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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1905)
of this kind even when be was at stog yULAN ut BY TVILLIAM CHAITKIt XIV. The paW, clnsr (low of the dawn n tailing on the higher elopes of the bill when ebe imm, tud all the bouae wan Wp. , The heart-eoarchlng of that long night had cs lined bar euutewbat Nuw aba wta chWfty auxUiu to get away; to rk furrwfulnm of tbla aaJ discovery la the Immediate duty that Wy before Iter. Id the allenoe of thla pale, clear tuornlng aha aat down and wrote a dim mi of farewell, tba Uruia of which aha tad rarafully, and not without eom emit Inn of couMmim, atudWd during th kjug wakoful boura: "AllUisni ha, Wednesday Morning. "iWtr Archie A grata duty call rna auddnnly away to tin aouth. No doulH you can aw what It la; and you will undrtnd bow, In tha moantluie t least all our ottur plana aud arrange tnonta mutt yield to Irotably, aa I m anxktua to catch tha early boat at foyers, I may nut ee you to aay good tya; and ao I and you thla message. Krum your affectionate YOLANPE." Kha ward! tbla letter with much elf-humllhulun. It n not frank. Pw- bat alta had no rlxht to wrlta to him ao, without tolling blin of what had hap lned the day before. Ami yet, again. what time waa there now for tsplaua tloo? anl tM-rhana. aa tha daye aud tha inontha and tba yaara want by, th might never lie need of any explanation. Her life wa to be all different now. Ilia bouhold brgan to atlr. There waa a crackling of wood In tba kitchen; outside, Handy could ba heard opening the dwre of tba coach houee. Then Jana put In an appearance, to finally doee btr young ntlatreas' portmanteaua. And then, everything baring bwn gtit ready, when aha went downaialra to tha dining room, aha waa eurprleed to find her fattier Uura. "Why did you gat up ao early f a Id aha. In proteat "Ito you think I waa going to let you leave without aaylng good-byer ba an awered. "You are looking a little better thla morning, Yolande but not well, not wall Are you aura you wont ream adder? Will yon not wait a few day accustom yourself to think of It, and then go, If you will go, with Mr. Short lands?" "Ob, no, that la all over, papi" "ld erne. "That la all eettlod. I am going tbla morning now." It waa almoat In alienee, and with fara ovemhadowed wKh gloom, that ha mw tba laat preparationa made, lie fol lowel her ont to tha dog cart, lie blm elf would fawten tha rug round ber krxM-e, tha morning being aomawhat chilly. And when they drove away ba at ood there for a long tlma regarding thorn, until tba dog cart dlaappeared at tha turning of tha road, and Yolande waa gone. Tbla, then, waa tha end of that peaceful security that bo bad hoped to And at Atlt-nam-ba! xounde waa not driving thla morn Ing; aha bad too many tbluga to think of. Hut when they reached tha bridge at th lower end of tha loch, aha told Bandy to atop and took tha reina. "Here la a letter for Mr. Leslie," aha aid. "Yon need not taka It up to th house; put k in tha letter bos at th gate." Then they drove on again. When they had climbed tba hill aha looked over to Lynn Towera, but aha could not moke out any one at any of tha window. There were ona or two liable lada about the out-houaca, but other wine uo atgn of life. She waa rather glad of that. If he had waved hla handkerchief to her could aha bare answered that algua without further hypocrisy and ahame J-imo did he know what trait rest waa panning by. Hut Indeed aha waa gradu ally crating to reproach herself In thla way, fur the reaaon that aha waa ceaalng ,to think about herself at all. It waa of another that aha waa thinking. It wa lila future that concerned her. What would all hla after-life ba like? Would there bo aouie reparation T Would time lical that aa It healed all things? When aha got. to Gresa she aaw that Airs. Hell waa In the garden bohlnd the house, aud thither aha made her way Yolanda'a face waa pale, but her man ncr waa qulto calm and firm. "Well, hcra are doings!" aald th cheerful old Indy. "And I was Just hur rying on to get a few bit flowers for ye, 'Deed, ye re early thla morning." "It I very kind of you, Mra. Bell; but please do not trouble. You expected me, then? Mr. Melvlllo told you?" "That he did. And I'll just be de lighted to be of any kind of service to ye that Is possible. 