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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1905)
w wvs" 3 yOLAMD'E DY WILLIAM niAlTRIl X. (Continued.) This waa all that i ld at th time; nit It mint t admitted that It left Mr. Wlnterhourn prrtty much In th aama Omw nf itialoiui perturbation. IIU rare worn far litaiautly attracted Yolande'a notlm. Hlia became aware that ther waa trouble anmewhvrv; ther waa a kind of restraint In the aorlal atmonphere of Ilia house; aha even found (lia houeat ami heart John Hhortland given to moody taring Into th Are. Ho ah went to her own room. anl ant down, and wrott the following note: "Ailt-nam ha, Friday. "Mr Dear Archie Wa ara all In a atata of dreadful depression her on ae fount of tha had weather, and tba gen tleman ahut up with nothing to do. 1'leaaa, please, tak pity on ua, and come long to dinner at aeren. Do you know that Monagten la fr aaleT What Joy it will b If Mr. Melville ahould get II bark again, after all that will Indeed t Melville'a Wrlcom Horn You will ttiaka ua all very happy If ynu will route and spend tha evening with ua. "Yours affectionately, Yoi.Axnn." Wi arnt thla out to be taken to Lynn Tower by on nf th gllllea who waa to wait for an answer; and In SKttitethlng more than an hour th lad on the aturdy little black pony brought bark thla note: "I.yim Towra, Friday Afternoon. "I War Yolanile I ri-cret very much that I cannot din with you to-night; ml aa for Tixwdny, I am afraid that will be lmMmi)lie, aa I go to Inverueaa to morrow. I hop they will hav a good day. loura alncerely, "A. LESLIE." 8lie regarded thla answer at flrt with atouUhineiit, 1 1) via ah filt Inclined to laugh. "Iok at thla. then, for lov letter!" ah aald to herself. Hut by ami by ah began to attach ; t iC fcT i ft fi'. ". .,.:? ... -;7 1 P - mum i i i i ii iiniuiijiM ' "HAVE YOU TOLD nor Importance to It. Th coldueaa of It aoemed atudled; yet ah had done nothing that ah knew of to offend him. What waa amlxaT Could he be dUnatla fied with ber conduct In any direction? Fhe had trhnl to be more kind to him, a waa her duty; and nntll quite recently they had been on moat friendly teruia. What had ahe done? Then ah began to form th auaplclon that ber father and John Bhortlanda wer concealing aomethlng from her. Had It anything to do with Uie Maater? Had It anything to do with the alngular clr cumatanc that not even the moat formal laltlng relationship had been eetabllahwl fcetween Lynn Towera nd the lodge? Why had her father aeenied dlaturbed when all propoaed to aond bnnnch of rnlaon to the Tower the moat com mon act of civility? Next morning hnd an evil and threat ening look about It; but fortunately there waa brink breeae; and toward noon that had ao effectually a wept the cloud over that the long, wide valloy waa filled with bright, warm animhlne. Yolande reaolved to drive In to llrena. On arriv ing, however, h found that Mr. Mel 111 had gone off to hla electric atore boua away up In th hllla; and ao ah eut on the dog-cart to WhlU'brldge, and waa content to wait awhllo with Mra. Ikll. "I'll Junt aend him a meaaage, and he'll come1 down presently." "Oh, no, pleaa don't; It la a long way to aend any one," Yolnnde protested. "It'a no a long way to aend a wee bit flaah o' flro, or whatever It la, that acta a boll ringing up there," aald the old dame. "It'a wonderful, hla devlcea. gomotlmea I think It'a malr than nnlt iral. Over there, In the laboratory, he hna got kind o' ear trumpet!; and If you take out th atopper, and Uaton In quateneaa, you'll hear every word that'a going on In th achool." "That U what they call a telephone, I uppoae?" The rerv thine!" aald Mra. Bell, ni he left th room to aend a meaaag to him. When aha came back ah waa Jubilant "My dear young leddy, I am glad to ee ye! I've Bent the letter to the law I tmt telled them that I did not want Monaglen for myael', but that they happened to hear what waa the lowest price that would b taken, they might end m word, la ctae I ahould. coma r- DLACK acrtMia a customer for them. It doeana do to ba too eager about bargain, es pecially wi' they lawyara; It'a Juat In viting them to commit highway rubbery on y. "If Mr. Melville," aald Yoland. quick ly, "wer to hav Monaglen, ha would allll remain In thla neighborhood?" They kept on talklug wltb much In terest, until atp outsld on tha gravel fued th color to ruah to tha glrl'a fae. She did not know that, when aha roa on hi antra no. Hit did not know that ah looked euibarraad, becau ah did not feel embarrassed. Alwaya aha had uaa of aafety In hla presence. Sh had not to watch her words, or think of what h waa thinking of what ah waa aaying. 