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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1905)
1P- yOLANDE ; by WILLIAM BLACK r CHArTElt XXIV. Hut neit morning tht mother wit 111 nay, Yolande la her first alarm Im agined, seriously 111. Hltt could hardly apeak; her hamle tod forehead wert bot ud feverish; tht would ttkt nothing lu tbt ahit of a breakfast; aht only turn ed away her brad languidly. Yolande waa far too frightened to atay to consult her mother's uervoue fanclee or dislikes; doctor waa aent for Instantly tbt amt doctor, In fact, wbo bad been called In before. Aud when tbla portly, rubl cund, )lacld person arrived bit uiert pree tuct In tbt room etemed to Introduct a mtaaurt of calm Into tbt atmosphere; ud that waa well lit waa neither i rlttd nor alarmed, lit mailt tht uaual lamination, asked a few questions, and fart some federal and eumelently aenal Me directions aa to bow tht patient should bt tended. And then bt said bt would wrltt out a prescription for thU practitioner, In common with moat of bla kind, bad retained that almpla and a rent faith In tbt efficacy of drug which haa survived centuries of conflicting the ories, roiitradlctloiia In fact, aud acleu tine doubt, and which la perhaps morv benelhial than otherwlst to tht human race, ao lone aa tbt quantities prescribed art ao small aa to do do positive harm. It waa aconite, this tlmt, that bt choes to eiperlmrnt with. However, when ht followed Yolande Into the other Mom, In order to get writ lug materials, and whan ht aat down aud Wan to talk to her, It waa clear that ht understood tht nature of tht case well enough; and bt plainly Intimated to her that, when severe chill likt tbi had ca ught tht ay stem and promised to irolme a high atalt of fever, tht result depended mainly on tht power of the constitution to repol tht attack and fight Ita way back to health. "Now I suppose. 1 may apeak frankly lo rou. Mls Wlnterbtuirner aald he, "Oh, yes; why noil" aald Yolande, who waa far too aniloua to cart about formalities. , "You must rememW, then, that though you have only Been me one b fore. 1 hart acen you twlct. Tbt first tlmt you wero Insensible. Now," aald be, flalng bla eyea on her, "on that occa Ion I waa told a little, but I guessed more. It waa lo frighten your mother out of tbt bnblt that you took your first dost of that natont medicine. May I as nine that T" "Well, yea." aald Yolandt, with down cast evee thoufh. Indeed, there waa uothlnc to bt ashamed of. "Now. I want you to tell mt honestly whether you belitrt that warning had ffect." "Indeed. I am aurt of It," aald Yo landt, looking up, aud speaking with de cision. "You tblnk that aluct then ahe haa not bad recount to any of thoat opiate?" "I am nosltlvely certain of It," Yo landt aald to blm. "I suppose being deprived of them coat tht poor lady etruggte?" , "Yea. onct or twlct but that was some time ago. Latterly aht waa grow Ing ever ao much more bright and cheer fill, but still ahe waa weak, and I was hesitating about rlaklng tbt long Journey to tbt aotith of France. Yea, it la I that am to blame. Why did I not go sooner? Why did I not go aoonerT" ahe repeated, with tears coming Into her eyea. "Indeed, you cannot blame yourselr, Miss Wluterbourue," the doctor anld. , "I bare no doubt you acted for the best. The Imprudence yon tell mt of might hart happened auywhere. If you' keep the room warm and equable, your mother will do aa well here aa In the south of France until It la aafo for you to re move her." '"Hut how aoon, doctor? how aoon? Oh, when I get a cJi a net again I will not wait." ' "Hut you must wait and you must be patient and careful. It will not do to burry mattera. Your mother It not ationg. The fight may be a long one. Now, Mlaa Wluterboume, you will Bond ud get this prescription made up, and I will call again In tht afternoon." Yolanfle want back to her mother's room, and aent away Jane; ahe herself would bt nurse. On tiptoe ahe went abont, doing, what ahe thought would add to her mother'a comfort) noiselessly tending the fire that had been lit, ar ranging A shutter to that less light should come In. and ao forth. Rut the mundane Insulred by the presence of the doctor waa gone now; a terrible anx lety hod succeeded; .and .when .at lust he aat down in the silent room, and felt tlmt ahe could do nothing more, a sense of helplessness, .of loneliness, entirely overeamo her, and the waa ready to. de spair. Why had aht not gone away nooner. before thla terrible thing hnp iiunod? Why had aba delayed) They might now have been walking .happily together along torn aunny promenade lu tho south Instead of thla tbla buahed and darkened room, and the poor Invalid, whom ahe had tended ao carefully, and who teemed to be emerging Into a mw life altogether, thua thrown back and rendored once more helpless. Why had ahe gone out on that fatal morning Whr had ahe left her mother alone? If he bad been In tht room there would have been no venturing Into the inow, whatever dreama and fanclea wert call In. If ahe had but taken courage and act out for tht aouth a week aoontr a flay sooner this would not ha vt hap pened; and It teemed to bard that whtn aht had almost aecurtd tht mancipation of her mother when tbt undertaking on which ah had tntered with to much of fear, and wondor, and hopt waa near to being crowned with success th work should bt undone by to trifling an acci dent, fib waa Ilk to despair. Dut patltnct patlenct tht aald to herstlf. 