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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, I TUESDAY,' MAYi i, 1 900. DEATHS i IN TEXAS Heaviest Rain Tall in Fifteen Years Causes Fatalities. WACO SUFFERS FROM THE STORM Three Persons, Two White Women mod a effro. Loot Their lives, In ' " I the City. WACO, Tex., jApril 7. The heavi es; rain in fiiteen years fell in. Waco and vicinity todays The reoorts (of death and destruction i are coming in from every direction. Between eight and ten persons have' -been drowned with i. the city limits! of Wraco!, and searching parties, headed by the fire department, are out looking for the; drowned. So far! the bodies of two; white women, mother and daughter, and 'one negro, have been recovered. : They are Mrs: -Nancy CaudlepMiss Clara Caudle, and Frank Walker, j i I: The downpour; of rain commenced about noon, and; was incessant until dark. It was jin the shape of a water spout, and the rise in the' creeks and blanches was j so j rapid that it did not give the inhabitants time to flee. Three persons, two wcunen and a man. the lajter colored.! were drowned within 100 yards of the tity, hall, i Their bodies were washed into the Ilrazos fiver and have net been recovered. There were st vera! people, mostly negroes,; standing on the bridge watching the rapid rise of Barron's branch when the. bridge, a brick structure, gave way without wan irtf. precipitating them into the water. The number positively 4chown to have ben drowned withhi the citv limits to n'glit, is eight, and it is almost certain that several more dives have been lost. GRAIN LOOKS WELL ALL CKKUI.S AI'.K T1IKKK '! WKKKH ' - . EARLV THIS YKAK.;' f.vrj Indication fur an Koorniaa Yield Mill Will Be Needed to Handle the Crop. (From Daijy Statesman. April .28.) Never in recent years has! growing grain in this section of the Willamette valley, attained such a luxuriant growth and given such a healthtul appearance. at: this season of the year, as exists this year. Every; Indication points to an "enormous, yield, i Farmers Living in this community declare tht all growing grain is fully three weeks earlier this season than last and -with the advent of fettled weather, no fears are intertain-" ed for any damage from unseasonable weather, such as was experienced last harvest season. I I V The acreage sown to wheat in this county, this season, isiless than "that of last year, by probably 25 per Cent. But the yield tJvis year and the amount o: marketable wheat to be handled, bar ring another such a disaster as afflicted the farmers last summer, will; be greatly in excess of that of .last year,1 when tul Iv $o per cent of the : wheat r offered at the Salem Flouring Mills in this city was rejected for the reason that it was rot" millable. i ' ' , In view of these facts and the very apparent prospects for an exceptional yield this year, it wduld appear that there was every reason for the rebuild ing of a mill and warehouse at this point by the Salem Flouring mills to replace their plant destroyed 'by fire last Septem ber. It may not be. essential that the mill 1e rebuilt for. at a nominal expense the company's valuable propeity on North Front street, could be equipped with th necessary machinery and oc cupied as a mill. At ;any rate, there is an extensive field of operation for such an institution in this city, which is cen trally located in one of the best agri cultural distiicts in the state. Surely it is an opportunity . that, if ignored b the Salem company, will be improved by some other enterprising milling com pany in search of a .desirable fie'd oi operations. i I Tlie nrevailinir low price for wheat, the local market ciiiotatifjn being only 42 -cents, is operating as! an efficient. agent in promoting diversified -agriculture m fh; ;mnlii-ate locality. In conversa tion with an experienced farmer resid- , ino- near Salem J a reporter was yesterday ' somewhat surprised by the statement that farmers were being educated not I to depend entirely on marketing their ' wwheat at 40 cents per bushel in order ii to realize something, for their year s work. He say. they Can more profitably Scrofula and People tainted with scrof ula very often develop con sumption Anemia, running of the ear, scaly eruptions,, imperfect digestion, and enlargement and .breaking down of the glands of the neck, are some of the more prominent of scrofula svmp toms are forerunners of con sumption. These conditions can be arrested,1 consumption prevented and health re stored by the early use of Scott's Emulsion Your doctor; will tell you so. " At H dregit ; Sac 4n& tio. 1 " SCOTT & BOWNE, Chcm. 