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NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK House Agrees With Senate to Sell Two Battleships Oregon Compensation A c t Is Operative July First Washington, D. C. — The bill em bodying the administration pro|>o3ul to sell the battleships Idaho and Missis Salem — When the workmen’s com then started compiling a complete list sippi to Greece, already approved by pensation act becomes fully operative of employers who woudld be affected. the senate, was passed by the house by July 1, approximately 4000 employers For several months two members of the commission and three auditors a vote o f 174 to 87. One dreadnaught and 40,000 workmen will come under have been traveling throughout the will be built with the proceeds. its provisions, according to Commis state and the commission has in its The action o f the house allows the sioners Beckwith, Marshall and Bab offices in Salem a formidable list of house managers in conference to agree cock. It is estimated that this will be industries with details regarding the Oregon pioneers held their Forty to the senate amendment, with alter about 85 per cent o f the employers of location o f plants, nature o f business, second annual reunion in Portland. ations providing specific appropria Oregon to which the act will be direct number o f men employed, average Santa Clara, the first private ship tions for the new dreadnaught, which ly applicable, and a little more than 90 daily wage and other data. has passed through the Panama canal Information regarding hospitals, lo will cost $7,800,000 exclusive of arm per cent of all the workmen engaged cation, capacity, number o f nurses, Pastors at St. Johns, Or., condemn ament. The proposal provides imme in industries subject to the act. The daily mail of the State Indus physicians, equipment, etc., that will the film depicting “ The House of diate funds of $2,635,000 to begin Bondage” story. work on the vessel as soon as the sale trial Accident commission, which is be necessary in the administration of charged with the administration of the the first-aid provisions also has been A new dance called "Lulufardo" has is completed. Secretary Daniels issued this state law, during the past month has fur compiled. been introduced in New York. It is of nished evidence of the growth o f fa A fter July 1 the accounting depart ment: Portuguese origin. “ This is a splendid thing for the vorable sentiment toward the measure, ment will employ five persons— three About 400 bookkeepers, one general clerk and one John F. Weyerhaeuser succeeds his navy and I am naturally much grati the commissioners say. father as president of the Weyerhaeu fied that the hoUBe concurred with the employers who had previously reject stenographer— whose duties it will be ser Timber company. senate in accetping the department’ s ed the act filed written notice o f their to keep the accounts of all contribu recommendation and thus taking ad intention to come under its protection tors to the industrial accident fund. The British steamer Hynford The compensation law be It will be necessary, the commissioners vantage o f this unusual opportunity. July 1. ashore at Tregazpi, Philippine Islands, In the stead o f these two vessels the came effective after its indorsement say, to keep 4000 independent ledger and is in dangerous condition. navy will obtain a super-dreadnaught by the people at the last general elec records, showing the amounts of con Washington government officials of the most advanced type, such as tion, and the commission attmepted to tributions by employer and workman, characterize the Mexican mediation the Pennsylvania, and not unequal to put it into immediate operation. In a expenditures for first aid, time lost, situation as extremely delicate. four vessels of the type o f the Missis test case the Supreme court held that and, in case o f death, the amount set the insurance features were not oper aside to guarantee payment o f pen Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo sippi or Idaho. The commission sions. “ This ship will carry a main battery ative until July 1. asks congress for more authority in o f 12 14-inch guns, as against the seeking out income tax dodgers. eight 12J-inch guns by the Mississippi A Japanese aviator in Los Angeles, and the Idaho combined. She will to avoid service o f a li'en on his ma have a speed o f 20.5 knots, as com chine, took to the air and escaped. pared with the maximum o f 17.17 Colonel Roosevelt is attacked by a knots attained by the Mississippi and bad chill in England as a direct result Idaho. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- rapidly and the juice bottled as soon as “ Through the concentration o f her o f jungle fever contracted in the wilds big guns in four turrets and use o f oil vallis— Loganberries, that are now be- the desired temperature is reached, of Brazil. The second method employs two for fuel she will require a crew of ginning to ripen on the vine, make one Frederick Augustus Heinze, copper about 800 men, whereas each o f the of the most excellent juices for bever- pounds of sugar per gallon of juice or man, once reported as multi-million old ships required a crew o f 700 men. age and flavoring purposes of any of one measure o f sugar for three meas aire, is reported dying at his home in “ Battleship No. 39 has not yet been the fruits and berries o f the Coast. An ures o f juice, and gives an excellent New York. named and this year’s naval appropri extended series of experiments con tart juice. This should be heated to Harry C. Baseler, of St. Louis, ex ation bill authorizes the construciton ducted by Professor C. I. Lewis, head 212 degrees and bottled as soon as the paying teller o f the Third National of two new battleships, which, with o f the Horticultural department, O. A. temperature is reached. This juice is bank, sentenced June 11, 1913, to five this new ship will total four unchrist C., showed that there are several d if especially good in water ices. The third plan is the use of five years’ imprisonment for embezzling ened young leviathans. Therefore, on ferent methods that give very excel $16,000 from the bank, has obtained this coming Fourth of July Uncle Sam lent results but that a few are decided pounds of sugar per gallon of juice This plan gave a his freedom. will have the pleasing paternal duty o f ly superior to the others. Results without heating. secured in these experimental tests in clear, bright red juice that was very General Carranza has advised V illa’s choosing names for his first set of dicate that there are two ways by attractive to the eye. The flavor of agent at El Paso, Tex., that the diffi quadruplets.” which the true flavor of the logan this juice was not so distinct as that culty between himself and Villa has berry can best be preserved. with which heat was used, but it was been adjusted by Carranza giving his Bryan Defends Wording The first o f these is by the use of very superior. permission to Villa to proceed south to of Recent New Treaty small amounts o f sugar in connection Great care is necessary in bottling Mexico City. with heating the juice to a tempera juice that is not heated. Berries Washington, D. C.— Criticism of the Seven society women in Medford, proposed treaty to settle the differ ture of 200 degrees to 212 degrees F. should be selected with greater care All Or., consented to give 150 square ences between the United States and While this temperature closely approx and all mouldy fruit discarded. inches o f skin from their bodies to Colombia over the separation o f Pana imates the boiling point the juice utensils, the press and bottles must be save the life o f Sarah Green, aged ma brought a formal statement from should be allowed in no case to boil. sterilized. The work should be done The second method secured excellent quickly, exposing the juice as little as three years, who was severely burned Secretary Bryan defending the clause results by using varying amounts of possible to the air. The sugar should while playing with matches. expressing "sincere regret” on the sugar and employing no heat. In both be stirred in carefully to insure a uni Premier Asquith has consented to part o f the United States that any cases four or five pounds o f sugar per form mixture. These juices are too receive a deputation,of militant suf- thing should have occurred to mar the gallon o f juice gave the best results much concentrated for beverage pur ragettes. Sylvia Pankhurst’s attempt friendly relations between the two where flavor and appearance only were poses, and should be diluted with from to begin a hunger strike on the steps countries. one to three parts of water. considered. The expression “ honest regret,” o f the house o f commons is said to be In preparing the juice for beverage In extracting the juice without heat Mr. Bryan said, was used