1 11 be ready to go up to Allt-unm-ba by midday; and I'm thinking I'll take one o' the young lassies wP me, In case there a any needcossity for a helping hand. The. other one will do very well to look after thla place when both Mr. Melville and ma are away." "Dut la he going la he going away?' aid Yolande, with a audden alarm. "I think he is; though it' a no my place to ask," aald Mrs. Bell, placidly. "Last night I aaw ha waa putting aoma things In order In the house. And I jalouae he topped In the laboratory the whole night through, for ha never was In hla bod; and this morning I caught a glint o' him go ing ont before any o us waa up. I dare ay ha waa off to ona o' the moorland lochs to have a laat day at tha trout belike." "lie is not here, then?' the gin ex claimed, with dismay la her eyes. "Mrs. Bell, I must sea him! - Indeed. I cannot go until I have soen him." BLACK Hhe looked at her watch. Well, aha had nearly half an hour to spare, and aha waa determined to stay till tba last minute If It were needful. But there aa no figure coming along the road, no vlng thing visible on these vacant hill- Idea, nor a algn of life along the wide moorland of the village. Hhe waa grate ful for Mra. IUll'a talking; It lessened the overstrain of tba auspense somehow; aha had to force herself to listen' In measure. v I'erhapa he la not going away," aald Yolande. And then she added, auddenly, nd with her face grown deadly white: Mra. Bell, that ia Mr. Melville com Ing down the bill. I wish to apeak a word or two to hlra by himself." Oh, yea, yea; wby not?" aald Mra. Belt, cheerfully. "I'm Just going Indoors to put bit siring round the flowers for yv. And tbere'a a wee bit basket, too, ye maun take; I made a few aweeta, and comflta, and auch thlnga for ye last night, that 11 help to amuse ye on the journey." Hhe did not bear; aha waa regarding him aa he approached. His features were aa pale aa her own; hla llpa were tbln and white. When he came to her be stood before her with bla eyea cast down Ilka one guilty. The pallor of hla face waa frightful. I I could not go away without word of good-by." Here aha etopped, fearful that her self-possession would desert her. Her hands were tightly clinched, and nncon aclously aha waa nervoualy fingering her engagement ring. . "I do not aee why the truth ahonld not be aald between us It Is the last time. I did not know, you did not know; It waa all a misfortune; but I ought to have known I ought to have guarded myself; It la I who am to blame. Well, If I have to Buffer, It ta no matter, It la you that I am eorry for" "Yolande, I cannot have you talk like that!" he exclaimed. "One moment." she aald and strange ly enough her French accent seemed more marked In her speech, perhaps be cause ana waa not thinking or any ac cent "One moment. When I am gone away, do not think that I regret having met you and known you. It has been a misfortune for you; for me, no. It haa been an honor to ma that you were my friend, and an education also; you hare ahown roe what thla one or that one may be In the world! I had not known It be fore; you made me expect better things. It waa you who ahowed me what I should do. Do not think that I ahall forget what I owe you; whatever happens, I will try to think of what you would ex pect of me, and that will be my ambl tlon. I wished to say thla to you before I went away," aald aha, and her Angara were trembling somewhat, despite ber enforced calmness. "And also that that. If one cannot retrieve the past, if one haa the misfortune to bring Buffering on " "Yolande, Yolande," aald he earnestly, and he looked up and looked Into her eyea, "do not apeak of it do not think of It any more! Tut It behind you. Yon are no longer a gin; you are a woman; you have a woman's dutlea before you. Whatever la past, let that be over and gone. If any one la to blame, It haa ndt been you. Look before you; forget what la behind. Do you know that It la not a light matter you have undertak en?" ita waa nrmer man she was; he re garded her calmly, though still his face waa of a ghastly palenesa. She hesitat ed for a moment or two; then she glanc ed around. "I wiah you to to give me a flower," aha said, "that I may take It with me." "No," he aald at once. "No. Forget everything that baa happened here, ex cept the duty you owe to others." "That I have deserved," she aald, In a low voice. "Qood-by." Hhe held out her hand. He took It and held It, and there waa a great, compss alon in bla eyea. To ber they aeemed glorified eyes, the eyes of a saint, full of a aad and yearning pity, "Yolande," aald he, and the tones of hla voice aeemed to rench her very heart, "I have faith in you. I ahall hear of you. Be worthy of yourself. Now, God bless you and good-by." "Adieu adieu!" she murmured; and then, white-faced and all trembling, but still dry-eyed and erect, she got through tho houso somehow, and out to the front. where Mrs. Bell was awaiting her by the aide of the dog cart When ahe had driven away, Mrs. Bell remained for a minute or two looking af ter the departing vehicle and perhaps rather regretfully, too, for aha had taken a great liking to this bright young Eng lish lady who had come into these wilds; but presently she was recalled from her reveries or regrets by the calling of Mr. Melville. Sue went Into tha house at once. , "Now, Mra. Bell," aald he, and he aeemed In an unusual hurry; "do you think one oi tnc gins could hunt out for me the waterproof coat that haa the atrap attached to It for slinging over the shoulders? And I auppoae ahe could pack me some bit of cold meat or some thing of the kind, and half a loaf, In a little parcel." "Dear me, air, I will do that mysel'; but where are ye going, air, If I may ask?" The fact that It was ao unusual for Jack Molvllle to take an precautions for a long day 'a fishing on soma distant moorland loch that Mra. Bell Instantly Jumped to the conclusion that be was bent on some very desperate excursion. 