcupines. A pecu liar fe a tu re ¡ b
th a t b u t few porcupines have ever
been seen in th is county.
Those who believe w oodrats are do
ing the work say th e ir n ests will e ith e r
be found in th e tops o f th e tre e s o r in
mounds n ear the base o f th e trees.
None o f these indications have as y e t
been found in th is instance.
Those who believe it is th e w ork of
porcupines say th a t th e porkys usually
will be found in th e tops of trees in
which they a re w orking and believe
th a t the p ests w ill be found hiding in
some o f th e big tre e s which, on ac
count o f th e ir g re a t h e ig h t and thick
foliage, would afford ideal hiding
places. Only one person has reported
having seen any porcupine w ork in
th is country before, and he rep o rts
th a t he had some f r u it tre e s de
stroyed.
A SSIST IN G H ORSE B REED ERS
Animal H usbandry D ep artm en t at C ol
lege Listing S ale Animals.
O regon A g ric u ltu ra l College, C or
vallis— P rof. E. L. P o tte r, of th e an i
mal husbandry d e p a rtm e n t o f th e Ore
gon A g ricu ltu ra l college, in his cap a
city of se c re ta ry o f th e S ta te Stallion
R eg istratio n board, has issued to all
ow ners o f stallio n s o r jack s in the
sta te a le tte r in w hich he offers to
keep on file in th e office o f th e board a
lis t of all such anim als as are fo r sale,
provided th a t they a re properly re g is
tered. The purpose o f th e board in
estab lish in g th is lis t o f reg istered an
im als for sale is to encourage still fu r
th e r th e ra isin g o f w ell-bred horses.
From tim e to tim e in the p ast th ere
have been inquiries as to a place of
purchase by men in te re ste d in breed
ing good anim als. A lready th e board
has a list o f considerable size from
which prospective p urchasers may
choose. The service to both buyer
and Beller is e n tire ly w ith o u t fee.
NEW O F F IC E FAVORED.
A rgum ent fo r Aid to G overnor to Be
P rin ted in P am phlet
Salem —G iving as th e proposed o r
d er of succession under th e prospec
tiv e constitu tio n al am endm ent c re a t
ing the office o f lie u te n a n t governor as
governor, lie u te n a n t governor, p resi
d en t protem o f the se n a te and then
sp eak er o f th e house and u rg in g th a t
the am endm ent w ill p rev en t th e secre
tary o f s ta te from holding tw o offices
a t the sam e tim e, th e arg u m en t in
favor of c re a tin g th is office w as filed
w ith the se cretary of s ta te .
T his a rg u m en t w ill be p rin te d in
the in itia tiv e and referendum pam ph
le t to go before th e people a t th e n ex t
general election.
S teelh ead Run Im proving.
A sto ria— D uring th e p a st few days
th e run o f steelheads th a t had dropped
down to alm ost n othing has increased
m aterially and fairly good catches
have been m ade, th e b est hauls being
m ade in th e bay alm ost opposite the
city. On account of the w a te r being
muddy, th e fish do not a p p ear to go up
th e riv e r as rapidly as usual, b u t are
hanging about in th e bay.
A few
Chinook salmon also a re b eing taken,
and they a re not only o f good size, b u t
also of ex cellen t color and flavor.
K lamath F isherm an N ot W orried
Klarnah Falla— I t is e m b arrassin g
to a fisherm an who w ishes to have his
catch w ith in th e law to have his third
b ite m ake the s trin g exceed th e m ax i
mum allowance. Ja m e s Stevens w ent
fishing on Link R iver and cau g h t two
rainbow tro u t and one steelhead, which
when w eighed pulled th e scale to 20)
pounds. The law lim its th e catch to
20 pounds. R ut as th e th ird fish did
not tell S tevens his w e ig h t before
being pulled out, S te v e n s’ friends
hold th a t he should not be blam ed for
catch in g too larg e a fish.
R ost b u rg A ccepts O ffer.
