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yOLANDE
BY WILLIAM BLACK
CHAPTER I Lf Continued.)
It wss besuttful, clear, mild night;
nd tested on the bench on tht tr
race ther wr several groups of peo
ple among them two or three ladles.
Aa Wlnterbourn passed them, B could
not but tbluk of YolsmU's complaint
that abt bad uvr vu once beon lu the
IIdum of Commons, These were, no
doubt, tbt daughter! or wives or sister
of members; why should nt Yoland also
bo alttlug ther? John Hhortlando bad
barp jrio; and bo lustsutly guessod
from bla friend's manner that something
tad hsppeuod.
"Moro trouble?" Mid ho, regarding
him.
"Y." said tho other. "Well. I don't
mind I don't mind, aa far aa I am con
cerned. It la no now thing."
' "I baro told you all along, Wlnter
bourne, that you brought It on yourself.
You ahould ha' taken tho bull by tht
horn "
"It la too lata to talk of It never mind
that now," ho said, Impatlanily. "It la
about Yolando I want to speak to you."
"Ye?"
"You won't guess what I am animus
fur now," bo aald with a aort of uncer
tain laugh. "Yon won't guiM It In a
month. Hhortlsnds. 1 am aniloua to aro
Yolando married."
"Faith, that needn't trnnblo you." aald
tho big Ironmaster bluntly. "Thero'll ba
no difficulty about that Yolando baa
grown Into a thundering handsom girl,
And they aay," ho addod, Jocoaoly, "that
her fsther la pretty wall off."
"Hho cannot remain longer at any
ohool, and 1 don't Ilk leaving ber to
berself at Oatlanda I'ark or any altnllar
place. I'oor child! Io you know what
her own plana are? Hho wanta to bo my
private secretary.
"Nonsen, nonsense, man. Of course
a girl like Yolande will get married
Your private secretary! How long would
It last? h l'k like tho aort of a
girl who ought to be amothered up In
correspondence or listening to debatMT
And If you're In aach a mighty hurry to
get rid of her If you want to get her
married at once, I'll tell you a safe and
aura way eeud her for a voyage on a
learner."
I think I ahail take Yolando away
for another long trip somewhere, I don't
rare where; but the moment I And my
elf on tho deck of a ah I p. and Yolando
ttealdo me, then I feel aa If all caro bad
dropped away front me. I feel anfe; I
can breathe freely. Oh, by tho way, I
meant to nk If yon know anything of
ol. (irahamr ion haro been eo often
to Hcotlsnd ahootlng. I thought you
might know. Inveratroy, I think, la the
no me of lila place.
"Oh, that (iraham. Yea, I ahould think
i a lucky beggar. lnvcrstroy fell
plump Into.hla hands some three or four
years ago quit unexpectedly one of
the fluent rln tea In Inremesshlre. I
don t think India will aco hhn again."
"Ills wife stvms a nice sort of worn
an, sold Mr. W mterbouroo, with the
lightest touch of Interrogation.
. "I don't know ber. She la his second
wife. She Is a daughter of Iorn Lynn."
'They nro down at Oatlanda just now.
Yolande has made their acquaintance,
and they havo leen very kind to her.
Well, -this Col. (3rd ham was saying the
other evening that ho folt as though ho
bad been long enough In tho old country,
nna woitlil like to take a trip as far as
Maluta" or Hues or Aden, just to renew
bis acquaintance wlth tho old route. In
fact, they nropose that Yolando nud I
hould Join them."
"The very thing!" said John Short
lands, facetiously. "What did I say? A
voyage will marry off anybody who Is
, willing to marry."
"I meant nothing of tho kind," said
tho other, somewhat out, of temper. "Yo
lando may not marry at all. ' If I went
with these friends of hers, it would not
be 'to get rid of her.'"
"I hope shu'll find a young follow who
Is worthy of her, for she Is a thundering
Kood girl, that's what I think, and who
ever ho la he'll got a prise though I
don't Imagine you will bo over-well dis
posed toward him, old chap."
