The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906, August 18, 1905, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Textyou xroM her coming dowa tt Jlv two, obi l.y OLANDE j BY WILLIAM BLACK CHAPTER XII.-Cootloued. Hvii." mi j t, uiiMtiir, -puMibir ymir rather imagined that Archls Leslie ftilght think that ht bail boon unfairly trsated If he were not told and Mien, I was his friend, don't jruu see, and they mentioned the matter to me end end being an outsider, I wa reluctant to Interfere at drat but then, when they rmks of telling you, I aald to myself that I knsw, or I fancied I knew, what girl like Yolanda Wlnterbourne would t aure to do la aurh circumstances nd ao I thought I would vmture the suggestion to them, and and If It turn ed out to ba an, then I might be of so nit Ultis help to you." That was cleverly done; he had not told her It was the M inter of Lynn who bad Instated on that disclosure. And now hwae fathering her courage to ber; though atlll abe mslntalued curluua sort of constrained reserve, a a though he were keeping tight .bold of her feeling. "I auttpoae," aha aald, slowly, "It la four Idea 1 ahould go there slonsT" "If you are not afraid, Yolande, If yon are not afraJd!" he aald, anxiously. "I am going to-morrow," ahe aald, "If lit. Illl will be ao kin J aa to com and take my place." "lou't t ao irwlltnt, Yolande," he said, with am amlrty. "I hare put II thla before you fr your considers thtn; and 1 ahould feel I waa burdened with a terrible reiHiibUlty If yon were to do anything you might afterward re gret. Will you conault Mr. Khortlands? Will you take a week to think over ItT "No; whyT ahe aald. simply. "Did I not conidT when you were telling roe the atury of thla Imaginary girl? Had I any doubt? No. 1 knew what ahe would deride. 1 know what 1 bar de rided. What one la there In delay? Ah, If Hi re la to he the gmid cotne out of It that you hare Imagined for me, ahould not haste? When one la perlahlng, you do not think twloe If you can bold out your hand. Do you thhik that I regret- that I am rry to have a little comfort b.-hlnd that 1 am afraid to take a little trouble? Surely you do not think that of nie. Why I am anxhtua to go now la to ee at once what can be done; to know the worst or the beet; to try. And now I ahall not be sneaking to my papa atxMK It; that would only give pain will you tell me what I ahould do, In II the email particular? I am not like ly to forget." That he could do esallr: for be bad thought enough orer the matter. II care her the moat minute (nut ruction guarding agalnat thla or that possibility nd eh listened mutely and attentlrely with acarcely th Interruption of ques' tlon. Then, at length, h ro to aay ood-br:nd ah re too. He did not notice that aa ahe did ao ber lip qulv red for th brlefeet aecond. "If rou ar going to-morrow, Yo lande," aald he. "I will are you a you iaa. I will look out for you. I ahould Ilk to aar aood-br to rou: it may be for long time." "It may be for alwaya," ahe aald, with her area caat down; "perhapa 1 aha nerer be back here again." "And I am sending you away Into thla trouble and grief. How can I help knowing that It la I who am doing It? Ami pnrhnpa, day after day, and night after night, I ahall be trying to Juatlfy myaelf when I am thinking over It. and witulirhi where rou are: and perhapa I hall not succeed very well." "Hut It la I who Juatlfy you that la enough," ahe aald In a low role. "Did I not decide for myaelf? And I know that In your heart you think I am doing right; and If you ar afraid for me well, that la only kindness auch aa that you hare alwaya ahown to me" Here ahe atopped; and he did not see that her band were clenched Arm, a ahe stood there opposite him, with her eyes cast down. "And whatever happens, Yolande you may be In pain ami grief and perhaps II you may endure may only cud In bitter disappointment well, I hope you will not Imagine that I came to you with my proposal unthinkingly. I have thought over It night and day. I did not come to you off-hand " ' "Ah, then," ahe snld, quickly, "and you think It Is ncccssnry to Justify your self you. to me, aa If I did not know jou as well as I know myself! Do you think I do not know you and do not un derstund you because I am only a girl?" Her forced composure waa breaking down altogether; she wns trembling some what; and now there were tenrs running down ber cheeks, despite herself; though she regarded hiin bravely, as If she would not acknowledge that. "And now, Just aa you and I ore about to aay good by, perhapa forever, you think It neces anr for you to Justify yourself to me rou. mv best friend my more than friend " And than ah, who oan tell how such thlnirs hmonon. or which la to bear the blame? hia arma were round her