i A Dead Past
fi ty MXS. LOVCTT CAMtKO
CHAPTER XIX. fContlnoed.1
"lee, Klttont How can 700 be a str
vent ti four buiband'a own houat?"
Tiare b tho agent, RalkM."
"Mr. Relkea baa only attn 'mo onco,
la evening droaa. lit la away now. I
ball look very dlffereut; bo will not
recognise no. I muit at7 ont day somt
wbort to ohanio my clothes. Ton will
find no om quiet hotel and tall mo what
to dor
Out, Kit ton, yoo bowlldtr mo. Ton
ay yon wlah to go away ao that Dro
mond may not Bud you, or know wbert
you art, and yet you want to go to bla
own bouse."
"It to tho laat plact on tarth wbert bo
will om look fr mo. If bt ran help It,
Ilrlan will ntver act foot In Kepplngton
Hall again. Io not aik mt why. I
know It, and I ahall bt aaft there cjulto
afo, for who can aay word agslust
mo If I am under bla roof? Ob, yes, I
havt thought of all that, and bow un
kind people art, and what Ill-natured
thlnca they would aay; but, you aea,
thero I am asfo, and 1 ahall bo dead to
them all and to him," aba addod below
btr breath.
lirlau did not coma homo that after
noon until nearly dinner tlmo. A long
dar of almoat complete (eolation, devot
d to earnest reflection, bad bad good
effect uoon blm.
Ho rao upstairs lightly, and opened
tba drawing room door. Kitten waa not
there. Then fat recollected that It waa
late, and that alit waa, no doubt. In bor
own room, droning for dinner, lit went
to her bedroom, but the door waa wide
onen and tht room empty.
lit alammed to hia door and went to
hla dressing table. Tpon bla pincushion
lay an euvelope addressed to himself In
bla wlfo'a handwriting. With atrange,
tokening apprehension, he tort It open
and read:
"Mr dear husband, wt hart madt
ttrrible mUtake, and we can never bt
happy together. I am going away ao
that you may ba frea, and may be often
with her who baa your heart. Do not
look for mo, for you will never find me;
woo will bo far happier without me, but
I ahall alwaya lore you and think of
you. I could not fill your life or your
heart, dearest lore, and to do lesa than
that la too bard for mo to bear, and ao
1 am laavlnc vou. Good by.
No moro, no reproach, -no agony of
mtnnlsint. no anguish of despair. Hla
wife bad left bim, and aomo ont muit
baft told ber about Koaamond bane.
CHAPTER XX.
Of all the persona who Buffered be
came Kitten choae to run away from her
buaband'a house, none endured at first a
mora acuta aenit of agony conected with
that event than did Margaret Grantley.
Tha next day all tho world knew of It
Tho acandal-mongera and tho goaslp-lov
era. and all tha crowd of tittle-tattler,
malo and female, buated about like beca
out of hire orer thla 0110 little delight
ful morael of acandal' which had coma
to diaturb, with pleasing excitement,
tht even current of hitherto uneventful
aeaaon. It waa tht talk of the cluba,
and tha popular topic of tho park.
"It eeema that Brian Deamond neg
looted ber." aald ono.
"Well, aho must bo thoroughly bad
lot." asserted another; "and euen rooi
too, to go and bolt!" Thla one, of course,
waa woman.
And first and foremost among them
II, aa niattor of courae, waa Mra. Tal
twt, and many wert the knowing wlnke
and node and ahakea of her head, half
uttered sentences, and half-completed
revelations, by which aha gate everybody
to underatand that aha knew of a great
many mora borriblt and dreadful details
than did any one else, and that there
. wert thlnga things connected with tho
whole buainessl Ah, well, if they wort
but known woll, aha could only aay that
tht hair on tht heada of tht wholt pop
ulation of London would almply stand on
nd with ltt
"And la It really true, then, that that
poor youg fool, Sir Itoy Grantley, baa
gone off with her?" asked aome ont.
"Not doubt of It," anawered Ger
trnda, almost vlcloualy, for aha waa an
gry with Roy for admiring Kitten.
"Why, I met hia alattr at supper last
night, and you should bare aeen tho
poor woman'a fact; why, aha nearly
fainted when aha heard tha news."
