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. The that your man beat his antagonist by
bea ut 1ful Jewel* tonight. Hi)w do 1 man in the Bavarian hat saw her a pig and an apple pie ” What must
know that you are not a get Cemanlv alight. His ear turned and disappeared. they have eaten —London Chrokld*
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