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vs I into a hansom, drove rapidly away to
5? . ' "? I the Latigbam Hotel II had Eiven h!m-
j OREGON STATE ITEliS OF INTEREST
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lA Dead Pasi
self no time to think or reflect He did
not consider whether It was a wiae or
an unwise thing he was doing. A wild
joy possessed him. Rosamond was back.
By MRS. LOVETT CAMERON
CHAPTER XV.
In the mouth of December, when the
daja were short and dark, and a black
frost and biting east wind made winter
hard to the young and unbearable to the
old, Sir Hugh Grantley shuffled off this
mortal coil and was buried In the family
vault in Frierly churchyard by the side
of all the Sir Hughs and Sir Johns and
Sir Gregorys who bad preceded him. lie
died as he had lived, unloved and un
regretted. His selfishness stood -him in
goud stead up to the last.
He was buried with all becoming pomp
and ceremony, and Roy, his son, reigned
in his stead. But poor Roy's reign was
but a short and .troubled one in the
hoifte of his .fathers. Sir Hugh's affairs
were found to be- in greatest confusion.
'ihe property was heavily mortgaged, the
farms had depreciated in value, the rents
had been left overdue. Poverty stared
the young heir in the face. Margaret,
who had partly guessed at the state of
things, stood by hiiu, with her strong
mind and good common sense, to help
him through his calamities.
"There is nothing 'for it but to let
the house. You canuot afford to live in
Jt," she Baid to him. ..'.),
Let Frierly! Oh, Margaret!"
"It is the only thing to be done, Roy;
face it like a man, If you let it well,
you will be able to live comfortably as
a bachelor in London, and when you
marry, you must marry well, and then
you will be able to come back to . your
own again, pay off mortgages, put the
fnrms In repair, aud start fresh again
You see how important a good marriage
Is for you."
"You mean a rich wife. I am afraid
that I am not at all likely to restore
the fallen fortunes of my family in that
way. The only woman whom I could
ver have married is lost to me."'
"lou are not. I suppose, going to re
main a bachelor for ever because of
married woman!" cried Margaret, with
real irritation. She could not believe it
possible that he was still mourning over
, Kitten Laybourne there are women to
whom a steadfast faithfulness appears
Jn the light of absolute stupidity. Was
not Kitten married and safely got out of
the way? What on earth possessed the
boy to be thinking about her still?
"But, Roy, you are the last the very
last. It is your duty to marry. The
baronetcy will become extinct if you do
,aot!" cried Margaret in despair.
"Somebody must be last, I suppose.
j 1st as somebody else must be first. You
are a wonderful woman at counting your
chickens, Margaret; but, to begin with,
where is the rich wife?"
"There Is Felicia."
"I am not wicked enough for her,
aid Ror. with a little smile to himself
over sundry speeches of his cousin'
which still lingers In his memory.
Marfgaret looked indignant and severe.
"I really do not pretend to understand
the character and manners of the young
ladies of the present day: 1 am afraid
that Felicia is becoming rather reckless
In her conversation since her father has
left her so much alone."
"Exactly, and I could not marry a per
son who was reckless, even for her
money," laughed the young man.
"Well, there are plenty of rich girls
to be picked up In London, and if we
must let the Hall, we will go up to town
and live there. My own money will en
able me to take a small house; and you,
of course, will live -With me. You will
be able then to live comfortably and
suitably upon the remnant that can ,be
saved out of the fire,, together with the
Tent of the house. You can have your
horse and your brougham, and do every
thing that is fitting to your position. As
to your food, that need never cost you
farthing. Whatever is mine is yours."
They went up to ' London, and Mar
xaret Installed herself and her household
roods in a small house In Oonnaught
fiouare. Here, too, Roy had his own
rooms and his own belongings, and he
staved at home as much as he liked, and
went away also as much as he felt inclin
ed. Nobody, either, could have said of
Sir Roy Urantley that he lived the life
of a woe-beeone and despairing lover.
He had plenty of friends, and his friends
tn,,v care to make his life pleasant to
him.'
One afternoon, in the month of -May,
Boy found himself in a certain tiny
drawing room In Mayfair, where, in these
vs. he was always sure of a cordial
'welcome. The house altogether was of
miwt minute dimensions,' and was
thoroughly dirty and dingy as "bijou"
residences within a stone's throw of Park
Lane have a habit of being. The very
door, as it was opened by the tall foot
nn neemed narrower and lower than
othpr neonle's front doors, and the foot
man himself, as he preceded the visitoi
),. nnrrow wooden staircase, looked
too large for the house.