8h apologised for hav ing brought him down from hla lctrlc work i ; and asked him If h would tak turn In th garden for mlnut or two, aa ah had aomethlng to aay to him; and then went out, h following. Bh did not uotlc that when ah mad thla laat re mark hla face looked rather grave. "Mr. !ealUi went to Inverneaa thla morning 7" eh aald, when they wer out In th garden. "Do you know why he wei.tr "Well," aald he. "I believe they have lxvn having aome dispute about the nmrchm of the forest; but I am told It la all amicably settled. I fancy Archie U going to hav the mutter squared up In Internes." Hlie heltated then. fh took up flower: regarded It for a second, and then looked him fair In the face. "Mr. Melville." an Id ahe, "do yon think It at range that I ask yon thla queetion? you are Mr. Iell'a friend; h of fended with me?" "I have not th sllghteat reaaon to auppoaa that h la," waa th anwr, giv en with aome carneatneaa, for b waa glad to And the queetion ao simple. "Nonet I have not don anything ill ME HVEUYTIIINt" that he could complain of to you or any oner' "I aaaure you I never heard him breathe a word of the kind. Deeldea, added he, with a very unuaunl warmth In the pale cheeka, "I wouldn t listen. No tnnn wiuld be auch a coward" "Oh, plena don t thluk that I am angry," ahe aald, with earnret entreaty. "lMeaa don t think that I hate to com plain. Oh, no! Dut every one knows what mischief la wrought sometime by mistake; some one being offended and not giving a chance of explanation; and and I waa only anxloua to be assured that I had done nothing to Tex him. Ill going away without aeelng ua aeemed ao strange yes; and also hla not coming of lat to th lodge and and my papa seem a to be troubled about aomethlng ao that I became anxloua; and I knew you would tell m the truth, If no one else would. He waa disturbed, at all events; and sorely perplexed. He dared not meet her eyce; they aeemed to read hltn through and through when he ventured to look up. "Don't imagine for a moment that you hav anything to reproach yourself with not for a moment," he aald. "Hn any one, then?" "Why, no. Dut but well, I will be honest with you, Yolande; ther hna been a little trouble at the Towers. The old people are not easy to please; and Ar chie haa too much spirit to allow you to be dragged Into a controversy, you see and a a they don't got on very well to gether, I suppose he I glad to get off for a few daya to Inverness." "Ah, I understand," she said, slowly "That U aomethlng to know. But why did he not tell me? Does he think I am afraid of a little trouble like that? Doe he think I ahould be frightened? Oh no! When I moke a promise It la not to break It He should have trusted me more than that. Ah, I am sorry he has to go away on my account Whq did he not apeak? It la strange." And then dhe regarded him with those clear, beautiful, contemplative eye of here. "Hav you told me everything?" He did not answer. "No. There la mora. Ther la more to account for my papa's trouble for hla going away thla morning. And why do coma to you? Because I know that what you know yoa will tell to me. You hart been my friend aloe aver w earn t thla plac.N "Yoland," aald he, and h took her and to vtnphnaia hla worda, "there la UHre; but It 1 not I who must tell you. What 1 can tell you, and what I bop you will believe, t that you are in no way th caut of anything that may hav appened. You have nothing to reproacli yourself edth. And any little trouble thrr may b will b removed In time, no doubt. When you hav doue your beat, what mora can yoa do?" It la juat poaaibl that ah might have begged him to mak candid confession of all that be knew, but at thla moment th cart drove up to th front gate, and ah bad to go. Kb bad him, and alao Mra. IV!!, goodby atmoat In allelic ; ah went away thoughtfully. And aa be watched her dlaappear along th high road th warm weltering light touch ing the gold of her hair h waa thought ful, too; and hi heart yearned toward er with great pity; and ther waa not much that thla man would not nav on to aava her from th ahadow that waa about to fall on ber young life. CHAPTER XL II could not ret aomehow. II went Into tha laboratory, and looked, vacantly around; th object thr aeemed to hav do Interest fur him. Then