, Three days tnua passed away, and still
conjecture and goaalp ran rite, and acan
dal refused to bo allcnctd concerning
Mra. Deamond and her dolnga. And
then ont fine morning, Just when Mar-
a-aret waa nearly driven demented by all
tha rumors and binta which her dear
frlenda la tvory direction took cart to
convey to her, up drovt Roy himself In
hansom, to her door In Connaught
Bquaro, with bla amnll portmanteau
abovt him, and with aa unconcerned' an
air aa though he had been away for a
counle of days' bunting or shooting.
"For hoaven'a eake, Roy, what la tht
meaning of all thla?" aha cried breath
lessly to him, aa ho entered her draw
Ing room. ' '
Roy looked aurprlsod, almost more by
her manner than by ner worus. uis sia
ter wa very pale, -he Tolca ahook with
motion, and her hands, aa he took them
In hla. trembled nervously.
"Mr dear Margaret, I do not under
stand vou. Ia anythlug tht matter?",
"Anything tht matter? How can you
ik auch a thing?; Do you takt mo for
a child, Roy?' Do' youauppose I do not
know, havt not heard tTwytaing tvtry
thing r
"I havt no Idea to what yoa art allud
ing," bt anawtrtd btr la calm surprise,
looking slightly puaaled and bewildered.
"Where la Mra. Deamond T aba asked
blm almost In t whisper, ao terriblt waa
bar aniltty.
what baa that got to do with your
ht anawtrtd btr Impatiently, almoat
roughly.
Ah!" aht cried, "then It la trot what
everybody la aaylng? It waa you who
took her away from ber husband a bouse
you know wbtrt aht la, aba anawertd
recklessly.
Onct before Margaret bad aeen tbat
wild blast of anger In btr young broth
er'a fart onct before, when aht bad
aald thlnga agatnat Kitten. Ia one mo
ment Hoy waa transformed, bla tyea
flashed, bla brow contracted. atorm of
passion broko out all over tbo smooth.
young fact. Ht reminded btr of bla
father.
"How dart you," ht aald hoarsely,
"how dart you apeak auch thing of
her, aht who la aa purt aa an angel, aa
holy aa ealnt What can you bt like
to venturt to amlrch tht whiteness of ber
name, by your vile slandereT"
Margaret fell back a step. Almost
It seemed to her aa If Roy would have
struck ber, tht ragt lu bla fact waa ao
terrible. Thla boy ber boy, who had
been aa a child to her, waa a boy no
lunger, but a man, and a man with
wbom It waa not aafe to meddle. He
frightened her.
Wbltt with anger, and Incapable of
replying, aavt In blind torrtnt of strong
and disjointed words, Itoy broke away
and betook himself to Felicia. He sprang
upatalra three steps at a time, and burnt
Into bla roualn'a drawing room.
Mra. Talbot waa sitting with her. As
ht tntcred Felicia ottered a cry of sur
prise and delight, and ran eagerly for
ward to meet hi in.
"Oh, Itoy! Roy! bow delighted I afn;
by havt you been away? Hut, of
course, now you will bo able to explain
wbera you hart been, l'w glad I am
that you havt coma back; now all these
horrid, wicked scandals will bt stopped
Did 1 not tell you, Gertrude, that It was
not truer
"Well, that rematna to bt aeen, my
dear Felicia," answered Gertrude airily
"Sir Roy haa not cleared himself yet
you see, to aay tho least, It la unfurtu
natt that bt and Mra. Desmond should
havt been both 'missing' on tha aame
day. It remains to bt explained, of
courae."
"Why on earth should Roy'a absence
bt conntcted with Mra. Desmond, cried
Felicia Impatiently; "or who Indeed ran
aay that ht haa been away at all?"
"Why, my dear" docking them off on
her flngera, "three dlnnera to which ht
waa engaged, and at which ha never turn
ed up nor tven sent any excuse," remark
ed Gertrude, with a careless ahrug o
ber ahoulder.
Thla waa true, and Roy for tht first
tlmt recollected these broken engage
ments, with a aort of horror at hia own
carelessness. He looked from ono to the
other of tha ladlra in absolute diamay
ha besan to perceive in what light hi
conduct appeared to the world.
"It la not true?" pleaded hla cousin
with wistful entreaty lu her dark eyes
"No, of course It is not true," be an
awered quickly. "How could it bt true
Hut everybody aeems to havt gone mad,
For benven'a sake tell mt bow tbia haa
got about, aud what I am to do to atop
it?" He waa no longer angry, ouly dis
mayed and distressed beyond measure.
