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DY WILLIAM BLACK
CI1APTEII V, CMtlnued.)
"I hf(M yu will give nia a dauce,
Wise Wltitrrboiirna," aald he.
"Oh, ;K with pleasure," aald ahe, lu
tha moat frlimll way.
"There are no programs, of course,"
Id he. "And on au't make engage
ments; luit I (liluk a verr ! rult In
thing Ilka this I that una ahould dance
with one's friend. For myself, I don't
care to danra with strainer. It doesn't
Interest ma. I think when people form
party among themaelvee n board ship
well, I think they ahould keep to thrui
elves .'
"Oh. but that la very selfish, la It not?"
Yolande aald. "We ara nt supposed to
be atrana-rra with an ona after being
on board ahlp ao long together "
"Mlse Wluterbourue, may I have tha
pleasure of dancing thla walU with
youT aald tall, solemn man, with an
eyeglass; aud tha neat uiliiute tha Mas
ter of I.ynn beheld Yolamla walking to
ward that cleared apace with Major Mar
kimion of tha He forth Highlander; and
aa to what he thought of tha Keaforta
Highlanders, and what ha hoped would
happen to them, from their colonel down
to thrlr pipe major, It ia uuiietesaary to
any anything biro.
Hut Yolamla did give him tha next
riant, which mollified hint littlenot
altogether, however, for It waa only a
square. Tha next waa a Highland eehot
tlwhe: and by III lurk ha took It for
grant! that Yolamla, baring been
bought up In France, would know noth
ing about It, ao ha wrnt away and aought
out hia sister. Thrlr performance waa
tha feature of tha eveulng. No ona elaa
thought of Interfering. And It waa very
cleverly, and prettily, and artlatlrally
dona; luaoiuurh that a round of applauaa
greeted them at tha end ven from tha
Highland officer, who considered that
young Leslie might Juat aa wall hart
ought a partner elsewhere, Instead of
-claiming hla own alatar. Immediately. af
tar tha Maatvr of Lynn returned to Yo-
lamla.
"Ah, that la very pretty." aha aald
'No wonder thy approved you and clap
ped their handa. It la the moat pletur
que of all tha dancea especially when
they are only two and you have tha
whole dark for display. In a ball room,
pfrh apt no.
"You must learn It Mlaa Winter-
bourne, before you come north," aald be.
alwaya dance It In tha north.
"Oh. but I know It very wall." aald
Yolande, quietly.
"Your aald ha. In an Injured way.
"Why didn't you tell mat Do you think
I wanted to dance with my aiater and
leave you here"
"Hut Mra. (iraham and you danced It
o prettilyoh, very well, Indeed
There waa aomehody elue approaching
them now for tha lady at the piano had
that mutant began another waits. Thla
wraa 4'nptain Douglaa, atao of tha Bva
forth Highlnndera.
"Mlaa Wlnterbourna, If you are not
engaged, will you give ma thia waits?"
Yolande did not healtate. Why ahould
heT She waa not engaged,
"Oh, yea, thank," aald ahe, with much
friendliness, and aha roae and took Cap
tain Douglaa' arm.
Hut young Italic could not bear thla
perfidy, aa he judged It. lie would have
no more to do with the dance or with
her. Without a word to any one, he
went away to the amoklng room, and
at down there aavaga and alone.
"Folly talka of men being bambooiled
by women," he waa thinking bitterly.
"Hhe knowa nothing about It It la wom
en who know nothing about women; they
. Iilde themaelvea from each other. Hut
he wna right on ona point That girl la
the greatest flirt that ever atepped the
earth."
And ait 111. far away, he could hear the
omul of the muaic; and a lan the atranger
omul like a whiaperlng of allken wlnga
of feet on the deck. lie waa angry
ami Indignant Yolamla could not be
Mind to hia count ant devotion to her;
and yet ahe treated him exactly aa If
he were a atranger going off with the
flrat comer! Simplicity! Ilia aiater waa
right It waa the simplicity of a first
clasa flirt.