'w York. Consumption : ?"F .V-The. dairy and nrnfiVw TtT lo" a" ' Proving more i e 0,111 "wns; wheat for mill ing purposes,-exclusively and he pre dicts that, unless there is an appreci able advance in the market quotation for wheat m the future there will be aHjPParcnt deficiency iri the aggregate LINGUISTIC ODtDITIES. Negro with PennsylvaniL DutcTi Ac cent Germaa. with Iiish? Brogue. ,-. "-.!, 1 I came across ! a co!ored!rnan who spoke with a German aefcent. the other day, said a prom-inent stockbroker. "I dropped into a restauranjt not tar from the city hall for lunch, md the. waiter wao took my order, although unmis takably a colored man. spoke as though he had just come: from some Pennsyl vania Dutch settlement up , the : rate. The thing' was so pronounced that I spoke to the proprietor about it, and tound that my suspicion were correct. The man was a full-blooded negro, but he had been born and raised in a small town near Reading, and had always associated with the whites who spoke Pennsylvania Dutch. Queer, isn't he?' "Oh. I don't know." aid one of the pariyv- wnose Dusmes takes him hort time ago through the West. "A I came across a Germ tan who spoke English with a decided Irish orozue. He was an educated young fellow, graduate of a German university, and ne was very anxious to learn English. He drifted out -to Chi da go, and. from there to a lumber camp up in Wiscon- sin. Here, he thought. would be an excellent chance to learn the Janjuize. But all the men in the c4 mp w;re Irish- men. Of course the y! oung tjerman didn't know this, and he fell readily nit j 1 mime ui sipcecn ji tne end of a year he returned to Chicago. very proud of having mastered cur tongue, and was greatli- surprised to discover tnai ne naa at a: . , . 1 brogue. That was several years ago, bm he -'has never lot it. It clings to hiin as closely as though he had born in County An trim. Philadelphia Ke tord. THIS CONDUCTOR W AS HONEST. But He Had a Hard Woman Passenger 'ibr.e Making a Believe It. "Is this all you've got, madame?" asked the conductor oid a North Side car as he scrutinized the coin in tlu stmi trarkness of the tiinnel "What's the matter with it?" she ones that the asked, in such frigid corwhrctor kxtked d'irfiised. "Nothing, but" "Then, if there is nothing the mat ter with it, .why do you want me to give you another nickel?' "Nothing but that I- he ventured again. " ell. then, somebody else must have given it to-you. jl didn't have a penny in my purse. i es, but you dul give it to me. madame. and it's all right, but " She had got Ted in the face. The other passengers were watching the outcome, and one youth, who was standing, craned his reck and -got a good look at the coin. He grinned. She saw ham grin. That broke what remained of her dignified and chilling patience. he testily snatched tne com from the bewildered conductor. As she was tossing it into her open purse she. toH. got a ljok at the coin. The car was coming lit erf the tunnel. and it was lighter so that she could make out the coin. Whv. that is a . but she was too much corrtused to finish the sentence. "Yes. it is a $5 Roldi piece, madame. You gave it to me." ou might have said so. sne mur- . i r . i i . T mureo meexiy, as sne nsneu ui nickel. J ' "WfH. vou see. I ant much ot an r.ratrr madame." he saiid. and resumed his march down the ,aifcle, reaching for nickels. EXTINGUISHING THE MOTH Unavailing Attempts to Conquer the Pestiferous insect. Tin man who invents a scheme to