trem Wing figure, and she waa sobbing vio lently ou his breast. And what waa this wild thing she said In the bewilderment of her grief. "Oh, why, why waa my life given away before 1 ever saw you?" "Yolando." aald he, with his face very Dale, "I om going to say aomethlng; for this la our last meeting. What can few words matter, my darling, if we ar naver to im each other again? I love you. I shall too yon while I have life, Why should I not say K lor tola one 1 blinded myself; I tried to think It friendship friendship, tod the world was Just filled with light whenever I saw ou! It Is our last meeting; you will let me aay this fur one bow can It harm your She shrank out of bis embrace; she sank down on th couch there; and turn ed away ber bead and bid bar faoe In br amis. "Oo, gor ah murmured. "What have don? For pity's sake, go, and forget! Forget!" He knelt down by the aide of th couch; and be waa paler than ever now. "Yolande, It Is for you to forget and forgive. I hav been a traitor to my friend; I hav been a traitor to you. You shall never see me again. God bles you! and good-by." lie kissed ber balr, and roe, and got himself out of the house. As be went down that wld strath, his ye filed on nothing, Ilk on demented; and hie mini whirling this way and that amid clouds of remors nd reproach and Immeasur able pity, It seemed to him that h fait on hie brow th weight of tb brand of Oaln. CHAPTER XIII. And aa for ber; ah wa etunned al most Into unconsciousness by this shock of self-abasement and distress. Bhe lay on th sfa, her fac covered with her handa; eh could not fac th light What waa she, then? sh who hitherto had been so fearless and ao proud. A flirt, a Jilt, a llght-o'-Iove that waa how ah aaw herself: and then there waa a kind of despair over the misery sb hsd wrought, and a yearning to hav him bark to Imphre hia pity and hie forgive ness; and then sudden resolves to fre hwself In another direction, at any cost of penitence and humiliation. Bhe began lo compos hurried brief messages, though th throbbing brain and th shaine-etrlck-en soul could scare decide between the Atnese of them. These were some of them: Dear Papa I have goo away. Tell Archie not to think any more about me. "YOLANDE. And then again: "Dear Archie I send yon back the engagement ring; I am not worthy to be your wife. 1 am sorry If I have caused you any disappointment, but yon have less to regret thaa I hare." And then again to on not named at all: "To-day I go away. Never think of me again, or of what baa happened. For give me; that la all." And then she began to think if this wild torture of suggestions could be call ed thinking of the undertaking that lay before her, and the thought of It waa something of a relief. There would bo an occupation, urgent, continuous, de manding all her attention; In time, and In a measure,- she might school herself to forget. Perhapa, If this duty turned out to be a very sad and painful one, It might b taken by those whom she had wronged as a sort of penance. Bhe was prepared to suffer. Bhe thought ehe de served to suffer. Had ahe not proved a traitor to the man whom ahe had prom ised to marry? Had ehe not brought misery to thla best and dearest of all her friends, to this fine and noble nature that she had learned to know, and that by her Idlenos and carelessness the carelessness of a vain coquette, heedless of consequences? What would he think of ber? Bhe could ouly vaguely recall the reproaches he had heaped upon him self: but ahe knew that he waa In dis tress, and that she waa the cause of it. Afld perhapa If there were trials In More for her, It there was suffering in store for her, perhaps he would never know that ahe rather welcomed that, and waa content to receive her punish ment? Perhaps he would never know how grieved she was. It waa over and done, and past reonll. And she knew that hencefxrrth ber life would be quite differeut to her. Mr. Wlnterlsnirne and John Short- Innds were on their way back from the hill. "I scarcely know what haa happened to-day," Mr. Wlntcrbourne waa saying. "All the time I have been thinking of our going bnck. And I know what I shall Hud when I go bnck the wreck of the happiness that I have so carefully nurxed all through these years. It is like hedging round a garden, and growing flowers there, and all at once, Borne morning, yon find the place trampled down and a wilderness. 