And atlll the waits went on; and he
' heard the winnowing Bound of the danc
ers' feet; and hla thoughta wero bitter
enough. lie waa only five-ami-twenty;
at that ago, hopes and fears and disnp
polutmenta are emphatic and near; prob
ably It never occurred to him to turn
from the vanities of the hour, and from
tha petty throbbing anxieties and com
monplace of every dny life, to think of
the awful solitude all around him there
the voiceless, world-old desert, lying
o dim and strange under the moonlight
and the stars, its vast and mysterious
heart quite puUelcsa and calm.
CHAPTER VI.
One morntng there wna much hurrying
to and fro on board tho dnhnheeah, in
anticipation of the visit of the Governor;
ao that -Mra. Graham had no chance of
having an extended talk with her broth
er. Nevertheless ahe managed to convey
to him a few covert words of Informa
tion nnd counsel.
. "Archlo," Bald ahe, "I have spoken to
Yolande I have hlutcd something to
her."
"No!" he said, looking rather fright
ened. "Oh, you need not be much alarmed,"
he said, with a significant amilo. "Rath
er the other way. She seems quite to
know how you have wished to be kind
and attentive to her quite sensible cf it,
la fact; and when I hinted something"
"Rhe did aot aay 'no' outrlgbtr be In
terrupted, eagerly; and there waa a flush
of gladuese on bla face.
Ilia sinter glanced around.
"I thought there could be no harm if
I told ber that Jim aud I would like to
have her for a slater," aha answered, de
murely. "And aha did not aay 'no' outright r
ha repeated.
"Wall." Mra. Graham aald, after
second, "I am uot going to tell you any
thing more. It would not be fair. It l
your business, not nilne. I'm out of It
now. 1 have Intermeddled quite enough.
Hut I dmi't think ahe batea you. And
aha aeem rather pleased to thk of liv
ing In the Highland, with ber father
having plenty of amusement there, you
know: and perhaps she might be brought
to consider permanent arrangement of
that kind not ao undesirable; and and,
well, you'd better aee for yourself.
She could uot aay more then, at all
events; for at thla moment Col. Graham
appeared on the, upper deck with the
intelligence that the Governor's barge
was Just then coining down the river.
Mr. Winterltourue and Yolande were In
ttantly summoned from below; aome fur
ther disposition of chairs and divans was
mnde; some mixes of cigarettes were sent
for; and presently the sound of oars
alongside announced the arrival of the
chief of notables of MerhnclJ.
The Master of I.ynn saw and beard
little of what followed: be was far too
busy with the glad and bewildering pros
pect a that his sister's obscure bint had
placed before hi in. And again and again
he glanced at Yolande, timidly, and yet
with an Increasing wouder. Ha began
to ask himself whether It waa really true
that hla aister had spoken to her. The
girl betrayed no consciousness, no emhar
raasmeut; aha bad greeted him on that
morning Just aa on other mornings; at
thla moment ahe waa regarding the ar
rival of thoae grave officials with an In
tereat which aeemed quite oblivious to
his presence. Aa for him he looked on
Impatiently? lie wished it waa all over.
He wished to have aome private speech
with her; to have aome Inquiry of her
eyee surely her eyea would make soma
tell-tale confession T
After the dignitaries were gone, Yo
lande betrayed not the slightest embar
rassment at hla sitting quite near her;
It waa be who waa nervoua aud awk
ward in hla speech. She waa engaged In
aome delicate needlework; from time to
time ahe spread It out on her lap to
regard It; and all tha time ahe was chat
ting freely with Mra. Graham about the
recent vlsltora and their grave demeanor,
their almost European costume, their
wonderfully email feet, and ao forth.
"Why do you not go ashore?" ahe anld.
turning her frank eyea to the Master of
Lynn. "It is ao interesting to aee the
strange bird., the atrange plants."
"It la cooler on the river," aald he.
