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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1905)
Ifiliiifllhii!!!!? i i tM t i t ! UOLAflDEl BY WILLIAM BLACK 10 CHAPTER IV. Continued. . Yolaode went Urk to br father, who, 'though closely watching her, wii stand lug with the Grahams; and ahe told them of tha mission with which aha had been Intrnsted. At last tha crowd began to resolve Itself Into thoaa who wr go lug and those who wera rtmalnlng ba bind. Mr a. Graham waa la despair be ta oa of tha non-appearance of bar broth er. "I'll tell too what It la," laid Col. Graham. "I believe that ha baa never beard that tha ahlpa don't atop at Southampton now. Never mlnd.-i'olly: ba ran go overland If ha wanu to catch ua op at Cairo." At Tlllhnry there waa tha naual acram tla of getting tha luggage transferred to tha nlsy Uttla tender. When, after long delays, tha tender waa drawing near tha alda of tha huge ateamer; of couraa all area wera turned to tha decka above, where the picturesque coatutuoa of the In sra r crew1 wera tha moat consplcuoua tHiinta of color. There he la I can maka, him out." observed Col. liraham, aa ba regarded group of young men who were up on tha hurricane deck, leaning over tha rail, and watching tha approach of tha ten der. There la Jack Pougtss and young Markenil of fileat oh, there'a Ogllvy'a brother lit law what do you call hlror the long fellow who broke hla leg at llomlmy there's young Fraaer, too, eye glaaa and all a regular gathering of the clana." Uy thla time everybody waa arrant Ming on the paddle boxes of tha tender, and from thence aacendlng to tha deck ol the ateatner. Tha Maater of Lynn waa etanding by tha gaugway, awaiting bl alater. lie waa a young man of four or five and twenty allm, well built, with a pale, oliva complexion and a pefectly cleanshaven face; and ha had tha aquare roreneaa, tna well-marked eyebrows, and the pleaaant gray eyea with dark Uahea that hla alater had. "Mow ara you, Graham? How ara you. Polly r ha aald. "Well, I Ilka your coolnesar bla ala ter aald, angrily. "Why wera you not : J r 1 " OXCK OU TWICK YULANDK CAU at the eta t Ion T Why did you not tell ua? Of courae, wo thought you had mlaa d tho train!' I wixli you would take the trouble to let people know what you ara about Let ma Introduce you to Mlaa Wlnterbourne Yolanda, dear, thla la uiy brother Archie Mr. Wlnter bourne, my brother, Mr. Leitlie. Well, now, what have you to aay for yourself f "Not much," be aald, amlllng good naturedly, and taking aotue wrapa and thine from her which her husband bad clflHhly allowel her to carry. "I went down to aee aome fellowa at Chatham laat night; aud of courae I atayed there and came over In the morning. Sorry I vexed you. You aee, Mlaa Wluterbourno, tny alater llkea platform parade; ahe likes to have people round her for half an hour before the train atarta; and aha llkea to walk up and down, for It ahowa off her figure and her dreaa; lan't that ao, Tolly?" . There waa a great buatle and confusion on board; friend giving farewell tuea angca, pneugpra aecklng out their cab in; the bare-armed and hare-footed laa Htn, with tholr blue blouaea and red turban, holntlng luggnge on to their ahouldcra and carrying it along the pna engc. . ; .' ' Yolnnde atole away to her own cabin, and carefully and rollKlouwly opened the littlov liiiHket that held the flower, to aee whether they might not be tho bet ter fo, a aprlnkllng of water. They were rather exnennlve flower for a poor woman to have bought ' Yolnnde poured aome water Into the wah-hand basin, and dipped her fingers Into it; and very carefully and tenderly aprlnkled the flow ers over. And then ahe considered what wa likely to be the cooleat and aafeat -place In tha cabin for them; and hung the basket there; and then came' out again shutting the door, Involuntarily, with quietness. ( .... . She passed throuoh the saloon and went up on deck. Her father was still there. Ha went down with her to the aaloon, and took hla place in alienee. Yolande aat next to Mrs. Graham, who waa very talkative and merry, Young Archie Leslie waa opposite: ao was Col. Graham. They were mostly Idling; bat V! "J A M t v M t h M t H i M t 1 A, m Yolanda waa hungry, and they wera all anxloua to belp bar at once, though tha allent duaky atawarda knew their dutlea well enough. . Uy and by, when tbey wera talking about anything or nothing It occurred to tha Maater of Lynn to aay: "I suppose you don't know that we ara oflT' Mr. Wlnterbourne