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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1905)
o lis Heart's Desire Df SIR WALTER DCS ANT would aevev find oat "So, Mr. Leigh." I went oa, "that U In your mlud. II llvee alone, tod epeake to do on; hi soot died afur be went away; It la very poeelble that be 4m not know anything boat It Good heavens! - Mr. Lelghan, were 70a actually 'thinking to bid tb tblni from him, tod to to rob blrat In; to rob Mary first and David afterward of ill this money?" "what business la It of yoorsr bs eekedl. 'Vary good: I shall tal David." "Obi If I war thirty Inatead of una- , ty, I would" b began, bla eyee flaeh- log again wltb all tbalr ancient fir. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST LET FOR TWO YEARS. FORFEIT TO STATE. About 10,000 Paid on School Land" Lost to Buyer. Sa'.em Certificate of sale for a total I of 20,000 acre of state school land CHAPTER XVIIL-fCootioued.) Nobody ?r btllTd tbat 700 wr robbed, Mr. Lelghea," I went oa. "But tb finding of tb money seems to abow tbat you really war robbed wbU you war lueeuetble. Perhapa w shall find tb papers, too, eoiue day." i "Perhaps w shall," b uld. "If tbay ar to tb handa of roguaa tod villains, I aball t much tb battar for It Enough uld about tny robbery., It la Strang, too: both on th same day I knew not thea what b tntant "Doth on tha am day-Hind aftar all long years. What ran thla mean? WI1L" k Id. a. - II A t I a lt..m egriy, leu me a nevvr urn u . to you; you've never had any land to nwtie tell ma. do you know nothing cf tb papers? Whan you found this bag did you baar nothing about th pspers?" "I know nothing. How should IT -Wall. It metiers little: 1 m not eon rented with th robber, but with th wan 'who baa tharo' now. I inflat daal with blmj and, titer, you cannot help ma. uuleaa no no I cannot aak It; you would not halp ma." "Auvhow. Mr. Lelihsn. you'r got twanty pounds back again. That la containing. Coufees that you ar plees- ed." "Young man. If you tortur a roan all ovr with rhaumatle palna, do you think lia la ileaed to find that thay have left hla llttla nnger,wbtle thay r lit) mil. tint lmna all over th let of bla body? Tbat la my caee." "I am aorry to hear It At tb aama tlrua. twanty pounda, aa I aald before, la something." MIt'a Uen Irtnt Id! for elx year. Twenty pounda at compound Intcraat I dou't attend rar Intereat I promlae you would now be ali-and-twenty pounda. I've loit all nounde." I laughed. A man who know not tba value of Intereat laughs anally. . I ex pect, thtrrfora, to go on laughing all tb dara of my Ufa. "Aa for th papera, there's a dead loa of on hundred and fifty pounda a year, Think of that! All thaa yaara I've wait ed aud hoped yea, I'm prayed actual ly prayed that I might gat my paper back again. Three thottaand pounda there re, among thea papers, bealdee th cer tificate and tblnga that I could replace, Nearly all Mary'a fortune loaf "No," I aald. "Don't flatter yourself that you loat any of Mary'a money, waa your own money. You ar truate for Mary'a fortune, remember, and you will have to pay It over la full lie winced and groaned. "Three thouaand pound! With th futeraat It would now be worth nearly four thouaand pound at five per cent And now all good lostr "Well. Mr. Letghtn, I am sorry for you, very eorry, particularly aa you will have to Ond that fortune of Mary's very eoon." "Bhall I, Maater Will Nethercot? I hall give Mary her fortune when I Eleaae; not at all, nnloss I please. Mary as got to b obedient and submissive to me, ela ah won't get anything. When I glv my consent to her mar riage, and not till then not till then I ah a 11 have to deliver op her fortune. Good night to you, Will Nethercote." eufferlng. I mad no mor attempts to lead th man back to better waye and old habits. And all tb time, every day David was carrying