"If Yolando Is happy, that will be
enough for me."
By this time tho terrace was Quite de
serted; and after some little further chat
they turned into tho IIouso, where they
separated, Wlntcrbourno taking, his seat
below the gangway on tho government
side, John Shortland depositing his mag
nlllcent bulk on ono of the opposition
benches. . (
There was a general hum of converse
tlon. There was also some laborious die-
course going forward. -
What dreams visited the member for
Sin k pool, ns be sat with his eyes dls
fraught? Ills getting up some fateful
evening to move a vote of want of con
fldccnee In the government) "Ills appear
mice on tho platform of the filngpool Afe
chnnlcs' Institute, with the great mass of
people rising and' cheering and waving
their handkerchief l? Or perhaps some
. dny for. who could tell whnt changes
the years might bring? his taking bla
place on the Treasury bench there?
He had got hold of a blue book. It
was tho Report of a Itoysl Commission
but of course nil the cover of tho folio
volume was not printed oVer there were
blank spaces. And the member for
Klngpool begun Idly and yet thoughtfully
to pencil certain lottors up at one corner
of the blue cover. lie was a long time
nbout It; perhaps he saw pictures as he
lowly and contemplatively formed each
letter; perhaps no one but himself could
have mad out what tb uncertain pen
riling meant But It was not of politics
a wsa thinking. Tho Utters that ho
ad faintly penciled there that be was
till wistfully regarding as though they
could show blm thhigs fsr away form
ed the word Y 01. AND 11 It was like a
lover.
CIIAPTKIt III.
Next morning Mr. Wlnterbourn ner
vous anxiety to got Xoiande away at
one out of !ondon waa almost pitiable
to witness. Yolando waa greatly disap
pointed, ftha bad been aocretly nursing
tho hop tbat at last oho might b allow
ed to remain In Ixmdon, In aom rapacity
or another, as tho constant companion of
her father. Yet. when once thty were
really on tbelr way from London ber
father's manner seemed to gain so much
In cbaerfulneM thst she could hardly be
sorry tbey bad left. Bh had not notic
ed that be bad been more anxious and
nervous tbat morning than nsuat; but
she could not fail to remark bow much
brighter bla look was now tbey were out
In tho rlesr air.
"Yolande.", aald he, "I had a talk
with John Hhortlsnds last night. I half
threatened to throw op my place In Par
liament, and then the arrangement would
b that you and I, Yolande, should start
away together and rm all ovtr th
orld, amusing ourselves going just
where w liked you ami I all by our
selves." You would become tired of being
amused. You could not alwaya travel,"
ah said. She put her hand on his band.
Ab, 1 see wbst It Is," she said, with a
little laugh. "You are concealing. That
la your kindneM, papa. You think I am
too much alone; it la not enough that
you sacrifice to-day, to-morrow, next day,
to me; but you wish to make a Mcrlflce
altogether; and you pretend you are tired
hi poiitlca. Hut you cannot make me
blind to It. I see oh. quite clearly 1
can aee through your pretense!"
A new suggestion entered his mind. He
It Is need at the girl opposite him tint
Idly and anxiously.
"lolande, said he, "I I wonder now
I suppose at your age well, have you
ever thought of getting married?"
She looked up at him with her clear
frank eyes, and when she waa startled
like that her mouth had a alight pathetic
droop, that made her face sensitive and
charming.
"Why, hundreda and hundreds and
hundreds of times!" ahe exclaimed, still
with her aoft clear eyee wondering. "Of
course, when I ssy 1 have thought hun
dreds of times It is about not getting
married that I menn. No. That Is my
resolution. Oh, many a time I have said
that to myseir. i snail not marry-
never no one."
"Oh, but, Yolande, that Is absurd. Of
course you will marry. Or course you
must marry.