'Where am I gulogT ba aald. "Why, across the hills to Kingussie, to catch the night train to London." CIIAITEIt XV. The train roared and Jangled through the long black night; and alwaya before Yolanda'a abut but aleepleaa eyea rose vision after vision of that which ahe was leaving forever behind ber girlhood. Ho quiet and beautiful, ao rich In affection and kindness, that appeared to her now; ahe could scarce believe tbat It waa ber aelf she aaw In those recurrent scenes, so glad and Joyous and light-hearted. That waa all over. Already It aeemed far away. ' Toward morning ahe slept a little, but not much; however, on the first occasion of ber opening ber eyea, ahe found tbat the gray light of the new day was around her. For an Instant a shock of fear overcame her a audden sense of helplessness and affright Hhe waa ao strangely altuated; ahe waa drawing near the great dread city; ahe knew not what lay before ber; and aba felt ao much alone. Despite herself, tears began to trickle down ber face, and her llpa were tremulous. This new day aeemed terri ble, and she waa helpless and alone, "Dear me, miss," said Jane, happening to wake up at thla moment what ta tha matter?" It la nothing," ber young mistress aald. "I I have scarcely slept at all these two nights, and I feel rather weak and and not very welL It la no mat ter." But the tea re fell faster now; and this aense of weakness and helplessness com' pletely overpowered her. She fairly broke down. Yolande bad resolved, among other things, that while ahe would Implicitly obey Mr. Melville's Instructions about making that appeal to ber mother entire ly unaided and unaccompanied, ahe might also prudently follow ber father's advice and get auch help aa waa necessary, with regard to preliminary arrangements, from hla solicitors; more especially aa ahe bad met one of those gentlemen two or three times, and ao far waa on friendly terma 1th blm. Accordingly, one of the first things sha did waa to get into a cab, accompanied by her maid, and drive to the offices of Lawrence & Lang in Lin coin's Inn Fields. She asked for Mr, Lang; and by and by waa shown Into that gentlemban'a room. He waa a tall, elderly person, with white hair, a shrewd thin face, and humorous, good-natured smile. Take a aeat Miss Winterbourne," aald he. "Very lucky you came now. In another ten mlnutea I ahould have been off to seek you." "But bow did you know?" "Oh, we lawyers are supposed to know everything," he answered, good-natured ly. "And I may tell you that I know of the business that baa brought you to London; and that we ahall be most hap py to give yon all the assistance In our power." ' ' "But how can you , knowT the girl Id, bewildered. "It waa only the day before yesterday I decided to go; and it was only this morning I reached London. Did my papa write to you, then, without telling me?" "My dear young lady, If I were to an awer your questions, you would no long er believe In the omniscience of law yers.m he aald, with his grave smile. .o, no; you must assume tbat we know everything. And let me tell you that the atep you are taking, though It la a bold ona, deserves to be successful perhapa It will be successful because it is a bold one. I hope ao. But you must be prepared for a shock. Your mother baa been III" "Ah!" aald Yolande but no more. She held her hands clasped. "I say she haa been 111," aald thla el derly suave person, who seemed to re gard the girl with a very kindly Interest 'Now ahe la better. Three weeka ago my clerk found ber unable to algn the receipt that he usually brings away with bim; and I was about to write to your father, .when I thought I would wait a day or two and aee; and fortunately, ahe got a little better. However, you must be prepared to find her looking 111; and and well, I waa going to aay she might be incapable of recognising you; but I forgot In the meantime we ahall be pleased to be of every assistance to you in our power, In fact, we have been Instructed to consider yon as under our protection. As for your personal safety, that need not alarm you. Your friends may be anxious about you, no doubt; but the very worst that can happen will be a little Impertinence. You won't mind that. I shall have a policeman in plain clothes standing by; if your maid ahould consider it necessary, she can easily summon him to you. She will be Inside; he