R oseburg—A t a m eetin g o f citizens
held a t th e Com m ercial club, Secre
tary Schlosser waa in stru cted to n otify
Arnold Doyle, o f Spokane, W ash.,
th a t his offer had been accepted and
th a t a bonus o f $60,000 w ould be g u a r
anteed by the city of R oseburg in the
event he b u ilt a railroad from here to
the coast. The g u a ra n te e is condi
tional, how ever, and Mr. Doyle m ust
prove to the p resid en ts o f the Rose
b u rg hanks th a t his company is capable
of building the road before R oseburg’s
offer will be reduced to w ritin g .
G ctM ge G rova G range Now L eads.
C o ttag e Grove— By the ta k in g in of
nearly 40 m em bers recently. C ottage
Grove G range o utdistanced E vening
S ta r G range a t P ortland, until then
la rg e st in th e s ta te , and the local
g range now bears th a t proud d istin c
tion. T here waa a larg e atten d an ce
of G rangers from the surrounding
country and an all-day session was
Oil C om pany Will S e a rc h .
A lbany— H aving leased 2,941 acres held, w ith din n er a t noon.
in Southern Linn county, th e C a lifo rn
Many H u n ters' L icenses Issued
ia Oil company w ill m ake ex ten siv e
operatio n s in searching for oil.
The
Pendleton
O ver 260 h u n tin g and
land is situ a te d seven m iles e a st of fishing licenses have already been is
H arrisb u rg .
The company in its sued th is y ear in U m atilla county.
leases agrees to pay the ow ners o f the T his is more than tw o and one-half
land a royalty of one-eighth o f all oil tim es th e num ber issued d u rin g the
n r o th e r m ineral product* discovered. first two m onths o f 1911. The g re a te r
The com pany also ag rees to begin num ber o f licenses is a ttrib u te d to the
w ork w ith in th re e years, and if it increased a c tiv ity on th e p a rt o f the
does not do to m ust pay ren tal.
deputy gam e w ardens.
R lrgle T a* i t Big L o ser.
New E ra — A t one of th e most en
th u sia stic m eetings ev er held by the
W arn er G range, over 100 member*
p resen t unanim ously indicated th e ir
opposition to the single-tax idea.
S tation at Fry to Have S h ed .
Salem The S ta te R ailroad com m is
sion has been advised th a t th e S outh
ern Pacific has agreed to th e construc
tion o f a sh e lte r shed a t F ry, a sta tio n
n e a r A lbany.
I
W hat W as th e Good of R egrets?
By t t a
th a t he should have selected so un tim e H ow ard reached the m ain en
com fortable a place. Then It occurred tran ce he was lutercepted by a mob
to him th a t he might be 111. Shaking too num erous to resist.
him by the shoulder, be cried:.
T hings certainly looked black for
“Hey, Underwood, w hat’s the m at him. As he sat. w hite and trem bling,
under guard In a corner of the en
ter?”
No response cam e from the pros trance hall, w aiting for the arriv al of
tra te flgure. Howard stooped lower, the police, the valet breathlessly gave
to see better, and accidentally touch the sensational p articulars to the rap
ing U nderwood's face, found It clam idly grow ing crowd of curious on
my and wet. He held bis hand up in lookers. He had taken his UBual Sun
the m oonlight and saw th a t It waa day out and on retu rn in g home at
covered w ith blood. H orror-stricken, m idnight, as was his custom , he had
let him self In with his latchkey. To
he cried:
"My God!
H e’s bleeding—he’s his astonishm ent he had found th is
man, the prisoner, about to leave the
h u rt!"
W hat had happened? An accident prem ises. H is m anner and rem arks
—or w orse? Quickly he felt the m an's w ere so peculiar th a t they a t once
pulse. It had ceased to b e a t U nder aroused his suspicion. He (lurried Into
the ap artm en t and found his m aster
wood w as dead.