When you put mo away, papa. Yes,
sue couiinueii quite simply, "that wos
what madam used to say. She used to
say, "ir your papa marries agsln, that
Is what you must expect. It will be bet
ter for you to leave the house. But
your papa la rich; you will hnre a good
portion; tnen you wui titul some one to
marry you, and give you also an estab
lishment.' 'Very well,' I said, 'but that
Is going too far, madam; and until my
pnpn lens we to go a way t snail not go
away, and thero I not any necessity thst
1 snail marry any one.',"
"I wish madam had minded ber own
affairs," Mr. Wlntcrbourno aald, angrily.
"I am not likely to marry again.. I shall
not marry again. But as for you well,
don t you see, child I I can t live for
a a
ever; aim you nave got no very near
relntlvcs; and besides, living with rela
tlves isn t always the pieman test of
things; and I should like to see your fu
ture nulte settled."
He found It was no use trying to talk
to her seriously a Unit this matter. She
laughed It aside. She did not believe
there was any fear about her future,
one was an content witn tne world as
It existed. ,
The Grahams were the very first peo
ple they saw when they , reached Oat
lands. Col. Graham a tall, stout, grls
led, good-natured looking man was ly
ing back In a garden seat, while his wife
was standing close by, calling to her
baby, which plump small person was
valuly trying to walk to her, under the
guidance of an ayah, whose dusky skin
ana silver ornaments and flowing gar
ment of Indian red looked picturesque
enough on an English lawn. Mrs. Gra
ham waa a pretty woman, of middle
height, and professod herself overjoyed
when Mr. Wlnterbourne said there was a
chance of his daughter and himself join'
lng her and her husbnnd on their sug
gested trip; but the lnzy, good-humored
looking soldier glanced up from bis paper
and said:
'."Look here, Tolly, It's too absurd
What would people say? Its all very
well for you and me; we are old Indlnns
and don't mind; but If Mr. Wlnterbourne
is coming with us and you, Miss Win
ter bourne we must do something more
reasonable and Chrlstlnn-llke than sail
out to, Sues or Aden and back, all for
nothing."
"But nothing could suit us better," Yo'
lande a father said indeed, he did not
mind where or why he went, so long as
he got away from England, and Yojande
with him. . '
. .."Oh, but we must do something," Col
uranam saia. -mok here, wnen we
were at I'eshawur a young fellow came
up there you remember young Ismat,
roily 7 well, I was of some little us
slstanc to him, and be said any time, we
wanted to aee something of the Kilo I
Could have bis father's dahsbesb r
rsther one of tbsm, for his fsther is Gov
ernor of Merhsdj, ami a bit of a swell, I
fancy. There you sre, now. Tbat would
bo something to do. People wouldn't
think wo were Idiots. We could bsve
our ssll all the ssme to Hues, end see
the old feces at Gib. and Malta; then w
could bava a skim up the Nile a bit and,
by tho way, we ahall have It all to our
selves just now."
"The very thing," exclaimed Mr. Wln
terbourne, eagerly, for his Imagination
seemed esslly raptured by the suggestion
of anythlug remote. "Nothing could be
more admirable. Yolande, what do you
ssyT l
Indeed, she seemed' greatly pleased;
nd when tbey went in to lunch, tbey
ad a table to themselves, so as to secure
full and free discussion of plant. Mrs.
Graham talked In the most motherly way
to Yolande, and petted ber. But ahe
waa a shrewd beaded little women. Very
soon after lunch she round an opportu
nity of talking with ber husband alone.
"I think Yolande Wlnterbourne pret
tier and prettier tho longer 1 see ber,"
she ssld, carelessly.
Hho Is a good looking girl. You'll
havo to look out, Polly. You won't bava
the whole ship waiting on you this time."
And very rich quite an heiress, tbey
ssy."
'I suppose W Interboume la pretty well
off. Making engines Is quite respecta
ble. Nobody could com pis lu of thst."
"Ob." she aald blithely, "I haven't
bsard from Archie for a long time. I
wonder what bo la about watching the
nestling of the grouse, I suppose. Jim,
rlsh you d let me ask him to go with
us. Its rather dull for him np there;
my fsther isu't easy to live with. May
ask hlmT"
"He'll have to pay his own fsre to
Sues end back, then," ber husband an
swered rather roughly.