outside; ao you have nothing to fear." ' "Then yon know all how It haa been arranged!" she exclaimed. "Why, yes; It Is our business here to know everything," said he, laughing, "though we are not allowed sometimes to say how we came by the Information. Now what else can we do for you? Let me see. - If your poor mother will go with you, you might wish to take her to some quiet seaside place, perhaps, tor her health?" . "Oh, yes; I wish to take her away from London at once!" Yolande said, eag erly. "Well, a client of ours haa Just left some lodgings at Worthing in fact, we have recommended them, on one or two occasions, and we have been told that they gave aatlsfactlon." ."Will you give me the address, If you please?" ne wrote the address on a card, and gave It to her. , (To be continued.) Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great mluds rise , above It Irving. OREGON STATE ITEf.IS OF INTEREST NEW SYSTEM BEST. Stat Saves Much In Transporting Insane Patients. Salem After almost three montha' Deration under the new law governing be transprotation of insane, it is fonnd bat the oew system coeta practically one-half aa much as the old. Under the former system the sheriff or a dep uty brought insane persons to the asyl nrn, receiving a per diem of $3 and all traveling expenses. Under the new ystem the insane asylum authorities send an attendant from the asylum to the county seat touring the patient to Salem. In some instances the cost of trans portation has been reduced to one-third of what it was formerly, while in other cases me reduction is lees than one- half. Tune it coat onder the former aws 118.73 to bring a patient from ortland, bnt now it costs only $6.79. From Clataop county, which furnishes a large number of patients, the former cost was about $45, bnt now it is only 15. Marion county, which also sup plies a large number of insane, former ly cost the state $8.69 for transporting patients, but this haa been reduced to $1. In the case of patients from dist ant counties, like Baker, Coos, Tilla mook and others, where the railroad or stage expenees are heavy, the saving is not so great. The figures given are not exact, for no ex:t account can be kept of the time of attendants who are sent ont after patients. The attendant who are employed in tbat work render some service at the institution, and spend some time bringing back pa tients who have escaped. The saving, however, when all allowances are made, will be from 40 to 60 per cent. Winter Wheat Good- La Grande Harvesting in the Grand Ronde valley ia now well under way and so far the yield of fall and winter sown wheat is good, the average - being 40 bushels per acre of an excellent quality, many fields yielding 50 bush els. Spring sown grain is very light and will not yield more than half crop. The hay crop is very good, and the same condition prevails in Wallowa county as to hay and grain aa in this valley. The sugar beet crop is much better than at any previous season, and the sugar factory is expecting a much longer and more profitable run than last season. Goes Fifty Bushel. Pendleton Mr. Hughs, of Helix states that wheat just harvested and threshed on his ranch and that of his brother in the vicinity of that place will yield on an average of 50 bushels to the acre. There are also a number of fields of oat which will nearly not quite come up to this figure. Late reports from cither direction in this vicinity seem to indicate that the estl mate given out earlier in toe season understated rather than overstated the yield, as in no case is the yield falling short of the estimate given. Blaze Starts Prom Slashing. Wood burn Starting from burning slashings on the Mra. P. L. Kennedy place, east of Woodburn, fire ha burn ed over that farm tnd the Snyder and Moreland farms. Strenuous effort of firefighter saved the buildings, al though Moreland's house is encircled by fire, and not yet out of danger. The course of the flames . is now toward Butte creek, and may do considerable damage before the fire is under control. Josephine Farmers' Institute. Grant's Pass From September 9 to 15 three sessions of farmers' institutes will be held in Josephine county, un der the directions of Dr. James Withy combe, director of the State Experi ment station, accompanied by a staff of professors and directors from the Ore gon Agricultural college. The meetings will, be held at Provolt, Grants Pass and Kerby. '' Few Sales of Wheat. . Pendleton There has been little do ing in the wheat market here during the presnt week, and few Bales have been made since Saturday, when about 200,000 bushels were sold in Pendle ton. The quality of the wheat in this district this year is exceptionally good, all grading No. 1, with the exception of now and then a little Bmut. r " Monmouth School to Open, . . Independence The Oregon State Normal school at Monmouth will con tinue as