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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1906)
w v v v v v- w - v w v v- v- v-v- w--v- v v- v-v- - ths cI'm.I doors it float mond Orsy's picture TbU eelf-tortara, which kepi aer anl ker pain alive. Became . f ( 11 ' ' 5t ,"rt ' rtlgloue duly to bar. ti- Y rr' a rrv ! J J a (T "TP "w" right hiT" - ill"" Zj l J-- ZA y 11 ' ou!d ; to herself, almost with tri- ? J I if umpb. "slace be lvd hr so much, and ( ' Y B f U eX' I U W sf$ f0q4 MTtr, br tajr ,ffjrti htT, t U1, C6 , ' 4 In ber place? Art not all tba mletakae IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS " - 11 ... - By MRS. LOVCTT CAMERON S ClUPTHU XXIII. Ha etood up, fifing- her, with hi hack ta tda Or. Now tint alia could im liltn well, with tha llgul of Ilia lamp shlutng full upon lil m. alia could see that lia waa very-rum-h HtvJ. He mas Uilu, auI worn, an.l agd; bit broad, manly tw bad ahrunk; lila shoulder stoopsd; tba eyes that used to be brsveend buoyant, uow liM.kml wear; ami lifeless. Klia waa aboeke.1 to see bliu so changed. Ila laughed shortly and bitterly aa ba look ed at bir. "1 have roma balf aeros Kurupa to ace ftiu,' traveling night ami day through all l hla front ami anuw, 1 have tekeu no ret, anil scarcely any food fur fojr daye, ami all you ran find to aay to me at tba an J of It la to rtvlla nia for not keeping out of your way," "What havsyou roma forr'aba re pealed mora gently. "What have I rutua for? To aee you. Kosamond to atlll I ho raglug hunger al 111 heart. Bcaue, when I fouml out where you were, 1 could not ret uutll 1 saw you again." How did yu her where I waaT" aba said wonderlngly. "There waa a man. a pour fallow from thia part of tha country ba waa con auuiptlrf, I think who met ua. I hrnl It from blin at lUnlour." Mary'a brotbr! H!ia nndrMtood It then. Thvra wa a aort of fatality about It. Kha ant down wearily. "What ha you liru dolnf with your arlf. llrUtiT Vou lo..k frsrfully 1IU" "I bare bH?n III f-r inontba. Wa aiartH. my rutuiii. Kditar Haik-a, and I, t so to fblua, Aiutralla, hrarcti know brr. Wp bi.in by a fortnight In tha Aualrlan Tyrol, ahd tln-ra 1 got laid up with a aort of fever. I baa been there ter alure till a month ago, when I tnnii aged lo get down to ilia illvlera. I am geltlug right now, ouly a bit weak and pulled down.". "And a Journey like tbla anrona Ku ropa. bi aui h wenther and In your pre4 rut etate! What uiadne, Itrlan! It la 'tioiiKh to kill your' Kha looked at blin with a kindly pity ing ronrern What aurprle.l beraelf mora than aba roubl aecoiiut for waa the niter falninem and Indifference with whit'li aba tiw blin. Save lu tba Brat moment of aurnriae, her puUea bad beat no faater for hla prenem-e. Hia.Toire bad no power lu thrill her. "When l.rut U gone." aha told berelf aa ahe looked at him. "then Ilia fouiida lioua of tba building ara undermined, and with time and baenre the bbd It elf eoou crumble Into powder." Aloud die aaid to him, with a kindly reproach III ber voire: "What folly could Induce jou to undertake auh a Journey for nothing. Itrjan?" "Do yoil call It nothing, then, that I am here, that I can aee you once more, bear your Tolee, touch your bandaT' He knelt down before her on the lieartbrug, ami took ber hand hla own trembled and ahook. bera waa aa cold aa Ice and aa perfectly unreponire. "ltoaamond. tell me once again let me hear from your li: that you lore me atlll. Then 1 will go. I auk for nothing more. That will be enough for me. Tell me that, once, and I will leiire you." J cannot lell you that I lore you. Ilrlan." ahe aaid coldly, wondering, aa ahe aMike, at the fearful eirldeuce of ' nelliahnea of whl.b amh word, from thl man to her wlmao life be bad apoll--d. gnre evidence. "You cannot any ao! Io you mean tint you do not love me, Hoxamond? It I Impomilhle! You cannot have cenaed to care for me." 8he withdrew ber hand from hla, and reacbwl them up behind her head with a weary action. Her eyea wandered away from hla pleading, earnent face that waa haggard with- paaaioti and mixery. I-'or a ' moment or two ahe waa ailcut, theu very alowly aha aaid: ', The one .thing itnder the auu, wnlch la jtbaolutely