F or a m om ent H oward w as too lying dead on the floor in a pool of
much overcom e by his discovery to blood. In his hurry the assassin had
know w hat to think or do. W hat dropped his revolver, which was lying
dreadful tragedy could have hap n ear the corpse. As far as he could
see, nothing had been taken from the
pened? Carefully groping along the
m antelpiece, be a t last found the elec ap artm en t. Evidently the m an was
tric button and turned on the light. disturbed a t his work and, when sud
There, stretch ed out on th e floor, lay denly surprised, had made th e bluff
Underwood, with a bullet hole in his th a t he w as calling on Mr. U nder
left tem ple, from which blood had wood. They had got th e rig h t man,
flowed freely down on bis full-dress th a t was certain. He was caught red-
shirt. It w as a ghastly sight. The handed, and in proof of w hat he said,
the valet pointed to H ow ard’s right
m an's w hite, set face, covered w ith
a crim son stream , m ade a repulsive hand, w hich was still covered w itb
spectacle. On th e floor n ear the body blood.
“How te rrib le !” exclaim ed a woman
was a highly polished revolver, still
bystander, averting her face. “So
smoking.
H ow ard’s first supposition was th a t young, to o !”
“It's all a m istake, I tell you. It’s
burglars had entered the place and
th a t Underwood had been killed while all a m istake,” cried Howard, alm ost
defending his property. He rem em panic-stricken. "I'm a friend of Mr.
bered now th a t In his drunken sleep U nderw ood's.”
“Nice friend!" sneered an onlooker
he had heard voices In angry a lterca
"T ell th a t to the police,” laughed
tion. Y et why hadn’t he called for
assistan ce? Perhaps he had and be another.
"O r to the m arines!" cried a third.
hadn’t heard him.
“It’s the chair for hls’n !” opined a
He looked a t the clock, and was
surprised to find it w as not yet mid fourth.
By this tim e th e main en tran ce hall
night. He believed It was a t least
five o'clock In the m orning. It was w as crowded w ith people, tenants
evident th a t Underwood had never and passersby attra c te d by the un
gone to bed. The shooting had oc w onted commotion. A scandal In high
curred eith e r while th e angry dispute life Is alw ays caviare to the sensa
was going on or a fte r the unknown tion seeker. Everybody excitedly in
visitor had departed. The b arrel of quired of his neighbor:
"W hat is It? W hat’s th e m a tte r? ”
the revolver was still warm, showing
P resently the ra ttle of w heels was
th a t It could only have been dis
charged a few m om ents before. Sud heard and a heavy vehicle driven furi
denly it flashed upon him th a t U nder ously, drew up a t the sidew alk with
wood m ight have com m itted suicide. a jerk. It was the police patrol
But It was useless to stan d there wagon, and In it w ere th e captain of
theorizing. Som ething m ust be done. th e p recinct and a half dozen police
He m ust alarm the hotel people or men and detectives. The crowd
call the police. He felt him self tu rn pushed forw ard to get a b e tte r view
hot and cold by turn as he realized of the burly rep resen tativ es of the
the serious predicam ent In which he law as, full of authority, they elbowed
him self was placed. If he aroused th eir way uncerem oniously through
th e hotel people they would find him th e throng. Pointing to the leader, a
here alone with a dead man. Suspi big m an In plain clothes, w ith a
cion would at once be directed a t him, square, determ ined jaw and a bulldog
and It m ight be very difficult for him face, they w hispered one to an o th er:
“T h a t’s Capt. Clinton, chief of tbe
to establish his innocence. Who would
believe th a t he could have fallen precinct. H e's a terror. It’ll go hard
asleep in a bed while a man killed w ith any prisoner he g ets in bis
him self in the sam e room ? It sounded clu tch es!”
preposterous. The w isest course for
Followed by his uniform ed m yr
him would be to get aw ay before any midons, the police official pushed his
body came.
way to the co rn er w here s a t Howard,
Quickly he picked up his h a t and dazed and trem bling, and still guard
made for the door. J u s t as he was ed by the valet and elevator boys.
about to lay hand on the handle there
“W hat’s th e m atter h ere?” dem and
was the click of a latchkey. Thus ed the captain gruffly, and looking
headed off, and not knowing w hat to from F erris to the w hite-faced How
do, he halted in painful suspense. ard. The v alet eagerly told his story:
The door opened and a man entered.
