Pittston Gazette

              —T ESTABLISHED 1850. ' voi.. x i.i11. no. f Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Vi iley. IMP IS l'.)N. U'ZKKNG CO., I'A.. FRIDAY. M\Y 12, 1893. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. iHHl.-.O l'lin AN MM I IN ADVANCE # HSiwi Ml 3% Returning- the manuscript t colonel after a careful exaxnh: coupled with a mental review C he less he bent his stately head having been so long1 associated with me as my partner. This is simple justice to you, and a duty that I owe to rayeelf. Come, now! Can't you help me a little. Wee, in such a commendable undertaking1? Stop reading1 that Daily Times upside down and give me the benefit of your wise counsel." mission; and you will tavor me very greatly if you will reply to all my questions as fully and directly as possible." NYE IN OREGON. Secretary reqnesteu to asK Mr. Mo svelte to found a story 011 the marvellous growth of Puyallup, with promise of expenses and entertainment while here. law of libel. North said, with a laugh I the most suave acquiescence, lyties seems to be pretty much ier of the day, just now," pur- Ir. ArC h. r. probably with the lent intention of drawing out Mrs. Maynard, having given a languid assent to these words. North took up nis note-book daintily with the tip, of his fingers, adding in an explanatory way: "That will do, Clipper. You are s:ifC so far as a legal action is concerned, lDui if you are liable to meet Detwiiicr ym would better provide yourself wit! some efficient weapon of defense. Till article is enough to incite even an or dinarily peaceful man to war ami blood shed." SOME RESOLUTIONS BEFORE THE BOARD OF TRADE IN PUYALLUP. Voted that the stomach of Colonel Jaghy of this place be sent to, Chicago as a specimen of Puyallup's interior decorations.s conversational power: which t that moment sppeared to be somewhat limited; as with the point of his stout ivory-headed cane he industriously kno ked the loose stones and pebbles off the pavement with as earnest application to the task as if it hail been his regular occupation in life. "1 hear that your prospects is mighty good. Mr. North." But Mr. VVescOtt was deaf to all appeals. Exasperated by an attack from which he had no ready response to defend himself, he took refuge in a grim silence and kept his whole attention, outwardly at least, upon his news- "I may possibly—indeed, I shall certainly — ask you questions on some points on which you may consider that I have already been fully informed; but in such cases I must ask you to remember that my questions, although seemingly superfluous, have a distinct purpose, and I shall, of course, expect you to answer me precisely as you would if I "were in total ignorance of all the facts. In short, we will assume for present purposes that I am in total ignorance of all the facts. It is the way we lawyers examine our own witnesses in court, and it will be a valuable preparation for you. by the way." Nye l*u»»es flie Night With I'eter Jackson and Ixi the Morning (iets Off a Good Thing Moved and seconded that water is a more destructive element than fire. That Ha* Never Vet lleeu Published. Resolved that Hamlet was deranged, and that James Owen O'Conor s conception of the part was correct. Seeiuf the Opera. "01i, I can handle Detwiller, or a dozen like him!" returned the handsome colonel, valiantly. "Knew my toad, you see! But a suit at law is a different thing. I'm glad to have your (Copyright, ISD3, by Edgar W. Nye.] DD — paper. We are just entering Oregon, with a fond adieu to California and a pang of regret. There is something about California that I like, and it does toot depend on isothermal lines or mean temperature. It is the word "Welcome" written on every hearthstone and over the Oakland entrance as well as the Golden Gate. California and I understand each other pretty well. She is a • good fellow." We say to you, California, not adieu, but an revoir. En Roctk. Voted that an old Spanish mission be erected here at an early date, located at the terminus of the Puyallup and Prebasco's addition line of horse cars. • / \ L ! North lifted his eye brows with an air of surprise, as if he were utterly unable to understand such absolute stoicism. Leaning back in his chair he "gorgonized" the unhappy Wee for several moments with a "stony British stare," apparently lost in contemplation of that gentleman's hardened and depraved nature. [CCNriXUED ] political kite that has been set Hying for years past. There's oltl Wymer's party, for instance, going to revolutionise the world by its reforms in the labor and capital muddle. Nobody knows by what peculiar handling of a problem that is and always must remain simply a question of mutual forbearance between the two classes they propose to adjust matters so as to benefit the human in genera , and the workingmen of X in parti- Ur. Didn't go to their meeting last night, did you? Well, I went, and 1 got enough of it. Fairly siekened me to hear  spouting about