circumvent or properljy to satisfy the ametite of the 4noth will nna nis name . . . . a m .it t T n icnlith t linked wit l lame. i nac thought and thought, and tnougnt aKr.ii. it. The moth must eiither ne domesticated or extinguished., i 1 tiave tried to extinguish mm. nut wniiom ail. When be ha& Mown tonn 1 have endeavored to pmcn mm in -ine head, and I have wajsted myl energy upon -the unresponsive air. iia ever undertake to puncn a mom i head? I don t know; a hero ; in reai life or in fiction who couia meet a mnth nn hit own srround. I have read of the powers of "Alexander, of Caesar or D Artagnan, ot pnaparic.t mi Teddy Roosevelt, but khere tsn t a man among 'em who can nni a iu n You can bombard hirti with a gatlmx gun loaded to the rriuzzle with cam phor balls, and he sti 1 waves his ban ner defiantly in x.ur face. You may t u,m tiith a raoier.'' and he, jumps lightly aside, aid to express his contempt bites a holi in your parlor IU11KV ah hangings. You can mini iiiue u:. r,nA ht- nars buovantly away out r Ju vn can't kill him. I lecause n't trh him. lYou cant drive him away, and. until we g back to the dress of the kntnts 01 piu n;v4. i.nT9x! stleel s clothing, we ...v-v. K -' r .rL. cannot starve? mm pui. ri . t. llnme" 1V onn JVCiunv rianc-s. in Woman s l ome Companion. OLDEST UNITBD I STATES bb.V senator Tettus has now the distinc tion of being the oldejst member ot the senate in point ot ae. ; iic; ' ,' July 6. 1821. lie tS ctoseiy iouo by nis colleague. Senator Morgan who was born June 30, 1824- The honor of having served in riie h longest period is equally divided be twefn Senators All is&n and Jones of Nevada, each of whom took hs seat March 4 1873, and was reflected four tim The term of service of both of these senators will expire M arch 3. 1003- -' - "-' "': ' 1 PUT HIS FOOT IN IT. ; Miss Fisher I -reilly'i don't think I ...:." in theatricals- 1 snau uKc V"" t6 1 ,re making always feel as though I were making ' sr-w..' ."ess thitig) Olu. everoy ' Harlem Life. . Vtr iTtlThe New York eTIale-rnV one price cash store. iThat means low prices. j THE BICYCLE. TAX BHERirr orEBCi wili. Kxroacr its COLLCCTIOX. Mdistely After May 16tb Stamla Bcsdy to Tnt tb Uw U ITImcI- DcsU It. (From Daily Statesman-. April ao- Many bicycle riders ca Vied on Sherifi F. W. Durbin yesterday and' paid their special tax for the year 1900. Nearly 300 receipts have thus far been issued by the sheriff, but this is a small pro portion of those that wili have to be paid, as there are believed to be fully 3000 bicycles owned in Marion county. Under the law the bicycle tax i$ levied before 'March 1st, and on that date the sheriff is required to begin fhe collection of the tax. On May 1st the tax becomes delinquent and costs are added. As Sheriff Durbin was not able to begin the collection until March ifith by reason, of the fact that the bicycle nuiuucr lags, ordered by the County court, did not arrive until that date, he has decided to give owners of -wheels until -May 16th in which to make pay ment, thus giving the wheelmen sixty days from the beginning of the collec tion of the tax before enforcing collec tions. When the tax becomes deling quent the sheriff proposes to enforce the collection. He will not be arbitrary in the matter, but proposes to. carry out the law. until estopped from doing so. In speaking of the matter yesterday, the sheriff said: t "I will enforce the bicycle' law. and if there is any location in ;Marion court; ty where the bicycle riders desire to re sit the law. and will let me know whose wheel it is desired I , should seize, 1 will take the wheel, and we' will have a friendly contest to test the law. In the meantime I will push the collection yf the tax, not in a spirit of arbitrariness, but simply as an officer, doing his duty nnder the statute. After this statement, if any wheelmen desire to resist the collection of the tax. they will find the sheriff prepared to meet them half-way and o hasten matters in order to secure a test ot the la w. , At Bed Time I take a pleasant herb drink, the