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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1904)
TOILERS OP THE COLUMBIR By Paul De Lcncy Author of " Lord of the Insert." "Orcoo Sketches," t other PotHIc total 5 tor a CHAPTER XVI Continued. The island waa soon reached and the man taken ashore. The morning was crisp and cold and a fire of drift wood was kindled for the comfort of the wounded man and his companions. Aa the day lagged away the man grew woiee. Dan waa hia most attentive nurse. In the afternoon he persuaded hia companions that it would be better to take the wounded man to hia home. They agreed upon this but they did cot know what to do with their pris oner. On the aouthside they could not hold him, and if they left him on the island he might be compelled to re main tor leveral days without assist ance. They wanted him to accompany them to thier homes, but Dan had mat ters of more importance demanding his attention on the north side, lie told them to Wave him on the island and he would take his chances on reaching shore. The fishermen pulled out with theii wounded companion, reluctantly leav ing Dan beliind. Throughout the day Lapbam walked np and down the island viewing his friends and enemies as they lay on their oars in threatening attitudes. lie managed, however, to keep con cealed behind the driftwood from hie enemies, while he was too far away to be distinguished by his friends. lie had searched the inland from one end to the other for a boat, but the southsiders had intended making this a sort of prison bad they carried out their original plans and had removed every eemblance of craft fiom the place. Besides the island had always been a sort of neutral ground and since the quariel had begun, neither side at tempted to occupy it and all fiehing ap paratus and supplies had been taken away by the respective owners. As night came on, Dan became more anxious to reach the north chore. He wondered how many of hia friends had fallen under the fire of the southsiders, and wondered more how bankala was faring. Old Seadog was too much absorbed in the trouble at hand to carry out his plan of taking Sankala and Ringwold to the county pool farm, but he knew the girl was woi rying her young life away over the outlook for the future and possibly by this time, so far as he knew, she was grieving by the bedside of the deceased Ringwold. The impatient young fisherman could remain an exile no longer. He con structed a raft fiom planks and timbers which had lodged on the shores of the island and with pieces of planks Used as po.es and paddles he started for the main shore. Before his work had been completed however, night had long since fallen over the waters and a storm was brew log. ' The same sound from the clash of the wave and current on the bar greet ed his ears at that moment that made the frail Sankala tremble with fear as she left the north shore to search for him that she might give him the food she had prepared for him and of which she thought he must by this time be in such dire need. CHAPTER XVII. "Where Is Sankala?" "Hello, lookout!" "Hello, captain!" "How does it look to the southwest?' "Black and foreboding, captain." "I feared so. Watch close the river and bay. They are covered with those fool fishermen tonight. The light morning will find plenty of work for us to do. Thus spoke the captain of the life saving station to the man on the look out. Night had already closed in and the captain of the life saving station knew a storm was coming. He was at the . station b low the rocks and could not see out on the ocean out had called the man Btationed on the hill to verify toe evidence of the stoim. The inatru mints at the station indicated a storm but the rising, surging, slashing, crack ing bieakers on the rocks gave a more formidable warning to the experienced life saver. It is the same old story at the mouth of the Columbia. From fall nnti spring, throughout the long wintei months, the storms rage with unceas Ing fury. Three days of storm and one of dim sunshine is a liberal statement in favor of the king of day. At thi point Neptune rules unchallenged through the winter, but when summer comes he is superseded by old Sol, who wields bis sceptre with a more chanta ble hand and makes this little stietch of coast the moBt attractive spot in the great Pacific Northwest. Thousands of pleasure seekers visit this coast each summer to view the grandeurs and beauties of nature, but flee before ad' vancing winter, when gloom and dark ness settle over the place like the pal! of death. Men inuied to hardships and disast ers learn to scorn them. It is this class that suffers most from them. They be come emboldened to stand in the teeth of death, yea, even to enter its jaws, while the mote timid fly for safety, and escape its fangs. Day after day the courageous go down, while the cowards live to tell of the chivalrous deeds the brave. A terrifio