The midday went by, and he found no
chance of addressing her. Ills sister
and aho aat together, aud sewed and chat
ted, or stopped to watch some passing
boat and listen to the boatmen singing
a long and melancholy chorus to the
clanking of the oars. At lunch time, Mr.
Wlnterbourne and Col. Graham turned
up. Then, In the afternoon, the whole
of them got into a boat and were row
ed away to a long and flat and sandy
island on the other aide of the Nile,
which they explored in a leisurely way
It waa not until tha end of the day
that tha long-looked for opportunity ar
rived; Indeed, nearly every one had gone
below to gut ready for dinner; but Yo
lande had lingered above, to watch the
coming over of tha twilight It waa
a strange enough sight In its way. For
after the yellow color had died out of
the bank of bearded corn above the rlv
cr's edge, and while the atrip of acacia-
trees over ttoi t again had grown solemn
and dark against the clear, pallid, blue-
gray sky of the south, far away in the
northwestern heavens there atlll lingered
a glow of warmer light, and a few clouda
high up had caught a, saffron tinge from
the alnking sun. It aeemed as if they
here were ahut in with the dark, while
far away in the north over tha Surrey
lanes, and up among the Westmoreland
waters, and out amid the distant Ilebri
dean Isles, the summer evening waa still
fair and shining. It led one to dream
of home. The imagination took wlnga.'
It waa pleasant to think of those beau
tifui and glowing scenes, here , where
the gloom of the silent desert was gath
ering all arouud.
vShe waa standing by the rail of the
deck, and when the others had gone he
quietly went over to her and began talk
ing to her about tho Highlands mostly,
and of the long, clear twilights there,
and how he hoped ahe would accept hla
Bister a invitation to go buck home with
them when they returned to England,
And when ahe sold something very pret
ty about the kindness of all of them to
her, he spoke a little more warmly, and
ftsked if there was any wonder? People
got to know one another Intimately
tlgrough a coiiHtant companionship like
this, and got to know and admire aud
love beautiful qualities of disposition and
mind. And then he told her it would not
be honest If ho did not confess to her
that he was aware that his sister had
spoken to her It was best to be frank
and he knew she was so kind she would
not bo angry If there hnd been any India
cretlon; and he begged for her forgive
ness 11 she had been In any way offended,
Then she mffnnged to say, rather hur
riedly and breathlessly:
".Oh, no, I am not offended. Why
It la a great honor I I knew It was
your sister's kindness tod friendship that 1
made ber apeak to ma please let me go
away now"
He put hla hand on her arm, unwit
tingly.
"Hut may I hope, Yolunde? May I
boper ha aald, and ha atooped down to
listen for the faintest word. "I don't
want you to pledge yourself altogether
now. Give me time. May I try to win
you? Do you think soma time aome
time of your own choosing aa far ahead
as you may wish you will consent? May
I hope for It? Mar I look forward to
It some day?"
"Oh, but I cannot tell you I cannot
tell you now," ahe aald, In the same
breathless way. "I am sorry If I have
given any pain any anxiety but some
other time I will try to talk to you or
my papa will tell yon but not now you
have always been so kind to me that I
ask it from you "
. hhe stole away In the gathering dark-
nens, her head bent down; she had not
once turned ber eyea to hla. And he re
mained there for a time, scarcely know
ing what he had aaid or what she had
answered; but vaguely and happily con
scions that ahe had not at all events, re
fused him.
Yolande'a self-confidence aeemed to
have strangely forsaken her that even-
lug. When they were all np on deck,
taking their coffee In the red glow abed
by the lanterns, ahe got hold of her
lather and drew him aside Into the dark
ness. "What la It, Yolander aald be. In sur
prise.
She took hold of his hand; both bars
were trembling.
I have something to tell yon, papa-
something serious."
Then be knew; and for a moment his
heart sank: but he maintained a gay de
meanor. Had he not reasoned the whole
matter nut with himself? He had fore
seen this crisis; he bad nerved himself
by anticipation.
