Mosier bulletin., April 21, 1916, Image 2

WILSON THAMES VIRTUAL Made Record Flight in Mexico
BANDIT VILLA DEAD; PRESIDENT
ULTIMATUM TO BERLIN GOVERNMENT
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BODY IS EXHUMED
Persistent Mexican Reports Say
Carranzaistas Have Corpse.
VERACITY OE RUMOR STILL DOUBLED
Incidents Confirm Story of Blood
Poisoning Supposed to Have
Ended Outlaw's Career.
M exico C ity — V illa ’» dead body ha»
been dug up out o f a tw o w eek»' old
g rave by C arlos C arranza, new phew of
G eneral C arranza, th e first c h ie f of the
c o n stitu tio n a list» , and is now being
b rought by him and an e sc o rt of sol­
d ie rs to th e c ity o f C hihuahua. T his
in fo rm a tio n w as contained in a te le ­
gram received by the W ar d e p a rtm e n t
la te Sunday.
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El Paso— Francisco V illa is dead and
his body, d isin te rre d som e days a fte r
his burial, is in poss»c»ion o f th e C a r­
ran za troops, according to a se rie s of
te le g ra p h ic m essages received in J u a r
ez Sunday by th e M exican officials.
F or m ore th an a w eek re p o rts th a t
V illa had died from wounds have been
c u rre n t both here and in Ju a re z . Sun­
d a y ’s accounts w ere th e m ost circum ­
s ta n tia l and a p p a re n tly re lia b le y e t re ­
ceived. T hey w ere accepted w ith re ­
serv e by A m erican officials, including
G eneral Kell, but th e M exican officials
ex p ressed confidence in th e ir re lia ­
b ility .
The d isp a tc h e r of the M exican W est­
e rn ra ilro ad a t Ju a re z re p o rte d to G en­
e ral G ab riel G avira, C a rran z a com­
m ander a t Ju a re z , th a t he hail heard a
conversation o v e r th e te le g ra p h w ires
to th e effect th a t V illa 's body w as in
th e hands o f C a rran z a troo|>a. G en­
eral G av ira notified Consul A ndres
G arica here, who rushed m essages to
th e te le g ra p h o |ie ra to rs a t M adero and
C u sihuiriachic o p e rato rs answ ered con­
firm ed th e re p o rt and said th e body
w as being tak en to C hihuahua.
T he te le g ra p h o p e ra to r a t San An­
tonio, Mexico, 50 m iles w est C hihua­
hua, teleg rap h ed Consul G a rcia th a t
V illa 's body w as in posssesion o f Colo­
nel C arlos C arranza, nephew o f Gen­
e ral C arranza, who was ta k in g it in a
specail tra in to C hihuahua.
In reply to th ese m essages, te le ­
g ra m s w ere se n t to th e C a rran z a gen­
e ra ls in th e field and to officers in
Mexico C ity, C hihuahua and o th e r
points, a sk in g confirm ation, b u t no an ­
sw ers have y e t been received.
A p a rt from th e tele g ra m s se n t here
th e re a re som e known fa c ts w hich
have been pointed o u t by M exican
officials as lending stro n g s u p |o r t to
th e tru th o f the re p o rt th a t th e bandit
c h ie f’s c a re e r hns been closed by d eath .
V illa has been su fferin g fo r more
th an a y e ar from a v iru le n t form of
blood poisoning.
He was tre a te d for th is disease
w hile in Ju a re z by I)r. W. L. Brown.
I)r. Brown say s th a t th e condition
o f th e bandit w as such th a t even a
m inor wound would be fa ta l in ten
days unless tre a te d prom ptly and w ith
th e b est m edical skill and care.
Even
under th e m ost fav o rab le conditions
such a wound would be o f th e g ra v e st
c h ara c te r.
in This Aeroplane
T h e Red M irage
W ashington, D. C .— P re sid e n t ’ W il-
son com pleted his in d ictm en t of G er­
m any T uesday fo r h e r subm arine oper-
a tio n s and it w ill go forw ard at[orice
to B erlin.
T he com m unication, according to
those who have seen it, w ill leave
n o th in g to th e im ag in atio n . It is v ir­
tu ally an u ltim a tu m w ith o u t a tim e
lim it fo r response. As th e a lte rn a tiv e
of re fu sa l to m ake thorough re p a ra tio n j
and give com plete g u a ra n te e s th a t
su b m arin e o p e ratio n s h e re a fte r shall
be conducted in accordance w ith the
p rin cip les of hu m an ity and in te rn a ­
tio n a l law, A m bassador G erard will be
w ith d raw n from B erlin.
I t develops th a t th e P re sid e n t has
been considering th re e courses to pur­
sue w ith re fe re n c e to G erm any. T hey
a re :
1. To p re sen t all th e fa c ts in pos­
session of th is go v ern m en t to G erm any
and to dem and an ex p la n atio n of how
th a t nation can square its deeds w ith
its prom ises.
