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WORLD’S DOINGS GERMANS IN ON MASS VERDUN ATTACK FRONT MOWED BANDITS ON WAY TO N E Of W General
Interest
OF CURRENT WEEK
JOIN PANCHO VILLA About Oregon
P a ri»— Abandoning the new open
formation and the lately established
practice o f night attack, the German»
! Tuesday engaged two army corps (80,-
1000 men) in dense masses against the
! French positions northwest o f Verdun,
between Avocourt and Cumieres.
Forces numbering at least a division
and a half (about 30,000 men) charged
j the line between Avocourt and Bethin-
! court. They approached within 100
| yards o f the French trenches, and
seemed insensible to the fact that
hundreds o f their men were falling by
-
the way; but notwithstanding their
courage and the weight o f their masses
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line beyond which they could not pass.
Way to Front, Also Mexican
When the attacking columns were
Pacific Northwest Condensed
I thinned out by artillery and machine
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gun fire so that a reformation became
necessary, the order to retire was
Riven.
Tw ice they were obliged to fill up
El Paso^G eneral Ynez Salazar, one
Washington denies any intention of the gups in their rank», but none of
o f the best known o f the form er Hu-
abandoning the pursuit o f Villa.
etra generals, who has been livin g
Many fam ilies have been driven “Saviour of Paris” Must Quit here, was re ported Sunday night to
from their homes by floods in the Mi
have crossed the border with the an
'sissippi in Wisconsin.
nounced intention o f taking up arms
against the United States.
A Spanish cabinet council has been
The information was given to the
called to consider the question o f the
police by a man who was colsely as
torpedoing o f Spanish vessels.
sociated with Salazar ami was ac
cepted by them as true, after investi
Twenty Apache India scouts, ledjby
gation.
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Brief Resume of General News
from All Around the Earth,
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
Live
Biennial School Report Shows
Increase of Pupils and Teachers
General Salazar, Huerta Leader,
Plans Campaign on 11. S.
\
Latest reports Beem to indicate be
yond doubt the victory o f Henry L.
Ford over Senator Smith, o f Michigan
for Republican presidential preference.
F ive cattlegrowers who said they
were prosperous and contented protest
ed to the house judiciary sub-commit-
toe against the Borland resolution for
investigation o f the packing industry.
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President Wilson has commuted the
death sentence o f O. Itow, a Japanese,
convicted o f murder in Alaska, to life
imprisonment at M cNeil Island. Itow
ran a sword through a fellow cannery
worker tw o years ago after a quarrel
Grant county, Oregon, is preparing
to fight spotted fever, one case having
been reported in Prairie City. The pa
tient is said to be critically ill. Be
cause of the disease appearing so early
it is feared there w ill be many cases
this Beason.
An Athens dispatch to the London
Daily Mail says that a telegram has
been received from Preveza to the
efTect that a large transport belonging
to the entente allies has been sunk off
the west coaBt o f Greece, and that it
was believed many were lost.
A baby seal a little feilow almost
pure white - - has been added to the
Washington Park zoo in Portland. He
was caught by a fisherman while troll
ing for salmon in the Siuslaw river.
The animal was said to be not more
than 10 days old when caught.
A. F. Giere has tendered his resig
nation to the city commission o f Cen
tralis, Wash., as police judge. The
reason assigned is that the compensa
tion $10 |>er month is too small to
warrant the number o f enemies he
naturally makes in the course o f his
duties.
Philip Hall, 4 years old, o f San
Francisco, can read, write, spell, tell
the capital of every state in the Union,
name each o f the 58 counties in Cali
fornia and their capitals, play a piano,
discuss Abraham Lincoln and “ Mer
chant o f Venice” and ride a pony. He
has been trained under a system since
he was 2$ years old.
Commenting on the American in
quiries regarding the torpedoing of the
steamers Sussex and Englishman, the
llaml.'urger Nachrichten says:
“ Who
on earth cares in Germany whether
these ships were torpedoed by German
submarines or not? They belonged to
snd were used by the enemy and were
destroyed. That is all we care about
at the moment.”
The Toyo Risen Kaisha company, of
San Francisco, has received advices
that the steamer Chiyo Maru, which
grounded on le m a Island, south of
Hongkong, China, March 31, is a com
plete loss.