quickly got op and went to ona of tie porta; there, undoubt edly, wera tha river banka alowly, alow ly going aatern. He weut back to bla aeat, putting hla band on Yolande's ahoulder aa ba aat down. "Yolanda," as Id ba, "do you know that wa ara off really and trXily going away ' i row btigiand altogether quit from ua bores T" 111a manner had almoet Instantly changed. Hla aplrlta quickly brightened up. Ha made blmaelf moat agreeable to Mre. Graham; and waa humoroue In hla quiet, half-sardonic way, and waa alto gether pleased with tha appearance and tha appolntmenta of tha ahip. To fancy thla great maaa of metal moving away like that and tha throbbing of the acrew scarcely to ba detected! And at dinner, too, In tha evening It waa a delight to Yolanda to alt next him and listen to hla chuck lea and bla little Jokea. t'are iwnnl to have left him al together. Tha night, when they went on deck again, waa dark; but a dark night pleased him aa much aa anything. Yo Wte waa walking with him. And then they aat down with their frf-nil; and Mrs. Graham had much to talk about Yolanda aat allent Far away In tha darkneaa a long, thin, dull line of gold waa rlalble; aha had been told that theaa were tha llghta of Halt ing!. It la atranga thing to Ball paat a country In tha night time and to think of all tha belting human hearte It con talna of, tha griefa, and deapalra, and hnahed joy a, all hidden away there la the alienee. And perhapa Yolanda waa thinking moat of all of tha poor mother wboa nam aha did not know, whom aha ahould never aea again but whose heart aha knew right well waa heavy that night with Ita aching Borrow. It .V : GHT ONE OV TUB SWALLOWS. was her flrat actual contact with human misery. , It waa the third evening out that ahe had to put the flowera overboard on the wide and sad and uncertain grave. 8he did not wish anyone to aee her, aome how; ahe could not make It a public ceremony thla compliance with the pa thetic, futile wlshea of the poor mother She had moat carefully kept the flowera sprinkled with water, and, despite of that, they were Badly faded and ahriv eled; but ahe had purchased another baa- ketlul at Malta, and these were fresh enough. What mattered? The time waa too vague; the vessel's courae too uncer tajn; the trifle of flowera would soon be swallowed up In the aolltary aea. But Ljt was' the remembrance of the mother ahe waa thinking of. She chose a moment when everyone waa down, below at dinner, and the deck waa quite deserted. She took the two llttie baskets to the rail; and there, very alowly and reverently, ahe took out hand ful-after handful of the flowera and drop ped them down on the wave, and watch ed them go floating and floating .out and out on the ewaytng waters. The tears were running down her face; and ahe had forgotten whether there wae any body by or not. She was thinking of the poor woman In England. Would ahe' know? Could ahe aee? Was ahe sure thot her request would not be for gotten? And indeed she had not gone ho far wrong when aha had trusted to tho look of lolondfl s face. CHAPTER V. v 'I don't believe In any such simplicity. Men may; womeq don't It seems to me more the simplicity of an accomplished flirt" The apeaker was Mrs. Graham, and sne spoke with an air or resentment "You don't know her," said the Mas ter of Lynn, ; with Involuntary admlra tlon. , . I auDDoia tou thmk you do." hla t ter aald. with a "aunerlor" amlle. And then nerhana 'aha waa tired of hearing ao much in praise of Yolanda, or perhapa ana vianea her brotser to be cautious; or perhapa ahe waa merely gratultonsly ma licious he nld: "1 11 tell you what It is I should not be at all surprlncd to hear that she was engag"!, aud baa Ufa rn gag0 for any length of time." He waa struck silent by thla fierce BiiiMttlon; it hett-lldi-red blra for a sec ond or two. Then ha exclaimed;. Oa, thst la atntird perfectly absurd! I know ahe. la not." "It would be a joke," continued bla sinter, with a sardonic smile, "If that were the explanation of the wonderful frlendllneM that putzles you ao much. If she is Engaged, of course she haa no fur ther care or emharraimoteDt Everything la settled. She la aa frank with Dick aa with Tom and Harry. Oh, Archie, that would be a Joke!! Tbey were away from the land per hapa even forgetful that euch a thing ex- latud. It seemed quite natural to get npMnornlng after morning to Bud around them the same bright brilliant monotony of ' white-created blue aeaa and aunllt decka and fair