2. To send a note re c itin g t h a t ;
G erm any has violated th e solem n a s­
su ra n ce s m ade to th e U nited S ta te s,
and n o tify in g her th a t unless prom pt
re p a ra tio n be m ade A m bassador G e r - j
ard w ill be w ithdraw n.
3. To break off re la tio n s w ith o u t
discussion.
I t is not understood the P re sid e n t is
p rep ared a t th is m om ent to adopt the
th ird proposal.
It is the second which
a p p ea ls to him and w hich probably will
m eet w ith his approval.
A Story of the French Legion in A lgiers
B y I. A . R . W Y L I E
(All rig h ts reserved. T he Bobb#-M errill Co.)
Thirty Burn to Death in
New Haven Train WretK
B radford, R. I .— T h irty o r m ore p e r­
sons w ere rep o rted to have been cru sh ­
ed o r burned to d e a th in a collision of
tr a in s on th e N ew Y ork, New H aven
& H a rtfo rd ra ilro a d here Tuesday
n ig h t. The acc id e n t occurred a t 7 :30
o ’clock and fo u r hours la te r w recking
and h o spital crew s w ere said to have
recovered 30 bodies.
T he dead w ere in th e re a r c a r of a
four-coach local tra in , bound from
B oston to New I-ondon, and w hich had
stop|>ed a t th e local sta tio n w hen it
w as run down by th e G ilt Edge e x ­
press, bound from Boston for New
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Mm n i s i i ruiriir ■■ in
Lieutenant Edgar S. Correll.
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Lieutenant Herbert A. Dargue.
L ie u te n a n ts E d g ar S. G orrell and wounds.
L ie u te n a n t D argue sa id :
“ T here
H e rb e rt A. D argue, now w ith G eneral
P e rs h in g ’s troops in M exico, m ade a seem s to be no doubt th a t V illa was
w ounded; conversations w ith n a tiv e s
record flight the o th e r day when they and w ith p hysicians h av in g convinced
w ent from San A ntonio, in Chihuahua, me th a t he was shot th ro u g h both legs
to Colum bus, N. M., a d istan c e of and one o f th em being broken by a
m ore th an 350 m iles in less th an fo u r bullet, w hile a n o th e r shot lodged in
hours. T hey m ade a »ingle stop, th a t his stom ach. A m an in th a t condition
a t C asas Grande», w here th ey heard w ith o u t m edical a tte n tio n could scarce­
Y o rk .
T h is coach w as telescoped, se t afire re |x irts th a t V illa had died o f his ly live lo n g .”
and burned
T he c a r ahead aiso took fire, and
C anada is su b je ct to such re g u la ­
th e flam es, com m unicating to th e pas­
tion as th e C anadian officiai» desire,
se n g e r sta tio n and fre ig h t house, de­
ta x and a m uch g re a te r ta x on th e lux­
stro y e d both buildings.
u rie s o f l if e .”
I t w as sta te d th a t th e re w ere known
W ashintgon, D. C .— T he sen ate la te j S e n a to r Underw ood defined th e com­
to have been 37 persons in th e de­
stroyed car and th a t only six of these W ednesday adopted its s u b s titu te for p e titiv e ta riff as a ta x allow ing re a ­
had been accounted fo r sev eral hours th e house fre e su g a r re p ea l resolution, 1 sonable co m p etitio n and ra is in g a re a ­
la te r.
" I be­
e x te n d in g th e p re sen t d u ty of 1 cent a sonable am ount of revenue.
A m ong those re p o rte d to have been
lieve i t is w rong to ta x a dollar out of
burned to death w ere Miss J a n e t C lark, |K>und on su g a r until May 1, 1920. The
I th e pockets of one c itize n s in to the
d a u g h te r of W illiam (’lark, president vote w as 40 to 32.
pockets of a n o th e r.” he said. " O u r
of th e W esterly m ill of th e A m erican
r our D em ocrats joined the Reputili- ta riff has succeeded in producing rev-
T h rea d com pany, and W. M. B arber, I cans in v o tin g a g a in st th e su b s titu te , enue and in red u cin g the ta riff wall.
also of W esterly.
T hey fa v o r th e flat repeal adopted by If th e re have been m ista k e s m ade on
th e house.
A sh a rp c o n troversy in
P«intJ8-
hav° **-en m istak es
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,
of the head, and not of th e heart,
c onference betw een the tw o houses is
W w k , attaokell the I)em o.
predicted. A n tic ip a tin g th a t th e house c ra tic tariff, d e clarin g it w as not a
would in s is t upon its resolution, Sen- good revenue producer. H e arg u ed a t
New Y ork—C a p ta in F ran z von P a ­ a to rs Lodge, Sim m ons and Stone w ere len g th a g ain st th e contention th a t the
Eurojiean w ar w as resiionsible fo r the
pen, recalled m ilita ry a tta c h e to th e nam ed aa th e sen ate conferees.
g re a t fa llin g off in custom s re ce ip ts.