One end of the room was hlled com'
nletelv with a wide, low sofa, across
which Eastern embroideries and pieces
of Italian brocade all rather dirty
vara flnnff In careless confusion. At one
ml of this sofa Invariably reclined
black poodle, at the other was his mis
tr Bv Mrs. Talbot's side was
mall table, upon which were arranged
. hnd looking glass set In silver, sev
eral bottles of perfumes of different
kinds, the poodle's, silk bag of French
sweetmeats, and the photographs of her
net .dmirers. To these latter Roy had
been lately added in a resplendent new
fnmi of crimson plush..
Gertrude, in her white muslin drap
!. Uv hack among her embroidered
cushions and sniffed at her salts bot
tle. Felicia, who had fonnd herself a
small, low seat on the other side of the
ttle table, had seized upon a Japanese
fan and was agitating it violently. Roy,
upon a footstool between the two ladies,
was made much of by both of them,
and seemed to be enjoying himself
amazingly.
"Nothing makes one so hot as a fan,
said Gertrude. "Do keep that thing
till, Felicia; you set all my nerves on
edge."
'It la deliciously cool and breezy out
of doors." said Felicia. "You ought, to
go out, Gertrude. I wish I could drive
you, but I have promised to call lor
papa."
"I am going out this very minute in a
hansom," paid Gertrude, jumping up.
Sir Roy, will you go with me? I am
going to pay a call. I am going to see a
charming, lovely, delightful little woman.
Somebody quite young, quite unsophisti
cated; better than all, quite new.".
I wouldn't go with her if I were you,
Roy," said Felicia, when the door had
cosed upon their hostess.
"Why not will It create a scandal it
I go in a hansom with the beautiful Ger
trude?"
"Don't you know cannot you guess,
Roy, who it is she wants you to can
uDon? It is Mrs. Desmond."
Kitten A pause. D eucia wouia
not have lifted her eyes lor tne worm,
htr glove buttons seemed to give her an
infinity of trouble. .
How does she know her?" Koy askfi
presently, and she could hear tnat nis
voice was altered.
"Oh, it is very simple. Gertrude met
Mr. Desmond in the park two days ago.
was with her, and he introduced us to
his wife, and asked us to call on Her.
I I would not go if I were you, Roy."
"Did she look happy?" he asked.
"Oh, "yes. I suppose so; she was very
well dressed. You have not got over it,
I am afraid."
Mrs. Talbot came back gay and gush
ing; the hansom was summoned, and Fe
licia was driven away in her brougham.
"I I donjt think I'll come with you
to-day," said the young man hesitating
ly when he had helped Gertrude- into the
hansom.
"Oh. Roy" She dropped the "Sir"
when they were alone "you promised;
oh. do come."
"Well, I will go a little way, then,"
and he eot into the cab. "You can
drop me. you know."
"To Lowndes sauare," said Mrs. Tal
bot. She had no mind to drop Roy any
where.
And Roy went with her. "I can't help
myself," he said to himself; but It was
the old story of the moth and the candle.
Brian, on leaving his wife to go out
alone, Intended to wend nis way to tils
club. Had he gone there straight from
his own door, he would have received a
certain note which had been waiting for
im there all day, three hours earlier,
nd so little does it take sometimes to
Iter the whole history of a man's life
had he done so, it is probable that most
of the events which ensued would have
so far been changed or modified that they
would not have been fraught with cer
tain Important circumstances to himself
nd to others. But as he was strolling
idly along he met an old college friend,
who hailed him joyfully and linked his
rm within his. So that it was just 7
'clock when he turned leisurely up the
steps of his own club.
The hall porter gave him a letter as
he entered. He stood with it In his
hand without looking at it for several
minutes, talking to an acquaintance
whom he met in the hall. Then Brian
looked down at his letter, turning it
round as he did so. '
And suddenly he recognized the hand
writing! It was years since he had seen
it. A whole century of new thoughts
and feelings seemed to divide him like
yawning gulf from that other far away
life, in which those even rounded char
acters had played so important a part
It was like an electric shock to Brian
Desmond to see it once more to hold a
letter from her once again in his hands,
A letter from Rosamond1! An unstamp
ed letter, too sent not by post, but by
hand. What could it mean? -He had
thought' oi her vaguely, dimly, as a some
thing dear, yet dangerous to his peace of
mind, that was on the other side of the
world. She had been to him but a dis
tant memory of a past which was over
forever, a something which he had hoped
and prayed might never again cross the
new life he had built up for himself.