next morning I feel bright and my com plexion is better. My doctor says it acts gently on the stomach, liver and kidneys, and is a pleasant laxa tive. It is made form herbs and is prepared as easily as tea. It is called Lane's Medicine. All drug gists sell it at 25c. and 56c. Lane's Family Medicines moves- the bowels each day. If you cannot get it. send for a free sample. Address. Orator F. Woodward. Le Roy. .N. Y. 5.. DOING WELL.' Frank Barrows, the owner of Del Norte, is in the city, having been called home on account of the illnes qf Mrs. Barrows, who is at their home near the Fair Grounds. The lady is better now. and -Mr, Bar rows will return to Walla Walla today. Mr. Barrows reports that he is doing very well with Del Norte in -the -up-country. He has dates at both Walla. Walla and Pendleton. Mr. Barrows' will bring the horse here after the sea son is closed there, and ne will be at the. Fair Grounds during July and August, a fact that will, no doubt, be appreciated by owners of good mares in this section. Del 'Norte will not be in any of the races this year. Everyone knows, of course, that Del Norte is the stallion known as the champion guide less pacer of the world. ' A SEEMING ERROR. In the pub licatidn of the expenditures for Marion county, in the Statesman of Thursday morning, the item of $2775, was charged to the office of the county assessor. While that amount was paid on the ac count of the assessor -during the .six months, only $1875 of it was ' services during that period, including salary and deputy hire. There was an item of $925 carried over from a year Sigo, $400 of which was paid in October, and $525 in November last. ' This $025 should not be charged to the six months per iod just passed. . vv PEACE DECLARED. Why devote n!l your time reading about the Beer War and the Gold Fields of Alaska? There are other matters of vital importance; you may make a trip East, and will want to know how to travel. "In order to have the best service, use the Wisconsin Central Ry.. between St Paul and Chi cago. For rates and other information. write Jas. A. ClocK, uenerai gem. Portland. Oregon. c w. STATE TAXES. State - Treasurer Charles S. Moore is in receipt of re mittances from the treasurers of two Oregon counties, on account of state taxes of the year 1809. Washington county sent in $10,000. to apply to, the taxes criarged against, it, and Union County sent in $9000 for the same pur ose. The last named, county also-sen. in $74-5?, to he paid into the scalp; ,ntv "fund. This is the first moncyj received by the state treasurer to apply) on scalp bounties, and the chances ior full collection of this tax appear to be very slight. , s 'MUCH IMPROVED The deaf mitr fimilr feels much obliged -to the people who so kindly aided them with; donations, for th have been well sup-j plied with provisions and fuel daring) the mother's illness, at the place eastj deoot. She is abotiti vet no. The man is able to d- 'U kinds of labor, but he has Tiad no em ployment for seme time. Shake Into Ynr Shoe's Allen's Foot-EaSe, a powder. It cure painful, smarting, nenroas feet and inj -.ilc and instantlv takes the Sting OUl 01 tm ...- - the greatest comfort discovery of tb acre Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous, and hot., tired aching feet. Tnr it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores By mai? (or 25c in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address. Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy. N. . Y. : :' -":; . ; ; MOTOR BEER , WAGONS. The Y'orkshire (England) brewers ; are gradually bringing into use motor t-r the conveyance of oeeTl to their customers. . " m:"V! stated to be much wore - economical than horses. j i - CAN IT BE WILSON? , -:-,' -: - ; -; - I i - " v" WOXAX IX NORTH SALEM . IS EXEB- 1 CISEO ABOUT HER HrSBASD :"l :-'---V- :.,! f , i - -I- : y V. ... ;:- : Hu Not Heard from flim for m ' Moatti I Tblak It JKlsht Um IWa lite ! Body that ITm Faaad. I i (From Dally Statesman. April 20-) Mrs. Joseph Wilson, of Nojrth Salem, is considerably