U nless a conference a g ree m e n t is
G erm an em bassy at W ashington, wus
indicted T uesday hy th e Federal grand reached and approved before May 1
ju ry here* as th e o rg a n iz er and finan­ su g a r w ill go on th e fre e lis t until
cier of an alleged conspiracy to blow such tim e as the repeal o r e x te n sio n of
up th e W elland C anal in Canada. W ith th e d uty can be m ade effective.
him also w ere indicted C aptain H ans
M ost o f th e ta riff discussion did not
M exico C ity — F ran cisco V illa has
T auscher, a l l e g e d a g e n t o f the K rupps touch on th e su g ar issue, w hich had
in th e U nited S ta te s and husband of been discussed previously, b u t was de­ le ft th e m ain body of his com m and and
Mme. Jo h a n n a G adski, th e prim a voted to an am endm ent by S enator is hiding, alm ost unatten d ed , in the
don n a; C o n sta n tin e G ovani, A lfred J. W orks of C alifornia, to in crease the
S ie rra m o u n tain s o f C hihuahua, ac­
F ritz e n and a n o th e r m an whose nam e ta riff on lem ons and o th e r c itru s fru its
has not been revealed. It w as learned to 1 c e n t a pound. T h is w as defeated cording to in fo rm a tio n g iv en out by
Buda P e st The p ro b a b ility o f w ar from a reliable source th a t the last by a vote of 44 to 29, S e n a to r Phelan, th e W ar d p e a r'm e n t W ednesday.
betw een A m erica and the C e n tra l E m ­ nam ed is a pro m in et G erm an whose of C alifo rn ia, being th e only Demo­
T he la te s t o f his re tre a tin g forces
pires is a g ra v e concern to A u s tria and nam e has been m entioned freq u en tly c ra t to sup p o rt it.
passed th ro u g h th e tow n of C u sih u iria ­
H ungary alike, fo r m illions o f H un­ in connection w ith G erm an propganda.
S e n a to r P helan declared seven coun­ chic, C hihuahua, in th e ir flight tow ard
g a ria n s ami A u stria n s in A m erica
F ed eral officials do not e x p ec t to tie s in C a lifo rn ia com prised the whole th e m ountains.
T hey w ere closely
would suffer considerably in case re­ b rin g Von I ' H | i e n to tria l. W hile he is lem on producing region in th e U nited pursued by fo rc e s of th e de fa cto gov­
latio n s w ere broken off and e v e ry th in g no longer im m une from prosecution by j S ta te s and th a t th e red u ctio n of the e rnm ent. who hope to c ap tu re the
is being done in th e V ienna foreign th e U n ited S ta te s civil a u th o ritie s, d uty on lem ons had caused a loss of hands and locate th e ir leader.
office to |>er»uade G erm any to evade a since he ceased to be a m em ber of the $800,000 in revenue.
ru p tu re if (Kissible.
A u stria -H u n g ary G erm an em bassy staff, th e offense
S e n a to r V ardem an
opposed
the
Rum ors from sev eral sources th a t
in sists on lieing consulted in th e m a t­ w ith w hich he is charged is not e x ­ W orks am endm ent ami said, w hile he V illa had died o f blood poisoning and
te r and n e g o tia tio n s a re goin g on be­ tra d ita b le under any tre a ty w ith a fo r­ would vote for the se n a te su b stitu te press d isp a tc h es from (ju e re ta ro te ll­
tw een B erlin and Veinna.
eig n governm ent.
su g a r resolution, he would not give his ing of an announcem ent by th e de
Should a break occur, th e A ustro-
T he in dictm ent, i t is understood, a ssen t to th e house m easure.
fa cto g o v e rn m e n t’s w ar d e p a rtm e n t
H u n g a rian g overnm ent w ill o t tak e w as re tu rn e d w ith th e sanction of the
“ I would not vote to ta x any of the th a t it had reason to believe th e bandit
official notice o f it and even i f it D e p artm en t o f Ju s tic e , and is believed ne ce ssities o f life fo r b a ttle s h ip s th a t ch ie f had been killed in a ctio n w ere
should come to w a r b etw een G erm any to e stab lish a precedent.