linpoaHlblf. Hrlan, la to. r kliKll the aabea of a dead tire." v He rose from hla kneeling attitude at lier feet, and atom! with hla back to the mantelpiece. Then he drew a lontf; ahtv crlng breath. "Abl It la dead, then", bo auldalmuat In a whlaper. ... : ' "Yea," ahe answered, atlll not looking at' him. "It la dead. Thank Hod! thank lod!" . There waa alienee diet ween them ;for the apace of four or five minutes abao lute ailenco, during which the clock tick ed ateadily and the Are log; aparkled .I rnckled. and Urlnn Dcamond faced . tho bitterest and qruolcat moment of hla whole life. ( 1 I.,. It waa Kosamond who spoke 'first. "You have left your wife, Ilrlan, at MentoneV" , Ho started. "My wlfel. flood ljeovens! Surely you know you must have heard!" She looked at hi m with Interest. f'What la It? I have beard nothing." "Il It possible that you do not know that my wife loft me before I went .Abroad f- ' "Your wife loft yotil" ali,e repeated In a voice of dismuy. "Da ' you meun that you are not living with her thut you ero separated from her?" " "She, at all evenU, baa aoparated ber . aclf from-me." htf an hi .bitterly. '. "It neema that no woman can atlck to uie now. Very likely 1 deserve It." "But, Hrlon," ahe cried eagerly, "I don't underatand! Do you menn thnt ahe left her home and went away? What mitde her leave you?" "Uer own IdioUa Jealousy," he replied Irritably. "Home ooa. I believe, aaw na together that one evening do you re member It. HiiestnonJ?" Could she evar forget Itf Although Ihe anguish of It waa past, tha bare recnllei-tlou of that day In Ioiidon waa aunVlrnt to make her shudder. "Yea, ye, go on," aba aaid, hastily. , "I don't know who it was. Kltber an Interfering young fool, called Sir Hoy lirantley, who imagined blinself to be lu love with ber. or ela a tnUcblef-maklug woman called Talbot, I never can make out which; but one of them piust have seen us, together and told ber. Mho wrote nia a aeusatioual letter and left tuy house." "Hut, Itrlao, surety, surely, that alone could not have led her lo such a strong measure." "Oh, she was always Jealoiia about you! Khe found out he knew, 1 believe that it was you, and not her, whom I b.ved."- "Aml It la I I who have worked her all Ihls wue and agony!" she uioaned. "Oh. what can I do? What can I do?" ' "Do not distress yourxclf, Ktsnnul. Kitren waa not like you; she la a mere child, a creature with no depth or power of feeling; s!ie has the lnoiie(in,iut of Immaturity, not the In-art of a womsu. I d not think she bss Ihe power to feel uui-h; she la but a bhy." "Ah, do uot tnjnk it!" cried Kosamond eigerly. "Do not llntter yourself with such a deliuioii, Mr in n. Would a child and baby a mere shallow, besrlleas creature aa you call her have left her home, her comfort yuii if ahe bsd not suffered a.-utely?" "Ah, you do not know h-r, ber little bnby ways, ber keen pleasure lu tritles. ber rapid changes of manner and of feeling." "What baa that to do with It?" cried Uosnmond, with an Impatient wave of ber hsud. "No, I do not know her, but I think I know- her better than you do; that must be a nature that can ,loe in tensely, and to whom love Is either life or death. Hhe might have been childlh. but you have mistaken Inexperience for Ignorance, and (he trutfulucs of youth for au evidence of hcartlcMiifs Itriiin. find your w ife and lake her back to your heart and to your love. To her you are all the world to me, thank Uod, you are nothing!" "la It. Indeed, aa you said last night, dead s slice?" he asked, looking wist fully Into ber dark eyea and grasplug ber band tightly. "Absolutely and entirely," she answer ed with that brisk coldness of voice. that cheerful Icluess of eipmssion, which is a more effectual extinguisher, of lore'a nope man a tssion or reproacitcs or a whole volume of angry denial. of tbla world made by the women who atruggle for a inan'a love which there la uo hope of their getting? Better to lat It go." There waa a glass-doored cabinet In the corner of the octagon room. It waa filled up to the topmost shelf with specimens of oil rut glane. It waa part of Kitteo'e duty to dust the glass and the shelve, and to replace these valua ble