The forepart of the large
passenger vessel is still fast aground
with the stern swinging loose and sink
ing. The Chiyo broke in tw o several
days ago. She was valued at nearly
» 2 , 000 , 0 ( 10 .
Tw o more dreadnaughta and four
battle cruisers are to be provided by
congress at this session.
A 12,OOO-ton Russian transport with
troo|>s ami war materials aboard was
sunk by a Turkish submarine in the
Black sea on March 30.
A Salem, Ore., woman alighting
from a buggy, tripped on the laprohe,
which caused her to fall head first on
the curbing, k illing her instantly.
University o f Oregon students of
journalism take entire charge o f the
editorial and reportorial departments
o f the Eugene Daily Guard for one
week.
Six thousand out of 10,383 signa
tures on a recall petition in San Fran-
ciaco have been declared fraudulent.
General Michael Maunoury.
General Michael Maunoury, who led
the army out o f Paris which turned the
right wing o f General von Kluck on
what seemed to be a victorious Ger
man march to the city, has been com-
pelled to give up the m ilitary gover
norship o f Paris by ill heatlh.
For
this exploit he was hailed as the sa
vior o f Paris. W hile on a tour o f in
spection a year ago he was struck by
a German shell which destroyed his
le ft eye and broke his jaw.
their three
onslaughts
shook the
French line, which had been consider
ably strengthened in the region of
Bethincourt by the
withdrawal of
forces from the dangerously exposed
salient to commanding fiositions be
hind the village.
T w o fresh divisions attacked Dead
Man’ s H ill while the assault was in
progress on the Bethineourt line, other
forces at the same time tryin g to slip
through the ravine near Cumieres.
T o aid the maneuver, an attack was
simultaneously made on the east bank
o f the Meuse in the region o f Cham|i-
neuville-Vacherauville.
The few hun
dred men who had succeeded in |iene-
trating the ravine were le ft on the
field after the action proved unsuccess
ful.
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U. S. Troops Ordered lo Cross Border.
Washington, D. C.— Such a marked
improvement in conditions along the
Mexican border has lieen reported by
General Funston that the W ar depart
ment is now considering drawing upon
some o f the tnaqis stationed in Texas
to strengthen the ever lengthening
lines o f communication o f the ex|>edi-
tion seeking Villa.
Many alarming
rumors have been dis|M>sed of, and the
bonier situation generally is said to be
quieter than heretofore, but the plan
is not to disturb the garrisons or patrol
in New Mexico or Arizona for the
present. A |u»rt o f the“ Twenty-fourth
infantry, negroes, withdrawn from I>el
Rio, Tex., at the request o f the local
authorities after one o f the soldiers
hail lieen killed hy a ranger attempting
to arrest him, already has been or
dered into Mexico.
Shells Beset Norwegian.
New York The Brabloch, a Norwe-
gian sailing vessel, which arrived
Tueaday from Kolding, Denmark, re-
ported escaping from a choice o f de
struction between floating mines and
guns o f a British cruiser when she was
heating through the passage between
the Orkney Islands snd Scotland.
When off the coast o f Scotland the
Brabloch encountered winds so heavy
that she was driven into the Orkney
passages, which, unknown to her rap-
tain, are mined and closed to all but
naval vessels.
Interned Ships May Sail.
Lloyds reports that the British bark
London Any pro|xtsals put forward
hengairn has been sunk by a sub
marine. Fart o f the crew were picked by neutral governments with the idea
up. It ia aaid the vessel was not o f obtaining immunity from rapture
for vessels owned in nations at war
armed.
with Great Britain and placed in serv
Constantinople dispatches say that ice by neutrals will receive careful
the Turkish troopa on the Caucasian consideration from the British govern
front have rrceived considerable rein ment. Lord Robert Cecil made this
forcements
and
that the Ruaaian statement in response to a question in
offensive has been checked. Recently the house o f commons.
He said the
the only fighting has been among small government considered the question of
detachments.
employment o f vessels belonging to
The rapid advance in the price o f hostile nations in neutral ports was a
gasoline spurs congress to push its in matter for neutral governmenta.
vestigations as to the cause.
Columbus, N. M .— American troops
in the field w ill soon be equipped with
new clothing to replace that torn into
shreds in the strain o f the campaign.
A consignment o f shoes, hats, uni
forms, sweaters and other wearing ap
parel, valued at »100,000, was fo r
warded south along the American line
of communication Sunday.