No effort are not n eed ed ,” he said. ” 1 have the invasion of m uch discussion here.
and th e U nited m a te s th e m onarchy w ill lie m ade to have Von Pa|>en very little sym pathy fo r th e prepared­ In some q u a rte rs th e re w as a disposi­
w ill d isre g a rd th e alliance as a con­ b rought here, but th e indictm ent will ness p ro g ram th a t seem s to be agreed tion to c red it th e rep o rts, but they
sideration, as in th e case w ith G er­ be held in abeyance in CBse he should upon, but if I had, I would not not be w ere w ithout official confirm ation and
m any and Italy . The press is dev o t­ e v e r re tu rn to th e U n ited S ta te s.
w illin g to pay for it w ith a ta x on both arm v officials and S ta te d ep art-
in g m arked a tte n tio n to th e situ atio n .
sugar. b u t Would ra ise th e money w ith m ent „ ^ ,'.¡„ 1 ,, su g g e ste d th a t th ey had
W est Point Bill P a sse d .
g re a te r income ta x , an in h e rita n c e probably been p u t out by
V illa 's
A uthor “ P e c k 's Bad Boy" Dies.
W ashintgon, D. C. A hill doubling
frien d s as a ruse.
M ilw aukee — G eorge W. Peck, 75 th e n um ber o f c ad e ts at th e W est Point
T extile Mills R aise Pay.
Boston W age advances, w hich will
years old, fo rm e r governor o f W iscon­ m ilita ry academ y, th e second o f th e
S tr e e tc a r K no ck ed O ff T re s tle .
S e a ttle, W ash. -T w e n ty -fiv e
p e r­
sin fo r tw o term s, and a t one tim e p re p are d n ess m easures to go th ro u g h put th e pay o f te x tile o p e ra tiv e s in
m ayor of M ilw aukee, died here Sunday both branches o f congress, w as passes! m any of th e m ills in New E ngland sons on an outbound Alki P oint s tre e t­
a fte r a short illness. Mr. P e rk was j by th e house a f te r it had been am end and New York sta te on th e h ig h est c a r w ere th ro w n headlong through
one of th re e D em ocrats who, since the ed to e lim in a te a section w hich would basis in th e h isto ry of th e industry, window s or b u ried in mud and d e b ris
adm ission o f W isconsin to th e Union, have a u th o rise d th e P re sid e n t to fill w ere announced W ednesday.
The W ednesday n ig h t w hen th e c a r was
in 1848, held th e jxwition o f governor, vacancies a t th e b eg in n in g of a soho- A m erican W oolen
m pany. em ploying stru c k by an O .-W . R. & N. Co. fre ig h t
In 1892 his opjxm ent on th e R epublican lastic y e ar from th e a lte rn a te s whose 25,000 op erativ es, issued notice o f a n tra in a t Spokane and W hatcom avenues,
tic k e t w as e x -U n ite d S ta te s S e n a to r prin cip les had e n te re d . A sim ila r bill. advance of 10 1 ST cent. T he A rlington One pussenger w as killed and all the
Spooner, whom he d efeated . Mr. Peck doubling th e personnel a t th e naval m ills, of L aw rence, ami th e affiliated o th ers m ore or less injured. T he mo-
achieved n ational fam e as a w rite r of academ y, w as signed by th e P resid en t M errim ac m ills, announced an advance
torm an says th a t the fre ig h t tra in .
hum orous tales, his best-know n hook sev eral w eeks ago.
to a p p ro x im ate ly 8600
op erativ es. b acking up w ith o u t a re a r lig h t, stru ck
being " P e c k 's Bin! B oy.”
S im ila r a ctio n w ill lie ta k e n th is week the car am idships. It rolled over once
by o th e r m a n u fa c tu rin g in te re s ts.
L one P ira te Indicted.
and th en slid off th e edge of th e tr e s ­
D ra f B o y E quals R e co rd .
W ilm ington, l>eL—C larence R. H ud­
tle in to th e tideffats.
Vancouver, W ash. — Louis K otula, son, a lia s E rn est Schiller, who, single-
W a rra n t Issued fo r H yde.
K an sas C ity, Mo. — A com plaint
G iant S u b m a rin e Is R eady.
th e Polish p itc h e r fo r th e S ta te Schixd handed, seized th e B ritish fre ig h t sh ip
fo r th e D eaf, is th o u g h t to have equal- M atoppo off Sandy Hook light on the c h arg in g Dr. B. C larke Hytle, of K an­
B oston—T he la rg e st su b m arin e in
ed the w orld's record for s tr ik in g out nig h t of March 29 am) com pelled the sas C ity, w ith the m u rd er o f Colonel th e U nited S ta te s navy, th e L -l, th e
batsm en in a nine-inning gam e, w hiff­ crew to put into th e D elaw are b re a k ­ T hom as H. Swope, an aged m ilionaire,
first of a se rie s o f seven of th a t type,
ing 21 o f the players o f th e Benaon w a ter, w as indicted by th e F ederal was filled in a ju stic e co u rt here
w as tu rn ed o ver to th e com m andant of
Polytechnic School nine o f P ortland, garnd ju ry on a ch arg e of piracy. W ednesday, and a w a rra n t for Dr. the C harlestow n navy yard W ednes­
Saturday.