"Oh, yes; why not?" she said, with
great Innocence; "I am aure poor Archie
Is always willing to pay when he can;
and I do wish my fsther would be a little
more liberal.
Then Mrs. Graham, smoothing her
pretty short curls, and with much pleas
ure visible In her pretty dark-gray eyes,
went to her own room and sat down, and
wrote aa follows:
"Itesr Archie Joni's good nature la
beyond anything. We are going to have
look at Malta, just for auld lang syne;
and then Jim talks of taking us up th
Ml a bit: and be says you ought to go
with ns, and you will only have to pay
your passage to pues ami back which
you could easily save out of your bats
and boots If you would only be a little
less extravagant Mr. Wlnterbourne, the
memlter for Slagpool, la going with us;
sud he and Jim will hare the expenses
of the Nile voysge. Mr. Wlnterbourue's
dsughter makes up the party. She Is
rather nice, I think; but only a child.
Iet me know at once. Your loving sis
ter. POLLY."
She folded up the letter, put it in an
envelope; and addressed It so:
The Hon. the Master of Lynn,
Lynn Towers.
CHAPTER IV.
The usual small crowd of passenger
wss assembled In Liverpool street sta
tion hurrying, talking, laughing and
scanning possible ship companions with
sn eager curiosity; and In the midst of
them, Yolsnde found herself for the mo
ment alone. A woman came Into this
wide, hollow-resounding station, and tim
idly ami yet anxiously scanned the faces
of the various people who were ou the
platform adjoining the special train. She
carried a small basket. After an auxlous
scrutiny she went up to Yolando.
"I beg your pardon, miss " And
with that her trembling hands opened the
basket, which was filled with flowers.
"No, thank you; I don't want any,"
said Yolande, civilly. But there was
something in the woman's Imploring eyes
that said something to her. She was
startled; and stood still.
"Are ore you going further than Gib
raltar, miss?"
"Yes. Yes, I think so," said Yolande,
wondering.
There were tears running down the
woman's face. For a second or two she
tried to speak, Ineffectually, then she
said:
"Two days out from from Gibraltar
would you be so kind, miss, ns to put
these flowers on the water? My lit
tie girl was buried at sea two days
out"
"Oh, I understand yon," said Yolande,
quickly with a big lump In her throat
"Oh, yes, I will! I am so sorTy for you."
She took the basket. The woman burst
out crying; and bid her face in her hands;
and then turned to go away. She was
ao distracted with her grief that she
had forgotten even to say "Thank you.
At the same moment Mr. Wlnterbourne
came up hastily and angrily.
"Whnt la this?"
"Hush, papa! The poor woman had a
little girl buried at sea these are some
flowers." . ' .'
Yolande went airtckly after her, and
touched her on tho shoulder.
'Tell me," she said, "what was your
daughter'a name?"
The woman raised her tear-stained
face.
"Jane. We called her Janle; she waa
only three years old; she would have been
ten by now. You won't forget, miss it
W It was two days beyond Gibraltar
that that we buried her.
"Oh, no; do you think I could forget?"
Yolande said, and she offered her hand
The woman took her hand, and pressed
It; and said, "God bless you, miss I
thought I could trust your face;" then
she hurried away.
(To bo continued.)
A Doubtful State.
"Your wife Is doing some baking to
day;" snld Mrs. Nabor. "What is it,
bread or cake?" ' !
"She doeau't know," replied Newll
wed. "She hasn't finished yet" rhil
ndelphla Tubllc Ledger. '
The world's navies number 2,291
warships. '
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF , INTEREST
On Hundred Thousand Acre in Kla
math 8ubjct to Ruling.
Salem The right of Klamath coon'
ty to tas 100,000 acre of land owned
by tbe California A Oregon Land com
pany inaido tbe Klamath Indian reser
vation bai been sustained in an opinion
rendered by Attorney General Craw
ford. Tbe land in question waa form
erly owned by tbe Oregon Central Mil
itary Wagon Road company, having
been acquired by tbat company through
Federal grant to tbe state of Oregon
(or aid in bnilding a military road.