the accumulation of wealth by the few as a direct robbery of the masses, and so on. and advocating a system of division that would give the worthless loafer, who was too laz.y to earn a crust of bread, the same amount of this world's goods that was allotted to the industrious hardworkng man. That wasn't the way he put it, of course, but it's just what the confounded rubbish amounts to. And. Iding up working men's ■sranized strikes, and all opinion of this, because I don't want to pet any new libel suits on my kar.'s \ "Ah! Here's my opportunity to distinguish myself," thought North, with a sudden inspiration of reckless non- Resolved that this town lias always had a good, steady, healthy growth, and that we do now adjourn. * CHAPTER X. until I get a few of the old lot wcrKi off, and Detwiller's a vindictive feliiw Phi—I tescech you all, be better known to this gentleman. OTlSf I'll make this simple old voter think that I'm a model of disinterested —Cymbelline. He would bring an action in ver J Coming north from Los Angeles through the great groves of cactus near the Mohave desert I got off a good thing. We were a merry party, filling 15 sleeping cars. We were all crowded, of course, but gay. I slept with Peter Jackson, who was going to play at Stockton. In the morning, as we lay there awake and waiting for the gents to get all washed up and give the gentlemen a chance, I said to Mr. Jackson, "Pete," I says, "do know what tie it is that binds this country to the republic of Mexico?" "I hope I shall find my friend Clipper in his office," was the reflection with which Allan North started out, after carefully noting the address of the Times building. "What a facile quill he wields! 1 dare say he doesn't exaggerate Soil's popularity in the least. Noll is just the sort of fellow to take everyone by storm, and I have already had abundant evidence of the devotion that i*. -shovt jed uD hitr. herein X ; a devotion of which I am just now the unworthy recipient—the lightning rod toward which run all the currents of electricity with which the political atmosphere is overcharged. The bright sunlight of popular favor is somewhat dazzling to my unaccustomed eyes; no wonder that so many public nn-n, after basking for a long time in its rays, become so defective in their visual organs that they cannot tell blaok from white or right from wrong!" I'll bring this out in Monday's i time if he found it could be sr. patriotism! Therefore, assuming^an air and attitude of stilted dignity, North answered with a slight wave of his hyyt as if he thus rejected all political ambitions au-1 honors: and we'll see if it doesn't make a stir i:D the camp. There'll be more 'art: tij V\ L/ Mr. Wescott, while betraying1 by his expression of heroic suffering that he was conscious of this provoking scrutiny, succeeded for a short time in keeping, his eyes fixed upon the newspaper. which he rustled nervously now and then in his painful effort to appear unconscious; but there is a limit to human endurance, and he finally reached that point. he added, significantly, "if you should be called upon to testify in this case. * I have some curiosity to see how you would stand a rigid cross-examination. Mrs. Maynard. I really think 1 shall have to test you a little!" profanity' in Detwiller's vicinity than has been heard there for many a day!" The Chinese pheasant is noticeable now along the road in southern Oregon as we go north. It is a beautiful bird, as the ornithologist knows, with rich ground works of dove colored feathers on the body, a royal cravat of changeable blue and a long, graceful full dress tail of the same color. You would naturally as i?n liim i t few i "Oh, I have scarcely my prospects, Mr. Archer. The truth is, 1 do not desire office unless I should become convinced thnJit was my duty thus to serve the punlie interests; and as to the present canvass, I may say that I have been the least active of all the candidates now in the field. If 1 am elected, I shall accept my election as the unmistakable call of duty, speaking through the 'still small voice of the ballot:' but in the meantime I shall give myself no concern, and to the probable issue very little thought. I am perfectly content to be the humble instrument to execute the will of the people. Duty, sir, duty is the grand pivotal point on which all my desires and ambitions turn!" A somewhat urgent call for Col. Clipper at this point interrupted their conversation, and North embraced the opportunity to bow himself out of tlir editorial presence. f.