W ith the
clothing went a shipment o f approxi
mately a quarter o f a million dollars
in Mexican gold and silver coin to tie
used in paying the wages o f the sol
diers.
Newly-Discovered Serum Is Used
Successfully in Drowning Cases
Baltimore, Md.— Physicians at the
Johns Hopkins hospital invented Home
tim e ago a device to restore to life
those apparently dead from drowning.
It proved successful on animals that
could be put under treatment immedi
ately a fte r the accident.
W ith the idea o f restoring life
some time after the accident, physi
cians began to search for a desired
serum.
However, in most o f the cases there
have been after effects, such as high
blood pressure or hardening o f the ar
teries.
According to the physicians, i f the
serum can 1« injected into the jierson
even several hours after the accident,
it w ill restore life . In one case on an
animal the serum was injected four
hours after “ drowning,” and the ani
mal was brought back to life, although
it died later from high blood pressure.
room, smoke his cigars and drink bis
Klamath Falls— N ext week w ill see j wine.
additional lumber plants in operation
On the evening when Copt. Desire
in this section, with good increases to Arnaud entered the softly lighted
Klamath county’s payrolls.
apartment four men were seated round
The Algom a Lumber company’s mill tlie card-table smoking and chatting,
at Algoma, 12 miles north o f this city, apparently taking their game none too
w ill begin cutting early next week, seriously. Sower himself stood by the
according to Manager E. J. Grant. j log fire warming bis hands and ex-
This mill w ill cut about 25,000,000 ! changing desultory remarks with a
fe et o f lumber during the present sea ; man whom the indefinable something
son.
stamped as a civilian. As Arnaud’s
The company's logging camps have name was announced Sower turned
been in operation several weeks. The round and advanced with hospitably
Algom a mill cuts 125,000 fe e t o f lum extended hand.
ber every 10 hours.
The company
"M y good fellow, delighted to see
also operates a box fa ctory the year you. I was half afraid the fog had
round, empoying about 50 men.
swallowed you up. Let me get the In
The Klamath Manufacturing com troductions over. Preston, Hardy, St.
pany’s sawmill, on Upper Klamath | Clair, Benson— all o f my regiment—
Lake at Shippington, a suburb of this
Captain Arnaud o f the French army."
city, w ill begin Monday cutting 70,000
By what *pp»»nret1 ,to he a slip he
feet o f lumber per day. This company
[passed over the elderly man by the
also operated a box factory steadily
fireside, and the latter made no move
all winter.
I to repair the omission. Arnaud glanced
Beginning the first o f May the
at him curiously, and then came over
Ewauna box factory, in this city, w ill
to the fire.
put on a night crew to take care of the
Sower laughed and shrugged his
rush orders.
shoulders; and then, ns though dis
missing tlie subject, "You're late.
Where have you come from?”
First Train Enters Marshfield.
"From the Omneys. Miss Omney Is
Eugene— Passenger service between
very charming— ’’ he said.
Eugene and Marshfield was inaugurat
"A n d wealthy. Am I to congratu
ed over the W illam ette-Pacific railroad
late?”
Wednesday with one train each way
Arnaud put his hand to his little fair
daily.
mustache, hut he did not answer di
Postmaster E. L. Campbell, an
rectly, though his smile might hare
nounced that mail service over the new
counted as an answer.
railroad also began on that day. This
“ 1 have Just met a comrade of
mail service has been brought about as
yours,” he remarked Instead, “ a some
the result of an exception by the Post-
what unusual character for an Eng
office department which, it is said,
rarely enters into a contract with a llshman— hot-headed, with admirable
railroad to carry mail before its actual nerve— Richard Farquhar, if you know
him.”
completion.
The man hy the fireside shifted his
The letter mail has been going by
By mere
stage from Roseburg to Marshfield, position and glnnce»l up.
from Drain to Gardiner and from Eu chance Sower was looking In his di
gene to Florence; the second-class rection, and their eyes met for an In
mail has lieen going by boat from stant.
"Lieutenant In my regiment.” Sower
Portland to Marshfield.
There was no celebration in connec answered quietly. "Quite promising;
tion with the completion o f the rail served out In South Africa.”
“ Ah!”