in the mem the reason for the premier’s accept purposes the three following formulas the berries were first macerated and orandum drafted during the Tuft ad ance o f the demand. gave best results: By using five the juice pressed out in small cider ministration on which the present ne Servia has warned the Porte that gotiations, as well as those which had pounds o f sugar per gallon o f juice and presses. These presses were lined with heating the solution to near the boil cloth of the sugar sack variety to e f she would not be able to remain on failed previously, were based. ing point -200 degrees to 212 degrees fect proper separation. There are friendly terms with Turkey in the Despite op|iosition in the senate, — a very rich drink is obtained. The doubtless presses better adapted to event of a war with Greece. M*. Bryan was hopeful that the treaty temperature should be raised quite this purpose. Assertions by James Francis Gal would be favorably reported and rati fied. Members of the foreign relations way, a quartermaster, that the Em Big Timber Deal Will committee expected that correspond Rate Cut Not Allowed by press of Ireland did not steer w ell; ence in the archives of the State de State Railway Commission Benefit Wallowa County that her wheel “ jammed” only a few partment bearing upon the treaty Eugene— Bonuses such as flat irons hours before the collision which sent would reach the committee soon. Enterprise— The sale of 120,000.000 It her to the bottom of the St. Lawrence will bo referred to a sub-committee may be given away by the Oregon | feet o f timber to the East Oregon river, and a denial of these statements and probably will be made public. Power company to gain and hold cus Lumber company by the United States by officers of the lost Canadian Pacific It is said that this correspondence tomers, but it cannot be allowed to j liner, were the cardinal points in the will show that at one stage o f the ne cut rates contrary to schedules filed in forest office in Portland recently testimony heard by the Dominion com gotiations with Colombia during the order to meet the competition of the means the development o f inner Wal- mission investigating the wreck. The Taft administration the United States municipal plant, providing the city Iowa county on a large scale. will file, within ten days, that part of East Oregon Lumber company> H K an- proposed to submit the dispute to ar Charges o f cruelty to Indian child bitration with the knowledge that a lts schedule of rates which was not sas City, Mo., corporation, capitalized ren, misuse o f money belonging to In already filed with the commission as dians and other severe complaints have verdict in favor o f Colombia would evidence. This was the decision of at $1,250,000, will build a railroad been filled against Thomas B. Wilson, mean a judgment for at least $40,000,- the State Railroad commission, ren- from Enterprise 20 miles or so north 000. superintendent o f the Round Valley dered June 6, but not mailed to the into the timber at once and will con Reservation Indian school, of Mendo parties involved until recently. Both struct a sawmill at Enterprise with a Striking Postmen in Paris cino county, California. parties express satisfaction with the daily capacity o f 100,000 board feet. Completely Tie Up Mails decision. A sweeping investigation of the re Officials o f the company are on the lations between the Nicaraguan gov Paris—For seven hours Wednesday | ground preparing for work. Public Market Favored. ernment and American bankers inter night 600 angry |H>stmen were in pos ested in that republic and the part the session o f the Central postoffiee and Oregon City— A public market here, In addition to the government tim- State department may have played in prevented the movement of all incom to be held twice a week, looks to be a i ber, the company owns nearly 24,000 Nicaraguan affairs probably will be ing and outgoing mail. The trouble undertaken by the senate foreign re arose over the refusal of the senate to reasonable ixissibility, as the result of acres o f patented land in the county, O f this about lations committee in the near future. include in the |>ostul budget certain in- a meeting o f the Board o f Trade. The all heavily forested. laiard includes the leading merchants 12,000 acres is intermingled with the reased alllowances, in favor o f which o f the city. All members favored the Wallowa National forest reserve, so