jan, slowly and ruthlessly, th moat systematic revenge, with th moat idulslt torture. Every day b want Oratnor and da oiled bafor bla vie tlm soms of bis property, and mad bus buy It back bit by bit haggling over th bargain; letting bis unci bare It on day cheap, ao a to ralae bis spirits, and the next st nesrlr Its full value, ao to crush him again; and even at time, af ter an hour' bargain over a alngla cou pon, b would put It la tb fir and de- etroy It When David went swsy. the poor 01a man would fall to weeping; tnia nsro. dry old man, whom nothing ever moved before, would ehed tears of Impotent nd bitter rage. Rut be refused to tell Marr what wss troubling bun. "I csn't toll you what It la," be saia. "You don't know what the consequence. might be If I told you. Oh, Mary, X am a mlaerable old man! I wlah I was dead and burled and that It waa all over 1 wish It waa all overt" "It la eontethlng," aald Mary, "to do with David. I will go and speak to blm about It" No. Mary, no:" be cried, eagerly. "Mind your own bualueea, child. Don't attempt to Interfere. Oh I you float know what might happen If you Inter fered. "It la David, then. Very well, uncle, ahall not aak him what It Is." Oregon' Convict Labor Goes to tha Stove Foundry People. ' Salem An agreement baa been readied between Governor Chamberlain 1 shall go to David, Mr. Lelghaa. It and the Loewenberg-Going company lor have been cancelled In the last few as I believe, be knows nothing about ILL. . , . I . . yon will see bow be will recelv th M,n 01 convici lapor ai me peni- weeas, Because 01 lapse in ice payment news. Yes; you shall be between th tentiary for a period of two years. The! of installment within the required cw?'.ra CIWWM between uavu price to U paW lor labor la the game time. "Of thia aggregate amount 0! Mmrj. 1 .. . . ... Teat I h.d atumbled on th eiect nM au prevaneA in inipan, dm eev- truth a accidentally aa I bad atumbUd I eral changes have been made in the I the proposed Bine mountain forest re on the canvas bsg. Dsvld did not know, contract In other particnlare. serve, and, according to the rulings of fare between Dsvld snd me; It Is danger ous. Yon don't know what mischief yon may be doing. As for George and Mary, I will arrange something. They shall go -thonh h. Taa c.Z?n from hi. Ulkl ther. U a popular desire the Interior department, the state will that he did not know of his s ant's will, I that convicta be employed on the pub I be able to nse the land aa base for the deeply aa It affected blm. And I am now iu rruuW In wr Irh Akt Governor aelection of lien Und. .1... .L. .14 . - .V.-.L. I I t"" i" m. .1 i.i. 1 v I rv. .ti.i v v. 1 that David would not find out the truth VU"U,UC,,B,U 'VUB' wu,u" fuinuw.iviiii.ui.vi before he went away again, and ao fee last legislature authorized the appoint-1 have forfeited the paymenta made. -t m 1 ..a m a - . . . .a .a . ... wowa seep me money 10 umseu. ment of a commiSBion to Investigate amounting probably to 110.000 or man, changing hla ton. "Don't Inter-1 ' . " latnre, tbe governor reiosed to maxe a 1 sen again, uoca 01 tne lanaontaiae contract now for the leasing of convict I the reserve will probably not be salable labor for more than two yean. In-1 for some time, aa the state has raised on at Bldcote aa tenants 00 eaay terms I sistence upon the shorter period made the price to 12.60 an acre. The 7,000 on very easy terms. But don't tell I It Impossible to secure a bigner price acres Inside tbe reserve snou Id And a David. lis Is a vary dangerous man. than has been paid in the past 3 market as base for lieu land, at $5 an Don t tell him." cents per hour for each man. I acre. 1 will not tell bun anything, If rou The new contract requires the stove A larea proportion of the certifiates 11 I . W M I . . I....." . wui kit aiarr ronr conaeni. 