aklee; and each day pass ed with the usual amusements; and then came the atlll moonlight night with all Its mysterious charm and loneliness. It waa a delightful life especially for the Grahama and Winter bournes, who were going nowhere In particular, but bad rome chiefly for the voyage Itself. And It waa a life the very email Incidents of which excited Interest simply bees use people had plenty of time to consider them and each other. There waa no doubt that Yolanda had become a pretty general favorite; for ahe found herself very much at home; and ahe put aalde a good deal of that reserve which ahe aasumed In traveling on land. These people could In no sense be con sidered strangers; they were all too kind to her. The ship's officers brought her tha charta out of the chart room, to show her how far the vessel bad got on her course, i The captain allowed her to go on the bridge, and gave her hla own glass wnan a distant sail waa to be seen. Ana the young soldiers, when they were not In the smoking room, and when they were not picking np rope quoits for Mrs. Gra ham, had an eye on the many starved blrda fluttering about and when they could tbey caught one and, brought it to Mlaa Wlnterbonrne, who waa glad to take the wild-eyed, fluttering wanderer down into the aaloon and put ita beak for a aecond or two Into a glass of fresh water. Once or twice Yolande caught one of these awallowa. Day after day passed without change. The young Master of Lynn very dili gently, and with a Jacob-like modesty and patience, strove to win Yqlande'a regard; but although ahe waa aiwaya most friendly toward him and pleased to chat with him, or walk the hurricane deck with him, ahe seemed to treat him precisely as shs trested any of the oth era. II tnere was one whom sue espe cially favored. It waa CoL Graham. whose curt, sardonic speeches amused her. At laat tbey arrived at Port Said, that curious, rectangular-etreeted, ahanty-built place, that looks like Cheyenne painted pink aad white; and of course there waa much wonder and Interest In beholding land again, and green water, and the swarming boats with their Greeks and Maltese and Negroes and Arabs, all in their varioua costumes. But it waa with a far greater Interest that they regarded the picture round them when the vessel hsd started again, and waa alowly and silently stealing away Into the wide and lonely desert land, by means of this wat er highway. The Suex canal had been rather a commonplace phrase to Yolande; mixed up with monetary affair; mostly; and auggentive of machinery. But all this, waa strange and new; and the vessel waa going so slowly that the engines were scarcely heard; she seemed to glide Into this dream-world of silver sky and far-reaching wastes of yellow sand. It was so silent, and so wide, and ao lone ly. For the most part the horison line was a mirage; and tbey watched the con tinual undulations of the silver-white waves; and even the strange reflections of what appeared to be islands; but here there waa not even a palm to break the monotony of the desert only the little tamarisk bushes dotting the sand. From a marsh a red legged flamingo rose, alow ly winging it way to the aouth.- jThen a string of camels came alongWith forward-stretching hends and ''broad, slow pacing feet; the Bedouins either perched tin the backa of the animals or striding through the sand by their side, their facee looking black in contrast to their white wide-flowing garments. And so they glided through the silent, gray, allver world. The night aaw another scene. They were anchored in another part of the canal, where the banka were. high and steep; and the moonlight waa surpass ingly vivid. On one of these banks it seemed a great mountain aa it rose to the dark-blue vault where the stars were the moonlight threw the shadow of the rigging of the ahip bo sharply that every spar and rope waa traced on the silver clear sand. There waa an almost op pressive silence In thla desert solitude; a dark animal that came along through the tamarisk-bushes some said it waa a jackal disappeared up and over the sand-monntain like a ghost And in the midst of this weird cold moonlight and silence these people began to get up a dance after dinner. The piano, was brought on deck from the saloon. The women folk had put on their prettiest costumes. There had been perhaps a lit tle begging and half promising going on beforehand. The smoking room was de serted. From the supports of the awn ings a number of large lanterns had been slung; ao that when the ladles be gan to appear and when the first notes of the music waa heard, the scene was a very animated and pretty one; but bo strange with the moonlit desert around. The Master of Lynn had got hold of Yo lande ha .had been watching for her ap pearance, , , (To be continued.) Blessed Is the Influence of one true, loving human soul on another. George Eliot ' We cannot be just unless we ara kindhearted. VanTenargues. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST ROGUE RIVER VALLEY HOPS. Atreaga Hat Bean Doubled and Yield Promises Well. Grants Pus Hop prospects in tha Bojcua River valley ara tuperb this ear, and this district is rapidly getting to be on of tha ateadiest aad best bop producers on tha Pacific coast. It is too erly yet to aay what pricei will be, bnt they atand at present at 24 to 25 cents, without buyers, and littlo or none offered by growers. Tha "Eng. luh clutter" Is a lltlte "of' in aome sections of tha valley this year, bat the native ara reported very ttroag. , The crop of 1908 will nearly doable the acreage of that of 1904, which wac in thepielghborbood of 300 acres, or about 300,000 pounds; the average yield be ing l.uou pounds per acre. Hop growers have at Uat been arous ed from their long sleep, and many of them have given their yards splendid fertiltaation and cultivation this year. John Bauaxan, who haa the largest yaMe in tbe county, comprising 87 acres, and several others in his vicini ty, whose yards lie along the bank of Kogue river, have installed splendid gasoline engines and pumps, so that their yards will be finely irrigated. f The total acreage of yards in the county at the present time is 708 acres, of which tbe new 'yards planted this year and which will not be in full bear ing until next year, comprise 160 acres, leaving 548 arcei of yards which will be in full bearing tbe present year. A great many parties have purchased land in the fsr famed Kogue river valley with a view to putting in yards next year, and should the price of bopa go up, the Rogue river valley will become one of the big bop districts of the coast Get Rival Phone Line. Albany The city council of Albany has granted the oft requested franchise to the independent telephone people, and in the near future construction will be commenced on the exchange of the Independent people in Albany. All the independent lines in Linn and Benton counties are included in the company that has secured the fran chise in Albany, and when the system is completed there will be a free ex change between the principal towns of these counties. It is expected that spirited competition will secure a need ed better service in Albany. File Petitions Wrongly. ? Salem Unless the friends of the wo man suffrage amendment exercise more aire than they have been doing, their initiative petitions for the submission of the proposed amendment will be fa tally defective. Secretary of State Dunbar has received several netitinns on tne blanks prepared by the advocates of woman suffrage, but in hia onininn the signatures on these petitions cannot oe couniea in making up the total nam ber of signatures for tha initiv II holds' that the separate sheets' upon wnicn me signatures are written should be gathered together and filed at one time. . Road May Go Into the Nehalem. . Rainier a logging railroad into Rai nier is practically assured. The Ham mond interests have secured a right of way from Dean Blanchard, the Deerdorf estate, and the Western Cedar com nan v w. Xj. y eweome baa proven the only oD8iacie so lar. ine company owns 1,200 acres of heavUy timbered land about three miles from this nlace. It is surmised that it is the intention to push bn to the Nehalem, aa the same parties were nesotiatinar with S. Iters m for his Clatskanie road. It is possible that Mr. Kockie's railroad will be ab sorbed by the new company. Big Canal at Gold Hill. Salem The largest private water fil ings that have been made under the new water right law," were . received by State Engineer Lewis when the bold Hill Canal company filed on seven streams to secure feeders for their Immense canal system leading from the mountains to the town of Gold Hill. in Jackron county. The filing notices and the accompanying nonces show that the company will have 76 miles of main canals, besides several miles of feeders. The notices are signed by Daniel Lesley. Wool-Clipping Delayed. Enterprise Sheep shearing in this county has. been greatly handicapped