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.