-ol ud" th Bed i:il 1Di Ik- paid, i That's m »ir. this bote's got 'side of ten minn "Very well, Mr. North, I atn ready for the experiment, if you have any doubt of my competency as a witness." said Mrs. Maynard, evidently forcing herself to the flippant speech. T di lation, and there'll CHAPTER XI ho no back down on it, either. Rising, without any visible change in his grave countenance, Mr. Wescott drew out his watch and calmly noted the time: then, with the air of a man who goes to meet a very pressing engagement. he took up his hat and withdrew from the office as if utterly unconscious of North's presence there. Fal —Good heart9, devise something. —Merry Wives of Windsor. Jt required all the t s a recollection of that Nc "Oh, it is not that J have any doubt, Mrs. Maynard, but I wish to have- my impressions on the point confirmed," interposed North, hastily, intending- in a rather vague way to be highly complimentary, but making a failure of the laudable attempt by reason of its ambiguity. "We will assume, then, that I have a general idea of the facts to which you are prepared to testify. 1 now elicit them from you by my questions, which, while they may entirely ignore many points that you consider essential, will bring out what I know to be material and relevant." "Why, certainly," he said. "I know something about repartee myself. It's the railroad tie." posse*, led, Mr. Ar -hC 1 prov a. to The following day was Sunday, and, although North's mind was so absorbed with the important investigation that he had in hand that he felt impatient of everything that delayed its prosecution, he was forced to submit to the twenty-four hours' inactivity and suspense. He passed the greater part of the time in his own apartments and vraa fortunately left to the undisturbed solitude that he so greatly desired. exaspera f he eontri though 1 this sec "Guess again," I said, splintering the ceiling of the car with one blow of my fist and hurting myself very much, for we were in the upper berth. "That is not correct, Mr. Jackson. It is the oacti." remonstrant"* rpuc ileal must be r "Well, that's poetic justice!'" soliloquized North, calmly surveying the field that he Wd won. "Wee drove me from the office when I was here before, and now I have compelled him to beat a masterly retreat. Mr. Wescott and I may therefore consider ourselves quite Hut 1 cannot remain here to enjoy my triumph lufnre tVirt ..rotrrl f%f vviiii arc jiiuuiioij oirrgmg luwani me office door can come upon me In the name of the firm and overwhelm me with their affairs, 1 will follow the example of the. junior partner and 'cut' the office. I may now lie able to carry out my original intention of calling on Mrs. Mayuard. unless some untoward fate again interferes." what with ho' unions, and 01 rcaso simply imj: issiblefor me to settle this matter, it is I gave this to The Oregonian, but the editor counted the words and said it would be $8 or 10 days. claim on ten ti"s" notice I shall With these rambling reflections North pursued his way to the Times building, a large and pretentious granite structure on one of the principal business streets, and but a few blocks from the Clement house. be obliged to telC ;rr;tph for the money It is now published for the first time, but will be used in England by me next season. I go there to visit the grave of Shakespeare and lecture on it. It ia strange that no one has ever lectured on Shakespeare's tomb. and that will r.t sibly si'vcrul hours. You r [i deif y of ]D Mr. A roller stared and nodded with an air of being very much impressed, and before North had time to recover from the severe mental exhaustion con: sequent upon this effort, a hand wa« placed lightly on his shoulder. (p4 At as early an hour as practicable the next morning he started out with the intention of calling upon Mrs. Maynard and taking up the discussion of the Dunkirk will case at the interesting1 point where they had dropped it at their last interview. ly must wait. s:r. T "And haven't I told you \ that I won't wait?" retorted belligerently wavinsr his uCjh "There!" he added to himself as he mentally reviewed these last words. "I believe I have now laid the foundation for any questions whatever that 1 may be compelled to ask. However. I'll just make it a little broader while I am about it." As North approached he saw a group of -entlemen standing on the steps of the building, engaged in a heated and informal debate on some political question. It was evident from their vehement and threatening gestures, their reckless and extravagant expressions and the unceremonious freedom with which contradictions and epithet were passed to and fro, that there were some decided differences of opinion in course CDf ventilation; and, as North passed r:ilm1v throno-li evfited crowd with a gracious acknowledgement of their salutations, he said to himself: sain C Mr. Aivher Shakespeare was a ready man. No one ever got ahead of him. The same is true of Bacon. Bacon' was the Moses P. Handy of his time. done With trill If you haven't jro Turning around quickly he saw Warier convulsed with laughter. "I wonder," he soliloquized, as he walked slowly down the street in thC- bright morning sunlight. '"1 wonder if Noll is in the habit of devoting so muD li of his time during office hours to calling on Mrs. Maynard? To be sure, (he absorbing nature of my business will sufficiently excuse the course in her eyes, but what Noll's