“I cam e home a t m idnight, sir, and
He looked as surprised to see How found my m aster, Mr. R obert U nder
ard as the la tte r was to see him. He wood, lying dead In the apartm ent,
was clean-shaven and neatly dressed, shot through the head." P ointing to
yet did not look the gentlem an. His H oward, he added: "T his m an was
appearance was ra th e r th a t of a serv in the ap artm en t trying to g et away.
ant. All these details flashed before You see his hand Is still covered with
H ow ard’s mind before he blurted out: blood."
“Who the devil are you?"
Capt. C linton chuckled, and expand
The m an looked astonished a t the ing his m ighty ch est to its fullest,
question and eyed his Interlocutor licked his chops w ith satisfaction.
closely, as if In doubt as to his identi T his w as the opportunity he had been
ty.
In a cockney accent he said looking for—a sensational m urder in
loftily:
a big ap artm en t hotel, rig h t in the
“I am F erris, Mr. U nderwood's man, very h e a rt of his precinct!
N othing
sir.”
Suspiciously, he added: "Are could be m ore to his liking. It w as a
you a friend of Mr. Underwood's, sir? ” rich m an's m urder, the b est kind
He m ight well ask the question, for to a ttra c t atten tio n to him self. The
H ow ard's disheveled appearance and sensational new spapers would be full
ghastly face, still distorted by terror, of th e case. They would p rin t col
was anything but reassuring. Taken um ns of stuff every day, to g eth er with
by surprise, H oward did not know his p ortrait. T h at w as Just the kind
w hat to say, and like m ost people of publicity he needed now th a t he
questioned a t a disadvantage, he a n was wire-pulling for an inspectorship.
sw ered foolishly:
They had caught the man "w ith the
"M atter? No. W hat m akes you | goods’ —th a t w as very clear.
He
think anything is the m atter?"
prom ised him self to atten d to the
B rushing past the man, he added: rest. Conviction w as w hat he was
" It’s late. I'm going.”
after. H e'd see th a t no trick y law yer
"Stop a m in u te!” cried the man got th e best of him. Concealing, as
servant.
T here w as som ething In well as he could, his satisfaction, he
H ow ard's m anner th at he did not like. drew him self up and, with blustering
Passing quickly Into the sittin g room, show of authority, im m ediately took
he called out: "Stop a m inute!" But com m and of the situation. T urning
Howard did not stop. T erro r gave to a police serg ean t a t his side, he
him wings and, w ithout w aiting for said:
the elevator, he w as already half way
"M aloney, th is fellow may have had
down th e first stairca se when ne an accom plice. T ake four officers and
heard shouts behind him.
w atch every exit from the hotel. Ar
"M urder!
Stop thief!
Stop that re s t anybody attem pting to leave the
man! Stop th a t m an!"
building. P u t two officers to w atch
T here w as a rush of feet and hum the Are escapes. Send one m an on
of voices, which m ade Howard run the roof. G o!"
all the faster. He leaped down four
“Yes, sir," replied the serg ean t, as
steps a t a tim e In his anxiety to get he turned aw ay to execute the order.
away. B ut it w as no easy m atter de
Capt. C linton gave two strid e s for
scending so many flights of stairs. It w ard, and catching Howard by the col
took him several m inutes to reach the lar. jerked blm to his feet.
“Now, young feller, you come with
m ain floor.
By th is tim e th e whole hotel was me! W e ll go u p stairs and have a
aroused. Telephone calls had quick look a t th e dead m an.”
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
ly w arned the atten d an ts, who had
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^CHARLES KLEIN
ARTHUR°HORNBLOW
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY W ALTER^
IDPYIWGWT, 1909, t Y G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
SYNOPSIS.
H o w a r d Jeffries, b a n k e r 's son, u n d e r
t h e evil Influe nce o f H u b e rt U n d e rw o o d ,
a f e l l o w - s t u d e n t a t Y ale , l e a d s a life of
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 fa th e r. H e trie s to g et w o rk
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
a b u s i n e s s p r o p o s iti o n to H o w a r d w h ic h
r e q u i r e s $ 11,000 r a s h , a n d H o w a r d Is b r o k e .
