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WORLD’S DOINGS Of CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHfl' Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. The three-dey regatta open* at As- t-or'a, Ore. Dogwood treed near Waah., are in bloom for tim e thia yeer. Vancouver, the eecond Tw o Americans were killed by Mex ican bandits who have been attem pt ing raids in Texas. Germany offers to submit the Lusi tania and Arabic claims to The Hague tribunal for adjustment. The Portland Gas & Coke company pays 7 per cent on preferred and com mon stock for the year ending June 30. The secretaries o f war and navy have been asked by the President to outline adequate defense plans for the nation. The work o f completing the O.-W. R. A N. cutoff from Chambers Prairie to Olympia, about 7.6 miles, w ill be completed at once. A Portland, Or., druggist was ar rested and confessed to robbing the stand o f a blind cigar dealer and sel ling the goods at his own store. The Georgia grand jury investigat ing the lynching o f Leo M. Prank re ports that it can find no clue sufficient to warrant the indictment o f any one. Germany is reported as ready to en tertain peace negotiations and w ill yield Belgium. It is reported also that the freedom of Poland and Finland will be asked. Illinois farmers who were driven from their fields by floods are finding recompense by gathering an abundance o f fish which were le ft imprisoned in low places when the waters receded. MEXICAN UPRISING IN ÍEXAS IS ÍRUSTRAÍED BY ARREST Of 25 MEXICANS EIRE ON OREGON STATE NEWS AMERICAN TROOPS San Antonio, T e x .--W ith the arrest here o f 26 Mexicans, 23 o f whom were detained. Chief o f Police Lancaster and Federal authorities announced that a plan to incite the Mexican popula tion of San Antonio to deeds o f vio lence had been frustrated. The prisoners, according to Chief of Police Lancaster, are followers of the so-called plan of San Diego, the ex travagant manifesto promulgated by a party of Mexican agitators which pro claims the “ Republic o f Texas” to be governed by Mexicans. Recent upris Raiders’ Dead Number Six— Troops ing in the Low er Rio Grande valley Pursue Band, Capturing Three caused the program for the establish — Encinal Is Threatened. ment o f the new government to go amiss and at the same time Federal officials were put on their guard. Three o f the leaders were arrested Brownsville, T e z .— Mexicans on the while addressing a crowd o f 1000 M ex Mexican side o f the Rio Grande late icans on the market plaza. The ad Saturday fired nearly 100 shots at an dresses were o f an inflammatory na American army aeroplane flying over ture and calculated to arouse the Brownsville, and then turned their poorer classes of Mexicans to deeds of guns against a squad of American violence. soldiers on guard at the Brownsville "O n e speaker,” Chief Lancaster electric light plant. said, “ after abusing the ■ President of When the firing started the soldiers the United States, the government of got behind shelter and returned the this country nod the white race gen fire. erally, openly declared: ‘ It is no harm There were no casualties. Lieuten to kill a Gringo and an Allemane.' ants Joseph G. Morrow and B. Q (Meaning Americans and Germans.) ” Jones were in the aeroplane. This It was right at this point the police charged the crowd and arrested the leaders, but nut without a fight. As G E N . G E O R G E W. G O E T H A LS the officers were withdrawing, one of the Mexicans shouted: “ Now is the tim e to rise. L e t us kill the Grin- goes.” The arrival of the police for the i time being quieted all martial spirit. Following the arrest o f the leaders, 23 others were arrested. They will be placed in the custody o f Federal offi cials, who said that charges of treason probably would be filed against them. Soldiers at Brownsville Reply to Attack of Bandits. U. S. AEROPLANE MADE fIRST TARGET Many Northwest Mills Start Work; Trade Brisk and Prospects Good Eugene, Or— The Booth-Kelly Lum ber company announced that its A end- ling mill w ill resume operations imme- diatley, employing » crew of 125 men and 76 in the timber. A. C. Dixon, manager o f the Booth- K elly company, announced: “ Since we closed down a force o f 60 men has been at work making repairs. We have built a new dam and installed new saw husks, a new carriage, new trusses over the boilers, and concrete foundations. ” The Springfield mill is at present working one 10-hour shift a day. Silvio Pcttlrossi, an Argentine a v i ator, fell from a height o f several hun dred feet into Han Francisco Bay late Friday while g ivin g an exhibition Aberdeen, Wash.