partner and clients will thinlc of my persistent neglect of all professional duties and my continued absence from the office is an interesting and pertinent question which I leave for them to answer. They will probably suspect that, for a man win is so entirely in the hands of his friends, Noll is devoting a great deal nf time to a personal supervision of th campaign—looking after his fences, in fact, very much after the manner ol other candidates Well, I don't see that I can help it, and, really—" the money right bv yCDu need to tel or th say. North, don't put it quite sC ! Too much allowance for stage "FETE," I SAYS. dear knC Vou ear steef soon think of shooting one of your own bridesmaids at thCD altar, and yet this is a game bird and hard to kill, but very delicious when cooked. I ordered one cold for lunch at Roseburg. bnt finally took a cold sausage with leaf lard a la Fairbanks instead. borrow it C r friand perspeetiv for an audience of one!' Then, while Mrs. Maynard seemed to be silently considering his last words, he resumed aloud: At one town we found a man who was in jail for impersonating me. He was getting some hospitality and had been taken in the arms of admiring friends till it was ascertained that he did not speak French well and had also shaved his head. He spoke French, but not with the Parisian accent. He was dining with the division superintendent of the Lick observatory at the time, and also made a crack at Aristotle, which his host knew I would not have done, so the fraud was jugged, and I had some difficulty in identifying myself even. here in town as easy as turn in' over vour hand, .arid you'd better do it were Ins low-spoken words as. thrusting ;• roll ot crisp banknotes intC North's hand, he hurried off before another syllable could be spoken. mighty sudden . Wit h this faint hope he left the office and started once more toward Delaplaine street, arriving at No. 83 without incident or delay. "You will observe, Mrs. Maynard. that 1 am prepared to take notes of alt that you tell me. The fact is," and his countenance assumed a perplexed, harassed expression for the moment. "I have so much care and anxiety and business responsibility on my mind that I find it difficult, yes, almost impossible, to keep the various threads from becoming seriously entangled. I have no written record of even the most important facts in the case, and in consequence of being so pressed by other cares I find myself becoming slightly confused in regard to this affair, unable clearly to draw the line between what I actually know of the facts and what I have myself merely conjectured. Now, if you will please state the simple facts as I refer you to them by my questions I will carefully notethemdown and I shall then have a much clearer idea of our trac position." Somoof mv thought XortI in despair tire glan "Heavens ■t another sr North knVked after him with an nused air: then turning to Mr. Arcliei ■e un i th st rwt Mrs. Maynard came down to the drawing-room to receive him, looking so ill that he could not repress the exclamation of solicitude that rose to his lips. Her extreme pallor, heightened no doubt by the plain black dress that she wore, really startled him; and the heavy Two Chinese pheasants were planted at the foot of a lone hill near us seven years ago, and now there are many millions of them. They multiply here and then divide. You find each bird flocking by himself. I saw eight between Roseburg and Eugene, but no two together. They eat the farmer's wheat and are going to lDe as bad as the English sparrow some daj", they say. The English sparrow and younger son seem to twitter along together toward the west. The sparrow does not move in good society, but he is self supporting. He does not go to dinner and eat his custard pie with a pair of leggings. He may use his crop, but that is different. on the public 1 hilt it s dill he said courteously u will accompany me to my Dw. Mr. Archer, we will con- ent manner! llow could Null have 1 ill it office elude Mr. tin ea "The excitement is evidently running high. I am fortunate to be out of the active canvass. Verily, there is no one so calm, so peaceful, so undisturbed lis the blameless politician who places himsel f and is contented to remain in that haven of security, the hands of his friends'" »rDDEXI,r THE DOOR OPENED. so negligent? Hut the him it's just likt! , fellow s business at once that sort of business as a legitimate means of resisting the tyranny of capital the world over, and lauding the Socialists of Germany and the Nihilists of Russia, and the whole crew of rampaging law-defying anarchists the world over, he succeeded in stirring up a spirit of dissatisfaction and lawlessness that needed only the provocation to develop into riot and bloodshed. Now, I am by no means alarmed for the results in this present contest, for I foresee that Rochester, Bingham ct al. are going to be pretty thoroughly extinguished; but can it be that such doctrines as