1 hope I nm not unjust, Shortlanda, bull think he might have spared her." "Who?" "Young lieslle. I think he might have apared her. It was not much. Don t you think out of consideration " "Nonsense, man. What xoung lies lie haa done seems to me on reflection, perfectly Just, and right, and reasona ble," said John Shortlnnds, telling a lie In 'the calmest manner possible. "The young couple ought not to be hampered In starting life. A little trouble now what la that? And It will be better for you too, Wlntcrbourne. You would have kept on worrying yourself. You would have been alwaya apprehensive about something, You would hare reproached yourself for not telling him:"- , When they reached the lodge, Yolande waa not, aa usual, standing In the porch to welcome them home from the hill. "Please, air," aald the maid, "Misa WlnUrbourne haa a headache, and says stood Irresolute fur a second or two, obviously greatly disturbed, thoa be slowly and thoughtfully wetit up tb stairs, and gsutly knocked at th door of hr room. I "May I com In. Yolaudr Bh bad Just tlui to uutl tb wet towl from bar bead, to smooth bar hair, and ait ap la bed. "Yes, papa." He entered, went over and drew a chair oar to her, and sat down. "I am sorry for yon, Yolande," be aald. la a low vole, and bis eys wer nervously bent on the ground. "Why. pspaf Bhe spoke la quite a cheerful way; and aa be had not suffered hia eyes to meet ber, b was una war how that cheerful ness was boiled by th strange expres sion In tbem. Bbe waa forcing herself to make light of this matter; she would not have him troubled. And perhaps. In deed, to bar this waa In truth a light matter, aa compared with that tragic dis closure and Its consequence, which seamed to have cot away from her at noe and forever the shining and rose- colored years of ber youth. "If I erred. Yolande," aald he, "In keeolna all thla back from yon. I did k for th best" "Do you need to say that to me. papa?" ah answered, with some touch of reproach. "You ar going. Yolande r he aald, with sinking of tbe heart "That acaln. K la unnecessary for rou to aak me." tbe girl aald, almply, "But not at once, Yolande?" said he, a-lanclnc at an open trunk. "Not at once?" "To-morrow morning, papa," she an ewered. "Oh, but I assure you. you will be put to no trouble no troubl at ail, Mrs. Dell Is coming from Ureas to see everything right And I bsv mad out list for ber, It la all arranged, you will not know any dlfferene "Listen now. Yolsnde. I don't dis approve of your going. W have tried everything, and failed; if there la chance of your aucceeding well, per haps on might say it la your duty to go. Poor child, I would rather have you know nothing about It: but that la all orer now. Well, yon see, Yolande. if you go, there must be no unnecessary risk or trouble about your going. I have been thinking tliat perhaps Mr. Melville mar be a little too Imaginative. He things strongly. And in Insisting that you shonld go alone, why, there may b danger that h haa been carried away by a by a -well. I don't know how to put It. except that h may b ao anx lous to hav this striking appeal mad to your poor mother aa to be Indifferent to 'ordinary precaution. Why ahould you go friendless and alone? Why should I remain amusing myself here?" "Because rou would be of no use to me. nana ".said she. calmly. "I know what I have to do." "Yolande, you cannot be left In Loo don with absolutely no on to whom you can appeal. The least you must do Is to take a letter to Lawrence & Lang, Tbey will do anything yon want; they will let you have what you want; If there Is any hiring of lodgings or any thing of that kind, they will aend one of their clerka. You cannot be stranded In London without the chance of assist ance. Yon must go to Lawrence Lang." "I may hav to go to them that also la arranged. But they must not inter fere; they must not come with me; that waa not Mr. Melville's idea." ahe said though the pale face turned still paler a she forced herself to utter the name. "Mr. Melville!" he said, angrily. "You aeem to think the whole wisdom of th world Is centered In Mr. Melville! ,1 don't at all know that he haa right In coming to put all thla trouble on you. Perhapa he would not have been so quick If It had been hia own sister or bis own daughter " Then a strange thing occurred. She had flung herself down on the pillow again, her faoe buried, her whole frame shaken by the sudden violence of her crying. "Don't don't don't!" she sobbed, plt eously. "Don't speak like that, papa! there la enough trouble there Is enough." "What la It, Yolande?" said he. "Well, no wonder your nerves have been upset I wonder you hare taken It so bravely. I will leave "you now, Yolande; but you must try and come down to dinner." Dinner waa put on the table; but ahe did not make her appearance. A mes sage was sent up to her; the answer waa that she merely wished to have a cup of tea by and by. Jane on being question ed, aald that everything had been got ready for their departure the following morning, even to the orderiug of the dog cart for a particular hour. (To be