there has been a strong agitation for project, the grocers sup|)orting it as that the company can cut both the PO R TLA N D MARKETS. some time past. heartily as the farmers who spoke. A government timber and private timber The news of the vote in the senate committee will wait on the council and I at the same time. These 120,000 Wheat — Track prices : Club, 86c was received by the men with groans ask that a portion of some convenient acres were procured recently from the per bushel; bluestem, 89«i90c; forty and hisses. They then sallied forth street be set aside, where sheds may George Palmer Lumber company, o f ! fold, 87c; red Russian, 85c; valley, into the yard ami tried to prevent the be erected to accommodate the supplies La Grande 86c. mail automobiles frqm going out. The brought to the market. This request Five years ago, Mr. Jackson, presi- Millfeed Bran, $23.50(0 24 per ton; authorities had established guards is expected to be granted. i dent o f the Southwestern Lumber com- shorts, $23.50(o27; middlings, $32«(33. with a view to |N>ssible disorders, but j pany, o f Kansas City, began buying [ Barley — Feed, $20«;21 per ton; they were unable to prevent the |xist- 1 Wallowa county timber. G. E. Hay- I Hatchery Will He Enlarged. brewing, $21.50«;22; rolled, $23.50«; men from overturning a machine and j den has been his field representative. 24. Hood River “ The State Game and blocking the gateway. Lust year Mr Jackson concluded to Hay — Choice timothy, $16«;' 17; The disaffected postmen rapidly Fish commission will enlarge the and estab- j stl,rt cutting. But he wanted to get mixed timothy, $12«; 15; valley grain grew in numbers and the police were Mackenzie f t jv e r hatchery hay, $10«; 12; alfalfa, $10«; 11. ry for trout He ap •* there, “ says | some o f the reserve timber. beaten and driven out of the building. lish a b* c— ' — ‘ Oats — No. 1 white milling, $22«; B. E. D ll , a member of the Itoard, plied to have it cruised and advertised 22.25 per ton. who retyr 1 from a two weeks’ trip and the sale was set for June 15. Mr. Ship Hits Rocks, A ll Sate. | Jackson was the only bidder. He got Corn Whole, $36 ton; cracked, $36. on the Mat KShzie anil Blue rivers. Scilly, England The Belgian steam Vegetables — Cucumbers, $1 «; 1.25 “ We have been failing to secure i the pine timber at $2.50 a thousand. A t the same time residents o f Enter- I per box; eggplant, 15c per pound; er Gothland, from Montreal for Rotter- sufficient trout eggs for our restocking pep|>ers, 20c; radishes, 15«; 17c (wr lam, laden with grain, struck the needs for several years past. The prise secured the right-of-way from dozen; head lettuce, $1.75 per crate; rocks near Bishop Lighthouse, off Soil- Mackenzie brood fish will be used for the city to the ’ timber on the north, They also have artichokes, 75c |>er dozen; celery, 3.50 Mr. Duncan declares about 12 miles. Islands, in a dense fog Wednesday. this purpose.” «; 4 per crate; tomatoes, $ 1«; 1.75. Wireless messages for assistance the party failed to get any good fishing pledged to give the East Oregon com pany a mill site, and have subscribed Onions -Red, $2.50 per sack; yel peedily brought the steamer Lyon- on account of the stormy weather. l to $40,000 of the corporation's stock. low, $2.75. nesse, from Penzanio, two lifeboats I All told this little city has raised near- j Green Fru it» Apples, old, $1.50«;2 from St. Marys and the steamers As- Skin for Child Sought. | ly $53,000 to help bring the new in- per box; new, $1; strawberries, $1«; ranius and Montezuma from Lizard Medford To save the life of Sarah ! dustry here. By the last census En 1.25 per crate; cherries, 4 «;8c per Head. The Gothland was badly dam pound; apricots, $1.60 per box; canta aged and all attempts to launch bouts Green, 3-year-old daughter o f Mr. and terprise had 1272 population. Mrs. I. E. Green, of the 401 ranch, the loupes, $2«;2.50 per crate; |)eaches, proved hazardous. All the 130 pas $1«; 1.16 per box; plums, $1,250(1.65; sengers and crew o f 86 were taken off. physician in charge has asked for Mining Plant Is Planned. women volunteers to give small por watermelons, 21«;2Jc per pound; lo Roseburg — C. D. Edwards, repre tions o f skin to be grafted on the ganberries, 90c per crate; raspberries, Barefoot Hike Completed. burned portions o f the child’s flesh. senting the Nickel Mining & Smelting $1.15 in 1.25; blackberries, $1.25; St. Louis Dr. Edwin G. Gilpin and The child was burned badly a week company, n corporation organized in black caps, $1.50. Potatoes Oregon, 90c«; $1 per cwt; I Dr. Arthur Daly, recent graduates o f ago while playing with matches and is Portland for developing nickel deposits Only a near Riddle. Douglas county, was in the University o f Pennsylvania, com in a preearious condition. new, 2c per pound. Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, case pleted a barefoot walk from Philadel small portion o f skin will be taken Roseburg Monday making arrange ments to begin the development of the count, 22c per dozen; candled, 23«; 24c. phia to St Louis Wednesday. They from each person. property as soon as the necessary Poultry--Hens, 14c pound; broilers, went to the city hall and asked Mayor i equipment can be obtained. The com Deal Made for lluildings. 18«t 20c; fryers, 20«; 22c; turkeys, Kiel to give them a certificate saying 1 he Roseburg A deal was consummated pany owns the ground, and has sutfi- live, 20«; 22c; dressed, choice, 25«; that they arrived barefooted. men said a club at the university here Wednesday, when 20 local bond I cient backing to make extensive oper- 26c; ducks, 10c; geese, 8«; 9c. Rutter — Creamery prints, extra, offered $1000 to any two men who holders in the Provident Trust com 1 at ions. Mr. Edwards says the work would walk barefooted from Philadel pany of Portland took over the Ump | of constructing a $25,000 plant will 27Jc |>er pound; cubes, 22 «;23c. phia to St. lamis. Six started, but qua hotel and three store buildings ' begin August 1. Pork Fanry, 10J«; 11c per pound. the other four dropped out. They left across the street from the hotel. The Veal -Fancy, 12«; 12ic per pound. Seaside Strcft W ork tin. buildings were erected by the Provi Hops —1913 crop, prime and choice, Philadelphia May 18. dent Trust company a year ago at a 14«; 16c; 1914 contracts, 15c. Seaside — Four different contracts la b o rer Heir to $.>00.000. cost o f $125.000. The deed for the for street improvement work are being W o o l- Valley, 20«;23|r; Eastern Oregon, 16«;20jic; mohair, 1914 clip, Grandview. Wash. — William Mc hotel arrived here and is being held in carried toward completion on Broad 27«i28c. Kenzie came to the Grandview district trust pending the formation of a stock way, the principal street in Seaside, Cattle — Prime steers, $7.75«; 8; about three weeks ago in search of company. leading from the Spokane, Portland & choice, $7.25«; 7.60; medium,$7«; 7.25; work, which he found on the William Seattle passenger depot to the ocean. 7 1 ro Out laic Horsts Captured. choice cows. $6.50«/ 7; medium. $6«; Sayre ranch east o f town. A few days All the work is to be finished by July 6.26; heifers, $6 50«; 7.25; calves. $7 ago he went to North Yakima to pay Pendleton Two newly discovered 1. The improvements consist o f con (¡39; bulls, $4«f6.25; stags, $5.50«i7. his lodge dues and was given a letter and unridden outlaw horses, captured crete sidewalks, hard surface pave Hogs - Light. $7.60«; 8.15; heavy, telling him that he had fallen heir to on the range in the wilds of the John ment, sewer mains and new water 6.50«; 7.15. $5(81,18)0 in Wales, England. A ticket Day country, have been purchased by mains. Most o f the pipes are laid anil Sheep— Wethers, $4.20«'; 5; ewes, to England and expense money were the Pendleton Roundup association anti the work is advanced to such a point $8.25«i4.60; yearling lambs. $4.50«! 5; inclosed. He left for England to claim ^have been turned into the park to that there is no doubt o f its comple- spring lambs, $5.60«(,6. his fortune. i await the Roundup in September. i tion in the time specified. Resume of World's Important Events Told in Brief. Loganberries M ake Good Flavoring and Beverage J I thief? Ride home with mademoiselle! It had taken him a week to discover I You are crazy. Make yourself scarce, where she lived. His lodgings were | monsieur; in one minute 1 shall call on the other side of the Seine. After reaching them he gave crisp orders to the police." the driver, who set his machine off at “ Blockhead!” English of this order the Frenchman top speed. The man in the Bavarian perfectly understood. "La, la !” he hat entered his room and lighted the gas. Tha room was bare and cheaply cried, rising to execute his threat. Courtlandt was furioue, but his fury furnished. He took off his coat but was directed at himself as much as at retained his hat, pulling it down still the trustworthy young man