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BY WILLIAM BLACK
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.