storm was rising to sweep the river and bay. The black horizon 4 to the southwest told this. The I oar ing clash of waters on the bar spoke it in so many sounds. The moaning inda in the boughs of the tall trees on the hills sung it in dismal notes. The angry surges on the beach hissed out like the warning of an adder. The gloomy mist which surrounded old Cape Disappointment lighthouse hunj like a pall over the river and bay. let the water was dotted with the boats of the heedless fishermen. They had seen the signs a thousand times and had never known them to fail. They knew that no frail ctaft could be reasonably expected to survive such a storm as was indicated tonight. It was the night after the battle between the fishermen. It was the night upon which Sankala had started out to sea to find Dan Lapham. It was the night upon which Dan Lapham left Sand island upon a ratt of driftwood for the noith shore. This was a typical night storm at the mouth of the Columbia. The people of the village had been on the alert, kindling beacon fires and walking the beach to render aid to their friends on the bay. The morning btoke forth with many stories of hardships, disaster and death. Ihe fishermen on e.ther side had been slow to yield their position. In spite of the fact that they were warned in many ways of the approaching storm, they stood in the teeth of danger from lorce ot habit. Tbe southsiders were determined to destroy the objection able traps and the northeiders were firm in standing by the defense of their property. But all had eventually been com peiled to yield to the elements. The northsiders had been driven one by one to the north shore, while the south siders had been compelled to take ref uge on the island. They bad not the time to make it to the south shore. Fishermen on both sides, it is true, had remained too lone. They had been caught in the angry sea" and dragged like captives toward the bar The dawn had found the life savers active. It was the same old story They succeeded in rescuing some of tbe men from a watery grave. A few had gone over the bar never to return home ot these had been swept away long before the life savers could Bee their way to go to the rescue. . The wind did not lull until well up in the day. The southsiders nestled along the Ehores of Sand island, like so many water bound animals. The northsiders rushed up and down the bank looking for missing ones and pre paring to return to the defense of their traps bo soon as the waves should sub side. - . Women were wringing their hands over the loss of their dear ones and children were crying for fathers they wonld never see again. Tbe loss of life was so common among the fisher men that only those actually bereaved bore sad hearts on such occasions The sudden making of widows and or phans had been going on for years, for every storm claimed its victims. A heavy wave, a swamped boat, a lost fisherman, told a common story. It was expected. Those who battled with death knew that they must eventually lose. "Where is Sankala?" was asked of the fishermen as they arrived ashore throughout the night. "Where is Sankala?" asked Dan Lapham when he had visited her cabin and found it vacant. "Wrbere is Sankala?" was the ques tion passed from lip to lip throughout the dav. Dan Lapham had steered his crude raft straight for the north shore. He had been buffeted by the waves, it is true, and bad been carried far to the south, but fortune favored bim and he had butted into the boats of his friends who had taken him ashore. But not one of all the men returning had seen Sankala. They were indignant that she should have been permitted to leave the village,. "We have no time for grieving over the lost," said old Seadog, walking up and down the beach like an angry lion. "See, the men on the island are in action and will soon be upon our traps. To your boats, men, to your boats! We must protect those traps with our lives!" It was late in the afternoon. The storm had again subsided. The men on the island decided to take advant age of the northsiders while they were ashore aDd destroy their traps. ihe northsiders were quick to see this and hustling their arms and am munition aboard they leaped into the boats along the beach and rowed with all their might to the defense of their cause. Ihe southsiders also started out briskly to neat them to the traps. The latter bad a slight advantage in dis tance but their opponents were refresh' ed by a warm meal and many of them had secured a few hours sleep. Tbe small fleet on either side was di vided into squadrons as if by common arrangement, and while one squad made for the defense of a group of traps along tbe line which stretched up- and down the river channel on the bay side, a squad from the other side started for the same point to destroy them. In the meantime reinforcements were gathei ing on the south shore, for the southsiders outnumbered the men on the