T h ere w ere four counts in th e in d ic t­ H y d e’s a rre s t w as issued. The action day. She is 170 fe e t over all, and in­
A week previously he struck out 18 m ent and in css«' of conviction Hudson follow ed th e filing T uesday by the pros­ ste ad o f th e u su al rounded bow of
b a tte rs in a gam e w ith Lincoln H igh is liable to life im prisonm ent. Hudson ecu tin g a tto rn e y of a new info rm atio n previous m odels h a s an o rd in a ry sh ip 's
School, o f P ortland.
w as not brought in to court but re ­ a g a in st Dr. Hyde, in w hich he w as bow, w hich is epxected to add m a te r­
K otula w ill tr y to catch on w ith the m ained s t the county w orkhouse, charged w ith poisoning Colonel Swope.
ially to her speed.
H er eq u ip m en t
T acom a team in the N o rth w e stern w here he has been confined.
Swojw diet! in 1909. under m ysterious incliuies four torpedo tu b es
She w ill
I<eague th is sum m er.
circum stances.
Dr. H yde has been l>e propelled by o il-b u rn in g engines.
trie d th re e tim e s for th e m urder.
S 2 0 5 Gold N ugget Found.
The o th er six b o a ts of th e L type will
M ary Phagnn Suit Ends
G ra n ia Pass, Ore. One o f th e la rg ­
be ready fo r d e liv e ry before J u ly 1.
A tlan ta, Ga.
The su it bro u g h t by e st gold n u ggets e v er found in th e
C a n ad a O pens U. S . Mail.
Mrs. J W. Colem an to recover $10,000 Southern O regon placer fields was
T raining Bill la P a s s e d .
W ashington. D. C.- S e v e ral p ro tests
from the N atio n al Pencil com pany on b rought to G ra n ts P ass T uesday by have been m ade to the Poatolfice de­
Albany, N. Y. The se n a te S aturday
account o f th e death o f her d a u g h te r Ren S. W a tts of W illiam s.
It m eas­ p a rtm e n t re ce n tly by postal a u th o ritie s considerad out o f its re g u la r o rd e r and
M ary Phagan, fo r whose m urd er l e o ured th re e and a h a lf iriches in len g th a t office* along th e C anadian border, pass.1 by a vote o f 41 to I, th e W alsh-
M. Frank was convicted, was dism issed and a lik e d istan c e in w idth w ith a th a t A m erican le tte rs h ave been open­ S la te r bill to provide for g e n era l m ili­
in S uperior co u rt here S a tu rd ay a f te r th ic k n e ss of about h a lf an inch. It ed in th e D om inion and passed on by a ta ry and physical tra in in g fo r boys
a tto rn ey s announced th a t a se ttle m e n t » " ig b e d 11 ounces, 11 penny w e ig h ts censor.
betw een th e a g es o f 16 and 18.
T his
out of court had been agreed upon.
anti 16 gram a w hen placed in the
No a ction has been tak e n , and it action w as ta k e n a f te r G overnor W h it­
Mary P h a g a n 'a body w as found in scales, its value being $205.
It w as waa understood W ednesday to be the m an had eent a special m essage u rg in g
th e pencil facto ry .
I found 26 m ile* from here
i fe elin g of a u th o ritie s h e re th a t m ail t p re(* re d n e sa leg islatio n .
Austria-Hungary Will Avoid
Break With United States
a Je w ? — Very w ell—now I shall act eyes. T hen he began to w rite. H e
w ro te fo u r letters. One w a s to the
Uke one!”
W h e n S y lv ia O m ney, a b e a u tifu l E n g ­
H e began to pace the room w ith w a r office. W hen be had finished be
lish g irl, re t u rn s fro m a s e a rc h in A lg iers
fo r h e r m issin g b ro th e r, h e r lover, R ic h ­ short, feverish steps. “ I am going to opened a d ra w e r a n d took out an a rm y
a rd F a rq u h a r. finds sh e h a s fa lle n in love tell you som ething no one has ever revolver, w hich be exam ined and then
w ith C a p ta in A rn a u d of th e F o re ig n L e ­
gion. In C a p ta in S o w e r's room F a r q u h a r heard before. Only three people know loaded carefully. H e sw itched off the
H e w e n t over to th e
get# d e lib e ra te ly d ru n k , b u t w h en y o u n g It, and they have held th eir tongues— electric lam p.
P re » to n loses a ll h is m o n ey to Low e, a
h e arth and stam ped his fa th e r » confes­
s h a d y c h a r a c te r. F a r q u h a r fo rc e s S o w er yo u r m other and M ajor M ow bray.
T he polished
to h a v e P r e s to n ’s I. O. U .’s re tu rn e d to No— don’t Interru p t. You c an ’t silence sion Into the em bers.
him . F a r q u h a r is he lp e d to h is ro o m s by me w ith those dam ned eyes o f yours. b a rre l w inked like a n evil silv er eye
G a b rle lle Sm ith.
