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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1905)
MIA i I y OLAMDE ; by WILLIAM BLACK CIIAITRR VII. Far tip lit the wild and lonely hills that frm (hit backbone of eastern Liver-nees-shlre. and the desert elltuda draw their waters from the thousand tuystle milled or nameless rills, etande tha lodge of Allt-nam-ba. Tbe plain llttla double gnblod building occuplue a promontory formal by the confluence of two brawl luff atreains, and faces a long, wlda, beautiful valley, which terminates lu tba winding- watera of a loch. It la tha only sign of habitation la tha strangely ellont district; and It la tha laat Tha rough bill road leading to It terminates there. At tba door of thla solitary llttla lodge, on morning toward tha and of Jul, Yo lande Wlnterbourn waa atandlng engag ed In buttoning on her driving glovoa, but occasionally glancing oat at tha be wildering, changeful flashing and gleam- Ing day around her. For, Indeed, alnco , aha had coma to lira at Allt-nam-ba, aha bad acquired tha conviction that tba Itac aeemad vary close up to tha sky; and that thla broad valley, walled la by those great and silent hills, formed a wirt of caldron, In which tha elements were In the habit of mixing up weather for transference to the wide world be yond. At thla very moment a continual phantasmagoria of cloud effects waa pass Ing before ber eyea. Far mountain tops grow blarkiur and black w in shadow; then the gray mist of the rain atole alow ly acrws and bid them from view; then they reappeared again, and sudden aha ft of aunllght would etrlka on the yellow-green alopea, and on the boulders of wet and glittering granite. However, aha waa not much dismayed When the dog cart waa brought round she stepped into It lightly, took the reins as If to tha manner born, though aba bad never handled a whip until Mrs, Oraham had put her In training at In vrmtroy. Then there waa a atrlct charge to Jane to ace that brisk Area were kept burning tit all tha rooms. And (hen the youthful and falr-halrod Bandy having got up behind he relesaed tha brake and presently they were making their way, elowly and cautiously down the atony path, and over the loud-aoundlng woolen bridge that here spans the roatj In red-brown waters of the Allt-cain ban. Hut when once they were over the bridge and Into the road they quickly mended their pace. There waa an un tiNiinl eagerness nd brightness lu her look. Handy the groom knew that the stout and serviceable cob In the ahafta waa a sure-footed beast; but the road waa of the roushost: and be could not understand how the young English lady who waa generally very cautious, should drive ao fast. Waa It to got away from the black thunder massee of cloud that Iny over the mountains behind them? Here, at least, there seemed no danger of any storm. The sunlight was brilliant on the wide, treen pasturea and on the ftnshlng waters of the atream. Yolande'a face soon showed the Influence of the warm aunllght and of the fresh, keen air; and her eyea were glnd, though they eeemed busy with other things. When they reached the end of the val ley and got on to the road that wound along the wooded shores of the loch, there waa much easier going. It waa a pretty loch, thla atretch of wind-stirred blue water, for the hills surrounding It were somewhat lesa sterile than those of Allt-nam-ba; here and there the banks were fringed with haiel; and at the lower end of It were tha dark-green plantations surrounding Lynn Towers. They . had driven for about a mile and a half or no by the shores of the lake, when Yo lnndo fancied she heard some clanking noise proceeding from the other side; and thereupon she Instantly asked Sandy what that could ba. The young 1IIrh- bind Ind strained his eyes lu the direction of the distant hillside: mid at lust be anlil: "Oh, yes, I see them now. They will be the men taking up more fencing to the fiiivnt. linenn was speaking about that, nindiim. If Mlns Wluterbourne would be look I n a about half wnr up the hill they are by the side of the gray corrle now. I am thinking that will be the Master at the top." "Do you mean the Master of Lynn?" he anld, quickly. "Well, your eyea are sharper than mine, Sandy. I cau ace that blnck speck on tho skyline; but that Is nil." "He la waving a handkerchief now,' aid Bnndy. with much coolness. "Oh. that la Impossible. How could ha make ua out at thla distance?" "Tho master will know there la no other carriage than this one coming from Allt-nam-ba." "Very well, then," sold ahe, taking out her handkerchief and giving It a llttlo ahake or two In the aunllght "I will take the chance; but you know, Sandy, It Im more likely to be one of the kecpora waving bin hand to you." When they had crossed the wooden brldeo over tho river and aacondod a bit of the bill, they found thomaelvea oppo' site Lynn Towers a large, modern build Ing. which, with its Tiuhieroua conaerva torlea. atoOd on a level piece of ground