Arnaud's restless eyes had
road at either end o f the line. Such
an event on an elaborate scale is being wandered from the fire to the distant
planned for a date in July, when the card table, where the four younger
men were now playing with a listless
Unqiqua bridge w ill be completed.
Interest. "W ell, I do not suppose we
Coos Sale Is Reported.
North Bend — A fte r the departure
Wednesday o f Dr. J. H. Dennison and
John B. Rogers, San Francisco capital
ists, Frederick Hollister, o f the First
National bank o f North Bend, an
nounced that the visitors had negoti
ate»! for the purchase o f the estate
form erly held by M ajor I,. I). Kinney
on Coos, and would close the deal
within the next fe w weeks.
Frank S. Waite, who holds a mort
gage o f several hundred thousand dol
lars on the property, w ill roach C»x»s
Bay this week to attend to details
which interest him in the transfer.
Three Killed in Auto Race.
Corona, Cal
Eddie O'Donell won
the third Corona boulevard race Satur
day in a “ Roman holiday.”
Hob Burman, o f Detroit, the race
driver, his mechanician, Eric Schroed-
er, o f Chicago, and a guard, W. H.
S|ieer, o f Corona, all were killed or
died soon after the race and five others
were injured when
Burman'» car
lurched off the track.
The list o f «lead ami injured was
greater than the number o f drivers
who crossed the finish line.
Lake Porta lc»-Bonnd.
99 Saved From Steamer.
Chang Chow Fu, one o f the largest
Cleveland, Ohio — Backwardness in
Malta, via Lomion
One engineer
cities in China, has declared its inde
the opening o f the navigation season, ami eight tjux-ars o f the crew o f the
pendence of the government of Yuan
together with great increase in de steamer t’ hantala, were killed when
Shi Kai.
mand, has caused congestion o f freight the vessel was sunk by a submarine.
President Wilson plana to occupy in I.aks ports amounting to 100,000,- N inety-two survivors were rescued ami
"Shadow Law n,” the summer home in 000 tons o f iron ore and grain, accord landed here. They declare they had
New Jersey offered him by the people ing to a statement issued by the l.ake no warning o f the impending attack.
of the state, as soon as congress ad Carriers' association.
The weather
journs. In case congress is in session continues to hold the ice in Upper Lake 1 U don— Lloyds Momtay announced
during the summer he probably w ill porta and it probably w ill be May 1 the sinking o f the British steamers
spend week-ends there before adjourn before navigation realty ia under way, Ov«*na, 6507 tona, ami Atiamton, 2204
ment.
says the statement.
tona.
Ancient Art Is Revived
Eugene- - W . Everingham, o f 574
Thirteenth avenue, has restored a lost
art in Oregon. In the days before the
coming of the w hite man, the Indian
obtained yew wixsl in the mountains o f
Ijtne county, from which they made
their bows and arrows. Mr. E vering
ham is making occasional pilgrim ages
to these same forests, where he selects
choice cuts ami shapes them into arch
ery sets. He began the work as a pas
time. Now. working only at odd times,
his sales aggregate several hundred
dollars a year, some going to Europe.
Employer H aiti Liquor.
Baker A new phase o f the prehibi-
ti»>n law was unearthed Wednesday by
Distrii-t Attorney Godwin when he was
asked by an official o f the Sumpter
Valley railway as to the effect a pri
vate statement from an employer
woukl have on the ability o f an em
ploye to ship in liquor. The employer
ha»i asserted that the consignee is a
habitual drunkard. Mr. Godwin gave
it as his opinion that even if the con
signee should make affidavit that he is
not a drunkard, the word o f his em
ployer should receive preference.
Park Tract Given Salem.
Salem The city council has accept
ed the offer o f A. N. Bush, o f Salem,
to »-onvey to the city a 50-acre tract of
land in the southeast part o f the city,
known as Bush's pasture. Under the
terms o f the proposal the city w ill ob
tain title after the death o f Miss Sally
Bush, a sister o f A. N. Bush. The
tract will be use«! for municipal park
purposes, ami w ill be known as Bush's
Pasture Park. It w ill be a memorial
for the late Asahei Bush, pioneer Sa-
i lem banker.
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A Story of the French Legion in A lgiers
Resume Operations at Once ,n ,be luxuriously appointed smoking
Peace Advocate Mobbed.