You've got to listen. You d o n 't rem em ­ In the reflected firelight.
ber y o u r fath er, do you? H e w as In
“ Mr. F a rq u h a r— a re you th ere ? ”
“ The call of fighter« to th e
India w hen you w ere a child, and
H is hand still lifted, frozen by s u r­
fighting m an" — do you know
y our m o th er d o rs not speak very often p rise Into Im m obility, he saw in the
w h at it m eans to respond to the
of him. You see bow well I know glass opposite him th a t th e door had
call of your co u n try w hen It ask s
things. B ut you a re very proud of opened.
A g ain st the dim ly lighted
you to defend it a g ain st th r e a t­
him —a n d rightly. H e w as a b rilliant passage outside be recognized th e n e at
ening enem ies? Im agine w hat
soldier a n d som ething of an Inventor. silhouette of a w om au's figure. The
th e sound of bugles and tram p ­
H e in v en te d a gun th at, though It next in s ta n t the room w as flooded w ith
ing feet and the sig h t of stre a m ­
would be tw e n ty y e ars old now, would light.
ing khakl clad m en m eans to the
still ra n k bead and shoulders above
“ Oh, I beg y o u r pardon. It w as aa
E nglishm an th ese days.
a n y th in g w e have. It w as u n fo rtu n ate q u iet and d a rk I did not know you
th a t he s|>ent m ore th an he had and w ere in. I cam e for my eau-de-Co­
gnm bled w ith w hat he did not possess. logne— ” She stopped. H e bad tu rn ed
CH A PTER II—C ontinued.
The B ritish governm ent w as, us usual, In stan tly , but not In tim e. H e r eyes
Colonel re sted on bis hand. “Oh!” she said
"N ow lie down. Your bead Is aching dilatory aud parsim onious.
furiously I have no doubt, and p ro b ­ F a rq u h a r offered his Invention to a u n d e r ber breath . She closed the door
ably you have w ork In fro n t of you foreign pow er. My fa th e r knew ev­ a u d cam e quietly across the room till
like o th er m ortals. I h ave some eau- erything. I w as a young su b a lte rn a t she stood opposite him. "W h at w ere
de-Cologne up stairs.
D on’t Jeer.
I the tim e. My fa th e r felt It his d uty you going to do. Mr. F a rq u h a r? ”
to Inform the authorities. P revious to
H e th rew back bis bead. H e w as
am going to fetch It.”
“ W alt a m inute. W on’t you please this he aud Colonel F a rq u h a r bad been still very young, und In a m inute m ore
Intim ate. As a last act of friendship be bad counted on facing tbe m yste­
tell m e your Dump?”
She put her bead a little on one he w arned your fa th e r of Uls purpose. ries o f life and d e ath . H is face w as
Y’our fa th e r m urdered him.
side.
ghastly in its rigid resolve and dread.
"M y fa th e r lived a few hours.”
“O abrlelle—G abrlelle Sm ith.
Not
“ I d o n 't think It's m uch good lying
very euphonious. Is It? B ut one’s bap­ Sow er w ent ou deliberately. “ H e w as a b o u t It, Miss Sm ith,” be said, w ith a
tism Is the first occasion w here the a Jew , b u t he w as a g reat m an. H e sh o rt laugh.
g re at law concerning the sins of the held y our fa th e r In hts pow er. He
“ No.” She nodded. “ You w ere go­
fa th e rs comes Into operation. Now—” could hnve had his pound of flesh. He ing to kill yourself. I have seen th a t
"A nd w on’t you tell w h a t you a re ? ” had m ercy. H e let your fa th e r go—on before.
My fa th e r blew o u t bis
“T h a t's n large question. I w ish I th ree conditions. The first condition brains. It w ns an a c t of sudden mud-
w
as
th
a
t
he
w
ithdrew
his
offer
to
the
knew myself.
Officially I am a n y ­
ness. Money dro v e him m ad. Is It
thing from a trav e lin g com panion to foreign pow er, the second th a t he re­ money w ith you?”
an u n sa tisfac to ry nursem aid, In e ith e r signed his com m ission, the th ird th a t
“ No. I have lost everything."
case o u t of a Job. Is th a t w h at you he left the country. T hese things he
"T h ere is a lw ay s the light ahead.”
did."
w a n t? ”
“ I d o n 't u n d e rstan d —"
"M y fa th e r died is A frica," F a r­
H e closed his eyes w earily.
She tu rn ed to him w ith an e x p res­
“I don’t know —you h ave been a w ­ q u h a r said.
sion th a t w as new to him. T he sm all,
“ So I h ave been told.”
fully—d ecent—It all seem s ra th e r like
T here w as a long silence. Sow er th in face seem ed Illum inated w ith an
a grotesque, g igantic dream from
In w ard fire.
w hich I c an 't w ake up— ” U ls voice studied the younger m an out o f the
"T here Is a light som ew here,” she
corner of his eyes. T here w ns some­
died aw ay.
said, and h e r voice ra n g w ith ste rn
th
in
g
he
did
not
fully
u
n
d
e
rstan
d
—a
W hen she cam e back w ith her eau-
enthusiasm . " I t m ust e x ist—and If It
de-Cologne bottle a n d a h an d k erch ief phase of h um anity th a t did not fit In does not ex ist w e m ust light It our-
w
ith
his
c
arefully
d
raw
n
up
catalogue.
he w as asleep.