"You havt only to aay you dou t know
whert Mrs. Desmond Is," said Gertrude.
"Hut I cannot aay that. I do know
whert aht la," ht answered gravely.
And then Mrs. Talbot laughed.
CHAPTER XXI,
In all hia life Roy never hated Mrs.
Talbot ao cordially and ao Intensely aa
ht did when aht uttered tbat abort laugh.
It waa a laugh that meant ao much.
Contemptuoua disbelief in mankind, tri
umphant confirmation of tht auspiclona
of tho world, tha ruin of Kltttn'a fair
name, all seemed to bs comprised In that
short, sneering outburst, of ill-timed hi
larity.
Felicia, on tht contrary, seemed op
pressed with despair at her cousin's most
unexpected answer. She tank down into
a chair with a look of helpless distress,
and tears gathered thickly in her eyes.
"Oh, Roy," aht cried, "don't, don't aay
that, it cannot be true don't aay it."
"Why should I not aay it?" ha an
swered, a little defiantly, because of that
other woman who aat by with a aneer
upon her lips, "It ia quitt trut. I do
know whert Mra. Desmond la now. Why
should I deny It? She waa In great
trouble. Bht sent for mt becaust I am
her oldest friend, and I helped her to
leave town and to go to a plact whert she
wished to afay for a little time."
"And whert la that, pray?"
"That la her aecret and mine," ht an
swered frowulng. And then Mrs. Talbot
laughed again.
She got up and ahook out her skirts',
and prepared to take ber leave of Fe
licia.
"It won't wash, Sir Roy, it won't
wash!" she said, with odious laugh still
upon her lips. "Will it, Felicia, dear?"
"I don't see why you ahould doubt my
cousin's word." said Felicia, rather dog
gedly; "there is nothing extravagant In
what ho haa told us. tit it Airs, ues
mond's oldest friend.' If she waa In trou
bit -it wa-qaltt natural that ah ahould
and to him." -
And tan Gertrude laughed again aad
took her leave of tha eouatoa.
Thera waa ont thing which Roy an-
derstood, and of which Gertrude tad tht
world kntw nothing, tod tfcit wae tha
peculiarity of Klttta'i charaettr, which
bid ltd btr to do a thlaf which, to tht
tytt of others, wn foolish tod repre
hensible; bat which wae la ootlro accord-
net with tho natural Implicit of bor
owa mind. Even Felicia, who u affec
tionate and aympatbetlc, could not anttf
Into thla.
"Roy," aha aald to blm. wbto tht door
bad closed upon Gertrude, "tbla la too
dreadful! How la thla bualoeaa to bt
bettered? How art these two people tt
bt brought together again V
"I bavt no power to Interfere," bt
aald aadly. "Kitten ia no child. I caa
Only dO aa aba telle Dt tO do."
Now to Ftllcia, It seemed that Kitten
waa aot only a child, but aleo aa ex-
wtdlngly foolish out; but knowing Roy'a
InfatnaUon, aht for.bort to txprtaa bar
Opinion. I
Do you think of tht husband, poor
Mr. Desmond? It is dreadful for him."
But Roy could not bt brouxbt to pity I
Drlan. Tba man who bad dared to win
tht deep lovt of Kltttn'a aoul, and to
give ber bark nothing but tht tmoty
husks of bis lift, waa to blm aa object
not of compassion, but of abhorrence. I
"What la ht doing ia bt looklni for
y is a (
herr waa all bt aaid gloomily, after a
P-
mi, n eeema siunnea. 1 near, you I
,.. u'rJL Vi-
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cousin, la with blm I
Felicia apoke of Edaar IUIkes with
little telltale confusion of m.nner. which
Koy wit far too much absorbed in bla
own troubles to observe.
Haikear' ht aaid sharply. "Surely
that la bla agent, who livea at Kepping-
ton? Is ht in town, then?"
It had been Roy'a secret bone that
tbia gentleman might recocnixe Kitten.
b'uJband mfn" m,oring h" tu h"Ute eipense to the government for the
"Yea, ht went to Lowndes 8iuart at
onct, and baa been tbert ever since,"
answered Felicia, who thought her her0 niouni oeing oevoiea o iue eu
a very orln.t amona men f,,r tht. act of couragement of irrigation ia many
charity. "Mr. Desmond haa Itent him."