north, and war to a finish vu now more imminent than ever. "Will those soldiers aer arrive?' iu the question old headog aked himmli aa ha directed hisniea to bat tU for the-traps. CHAITER XVIII. Sankala Listens to the Plotters. Sankala had a hard battle with th surf but she reached the traps formerly tended by Dan Lapham before the storm waa at its heighth. Dan, ot course, was not near tlx place. The wind was already raging and the white caps were multiplying at a rapid rate and leaping higher and higher. At her back the sea was boiling like a caldton while to the south it was not so much disturbed, lit home lay across the raging sea while Hand Island lay to the south. It was this great up heaval of sand and the driftwood upon its surface that broke the storm to some extent and yet left a means of es cape for Sankala. But she would not have returned to her home at this time had the tea been as calm as an inland lake. She had started out on a mission and this would she complete with a woman's deter mination. She waa looking for Dan Lapham. Her strong and handsome young friend had aided her in fishing the traps when her aged companion waa unable to assist. He had also, on that very morning, left her money with which to buy necessary supplies; he had promised her that Ringwold should not go to the poor house; and above all there waa an undefined feel ing in her heart .for the young man hich only comes to a woman once in a lifetime. Sankala did not understand this and would have blushed had it been ex plained. It was the same old story which has caused the joys, sorrows disappointments and happiness since the days of Adam and Eve While clinging to the piling which held the netting of Lapham's fiahtrap, to steady her boat, bankala could see that the water waa rapidly rising and that each flood dashed higher above the mark made by the former wave. The billows grew darker and more sullen while the whitecaps looked like great animals leaping at random in the di rection of the bar. Before it was too late she turned her boat toward the island, where she landed without accident. But she was just in time, for old Neptune's work farther out at sea was telling and great waves from the mighty deep came rolling over the bay, converting it into a mad, seething thing of destruction. The rain began to fall in torrents The wind blew with such force aa to send the cold diops like heavy shots in a slanting course through the air. These struck the thinly clad girl with a force that made her shiver with pain and cold. nen cast upon her own resources in time of danger, woman is said to be superior to man in courage and endur ance. Before she resigns herself to fate, she employs every means in her power to thwart its disasters. If she cannot turn its comse, she goes with it as a companion. Death is thus made lees bitter and an example is given to the world. bankala dragged her boat as fai as she could and then tied the long line attached to its prow to a limb of a tree which had been cast far npon the sands. She began to look about her for a shelter.' She remembered an old fisherman's camp farther np the is land, and taking tbe provisions which she had prepared for Dan, she made her way to the shack. (To be continued) Effect of Army Rontlne. visitors to army headquarters on Governor's Island often notice that of fleers have a habit of referring to the written or printed record for the most trifling questions of fact They never rely upon memory for even unlmpor tant matters of routine which civilians would no more think of forgetting than a hardened commuter would think ot forgetting the time of his morning train to the city. Ask an officer in the adjutant general's or quartermas ter's department, for Instance, where the First Battalion of the Sixteenth In rantry is and he win consult his rec ords before answering, even when letter to the commanding officer of the battalion Is lying addressed on his desk. The other day a visitor to the island asked an officer high In command what time tbe parade of .troops took place next morning. The man in khaki look ed at his printed copy of the general orders before answering: "Ten o'clock." Yet tbe parade had been go ing on every day for mcsths right un der his office windows. "it is a nabit tnat grows upon us with the routine of garrison work," he said. "If I tried to remember where one company in the department of the east is quartered I might as well try to remember them all. If I carried in my memory the time for parade might as well try to learn the general orders by heart Experience teaches army men never to burden their memo ries with facts and figures that they know they can find on tbe instant by turning to the record." New York Press. Black Snakes. It is true that the rattlesnake and the black snake are mortal enemies, and the black snake Is the victor In their battles, breaking the neck of his adversary before the rattler has time to