— A fte r a shutdown flight from the Panama-Pacific exposi of eight months the Wilson Bros, mill tion. has resumed operations, with a crew President Wilson went to a theater of 160 men. John Wilson, the man party Friday night fo r the first time ager, intimated that the mill would be for more than a year. He was per kept in steady operation throughout General Goethais has resigned as suaded to go as a relaxation from the the winter. governor of the Panama canal zons, work he has been doing recently on the resignation to take effect on No foreign problems. Oregon City — The Milwaukie and vember 1. He Is surrendering his o f An Amsterdam dispatch says it is University Park plants o f the Menefee fice because he believes his work on reported that Admiral von Tirpitz, the Lumber company began operations the Isthmus Is done. German minister of marine, w ill resign Wednesday after a shutdown of several The plant at Milwaukie is is the second tim e within tw o days and w ill be succeeded by Admiral von months. Pohl, now chief o f the admiralty staff employing 50 men and the one at Uni that a United .States army aeroplane and commander o f the German battle versity Park 75. has been fired on. fleet. United States soldiers at Los Tu- Arabic Incident Closed. litos ranch, 20 miles north o f here, The Overseas Agency, o f Berlin, London — The German government during the past 48 hours have raptured says: “ The municipal council elected by the citizens o f Lodz (a city o f Rus considers the Arabic incident closed 10 Mexicans, strangers in the neigh and has declared its willingness to borhood, and supposed to be members sian Poland now in the hands o f the Germans) has banished the Russian punish the commander o f the subma s f raiding gangs. United Stntes cav language, and only Polish and German rine which sank the steamer, accord alry and infantry and posseH o f county ing to a dispatch which the Exchange officers and citizens continued the w ill be used." Telegraph company’s Amsterdam cor search through the section o f country Eight Albanians were sentenced to respondent says has been received 11 miles from here where two Am er long terms in prison for having com there from Berlin. icans were murdered Friday. municated with Austria by carrier There is reported to be considerable The list o f bandit dead stands at six, pigeons. The men involved are Cap feelin g in German m ilitary circles be although others probably have been tain Mustapha, o f the Albanian bark cause o f Chancellor von Dethmann- killed and not reported. Bella Scutari na, who was sentenced to H ollw eg’ s so-called “ weakness" to A detachment o f the Tw elfth United 20 years, and seven members of his wards the United States. States cavalry early Saturday night crew, condemned to serve ten years engaged in a short fight, 12 miles each. U. S. Buys 100.000 Shells. north of here, with four Mexican ban A 16-year-old g irl o f Hood Rfver, Chicago George M. Getschow, sec dits, one of whom was killed and the None of the Ore., successfully lands a 29-inch fish. retary o f Phillips, Getschow & Co., is other three captured. cavalrymen were injured. Foreign exchange is reported to quoted in the Daily News as saying A message from Laredo says a band have taken an alarming* slump, and that he is a stockholder in a firm which o f Mexicans are reporetd at Encinal. the American banks are “ bursting is making 100,000 six-inch shells for Tex., and have threatened to attack the United States army, and that the the town. with gold.” German government, like the allies, is A Portland beauty is soon to become purchasing munitions o f war in the Americans Go to War. the bride o f Luis C. Abeilli, Bolivian American market. “ As to the Am er commissioner at the San Francisco ican order. I am not at liberty to dis Washington, D. C.