R o b ert U nderw ood, w ho
bud
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 , In b i s
college d a y s , a n d b a d once b ee n e n g a g e d
to
A licia.
H o w a rd 's
stepm other,
has
a p a r t m e n t s a t t h e A s t r u r l a . a n d is a p
p aren tly
In
prosperous
circum stances.
H o w a r d r e c a l l s a |2o0 l o a n t o U n d e r w o o d ,
t h a t r e m a i n s u n p u t d . a n d d e c i d e s tit 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 ,
ta k in g a d v a n ta g e o f bis in tim a c y
w ith
M rs. J e ffrie s , Sr., b e c o m e s a s o r t o f s o cia l
h i g h w a y m a n . D i s c o v e r i n g Ill s t r u e c h a r
a c t e r site d e n i e s hlin t h e h o u s e .
Alli -la
re c e iv es u note front U n d e rw o o d , t h r e a t
e n i n g su ic id e . S h e d e c id e s to g o a n d se e
h i m . H e Is In d e s p e r a t e f i n a n c i a l s t r a i t s
A r t d e a l e r s f o r w lti ttn h e b u s b e e n a c t i n g
as c o m m i s s i o n e r , d e m a n d a n a c c o u n t i n g .
H e c a n n o t m a k e good.
H o w a r d Jeffries
c a l l s In n 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 $2.000 a n d I s t o l d b y t h e
l a t t e r t h a t h e i s In d e b t u p t o h i s e y e s .
H o w a r d d rin k s h im s e lf Into a m a u d lin
condition, a n d goes to sleep on a divan.
A c a l l e r Is a n n o u n c e d a n d U n d e r w o o d
draw s
a
screen
around
th e
drunken
sleeper.
A licia e n te rs .
She dem ands a
p r o m i s e f r o m l i l m t h a t h e w il l n o t t a k e
h i s li fe, p o i n t i n g t o t h e d i s g r a c e t h a t
w ould a t t a c h to h erself.
U nderw ood re
f u s e s to p r o m i s e u n l e s s s h e w ill r e n e w
her p a t r o n a g e .
CHAPTER VII.—Continued.
"I don't believe you Intend to carry
out your th re a t. 1 Hhould have known
from the first th a t your object was to
frighten me. The pistol display was
highly th eatrical, but It was only a
bluff. You've no m ore Idea of taking
your life than 1 have of taking mine.
I was foolish to come here. I might
have spared m yself the hum iliation of
this clandestine interview .
Good
n ig h t!"
She w ent tow ard th e door. U nder
wood m ade no atte m p t to follow her.
In a hard, stran g e voice, w hich he
scarcely recognized as his own, he
merely said:
•'Is th a t all you have to say?”
"Y es," replied Alicia, as she turned
at the door. "L et It be thoroughly un
derstood th a t your presence a t my
house is not desired. If you force
yourself upon me In any way, you
m ust tak e the consequences."
Underwood bowed, and was silent.
She did not see th e deathly pallor of
his face. Opening the door of the
ap artm en t which led to the hall, she
again turned.
"T ell me. before I go—you didn't
mean w hat you said In your le tte r, did
you ?”
'I'll tell you nothing,” replied Un
derwood doggedly.
She tossed her head scornfully.
"I don't believe th n t a man who Is
coward enough to w rite a le tte r like
th is has the courage to carry out his
th reat." Stuffing th e le tte r back Into
h er bag. she added: “ I should have
throw n It tn the w aste-paper basket,
but on second thoughts, I th in k I'll
keep It. Good night."
G oodnight." echoed Underwood
m echanically.
He w atched h er go down th e long
hallway and disap p ear In the elevator.
Then, sh u ttin g th e door, he came
slowly back Into th e room and sat
down at his desk. For ten m inutes he
sa t th ere m otionless, his head bent
forward, every limb relaxed. T here
was deep silence, broken only by How
a rd 's reg u lar b reathing and the loud
ticking of th e clock.
"It's all up." be m u ttered to hlmsetf.
" I t’s no use b attling against the tide.