they are promulgating are gaining ground among the lower classes? If so, there will be bitter fruit in the future. We must look to our free school system and the liberal education of the masses to deliver us from the threatened danger. Our children must be taught from their youth up that in this republican country the higher order of intelligence and morals rriust rule and ignorance and vice keep their proper subordinate places. I heard a rumor this morning that Tom Chelsea was going to 'flop.' Know anything about it. North? Don't, eh? Then perhaps it isn't true. I sent Warner around to sit down on him if it was. The doctor has been around all n un;D aably cari Yescott, elaborately disposed in chair,after his own peculiar no- in money as Wi Clipr be st of my friends' -to- whom can 1 api No, he's an edit !iCT aside all tlio traC craft to assume that be has any-idle cash. Warner? I have no means of fig1 his financial basis: he might lionuire or a chnrcli mouse, for that his appearam-e indicates, s the wildest nonsen ;e to C3D J * rf Finally the opera house man came in and compared my looks with a picture he had iu his locket. Turning my face to the light, he sighed and said: "Alas, yes; tins is the man! See the lines of care running around the mouth, but giving it up as too much of a job. This is the man. it is plain; so aro his features." lions of thC it would 3ti|r V l |H 3 4  As he stepped into the elevator North casually inquired of th' " : "Shall I find Col. Clipper in his If tlllJOtH be a mill anythh"- Wee? 1 '"Mr. North! I say, sir. I want tr speak to you! Will you stop, sir?" | lO^ * , "Yes, sir," the Cwered; and in another moment, after a rapid plunge upward, the elevator was stopped at the third floor of the building, and the The voice was that of an elderly gentleman, and it wau pitched in a loud key snd eharg«*d with a degree of stern errphasis which indicated the speaker had allowed his angry passions to rise tC ■ a disagreeable extent. think of him! Col. Dayton is forever growline about the hard times; I heard him saying only this morning that it was as mii 'h as he eould do to keep his headabove water. To he sure, it would be sijnply a loan, to lie repaid as soon as I can receive a telegraphic check from my banker in New York; but I shall feel a little delicate about asking even that. Wyraer? lie is probably putting too much into the campaign fund to have any money to spend fur other purposes; and besides, lie wouldn't do me this friendly service. Well my list of acquaintances is canvassed. and to no purpose. In the name of all the unmerciful fates at once, what a:n I to do?" • *• tri'"' v He was sarcastic, but I was unmoved. Vancouver is a good place to meet this class of people. They go on board the steamer for Japan, carrying their crops. They cannot couverse without one any more than the Ohio boy could stand at the head of his class after an enemy had removed the knothole in the floor which the top boy used to stick his great American toe in while he considered. Afterward friends came in my room and asked what bad been burning. They •melled burnt hair in the room. I saw I could not conceal it any longer and bo admitted that it was where I had heaped coals of fire on his head. ' • is \ ' D/ §x His persistent holding to the point seemed to rouse Mrs. Maynard from her state of passive acquiescence: her answer eame now in clear decisive tones in which was suggested a slight impatience of these tedious preliminaries. North suddenly stopped and whirled around with a disconcerted air. Coming after him at a high pressure rate of speed was a gray-haired, gray-whiskered, ruddy-faced old gentleman dressed in a gray tweed business suit. One chubby red hand grasped a stout hickory cane, while the other as he talked was employed in violent and threatening gestures which were anything but reassuring in their effect. 'VI ,2v C^vCT "I am aware, Mr. North, that,with so many other and no doubt greater interests to absorb your attention, you cannot be expected to remember all the details of this ease as well as I do, particularly if you have not reduced them to memoranda; and even I forget now whether I have informed you on .certain points. Ask me any question that you may consider necessary, and I will answer to the best of my ability." As we go northward we miss the pepper tree, the camphor tree, the baobab tree, the eucalyptus trtv and the family tree. Oregon has few tropical plants, but is a conservative state. It never had a boom, but rather a steady, healthful growth. ELAUoR.VTKI.V DISPOSED J* AN EAST AS IF I TTEKI.Y UNCONSCIOUS OF NORTH'S CH A lit. IKE8ENCF, THEI»E tions of making' himself comfortable. u:iv. r.