1 fmirwirv nrAnritir tn pmnlnv not less I that nave been canceled vera amonor im.-n m . . . I r.v.r.. . 7 I o It Via WUI noi Stsy nere long, nun .i,.. un , . J. sWhi th m n. (hnt atnraA viAloilnn nf tha law he baa gone oh, dear! when be h" imura number heretofore haa been 100. governing the purchase of sUte achool ' T"7 T. ' There are now 390 prisoners in tne land. 1'roeecution 01 land fraud cases wra l 1111 mm. At. a inn l 11 - I t i.l. L.u I Uipt i in n.,M n,.." 1 Mn..t, employed on the farm, in the stables, tiflcatea frandalently obUined, and i in the kitchen, and on other work con-1 they have thought best quietly to drop "Who are you, I should like to know," nected with the management ot tbe in- the wbole transaction, forfeit what he asked, with a feeble show of soger, stitntion. This leaves 290 to be other- they have paid and let the state keep "that yon should come and Interfere In wise employed. The foundry will now I the land. family matters? What bualness Is It of take not leas than 150. leaving 140 ont yours! Go away to London. Manage 0f employment. At many times the Adopt Early Closing. "I csn't tell anybody, Msryj I must your own affaire If jon've got any. You oun(lrT wln empiot more than 150, Eugene Forty-seven buBineea men bear It In patience. If I realat I shell only lose the more. Mary, we've got to be very careful In the housekeeping now very carefuL" "I am always careful, ancle.' "There wee a pudding again to-day. I can't afford any more pudding for a lone while not till Chrlatmas. And I'm aure there's wests snd riot tn th kltch n." "Xoneenae. uncle! Yon not afford a ar not my nephew. vnt th! nnniu, mnal be naid for. even I of Enirene who have closed their shop coooae oeiween ary sna usvw. lh h nQt wotk ,nd Btores at no regular hour la the 1 UlUl niTI OKICUIO, UV ."Mi, WlU. . . . ... ..n ,.U t, k. mmA .n.mMHl kind of moan. Hs clutched at the arms I " 7 , ""J u?". Z Zl. T T'': ."Z yu h.t. hi. MiiTiililr. now vue prouieui. w viucc f" v- 1 1 ,- 1 .1. 11:. c.t..i.. 1 l. n, 1 : : ly, and bs spoke feebly. "I hsve lost so emptoyea on mo puuwc iu uc. oiutu7 0 u nw.. iu UOk m mnrh uul I have Buffered ao horribly Salem nnder a co-operative arrange- eludes hardware stores, gun stores, : . I . ..I. ... . . . n .1 . I . 1 l 1. ntv. you don t anow now, young man, or mem wiiu ute cooniy tuun, wu 1 grwrrj iwin uu yuun m uu you would pity me. I have been pnn- gang will be put at work grubbing out lot business, many 01 wbicn nave never lshed. pexhapa, because I wss too pros- a piece of state land on tbe Keform (closed before v 0 clock, ine dry goods perone you Aan't know, how, and you Kb.ool tann. This will still leave! stores have heretofore closed at 6 and pudding? Now, remember, yon are not can't guese. If I loae Sidcote, too, I ehall wxae 1 protably, at many times of j most of the grocery stores at 7, but now to be starved. riot" and there's no waste or the year. CHAPTER SIX. ' During these daya David led the life of a solitary. He aometlmes went to the Inn; he went to the village shop on the green to buy what he wanted, and be kept wholly to himself. Eicept for tbat dally vialt to Grstnor, be talked to no one. ' From time to time I met him lesnlng over 'the Bold gates, loitering along the lanes, or sitting Idly under ths shado of ons of our high hedges. I suppose thst his loaflng and wandering life had made work of any kind dlatostoful to him. Ills face was not ploaaant one to gase upon, and. for a atranger would have been ter rifying. At this time we knew from Mary that he went nearly every day to Gratnor, but we had no suspicion of what was said or done there. My own thoughts, Indeed, were wholly occupied with the fortunes of George Bldcote, snd I gsvs small heed to this sulky hermit "David," I aaked him, meeting him one day face to face so that, he could not slip out of my way, "why do you never come over