strike. The black snakes of this country are as harmless as frogs. On many of the large plantations In the South they are tamed and kept as a protection from their enemy, as the warm climate prevents keeping the houses closed so as to keep them out Sir Jostph Dalton Hooker, said to be the greatest living botanist has passed J bis eighty-seventh birthday, ltcauty by )touwork, A writer whose useful mission la to 11 women how they can make the most of themselves physically has been counting up the development exercises that one does, or might, take while uv with her housework. For ex- ample, she enlarges her chest and arms by using a carpet-sweeper, strengthens, her buck and broaden her shoulders by making beds, and Itu- roves the shape of her wrist and hands by kneading dough. She might round her hips and per feet her waist line by using her feet Instead of her hands aa opportunity offers, s when shutting the oven door. Ironing tend to make her arms round nnd firm: but that end would be more surely attained If occasionally, while she waited for the Iron to cool, she would straighten her back and hold the Iron at arm's length, using It as a dumb-bell. A proper carriage of the body Is desirable, anyway, and few kind of work rvnlly necessitate pos tures that Invite cramped lungs and rounded shoulders. The harder work, "that which makes one breathe heavily," brings Its special benefit, provided one breathes deeply und breathes pure air. Hut to supplement all such physical means of grace, says our adviser, a woman 1. The costume to the left of the sketch above Is of chameleon taffeta, on the blue and brown shades, trimmed with circles of blue velvet edged with brown and white silk braid. The jacket has a girdle of silk velvet, with loops and ends at the back. ith this is worn a brown velvet hat with a white feather sweep ing across the crown and over the hair In the back. 2. This smart coat suit Is of a heavy novelty cloth on the petunia shades, the lapels being faced with white broadcloth and petunia velvet. A ladder pattern In petunia silk braid Is Inserted In the should rest absolutely rest for fifteen minutes a day, loosen ber garments and stretch herself at full length. That is the treatment that fends off wrinkles." What of the occasions when a wom an must wield a broom or bend over a wash-tub or over a frying-pan upon the kitchen range? Theso are toll that tax her strength and seem to make little direct return of physical good, yet they may be carried on un der hygienic conditions. The comforting fact remains thnt most of the work a housekeeper does involves Just such exercises as a teach er of physical culture or a "beauty doctor" would prescribe for her. There is no reason why she should not be more beautiful, as well as more use- thon th idlers of her sex: She generally is. Youth's Companion. Always Keen Faith. Many a woman who would not think of lightly breaking a promise made to o rown-un person Is utterly' careless about keeping her word with her chil dren. . She promise whatever Is con venlent at the moment, and apparent lv thinks that the breaking or keep inir of those promises Is a matter In which sho can pleaHC herself, and that her children have no right to consider themselves aggrieved if she does not do so. A. mother who acts thus does her child, grievous harm. She forgets that the sense of Justice is strong in quite a little child, and that It Is natural and reasonable that he should expect his purents to be as good as their word arid to fulfill their promises, even at the cost of convenience. Promises should not be lightly broken, and the parent who Is guilty of this soon loses his children's confidence, which Is one of the sweetest things which our little ones can give us. . When boys and girls, learn to doubt their parents' truthfulness they soon look around for someone' else whom they can trust and on that person they shower their affection and bestow their confidence. - ' .' Lesr-of-Muttona A sain Dressmakers inform us that leg-of-mutton sleeves are coming in again. It .will not take much more cloth to make 'f;..- ;W-v, jZ -AffiiO Willi I 'tr ffiV'ViM Wv-Vt -000-: them than has been required for the style which U displaced. The pult gradually descended from the shoulder. It stpcd at the ellmw a sen son or two; then It slipped down to the wrist, nnd when It was In danger of drop ping to the ground the dressmakers rescued It and have stuck It up on the shoulder again. Those thrifty women who keep their old gowns may now take the gowns of ISOl out of the closet and agulu be in tho height of fashion. A Woman's Pccret of Keeping Young. Homo ouo asked a woman how it wu she kept her youth so wonderful ly. Her hair was snowy white, alio was SO j-ear old, and her energy waa waning; but she never Impressed one. with the Idea of ago, for her heart was still young In sympathy and Inter eft. This was her answer: "I knew how to forget disagreeable things. 