The stro n g est sw im m er m ust go under
some time. I’ve played my la st card
and I've lost. D eath Is b e tte r than
going to Jail. W hat good Is life an y
way w ithout m oney? Ju s t a m om ent's
nerve and It will all be over."
Opening the d raw er tn the desk, he
took out the revolver again. He turned
It over In his hand and regarded fear
fully th e polished surface of the In
stru m en t th a t bridged life and death.
He hml com pletely forgotten H ow ard's
presence In the room. On the th resh
old of a terrib le deed, his thoughts
w ere leagues aw ay. Like a man who
is drow ning, and close to death, ho
saw w ith surprising d istin ctn ess a
kaleidoscopic view of his p ast life. He
saw him self an Innocent, Impulsive
school boy, the pride of a devoted
m other, th e happy hom e w here he
spent his childhood. Then cam e the
association with bad companions, the
first step In wrongdoing, stealing out
of a com rade’s pocket in school, the
death of his m other, leaving hom e—
with dow nw ard progress until he g rad
ually drifted Into his p resen t dishon
est way of living. W hat w as the good
of reg rets? He could not recall his
m other to life. He could never rehab
ilitate him self am ong decent men and
women. The world had suddenly be
come too sm all for him. He m ust go,
and quickly.
Fingering the pistol nervously, he
sat before the m irror and placed It
ag ain st his tem ple. T he cold steel
gave him a sudden shock. He won
dered if It would hurt, and If th ere
would be in stan t oblivion. The glare
of the electric light in the room dis
concerted him. It occurred to him
th a t it would be easier In the dark.
Reaching out his arm , he turned the
electric button, and the room was Im
m ediately plunged Into darkness, ex
cept for th e m oonlight which entered
through the windows, Im parting a
ghostly aspect to th e scene. On the
o th er side of the room, behind the
screen, a red glow from the open fire
fell on th e sleeping form of Howard
Jeffries.
Slowly,
deliberately,
Underwood
raised the pistol to his tem ple and
fired.
CHAPTER VIII.
“Hello! W hat’s th a t? ”
S tartled out of his G argantuan
slum ber by the revolver's loud report,
Howard sa t up w ith a jum p and
rubbed his eyes. On the o th er side
of the screen, concealed from his ob
servation, there w as a heavy crash of
a body falling with a chair—then all
w as quiet.
Scared, not knowing w here he was.
Howard jum ped to his f e e t F or a
m om ent he stood still, try in g to col
lect his senses. It w as too dark to
discern anything plainly, but he could
dimly m ake out outlines of aesth etic
fu rn itu re and bibelots. Ah. he re
m em bered now! H e w as in U nder
wood's apartm ent.
Rubbing his eyes, he tried to recall
how he cam e there, and slowly his be
fuddled brain began to work. H e re
m em bered th a t he needed $2.000. and
th a t he had called on R obert U nder
wood to try and borrow the money.
Yes, he recalled th a t perfectly well.
Then he and Underwood got drinking
and talking, and he had fallen asleep,
lie thought he had heard a woman s
voice—a voice he knew. P erhaps th a t
was only a dream . He m ust have
been asleep some tim e, because the
lights w ere out and. seem ingly, every
body had gone to bed. He w ondered
w hat th e noise which sta rte d him
could have been. Suddenly he heard
a groan. He listened Intently, but all
was still. The silence w as uncanny.
H ospitals.
Now thoroughly frightened, How
The only hospitals in antiquity were
ard cautiously groped his way about, for slaves and soldiers. The rise of
try in g to find the electric button. He hospitals is w rapped In m ystery, but
had no idea w hat tim e It was. It beyond a doubt they a re the product of
m ust be very late. W hat an ass he C hristian teaching.
It Is p retty cer
was to drink so m uch! He w ondered j tain th a t hospitals arose out of the
w hat Annie would say when he didn't ' early hom es for trav elers and the
return. He was a hound to let her | poor.
The institution is clearly of
sit up and worry like that. Well, this eastern origin.
About 270 A. D.
would be a lesson to him —it was the I Hast 11 us founded the fam ous hospital
last tim e he'd ever touch a drop. Of j Caesarea.