Oh. I know. I know already, Yo
lande," said he, very cheerfully. "Do
you think I can't spy secrets? And of
course you come to me, with your hsnda
trembling; and you think you have some
thing dreadful to confess; whereas It is
but the most ordlnsry and commonplace
thing in the world. You need not make
any confession. Young Leslie baa spoken
to me quite right; very right: I like
frankness: I consider him a very fine
young fellow. Now, what have you got
to aay only I won't listen if you are
going to make a fusa about it and destroy
my nervoua system, for I tell you it la tha
simplest and most ordinary affair In the
world.
"Then you know everything you ap
prove of It, papa it la your wish?" ahe
aald bravely.
"My wishT he aald; "what haa my
wish to do with It you stupid creature!"
Out then, ha added, more gently: "Of
course you know, Yolande, I should like
to see you married and settled. Yea. I
should like to see that; I ahould like
to see you In a fixed home, and not lis
hie to all the changea and chances of the
life that you and I have been living. It
would be a great relief to my mind. And
then it Is natural and right It ia not
for a young girl to be a rolling atone like
that; and, besides, it couldn't last; that
Idea about onr alwaya going on traveling
wouldn't anawer. So whenever you think
of marrying: whenever you think you
will be happy in choosing a husband
Just now, to-morrow, or any time don't
come to me with a breathless voice, and
with trembling hands aa If you had done
some wrong, or aa if I was going to ob
ject, for to see you happy would be hap
plnesa enough for me; and aa for our
society together, well, you know, I could
pay the people of Slagpool a little more
attention, and have some more occupa
tion that way; and then you, instead of
having an old and frail and feeble per
son like me to take care of you, you
would have some one whose years would
make him a fitter companion for you, as
la quite right and proper and natural.
And now do you understand?"
"Oh, yes, I think so, papa," said she,
quite brightly; and ahe regarded him
with grateful, loving eyea. "And you
would be quite happy, then?"
"If you were, I ahould be," said he.
During the rest of the evening, the
Master of Lynn, seeing that Yolande
seemed no longer In any trouble, kept
near her, with some vague hope that ahe
would herself speak, or that he might
have aome chance of reopening the sub
ject that engrossed hia mind. And in
deed, when the chance arrived, and he
timidly asked her if she .had not a word
of hope for him, she spoke very frankly,
though with aome little nervonsnesa, no
doubt She mnde a little apology, in very
pretty and stammering phrases, for not
having been able to give him an answer;
but since then, she said, she had spoken
to her father, without whose approval
she could not have decided.
"Then you consent, Yolande you will
be my wife?" he sold, In a low and eager
tone, upsetting In hia haste all the con
tinuity of those hesitating sentences.
"Hut Is It wise?" said she, still with
her eyes enst down, 'Terhops you will
regret "
He took her hand Into his, and held It
tight.
"This has been a lucky yoynge for
me," said he, and that wna all that he
had a chance of snyiug just then; but it
was enough.
j (To he continued.
Literally Speaking-.
Asctim What did you find out about
that new magazine?
Do Itlter Well, all the poets and
novelists are . crazy to write for It
Ascum I didn't, aupnpse . It would
pay so very well.
Do Rlter It doesn't' pay at all.
That's what I mean. Philadelphia
Tress. '
. Four things come not back the
spoken word, the speed arrow, the past
life, the neglected opportunity. Ha
lltt . .
Ungratefulness Is the very poison of
manhood, Sir V. Sidney.
OREGON STATE ITEfJS OF INTEREST
FRUIT IN GOOD CONDITION.
Yield Will Not Ba Large, But Quality
Will Ba Above Average.
Fruit conditions are now favorable
throughout Oregon. While aa a general
thing no fruit will yields record break
ing crop, the quality of the fruit bids
fair to be good and the yield will be
satisfactory from tha market stand
point. Applet In all parts of the state
will yield only half a crop, bnt on ac
count of this very fact the fruit will be
of much better quality and a more
marketable product than were it a full
crop and the trees heavily loaded.