object In order lit their places. Kit ten, mounted upon a low pair of steps. waa carefully dusting an old goblet of greeulsu-hued crystal, which ahe knew better than Mr. Hnccurden could tell ber, waa of untold value, beiug absolute ly uulque and unreplaceabler ahe waa still dreaming about liriao'a youth, about tba beautiful girl whom he bad loved I. ng ago. Khe could bear Mrs. ftuccurden'e voice talklug volubly, and with a certain agl tatlon and animation which was .unusual to ber, and aa the voices drew nearer, she waa able to dlMiugiiish the house keeper's words. "ibis way, miss dear me. I beg your pardon ma'am I should have said! You haven't forgotten the way I'll be bound -dearie me, lo think of seeing you here agiin after all the years! It do seem arrange indeed! And to think of your living so near, tooonly at Dunsierlon, and your never havln." coma over to aee the old place before!" "Well. I have been a long time, cer tainly. In coming to see you, Mrs. Hue curden," replied a clear, crisp voice, with a pleassut ring in it, pre-eminently tha Voice of a lady, as Kitten was Instantly aware, and bow a rent is the charm of retiued and well-bred voice. "I owe to my shame, but to-day, I had a fancy to bring my friend. Col. 1 refusta. to look at the vicarage gnbles ami at th desr old church, aud as we were so near, why, I could not resist the temptation of coming on across the park Along the old path, miss ma am. Monday, January 22. ' WaahinBton, Jan. 22. The qneetion of regulating railroad ratea took prac tically all of tne tima of tba aenate to day, notwithstanding that no bill with that end la view haa been reported from the Interstate commerce commit tea. Tbt diecuaeion of tba aobject waa n connection with ClarVa speech, Al drich. Forkker, Bailey and tfewlands being tha prjncipial participanta in ad dition to Clay himself. Clay advocated tha passage ol a bill which would tiva the InteraUta Com mate enmmiaiion power to regulate ratea. when complained of, and aaid that, if there waa no legialation along that Una, tba country might count up on agitation of tha queation of govern ment ownerabip. In that connection, he referred to tha large vote given 1 f II ears t in tba lata New York municipal election aa an indication of tha poplari It of municipal ownenhip of public utilities. Waahington, Jan. 22. With a point of order pending, tha eight-hour claoae of the Panama canal item in tha urgent deficiency bill waa buffeted about fn debate during tha greater part ol to- day'a aeasion of the house. The debate waa general and the point ol oruer which will be made by Hogg of Colo rado, or by Williams, the minority leader, can only be made when the aee tion ii considered for amendment. While the eight-bour proviiion of the Panama part of the bill if what is objected to moat atrenuoualy, apeecbea were made for and against the adminis tration'! canal policy. Williams, the minority leader, declared the work of digging ought to be done by contract; De A r mono, ol uxsoun, lmmeaiaif iy contended that thia could not be done tion bnt for tha taunt of Hale When ha concluded, Daniel moved that the resolution be laid on the table, and thia disposition waa made of it by a vote of 64 to 8. The remainder of the day waa devoted . to speeches on tne pure food and merchant marine bills, McCumber advocating the food measure and MlIorj opposing the shipping bill. " Washington. Jan. 18. After paying tribute to the frigate Constitution today and ordering an investigation in order to ascertain the annual amount necessary to preserve the sbip, the house devoted the day until 5:45 to the perfection and passage of bill providing for tba final disposition of the affairs of the five civilised tribes in the Indian Territory. With one or two minor amendments, the bill was passed subsequently substantially aa it cam irom tba committee, xne diu providea for concluding the enrollment of Indiana of the tribes and the allot ment of land to them. The enrollment and allotment is made the subject of man j restrictions and provisions. luesn: Ah, how many a tune 1 ve seen I successfully, and Burton, 01 UD10, urg- you come springing up the slope w ith that rontrress should scrutinise ' ap nrnnriationa. HeDburn. 