Tbe ownera of the Und objected ta bar
ing it assessed and taxed, giving aa a
reason for their position that tbe land
ia in the possession of the Indians and
thereby of the United States, and ia
thereby exempt from taxation.
I a bis opinion Attorney General
Crawford quotes from two decisions of
the United States Supreme court in
case involving title to tbia und. In
each case the government waa trying to
defeat the company a title, bat in both
cases tbe company won. Tbe Supreme
court held that the company's title is
perfect and beyond challenge. AnthoN
tties are also cited to show that private
property inside an Indian reservation
is subject to the jurisdiction of the
state for the serving of process and for
taxation. In view of these adjudica
tions upon tbe subject, tbe attorney
general holds that the conclusion is ir
resistible that the lands are subject to
taxation tbe same as any other private
property. Tbe opinion was rendered
in response to a request from County
Judge Baldwin, of K.amath county.
HOOD RIVER CHERRY CROP.
Shipments Wilt Reach Between 6,000
and 7,000 Boxes.
Hood River The Hood River cherry
crop, which ia now being gathered and
shipped, will amount to between 6,000
and 7,000 boxes. Tbe crop is of good
quality. Tbe greater part of the crop
has been bought up by a California
buyer, who is paying 5c a pound for
the fruit. He is putting up a strictly
fancy pack, and is making shipments
for the ew York market.
The berry crop is nearing ' the final
wind-up. uver iuu.uuu cases were
shipped from Hood River this season,
returning to tbe growers $140,000
Tbe yield exceeded the early estimates
by at least 40 per cent. It is believed
by tbe shipping associations thatss
much money would have been realized
with a crop of only 75,000 cases.
City Files on Water.
Eugene A committee from tb city
council drove to Yida, 20 miles up the
Mchenxie river last week to file on the
waters of that river for power to oper
ate a municipal electric light plant. At
the city election in April, 1904, the
voters decided that the city should own
its electric light and water plants, and
the council is now preparing to secure
site for the light plant. The Iran
chise of the Lane County Electric com
pany,. which now" supplies the city with
lights, expires in about four years
when tbe city will enter the field.
Belmont Group Reported Sold.
Sumpter It is reported that Gilkey
and Kershaw, owners of the Belmont
group, in the Greenhorn district, have
sold their property at a snug sum
The amount said to be realized is $30,
uuu, witn a homing sua in tne group
on a share proposition. Neither Mr
Gilkey nor Mr. Kershaw could be seen
therefore the report could not be veri
nea oy inem. , inis is tne same prop
erty for which such phenomenal clean
ups have been made during the past
three months.
-t
; Cut Fir When Line is Finished.
a-v is mi - aw i s-v
uanas xne .uanas uax mius are
now running on full time. The mills
will continue to cut oak lumber unti
the extension on the Dallas & Falls
City railroad is finished, when it is
understood the mill will be enlarged
and will cat fir on a large scale. This
mill is,on the Falls City road and is
already supplied with switching facil
ities and yard, atcommodations for
50,000-foot mill.
Susanville's Good Crop Prospect.
Busan vi lie rrospecta tor a good
harvest this year in the immediate vi
cinity were never better and farmers
are all making preparations for an un
usually big yield of hay and grain
All the stock on the ranges is doicg
finely and from, present outlook there
will be enough'grass to last till far in
tbe winter. It has rained constantly
here since early in March.
Coal Find Near Cottage Grove.
Cottage Grove Cottage Grovel men
haVe discovered a good vein of coal
somewhere near town, but are very
backward about telling tbe location.
The specimens they brought in will
burn with the beBt, and have the ap
pearance of poking coal. A small per
cent of the specimens brought in are
slate, but not enough to cub9 "much
trouble.
LAND FRAUD CASES IN MARION.
Jury List Has Been Drawn, Composed
Mostly of Farmers.