exercised as to the pres ent whereabouts kf her husband. " I Wilson left; home last, tall and finally landed in Montana. Mrs. Wilson heard regularly every week from her husband until about a month ago and. since then tine has .not i heard a word from him and cannot obtain thei slightest trace' ojt him v She has suspected fouUplay snce the disappearance of her bufband ahd she imagines the body discovered iik the Willamette river at 'Portland on Thursday morning may possibly be tljiat of ber husband. , 'Mrs.: Wilson yes terday read the description of the re majins in a Portland paper, and found that in three important particulars the description tallied with .that of her hus band. The woman ; was quite naturally alatmed oven the discovery. Yesterday evening she prepared, a description of her missing husband and forwarded the sime to Coroner Rand, of Portland, in the hopes that fi the remains are those of her husband, the description will dis close his identity. ; Mrs. Wilson thinks that possibly her hiband had -started on his way home apid was waylaid; in Portland. ' I The following is the description giv en by Mrs. Wilsbn. oi her missing hus biand: , ' . i Ageds: 43 years; height, something over 5 feet; weight. 175 pounds: num ber; or shoe, 6;4. dlas- a cataract over qn; eye, not known which. Black hair, heavy moustache same color. Has a scar in center of forehead. One on side qi nose, and on one side of head above the! ear. Likely to have on black clothes. 1 'Mrs. Wilson says her husband is per sonally known by Dave -Coo! ey. of Portland, who is a brother-in-law of jVilson. Cooley is Hour packer at one of the Portland mills and would be ablu1 u identify the remains it they are those of Wilson. EARTHQUAKE CUTS A CABLE. Line Bt;tween Marwla and Iloilo Will Be .Interrupted Until (May 1. Washington, D. C, April 21. The delay recently in the receipt oi news at the war department from the tnrops at Iluilo and other points on tjie island of Panay was explained by a statement made this morning by General A. W. Greel chief of the signal corps of fhe army. General Greely said today that for nearly two weeks the caiWe line between Manila and Iloilo had been interrupted. j Official reports from 'Manila explain ihat the interruption isdue to a break n the deep-Ma cab.le caused by a vio lent earthquake. Reports that the pilipinos had cut the cable are vigor ously denied by General Greely, who laughs at the suggestion that they fbould cut a deep-sea cable. The sig nal corps. in the Philippines has com menced the construction of a new ca ble line between Cebu and Ormac. on the island of Leyte. to "connect with Manila. General Greely said today jrhat the interruption of the line be tween Iloilo and Manila will break all table communication, with the lower islands of the Philippines until about May 1. by which time it is expected jto have the break' repaired, j , u COMPRESSED CORK I , AND ITS USES. I Cork, as every one knows, is one ;of the best non-conductors of heat or jsound. That 'it has not been more widely used in building; is du chiefly to the difficulty oi obtaining it in an innadulterated form. A product called cork itifitig has recently been placed nobo the market which is madev-of what is known to the trade as "vnrgin cork' ground. compressed, and other wise treated by a patented process, and which is free from, the cement and glue Usually empkyed to hold the pir acies together.; We are jintforme! that the tilei; nade rf tMs pure, compressed cork. form : an admirle flooring. which, besides being noiseless, water proof, warm, and germ proof, is cap able jof withstanding hard usage. -By-varying the degree of compression an ! modifying the manufacturing process s !rhtrv. sheets ot coric ainereni in color and density are obtained, which whenj sfwed and finished in the fo-in of panels, cani be used fo wainscoat inc alone, or in connection With cork tile floors. Cork is compressed into sheets and sawed to the size and thick iAeniretX and constitutes a very of- ficient pulley coverirrg.