-ni.iitio' h nC'\vs!int»r in the oniet jce nrhon North and Mr. Archer shadow of weariness, the pathetic lines of care that within a few short hours hail appeared upon that proud, beautiful face, told of anxious thoughts and genuine heart sorrow. Glancing calmly at this excited old gentleman, North lifted his hat, saying courteously: His despairing question was answered most unexpectedly; It. had scarcely been formed in his mind when Warner appeared npon the scene, shacp. business-like and observant iis usual. He greeted North in a cordial way: then as he perceived Mr. Archer's inner The mossback has been all the time reproached by the younger and more progressive business man. In Roseburg a Maine man said that "unless the mossback cemetery showed more enterprise the ice crop around Bath, Me., would soon be worth more than the entire products of southern Oregon." enU 'liix ! morning. Wee. Take a chair, over here by my desk," "Good morning, sir." . A .i : Jler manner, however, was liftht, as if her pride would not permit her to acknowledge the mental suffering that had sCD mercilessly left its traees upon her; and she smiled incredulously at North's anxious inquiries. "Oh. good morninfr, sir!" retorted the old gentleman, irascibly, not intending1 the words as an answering1 salutation, but merely echoing them in wrathful mockery. "You think you're a mighty fine young gentleman, no doubt, Mr. North! You set up to be a gentleman, I say, don't you?" h."airily, tossing liis gloves down i i) the desk and nodding graciously to {!.'■ junior partner, "I will count "Thank yon, Mrs. Mitvnaril." said North, with an air of extreme satisfaction; and the harassed expression disappeared from his face as he mentally congratulated himself that he had laid his foundation securely and very broad, indeed. "Thus much by way of preamble; and now to business!" morning— "The doctor?" ENGAGED IN A MKATED DEBATE. "Yes, Warner," explained the colonel, with an inquiring stare. Archer, and you may ran over them after ine. if you will, just to see that there is no mistake." bill-. boy, throwing open the door, looked at North with so plai'i a suggestion in liis expectant face that the latter immediately acted upon his unspoken hint. anil North's perplexity und annoyance, and recalled Mr. Wosr ott's reference to his own encounter with the old gentle man, Warner comprehended the restive air Still he may have been a pessimist. Oregon, however, is undoubtedly a remarkably good state as regards resources, but a slight shower continuing from the last of August to May 1 keeps a great many people indoors. The patter of the raindrop on the roof is a feature of life on the Pacific coast, and especially of Oregon and the sound. People have a more aquatic appearance, and their bills are longer, especially at hotels. to be sure! Warner, of course!" and North made a hasty effort to redeem himself by this animated assent. '"The merest trifle,'' she protested with a slight wave of one delicate hand as Ii she thus east the trifle from her. "1 read too late last evening, and a headache always rewards such excessive intellectual application," v And as he sat down at the desk, apparently absorbed in the business in hand. North said to himself with a lieen "Out on his professional rounds as healer of political dissensions and so on —feeling the pulse of the public, you know." tion at onct situa- He dexterously slipped Mrs. .Jane Punkirk's letter from its envelope as he spoke, and proceeded- to unfold it Finding himself in a wide, handsomely tiled corridor with sphinx-like office doors on either side which gave no clew to what lav beyond their ground-glass panels. North was somewhat in donbt which way to turn; but suddenly the door directly facing the elevator was opened and a very tall, portly, handsome man appeared on the threshold, with a rather less impressive-looking individual, whom he was with much •gracious hand-shaking and fraternal patting on the shoulder dismissing from his presence. "Really, Rir," said North, in amazement, looking at his interlocutor as if he considered him an escaped lunatic, "your language is quite uncalled for. If you have any business with me, I request that you state it civilly; otherwise I must decline to listen to you." I sa N'orth." h - exclaimed, in his Df eniovrnent, as he accidentally impetuous wa i he drew North aside is old Archer pushing i*:icou liere 1 a pair of eyes raised with i'i expression of contemptuous surprise from the paper that Mr. Wescott was And she sank languidly into an easy (•hair, after inviting North to be seated. This brings us to Centralis, Or. It la not the liveliest town I ever saw, but kind treatment there makes us remember it with pleasure. Half the Btores I saw were for rent, but we were not there to Keep store, ana so we uiu uut uimu. "alas, yes: this is the man!" "And what docs he report?" "Well, he makes a cautious diagnosis. confidentially "Oh, to be sure, that letter—I had forgotten it! You have read it, I presume, Mr. North?" inquired Mrs. Maynard, with a faint degree of Interest in her manner; then as North, without  ing, glanced up at her with an air of reproof, lifting his eyebrows inquiringly, she at once checked herself. for that money?"' North assented with an expr shrug CDf his shoulders. lot rea lin "1 fear that you are not equal to a discussion of the serious questions that are before the house this morning." began North, his flippancy modified by the air of anxiety with which he was regard- but I've given you the substance of it already. He reports your popularity on the increase, but he doesn't claim much for Ilalleck. I Jet ween you and me. North. I suspect that Warner would about as lief see Ilalleck get left! Has he said anything of the sort t.» you?" and the colonel looked sharply at North. 