continued.) OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FIRE WARDEN IS WIDE AWAKE. I' MACHINERY FOR ST. HELENS Arrests Farmers for Burning; Slash ing Without a License'. Oregon City F. Hendricks, deputy re warden, discovered J. B. Hunt, A. M. Loll and D. 0. Leavens, of Willam ette, burning slashing for which no permit had been procured of the county clerk. The men appeared before tbe acting deputy district attorney and pleaded ignorance oflhe amended law with the provisions of which tbe peo ple of this county are not acquainted Agreeing to Immediately obtain the required permit tbe men were cot pros ecuted. Mr. Hendricks Is patrolling the en tire count) and posting notices warning settlers against the miscellaneous stali ng of fires. la order to get aroand the objectionable feature of tbe law which requires a permit to be obtained ten days prior to the time the fire is to be started, the same to be burned only three days, a great many farmers are renewing their applications for per mits every three days, thaa giving them practically indefinite time in which to wait fox favorable weather. Otherwise, the weather daring the three days covered in the original ap plication on wLich tbe permit is granted being unfavorable, the settler must experience a farther delay of at least ten days intervening between the issuance of the permit and the starting of the fire authorized thereby. Union Forests Aflame. La Grande 'Word comes from Elgin that forest fires are raging in that vi cinity, and that a large force of men is t work trying to check the fire and to protect and save property. The most damaging fires are in the neighborhood north of Elgin. The sawmills be longing to the First National bank, Galloway Bros, and the Elgin Lumber company are in danger and tbe mill bands are working night and day to protect the mills and to arrest the pro gress of tbe flames. Every available man baa been pressed into service. Sugar Beets Don't Hurt Land. La Grande Al Good, a farmer who lives two miles north of La Grande, has threshed two acres of oats which yielded 202 bushels. The seed for this ground was less than a sack of oats. It was also sown in alfalfa this spring, and Mr. Good expects to get a couple of tons of hay from this same ground besides the crop of oats. Previous to this season the ground was planted in sugar beets, 'and the above result shows how much beet raising injures tbe soil for other crops. European Capital Secured to Explore Promising Property. R. C. Laoge, who recently returned from Europe, where he disposed of a large block of stock for the St. Helens Mining company, has gone to Denver to purchase machinery for the 8t, Hel ens mines. Tbe machinery will be thoroughly modern in all details, and will be installed just as soon as it arrives. Tbe holdings of the company are considered valuable, and workings on a much larger scale than heretofore will be begun at once. Two shifts will be maintained, and water power in plenty can be obtained close to the mines. Surface work has shown a strong vein which yields high copper values in all the adits . and shallow shafts sunk. Some of these copper aamples run. from 12 to 20 per cent in the red metal and carry some gold. The vein bas been established as a permanent fissure and will no doubt be found with high grade ore at greater depth. Tunneling will begin at once to get at the ore at great depth. Farmers Fight Fire. Grants Pass Forest fires have reached the farming districts of West ern Josephine county, and are doing much damage in the vicinity of the Rymer farm and the big apple orchard of Eisman Bros. In order to keep the flames from the orchards, fields and buildings, the people of that district, men and women, are fighting fire day and night. For the past three and nights entire families have working heroically at all hours to due the flames. Fined for Illegal Liquor Selling. Oregon City Mr. and Mrs. A. Corri- gan and Mr. Cunningham, proprietors of a saloon at Eatacada, were found guilty of selling liquor without a mu nicipal license and were fined $30 each. Cunningham paid his fine, but Corri gan and wife will appeal. The defend ants contend that under tbe provisions of a license obtained from the County court last . April they were regularly licensed to sell liquors, but the Eata cada city charter provides that the state law shall not apply in the licens ing of saloons and the traffic in liquor. This provision of the charter btcame operative January 31, and the city's attorneys held that the license granted by Clackamas county was void. Fires Near Mount Jefferson. Albany Fires in the timber east of Detroit, at the foot of. Mount Jefferson, are spreading and doing great damage. A considerable tract of timber is already burned and the flames are spreading