h went back to th houa Into th room wber b had hand her atandlng; and that had mor of a charm for blm; th atmosphere till aeemed to bear th perfume of her presence, th music of ber vole atlll aeemd to bang In th air. She bad left on tb table ah had forgotten, Indeed coupl of board Inclosing apeclmen of aom flower. The h turned over, regarding with aom attention; but still hla mind waa abnt; be wa following in imagination th girl heraelf, going away alone th road there, alone, to meet the revelation that waa to alter her life. And waa he coin to atand by. Idle? aa he going to limit blnmelf to th part he had ben asked to nlay that of more me sage bearer? Could he not do something? Was h to be dominated by the coward fear of being called an IntermeddlerT H snatched up hi bat and went oulcklv out and tlironch the little front garden Into the Md; there ne pausea Of course, he could not follow her; she must need see hlra coming up the wide atrath: and m that case what excuse could he give? But what if the shooting nartv had not rot come down from the bill? Might he not Intercept them aome- where? He held along by the hilltop, until, far below blm. he came In sight of Lynn Tower, and the bridge, and . the stream, and the locu; ana on w ara aim be kept hla way. until the atrath came In view, with Allt-aani-ba, and a pale blue amoke rising from the chimneys into the atlll evening air. Probably Yolande had got horn by that time. So be kept rather back from the edge of the hilltop ao that he ahould not be descried; and in due time arrived at a point overlooking the Junction of the three glena. down one of which the shootiug people were almost certain to come. He looked and waited, however, In vain; and he waa coming to the conclusion that they must hare already passed and gone on to the lodge, when be fancied he aaw something move behind some birch boshes on the hillside beyond the alen. Presently he made out a pony grating, and gradually coming more and more Into view. Then he reflected that probably the attendant gillie and the panniers were hidden from sight behind these birches; and that, if It were ao, the shooting party had not returned, and were bound to come back that way, A Terr few minutes of further waiting proved his conjectures to be right; a scat tered group of people, with doga In to heel, annearinff on the crest of the hill opposite. Then he had no further doubt Down thla slope he went at headlong speed; crooeed the rushing burn by springing from boulder to boulder, and very soon encountered the returning par ty, who were now watching the panniers being put on the pony's back. Now that he had Intercepted Mr. v in terbourne, there waa no need for hurry He could take time to recover hla breath and also to bethink himself as to how he ahould approach thla difficult matter. The conversation waa all about the day i sport. Then they act out for home; Duncan and the sillies making away for a sort of ford by which they could get th pony acrona the Bum Water; while the three others took a nearer way to the lodge by getting down through a gullle, whero ther was a awing bridge across th burn. When they had got to the bridge, Melville stopped them. "I. am not going on with yon to the lodge' said he. "Mr. Winterbourne, have seen your daughter this afternoon She la troubled and anxious; and thought I'd come along and hav a word with you. I hope you will forgive m for thrusting myself In where I may not b wanted; but but it Is not always th right thing to 'pass by on the other aide.' I couldn't in thla case." "I am sure we are most thankful yoii for what you have done already,' Yolande' s father aald, promptly; and then he added, with a weary look In hla face, "and what is to be done now, don't know. I cannot bring myself thla that Leelle deuMinds. It is too terrl ble. I look at the girl well, it doe not bear speaking of. "Look here, Winterbourne," John Shortlnnda said, "I am going to leave you two together. I will wait for you at the other aide. But I would advise you to listen well to anything that Mr. Melville has to soy; I have my own guess." .With that he proceeded to mak hla way across th narrow and awaylng bridge, leaving these two alone. ' (To be continued.) Give work rather than alms to the poor. The former drives out Indolence, the latter Industry. Burke. . Charity and personal force are tha only Investments worth anything. Walt Whitman. OREGON STATE ITEF.IS OF INTEREST NEW MINING