4*Po Dr Wee! I'm afraid this inav give him e- 'C ussion of the brain! I wonder if he v.ill not fall on my neck and weep when oil Archer is gouo? He will at least taink better of that rash determination to dissolve partnership!" "Oh. you take a lofty air upon yourself, Mr. North—a lofty air. don't you?" returned the old gentleman.still angrily, though his tones and manner softened instantly under North's cool, steady look. "You've worn my patience and civility out lonp ago. and now I want to know what you are going to do, eh? Because if you haven't got any plans, why then 1 have, and it is time something was done &bout this matter." "He'll not around," he c give me time to ntinued in an undertone turn Portland is one of the most stable cities of the west and is growing rapidly. That is, it is .1 healthy growth, of coursenothing in the nature of a boom. She has a gocKl hotel, which she did not have w hen I visited her eight years ago under the able management of a dramatic impresario and mule shoer of Walla Walla. Every one at the hatel went to "the opera." One of the ladies of our party remained, having heard the opera before. At 9:80 her fire went out, so she went below for a porter to attend to it. One sleepy hand was in the office. He woke up and tried'to do the best he could. He seemed to be a new hand. He was some time getting the material ana awirwara in starting the fire, but finally he succeeded. Then as he went away he 6aid: "When I come to this town again, I'm going to stop at another house. I can't •ell goods all day and then keep up the fires in the hotel all night. It saps my whole being." "The note is overdue, I admit; but he insists upon immediate payment, and I haven't got the money in hand and can't get it withouteonsiderable delay." "lie won't wait?" interrogated War- ing her. Thus introduction of a painful sub jcet which she nevertheless knew perfectly well was unavoidable, visibly distrc.sed her: but she conquered hei feelings bravely and answered without a tremor in her voice: "I perceive," she said, submissively. "I am not to ask any questions at all; that is your prerogative. Very well; 1 will try to remember this hereafter." Wall, Mr. North said Jonathan Arclit as. having- finally disposed of hi* business, lie stood for a few moments beside North's d»-sk his *\t sight of North these parting !ourtesie. were abruptly suspended. ner reflectively "No, no, Mrs. Maynard, you shall share all my prerogatives!" cried North, in another ingenuous outburst of gallantry; then a faint color crept suspiciously over the fairness of cheek and brow as he continued in a more business-like tone: The latter had a confused recollection of Warner's remarks on this subject in their conversation of the previous evening. His cautiousness, however, prevented him from repeating them; he merely answered indifferently: "Not ten minutes. He threatens to bring suit against ine if I do not satisfy his claim at once." cane ::s if it were some favorite delusion. "I'm free to say that 1 was mighty well pleased with the sentymonts th it you expressed in my hcar- An interesting feature of the younger towns is the board of trade. "I# that yon, North?" came in tones •of sonorous greeting from the tall, portly gentleman, while the other North's hand and wrung it violently. "I've been wondering where you were. (Had to see von. Come in." "Serious problems sometimes appear less formidable after a candid and practical discussion. Mr. Xortli. _ While I have no ground for expecting it to bC so in this case. I am at least confident that nothing can be worse than a continued silent brooding on the subject." "To what matter do you refer?" inquired North, who might have suspected his indignant assailant's identity by this time, if he had not been too greatly annoyed to think clearly about that question. "I say, now, that's rough! You'll have to lose it, won't you? Of course you'd have heard from Amity before this, if he were ever going to answer your letter. C He has acted confoundedly mean after tiie handsome way you treated him when everyone else was kicking him ovt of the way. What's the amount, V* Tin proceedings of the Puyallnp (pronounced Poo-yal-lup) board of trade makes interesting reading. As a deliberate body it marks an era in our civilization.ing a spell :irj-.». 