01 lows, nrei within the room by the necessity of centralisation in re your light step!" They were well ril.U'TKK XXIV. "Where Is (bat girl. Ann?" "She Is out In the park, ma'am." "She Is always .out lu the park. It Isn't fit for her to be out at all In such Weather, with that cough of 'hers that never gets any better. Instead of being a comfort to me, she I nothing but a burden and a retponoililllty. I am sure I don't know what to do about her and therc'a nobody that I can write to for" ordera nowadays, wlli the master ami mistress gone abroad, and even Mr. Itaikes as has' took himself. off the Lord knows where! I think in my old. age, that it la hard to i.e aulllci with a use less child like that." The speaker was Mrs., Succnrden; he stood at the hall door shading her eyes from the 'bright winter sunshine,, and looking out over the snow-covered' slopes that reached away, one below the othtr. till tliey aank Into the daxxling whiteness of the plains below. She hid not look ed lopg before she espltnl. between -the black trunks of the beech groves some quarter of a mile away a small, dark robed figure that wandered sjowly and almleSnly over the' i Crisp, anow-covcreJ r - - , ' ' i ;, ' '-Tlmra nil la" niiitlorn.l tli l,n.k. keeper, with a pucker of annoyance on her rorchead. "Poor feckless, hnlf-witted creature, sauntering along as It It was midsummer; with uo more notion of tak ing care of herself than if she wna a baby, r Torn," she called out to one of the gardeners, who wna sweeping the anow in a desultory manner away from the-front !tloor,.".'go and tell Catherine that :I .Want, her," She cnine .oiwuicnt to the, summons; A small, wisp-like figure of a girl .lu her dark dress, with1 a face that' seemed scarcely nunisn in its absolute transpar ent pallor. ' ' :..'' . "You wanted me, 'Mrs. SuccurdenV les. i want you to come in it is not fit for you to be wandering ;about In the suow like thnt. Have you washed tho beat dinner service, -na I told you?" "Yes.. I have done all the work you set me to do." "Come In then, and go and dust the glnss In the 'octagon room." Kitten did what she wits told. ' She went Into the octagon room. It wna the room where Edgar Halkes used to, sit the room which Brian had once used aa his own, and where the photograph of Miss Gray atood in Its frame, with the closed brass doors, upon the mantelshelf. It was a place that had a, strange fusel nntioV for Kitten. 1 " She would ' stand whole minutes at a tlme motionless at. the window that looked out over (tht now barren' trees' 'fdwarda' 'the ''grey church tower In the hollow. Kitten nqver went 'Into the octagoil room without dreaming by the window for a while, nor without a glance Inside now. The tall lady in her long fur cloak. Bp0nsibility, snd wanted the president and the slight figured gentleman a little (ible for the work. " ' r. . . i ' nn hoih. Mr. S.i.H-nr.leii. In her white can oaiuroay, wanuary ami black silk gown, with ber basket Washington, Jan. 20. The cry of of keys in her hand. 'Kitten, from ber graft raised iu the house of represents vantage ground at the top of the steps, tives this afternoon caused tie defeat could see the group who Invaded ber ft . amendment to an urgent deficient o.itude. while they were uuaware of her L- DlH apppropriating 10,009 to sup- "You have a great deal of glass here. said the gentleman to Mrs. Suecurdeii. "Ah, you would like to go over the houses, uo doubt, sir," replied the bou keeper. "I will see if I can find the bead gardener; he Is gfiierslly about at till limir." She led the way nut of the room: the Hill, Conn. Representative Hill raised gentli'tnsn went with ber. The lady in I tbe I o'nt'of order against it. He lost the long fur clonk made'uo effort to fob miii charred that the appropriation low theuc She waa left alone, standing wi. . aoeciea of sraft for the express company. Smith joined in tbe deciar ation that it was no longer necessary ply an express deficiency in 'the fund used for the payment of transporta tion charges on silver from the sub treasurv to trade centers. Tbe amend ment was proposed by beneral Kieier, Rep., and