London— An attempt to hold a non- j
conscription and peace m eeting in Tra-
falgsr Square Sunday was broken up
by thousands o f persons, who charged
the procession and tore up the banners
and Hags. Various peace societies had
organized the demonstration. Sylvia
Bank hurst was prominent among them.
A fte r the procession had dispersed the
leaders mounted the plinth of the N el
son column and endeavored to make
s[leeches, but the crowd (iclted them
with flour.
The speakers faced the i
ordeal for five minutes and retreated. 1
East Buys O regon Papar,
Oregon City, Or.— Local p a [«r mills,
which have sent their product princi
pally to Western ami Middle Western
states, are now finding a new market,
callable o f great development, in the
Eastern states.
Competing with some o f the largest
mills in the coU’dry. the Crown W il
lamette Paper company is now filling
an order for four trainloads o f 26
csrs each o f news print |>aper for
one o f the large Philadelphia dailies.
These mills recently sent s cargo to
Australia.
II Q R Q Q
B y I.
and theywe«
Torreon, Mex.— Canuto Reyes, at
the head o f a considerable number o f
bandits, passed the Durango railroad
Sunday near Pedricena, going north
It is supposed that his object is to join
Villa, who, according to latest reports,
is somewhere midway between Tor
reon and Parral.
A large number o f bandits are re
ported by arrivals from the north to
be operating in the Sierra Mojada,
The Sierra Mojada is 120 miles north
o f Torreon and an equal distance west
o f Parral. It is one of the wildest and
most desolate spots in Mexico. There
is a good deal o f speculation here as to
the |Kissibility that V illa and Canuto
Reyes are planning to concentrate
their forces in this sierra.
I f they do, any troops coming from
the direction o f Parral would have to
cross the terrible Mapini desert, a
burning waste stretching 100 miles
north and south and from 50 to 60
miles broad. It is a spot that is dread
ed by Mexicans and shunned by fore
igners.
1
In preparing the official records for
his next biennial report. Superintend
ent
of
Public Instruction J. A.
Churchill finds that there were 9272
more children enrolled in the schools
o f the state last year than during the
8YNOP818.
previous year, the total number being
151,799. There was also an increase
When 9 y lv la Omney. a beautiful E n g
o f 303 in the number o f teachers, 6055 ■ lish girl, returns from a search in A lgiers
for
missing brother, her lover. RK h-
o f whom were employed in public ard her
Farquhar, finds she has fallen In love
schools and 509 in private schools. with C aptain Arnaud o f the F oreign
The number o f students enrolled in Legion.
private schools was exactly 10,000.
Do >ou belong to that class of
The per cent o f attendance was a little
persona who believe that gam
over 93, indicating that the attend
bling debts should be paid be
ance was regular and that there were
fore all others? Does yourcreed
very few children absent from school.
of honor prescribe the payment
Ths total cost o f the public schools
of a bar debt even if the grocer
last year was $7,065,018.53.
O f this
and the dry goods merchant
amount, $3,786,697.98 was paid to
must go unpaid and your fam
teachers, $1,111,461.94 was used in
ily go without some necessities?
building new school houses and in the
There are «uch creeds of per
purchase of building sites, $545,286.45
sonal honor.
was expended for repairs and janitor
work and $421,791.34 was spent for
fuel and school supplies.
School dis
C H A P T E R II.
trict clerks were paid $47,198.50 for
their services.
The indebtedness o f 1
The Fourth Floor Back.
the districts at the close o f the last
1 Tapt. Robert Sower bad never been
school year amounted to $5,560,894.17,
o f which $4,718,849.14 was bonded in ¿ailed a drawing-room soldier, and this
debtedness which had been assumed in In spite of the fact that he had many
detractors. When he was in town lie
the erection o f new school buildings.
kept open house, and it became gradu-
I ally a custom to such o f his comrades
Two Klamath Lumber Mills
■ as were In the vicinity to congregate
PERSHING’S TROOPS EQUIPPED ANEW
the American forces in their hunt for
Villa.
^
A .
R. W Y L I E
lAil rights iMervsd. Ths Bobbs-Mwrill Co.)
The man I d the armchair lifted bis
head.
"Gambling always seems to me the
last resort o f daring minds from the
deadly security of modern life,” he ob
served sententiously.
He spoke for the first time, and A r
naud glanced at him quickly and al
most with appreciation.
"You may be right. One baa the
feeling sometimes o f stifling.”