"Ht ia going back to Kei.pington. 1
suppose V Inquired Roy eagerly.
.No I don t think ho Is. Mr. Raikee
ran In this morning, knowing I should
a anxious,' added lelicla, coloring a
little, "to tell ma that Brian Desmond
has asked him to go abroad with him
at once.
"lw ii .v.. k. T.
- - m vitvu iivji piumbiw
In, to n.ava . ..r..K f, t.u .ir.t n.i
ho is content to give her up without an
effort? To leave her without even know-
Ing what baa become of ber, or whether
she baa got enough to live upon? Good
heavens, tht man cannot be auch a brute
aa that!"
"Mr. Raikea certainly told me' he was
going abroad at onct. I kuow nothing
more.
Felicia V ht cried, "it cannot be. Do
you think tbat he her husband be-
lieves In thia wicked slander against her, record a peecQ in lavor oi me rnuip
which Mrs. Talbot and venomous women pine tariff bill, one against it, and a 20
OI ner description havt set afloatr
Vrt fin I krrJk ami ifiiat It m. kaa nsv I
heard of it." aht anawered eaiterlv. -i
i wa mui m Mijiai auu v uni iiv nam '.
do not think he baa yet Uut at any mo-
ment it might get to hla earn. Oh, Roy,
If only it could bt atoppedr
And that waa what Roy. too. aaid.
over and over again to himself, aa he
went slowly back to hia elster'a house.
'T I. ....I I . - .......I ! I
tt vi; vuum vw iu(cu.
But how can tht voict of acandal be
stopped? It la often hard to make peo-
ple believe lu an absolute truth, but to
believe in a lie, that aeema to come easily
In everrhnit! and nnrm fnlrlv alartMl nn
Its way, a lit la as bard to atop aa is
that magic fiddler of German fairy lore,
wno una oeru uanciuK um way u?er iul, l. rwl. t..Ji. V-
world ever since the Middle Age.. ,rom the ,flland8' Their te"itory. b
law ,
He waa very depressed and unhappy,
a she flung himself wearily Into a deepl
armchair in Miss Grautley'a drawing
room. Margaret was adding up her
weekly bills.
Well, Roy?
eu, it is as you saiu, ne answer-
ed gloomily. "ou were right and I
was wrong It is not, suppose, for the
r"l tn:i ilZZll bee"
'"There la, of course, one thing you
could do, Koy, which would effectually
atop thia uncomfortable acandal at once
and forever."
"I wish to goodness you would say
what It Is, then," he answered. "God
knowa, I would do anything.
"If you wert to glvt out at once that
you wert engaged to be married to aome rom AuBtro-IIungary contained in re
girl, everybody would perceive Instantly t. b Mgrcu. Brann w aBked for
tht impossibility of there being any truth (rom th BecretarT of commerCe and
In tha rennrta nhli'h havn eoilDleil TOlir . . '
name with Mrs. Desmond's
... .i.v i n
"Engaged to be married!" he cried,
contemptuously; "how can that be done,
pray? What utter nonsense! To be en
gaged. I must ask some woman to i marry
mt. How can I go out and do that at
a momenfa notice? If that la your plan,
Margaret "
"There la alwaya Felicia," said Miss
Grantley, quietly, without venturing to ngbt an(j entertainment of tbe house
look at him. for three hours today by Clark, ot Mis
Roy did not answer, and Margaret con- ,our and co,,., tbe feature o
alM .. .1 aa rtatiaa "sValMa W All 111 . ...
v....., -t. ""' -
marry you 1U"" J ' . thrn 7h
&rfi! aiT.ffl
London and parental cares that he will
bestow her gladly upon tht first comer,
and you above all others. jeucia ner-
Be II la ronu or you
l7nS!rlmi:.
and with an exclamation or angry impa-
tienct went out of the room, alamming
tht door after him.
To continued.
j
Mnahr.
rearl I hear that Jeanette and nar-
ry were about the softest couple that
were ever married in this town.
Ruby I snouia say soi wny, iney
were ao soft that their friends boiled
the rice before they threw it at them.
IN TUE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS
Monday, Jan. 8.
Washington, Jan. 8. Tha senate to-
today gavt attention to tht Panama
canal, tha altuatlon in Santo Domingo
nd lh merchant, marina ihlppiing
bill.