getting I farther over his eyes. His face was al down from the limousine. His eager- ways In shadow. A round chiSt, two ! ness had led him to mistake stupidity full red lips, scantily covered by a for cleverness. He had gone about the blond mustache were all that could be affair with all the clumsiness of a boy seen. He began to walk the floor im who was making his first appearance patiently, stopping^nd listening when at the stage entrance. It was mightily ever he heard a sound. He waited disconcerting, too, to have found an less than an hour for the return of the honest man when he was in desperate car. It brought two men. They were need of a dishonest one. He had faced well-dressed, smoothly-shaven, with * ry $ A t *0 u with fine courage all sorts of danger keen eyes and Intelligent faces. Their H ctu re s ous wild animals; but at this moment host, who had never seen either of his he hadn’t the courage to face a po guests before, carelessly waved his „ liceman and endeavor to explain, in a hand toward the table where there foreign tongue, a situation at once so were two chairs. He himself took his delicate and so singularly open to mis stand by the window and looked out construction. So, for the second time as he talked. In another hour the room in his life he took to his heels. Of was dark and the street deserted. the first time, more anon. He scram In the meantime the prima donna bled back to his own car, slammed the gave a sigh of relief. She was home. Psor door, and told the driver to drop him It was nearly two o'clock. She would at the Grand. However, he did not re sleep till noon, and Saturday and Sun turn to the hotel. day would be hers. She went up the SYNOPSIS. Mademoiselle da Toecana's chauf stairs Instead of taking the lift, and feur scratched his chin in perplexity. though the hall was dark, she knew H lnanors de T osca n a w as sin gin g in Paris, which, perhaps, accounted for E d In frightening off his tempter he rec her way. She unlocked the door of ward (*ou rtlandt‘ s appearance there. M ul ognized that now he would never be the apartment and entered, swinging tim illion aire, he w andered abuut where fa n c y dictated. H e m ight be in P a ris one able to find out who he was. He should the door behind her. As the act was day and K a m ch a tk a the next. F ollo w in g have played with him until mademoi mechanical, her thoughts being other the op era he goes to a ca fe and is a c costed by a p re tty young wom an. She selle came out. She would have known wise engaged, she did not notice that g ive s him the address o f F lo ra IJeslmone. instantly. That would have been the the lock failed to click. The ferrule vo ca l riv a l o f Toscana, and F lo r a gives To hide in the of a cane had prevented that him the address o f K lean ora. w hom he Is time for the police. determ ined to see. car! What the devil! Only a mad She flung her wraps on the divan man would have offered such a propo and put the roses in an empty bowl. CHAPTER III—Continued. sition. The man had been either an The door opened softly, without noise. Oh, stubborn Dutchman that be had American or an Englishman, for all Next, she stopped before the mirror been! Blind fool! To have run away his accuracy in the tongue. Bah! Per over the mantel, touched her hair Instead of fighting to the last ditch for haps he had heard her sing that night, lightly, detached the tiara of emeralds his happiness! The Dpsimone woman and had come away from the Opera, was right; it had taken him a long moonstruck. It was not an isolated . . . and became as Inanimate as time to come to the conclusion that case. The fools were always pester marble. She saw another face. She she done him an ill turn. His jaw set, ing him, but no one had ever offered - and the pressure of his Ups broke the so uncommon a bribe; five hundred sweep of hie mustache, converting it francs. Mademoiselle might not be into bristling tufts, warlike and reso lieve that part of the tale. Mademoi lute. selle was clever. There was a stand What of the pretty woman In the ing agreement between them that she Taverne Royale? What about her? At would always give him half of what whose bidding had she followed him? ever was offered him in the way of j One or the other of them had not told bribe«. It paid. It was easier to sell the truth, and he was inclined to be his loyalty to her for two hundred and lieve that the prevarication had its fifty francs than to betray her for