on the other aide of tha ravine. Aa they drove on and down Into that smiling and shining country, the day grew mors and mora brilliant Wild flowera grew mora luxuriantly. Here and there a farm bouse appeared with flelda of grain en croaching on the moorland. And at laat after soma miles of thla gradual descent Yolanda arrived at a little sprinkling of houses sufficient in number, though much scattered among the flelda to be called a village; and drew up at the email voden gate of a modest little mansion. very prettily altuated In tha midst of a garden of rosea. No sooner had the carriage stopped than Instantly the door waa opened by smlllug and comely dame, with sllver- gray Lair, and pleasant, shrewd gray eyea, wbo came down the garden patn. rlhe waa neatly and plainly dressed, In a housekeeper-looking kind of coetume; but vr face waa refined and Intelligent and there waa a aort of motherltneaa In the look with which aba regarded the young hngllah lady. "Do you know that I meant to scold you, Mrs. Ball, for robbing jour garden again?" aald Yolanda. "Bat this time- no I am not going to acold you; I can only thank you; for my papa la coming to-day. I am going now to meet him at the steamer." Well, now," aald Mrs. Bell, "that U ust a most eitraordluary piece of good luck; for I happen to have a pair of tha very finest and plumpest young duck lings that over I aet eyes on " No. no; noP Yolanda cried, laugh ing; "I cannot have any more excuses for these kindnesses and kindnesses. Ev ery day since I came here every day a fresh excuse and alwaya the boy coming with Mrs. Bell's compliments. Wouldn't It be simpler for you to give ms the garden and the bouse and everything all at oncer' aald Yolanda. "Well, now, I wish to aee Mr. Melville." "He la at hje work," aald the elderly dame, glancing at a email building that stood at right angles with the house. "Do ye think I would disturb him when he Is at his work? Do yon think I want him to send ms about my business?" There la a tyrant!" exclaimed Yo- lande. "Never mind, then; I wanted to thank him for aendlng me the trout Now I will not. Well, good-by, Mra. Bell; I 111 take the vegetables, and be very grateful to you; but not the ducklings" "Ye'll just take the ducklings, as I say, like a sensible young ldly, aald Mra. Bell, with emphsala; "and there la not to be another word about It" Bo on ahe drove again, on thla bright and beautiful July day, through a pic turesque snd rocky and rugged country, until In time she reached tha end of her journey the charming little hotel that la perched high amid the woods over looking Ioch Neaa, within sound of the thundering, Foyers Water. And then, at laat, she heard the throbbing of paddle wheels In the Intenae alienee; and made her way down through the bracken and tho bushes, and went right out to tha end of the llttlo pier. She made him out at once, even at that distance; for though he waa not a tall man, his sharp-featured, aun-reddened face and silver-white hair made him eas ily recognlsablo. And of course ahe was greatly delighted when lie cams aahore, and excited, too; and ahe herself would hare carried gun casea, fishing baskets, nd what not to the dog cart had not the boots from the hotel Interfered. And she had a hundred eager questions and asurancea, but would pay no heed to hla remonstrance about the rlaka of her driving. Why, papa, I drove every day at In- verstroy" she exclaimed, as they briskly aet out for Allt-nam-ba. "I euppose the Grahama were very kind to you?" he aald. "And the Maa ter, how is he?" "Oh, very well, I believe. Of course I have not aeon dim since Mrs. Oraham left Rut he haa made all the arrange ments for you ponies, panniers, every thing; and there la no want of provis ion, for Mr. Melvillo sends me plenty of trout, and Duncan goes up the hill now and aguln for a hare." "Oh, that wl'.l lie all right." aald he, good-humoredly. "I want to hear about yourself, Yolande. What do you think of Lord Lynn and his stater, now that you have seen something more of them?" This question checked her volubility, and for n second a very odd expression came over her face. "They are very serious people, papa," said she, with some caution. "And and very pious, I think. And those other people- the old wom an who pretends to ne a nouseueeper and Is a aort of Good Fairy In disguise aud the penniless young laird, who haa no land " Instantly her face brightened up. "Oh, he la the most extraordinary per son, papa a magicmni i cannot de scribe It; you must see for yourself; but really It la wonderful. He haa a atream to work for him yea for Mra. Graham and Iwent and visited it climbing away up the hills and there waa the water, wheel at work In the water, and a hut close by, and there were copper wires to take the electricity away down to the house, where he has a store of it It Is a genie for him; he makes it light the lamps for him; it worka a lathe for turn ing wood oh, I can't tell you all about It And he has