Tba canal biil qoettion came op In
connection with a message from tht
president', in which, among othtr
thlnira. ha invited tho closest acrntlnv
nto ,u tht bad been dona by tha gov
mm.nt In ihm T.thmna a! Panama.
nr w.jk K. nt.. k.
, u i v.!.v. k.. -.i.i-i 1 .v.
,w Vu'
"I1rlff' lId J0 Trk jn "aaM
wul uwi, uu urgou tviifcrraeiuu-
" 1Dla,r7' m Mia wai pretiaei
WM Dot mh to blame aacongreae for
hla assumption of control on tba iath-
mua, and that the chief mistake) had
been made when congreag releaaed ita
hold noon canal affairs. II agreed
with Gorman in urging tha rights of
conaresa in connection with tha canal.
garni aiaif1 ttia K t Ia MriffMM Kal1 Am
I tas-s aps vs auss w wavv vvui vow aw ewaw
L,ted the mBi the president, the
I l.t. .l-.ll- V.. 4 ..f A k.
li vi.
wbola matter back to congrest.
-.. . . . . mn V,..
4u'ku,i w up uv uKvum
marina ahipping bill and Gallinger
Pka In support of that measure
I si . a w-k a i
quoting me niierances 01 rresiaenis
McKinley and Rooeevelt on the im-
portance of building op the merchant
marine, he urged congress to heed these
Isdmnnitinns hv nusinv a. law that
m-nnU 1:.va tba aitnattnn.
entire ten years of the proposed sub
sidies would be 140,000,000, and tbat
a. ! ) iL.
tiroes larger.
1 The senate then, at 4:13 r. M., went
into executive session, and at 4:20 ad-
Mourned.
I Washington, Jan. 8. With over an
hnn AtA h. niatnvt f fVilnm.
bltf there w ,eft bnt , bai.bour to
Ii i .t.. i ...i . : a
i a a-a ? i i oin
aiscussion. in is waa uuuieu cy duiu
. of Massachusetts, who spoke
"troD8,T ,or t,ria ."Vion tD
uemocrauc stanapoint
HILL ON PHILIPPINES.
Occupita Attention of Houat Three
Houra Telling What He Knowa.
Washington, Jan. 6. In a session of
five honra todav. tha honse olaced on
. ... ...
m!nnt talk fnr tariff reviainn totA
, aar
mg w me cepuoucan aemano. w was-
sachusetta. Hill, of Connecticut, oc
cuplea boarg j,d WM liBtened to
l.fu ... :-. j.-:it
I ',,lu luo bvic .., m u-.
the knowledge he gained from two
.:;. to the Philirninea. the las: aa a
I . , tV. Dul... T. f
ru" m iwviB..-.,
last summer. He paid particular at-
tention to the tobacco feature of the
d much 0,
'
line misapprenension aa to tne enor
mous products that might be expected
"aid, was small, ana ine leruie lanaB
still further limited.
Mondell, of Wyoming, who has led
the fight against the bill in the in
ter est of the beet sugar industry of this
country, spoke vigorously against the
mM.Ilr- .d .M nst the nol cv of he n-
, th. riiin:nft hr c-rantirnr
- fc t f th;United
8Ute,. He said the passage of this
bill would be the death kneli of the
beet sugar industry in the United
States.
ine abolition ot me larin on nines
I was pleaded 'or by Lawrence of Mssa
I chusette, who presented the position
taken by the Republicans of that state
Information reeardintr immizration
IIUU1.
FAVORS PHILIPPINE BILL.
Ck of Miourl, Occupies House
. , ' r
rivvr "r "wur-
Washington, Jan. 5-"Champ Clark
Democracy" waa expounded to the de-
the debate on the Philippine tariff bill
Clark's speech took a wide range and
WW his political belief,.sgabove,
Will Defeat Statehood
Washington, Jan. 8. The Republi
n, .. r i
tend .they have formed a combination
, .... . , , .... ,
that will defeat the statehood bil and
carrT tbe Philippine tariff bill with it.