to Sidcote 7 Have we offended you In sny wsy?" "No," he replied, slowly, ss If he wss thinking what hs ought to reply "no; I don't know exactly that you have of fended me." "Come over this evening and tell us rtst you think about dolhg," "No. I don t think I can go over this evening." "Choose your own time, but com be fore I go beck to London." "George will bs turned out of his place before the end of the year. The old man told me so. Than he'll go. too. Mary ays she will go with George. Then I hall be left alone with Uncle Dsn." Hs laughed quietly. "I think I shall go snd lira at Gratnor, and take care of him. We shall have happy times together, when you are all gone and I am left alone with him." . - ' ' "Why, David, you wouldn't harm the "noor old man now, would'you?" ' . . "Not harm him? Not harm him? Did you aak him six years ago If he was going to harm ma? Will he harm George Bldcote now?" ' : You cannot foroe nan to be sociable, nor oan yon force him to entertain thoughts of charity, forgiveness and lonf- CHAPTER XX. 1 terminated my holiday with a med dling and a muddling. Of course, I waa actuated by the beat Intention. Every moddler and muddler la, otherwise he might be forgiven, . I made my attempt with no success on my loat evening at Challaoombe, when tbe old man had taken hla tea, and might reaaonably be expected to be milder than during the press of bualneas In ths morn ing. I had not seen him for three weeks. I was struck with the change that had come over him during this short period. It wss that subtle chsnge which we mean when we say that a man has "sged." In Mr. Lelghsn's caie, his handa trembled, hs looked feebler, and there was a loss of vitality In bis eras. "What do you want?" he aaked. Im patiently. "You are come for Mary? ell, ehe lan t here. 1 ou ought to know that aha always goes out after tea. You III find her somewhere about on the Ridge or down the lane, somewhere," He turned his head and took np his pen again. I obaerved that he was poring over a paper of figure. "No, Mr. Lelghan, I come to see you. I have come to see you about George and Mary." die. You don't know, young gentleman you don't know what It Is to suffer as I bsve suffered." w... t Cultivate Hooa. .IB Oil A U k VU- W rl. TTT t HI 14 I. tell him." I xauee m uvu tuuui win, it 1 must hsvs SIdcots. Do your fxpeciea, in a xew years pecome vne v. a .10. .m .nn.na D&nner nop proaucintr county 01 me of bla old fire and enerav. . "Do tout state. This season a number of farm- worst Tell David what you please, and ers bave been experimenting in nop leava me to deal with David. I wlU " culture with satisfactory results. The He shook his head and pointed to the bops they bave produced are of an ex- door, cellent oualitv and tbe yield is very I told David that very evening, ui .UCCBafal has been the ex- there will be a uniform hour lor clos ing. ' ; , ' ' Many Students Enrolled. Corvallis The attendance in' the Oregon Agricultural college promises to cross the 700 mark early in the year, and many believe it will reach 00. Hop fields, fruit harvest and the Lewis and Clark fair have laid claim on many, so that the enrollment has been delayed. During the opening week 527. a ' n - uwaaa awj aa iuk kii u u ltcu auk. wm mja m ws sitting st bis table, a large open th.t - number of farmert arel, ;..,, ' ?r wnseit ne wit por- iiwe Ant Uwt v... In, tntenUy. He looked up when h. "l' "n "the tep outside, and shut the book . . .V . " book before him, over hurriedly. . I 1 .1- -1 1 t-Wk.l Jt mk van It aaVMl BCate. Aliere n vuuussiiub vi u roughly. "Why do you come prying af- tne county suuauie ior nop uoiuo, ter me?" the hops thrive wtihout irrigation and "Upon my word, David," I said, "on will do well on almost any ol tbe up- would think we were old enemies Instead land tbat is sheltered from wind. of old friends." "Bpea np, men," ne replied, nis eyes n.i: 1. .D.