— More than 500 fair. close the name of the firm, further American boys under 18 years old, The greatest favorable trade balance than to say that the contract is worth have been discharged so far from the since March 13 was shown by the about $640,000,” Mr. Getschow is British army upon requests from the State department. Most of these boys statement o f weekly imports and ex quoted as saiyng. went to Canada and misrepresented ports for the week ending August 28. Germans Drill, Is Report, their ages to recruiting officers. Peter The favorable balance for the week was $33,269,089. Exports were $60,- Washington, D. C. — Letters from Dougal, o f Lambert, Minn., after hav 811,764. and imports were $27,042,726. various cities telling o f alleged quiet ing i>een discharged once on the appli but regular drills held by Germans in cation o f the State department, es Sir Rodmon Roblin, J. H. Howden, Turnverein and other halls have been caped from his parents and reenlisted. I)r. Montague and G. R. Cold well, of referred by the War department to the He was released again only to take Winnipeg, Man., charged by the Math department of Justice for investiga passage on the Arabic and escaped era Royal Commission with conspiracy tion. According to one o f the writers, death when that liner was sunk. to defraud the province, voluntarily the Germans were supposed to be pre appeared at the city police station. paring to aid in repelling an invasion Attack on Roumania Near. A fte r a conference with Deputy Chief from Canada. Secretary Garrison in Rome A dispatch from Bucharest Newton they were released on bail of dicated that little importance was at declares that a declaration o f war by $60,000 each, $26,000 consisting of a tached to the reports, and that they Austria Hungary against Roumania is personal bond and two sureties c f $52,- had been turned over to the department hourly expected. Preparations for the 600 each being given. of Justice as a matter o f course. impending conflict are being rushed in Roumania, and the war fever there is The German submarine which sunk Brazil Dry. Cattle Dying. constantly increasing. Volunteers are the British steamer Arabic, on which New York Prolonged drouth in the flocking to the colors. K ing Ferdi tw o Americans were lost, is reported northern states of Brazil this summer, nand, alluding to the alleged wholesale to be lost also. particularly in the states of Piuhy, { arrest* and prosecutions o f Rou Antonio Flores, ex-President of Oeara, Rio Grande do Norte and Pars- manians in Transylvania, is said to Ecuador, is dead. Senor Flores was hyba, haa resulted in serious loss to have affirmed p lat he was prepared to elected to the presidency o f Ecuador rsttle-rsisers, according to Georg«- make every sacrifice in a war of re in 1888, and served the term o f four Holdemess, of Oeara, Brazil, who ar demption. years. ri ' 1 — • steamshin Denis f, ■ •• . o t e * n Taken. German business men have trans mitted to the United States an offer to tl buy 1,000,000 bales o f cotton. The P price offered was IS certs a pound, d payable on delivery of the cotton in a German harbor. Three more U. 8. regiments have been ordered to the Mexican bonier to r reinforce the American troops in pa trolling the boundary. I* General Orosco, one of the Mexican ; a revolutionary leaders, was killed by American citizens and customs officials whan he was making a raid on a Texaa ranch. Four other raiders wers slain. The postmaster o f St. Louis has re I ceived many handbills purported to I have been originated by German sym I pathisers, calling for the use of dyna ,1 mite in destroying American munition i plants. Many Donations Being Made to Aid Work of Oregon University LOVL i* q HUPRY r òy GELE TT DURGEÍ 5 University o f Oregon, Eugene— The U niversity library haa received as s g ift from Mrs. Clara B. Colby, of Washington, D. C., a shipment o f ninety-five books and a number of pamphlets. The g ift includes publica tions o f the woman movement, tem perance ana other reform movements, oc*3y/*ic#r o r c a srr /a//rarjs biography, history, travel, poetry and misceiianeous literature. One item of ened, could only gasp. "E r— Is there SYNOPSIS. special importance is 16 volumes of any news about the will. Mr. Doremus? 2 — the "W om an ’s Tribune,” published in Hall Bonlxtelle. artist-photographer. Here, have a c ig a r!” I prepares (or the day's work In hia studio. » Doremus looked up and nodded Washington, D. C. Another donation to the University gravely. “ Yes. the will haa been found. C H A P T E R I— Continuad. has been received by the department Mr. Bonistelle, at last!” He tapped o f Journalism from Mrs. Davenport, the paper in bis hand. " It was discov Hall laughed jeerlngly. "Can't he! mother o f Homer Davenport, who was ered this morning at eight twenty- an Oregon boy an;' was raised at Sil- You don’t know Uncle John! He was seven o’clock. You see I have been verton. Mrs. Davenport desired to the moat unmitigated bore that ever prompt, sir." Talk about cranks! He have preserved in the rooms o f the de breathed. Hall restrained an overwhelming partment one o f the few remaining never did approve of me— too ‘artis curiosity. "W here did you find It?” he originals she had o f Hom er’s cartoons, tic.’ And I was tool enough to try to asked faintly. Result, I have to take and she secleted his “ World-wide be independen "Ah. curioua. Most curious. An ec Struggle for Money.” She had thia photographs for a living. Why, Flodle, centric man, your uncle, Mr. Bonl he’s Just as likely to have left mo a framed and sent it to the department stelle. It was found In his library. In by express from her present home in dime with a hole in It, and let It go at fact, If you will believe me. between th at!” Los Angeles. the leaves of hia own book— 1 mean, of Flodle sighed in sympathy, and ' rae. The department of journalism is also course, the one he wrote himself— in receipt of several small donations of "W ell, those bills must be paid In any 'Race Suicide and How to Prevent It,’ printing materials in addition to the case! And there’s Just seventy-seven I believe It Is called. I hare not yet complete old-fashioned newspaper cents In the cash box!” had the pleasure of reading It.” “ Good Lord, Is it as bad as that? plant entrusted to the department by Mr. Doremus stopped, and gave the Hon. H. R. Kincaid, for nearly forty Well, we'll hare to collect a few bills young man a steady Inspection. “ I years editor o f the Oregon State Jour in a hurry.” Hall appeared to dismiss understand that you will be twenty- the subject. nal. eight upon the fourth of May, Mr. But Flodle was not to be dismissed In the last year small g ifts o f vari Bonlstelle. Am I correct?" W ell she knew his procrastination. ous kinds have been made the U niver "Yes. Tomorrow. W hy?" “They’re all collected. Mr. Bonlstelle!” sity in considerable numbers. Mr. Doremus solemnly held up his • he protested: "every last one! You hand "W a it!" he commanded. “ Let can trust me to attend to that! And Study Course Changed. me. before I go through the whole I’ve had to sit up and beg like a document, read this one clause." Salem — Superintendent o f Public In French poodle, to o !” Flodle, peeping through the door, struction Churchill has announced a Hall, walking back and forth, new course o f study for high schools. seemed not to be listening, but sudden was breathlessly listening. Hall was Mr. Churchill said that in country Llg'u ly ne turned to bis assistant with a growing white. ” Ec—here It is." Mr. Doremus pro schools it often was necessary for queer expression. He walked up to teachers to give instruction in subjects her «yd put bis hand on her shoulder. ceeded to read soberly. ” 'The residue of my estate I leave to my beloved for which they had made no special “ See here, iffodle, have you taken preparation, and for them a definite out your salary regularly every week? nephew. Hall Cutler Bonlstelle, on con dition that be Is married before he outline o f the work is of much value. Now, don’t you try to fib !” reaches the age of twenty-eight Much freedom of the choice o f sub Flodle tried to pull away but It was jects is given in the larger high too delicious “ Oh. I don’t know,” she years.’ " "Ob, I knew it! W eil, It's all up schools, so students may not be re mumbled. "N ot for two or three weeks, quired to take subjects in which they perhaps. That’s a!) right." Now It then— Just my luck!" " ’If. however, at the beginning of are little interested, and for which was she who caught hold of his arm. his twenty-eighth birthday be is still they have no particular aptitude. "But I wanted to tell you something. The minimum requirement for grad Mr. Bonlstelle— If you wouldn't mind unmarried, this residue shall be the uation is 15 units of high school work property of my beloved cousin, Jonas — If you Just let me— ’’ with recitation periods o f 40 minutes Hassingbury, as a testimony to our "W hat?" he demanded suspiciously youthful friendship,’ " Mr. Doremus in length, but pupils are urged to com "Oh. only— If you’d be willing— real plete the course by taking four sub looked up. ly I ’d like to, you know— you know jects each year for four years, thereby Hall was scowling “ L e t’s see I t !" I've saved up a little money, Mr. Bonl- earning 16 units. he demanded, and he took the