was opposed by Reprsenta- tives Tawney, Minn., bmltn, la., ana by the window where Kitten bad ao often stood with ber back to the room, ami her eyes rivctted upon the grey church tower. , Itos'tuond moved from Ihe window at length; theu she did exactly what Kit ten herself bad done hundred of times, She went straight, to the mantelpiece, and opened the hra door of the paint J miniature. She took it down froiu its place and g.izel at the lovely face. for the Federal government to continue the appropriation, and that if tbe transportation of silver waa not made so profitable the coin would remain in circulation longer. Wednesday, January 17. Waahington, Jan. 17. Tb recent forcible removal from tha white house of Mrs. Minor Morris was made the subject of emphatic denunciation by Tillman in the senate today. His re- maiks called out remonstrances from Hale, Hopkins and Daniel, and led to tbe very abrupt closing of the doors and the sudden adjournment of the senate in the middle of the afternoon. The speech abounded in Tillman's pe culiar expressions, and was character ized by many severe and exceptionally personally thrusts at the president. At times he wept over what he regarded aa the indignities to tbe lady, and his Toice and eyea were full of tears wben he declared, in the face of protests from bis fellow senators, that be would de mand an investigation of the white house incident. '. .t Washington, Jan. 17. In response to the Sulzer resolution passed by the house Secretary Metcalf. of tbe de partment of Commerce and Labor, to day sent to the bouse the report of Special Immigrant Inspector Marcus Brann, which deala at great lengta with the character of the immigrants coming to this country and the attitude of the European governments upon tbe matter. Mr. Braun declares that be baa incontrovertible evidence that, while the number of aliena shipped to thia country who are legally Iradmissi- ble due to diseaae is diminishing, im migrants inadmissible for other reasons are constantly brought intoi the conn try in large numbers "by the concerted action of some European governments and steamship agencies, by bankers and schemers of all sorts." nml happiness, that smiled back at her. She turned away from the h replace, leaving the doors of the picture wide open. ' Then Kitten saw her face, and behind It that other face, that was the same, only uot the same. The beautiful featnrea .were unaltered, the eyes were Washington. Jan. 20. Murmurings i . r . long and earnestly are heard in the senate ol a possible re- bright w ith youth volt by the beet sugar man againBt tne Philippine tariff bill, taken up today by the committee of Philippines for consideration. The opposition of the beet sugar industry to the Cuban .re ciprocity treaty developed a strength among the Republicans of seven votes 1,1 t! V 4l,A MtlflAa . sii 1 1 ss waul viiiiuv ii ui uninia tun laiiuvei l l,,A f TV a .itoittiil suitia ikV rna isaiail I " o " Rl IVMV.-IJ issir iiwm a"r-; s- "I.. - ,t I i,.i,i. i. ,i,. i it.. iivlnMl0U. a iwo-miras voie oeiug neewwrj. woman the curves of tbe laughing mouth The same strength could not defeat the of the pictured one were drooped and fbilippme Dili, wnicn oniy requires a saddened, aud the baud of sorrow and majority. suffering had swept .like s.atorm rjoud over the once bright and fearless brow ltut all that Kitten realised at that mo men. was unit. thing alone, line was Rosamond Karle, whom ; Brian. Desmond loved I I'. f ..V. , The room swam round he her wide oneu eyes grew dark and dazed with nn aticakahle nam ami anguish, theu came a craKh,.,and the JduYrp ring of broken gluss -as the meiliueT.ll goblet tell Friday, January 19. Washington,' Jan.' 19. ' Reform in the matter of making deficiency appro priations agitated the bouse today, and the entire time was devoted to its discussion, with-the exception of a sort speech for free bides by Perkins; of New York. The urgency djflciency shattered bill was being considered under general Into a thousand atoms iiuon the uaruuet I deoaie oraer, ana Limuer, ui nw tloorimr. then a. dull, heavy thud, and a lork, in charge of tbe bill, set tne pace little dark-robed 'form' alippmi suddenly by pointing out tne lauure oi ice legiB' down from the top ol the steps huddled mass upon the ground. . (To ba contiuiled.)' into a latinn of last year to curb the beads of departments in ihur demands for den ciency supplies. . .: (OetUnar HU'Money'B Worth.. , "Why dnc-sn't Tightwad btiy . bis Stamps nt the pwtorhce Instead of go ing to .that news stand every night?" VThencwB deulor handles the base ball extra." ' . 