-f.r II Ma I 16 T e I wsftanj' tea wa UBpmuua auu w.nuiiu, aa a " I c.1 'kt1 ll m n ...I- f 1 . vi. ....... m-a ....11 rareui uu. 11 -v ins vt 1,1 111 iv ui. vulias muu .mi I a a a i , il ! IJ .m.Mn, "Sni..v nn! t a man know make accurate sUtements of the yield rone hualneaa. If you had no bualneaa of hops in Marion county thia year, es- you would not come here, I take It" timates by men in the best position to "It Is business thst may concern you judge are tbat tne tout yield win do in very deeply," I aald. And then I told I the neighborhood of 37,000 bales. The him. Quality will be perfect. In about "Well" he eald. alowly, "I suppose you week-. when the work of ballnz is far- mean honest ewe why should you tell ther advanced, a fairlv accurate state- Making Beet Sugar. La Grande With 125 men at work in tbe beet sugar factory and fully 400 more at work in the fields, the yield In sugar this season is expected to be about 25,000 tons. Next year it is ex pected to far exceed thia amount. The work of converting tbe beets into sugar has 8 tared. PORTLAND MARKETS. Oats No. 1 white feed, $23.5024; gray, 1 23 .50QZ4 per ton. Wheat Club, 71 72c per bushel; blueetem, 7475c; valley, 71c. Barley Feed, $19 20 per ton; ...'t.n8?70!0 ',btpVou,T?,ot ,g vf ment of the actual yield can be made brewing, $190320;' rolledT$2223. aay. When a man Is tied to his chair hs the old man, too. This wants thinking . th .mnle will show the onalitv u.JLti nn rJnf.i f""" 1. at the mercy of every on. who come. of. this does. Bo the old woman had "ftjS .KS: liSjU. . to wast, his time." I spok. to him as eloquently as I could. I told him he ought' to consider how Mary had been his housekeeper and bis nurse for six long years, during which he hsd been helplessly confined to his chair. If he refuaod his consent to her marriage she would go away, not only from his house, but from the pariah; he would be left In the hands of strangers, who would wests and spoil his sub stance. ' "Young man," he said, "I never asked six thousand, had she? And Mary la to have It If sbs marries with her uncle's consent and If she doesn't, I'm to have If "Mary will marry George with or with out her uncle s consent; I can tell you that beforehand. Che will marry him within a very few weeks." "Nay," he said, "rather than give m the money he'd let her marry the black- Growers are showing little disposition to sell at present prices, but it is be lieved that 15 cents a pound would cause rapid selling. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $143 15 per ton; valley timothy, $1112; clover, $89; grain hay, $89. Fruits Apples, $1 1.50 jler box; peaches, 65c$l per crate; plums, 50 Lane County Estimate More. 75c; cantaloupes, $1$15 per crate; Eugene The best estimate that can pears, $1.251.50 per box; water- be made at tbe present time of the melons, le per pound; crabapples, amount of the hop?crop ot this county $1 per box; quinces, $1 per box. ; is not considered much more than a Vegetables Beans, 1 4c per pound; 1.1 .. Smtin. I . 1 L !1 !, .... mUhiw Iffllllllul.nAn.t. .. n 1 ! l . , v. nnln T Aama trv tnr tamr kalKueBB, KltUDUgU unnni upuu icjnji m 1 uuso aas-v fuuuu, wuuuvw w.w " " - " -rf 1 - -IT . . . i)E. ... J - m f Kn v. irom a laree numner 01 Krowers. x.ven or, ioc uor uowa, ceiery, oo . y wvu I tUlg. II b hM f SU VV kww wvj wu vuh tfim I w .... I e w . for or exoected any other aervlea than Unit. an th mmu I had elmnat miii amona those who are best posted tbere Pr aozen; corn, ooc per sack; cu- what is psld for. Mary's services have Lf th. whole bualneaa nrovea. aa I aald lis a larsre variation in estimates. There cumbers, 10 15c per doxen; pumpkins. been paid for. If she goes I shall find before, that there is no excuse whatever will be at least 1,500 bales more than lMQlc per