8b had been warned, before she had left Scotland, that It waa no light matter that lay before her. If ah waa thrown back Into prison, aa It were, at thia moment, tht door would b open ed aom day. And, Indeed, it was not of her own liberty ah waa thinking It waa th freedom of light and Hi and cheerfulness that ab bad hoped to ae- cur for this stricken and hapless crea ture whom fortune bad not over-well treated. Her mother stirred, and Instantly ahe went to the bedside. What doea the doctor say, Yolande?" aba asked, apparently with aomt difficulty. Only what every on sees," she aald, with such cheerfulness as was possible. "You bar caught a bad cold, and you art ftverlab; but you must do everything that wt want you to do, and you will fight It off In time." 'What kind of a day la It outside?" aht managed to ask again. It la tint, but cold. Ther has been some more anow In th night." "If you wish to go out, go out, Yo lande. Don't mind mt." "Dut 1 am going to mind yon. mother, and nobody else. Here I am, here I atay, till yon are well again. You aball have no other nurse." "You will make yourself 111, Yolande. You must go out." . Khe was evidently speaking with great difficulty. "Hush, mother, hush!" the girl said. 'I am folnf to atay with you. You should not talk any more It.palna you. doea it not?" "A little." And then ah turned away her head again. "If I don't apeak to yon, Yolande. don't tblnk It la unkind of m. 11 am not very well, I thluk." And ao th room waa given over to llenct again, ana th girl to anxious thought aa to th future. 8b bad re solved not to writ to her father until sb should know mora definitely. Bhe would not unnecessarily alarm him. At first. In her endden alarm, ah bad thought of summoning him at one; but now ah had determined to wait until th doctor bad aeen her mother again. , Ii tbla were only a bad cold, and ahoald show symptome of disappearing, then ahe could aend blm a reaaaurlng message. At present ahe was far too upaet and anx ious and disturbed to careiuuy weign her expressions. About noon Jane stole silently Into the room and handed her a letter and withdrew again. Yolande waa startled when she glanced at the handwriting, and baatlly opened th envelope. The letter came from Inverness, and waa dat ed the morning of the previous day; that waa all ahe noted carefully the real seemed to awlm into her conselouanena all at once, ahe ran her eyea over the successive line so rapidly, and with such a breathless agitation.' ' "My Dear Yolande," Jack Melville wrote, "I shall rench Worthing Just about the same time aa thla letter. I am coming to aak you for a single word. Archie Leslie hns, told mer-qulte caau ally, in a letter about other thing you are no longer engaged to him; and I have dared to indulge in some vague hopes. Well, It la for you to tell me to put tbein aaide forever, or to let them, remain, and nee what the future haa In atore. That is all. I don't wish to In terfere with your dutiea of the moment how should I? but I cannot rest ontu I ascertain from- yourself whether or no I may look forward to some distant time, and hope.' .1 am coining on the chance of your not having left Worthing.- Per- hapa you may not have left, and I. beg of your klndnesa to let me aee you, for ever ao short a time. Bhe quickly and Quietly went to th door andopeued It. Her face' was tery" pale. VJane." . The maid waa atanding at the window, looking out; ahe Immediately turued and enme-to her njlstretts, , . . ' You remember Sir. Melville wnoaefl to come to th lodger'' "Oh,' ye8,.mlsa." . ''He will be In Worthing- toayy; he will cull herc-'-perhapB sopn. He will ask to. see . me well yon will tell htm' cannot see, htm. I cannot see blm. My mother la 111.' Tell him 1 am sorry but I cannot aee him." ' Then Yolande quietly slipped Into the room again glancing at her mother, to aee whether her absence had. been no ticed; and her hand waa clutching the letter, and her heart beating violently.. It was too terrible that he should arrive at such a moment amid thla alarm and anxiety. She could not bear th thought of meeting him. And ao ah sat In th till and darkened room, llattnlng