by the heavy rains of the past wees. Unless better weather prevails the wool clip of this county will not be disjoaed of until the latter part of July. 1 Refuse to Sign Lands. " Klamath Falls The Shook brothers, of Dairy, B. B. Beekman, of Jackson ville, and Mrs. D. E. Ralston, of Ash land, are holding up government irri gation by refusing to sign their lands. j HOP GROWERS IN POOL. Una County Linas Up Under KrebV Management. Eugene A large number of bop growers of Lane county met in Eugene last week to take preliminary steps to help form a gignatie corporation to handle the crop of the Pacific coast and to control prices. Conrad Krebs, of Salem, president. of the Krebs Hop company, which haa 624 acres of hops at Independence and Brooks, is at the head of this big movement. A general convention will be held at Salem aome time ia July attended by delegted elected from the several bop districts. At this convention the cor poration will be formed. After ita formation tbe crop of each grower will be tranaferred to tbe corporation, which will do all the selling. A board of di rectors will be elected and the directors will appoint a selling committee which will meet in, Salem every Saturday for the purpose of making sales and report on the condition of the marketts, etc. Hop experts will be called in to ascer tain the quality of each crop add keep it in its proper grade. Mr. Kteba is encouraged over bis project, snd stated that he believes that 90 per cent of tbe 1905 crop will be turned into this corporation. After he gets Oregon thoroughly organized he will go to Washington, and then to New xorx state, and expects to nave the en tire crop of the United States under control of the corporation. BANKS COME TO AID. Take Up Asylum Employes' Certifi cates of Allowance. Salem Arrangement have been made by which all employes of stabs institutions at Salem will receive the face value of their salary claims each month. Portland banks have agreed to take up the certifictaea of allowance is sued by Secretary of State Dunbar for the amount of the pay-roll of each in stitution, and hold these certificates until an appropriation becomes availa ble. They will depend upon the next legislature to allow interest on the money, and Governor Chamberlain has aid that he will recommend that in terest be allowed. The amonnt of the salary claims will probably be $180, 000 up to the adjournment of the next legislature. There will be no more discounting of salary claims, bnt claims for supplies will be shaved as hereto fore. Land Office in Portland. Oregon City At the close of business June 30 the business, together with the records and archives of the. Oregon City Land office, were transferred to Port land and installed in the Blazier build ing, corner of West Park and Washing ton streets. Simultaneous with the re moval of the land office from this city, takes place a change in the name of the office, which will now be officially designated as the Portland Land office. Register Dresser and Receiver Bibee will remove with their families to Port land this summer. . . Fields Lie Flat. Ente-prise Recent havy rains in this section have caused much of the heavy grain and first crop of hay to fall. The grain which has fallen will necessarily have to be cut for hay, as it cannot be harvested with a binder or header. PORTLAND MARKETS. "Wheat Club, 8283c per bushel; bluestem, 8990; valley, nominal. Barley Feed, $2222.50 per ton; iolled, $23.50. 4 . Oats No. 1 white, feed, $30 per ton: gray, $30. . Y i. Hay Timothy, $14916 per ton; clover, $1112; grain, $1112., 1 Eggs Oregon ranch, 2021c per dozen. 1 Butter Fancy creamery,172lKc Poultry Fancy hens, 12 13c; mixed chickenB, 11 12c y turkeys, live, 18l9c per lb. ' - Fruits Strawberries, $22.25 per crate; apples, table, $1.502.50 per box; apricots, 85c$l per crate; peaches, 75 85c; plums, 60c$l;, Logan berries, $1.25; blackberries, 75c; cherries, 58c per -lb; prunes, 90c$l per crate; raspberries, $1.75. " Fresh Vegetables Corn, 80 40o per dozen; cucumbers, 40c($$l; let tuce, head, 10c; parsley, 25c; peas, 25c per lb; radishes, 1012c per dozen; tomatoes, $1.753 per crate; turnips, $1.25Q140 per sack; carrots, $1.251.50; beets, $11.25. " Potatoes Oregon fancy, old, $1 1.10; Oregon, new, $11.25. ' Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per lb; cows, 34c. i Mutton Dressed, fancy, 5c per lb. Hops Choice, 1904, 1921c per lb. Wool Eastern Oregon, best, 19 23c; valley, 2627c; mohair, choice, 3132H'cpCTlb.