'I see. Tightwad buys one every night, eh?" VOlr,'.' no! You see, the pnpersUay ' v Thursday January 18 Wathington, Jan 18.-There was an echo of yesterday-8 stormy session in the senate - today, when Tillman presented his resolution directing a senatorial in vestigatiou into the- removal of Mrs Minor Morris from, the white house The resolution provoked no debate, and Tillman contented himself with a brie: on tho, showcase and while the clerk statement, in which he said that he Is getting the stamps Tightwad rcad9 would not have introdced the resolu- th scorer Detroit rrioune. r Tuesday, January 18. " Washington, Jan. 16. The Philip pine tariff bill waa passed by the house today substantially the same as it came from the ways and means committee. The vote was 258 to 71. Rice waa made subject to the same tariff as sugar and tobacco 25 per cent of the Ding . ley rates and one or two changes were made as to the language. Washington, Jan. 16. -Unexpectedly the senate today found itself consider ing the railroad rate queation, which was precipitated by Fulton's taking tbe floor to make a brief speech In explan- -ation of an amendment offered by him to the Dolliver bill, giving to courts of justice authority to modify orders of . the Interstate Commcerce commission imposing an unreasonable rate. He had not proceeded far when be waa switched from a general explanation of the terms of the provision to a defense of the principle which it seeks to es tablish, and a general debate of tbe bill followed. The merchant marine bill was then laid before the senate and Gallinger nrged early attention' to Ihis subject. , Scott spoke in support of the bill. The pure food bill was then taken up and a number of committee amend ments were agreed to. Hepburn gave notice that after the . conclusion of th routine morning business tomorrow he would ask' the Benate to fix a -day for taking a vote on tbe bill. '.,-,,. . . ., , . . .. ' . . ;r Continue Black Sand Experimenta Washington, Jan. 18. The reported urgent deficiency appropriation bill to- ' 4AA A. a! A 1 J aay carries sau.uuu io continue ine in-. vestigation of mineral landB in Alaska; also $25,000 to continue the inveatiga-' tion of black sands at Portland. ' ' Comparing Records. "No. Indued,", she, said. "I can never be, your wife. Why1, I had half a do en oft era before . youra." Hague Delegates Chosen. Washington. Jan. 22. Secretary Root today announced that the Ameri can representatives to the approaching "Hull!" rejoined tho young man In conference to be beld at lne Hague win the caiw.. ''That's nothing,,; I proposed be Joseph H. Choate, formerly ambas- saqoi vo jQgmuu, iioraco tuner, jur- meir, ambassador to France, and Judge RoBe, of Little Rock, Ark., ex-president of the American Bar association. Besides these delegates, there may be others, the number being conditional upon the Russian representation, and ol secre- to at least a .doren girls before, I -jnt't you." ,.: i . ,"! . to C - ' In Hard Luck, ... The Judge Have you anything offer the court before sentence passed on you?? The Prisoner No, your honor; I had there will also be a number S13, but my lawyer appoprlated It tariee, stenographers and interpreters. Favors Alaskan Home Rule. Washington, Jan. ' 16. 'r- Senators Piles, Lodge and Allis n and unoffiical df legate 8. S. Ryan, of AlaBka, today called on the president . and elicited from him a promise that Alaska should have home rule. Lodge and Allison, the two strongest men in - the Benate, said they favored this move, and , th president heartily promised to give it ' k!a innnA-l . Ai . mmATifftn I fc"b a new regime, hfl promised to appoint aa i Alaskan as governor to succeed Brady, who will soon resign becaise of the in discretions .