He
laughed cyulcally, and the older man
rose. It was noticeable tor the first
time that he limped.
"A ll Frenchmen gamble.” he said,
“ either with their lives, other people's
lives, their honor, or somebody else's
honor. W ill you not take a hand?”
Arnaud hesitated with something of
his first frigidity of manner, but there
were nervous, feverish patches o f color
In his pale face.
" I beg your pardon— I did not catch
your name?” he said coldly.
"L ow e— Stephen Lowe, at your serv
ice.”
Arnaud returned the formal little
bow.
" I shall be delighted.”
They turned toward the table. Sower
laughed significantly.
"B e careful, Aruaud; remember the
adage ‘Lucky in love— ' ”
It was at that moment that the door
opened and Farquhar entered. For no
obylous reasou bis appearance caused
a moment's awkward slleuce. H e bad,
In fact* the look of a man who bus
been drluklng hard, but bus somehow
managtHl to retain a dangerous self-
possession. There was no trace of
hesitancy In his manner us he an
swered Sower’s belated welcome, but
instead a not easily defined shade of
Insolence. 8ower appeared to notice
nothing.
“ Help yourself,” he said hospitably,
"and sit down. You look queer. Any
thing wrong?”
Farquhar made no answer. He sank
down Into the proffered chair, and,
having poured out half a tumbler of
brandy from the decanter at his elbow,
stared moodily Into the firelight. Sower
watclie»l him cautiously.
“ You look HI, Farquhar,” he repeat
ed after a moment. “ Cau I do any
thing for you?"
Farquhar looked up.
“ Ever been drunk?” he asked ab
ruptly.
“ No. I'v e never been tempted that
way. H ave you?”
“ Not yet. I'm thinking of trying It."
Desert mirages
and heart mi
rages. This is
one you must
not miss.
He threw back bis bead with a laugh.
Sower tossed bis clgur eml Into the
fender.
“ I shouldn’t If I were you.” he said
coolly.
"W e have Inspection tomor
row afternoon.”
Farquhar returned to his fixed con
templation o f the firelight. During tbe
hour that passed be did not move, ex
cept to replenish the glass beside
him.
Then Preston suddenly left
the card-table, went over to tbe fire
side and stood there with his back
turned, his head bent. He did not no
tice Farquhar, who looked up as
though raised from Ids deliberate leth
argy by some painful sound.
The
boy’s round, unformed face was wet.
“ Hullo— Preston!”
He started violently.
"Oh. you. Farquhar— I didn’t know
you were there. For God's sake don't
look at me— I'm a fool— but I'm cleaned
out. T w o litiiidre»l pounda at a sit
ting— all my allowance— ” He broke
off.
Farquhar had not far to go, a by
street bringing him to » quiet, unpre
tentious house which his Instinct rec
ognized. Inside all was Inky obscur
ity.
He stumbled against the first
step o f the stairs, touched some
thing that was warm and living, and
In the recoil struck his head against a
treacherous overhanging shelf.
“ I beg sornebo»1y’s pardon,” a quiet
voice said through the subsequent si
lence. “ I'm afraid I ’ ve killed some
body."
Then the light was switched on.
Farquhar saw before him a small
person, dowdlly dressed, with a small,
thin face under a small hat. He took
“ I Am a Cur,”
He Said Under His
Breath.
bis band from bis bead and consid
ered It.
“ No very serious damages, I fear.
Give me au arm up to my room, will
you ?"
She obeyed Instantly and with some
adroitness.
“ It's that ridiculous hatrack,” she
snld. “ It blocks up the whole hall. I
have often spoken to Mrs. Ferrler
about It.”
"Y ou — ”
H e stopped short, with
drawing his arm and leaning against
tbe banisters.
" I thought— really I
must be far gone— I thought you were
Mrs. Ferrler.”
“ Oh. no; I rather wish I was. I ’m
the fourth floor back.”
“ Well, I don’t know who the fourth
floor back Is exactly, but I know I
have taken an unwarrantable lib
erty— ”
“ Don’t You are not In a condition
to offer resistance. Tbla your room.
Isn't It?" She pushed open a door on
the first floor and turned on the light.
He looked at her In weary, half-amused
perplexity.
“ I can’t allow this sort o f thing. It'a
not right that a young Indy—”
“ I ’ m not a Indy— at least, not by cir
cumstance. Anyhow, I dou't care. You
are 111. Sit down.”