T his red hot tem p eram en t grow n su d ­
denly cold frlglitened^iim . It w a s like
C H A PT ER III.
handling an unknow n explosive.
"Y our fa th e r signed a confession in
T he G reat Law In Force.
W hen R ichard F a rq u h a r aw oke from fro n t St w itnesses. You will under-
his heavy sleep It w as broad d a y lig h t sta u d th a t In view of the circum ­
H e dressed, and by m idday w as on sta n ce s It w ns fe lt necessary to have
duty. Those who had w itnessed the some hold over him. H ere Is the p a ­
scene on the preceding night glanced per."
F a rq u h a r accepted the neatly folded
a t him curiously, but his face be­
trayed nothing—n e ith e r w eariness nor docum ent and took It n e a re r to the
the self-disgust usunl on such occa­ light. H e rend It carefully w ithout
sions. They saw he had changed, but any trac e o f emotion.
"I u n d e rsta n d .” H e held the paper
the change w as Indefinable. They saw ,
also, th at, w hatever else had happened, thoughtfully, ns though w eighing 1L
he had not apologized to Sower. The “O f course It is obvious th a t this Is
tw o m en exchanged th e c u rte st and of g re at v alu e to me. H ow m uch do
you w a n t? "
m ost perfu n cto ry greeting.
“ I a in in no need o f money. It Is
By seven o'clock he stood again In
y our c are er or m ine,” he said. “ You
the O m neys’ library, nnd Sylvia Om ney
m ust resign. H a lf an hour since I
stood on the threshold w aiting. She
w ould have been satisfied w ith an
w as sim ply dressed In a dark, clinging
apology."
m aterial which set off m ore perfectly
F a rq u h a r nodded.
the fa ir sw eetness of h e r features.
"1 give you my w ord of honor th a t I
“You w anted to speak to me, R ich­ shall send In my papers ton ig h t In re­
a rd ? ”
tu rn for th is le tte r.”
“ Yes; It w as good of you to come.
“ I accept y our word. T he le tte r Is
I know I h ad n ’t the right to ask. I In y o u r h an d s.”
behaved vilely last n ig h t.”
F a rq u h a r sta rte d slightly a n d then
She looked up luto bis face w ith au sm iled.
Innocent wonder.
“ Ah, 1 m ight hnve burned It. You
“ Did you? I d id n 't see I t I only are a mun of rem ark ab le discernm ent.
thought th a t you w ere Ju st as I had W ell, our b argain is closed. I d a re say
alw ay s believed yon to be— generous I have to th a n k you for y our long si­
aud chivalrous nnd loyal."
lence In this m atter. B ut v irtue Is its
PfAlcW
H e still held her hand, and w ith a own rew ard . Good n ight.”
/ A L t / Y T /A "
g rave courtesy he led her to the g re at
Sow er took up his h a t from the
a rm c h air by the fire. She sa t there, table. H e frow ned a t his ow n band,
her head bent like a frail flower, and which shook.
lie tu rn ed aw ay from her for a m om ent,
“ You a re confoundedly cool ab o u t It "N o,” She Nodded, “You W ere Going
bis face colorless.
to Kill Y ourself.”
all," he said. “ One w ould think you
“ I w a n t to tell you th a t I know ." he d id n 't c are .”
selves,
w
ith
o u r ow u hands, w ith our
w ent on quietly. "I thought It would
T he door closed.
F a rq u h a r w ent
save you trouble If .1 told you. Oue \ back to bis w ritin g table. H e did not ow n Ideals. We m u st have It or be­
has a flue Instinct lu these things, and te a r up the yellow, faded letter, but lieve in It.”
H is baud, re stin g on tb e m an te l­
Inst night 1 felt suddenly th a t I had I propped It a g a in st a bronze candlestick
T he revolver rang
gone out of your life. It h u rt me uu- I and sa t th ere sta rin g a t It w ith blank piece, relaxed.
a g a in st the m arble.
tieurably for a tim e.”
"You say th a t," he said h a rsh ly —
"I am to m arry C aptain A rnaud,” i
“you who have not had a sq u a re meal
she said, w ith a note o f defiance lu her L A K E
T A H O E O N C E H IG H E R for a fo rtn ig h t!”
low voice.
She threw back b e r head.
“T h a t can m ake no difference.