Instru Btelle—and, well, It might help you The course o f study permits pupils ment, and read the clause over to him temporarily—till you could— ” to earn from one to three units for Hail threatened her with savage self, while Mr. Doremus’ eyes drifted graduation in either vocal or instru playfulness "Flodle Fisher,” he said slowly about the apartment. "How mental music taken outside o f the determinedly, "If you ever dare to school, provided the work is given by mention such a thing to me again, a competent teacher and the pupil I'll— I'll discharge you!” He took a spends at least 80 minutes daily in turn up and down the room as she practice or instruction. waited, watching him. "By Jove, It There is also a new course required does look as if I ’d have to go to w ork !" to be given in all high schools, upon the completion o f which a Btudent will Then he turned to her gloomily. "W ell, be permitted to enter a teachers’ ex anything else for this afternoon?” "N o." laid Flodle. "but you have to amination. This course is made necessary on develop and print, you know There’s account o f a law which became opera lots of work for you In the dark room tive on September 1, requiring all per And then, we've got to get ready for sons who have not had at least six that expensive old party." Hall scratched his head. “ Heavens. months o f successful teaching exper ience to complete an elementary teach I'd forgotten all about It.” "O f course you have, but 1 haven't; ers’ training course before they are Music, permitted to enter an examination for I've attended to everything: a teachers’ certificate. The elemen caterer— and decorations— furious old tary teachers’ training course is in ad nonsense It was too. I don't see how dition to the teachers' training course you can afford It, Mr. Bonlstelle. Ileal which has heretofore been given in ly I don’t ! " Flodle was very stern. many o f the larger high schools. "It’s business, Flodle— keeps the women curious Makes ’em talk! Oh, S I9 .0 0 0 Spent on Streets. well," Hall tossed It off hia mind Dallas— Spending more than $19,000 "W e ll get along somehow. W ell, run along. Flo, now; 1 suppose I've got to in the construction o f macadam pave get ready to preside at this altar of ment in the course o f the summer, the vanity. Good Lord! How I dread it! Dallas City council has carried out the Flo. 1 honestly believe a photographer program outlined by Mayor E. C. knows more of the actual truth about Kirkpatrick in his inaugural message. women than a doctor or a priest!” I’ ractically every street in Dallas is Flodle gave him an Indulgent smile now either paved with hard surface or “Mr. Bonlstelle. I want to tell you macadam. Mr. Kirkpatrick took the something All three of them put to ‘ I Took the First Opportunity to Com stand that the hard times the people municate With You.” gether know mighty little !” So say were now facing in this section offered ing. she gave him a prim curtsy and much will the residuary legate« re the city its best opportunity to con ceive?” Hall asked weakly. struct needed improvements, thus pro retired to the office. "Oh. upward of four millions. I ex viding labor for unemployed men. CHAP TER II. pect,’ said Mr. Doremus with unction. “ And I lose all that, Just because I ’m Pilgrim Leaves $50,000. Hall laughed and then stood thought a single m an!" Hall dropped, limp Roseburg— In the death o f George ful for a few moments, smoking airily, and gloomy, into a chair. A. Smith at hia camp near Los An blowing rings Then he took off his Mr. Doremus bowed soberly. “ Your geles a few days ago, Douglas county dressing gown, put on his coat, and uncle held strong vtews, Mr. Bonl has lost probably its most eccentric had turned to his camera when Flodle stelle. He firmly believed In marriage character and one o f ita pioneer and came back. He thought it a duty. He maintained prosperous farmers. He was on his "T here s a desperate old flirt out high Ideals for the future of the race.” way to visit a daughter when he died. there to see you, Mr. Bonlstelle— Mr "Oh, foe heaven's sak e!" cried Hall, The body of Mr. Smith was found be “ I know ail about that. Didn't Uncle side his burro and goat, his two com 'Voreraua.” •'Doremus?'' Hail searched hia mem John talk me to death on the subject? panions for the last three years. He believed that by livin g like some of ory. "W hat does he look like— a bill Why didn t he get married himself?" the Bible characters