Often he -had thought of her thus, in
misty' dreams, thinking that he and she
had drifted apart forever, and would
meet no more, save in that other world
where those who have loved and despair
ed shall meet again under other condi
tions, and be perchance at last happy!
And lo! she was here at his very
doors In London alive, and writing to
him! He tore open the letter and read:
"I have come home, and am longing to
see you. I arrived late last night, and
am at the Langham Hotel. Come to me
as soon as you receive this. I shall not
leave the bouse until i near rrom you
or see you.' ROSAMOND."
He glanced quickly up at the clock.
It was tne minutes past seven. He tore
upstairs three steps at a time into the
writing room, and wrote two lines to his
wife.
"Do not wait dinner for me, J shall
hot he baifc." , ' "
This he gave to a club messenger to
think of nothing else. After all the long,
black, empty years they were to meet
gain.
She was very tired of the desolate
hotel sitting room by this time tired and
weary. She had almost given him up by
now.
"He cannot be in town!" she said to
herself, In despair. "I wish, now, that
I had written before from Alexandria.
Does, he have his letter forwrded, I
wonder and will he get my note in the
course of time? How can I find out?"
All at once her quick ears caught the
sound of pproachlng footsteps along the
corridor. She sprang to her feet; her
hands, womanlike, went instinctively up
to smooth her ruffled hair; her eyes
shone, her lbs carted and br heart beat
How wildly her heart beat! For he had
come at last!
Through a mist ' she seemed to see
him, a mist of her own glad tears, lno
love of her life, whom she had loved and
had forsaken, but to whom her faithlui
heart had clung, through all absence and
time, he stood before her at last! She
reached out her hands to him; she felt
the strone- erio of his as he grasped them,
one In each of his. He only spoke her
name hoarsely and huskily:
"Rosamond!
Aud she she it was who spoke first
who found the words, poor, weak, trem
bling words that shook with the great
nesi of her iov
"Yes: It 1b I Rosamond come back
to you at last my Brian-my only love
my heart's delight never, never to be
nnrted from vou azaln. or 1 am tree,
and I am yours for ever."
Oh, why why then did he not clasp
her In his arms? Why did he not draw
her to his heart, and rain such kisses
upon her eager lips as she had dreamed
of and thirsted for so long? Why did
he stand so, and look upon her with that
awful look of deepening horror and woe
In hin eyes? Why did his cold hand
:,,..., i ii.ii. their eacer hold, ana ia:
away at last, nerveless and helpless rrom
out of hers?
"Brian! Brian!" she cried, with the
sharp ring of a nameless terror; do you
not hear me? Do you not unoersianui
I am free!"
vou are free?" he repeated slowly
and painfully, bringing out each word
separately with a sort of labor, as though
each one hurt him to utter., "Your
husband is he dead?
"Yes, yes do you not see my clothes?
I am a widow. Heaven forgive me if I
am too glad, but how can I help my
joy, when, from the day tjhat he dieJ,
I knew that I might love you once more?
I did my duty. I was a good wife to
him. but oh, how, I suffered! But now
it 1 all over and I have comer back to
vou. and Brian! Brian!" she broke out
wiiHlr. for still he stood there blanched
to the very lips, and stared at her with
those horror-stricken eyes. "Are you not
fflnd? Sneak to me, for heaven's sake!
wh.t I It? Why do you look at me
no?"
"When did he die?" was all he said,
In a number, dreary voice,
"Eieht months ago."
And then he flung up both arms wildly,
with an exceeding bitter cry of anguish.
ih It was mv wedding day!" and
fell nrostrate before her upon his knees,
hiiVvlnz his face In his outstretched arms.
Rosamond spoke never a word.' She
stood erect and stiff, cold as , Ice, and
motionless as marble; not a word broke
the Btillucss of her agony, save those
awful choked sobs from the bowed form
t w feet. Afterward she could not
recall what she had felt and thought in
those first moments only that in some
vague fashion Fate was revenged upon
her. Once long ago she had ruined this
man's life, and now now it was be who
ruined hers!
(To be continued.)
GUIDE TO ELECTIONS,
Explanation of Complicated Primary
System by Secretary Dunbar.
Salem The adoption of the direct
primary law has given Oregon such a I
1 - 1 - 1 i t .. iL.t - M
coinpucaieu BjBiem oi eieciions uoi
even the accomplished politician can
carry in his mind ail the details of the
proceedings leading up to the general
election of 'state, distiict and county
officers .5 jOne of the most difficult
things to ascertain and remember is the
dates upon which the various steps in
the nomination and election of officers
must be taken. In fact, the ordinary
eitiieu cannot figure out the dates if
he has thfe statnte before him, for the
language varies and different methods
of computing time must be adopted
The following list contains all the
dates of interest to the voter and the
candidate for offices as figured out by
Secretary of State Dunbar
Registration '
Registration books opened by county
clerks Tuesday, January 2
Registration books closed tor primary
election April 10, op. m,
Registration books opened after pri
mary election. April 25
Registration books closed for general
election, May 15, 5 p. m.