S t A ugustine speaks of
course, he had prom ised her the sam e hospitals as being quite new In IDs
thing a hundred tim es before, but this d a ).
In 498-514 Pope Sym m achus
tim e he m eant It. His drinking was built th ree tn Rome.
tn the sixth
alw ays getting him into some fool century th ere was a very large one In
Lyons. In f a c t about th is tim e they
scrape or other.
He w as gradually w orking his way appear all over the pale of C hristen
along th e room, when suddenly he dom.—C hicago E xam iner.
stum bled oTer som ething on the floor
It was a man lying p ro strate. Stoop
An Odious Falsifleation.
ing. he recognised th e flgure.
"A girl gets mad If a young m aa
"W hy—it's U nderw ood!" he ex tries to kiss her," says the Chicago
N ewt. It la an lofamoua l i e —Loo
claimed.
At first he believed bis classm ate Angeles T im e
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Briet
G eneral R esum e o f Im portant Event*
P reserv ed in C ondensed F o rm
fo r O u r Busy R eaders.
T he house has gone on record as
fav o rin g th e eight-hour day in govern
m ent arsenals.
Several thousand m iners have al
ready q u it w ork in th e th reaten ed coal
s trik e in England.
Oregon has been given the first
choice of site s for a s ta te building a t
th e Panam a-Pacific exposition a t San
Francisco.
A braham R uef, convicted political
boss of San Francisco, refuses to te s
tify a g ain st ex M ayor Schm itz in a
b ribery case.
S enator G ardner, of Maine, would
have the governm ent buy in the ex
press com panies and run them in con
junction w ith tho postal dep artm en t.
T exas m ilitiam en guarding the El
Paso electric lig h t p lant w ere fired on
a t n ig h t by p a rtie s concealed behind
box cars, and believed to be M exicans.
A C onnecticut in v e stig a tin g board
finds th a t o f 722 s a m p l e s o f food,
d rin k s and drugs B old in th a t sta te ,
232 w ere ad u lterated .
I t is said th a t on the stre n g th of
an offer m ade by Roosevelt a y ear
ago, when th e Madero revolution in
Mexico was a t its height, he m ig h t
y e t be sen t to the front.
So m any robberies a re occurring in
N ew Y ork th a t society women are
h aving th e ir jew els placed in safety
v au lts and a re w earing bogus dupli
cates o f them .
F ire destroyed the upper th ree floors
o f th e old G ilm an hotel, a t the south
e a s t corner of F ir s t and A lder stre e ts,
P ortland.
One man w as killed by
ju m p in g and an o th er died from ex cite
m ent and frig h t.
A woman a t Los A ngeles, seeing a
b u rg la r helping him self to jew elry
and valuables from her bureau, g ra b
bed a pillow and attack ed him so en er
g etically th a t he w as com pletely ro u t
ed and forced to jum p from a second-
story window.
P resid en t T a f t would have an a rb i
tra tio n tre a ty w ith G erm any.
Am id m any p a tro itic dem onstrations
Ita ly is p rep arin g to annex T ripoli.
San Francisco is considering the in
tro d u c tio n of m oving pictures in the
public schools.
P resid en t T a ft does not approve
the proposed governm ent ow nership of
teleg rap h lines.
Spokane has begun an “ open-shop”
cam paign by reducing th e w ages of
p a in te rs from $5 to $4.
P lan s have been com pleted fo r the
introduction in p arliam en t o f th e new
home rule bill fo r Ireland.
The [N ational Cash R eg ister com
pany, o f D ayton, Ohio, has been in d ict
ed fo r violation of th e a n ti-tru s t law s.
One ship w as sunk and m any m ore
driven ashore by a fierce gale th a t
sw ep t New Y ork and the N orth A tlan
tic coast.
By an explosion and fire in an O kla
homa coal m ine, e ig h t men w ere killed
and m any others im prisoned in the
m ine, all o f whom may perish.
PO RTLBN D
M ARKETS.
W h eat—T rack p ric e s: R luestem , 89
@ 90c; club, 86(387c; red R ussian,
86c; valley, 86(387c; forty-fold, 86(g)
87c.