he would rea, h collector T" "An unfortunate love-affair, I un No. he s Just s Dies old man with derstand. prevented his putting his the age of 1 <40 years. He is thought a side-whisker effect, trimmed with a to have left an estate o f $50,000, in own theories into practice,” said Dore gold chain In scallops, and be rtares mus. "I think— mind, 1 do not say so cluding his Camas valley ranch. at you over the top of his glasses." positively— but It is possible that, had Hall sighed. "W ell, have him In you— knowing, you understand, bis pe Pears for South America. I'll settle h im !" > culiar theories— " Hood River — W ilm er Sieg, rales Mr. Doremus, grave and precise, "Acted accordingly?" said Hall. manager for the Apple Growers’ asso ciation, announces the tale of five car looked about for a chair, and sat down "Married on the chance of becoming dellberatsly. He searched In tbe In his heir? Bright Idea! But It a too late loads o f Anjou pears at $2.25 f. o. b. Hood River. “ This sale was made side pocket of hia frock coat ae be now. L o rd !” "H'm I took the several days a g o ," says Mr. Sieg. "but I said pompously: "It Is. ss you say. too late, practical as yet we have made no deliveries. first opportunity to communicate with ly. I presume." Mr. Doremus remarked, Unluckily, how- "but, legally, 1 must remind you that W e prefer to ship the fruit after al you, Mr. Bonlstelle lowing it to become well m atured." | ever. I could nut get you on the tele- tbe time bas not yet expired. You The pears, which w ill probably start | phone this morning." Still his hand have until midnight, you understand. groped In hia pocket, like a dog at a rolling next week, w ill be shipped to In which to qualify for the Inheritance. South America. "T h e association," j woodchuck's hole. Much has been done In fourteen hours, "N o ? " Hall remarked Impatiently Mr. Bonistelle." says Mr. Sieg, haa booked ita first or der for a carload o f Gravensteins. | I suppose I wssn l up." "Fourteen hours!” Hall repeated Doremus brought forth a long en “ Why. fourteen days would be little velope Solemnly he «poke, looking enough time. You can't put a thing Extens or) O fficer Resigns. Paul M. Collins, secretary o f Ex over the tope of the rubber hows like marriage through on a time ached tension at the Oregon Agricultural "M r Ronisteile. I have the honor of ule, you know, can yon?” being the attorney for the estate of college, has resigned to accept the su- “ I confess I do not know," said Mr cle. the late John Beasley Doremus, rising. Hall sat in a brown study, regarding ntal thunderbolt struck the his boots, ss Mr Doremus prepared to id Hh!l, shocked and frlgbt- lesva Flodle, her eyes bright with ILLUSTRATED 6 y RAY WAT ,N D S U F F I C I E N T R E A S O N • o s Explanation e f Caller's i Stay Seemea Eminently Satisfactory. elephone rang, sad the voice )hto Slate university co-ed" lello! Do you know who It -curse." was the reply "I e the charming qualities of ice.” ’ ” she said "H ave you a good story for today?" "W hat will I get If I give you a good story?" " I f It is a good one, you will get your ram s In print." ' Huh!” the again eloquently re marked. "Talking?" asked central, breaking In. Of coarse I am talking." tald the coed." end then she continued to the reporter "The story It about a young man who took me to a picture show. When we returned he stayed excitement, tiptoed back Into tha of fice. Mr. Doremus deposited the paper upon the table. "W ell, I shall leave you this copy to inspect at your lelaure. You may not be aware that I am a Justice of the peace, Mr. Bonl stelle. I shall be quite willing to a » commodate you, should you find a bride. I think I could perform as cred itable a ceremony aa any clergyman— at half p rice!” Hs chuckled at tbe Idea. Hall, In no mood for Jests, rose and followed him. "W here's Cousin Jonas — Mr. Hassingbury?” he asked. "Lord, he ought to be a happy man, about LOW; Mr. Doremus paused. "I took the first opportunity of telegraphing to Mr. Hassingbury," he said, "informing him of the provisions of J. B. Bonl- ite lle ’a will. I requested his Immedi ate appearance in town, and I have no doubt that he will arrivs here some time during the day.” "Think of that old hypocrite getting all that m oney!” Hall exclaimed. "Lord It makes me ill— he’ll be a thou sand times more disgusting than ever, with bis religious bosh and hia charity ta lk !" Mr. Doremus lifted an eloquent fin ger. “ As an