Iniative petitions-
Number of signers required to initiate
laws or amendments, 7,489.
Last day for filing initiative peti
tions, February 3.
Last day for filing pamphlets oppos
ing measures, February 5.
Direct primary election
County clerks give notice of primary
election not later than March 21.
Last day for filing petitions for plac
ing names on ballot for state, congres
sional and district officers, March 30.
Last day for filing petitions for
county offices, April 4.
Date of primary election, April 30.
Canvassing votes of primary election
for state offices, May 5.
General election-
Last dav for filing certificates of
nomination for state offices by assembly
of, electors, April 19.
iast day ,for filing nominating peti
tions for state offices, May 4.
Last dav for tiling certificates of
nomination for county offices by assem
bly of electors, May 4.
Last day for filing nominating peti
tions for county offices, May 19.
SERVICE IMPROVED.
Southern Pacific Arranges New West
Sida Time Card.
Portland Requests for better freight
service on the Southern Pacific between
Portland and Corvallis have been fruit
ful, for the company has arranged a ,
supplementary timecard which will
give that territory daily freight in
each direction instead of a tri-weekly
service.
Simultaneously with the inaugura
tion of the new train, the St. Joseph-
Lafayette cut-off ia opened, and this
means the eight and one-half miles of
track between Lafayette and Whiteson,
on the Yamhill division, will not be
used to any extent and may be aband
oned entirely. ,
The principal advantage in the new
passenger time schedule will be that
residents of Dayton and Newberg can
ride into McMinnville, the county teat,
and return home the same day, as the
trains will be operated via Dayton and
McMinnville.
There are no stations on the Yamhill
line between Lafayette and Whiteson,
and but two spurs, bo it is figured no
particular harm will result if that por
tion of the road is torn up. The deter
mination of the Southern Pacific to
place a daily freight train on the route
pleases shippers, both in Portland and
along the West Sida division. For
some time a strong effort has been
made by the shippers of McMinnville,
Dayton, ForeBt Grove and Ilillaboro to
secure a better service, but this could
not be satisfactorily arranged until the
cut-off was completed, which cost $43,-
647.
Good Library at Asylum.
Salem The lack of a supply of good
books for the prisoners at the state pen
itentiary formed the subject of comment
in the report of Secretary Cornelia Mar
vin to the Oregon Library commission.
What is trne of the prison is true also
of other state institutions, and Miss
Marvin is leading a movement to pro
vide the state'B charges with giod read
ing matter. At the insane asylum a
large library was found, but it is used
by comparatively few patients. Miss
Marvin remarks upon the fact that the
insane asylum has a large library of
unusually good books without gieat
use, while across the way, at the prison,
General election, June 4. there ig nothing to be UBed and a great
It should be explained that petitions j.mo j
Counting; the Bnttona.
"Yes." said the tailor, "Councilman
Crooklt ordered a four-button cutaway
but he changed It to a three-button."
"Is the three-button more stylish?"
asked the other.
"Oh, no. But as he was going, out
he saw some children on my doorstep
playing that old game, 'Rich man, poor
man, beggarmnn, thief.' " mnauei
phla Press.
Logical Deduction.
"Ah, my friend," said the passenger
with the unbarbered hair, "what can
be more delicious tunn clear, cold wa
ter In the early morn, fresh from the
pump."
"Water." rejoined the hardware
drummer, "Is certainly a good thing.
By the way, are you in the milk busl
ness?"'
Cintlon. .
BUI Why didn't the author of the
. 1 1 1
niece come out anu snow nuuseu
when the audience called for him?
Jill Well,you see, he'd Just been
getting married, nufl aes got lignt
eyes. If he went home with black
proa, he was afraid his wife wouldn't
know him. Yonkers Statesman.
One Woman's WUdom.
"Alas!" groaned the discouraged hus
band. " "I am unable to find work, and
there isn't a thing in the house to eat
What are we to do?"
"Oh, I know!" exclaimed his wife,
who had a short-order inspiration.
"We'll take in boarders."";
HU Beat Love.
Eva The count is going to marry
the Montana heiress..
Edna' (In surprise) For the love of
goodness!