- It s said that a pulley covered or : lagged with co.n nresptf rwk will transmit from 50 to 64 per cent more power with the same f-nr.n nf he t tftztt one navinK oniy a smooth iron I surface. Scientific American. ' ' f ; , The Excitement Not Oyer. The rush at the drugj store still con- tinW arid rfailv Scores of pecrple Call is. a bottle of kenro's Balsam for the Tkrr and:-Lunsrs for rhe cure of Corahs. Cold. Asthma. Bronchitis -.nf rnncnnrritinn. KfUlD Balsa:n h tafidard family remedy is sold on a gsiarantee irftl never fails to g:ye entire : satisiact'On. l'rice 25c and 50c. , . .,- x-. if r';tAhen' Crane.nwho is, living on in SurreVit England, is at work on a historical romance of Ire landj which the Frederick A. Stokes company will probably puldish. in the autumn. He has justcompleted a vol irre called "Wounds m '-he Rain. This- sinister title is said to stana for some of this brilliant, but erratic -writer's most vigorous and graphic work. It it to be hooed that be will change the titleboth for this reason and be cause the fact that " Crane" and Rain rhyme mav tempt certain irresponsible critics to have some vm.-. - PS! kDr. WlUiaana ladiu P1W I Ointment wid tare Blind. lPlle. It ktMxrblbe tumors. ftUajtt tb ttchlnf one, acts at poultice, run ibii re lict. Dr.'WUitMU ladiM oiit- meat i prrprrd for Pi leu nd Itch- In of tne nrlrl paru. r.nm wirrtnw-.i. d ' -,; 77, Ml K IJ F AcTU rUI 6 C07 irop-.. Cteveiwi, Otao. F ,n "mrr?4t WILLI M For sale by ! all druggists. 3 U MONTCA. Although the little viUage oi Olden was beginning to look fright with the green of early spVing. 4own "here by the cove all was gray. sands, rocksj, sky, even the water had the same dreary tint. - OiOt a giean 01 oiner col or, except that of the crimson shawl, (which the girl who was sitting on a ledge of rock, had wrapped around her. Laurence, uare. coming iong w road which ran along, above the beach, saw the patch of redaid paused. He tood still a few minutes, watching the slender figure leaning- back against a high range of rock, hee gaze fixed on the gray water. At sighi of her. Dare's heart had given a greaf throb of joy. He made a few long strides and stood beside her. ? "Monica." he said sofly. The , girl turned her. head with a quick movement. j ' '1 "Oh. Laurence." v There was a displeased tone in her voice, and her brows cme together in a frown1 as she regardekl him. ""Are you not going fto shake hands with me, Monica; it isio long since I have seen you?" ? The girl gave him her hand with a reluctant air, I withdrawing it quickly from his warm clasp, and turning her face again seaward. ''Monica, you are cruel; you hive iot let me see you once all this, long winter. I have been down from the city so often, and tried again and again to see you. but each time that I called you had just' gone out.i I feel sure that you saw me scorning and went away purposely. Last night ;it was the same thing. But chance has5 been good to sue, I missed my trai this morning, and so 1 have caught jou; you had no opportunity toj avoid me." The girl made no answer. He went oni "Last summer you gave me a faint hope that in: time you would Sisten to mt What have you to say to me now? Have you not thought of me all these Ung months?" (She turned around Co him, her eyes fwll of tears, j "I waswrofig to let you think you might hope, ILaurence, for I can't cK a; you wish. Don't you understand? It seems wrong aor me to, listen to vott Think. I belong to Allen; I was to have been his wife. He was always talknig of Cousin Lau irence; you seemed Cous in ILaurence o me. too. Don't vou see.' 1 beiiing to Allen; 1 cant marry vou. "But Allen She interrupted him quickly. "Hush; we don't kwow; he must be r said, with great gentle- 1 t.ving. "'Monica." h ness ot voice "think.i it is four years he was to have returned in 10 months." "I must be faithful; to him." Dare flushed. "This is nonsense. Monica." he iiid, half angrily. "If Al len is -Jiving."