eastward. A large force of men is fight ing the fire, but making little headway against it, owing to the high wind usu ally blowing up the Santiam -canyon. Get Bridge Contract. Astoria The board of commissioners of Wahkiakum county, Washington, at its recent meeting .awarded a contract to Ferguson 4 Houston, of this city, for tbe construction of a bridge across Gray's river, near the Bergman, place. The cost of the structure will be about 3,000. , ' New Rural Carriers. Washington Rural carriers have been appointed as follows: Carlton route 2, Thomas E. Merchant, carrier; Solon K. Hoffman, substitute. A Bad Fit Now that nature lessons are in fash Ion, children unve learned much that is new to their elders, and that, when suddenly displayed. Is embarrassing, The New York Tribune tells a story of a Western town where oysters are of teuer seen In cans than In sheHs. One economical housekeeper con celved a brilliant plan of making one set of half shells serve for two meals. She was to give one dinner on one evening and another the next night At the first dinner oysters "were served on the half shell. The next day the hostess bought oysters In bulk, and gave orders that they should be placed on the shells used the day before. Little Johnny was a close student of nature in his small way. He looked at the plate before him. Then be aald In a loud, shrill voice: "Mamma, look! What funny oys ters! All of mine grow the wrong- way In th shell." days been sub' per per State Loses Grain by Fire. Salem The state of Oregon lost 1,- 600 bushels of new grain in a threshing machine fire at the penitentiary farm the first of the week. The Morris threshing outfit, from Albany, had just nnisned tnresning tne gram when a spark from the engine caught in the separator and the flames spread so rap idly that no grain could be saved. The loss to the state is about $1,200 and to Morris about $900. One Woman Hunter In Union. La Grande Two hundred hunters' licenses have been issued by the county clerk. The only woman to take out a license is Mrs. George Ackles, of this city. The oldest applicant for a license is L. M. Fulton, of Elgin, aged 78 years, and the youngest licenaed nim- roa is Junes norm, oi union, wno is 13 years old. Vote for Long, School Term. . Cottage Grove A special scool meet ing was held here' last week for the purpose of voting on a 10-mill tax to run the school nine months, and other incidental expenses. A large crowd was present and many spirited argu ments were presented. The tax was voted by ten majority. Crop Turning Out Well. La Grande Threshing is well under way and the yield is far better than was expected. The hot weather cut the spring grain some, but notwithstanding the crop in general will be better than for the past two seasons. , . New Oregon Postmasters. Washington These Oregon postmas ters have been appointed: May ville, F. J. Parson, vice Ella N. Angell, re signed ; McKee, Harry . L. Shaner, vice G. D. Ebner, resigned. v PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat New club, 7071c buBhel; new bluestem, 73 75c bushel; new valley, 77c. Barley Old feed, $21.5022 per ton; new feed, $2021: rolled, $2324. Oats No. 1 white feed, $2930 per ton; gray, $29. Hay Timothy, old, $1315 per ton; new, $1112.50; clover, $809. Fruits Apples, new, 90c$1.75 per box; apricots, 90c per crate; peaches, 4085c per crate; plums, 75c per crate; blackberries, 56c per pound; cherries, 5055c per box; pears, $2 per box; prunes, 85c$l; raspberries, $1.25 per crate; watermelons, lle per pound; crabapples, 50c per box. Vegetables Beans, 1(3 4c per pound; cabbage, llc per pound; cauli flower, 7590c per dozen; celery, 75 85c per dozen; corn, 50 75c per bag; cucumbers, 1525cper box; let tuce, head, 10c per dozen; parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 25c per pound; to matoes, 65cl per crate; squash, 6c per pound; turnips, $1.251.40 per sack; carrots, $1.25(91.50 per sack, beets, $11.25 per sack. Onions Red, $1.25 per hundred; yellow, $1.25. Potatoes Oregon new, 7590c. Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2222$o per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 12j' 13 ; mixed chickens, 1212)$c; old roost ers, 9)10c; young rooBters, 11 HKc; springs, 1 to 2 pounds, 14c; 1 to 1W pounds, 15c; turkeys, live, 18 19c j geeBe, live, per pound, 67c; ducks, old, 13c; ducks, young, 1014c. Hops Choice, 1904, 1719c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 19 21c; lower grades, down to 15c, according to shrinkage; valley, 2527o per pound; mohair, choice, . 31c per pound.. v ' Beef Dressed balls, 1 2c per pound ; cows, 3XiXc. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 6c per pound; ordinary, 45c. , Veal Dressed, 3 7c per pound. . Pork Dressed, 6H7c per pound.