five source in the pomegranate lips of the hundred. She had yet to find him un- • Calabrian. To give the old barb one truthful, and tonight he would be as more twist, to learn if its venomous frank as he had always been. point still held and hurt; nothing But who was this fellow in the Ba would have afforded the diva more de varian hat, who patrolled the side light. walk? He had been watching him When the taxicab joined the long when the madman approached. For line of carriages and automobiles op an hour or more he had walked up posite the Austrian ambassador's, and down, never going twenty feet be Courtlandt awoke to the dismal and yond the limousine. He couldn’t see disquieting fact that he had formu the face. The long dark coat had a lated no plan of action. He had done military cut about the hips and shoul no more than to give the driver his ders. From time to time he saw him directions; and now that he had ar glance up at the lighted windows. Eh. rived, he had the choice of two alter well; there were other women in the natives. He could wait to see her world beeldes mademoiselle, several come out or return at once to his hotel, others. which, as subsequent events affirmed, He had to wait only half an hour for would have been the more sensible her appearance. He opened the door course. He would have been confront and saw to it that she was comfort ed with small difficulty in gaining ad ably seated; then he paused by the mission to the house. He knew enough window, touching his cap. of these general receptions; the an "What is it, Francois?" nouncing of his name would have con "A gentleman offered me five hun veyed nothing to the host, who knew dred francs, mademoiselle, if I would perhaps a third of his guests, and permit him to hide in the car.” many of these but slightly. But such "Five hundred francs? To hide in “ Leave the Room, or I Will Shoot.” an adventure was distasteful to Court the car? Why didn't you call the po never knew how long the interval of landt. He could not everstep certain lice?” recognized boundaries of convention, “ 1 started to, mademoiselle, but he silence was. She turned slowly. “ Yes, it is I ! " said the man. and to enter a man's house unasked ran away.” Instantly she turned again to the was colossal impudence. Beyond this, "Oh! What was he like?” The he realized that he could have accom prima donna dropped the bunch of mantel and picked up a magazine re volver. She leveled it at him. plished nothing; the advantage would roees on the seat beside her. “ Leave this room, or I will shoot” have been hers. Nor could he meet "Oh, he looked well enough. He had Courtlandt advanced toward her her as she came out, for again the the air of a gentleman. He was tall, odds would have been largely in her with light hair and mustache. But as slowly. "Do so,” he said. ” 1 should favor. No, the encounter must be I had never seen him before, and as much prefer a bullet to that look." "I am in earnest.” She was very when they two were alone. She must mademoiselle wore some fine jewels, white, but her hand was steady. be surprised. She must have no time 1 bade him be off.” He continued to advance. There to use her ready wit. An idea pre "Would you know him again?” followed a crash. The smell of burn sented Itself. It appealed to him at "Surely mademoiselle.” that moment as quite clever and “ The next time anyone bothers you, ing powder filled the room. The Bur feasible. call the police. You have done well, mese gong clanged shrilly and whirled wildly. Courtlandt felt his hair stir in "W a it!” he called to the driver. and I shall remember it. Home.” He dived among the carriages and The man in the Bavarian hat hur terror. “ You must hate me indeed," he said cars, and presently he found what he ried back to the third car from the sought—her limousine. He had taken limousine, and followed at a reason quietly, as the sense of terror died away. He folded his arms. "Try the number into his mind too keenly ably safe distance. to be mistaken. He saw the end of his She shut off the light and closed her again; there ought to be half a dozen difficult!