! he went on, "why have we not heard from him all these years? Are you going to waste your life in; this little village and give up all chanrc of haiipiness jor a fanciful idea of be ing bound tolhim? And think of me; 1 nave loved you so long, lomc u me, I shall love you so much that you must love me; in return; come. I swear that you shall never regret it, Monica." 'I cant Laurence.; "Will you spoil both our lives?" "I must not listen.' Laurence. I wish- that vou did not care? for me." " - "I can't help caring for you, I think I have loved you since the first day I saw you. and now that you are free" 'I am not free. "Monica, listen.""! She stood up. "I must not. Laurence. Try to forget me. I ani going home; do not come." And before he could stop her she had named away. She' went along swiftly until she knew that she was out of view from the cove. Her -thoughts were in a whirl. Why should she not yield? She knew that her happiness would be se cure with this strong, tender man. How little he quessed her struggle to resist his pleading. ' M'hen Allen had igone west on the prospecting tour, which was to occupy 10 months, she had promised to be ready to marry him upon his return. But the 10 months had passed and other months had grown into years, and he had not returned. They had had no news from him after that last letter, written seven months after' his kicpartvire. j , Laurence had employed every means at his command to find some trace of him. but in vain. He appeared to have vanished utterly. The only reasonable solution bi the mystery was that he was dead. His mother believed it. but Monica did not. She could not. She; had promised' to Wait for him; she dared not break that promise. Allen had loved her die must, she would be faithful. She would not yield to Lau. re nee. One day in 'June Monica was return ing . home from a walk down to the cove. Her way was in the ntighbor noocl ot Aliens mother. As. ; it was still early in the afternoon she decided to go and pay her a call. She had not gone to sec her often f late, through fear of meeting Laurence. She felt that she .would run no risk of meeting him this afternoon, he hav ing viited his aunt the previous week. On reaching the house she found the hall door open. She knocked lightly, and without waiting for a response, walked into the little parlor, where she knew 'Mrs. Dare was in the bahit of .sitting. . . -- j But at the threshold Monica paused for there stood Laurence by the win dow with an open letter in his hand. His aunt sat near him. apparently in a state of great excitemn j As she saw Monica she cried out: "'He lives, Monica; he lives; my own Allen is living. Come in and hear the letter. ' Then she fell to weeping and repeat ing over and over: MMy-boy is living. Monica looked from her to Dare in bewilderment. She had turned - very white. Laurence went tm to her and fire her to a chair.: He, , too, was pale. " . - ;-;, !' it true?" gaped Monica. ; ' "Yes," but be did not look at her. -When?" -' -; ' "I received the letter this morning. and came down by the first train. "He is well?" - . -Yes." Where is he I don't understand?" -In California." ; i "Why why haven't I but I fcave been out all afternoon. I suppose that I shall find a letter at home." Dare did not ' reply. His aunt was still crying. She now looked up at Lav.rencei . I "Finish the letter, Laurence. Listen. Monica; bur Allen is still living." ;Dare had folded the letter and was putting it into his pocket, f 1 ""There lis little more iof importance, dear annt," j , .' f iMcnica was puzzled by Dare's evi Iknt desire not , to read the letter to her. She; went over Jo Mrs. Dare and embraced i her. .'J. ,;.-'.' '-- "Iihjill go home now." said Moni cx "Pertops there is a letter for mc." Laurence- had rleft the room and stood at. the entrance door. - "I am coming with you," he said a Monica came out.. . - Dare regarded the girl stealthily as they walked along. He marveled at the unimpassioned manner in which she had received" thej news of Allen's being alive. She, was (still very white, and there was! j fiiirtJ obk " her face. X the expression off joy h . wou'd have expected to see. She walked irp idly. paying no heed to Pare. He put hi hand gently on her arm. "Do not walk so fast, Monica. You will tire yourself out." ; She did not reply, but went more slowly. .j. , , ' . ' ' '"Monica." began Dafe, hesitatingly. "Ido not think that you will find a letter from Allen." 