Salem Tbe jurymen who will serve
at the July term of tbe Circuit court
in this county, when the Und fraud
cases will probably be tried, have been
drawn from the jury list by Sheriff
Culver, and Clerk Rowland. The
panel is composed chiefly of farmers.
comparatively few business men being
on tbe list.
No arrests hare yet been made in tbe
land fraud cases, nor bave the names
of tbe indicted men been made public.
t is understood, however, tbat the men
charged with complicity in the -state
and frauds are well known operators
residing in Oregon and in the East, and
tbat they can be easily taken into cus
tody wben wanted. Some of them
bave indicated their willingness to
come to Oregon whenever called upo
to do so, bat it may be necessary to
issue requisition papers in order to
bring others to the jurisdiction of the
Oregon courts.
TLe jury at this term will also try
Wright and Monte on the charge of
passing rifles over tbe prison walls in
1902 for the aid of Trscy and Merrill
in making their escape.
MERLIN PEACH YIELD.
Crop Both Heavy and Early, Reports
Arthur Hutsey.
Grants Pass Arthur Hussey, of
Merlin, reports the peach crop in that
vicinity as heavier than it bas been for ,
a number of years past, and says seve
ral of tbe larger growers have had men
employed for several days thinning out
the crop. The Merlin district is a very
favored locality for peaches, frost sel
dom catching them, and the soil being
of a very productive nature. The larg
est peach growers of that district are
A. C. Ford and Charles Dorey, although
Henry E. Booth bas a splendid orchard
coming into bearing this year. The
early spring all through the Southern
Oregon country makes tbe crop an ex
ceedingly early one this year, and Mr.
Hussey reports tbat the Early Craw
fords will be ready for market about
August 1 this year.
Cottage Grove Crops.
Cottage Grove The crops around
town are in fine condition and some of
the grain will outclass most yields
heretofore made. Much of the fruit
was damaged by tbe late frosts, how
ever, and in some cases entirely ruined.
Cherries ace scarce. Strawberries are
three boxes for 25c, and about off the
market. There will be a good crop of
pears and apples on tbe uplands, but
the valley fruit here is 'almost ruined.
The warm weather bas brought garden
stuff to a fine tgrowth. Some of tbe
corn in town is three feet high.
Sawmill and Electric. Drills.
Sumpter A crew of men is now en
gaged at i the Standard mine on the
erection of a sawmill recently shipped
there. The installation of the electric
drills will alsO.be made immediately.
The Standard expects to be a heavy
shipper of smelting ores to the smelter
here during the present summer.
Roadaareriow In-pretty ; good shape
again, and the result is that shipments,
are constantly being made to this '
place from the outlying mines. '
Motorists Need Licenses.
Salem A number ot owners of mo
tor cycles and probably several owners
of automobiles are liable to a fine of
$25 for failure to take., out state li
censes, as required by the act of 1905
for the regulation of the use of automo
biles, etc. Thus far licenses have" been
issued by Secretary of State Dunbar to
144 owners of automboiles and 11 mo
tor cycles. Of the 11 motor cycles five
are owned in Salem and five in Rose
burg. Open New Timber Tract.;
Rainier George Rockey has built a
railroad to his camp, about one and a
half miles from Rainier, and his en
gine has arrived. Mr, Rockey will
open about 300 acres of choice timber
land.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 8385c per bushel;
blueatem, 9091c; valley, 85c. .
Oats No.. 1 white," feed, $30 per
ton; gray, $30. ' ' ' (
Hay Timothy, $1416 per, ton;
clover, $11 12; grain, $11 12; cheat,
$1112,
Eggs Oregon ranch, 20c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 17
21c per pound.
Strawberries $1.502.25 per crate.
App'es Table, $l.6.02.50 per box.
Potatoes Oregon fancy, old, $1
1.20; Oregon, new, $1.50.
Hops Choice, 1904, 1921c per
pound. '. '" t
Wool Eastern Oregon, best, 19
23c; valley, 2627c per pound; mo
hair, choice, 3132c per pound. ,