He obeyed, tossing his coat and bat
onto tbe nearest chair, and sat list
lessly with bis head In his hands.
From a long way off be beard her soft,
rapid movements.
They were curi
ously soothing, and presently ho looked
up again, urged by an Idle wonder.
But apparently she had forgotten hi*
existence. Hatless, with sleeves rolled
up to her elbows, she knelt before the
fire, engaged in a quiet but deteruilne«l
struggle with a rusty and refractory
kettle. Presently she got up from her
knees.
"In two minutes you will have your
tea." she announced In the ruthless
tones o f a professional nurse. “ How Is
your head now ?”
“ Better— ”
For the first time she
turned and looked him full In tbe face,
and he broke off blankly. Either she
was young, or she had conserved In
those tw o clear, steady eyes all that
la youthful and all that Is splendid In
youth. She was smiling, and Inexpli
cably her frank pleasure seemed to
goad him out o f bis heavy indifference.
“ I am a cur,” be said uuder bis
breath.
"Oh, no, you're not a cur. You ar#
drunk, it'a not a nice word, but I ’ m
afraid I ’ m too busy to think out pretty
ways o f expressing myself. There's
your tea.”
She placed tbe cup fearlessly at his
elbow. “ Please drink It at once."
He obeyed.
Farquhar shifted his position so that
he faced the card-table.
His eyes
were dangerous.
“ I say. this Is a damned gambling
bell,” be said ch-arly.
"D id you speak, Farquhar?" Sower
asked quietly.
Farquhar did not move.
"Yes. I said this was a damned
gambling hell. I may add that you are
a damned scoundrel. Ask your friend
there to return Ills I. O. C.’s on the
spot, or I promise you we two shall be
explaining matters at headquarters to
morrow morning.
You kuow what
that means, ! fancy.”
There was no answer for a minute.
All five men looked Instinctively at
Sower, waiting for his next move. Tbe
cloud o f tbe gaming passion had Ilft-
- I S a y . T h is Is a Damned Gambling
' ”d. leaving a rank, bitter-tasting real
Don’t you Just love a game lit
H ell."
ity. Sower recovered his calm good
tle girt that isn’t afraid of ap
shall often meet
He snd Miss Om nature with unaffecte«! ease.
pearances and rules of conduct
“ Farquhar. you are undoubtedly
ney are great frleiuls. Is It not so?"
when she knows sha’s helping s
Sower pushed the cigar box along | the worse for my brandy." be observed.
fellow
creature
In trouble?
'Lowe. I should be glad If you would
the mantelptree.
Wouldn't It be a fine piece of
"H elp yourself No, I should not call ! return Mr. Preston’s note o f band. 1
buainesa If Farquhar had ths
them great friends.
Miss Omney’s »hail settle with you m yself for yonr
gumption to cast a sid e family
brother was a kind of David to Far- | osa. I trust that Farquhar will see fit
pride and marry a really sensi
to apologize— If n»»t now, at least when
qnhar's Jonathan—"
ble girl?
“ And it was D n M who mistook the be Is sufficiently recovered.”
Richard Farquhar rose lelsnrely to
broad path for the narrow?”
(TO BE CONTINUED )
"Exactly. There was a scandal, o f ills feel. There was no trace o f un
Discouraged.
course, a dtob-'iiored ch rck and a bolt, steadiness In his steps as he crossed
Tommy, are you going to bed with
Gambling. 1 believe O ht Charlea Om I the room, but It was obvious that
nsy has the reputation >f a bard man Sower had not overstated hie condl out aaylng your prayer»?”
"Yeas urn.”
Like most bard articles be baa broken | lion.
op under the first blow
“ I do cot snppivse that even when I
"Y ou ars a wicked boy."
Arnaud was silent
his tave m-overed I shall see things d if
"A w , what's tha use” I'va bean
delicate nervous fare o'
fondee rttb ferently." be said, turning bit white. prayin' ever since I can remember, an'
some unpleasant refir
| rente ally and ng face for a moment to I thought the Lord was on my suia.
ID
still watch rig th» playi
and t
! the motionless group. ”Oome along. but today he ie< Sam Tow sal give me
gar had been «::■»,red t»
1 Preston.”
| a black a ? * ”
ou t