TOWN. , . Bora!ia Falls EUbHhd at End of Catapoola Road. BrowniTllle Borealia Falls ia the name of a new mining town which haa ust sprng Into existence on the Cala pooia tide of tha Bine river mining dis trict, 40 miles southeast of Brownsville. The camp consists at present of four ok-honses and boasts a population of 13 souls, but this will be added to soon by the addition of at lest ten more people. he town la located practically in the heart of the district, on the south bank of the Calapooia river, near the falls of the Calapooia, and is an ideal site for a modern mining town. The kite is at the end of the Calapooia river wagon road, now building into the district from Brownsville, from which joint roads will branch off to the many mines of the district. This road is now under construction by Linn conn ty, and when finished will give access to the district by a direct route of con siderably lest distance than any other, Already the road is completed 28 miles above Brownsville, and the county is lending every effort to complete it this year. A small portion of the road puses through a section of Lane conn' ty, and this will be built by the citi sens of Linn county and mineowners. Irrigation Congress Delegates. Salem The following persons have been appointed by Governor Chamber lain to represent Oregon at the Nation' al Irrigation con (tress in Portland, Aug net 21-24: W. P. Campbell, Chema- wa; T. G. Hailey, J. II. Baley, A. D Btillman, Walter M. Pierce, Pendleton ; W. K. King. A. N. Soliss. C. W. Mai ett, Ontario; J. A. Woolery, lone; Lee McCartney, E. A. McDaniel, Baker City; . J. Frazier, E. J. Young, Hen ry Ankeny, Eugene; A. King Wilson, K. C. Judson, M. A. Drake, Portland; F. Holbrook, A. Bennett, Irrigon; 8 A. Lowell, 8. A. Hartman, Pendleton; F. 8. Bramwell, La Grande; J. B Estcb, Echo; B. M. Veatch, Cottage Grove; John W. Gates, Uillsboro. Oregon Delegates to Congress. Salem Governor Chamberlain has appointed the following delegates to the Trans-Mississippi congress at Port land August 16-19: W. A. Monly, J M. Moon, II. M. Branson, C. II. Meat dorffer, M. II. McMonies, Joseph Fried enthal, Sol Harris, D. C. Burns, M. A Raymond, Leo Petei son, F. A. Watts Daniel McAllen. William Foley. E. B Duffy, A. W. Cauthorn, and Tom Rich ardson, Portland; E. Ilofer, George Collins, A. M. Cannon and S. T. Rich ardson, Salem; Bert Huffman, Pendle ton; W. A. Jasb, Dallas; E. J. Fraz ier, Eugene; F. A. Seufert, The Dalles E. J. Kaiser, Ashland. For Bridge at Milwaukee. Salem Governor Chamberlain has appointed State Senator C. W. Notting' ham and Representative 8. B. Linthi cum and J . JN . Bramnall as commis sioners to investigate the project of building a bridge across the Willamette river near what is known as the White House, in the vicinity of Milwaukie The appointments were made nnder the anthority of the house concurrent reso lution 2, of the last legislative session The plan is to have a bridge built by Multnomah and Clackamas counties The commissioners will serve without excuse to the state, and will report to the next legislature. Take Out $860 in Five Days. Sumpter Another clean-up from the Belmont group, Greenhorn district, has been placed on display here. It repre sented in value $860 and resulted from live days' operation of the small mil on the property. The ore from which the clean-up was made was taken from the upper workings on the rich ledgi opened np some time ago and which has made such a wonderful output since that time. A shaft is now being sunk on this ore body, and the output is ex pected to be mucn larger when a dept has been reached. S. P. Puts Out Rangers, Grants Pass To prevent the out break of forest fires in its timber . do main, the Southern Pacific company has put out a number of rangers in ad dition to those appointed by the gov ernment. By reason of the unusual dryuesB fires will spread easily in the timber this year, andtoxtra precautions are being taken. Violators of forest reserve rules and earless hunters and campers who leave camp fires burning will be more severely dealt with this summer, that the ravages of past sea sons may not be repeated. Grading Active on Tillamook Road. Hillsboro Superintendent L. R. Fields and Resident Engineer Donald, of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, were here a few days ago conferring with Engineer George L. Davis, of the Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook rail way, relative to the junction