M illstuffs— B ran, $20(322 per to n ;
shorts, $22@21; m iddlings, $30.
Corn— N ew, whole, $34; cracked,
$35 per ton.
H ay— No. 1 E astern O regon tim
othy, $16(0)16; No. 1 valley, $13(0)14;
a lfa lfa , $13; clover, $9; g rain hay,
$ 10 @ 11 .
O ats—No. 1 w hite, $32.50(0)33 ton.
C ranberries, $10(0)11.50 per barrel.
P otatoes — B uying p ric e s: B ur
banks, $1.16(01.60 per hundred.
V egetables — A rtichokes, $1.25 per
dozen; cabbage, l j c per pound; g a r
lic, 8(310c; hothouse lettuce, 60(376c
per box; pum pkins, l}(ri2c per pound;
rhubarb, $30(3.50 per box; spinach,
$1(0)1.25 per box; sprouts, 8c; squash.
IK "2 c per pound; tu rn ip s, $ 1 ( 3 1.10
per sack ; ru tab ag as, $1(01.10; c a r
rots, $l(g)1.10; parsnips, $1(0)1.10;
beets, $1.25.
O n io n s— A ssociation price, $2.50
per sack.
A p p le s— Yellow N ew tow ns, $2(0»
2.60 per box; S pitzenbergs. $1.7607 3;
B aldw in, $1.50oi2; Ben D avis, $loi
1.75; Red Cheek P ippins, $2(32.60;
Gano, $ 10 ( 1 . 76 .
B u tte r — O regon cream ery, solid
pack, 36c; p rin ts, ex tra.
E ggs— Fresh O regon ranch, candled,
20fg)21c per dozen.
P o rk — Fancy, 8J(39c Per pound.
V eal— Fancy, 13(314c per pound.
P o u ltry —H ens, 17c; springs, I60('
16c; ducks, 170i)17ic; geese, 80(10c;
L eavss It to Her Judgm ent.
tu rk ey s, live. 16c; dressed. 200(2lc.
"Am I the first gtri you ever
Hops— 1911 crop. 38c; olds, nom in
kissed r ask s the fair young thing a l; 1912 contracts, 250; 26c.
from the refuge of hts shoulder.
Wool— E astern Oregon, 14(316c per
“W ell,” he replies, "after the way pound; valley,
1 6 o jl7 c;
m ohair,
my arm Just naturally slipped around choice, 300i.35c.
j your w aist as you unconsciously leaned
C attle— Choice steers,
$6(36.65;
tow ard me, and my fingers tilted your good, $5.75oi6; choice cows, $5oi)
| cbtn as you unconsciously lifted your 6.60; good, $4.750(5; choice spayed
I head, and 1 bent forw ard w here your h eifers, $5.35o>5.60; good to choice
lips w ere w aiting, and d id n 't get the h eifers, $50(5.25; choice bulls, $4.25
kies eith er on your nose or your c h tn ,. (3)4.60; good, $4(u4.25; choice calves,
but w bere It belonged—afte r th at, and » 8 ^ 8 .6 0 ; good. $6.75(37.
with the knowledge of the subject | H ogs—Choice lig h t hogs, $6.60(3
which you have displayed, 1 shall say 6.76; smooth heavy hogs. $5.76(36;
nothing, except th a t I leave the ques rough heavy, $5.60(36.75.
tion to your own Ju d g m en t"—Life.
I Sheep — Choice yearlings, $4.6002
4.75; choice tw os and th rre s, $3.90(3
4.26; choice k illin g ew es, $4.10(3
Slightly M isquoted.
4.60; culls, $2.50(33.25; choice grain-
8h e— "Did I understand you to say fed lam bs, $5.60(a6.60; choice sp rin g
th a t your friend. Mr. Need*, was lamb*, $4.750(5;
good to choice
th irstin g for glory?” He— "W ell, not lam bs, $4.600(4.76;
f a ir to good
exactly. I said he had a glorious lam bs, $4.25(>i 4.60; cull lam bs, $3.75
t h i r s t ”—Tlt-BUs.
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