with a tort of draad for th ring at th ball below, and then picturing to herself his going away; and -then thinking of the years to come. This was what happened whan Msl rill cam to th door.v To begin with, h waa not at all sur tbat n should find Yolande ther. for h had heard la reapont to hit ringing of th bell, opened tht door, then ht kjrw tbat they wert not gone. "Miss Wlnterbournt la still here, then?" h said aulckly, and Indeed with a emit sppetranc of anxiety In tbt pais, bandaoma fact, "Yet, air." "Will you b good enough to ask her If I can ae her for a moment?" b said, at length. "She knowa that I meant to call on her." "ricase, sir, Miss Wlnterbournt told m to say tbat aht waa very aorry, but that aht cannot set yon. Her mother Is ill, air." tald Jant. "1 think abt is very 111, tlr, but I would not say so to my young mistress, sir." "Of courst not of courst not," bt said, abteutly; a ad the a ht auddtnly ask ed, "Has Mis Wlnterbourn tent for her fa ther V "I think not, air. I think ahe la wait ing to htar what th doctor aaya." "Who 1 th doctor?" 8b gar him both th nam and ad dress. Ht tent her a message aomt half hour thereafter, tl waa merely thla: "Dear Yolande I am deeply grieved to hart Intruded upon yon at such a time. Korglv me. I bop to hear better news; but do not you trouble; I have made ar rangements ao tbat I shall know. J. M." j OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST j HIGH priced pears. Fruit of Rog us River Valley Secures I Record Figure) in Nw York.' Medford Telegraphic advice from New Yoik stat tbat car of Medford pears, from tb orchard of J. W. Per WATER USERS WANT ATTORNEY Milton and Frewater Settlars Make) Move of Precaution. Milton A meeting of tb users of water on all tb streams and ditche in Milton and Freewater, excepting tba kins, told for 13,429, tb highest price iTumalum river and Hudson Bar ditch. eter realised fo a carload o( pears in waa held here to formulate plana for America. Fart of th car brought the employment of counsel to look after 17.70 per box, the highest price ever the Interests of all parties interested. recorded for single boxes of the fruit. A committee of three waa appointed, The; were the Doyenne da Cornice William Nichols, 8. A. Miller and J. pear, of which not more than 15 can II. Piper. Attorney Stillman, of Pen are as yet grown on thia continent, dleton, submitted a proposition to take The variety baa for two or three years the case and look alter every right and been in Togne at the leading metropolis secure a record for each. He want tan hotels. It baa proven especially about $600. It waa decided that the well adapted to Southern Oregon, and, committee should have fall power to while the orchards are yet young,-the act for and determine, by the assistance quality is unequaled and the yield is of the individuals, each one's claim, heavy. . whether it be riparian or right by ap- Tbe average price for the entire car propriation. The papers in the case was $5.40 per box. The pear box is 50 1 must be prepared by October 15. And Yolande put that note with others I pounds, but, realising he bad some- CANNOT CANCEL LICENSE. for In truth shs had carefully preaerr ed tvery scrap of writing that be bad ever aent her; and it waa with a wistful kind of as tlsf action that at least he had gons awsy her friend. The doctor did not arrive till nearly dlTwIth so a" le!y amVuntTngTo K J-tifle-.in hi. mind, Oregon .Utute, for th. .cancellation of M ssr Bothin defi- tr.e expenditure necessary vo enec was " .ujFu uy- tbing strictly fancy. Mr. Perkins used clear half-boxea and wrapped the ten der pears in paper with lace border and 0 n Uw PrevenU Exclualonof a lithographed "top knot." He also Uf From $ bad lithographed end labels on the .... boxes, which were made of clear lum- uaiem mere is no aumomy in me WEED ROAD IN NEW HANOS. tress. Itut ht would tar nothlnc defl nlta. The fever had Increased, certain- fancy pack. ly; but tbat waa to b expected. She re ported to him aa minutely aa her agi tation allowed bow bis direction! had been carried out In the Interval, and be L-ck a laborers Delays Extension spproved. Thea he begged her not to Toward Klamath Falls, be unduly alarmed, for this fever waa , th common attendant on the catching Klamath Falls The Weed railroad of a sudden chill; and with similar vague has iased into other bands. Tbeddore words oz resssurance be left 15 ut the moment he had gone ab aat down and wrote to her father, Mr. Wlnterbourn cam down next morning rather guessing that the mat tar waa more aerloua than the girl had represented and went straight to the houae. He sent for Jane, and got it ar ranged that, while ahe took YolaneVs place In the sick room for a few minutes, Yolandt should come downstairs snd aeo him In tb ground floor parlor, which was