been bo kind to me; but mostly in secret o that I could not catch him to thank him. How could I know? I complain to Mrs. Bell that it is a trouble to send to Inverness for soma one to, aet the clock going; the next morning it la all rlghtl It goes; noth ing wrong at all I Then tho broken win dow in tha drawing room; Mrs. Oraham and I drive away to Fort Auguatua; whan I oome back in tha evening than la a new pan pat in." But what on earth Is thla wonderful Jack-of-all traded doing here? Why, you yourself wrote to me. Yolande, that he bad taken the Kuril Exhibition and tbe Ferguson Scholsmhlp, and bis ted like a cotuet through lioUlol; and now I find him tinkering at window panes" -1 tbiuk he works very hard; he says be Is very laiy. He Is very fond of fish ing; he la not well off; and here he la permitted to fish In tbe lakes far away among tho hills that few people will take the trouble to go to.- Then naturally he haa much Interest In thla neighbor hood, where once his people were tbe great family; snd those living there hsvs grest respect for him; and ha baa built a acbool, and teaches In It it Is a free school no cbarce at all." Yolande add ed, hastily. "That la Mra. Bell'e kind ness, the building- of tbe school. Then he made experiments and discoveries; Is It not enough, of an occupation when every one is talking about the electric light? Also he la a great botanist; and when It la not acbool time, he is away sp in the hills, after rare planta, or to fish. Oh, It la terrible the lonellnesa of tba email lakes in tbe hills. Mr. Leslie has told me; no rosd, no track, no life anywhere. And the long hours of climb ing;' oh, I am euro I have been sorry sometimes many times when dsy af ter day I receive a present of trout and a message, to think of tbe long climbing and the labor " "But why doesn't he fish In the loch at Allt-nam-ba?" her father exclaimed. "That can't be ao difficult to get at" "He thought It would be more correct to wait for you to give permission." "Waiting for permission to fish In a loch like that!" her father aald, more good-naturedly. "Leslie told me the loch would be Infinitely Improved If flve slxths of the fish were netted out of it; the trout would run to a better sice. However, Miss Yolande, since you've treated him bsdly, you must msks amends. You must ask him to dinner." "Oh, yes, papa; I ah a 11 be glad to do that" aha said, blithely. I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST tJIQ CROPS IN LINN COUNTY. Hay, RAILROAD FOR WALLOWA. Independent Capitalist Will Build a Branch to Joseph. La Grande A corps of engineers are at work establishing a line lor a new railroad down Grand Hondo river to tba month of the Wallowa river, thence nptbe Wallowa to Wallowa valley. Tbe right of way baa been secured to the month of the Wallowa river. Tbe new road will be independent of all other lines and ia backed by New York capital. A construction company ia ready to begin grading as soon as part of the line ia eatabliabed, and will be at work within the next 30 days, and it ia stat ed the road will be completed to the Wallowa bridge this year and will be extended to Joseph next year. This activity haa caused agenta for the 0. E. A N. to go to Elgin this week and busy themselves securing rights of way on all deeded land through which itheir final survey waa eatabliabed about five years ago. The probable purpose of the new promoters ia to get the right of way in the Grand Bonde and Wallowa canyons away from the 0. R. A- N., which it is aupposed haa already expired or soon will expire by limitation. The outcome will likely be the fore ing of the 0. B. A N. Co. to bnild on its proposed line. If it doea not in some way renew its pre-emption of the surveys already made, it will lose its Wheat, Gate and Hope Giving Great Promise. Albany Tbe bay crop of Linn coun ty ia greater this year than ever before, and thousands of tona of bay will be shipped away. In addition to the ex tra acreage ia tbe yield. It is unusual ly good. Hay ia selliiog for f 4 and f 5 loose, aad $6 and $7 baled low prlcea even for the opening market. . Haying baa been in progress for some time, and this week will see tbe crop cat and in the cock. Most of it will also be in tbe barn or stack ere tbe end of the week. Never did wheat in Linn county look better. Binders will begin moving tbe yellow grain thia week, much of it be ing now fully ripe and ready for cat ting. The aphis mentioned early in the summer daring tbe rains have all disappeared, leaving no mark behind. Tbe output of tbe county will not be much larger than in the past, for tbe acreage ia not much larger than usual, bat the yield ia tbe greatest in years. . f hreahing will begin the last of July or the first of Aguust, on tbe fall sown grain. Three or four weeks later work will begin on the spring grain, which ia looking 'fine where sowed early enongh, bat that sown late will ripen very close to the ground, making bind ing difficult. Oats are