to be fotmed in this city between the two roads. Active grading has already com menced on the Tillamook road, and the nntracts for the bridge timbers and ies have been signed. BUYS TWO DITCHES. Government Rapidly Clearing; Way for Klamath Irrigation. Washington The secretary of tbe nterior bas authorized the purchase of tbe Little Klamath Water Ditch com pany's rights and property, known gen- rally as the Adams ditch, for use in connection with tbe Klamath Falls ir rigation project in Bonthetn Oregon. bis ditch system is to be used as part of the project and the agreement to sell includes also certain color of rights to land now nnder water and which are to be drained and nsed for irrigation pur- J)O0(fl The secretary has also approved the purchase of certain rights and property of tbe Jesse D. Carr Land and Live stock company from 8. L. Akins. This purchase involves a large area of land for the Clear lake reservoir site, also rights of way for ditches to be con structed by tbe United States over these lands and certain color of right to lands now nnder water which will be drained and irriagted. The former purchase is to be made for 1100,000, lees certain deductions stipulated in the agreement, and the atter for $197,500. SLUMP IN CHITTAM BARK. Product Goes from 20 Cents Down to 3 Cents a Pound. Albany This is an off year with the cbittam baik people. For the last two years a great amount of money haa been put in circulation through the medium of this medicinal bark, hun dreds of people spending their outing in the woods peeling the bark. The price of the commodity soared np past the 20-cent mark, and those who were fortunate enough to secure a valuable belt of chittam timber netted a neat income. Little boys who bad never earned a dollar in their life lined their pockets last year and the year before at tbe rate of from $3 to $7 per day. As the result of the great increase in price, many tons of the cascaTa, or chittam, bark were gathered and sack ed, only to lie in some warehouse un sold. This overproduction caused a slump in the market, and this year the bark is going for 3 to 3) cents per . pound. Forest Fire in Clackamas. Oregon City A forest fire, one-half mile in width and already having cov ered an area one mile in length, is rag ing at the bead of Canyon creek, in the foothills east of Wilhoit, this county, and in the vicinity of James. Report of the fire was brought to this city by Dee Wright, of Liberal. The fire started presumably from a campfire, on the Hungate homestead, owned by Ilel- vie & Jones. Only underbrush and second growth timber are being con sumed, the flames not having reached any of the valuable heavy timber. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat New club, 73Kc per bushel; new bluestem, 78c per buahel; new valley, 78c. Barley Old feed, $21 .50 22 per ton; new feed, $20: rolled, $2324. Oats No. 1 white feed, $2930 per ton; gray, $29. Hay Timothy, old, $13 15 per ton; new, $1112.50; clover, $89. Fruits Apples, new, 90c $ 1.75 per box; apricots, 90c per crate; peaches, 75c$l per crate; plums, 75c per crate; blackberries, 56c per pound; cherries, 90cl per box; pears, $2.25 per box; prunes, 85c$l; raspberries, $1.25 per crate; watermelons, $llo-' per pound; crabapples, 60c per box. Vegetables Beans, l4c Pr pound; cabbage, llc per pound; cauli flower, 750 90c per dozen; celery, 759 85c per dozen; corn, 75c $ 1.25 per bag; cucumbers, 1525cper box; let tuce, head, 10c per dozen; parslej, 25c per dozen; peas, 25c per pound; to matoes, 7585c per crate; squash, 5c per pound; turnips, $1.25 1.40 per sack; carrots, $1.25 1.50 per sack, beets, $11. 25 per sack. Onions Red, $1.25 per hundred; yellow, $1.25. Potatoee Oregon new, 50c$l. Butter Fancy creamery, 21 25c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2222)c per dozen. ' Poultry Average old hens, 1314c; mixed chickens, 12l2)c; old roost ers, 1010Jc; young roosters,' 11 12jc; springs, to 2 pounds, 16K 1 17c; 1 to 1 pounds, 16 17c; turkeys, live, 18 19c; geese, live, per pound, 6 7c; ducks, old, 13c; ducks, young, I0i4c; r 1 Hops Choice, 1904, 1719o ;per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1921c; lower grades, down to 15c, according to shrinkage; valley, 25 27c per pound ; mohair, choice, 31c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 1 2c per pound ; cows, 3$4Kc. Mutton Dressed, lancy, 5c per pound; ordinary, 4o. Veal Dressed, 37)c perponud. Pork Dressed, 67c per pound.-