In the eastern part of the state,
peaches, pears, prunes and plums will
all yield a crop full. In Southern Ore
gon and the Willamette valley, either
of which sections produces more fruit
than Eastern Oregon, prunes and
plums will yield 70 per cent of a crop,
loaches about 60 per cent, and pears
ball a crop. These figures are based
upon careful estimates and are reliable.
Cherries are everywhere yielding about
75 per cent of a fall yield, while small
fruits are yielding a full crop in all
parts of the state.
Growers and dealers figure on 129,
000 bales as Oregon's probable Lop
yield for 1905. This is an increase of
one-third over last year's yield, A part
of this estimated increase is due to a
larger acreage, but the crop is at least
50 per cent better in amount of growth
now than at thia time last year. The
foliage is very heavy, and the hops are
blossoming out now in splendid shape.
Of course, everything binges on climat
ic conditions, and the estimate of 120,
000 bales, which will be the largest
crop Oregon has ever produced, is based
upon the supposition that weather con
ditions will be favorable until the crop
is safely harvested.
BLOODED STOCK FROM FRANCE
A. C. Ruby, of Pendleton, Receives a
Carload of Imported Horses.
Pendleton A. C. Ruby & Co. have
received the first carload of imported
horse from France by express.. The
next carload is in transit by freight
with an attendant in charge, and will
arrive in a few days. The third car
will be dropped off in Nebraska and
the horse disposed of to the farmers in
the Middle West.
Mr. Ruby himself has also arrived
He is direct from Europe, where he
purchased in all 48 horses, consisting
of bbires, Fercberona and coach horses.
The horses arrived in splendid condi
tion in spite of the fact that they had
been traveling constantly for three
weeks by water and rail.
Mr! Ruby will put them In good con
dition and in September, when the
Lewis and Clark hone show comes off,
will exhibit a number of the best ani
mala. He baa a large number which
can be got into splendid condition, as
they are already almost fit to exhibit.
All of the horses are young animals and
will take on flesh readily and will make
a good showing for the blooded horse
industry for Eastern Oregon.
Engine Sparks Start Fires.
Pendleton Many farmers who have
lands adjoining the railroad, especially
the Pendleton-Spokane .branch, are
plowing and clearing the weeds from
the right of way along their fields' to
protect their grain from fires started
by sparks from passing locomotives.
The dry grass along the track is already
beginning to burn and the ripening
wheat fields are in imminent danger
from fires. The farmers are 'also bene
fitting themselves by plowing along the
fences other than protecting themselves
from fire as the numerous ground
squirrels burrow along the fences under
the weeds and trash that accumulate.
Two Patients Cured.
Portland Portland's Open-Air Sani
tarium has discharged two more pa
tients in the past two weeks, Miss
Cason and Andrew Johnson, the latter
a logger working on the lower Colum
bia. Mr. Johnson was in the first stage
fo consumption, while Miss Cason was
in the seonnd Stage. It was understood
between the two natlenta And the, man.
agement'of the sanitarium that while
no pnysicai signs oi the disease could
be detected in either case, the treat
ment as administered there was to be
continued. -
Fruit Inspector in Clackamas.
Oregon City C. J. Reid, a promin
ent fruitgrower of Milwaukie, has been
appointed county fruit inspector for
Clackamas county under an act 6f the
last state legislature. Mr. Reid was
the only candidate for the office and
had the endorsement of a large number
of the horticulturists of the county.'
As inspector, Mr. Reid will receive
compensation per diem for the time he
ia actualy engaged at his work.
Cutting Second Alfalfa Crop.
Pendleton Farmers on McKay creek
south of here are cutting their second
crop of alfalfa. This crop is yielding
approximately two tons to the acre,
which is a little better than the . first
crop.
MADE A GOVERN MENTOFFICER.
State Engineer Lewis to Have Charge
of Survey Work.
Salem State Engineer John II.