1 "Whatsis it, 'Laurence? You are hid ing something, j What is the -nystcry? Wliv did you not wish to read the letter?"-'. 1 '1'-'" "JIonica, I-believe you are a 4)ravc girl. Call; up your pride now." "'Laurence, what is it?" He looked around hastily. It was but a short distance to the rocks at the cove and the place was deserted. - "Let us! go down theije. 1 cannot talk to you here." -!'. . She followed., him! submissively. Thoughtsjof their last ijnterview at this place came to her mind- How misera ble j-he had been then, and how misera ble now. Allen was alive, and she. wretched girl, was not glad. She did not love- him,. It wa I-aurcnce that, she loved, but she1 muk be faithful to Allen. 1-aurence musit never guess what a Wicked girl, site was. Allen alive, and she not glad, .and what was ' Laurencej going to tell her? "i Dare seated her in a sheltered posi tion and stood looking! nt heri a world ot compassion in his eves. i , Monica. I would give my life! to spare you this, j Allen l is a .scoundrfl." He drew' the; letter from his pocket. opened it lwl y. -j ; 1 j What; is it, Laurence? Why do you speak so?" ' Then, as he did not; answer, she said with " a touch of. imperiousness in her voice: .! !;. - .. "Let me read it. - He gave' it to her and she read. She passed hastily over the preliminary lines. . ' .! -f. "I shall wait until 5 later. . La j?encc. tiid ixty, jto give yoi.i (the details of all tlie-e years. . 'Brietiv-thc enternrise on which I came out here failed. I keit on trying others, hoping to achieve some measure of -success before re turning' ltomej but. one failure succeed ed another. Finally I was . taken ill with rheumatic fever, j The womaii at, whose house I was staying nursed me through it, and her. daughter, one of the sweetest girls in (the state, helped flier. Call me j all the hard .names, you wish. Laurence. I II not try to excuse myself, but I ; fell in love with her! and we were married- I iwas a coward. I know, but she loved me to distraction, and we are very happy. Believe riie, I have' not beeiji easy when 1 thought of my mother and iMojnica. ' But I met Melton : last week asi lie was passing through to San Francisco. He told me that; you all believed me dead and that Monica j was reported to Je j en gaged io you, so .shot i consoled) and will forgive ine. That is why I am writing to disclose my whereabouts. I am fairly prSusperousi . and shall I have Imother j come! out here immediaH-ly. I know"' she "will lorgive me. and she will find the sweetest little daughter- in-law in the country. 1 ou Will Monica far better than I should suit have done. You liavc the! same : high deals of duty and jail that j sort of thiiiig. I coniess in living on a.. lower plane. 'Monica read no turther 4ut threw -the letter down with a little cry and hid her- face jn her hands. Dare looking at her sadly, ' '"My jdarling, if I- jcouJd have you this," he said. I. stood pared Presently Monica looked up at him and said tremendously: "Laurence. I tried all alon to be faithful to Allen, but- " "But what, Monica?" She . stood up arid looked into' his was eyes a fleeting glance, but it enough for DareEmily S. W indsor in Buffalo Courier, t Wlwit. we call time enough proves; little enough. " always DO YOU GET UP J WITH ALAJ1E BACK? Kidney TitmMe Hakes Ton Miserable. Almost everybody who reads tha news papers is sure to know of the wonderful cures . made by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, I the rreat kidney, liver and bladder remedy. r 1 11 is me great meai cal triumph cf the nine- , . j teenth centurjf; dls- 11 covered after vears of i v I , I scientific research by r-Qfgt. Kilmer, the em- nem xiaaey ana oiaa- der specialist, land Is wonderfully successful. 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