I Some A ncient Volcano Became Active
"W ho dared tell you th a t? ”
tak e you w ith me alw ays. You u n d e r­
and G reat Rocky Block Sank and
“ N ever m ind, i know It.”
stand ?"
Form ed Pool Bed.
Sbe said nothing, b u t the color died
“ Yes,” she said.
out of ber checks. H e tu rn ed from
“T hen good by.”
T he sta te m e n t som etim es m ade th a t her and burled bis face lu his arm s,
She m ust have fe lt th a t he w as
T ahoe Is an old volcanic c r a te r ” Is and there w as a little silence. T hen
brlngiug up his last reserv e of self- not tru e , according to re p o rt of th e
he fe lt her hand on bis shoulder.
control, yet she rose Im pulsively w ith g overnm ent geological survey
T he ( “ Do you th in k I should h a r e the
outstretched hands.
region a bout tn e lake show s evidences [ courage or the m eanness to tell you to
“Good-by. R ichard.
Forgive me— of volcanic a c tiv ity of various kinds,
go on If I did not know in my own
and (Sod bless you."
and th e lak e w a ters th em se lv es have body w hat going on m eant? D isgrace,
lie tu rn ed a b ru p tly and left her probably been dam m ed a t tim e s by
poverty, loss— 1 know them all. B ut
w ithout answ er.
ou tp o u rin g s of lava. A lava flow a p ­ one c a n 't throw dow n one's w eapons In
O utside a g ray tw ilig h t alread y p ears to have tem p o rarily filled th e j th e first skirm ish. 1 haven't, a n d you
shrouded the pom pous London square. o u tle t ch an n el below T ahoe C ity. T he s h a n 't P rom ise me. I am not going
Above th e Im m ediate silence th ere lake, how ever, lies In a stru c tu ra l de­ to leave yon till you do.”
sounded the note of a bugle, and a fte r p re ssio n —a dropped block of th e
"Yea.” he said. H e held out his hand
D uring th e Neocene
th at th e long-draw n out w all of the e a r t h s c ru st.
and sbe gave him hers. H e noticed for
bagpipers
Soma regim ent on the epoch and th e e a rlie r p a rt of th e
the first tim e th a t It w as w hite and
m arch forw ard.
H lchard F a rq u h a r P leistocene epoch th e w a te rs of L ake
unusually b e au tifu l in shape. She saw
lifted Ida head a n d listened. It cam e T ahoe stood m uch h ig h er th an now. j
the w onder in bis eyes and d re w back.
down to him through the ages, the call probably on account of lava dam s -
of a ghtera to the fighting m an. the w hich have since been cut through, ; "T h an k you. I believe th a t y our
com m and o f duty. T h a t m uch w as D istinct beaches th a t m ark form er life will be of use som e day to y our­
left.
R ichard F a rq u h a r tu rn ed and h ig h er lev els a re found up to about . se lf or another. I d a re say I shall be
w ent hom ew ard.
one hundred fe et above th e p re sen t ' even glad th a t I helped to save I t
Good-by.”
A« he entered and saw R obert Sow er lake, but It Is believed th a t th e w a ters
“ I m ay see you a g ain — "
sta n d in g by the firealde. h!s gloved form erly ro se to still g re a te r heights.
"W e may m eet again, b u t I th in k
hands behind hla back, his whole a tti­ At T ahoe C ity the m ost d istin c t of j
not
I have a Job. and am going
tude expressive of a ow l •*>lf certainty th e se old beaches Is a te rra c e thirty-
a b ro ad soon. May ! tak e thla w ith me
five
to
forty
feet
above
th
e
level
of
his very pulses scorned to stop and
a s a souvenir?”
then break Into a ham m ering gallop of th e lake, and It Is th is te rra c e th a t ,
She had picked np tbe revolver from
trlnm ph. H e closed th e door sharply, m akes th e level ground on w hich T a ­
the m antelpiece, and their eyes m e t
hoe ta v e rn la butlL
and Sow er iuiued.
"Y es,” he said sim ply.
“W ell?” F a rq u h a r said quietly.
“ I h ave come for y our apology."
T aka P la c e t of Soldier«.
Once again we see w h at th e
“T hen you have com* ou a fruitless
B erlin h a s five schools w here worn
Influence of a good w om an will
stra n d ."
en a re ta u g h t th e a rt of conducting a
do to r a man. How do you th in k
A tre m o r seemed to p ass over Sow s tre e t c a r th ro u g h th e crow ded th o r­
G abrieli# Sm ith will affect Rich­
e r a body. The brow n, slightly pro­ oughfares. E ach w eek betw een 300
a rd 's life from th la point for-
tru d in g ayes dickered. Suddenly and and 400 wom an conductor* a re grad u
w a rd f
terribly hla self re s tra in t broke dow n a te d to ta k e th e p la c e t of m en called
T am the Jew . am I n o t - the son of to the front.
(T O BÜ C O N T I X V E D .)
8Y N O PSI8.
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