though the appropriation asked for at the last session of the legislature had been granted, The lack of appro priation must, of course, inconvenience somebody, but it has not given rise to the qjuestion as to whether or not the school would continue. Slaughter of Lane Pheasants. Eugene County Clerk Lee has is sued 70 fire permits and 290 hunters' licenses since the now laws went into effect. From all reports pheasants are being slaughtered in all directions and the license money ia doing nothing in the way of protecting game. EUGENE MILL TO START. Will Be Operated in Connection With Plant at Union. Eugene John P. Wilbur, purchaser of the Eugene woolen mill, is here ar ranging to reopen the mill October 1. He will install considerable new ma chinery, and elevators, better to carry on the work and transport goods from one department to another. He an nounces tbat this mill will be operated in connection with bis mill at Union. A large scouring mill will be erected at Union, and scoured wool from there will be shipped to Eugene and mixed with the coarser valley product. The Union mill will make a specially of white goods, for which it is particular ly adapted, while the Eugene mill will be devoted to the manufacture of flow ered drees goods, blanket and robe. About 100 hand will be employed here, making a payroll of something like $4,000 per month. Mr. Wilbur state that the two mill will have a combined capacity of about $20,000 worth of finished good per month. Linn Wheat Is Short. Albany Wheat is a short crop in Linn county this year owing to the long continued dry weather. A few days of rain just at the right time would have made this year' crop the bumper product for the county, bnt the rain failed to come. Aa it is, the wheat in most section tuns about 10 bushels per acre. The head are not well filled, and the grain is a little ight. Some of the harvesting machine are unable to make expense for the owner at the agreed price for thresh ing, and threshing-machine men have in many instances been compelled to give up the rating agreed upon and charge for their work by the hour. 20,000 Car Yearly. Klamath Fall Twenty thousand cars of export freight per annum is what Consulting Engineer Jacobs, of the Reclamation service, estimates aa the possibilities of the Klamath coun try for a railroad company, when the government irrigation project haa been completed and the lands under it de veloped, together with the rise of con comitant industries. Mr. Jacob in cluded shipment of general farm and dairy products, stock, timber, and per haps sugar beet. Can't Buy Many Good Sheep. Pendleton Sheep buyers from the east are experiencing great difficulty in finding in the market here the class of sheep demanded in the eastern market, and when they have the good luck oc casionally to find a few, the owners are indifferent about selling, and in many cases absolutely refuse to set a price on them. This condition is said to be due to the fact that sheepmen sold up very close last year, and also to the substan tial advance in the price of wool this eeaon, with the prospect of a still fur ther advance the coining aeaon. POBTlrANjijV! ARRETS Wheal Club, 65A?dc per bushel; blues tem, 74 75c; valley, 75c. Barley Feed, $20.50 per ton; brew ing. $21. Oate No. 1 white feed, old, $28 per ton; gray, old, $27; white, new, $233 23.50; gray, new, $22 per ton. Hay Timothy, old, $1315 per ton; new, $1112.60; clover, $89. Fruits Applrs, 90c$1.75 per box; peaches, 65 85c crate;- plums, 75c $1 per crate; blackberries, 66c per pound; cantaloupes, $12.50 per crate; pears, $1.50 per box; watermelons, llKc per pound; crabapples, 50c per box; grapes, $11. 50. Vegetables Beans, l4c per pound; cabbage, lOlJc per pound; cauli-' flower, 75 (5 90c per doxen; celery, 75Q 85c per dosen; corn, 89c per dosen; cucumbers, 1015c per dozen; toma- , toes, 50 60c per crate; squash, .5c per pound; turnips, $1.251.540 per sack; carrots, $1.251.50 per sack; beets, $1 : 01.25 per sack. 1 ' Onions Red, $1.25 per hundred; yellow, $1.25, Potatoes, Oregon new, 75 80c per sack; Merced sweets, 3c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 2730c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 22)c per dozen. ; i Pou ltry A verage old hens, 1 3 (ij 13jc; mixed chickens, 1213c; old roosters, 10c; young roosters, 11 llc; springs, to 2 pounds, 14 14$c; 1 to pounds, 14K15e; turkeys, live 1822c; geese, live,' per pound, 89c; ducks, old, 13c; ducks gray 13c; white 14c. s . Hops Choice 1904, 17019c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 1921c; lower' grades, down to 15c, according to shrinkage; valley, 2527c per pound; mohair, choice, 31c per pound. Beef Pressed bulls, l2o per pound; cows, 3)04 H; country steers, 45c. Veal Dressed, 37Jc. :' Mutton Dressed, fancy, 6(37c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, ; 70 Pork Dressed, 68c per pound.