pound; tomatoes, 25 last year, which would make 7,500 SOc per crate; squasb, 5o per pound; bales, butsome estimate as high as 8,- turnips, 90c$l.OO per sack; carrots, another person, who will be paid for her services. Mary has had her board and her bed, and ehe's done her work to earn her board and bar bed; I don't see1 any call for gratitude there; as for good feel mg, mat e my business. Now, young man, George Sldcote'e land Is mortgaged. As he says be can no longer pay the in terest, I hsve sent up the esse to Lon don and have got the usual order; he has six months In which to pay prlncl psy and Interest At the end of that time, because he can't and won't pay, hU land will be mine. As for whnt is done afterward, I promise nothing." "You will loss Mary for one thin:." "I have "told you that I, in that case, ahall hire another person." . "Very well, xou will have to pay Mary's fortune to her cousin David, be cause she will marry without your con sent" ;.;' , "Have the goodness, Mr. Will Nether cote, to leave me to my own affaire." "This affair Is mine as wall as yours. Do you prefer David to Mary? '. You must choose between them, you know. I have read the wIlL You think," I said. "that David does not know of his aunt's will. Yof hops that hs will go ffway presently without finding out" He start ad and chanced color, and in his eyes I read the truth. He thought that David for the beat Intentions. (To be continued.) Lncky One. "Let me see," began the visitor who was returning to the little town after an absence of ten years,, "you used to have four sons, now did they turn out?" "Wa-all, neighbor," drawled the old man, removing nis pipe, "some or tnem turned out a little unsartln. B11L he 000. No better figures will be availa ble until a poll is made after the baling is completed 1 65(3 75c per sack; per sack. Onions Oregon, globe, 75c per sack. Potatoes Oregun, beets, 85c$l $1 per sack;' ..'..I fancy, 65c per the first snow of the season. In the highlands surrounding Bourne light falls have occurred In tbe early mora ines. The ground has been covered, got to etealln' chickens, so they rode but the snow has always disappeared rail." before noon. Old citizens, who take pride in the weather knowledge, say that the very warm and dry summer that has just died will be followed by an unusually severe winter. him out of town on a "And Sam?" "Sam? Oh, he stole a cow and they gave him five years." "Well, what became of Jim?" "Stole a hoRs an'they strung him up In tbat thar apple tree." I Douglas Crop Increased. Too bad! But thero was one more Roseburg This year's hop crop In Pete. What became of fete, who! Dounlas countv will approximate 800 used to be so cunning when he traded bales. The quality is good. No sales marbles?" . , t I are reported, as growers expect . prices "Oh, Pete aid wen. uot in poliacs I to rise somewhat. an' stole a Legislature an' now he's I First Snow Falls in Bourne. cnmnt,Th mmintAinnem rnnor sack; common, nominal . r. I T... TT. (IA9A. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2727c. Poultry Average old hens, 13) 14c per pound; mixed chickens, 13 13Jc; old roosters, 9 10c; young roosters, ll12c) springs, 1415c; dressed chickens, 14c; turkeys, live, 18 21c; geese, live, 89c; ducks, 13 llvln on his Income." Chicago News, Idleness la many gathered miseries - one name. Elchtar. Benton County's Yield. CorvalliB The estimated yield hops In this vicinity ia 1,410 bales. of 14c. Hops Nominal at 13c for choice 1905s. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1921c; lower grades down to 15c; ac cording to shrinkage; valley, 2527c per pound ; mohair, choice, SOc. Beef DreBsed bulls, l2o per pound; cows, 34c;. country steers, 4 Veal Drersed, 88o per pound.' Mutton Dressed, fancy, 67c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 77Kc. Pork Dressed, 67Ko per pound