looking fine, and will be a fairly heavy crop. Tbe acreage ia not aa large aa in some years, but the yield I rights, and this the 0. B. A N. Co. ia ia excellent. One of the hamper crops of tbe coun ty will be hops. There ia every indi cation of a fall crop better than last year. No damage haa been done by the lice, the hot weather coming in time to put an end to the ravaegs of the little pest. The few yards that were infested with lice have been sprayed, and the crop ia not affceted in the least. If we have warm weather until picking seas on ia over, the crop will be a fall one. A prominent Albany hopgrower esti mates the output of Linn county at about 160,000 bales. CHAPTER VIIL Mr. Wluterbourne, Yolsnds snd the Msster were stsndlng outside the lodge, looking down tbe wide glen, which wss flooded with sunset light Young Les lie's eyes were the eyes of a deer-stalker; the slightest movement snywhere in stantly attracted them; and when two aheep little dots they were, at the far edge of the hill just above the lodge suddenly ceaaed grating and lifted their heads, he knew there must be some one there. The next moment a figure appeared on the sky line. "I euppose that la Jack Melville," he aald, peevishly. "I wiah he wouldn't come across the forest when he Is up at electric boxes." "But does he do harm?" aald Yolande. "He cannot ahoot deer with copper wlree." "Oh, be'e all over the place," aald tha Master of Lynn. "And there isn't a keeper or a watcher who will remonJ trate with him; and of course I csn't He's alwaya after hla botany, or hla fishing, or something. ( The best thing about it ia that he la a capital hand to have with you if there are any atray deer about, and you want to have a shot without disturbing the herd. He knows their ways most wonderfully, and can tell you the track they are certain to nice" Meanwhile the oblect of these remsrks nient clerk for a number ol years was comina- down the hlllstl.le at swimf- has attended and graduated from Ing pace; and very soon he had crossed Columbia law school. the little bridge, and was coming up the path heralding his srrival with a frank Frozen Wheat Short. and careless greeting to hla frienda. He Jhe Dalles Through the High Bidge waa a rather tall, lean, large-boned and and Fifteen-Mile country, the section powerrui looking man ol about eight-and- of Wmc0 rount whenj in w m08t twenty: aomewhat pale In face, seeing L,rtlial. oam h tha fr ft. FaK. . j n -j not expected to do. In any case. Wal lowa county baa a better prospect for a railroad than ever before. Ready to Start Cut-Off. Eugene C. 8. Freeland, construction engineer of the Southern Pacific com pany, is in Eugene with a force of men preparatory to the construction of the bridge across tbe Willamette river at Springfield for the Henderson-Spring field cutoff branch line, which will be built immediately. The people of Eu gene berald the news of the beginning of the work on thia line with great sat isfaction.. They have looked (or it long and earnestly. It means the making of Eugene a terminus for all trains on the Woodburn-Natron and Springfield- Indiana Go Into Law. Chemawa Among the 32 young men who were recently admitted to practice law before the Supreme, court I Wendling branches, increasing the pop of Oregon were two Indians, graduates I nlation of the city considerably by the of the Chemawa Indian school. JJotn i addition of the trainmen and their lam young men were successful,, and give I iliea, and affording the people residing great promise of a creditable career. 1 along the aforesaid branches a quicker They were Oscar Norton, of California ud better means of reaching thia city wbo graduated in 1898, and George to do their trading. Bernier, of Oregon, of the class ol 1VUU. Word has also reached here that Rich ard Graham, another California Indian, who waa a student of Chemawa in that he lived ao much out of doors; hia hair a raven black; hia eyes gray, pene trating and steadfast; hla mouth firm, and yet mobile and expressive at times; hla forehead square rather than lofty; voice, a cheat voice, waa heard la pleas ant and well-modulated English. "Here, Miss Winterbourne," said he, "Is the little vssculum I spoke to you about; It has seen some service, but it may do well enough. And here ia Bent ley's Manual, and a Flora. The Flora Is an old one; I brought an old one pur posely, for at the beginning there ia a synopsis of the Linnaean system of class ification, and you will find that the easi est way of making out the names of a new plant. Of course," he added, "I have told Mrs. Bell you are to have ac cess to my herbarium, whether I am there or not " "Oh, yes, that Is' so probable!" said ahe. "Mr. Bell allowing me to go Into your study!" "Mrs. Bell and I understand each other very well, 1 assure you," he said, grave ly. "We are only two augurs, who wink at each other; or rather we shut our eyes to each otber'a humbug " "Why, Jack, ahe means to buy back Mongalen for you!" the Master