unoccupied. It la to b remembered that ht had not seen bla daughter aince ahe left th Highlands. When Yolande came Into th room hia eyea lighted up with gladneas; but the mlnut they were dimmed with tear and th hands tbat took here were trembling and he could hardly apeak. "Child, child," aald he, In a second or so, "bow you art changed! You are not well, Yolande; have you been 111?" "Ob, no, papa, I am perfectly well" As shs desired, h went and saw tb doctor, who spok mor plainly to him than he had done to the girl of the possi ble danger of auch an attack,' but also aald that nothing could be definitely pre dicted aa yet. It was a question of the strength of th constitution. Mr. Wln terbourn told blm frankly who h waa, what his position waa, and th whole aad story; and th doctor perfectly agreed with Yolande that it was most unadvlaa bl to risk tb agitation likely to be pro duced If the poor woman were to be confronted with her husband. Aa th daya passed the fever seemed to abate somewhat, but an alarming prostration aupervened. At length the doctor aald, on one occasion when Mr. Wlnterbourn had called on him for newn: " . ; VI. think, Mr. Wluterboume, If you have no objection, I should like to have a consultation on thla case. I am afraid there la aom complication." "I hope you will have the beat skill that Ixmdoa can afford," aald Mr. Win- terbourne, anxiously; for although the cause of mismanagement is the reply made by Secretary of State Dunbar to a request for such action against the New York Life. The request was made by C. H. Yenner, a New York banker, who has asked all insurance commissioners to revoke that company's license unless John A. McCall resigns the presidency nt (itmrvtt W. Perkins the vice cresi- Saul, of Weed, a large stocholder in dency Mr jyu explained in hia the Weed Lumber company, the former replT tnat tn, Oregon law authorizes owner of th road, is authority for the cancellation for only two reasons non statement. The purchasing company payment of money due on a policy 'or is a corporation known aa the Califor- inability to pay losses and that he is nia Northeastern Railway company. not yind tbat the New York Life This sale not only includes the pres- de, either case. ent Weed railroad, wnicn extends Z4 miles thia wav from Weed, where it connects with the Southern Pacific with eight miles more graded, but the Weed project to extend the road to Klamath Falls. Work just now is almost at a stand still on the extension of the road to this city, owing to the scarcity, it is said, of laborers, but men are being sought and a larg? crew will be put to work at an early date when the road will be pushed to this city rapidly. E. D. Dunn is manager of the Cali fornia Northwestern, and he, with a staff of assistants, is now at Weed, where he haa taken Ihe management of the road from A. D. Evana, former manager, and who is also manager of the Weed Lumber company's interests. New Reduction Plants Installed. Sumpter Extensive improvements at the standard mine are under way. A large crew of carpenters has been employed there for some time psst on sawmill construction, and lately on the reduction plant building. The Im perial, in the Cable Cove section, is also employing a crew of carpenters on a new reduction plant. This property has been an extensive shipper for sev eral months past', and bids fair to be come one oi this district. Experts Report Small Shortage. Pendleton The experts now auditing the county books are declared to have found a email shortage in the clerk's office. However, according to Expert Beckwith, there baa been no failure on the part of anyone to turn over money received; but there has been failure to charge for some things which, under the law, should have been charged for. Also, he says, that subsequent findings may offset the shortage tbat has been found. Under whose regime the irreg ularities come will not be divulged, nor the amount of the deficiency. Freewater'a Big Crop of Hay. Freewater In addition to the excel lent fruit and grain crops raised upon winter and spring irrigated lands in this locality a large amount of hay is grown. The crop of alfalfa last spring was light, but the two last cuttings have made a good yield, aggregating seven tons to the acre, worth in the local market $5 per ton. Without ir rigation thia land is practically worth less. - PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 71c per bushel; blue- the largest producers in stem, 74c; valley, 7172c. uats ino. i wmie ieea, iz(sz.ou; gray, $24 24. 50 per ton. Work Mines All Winter. - ? Barley Feed, $20.502l per ton; Sumpter Since the strike made in brewing, $21.6022;rolled,$21.5022. the Gold Nugget group, in the Bald Bye $1.40 9 1.45 per cental. mnntln district, a few weeks aio. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 tbat 1 doctor rather avoided looking him In the there has been much development done 15 per ton; valley timothy, $1112; tace, tne sound or. ttvs pnraae was omin- on the nronerty by the locators, Bess- clover, saissj; gram nay, saiga. ler and Dunn. Cabins for use during Fruits Apples, $11.75 per box; the winter have been erected, and the peaches, 85c$l per crate; plums, 50 main tunnel or drift started on Uie 75c per crate; cantaloupes, 75c ledge. An crecar and track have been $1-25 per crate; pears, $1.251.60 per rfnllv..ra and extensive work will be box ; watermelons, &lc per pound; done this winter. Supplies for a long crebapplea, $1 per box; quinces, $1 per DOX. OUB.' " - " But all the., skill In London or. any where else could not hare saved this, poor victim from the fatal consequences of a few, momenta' thoughtlessness. The wasted and enfeebled eoaatitution had auccumbed.,. 'But her brain ' remained rlear; Ions- aa ' ahe enuM hnM To. neriod are on the ground, me bunny- lande's band, or even see th girl walk- brook group, an extension of the Gold ing about the room or seated in a chair, Nugget, is also being developed. she waa content. Vegetables Beans, l4c per pound; cabbage, 114C per pound; cauliflow er, , 75c per dozen; celery, 75c per dozen; corn, 65c per Back; cucumbers, pumpkins, , 14 I. don't mind dying now," ah tald. or Oreson's School Debt $764,664 60. rather whiapered, on on occaalon. "I Vuim The secretary ol the state 1015c per doxen; have seen you and know you; you hT Lnd board reports the total loans and Uc per pound; tomatoes, 30 40c per Interest bearing indebtedness of the craie; squasa, . oc per pouna; luroipe, various educational institutions of the 90c$1 per sackt carrots, 65 75c per state, outstanding October 1, as $764,- ; beets, 85c$l per sack. 664.50, divided as follows: Interest bearing school land indebtedness, been with m for awhile.. It waa lik an angel that you cam to me; it waa an angel who sent you to me. I am ready to go now." . "Mother, you muat not talk like thatr th girl exclaimed. ''Why, th nonaena of It,!, How long then, do you expect $562,128.85; college lands, $23,650.57; university lanas, sobs; scnooi iarm loans, $167,575.08; college farm loans, $7,085; university farm loans, $3,455. me to be kept waiting ror you, berore w can" start for Bortilghera together?" '!W shall never be at Bordighera to gether,"', the mother . said, .absently "never! never! But you .may be, Yo lande; and 'I .hope you will be .happy there',' and always, f of ' you deserve to be.'1 Ah, yes, you will be happy! Surely, it cannot be otherwise yon, ao beautiful and . so noble-hearted," ; f "; ' -. -,v (To b' continued.) : : Another On. "Do you know what you are trying to say," queried the editor, as he ctoBely the last cultivating and will be gin work about the middle of the month. About one nail oi tne woeat lands in this locality are summer fal- gVinced over the copy, "when you lowed each alternate year, except lands speak of a man going to his long rest at the untimely age of 80?" ?' "Sure," answered the, new reporter; "He ought to have been chloroformed twenty-years ago. - ' i - i '1 "! In Weston Grain Fields. Weston Farmers in this vicinity are getting well along with their summer fallnwinv. and the land is in crime condition for seeding since the i recent roosters, 10llc; springs. im13c; ra nt. The seed dril la will follow oreesea coicnens, ins, iurj, Onions Oregon Yellow Danvers, $1.25 per sack. Potatoes Oregon fancy, 6585c per sack; common, nominal. Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2727c per dozen. m . , Poultry Average old hens, 11K 12c per pound; mixed chickens, 11 lljic; old roosters, 99c; young Strange as It may seem, .there are a number of prominent men living to day whose fathers' wives never had from Mrs. Ball that sh and.hr mothor Ln opportunity, to. attend a mothers' . . vn . a ' t..M V I Ann n-nA war iaving jungiano. ui wata eut, i near the foothills, which are put into winter wheat every third year. Big Wheat Sales at Adams. ' . ' Adams Three hundred and, twenty thousand bushels of wheat has been handled through warehouses here. Over one-half of this has been sold at an average price of 61 cents per bushel about one half going to the Athena I mill and the baUnce to Portland. live, 1617c; geese, live, 8fc; ducks, 13ffll4c. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 12013c per pound; olds, 1012c. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1921c per pound; lower grades down to 15c, according to shrinkage; valley, 2527c; mohair, choice, 30c. Beef Dressed bullB, l2c per pound; cows, 3 4c; country steers, 4 4c." Veal DreBsed, 37c per pound. Mutton DreBBed, fancy, 67c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 73 7Hc Pork DreBBed, 67c per pound.