1 tried to master tho art of saying pleas ant things. I did not expect too much of my friends. I kept my nerves well In hand, and did not allow them to bore other people. I tried to find any work that came to my hand congenial. I retained tho Illusions of my youth, and did not believe 'every man a Hat and every woman spiteful. I did my best to relieve the misery I came In STYLISH GOWNS fOR AFURNOON WEAR. sleeves and skirt and also runs dowu the throe-quarter coat A soft beaver hat, with wing across the frout, com pletes s most effective toilette. 3. Silk warp Henrietta cloth of the most delicate mauve tint composes this reception gown. This Is elaborately trim med with applique lace and chiffon roses and scroll designs of chenille. 4 A fine broadcloth of light brown has velvet and braided lapels thrown hack to display a fuwn-color vest. The full sleeves hove stiff scalloped cuffs edged with fawn color, and the skirt has shirred pieces of the material let In at contact with, and sympathized with the suffering. In fact I tried to do to others as I would be done by, and you see me In consequence reaping the fruits of happiness, and a peaceful old age." A nox-l'tnltcd Itlonae. The blouse waist has como to bo aa essential to stylo as well as comfort, and takes fresh variations with each In coming season. This ono Is pecul iarly attractive, and Is laid In full length box pi nits, with additional tucks at tbe front which extend to yoke depth and provide fullness below thnt point The model Is made of reseda veiling, trimmed with black banding and combined with a yoke of ecru lace, but all materials of a suf- BOX-PLAITED BLOUSE. fldently light weight to be adapted to box plaits are equally appropriate. The waist is' made with a fitted lln ing, which can be used or omitted, as preferred, fronts and back, and is closed invisibly at the left of the front beneath tbe box plait . The sleeves are the new ones, with deep cuffs, above whlck they are full and ample. The chemisette Is made a part of the rUbt frout and can bo of Ittco chiffon lined. or of heavier material, as may be pre ferred. Mr. John Nicholas Brown Is build ing a $100,1X10 residence at Newport for her sou. The mother of the Iter. L. M. Foster, of Charles City. Iowa, was a second cousin of Napoleon Bonaparte. Mrs. Hetty Clreen's wealth Is put at $50,000,000 or so, and her living ex penses are put at less than $5,000 yearly. Frau Coal ma Wagner has devoted her eutlre widowhood to the praise of her husband. She Is the daughter and mother of a composer, and has been the wife of two. MIns Mary A. Booth, of Springfield. Mass., is well known In the scientific world. She Is one of the few women each gore. A marquise hat of brown felt, trimmed with velvet and ombre plumes, I worn with this costume. 5. A graceful gown of palo bins mes hii I Ins has double strips of Irish point down either sldo of the vest, which Is also of luce. The sleeves and skirt are elaborately decorated with quillings and narrow flounces of the messallne, while a yoke effect Is given on the shoulders by tucked epaulets of the same material. A pale blue shirred taffeta hat turned up on the left and held there by blue and white plumes, Is worn with this dainty toilette. admltted to tho Royal Microscopical Society of London. Mrs. Roosevelt has a much more general supervision of tho White House than any former mistress of tho mansion. Florence Lewes, the young woman who has outshot tho best marksmpii of England, will como to the United States and try her skill. The Empress of Russia, while n be- llever In woman suffrage, Is not what Is known as a strong minded woman. She Is thoroughly domestic. Caroline L. 0. Ransomo, of Washing ton, Is tho first woman from whom tho United States government purchased a painting for the walls of the cnpltol. "Missouri Arkansas Napoleon Four Hundred Miles Below the Mouth of tbe Ohio AbsheT" Is tho name of a girl who married James Gill of Toledo, Ohio, the other day. Hints for Housefurnlalilnfr. To have n pretty homo nvdld glar- Ing contrasts of color. If the wall papers are figured, choose plain enrpets or draperies. See that bookcases bnve glass doors or curtains to preserve tho books. Remember that the kitchen outfit la not the cheapest part of the furnish ing. Do not despise any old pieces of fur niture. If they cannot be used now, they may come into fashion again in the future. Purchase a few good articles of fur niture rather than a host of chean ot things, which will neither look well nor wear well after the first month. Have a general sitting room where the entire family can congregate cozl ly in the evening, and, if possible, have -an open fire andrgood reading lampa there, and a comfortable lounge In one corner. Banner In Kisses. "I think it Is absurd to say kiss ing is dangerous," gushed Mrs. Lily top. "Wliat possible disease could be spread by the simple act?" "Marriage, madam," grunted Orunv pyTlt-Bit.