Lewis will be appointed United States
hydrographer for Oregon, thus Lein
given charge of the government hydro-
graphic work conducted in co-operation
with the state of Oregon. This means
that all state work will be government
work and the work done with the Unit
ed States appropriation will be state
work. Consequently the reports of the
hydrographic work done by the state
engineer win be pubiian ed in the gov
ernment reports.
The same will be true of toDoeranhie
work, for Bute Enigneer Lewis will ap
point a government topographer to di
rect the work of the field nartiea em
ployed by the state. The state engineer
win serve as United State hydro
grapher without pay, and the United
States topographer will serve the state
wunoui pay.
This arrangement ia of rreat imoort-
ance to the state, for it not only secures
me publication of the state reports by
the government, bnt gives the state
work tne same standing as that of the
government. There will be complete
harmony between state and United
Diaies surveys.
UMATILLA HARVEST ON.
Grain Being Cut North and East of
Pendleton.
Pendleton Harvest haa commenced
in Umatilla county, and within a short
time headers will be at work every
where, those now started being only in
the early portions of the county. The
section north and east of Pendleton, in
which a large part of the Umatilla res
ervation is located, is more advanced
than other places, and by the first of
next week heading will be on quite gen
erally there. However, one header has
already been started in the Cold 8prings
country, northwest of here, on a fall
wheat field.
From all indications a good yield is
in prospect all over the county, the
weather during the past lew months
having been very favorable. Especial
ly is the spring grain, of which there is
an unusually large amount seeded this
year, doing well. The only danger
than may yet befall Is to hot weather
and warm winds, which might cause
the grain to shrivel.
Indian Children Have Measles.
Pendleton The Indian school on the
Umatilla reservation bas been closed,
as an epidemic of measles threatened to '
sweep the reservation. Six girls who
were ill with the disease are still in
quarantine at, the shcool, but will be
turned out in a few days, upon recov
ery. Superintendent McKoin at first
thought he would extend the school
term well into July, but the threatened
epidemic caused the dismissal. Ail nf
the scholars were more than pleased, as
tney were Inclined tu be rebellious
at the prolonged term.
Improvements at Chemawa.
Chemawa The material for exten
sive improvements at the school dining
hall and kitchen are being delivered.
The contract for these supplies have
oeen given to balem and Portland firms.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club. 81082c ner bushel;
bluestem, 8788c; valley, 86c.
Barley Feed, 21.5022 per. ton;
rolled, 2324.
Oats No. 1 white, feed, $29 per ton ;
gry, $29.
Hay Timothy, $14(316 per ton;
clover. $11012.
Fruits Strawberries," $2$2.50 per
crate; apples, table, $1.502.50 per
box; apricots, 90c$l per crate;
plums, 5090c; Logan berries, $1.15
1.25; blackberries, 8c per pound; cher
ries, 610c; currants, 8c; prunes 509
90c; raspberries, 6c.
Fresh Vegetables Beans, l4c per
pound; cabbage, ll)c; cauliflower,'
$1 per dosen; celery, 90c; corn, 20 a
26c; cuenmbers, 4060c; lettuce, head,
10c; peas, 26c per pound; radishes,
1012c per dozen; rhubarb, l)i2c
per pound; turnips, $1.25 1.40 per
sack; carrots, $1.251.50; beets, $1
1.25.
Potatoes Oregon, old, $lj51.25;
Oregon, new, 90:$1 10. ?
Batter Fancy creamery,1721Jc
per pound.
Eggs- Oregon ranch, 20 21c .per
dozen.
Poultry Fancv hens, isolate-
mixed chickens, 12l2c; turkeys,
live, 18319c; geese, Jive, 78c;
ducks, old, $45 ducks, young, as to
size, $25. i
Hops Choice, 1904, 17 20c per
pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, best, 19
23c; val'ey, 2627c; mohair, 31 .
32 c per pound for choice.
Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per
pound; cows, 34c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 5c per
pound.
Veal 36Kc per pound, according
to size.
Pork 67c per pbund.
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