of Lynn exclaimed. "I know ahe haa some romantic scheme of that aort in her head," he' said, frank ly. "It is quite absurd. What should I do with Monaglen? However, In the meantime, I have made pretty free use of the old lady's money at Uress, and she Is highly pleased, for she was fond of my father's family, and she likes to hear me spoken well of, and you can easily pur chase gratitude especially with some body else's money. You see It works well all round. Mrs. Bell, who Is au honest, shrewd; good, kindly woman, sees that her charity ls administered with soma care; the people around but espe cially the children are benefited; I have leisure for any little experiments and my Idle rambles; and If Mrs. Bell and I hoodwink each other, it is don very openly, and there is no great harm." (To be continued.) Platinum on Santiam. Lebanon George B. Whitcomb, who 1 897, haa been admitted to practice law th SantUm river reports hav- m the courts of W ashington Lity. Mr. ing digered platinum in paying Graham has been a government depart- on-nthfe. a ouantitv of black river n( I annH vm sent tn thA poveroment ass&v tbe office at Washington, D! C, and partly concentrated sand went $50 to tbe ton, while reconcentMted sand went aa high aa 1 175 to the ton. Mr. Whitcomb has sent other samples to the government assayer at the Lewis and Clark fair. He expects an expert in a few daya who will make a thorough examination. ruary, and where much reseeding waa necessary, crops arc looking fairly well. Some of the spring sown wheat ia short and rather thin, but ia of good color, and with favorable weather will make a comparatively good crop. Farmers in that section estimate that their spring grain will average 15 bushels to the acre. In that section the fall grain that was not frozen out will yield from 35 to 40 bushels to the acre. Every where throughout the county fall grain is ripening rapidly, and heading has already begun. Bohernia Men Want Smelter. Bohemia At an important meeting PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 82 83c per bushel; bluestem, 89 90c; valley, 85c. Barley, Feed, $21.5022 per ton; rolled, $2324. Oats No 1 white, feed, $29 per ton; gray, $29. Hay Timothy, $1416 per ton; clover, $1112. Fruits Apples, per box; apricots, peaches, 8090c per crate; plums, 85c $1 per crate; Loganberries, ii.zo per crate; blackberries, 10c per pound; cherries, 712c per pound; currants, 8c per pound ; prunes, 85c$l; rasp berries, $1.251.50 per crate. Vegetables Beans, l4c per pound; cabbage, llJc per pound; cauli flower, 75 90c per dozen; celery, 90c perdoxen; corn, 2027Kc per dozen; new, $1.5001.85 $1.15 per crate; of the Bohemia Mineownera' association this week steps were taken to interest some sineltermen in Bohemia camp. One mining man stated that in case in terested parties pat up a smelter, he woould sign a contract to deliver 50 tons of ore per day. With this amount cucumbers, 4075c per dozen; lettuce, of ore from one man, it is considered head, 10c per dozen ; parsley, Z5c per an assured fact that a smelter would dozen; peas, 25c per pound; toma- pay if once put in operation. Men who toes,. $1.253 per crate; turnips, $1.25 are now doing nothing with their prop- (1.40 per sack; carrots, $1.251.50 erties would proceed to active develop- per sack; beets, $101.25 per sack. ment. Mexican mints turn out more silver money than those of any other conn- try In the world. Last year Mexico ahlpped Mvaral million alivar dollars to Gains. Albany Summer Normal. Albany A summer normal school for the benefit of public school teachers is being conducted in Albany this sum mer by County School Superintendent W. L. Jackson, City School Superin tendent Hayes and I.E. Bichardson. A large number of the teachers in the public schools of Linn county 1 are at tending this summer school, where in struction in practical pedagogy is given. State Land in Klamath. Salem State Land Agent Oswald West has returned from a trip to Swan Lake, Klamath county, where he ' in spected a large tract ot land believed to be swamp in character, and therefore the property of the state. He found 5,000 acres to which he believes the state is entitled to a patent, and he will take steps immediately to perfect title. . Potatoes Oregon, new, 75c$l per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 17K21 Jo per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2122c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 12)6 13c; mixed chickens, 1212c; old roosters, 910c; young roosters, 11 12c; turkeys, live, 18 19; geeBe, live, 78c; ducks, old, 13c; ducks, young, 15c per pound. Hops Choice 1904, 1619c per pound. wool Eastern Oregon average neat, 1921c; lower grades down to 15c, ac cording to shrinkage; valley, 2527o per pound; mohair, choice, 31c per pound. Beef Dressed bulla, l2c pound; cows, 84c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 5c pound; ordinary, 4c. Veal Dressed, 37c per pound. Pork Di eased 67c per pound per per