««; and Lb went about the af eyes. She reclined against the cushion bullets left. No? Then, good-by!” fair with his usual directness. It was once more, striving not to think. Once, He left the apartment without another only at rare times that he ran his head her hands shut tightly. Never, never, word or look, and as the door closed into a cul-de-sac If her chauffeur was never! She pressed down the burning behind him there was a kind of finality regularly employed In her service, he thoughts by recalling the bright in the clicking of the latch. The revolver clattered to the floor, would have to return to the hotel; but and the woman who had fired it leaned if he cante from the garage, there was heavily against the mantel, covering hope. Every man is said to have his her eyes. price, and a French chauffeur might j "Nora, N ora!” cried a startled voice prove no notable exception to the rule. ! from a bedroom adjoining. "What has "A re you driver for Madante da Tos happened? Mon Dieu, what is it?” A cana?" Courtlandt asked of the man pretty, sleepy-eyed young woman, in lounging in the forward eeat. a night-dress, rushed into the room. The chauffeur looked hard at his She flung her arms about the singer. questioner, and on finding that he sat "Nora, my dear, my dear!” isfied the requirements of a gentle "He forced his way in. I thought man, grumbled an affirmative. The i to frighten him. It went off accident limousine was well known in Paris, ally. Oh, Celeste, Celeste, I might and he was growing weary of these have killed him !” endless Inquiries. The other drew her head down on "Are you in her employ directly, or her shoulder, and listened. She could do you come from the garage?” hear voices in the lower hall, a shout "I am from the garage, but I drive of warning, a patter of steps; then the mademoiselle's car most of the time, hall door slammed. After that, silence, especially at night. It is not madame save for the faint mellowing vibrations but mademoiselle, monsieur.” of the Burmese gong. "M y mistake.” A slight pause. It tTO B E C O N T IN U E D .) was rather a dltfioult moment for Courtlandt. The chauffeur waited Did Literary Work at Night. wonderingly "Would you like to make Mrs. Catherine Gore, who wrote 70 five hundred francs?" novels between 1824 and 1861, worked “ How. monsieur?” on a strange plan. When J. R. Planche Courtlandt should have been warned visited Paris in 1837 he found Mrs. by the tone, which contained no un Gore livtng in the Place Vendôme writ usual interest or eagerness. ing novel plays, articles for maga "Permit me to remain In ntademol zines- almost every description of lit selle's car till she come«. I wish to erature flowing from her indefatigable ride with her to her apartment.” pen. He says: ” 'How do you man The chauffeur laughed. He stretched ! age it?' I asked her. T receive, as his legs. ' Thanks, monsieur. It is you know, a few friends at dinner very dull waiting. Monsieur knows a every evening. They leave me at good joke.” 10 or 11. when I retire to my room Axd to Courtlandt'» dismay he real scene« at the ambassador's, the real and write till 7 or 8 in the morning. ized that hi* proposal had truly been generous applause that had followed Then I go to bed till noon, when I aepe. ted as a Je«t. her two songs. Ah, how that man breakfast, after which I drive out and "I am not Joking. I am in earnest. Paderewski played! They two had pay visits, returning at 4 to dress for Five hundred francs. On the word of cost the ambassador eight thousand dinner. As soon as my friends have a *enitien an I mean mademoiselle no francs. Fame and fortune! Fortune departed I go to work all night again.” harm. I am known to her. All she she could understand; but fame! What has to do Is to appeal to you. and you was it? Upon a ttrne she believed she Appetitea. can 9t op the car and summoti the po- had known what fame wae; but that Sir John Lade and the duke of lice.** had been when she was striving for Queensberry ("Old Q .') once laid a The chauffeur drew In his legs and it. A glowirg article In a newspaper, wager for £ 1,000 on who should pro leaned1 toward his tempter. "8 lonsieur. a portrait in a magazine, row-* upon duce a man to eat the most at one if you are not Jesting, then y ou are a rows of curious eyes and a patter of sitting The duke could not attend the madir. tn. Who are you? W hat do I hands upon hands; that was all; and contest, but his representative wrote; know about you? 1 never saw 1 you be for this she had given the best of her "I have no time to state particulars, fore, htnd for two seasons 1 h;lve di-ir life, and she was only twenty-five. but merely to acquaint your grace ?n ma demoiselle in Pari*. Stte wears The limoueine stopped at last. 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