executor, you understand I must preserve an attitude of strict Impartiality," he admonished. "A t tbe same time, !n my private capacity. I confess that I am on tbe side of youth Four millions— ah, one could indulge one's youthful dream s!” Hs shook his head sentimentally. ” S1 la Jeu- nesse savalt si la vielllesse pouvait!" Hall watched him. half-amused. "Say, Doremus, you're all righ t!” Mr. Doremus was looking over his shoul der to get a glimpse of Flodle. Hall had an Idea. “ I say.” he suggested, "why not come around here tonight, and we ll have a wake over my lost in heritance. I'm giving a small party, you know, Just a few of my clients, and an actress or two— ” "W ell, w ell! It might remind me of old times." Mr. Doremus offered hia hand. “ I think I shall come. It may renew my youth. Ah, Mr. Bonistelle, you might not believe It., but I've wait ed at tbe stage door myself, in my tim e !” ‘T i l bet you have, old sport! and got away with It, too,” said Hall, laugh ing. “ Come along, then, I'll set them on y ou !" "But meanwhile, don't forget that I'm a Justice of the peace!’’ Mr. Doremus gave Hall a poke in the ribs, grinned, bowed and went out. with a youngish smile at Flodle as be flourished through the office. No sooner was the door shut than Hall Boulstello exploded. "W ell, Flo- die. It’s all up! It’s back to the farm for mine! Isn’t that Just my luck?” A lively hope had blossomed In F lo die’s heart. She was pale and trepid. ” 1 couldn't quite hear," she answered, dissembling; "what was it?” "Four and a haif million dollars gr-ne to the devil Just by a fluke— that's all! By Jove, It’s an ou trage!" Flodle stood twisting her hands nervously. “ Y’ ou don’t mean you're going to let that— ” Flodle stopped Just In time; her mind had run away with her lips. “ Oh, Mr. Bonlstelle, I mean you don't mean that mean old Jonas Hasstngbury’s going to get that money,” “ Yes, confound him! The psalm singing, holier-than-thou old hypo crite! Four millions. Flodie! Think of It! Good Lord, Isn’t it ferocious? And If that will had only been found when Uncle John died— but Lord, what's the use of talking.' He walked doggedly back into the stud!o, and gave a vicious swing to bis camera. Flodie Fisher followed him In, then stood looking at him pensively. She spoke slowly, softly, deliberately. "W h y don't you go ahead and get the money, Mr. Bonlstelle?" "Get the money? H ow?" "W hy. get m arried!" Flodle turned suddenly crimson. "W hy, who In the world would have me?" Flodle swallowed down a lump In her throat. "Oh.” she said, "I'm sure there's some nice girl who’d be so proud to marry you. Mr. B onistelle!" “ Well, I don’t know how I ’m to find her— and I ’ve got deuced little time to look. Why. do you realize that I've only got till midnight to do the whole thing in?” He went up to her. "And do you Imagine that any woman would want to be married In that way?” "Oh, when you're in love, it doesn't matter how soon— ” “ A hun ne wooing, eh? By Jove, I wonder— ” He stared at her with a new light In his eyes. "Say, you real ly think I could get away with It? Why, I never—" "Oh. you could do anything. Mr. Bonlstelle. I'm certain you could!" "Do you know of any woman who'd have me— that quick?” (TO BE CO NTINU ED .) Lighting Turin. The city of Turin Is occupied with the task of reorganizing the publlo lighting on s modern basts, and not less than $400.000 will be employed for this purpose, the work to be car ried out from 1914 to 1916. According to the plans, arc lamps will be use I In all the main streets and avenues, also the public squares, while smaller streets are to be lighted by Incandes- cent !»mps. Flaming arcs In closed globes will be used. About $.000 lamps of 2.000 candle power each will be Installed. In some pieces Incandescent lamps are used, some being of the 5.000 candle power type, and the rest of 100 or 200 candle power. These are much better than the present gat lamps, which give only SO candle pow er. Current for the whole system comes from tha municipal electric sta tion.— Indianapolis News. so late that my mother had to call from the top of the stairs and tell him it was nearly twelve eclock ." "That Is interesting." tald the re porter, "but It ts hardly worth giving to the publlo It teems to lack p oin t” "But I haven’t come to the point and 1 can t come to It unless yon ask ms for the reason for his late staying * 'Well, whet was tha reason?** tha reporter asked. ” 1 am .' she replied