Eva No, for the lov of money.
for nominations for district offices, such
as circuit Judge, district attorney, joint
senator and joint representative must
be filed in the office of the secretary of
state, and not with county clerks.
ORGANISE SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
State Library Commission Passes an
Important Resolution
Salem The State Library commjs'
sion, composed of Governor Chamber
lain, "W. B. Ayers, President Campbell,
of the State University; Miss Iaorn,
brarian of the Portland library, and
State Superintendent of Schools Acker
man. met in bi-monthy session last
week, and Miss Marvin, the secretary,
submitted an elaborate report dealing
with the woik of the commission from
US organization 10 uaiu, aim wivu iue
methods to be employed in the organ
1 at ion of local ilbraries
With regard to school libraries, the
commission dacided to ask for bids for
all school libraries to be submitted
next June. A rule was adopted by the
commission prohibiting school B from
114 fiO.faifi.fifl nnrton: vallnv timothy.
purchasing dictionaries, sets of supple- fni2; clover, $8; cheat, $8.50
mentary readers ana general encyuiope- 9 5q. rajn n, 89.
Suffrage Petition Filed.
Salem Petitions for the submission
of the equal suffrage amendment have
been filed in the office of Secretary of
State Dunbar, with 9,985 signatures
affixed. The number necessary ia
7,489. The petitions were brought to
Salem and filed by Mrs. II. W. Coe,
Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, Miss Gail
Laughlin, Mrs. Jefferson Myers and
Miss Laura Gray. Miss Laughlin said
that the petitions were thoroughly ex
amined and all signatures that were
not thought to be properly affixed as
required by law were stricken out.
PORTLAND MARKEJS.
74c;
Wheat Club, 72c; bluestem,
red, 68c; valley, 73c per bushel.
Oats No. I white feed, $27;
$26.50 per ton.
Barley Feed, $2222.50 per
brewing, $22.5023; rolled, $2323 .50.
Bye $1.50 per cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy,
gray,
ton;
dias with money belonging to their li
brary funds
Miss Marvin reports that several
cities in the state wonld soon employ
trained librarians to look after their h
braries.
1 i.i... - 1
Lang Sells Big Wheat Ranch,
Pendleton James Lang has sold his
wheat ranch of 2,100 acres, known
the old C. J. Smith place, to A. C.
Friedly of this city. This place, which
18 one of the best ranches in this sec
tion, is located in Juniper canyon
This year 1,000 acres have been seeded
to wheat and the balance' was summer
fallowed last year. Wheat land in this
district is improving each year since
the farmers understand better how to
cultivate it. Instead of plowing sbal
low, they have learned that better re
sults can be obtained by plowing deep.
Surveying Weed Road
Klamath Falls Some excitement was keys, live, 1617c;
caused in Klamath tails recently by
the arrival of Engineer D. D. Griffiths
with a crew of a dozen railroad engin
eers and surveyors and the announce
ment went forth that they were the ad
vance guard of the California North
eastern Railroad company, successor to
the Weed Railroad company, which is
to receive a bonus of $100,000 to build
a railroad into the town.
Fruit Men Meet at La Grande.
La Grande The next annual meet
ing of the Northwestern Fruitgrowers'
association will be held in La Grande
anuary 3-5.
Fruits Apples, $11.50 per box;
pears, fl.z0c5i.0u per dox.
Vegetables Beans, wax, 12c per
pound; cabbage, llc per pound;
cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 45
75c per dozen; encumbers, 6060c
per dozen; peppers, 6c per pound;
pumpkinB, lc per pound; sprouts,
7c per pound; suash, 4 leper pound;
turnips, 90c$l per Back', carrots, 65
75c. per sack; beets, 85c$l per sack.
Onions Oregon, $11.25 per Back.
Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks,
65 75c per Back; ordinary, 55 60c per
sack; Merced sweets, sacks, $1.90;
crates, $2.15.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27)30o
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 3233c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens. 11
12c per pound; young roosters, 10llc;
springs, llll)c; broilers, 12
14c; dressed chickens, 12ai2ic; tur-
turkeys, dressed,
choice, 18 21c; geese, live, 910c;
ducks, 1415c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10
lljc; prime, 89c; medium, 8c;
olds, 57c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average best,
1621c; valley, 2426c; mahair,
choice, 30c per pound. ,
Beef Dressed bulla, l2c per
pound; cows, 34c; country steers,
44Jc.
Veal Dressed, 38c per pound.
, Mutton Dressed, fancy, 66o per
pound; ordinary, 45c; iambs, 7
Pork Dressed, 6)7c per pound.