They say they have . 70 .Republican
votes which will be. supported by a
united minority, to defeat a rule pro-
hibiting any amendment : to the state-
hood bill. They will amend this bill,
they say, by admitting Oklahoma and
Indian Territory as one state and leav
I ing Ariaona and New Mexico out for
the present.
in answer to a qoettion aa to what
kind of a Democrat he really was. Ha
talked of tha Philippines and favored
the pending bill; he diecuseed the gen
eral tariff question and in particular
the German tariff situation. He re
viewed William J. Bryan's record on
silver and paid hia reepecta in charac
teristic oratory to Republican leaders.
Ue.aacribed fotore greatness to what
he termed the "stand pat" disciple
and declared that one of these, Becre
tarj Shaw, whose record aa secretary of
the Treasury Included, he aaid, classi
fying frogs legs aa poultry and poniea
aa "household articles" for the collec
tion of revenue waa a logical Republi
can presidential possibility, onless tha
mantle should fall on "the gray and
grixsled speaker, Uncle Joe Cannon."
Fordney, of Michigan, opposed the
measure. He expressed bis disgust
that the bill waa made to reprsent a
movement under the name of "reciproc
ity." He reviewed exhaustively the
agar beet industry and argued earn
estly for ita protection against compe
tition with tie Philippines. Fordney
cioncluded at 6 o'clock, when the house
adjourned until tomorrow.
CONGRESS RESUMES.
House Takea Up Conaideration of
Philippine Tariff Bill.
Washington, Jan. 4. The cause of
the Filipino waa advanced on the floor
ot the house by the Republican leader,
Payne, for nearly four houra today.
He represented the viewa of the major
ity of the ways and meana commitU
on the Philippine tariff reducing the
duties on sugar and tobacco to 25 per
cent of the Diogley tariff rates and ad
mitting other products of the Islands
to the United States tree of dnty. Be
fore and following Mr. Payne'a speech
brief discussions indicated tbat there ia
to be a protracted debate on the meas
ure, and that the Republican opponents
representing the cane and beet sugar
interests of thia country will speak
and vote against the till.
In the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 4. After waiting
for almost a year, B. M. La Follette
appeared in the senate when it recon
vened today, after the holiday recess, to
claim bis aeat as senator from Wiscon
sin, and the oath of office was admin
istered to him by Vice President Fair
banks. The ceremony waa witnessed
by a crowded gallery, which manifest
ed much interest in the proceedings.
After La Follette had signed the
oath which he had taken, be was again
joined by Spooner and escorted to the
seat assigned him among those Repub
licans who have eeata on the Demo
cratic aide of the chamber.
Assignments of La Follette and
Gearin to committees waa made as fol
lows:
La Follette Potomac river front.
chairman ; census, civil service, claims,
immigration, Indian affairs andpen
sions. Gearin Claims, pensions, forts and
fortifications, industiiial expositions,
national banks and District of Colum
bia. Simmons resigned from the last
named committee to make room for the
Oregon senator.
The senate discussed at some length .
a proposition to reprint a magaxine ar
ticle by Newlands, entitled "A Demo
crat in the Philippines," and also a
resolution for the regulation ot senate
patronage. Both were adopted. A
resolution calling for information con
cerning the status of affairs in Santo
Domingo was presented by Tillman,
who made an unsuccessful effort to se
cure immediate consideration of it.
Gadinger had expected to open the
debate upon the merchant marine
shipping bill today, but, when the bill
was laid before the senate, he asked to
be excused from talking until next
Monday, when the bill will be formally
taken up as the unfinished business.
After a brief executive session, the
senate adjourned until Monday.
Give Pensions to Steptoe's Men.
Washington, Jan. 8. Senator An
keny today introduced a bill extending
the provisions of the late Indian war
veterans' pension act to include all
thoBe who served as volunteers during
the Indian hostilities in Washington
and Idaho in 1858 with the military
commands of Colonel Edward I. Step
toe and Colonel George Wright, include
ing the volunteer company of friendly
Nes Perces Indians, who acted aa
guides and scouts under Colonel
Wright.
New Lightship and Tender.
Washington, Jan. 8. In the absence
of representation in the house from
Oregon, Representative Hepburn, of
Iowa, introduce a bill authorising
the lighthouse board to immediately
expend 1120,000 for the construction '
and equipment of a new light veBeel to
take the place of light vessel No. 50,
off the mouth of the Columbia river,
which is now undergoing repairs; also
a bill authorizing the construction of a
tiew lighthouse tender, costing $150,
000 to replace the Manzanita, which ia
deemed unworthy of repairs.