1 can't say as I've ever heard jest the same before, but I reckon "Weil, geed day. Clipper; I'll see yC n again to-morrow," said the departing caller; and,while he made a rush for the elevator, CoL Clipper, having transferred his hand-shaking to North, drew him into his private office and closed the door. "No, he hasn't spoken of it, except to repeat in a general way what he had already said to you alDout his objection to Ilallcck's nomination. J didn't gather at all that he felt any personal disaffection toward Ilalleck; on the contrary, I inferred that he intended to work for the straight ticket, and felt very cordially toward all the candidates." • on ljit pretty nigh right every time. "At least, I will answer the question that you have already asked. I have read this letter, and I intend to make it the starting point for all my questions this morning. I wish, you see, to analyze it very much as .it would be analyzed in court if we should submit it for any purpose whatever, and to ascertain just what construction it will best bear. l'#5tof all, then, we will consider the date: since, to be of any practical use to us, the letter must be proven to have been written while that genuine will in your favor was in existence. The one. you know, corroborates the other. This letter hints at what the will fulfills: and we must construe it according to that intent. What we wish to establish by it is the Intention of Mrs. Dunkirk toward yourself. All of this, you understand, would be of no advantage to us if Annie Dupont should be discovered; but if she is not brought forward within a reasonable time, we may assume that It will fairly make our case. Now, this date, no doubt, is accurate. Do you recollect when you received the letter?" ir, I'm free to say that I had landing the despondent fresigiv.tion in tin' words, there was st suggestion iDf hope—a faint intangible hope that wsis very like despair—in hei voiwiind ill the swift glance that she N ©twill The board meets pursuant to adjournment and proceeds to deliberate. Moved that we ask the Pennsylvania railroad to construct its line to Puyallnp and compete with Vancouver for the Chinese and Japanese trade. Adopted. "Eh? What am I talking ahdut?" demanded the old gentleman glaring wrathfully from beneath a pair of shaggy eyebrows as he rendered this free translation of North's words. "Wall, if that ain't the toppin' off of impertinence! You've put me off time and time agin with your triflin'excuses and promises, but I'll swear that you never tried this dodge before! Memory's failin', eh? Then perhaps I can jog it a little. Here, sir!" and tugging furiously at the inner pocket of his coat, he drew forth a large, dog-eared account book and extracted from it a soiled folded paper which he thrust defiantly at North; "here's that note of Amity's with your indorsement written across it; and now Amity's cleared out and here's the note overdue by six weeks!" ;:hout ma-'o up my mind to support Mr. YVymer this ci mi a* election; but since I've heardyour sentyments I'vechinged my mind con■ tdcr'ble. So. Mr. North, I'm pin' to vote for you. sir. and what- Wo now come to Eugene, where there are 140,000 acres of good farming lands for sale within the Ottv limits. It was here that two young men came to the door and asked for tickets in exchange for inside business lots at Whatcom. They started to say that Whatcom never Jiad a— But they were hustled in the back way and quieted down, agreeing to help shift our scenery for us for admission."Two hundred dollars. "That all?" raised to liis fa«», Moved that this motion l»e spread upon the pages of the proceedings and become a part of the moments of this body; also that it be published in the Puyallup Yelper. "Ilcen out prospecting to-day?" the colonel inquired, seating himself on the edge of his desk, having first, by a wave of his hand, proffered North one of the handsome leather-cushioned chairs. to embar "It's all, but it happens to be enough ;s mo for the reason already t'Yrr 1C oenee I can pull shall all go in e s. iin' direction, Good day, sir! specified 1 CUiy, Mr. Wi Dtt„ {food (lay She must have found very little encouragement there, for she instantly relapsed Into a frozen calm which in contrast with her usual sparkling vivacity seemed like a strange, apathetic indifforonce; and clasping her hands listlessly in her lap she awaited his response."Oh, he'll work all right enough! I've no fear about that. Warner's a square man, and all you know," the colonel hastened to rejoin, with the air of retreating in good order. "By the way, North, do you ever hear anything about Ous Thompson nowadays?" "Warner looked rather blankly at r from the desk, laugh North for nt; then as if di wed the oi l gentleman out of e: saving to himself with a Moved that Mr. Depew be asked also during the rainy season to come aud be entertained by means of a "buggy ride and tutti frutti ice cream" in order to give eastern people a better idea of our resources; also that he be asked to make a few remarks suitable for a brochure hereafter to be published relative to the resources of Pnyallup. Passed. "No, I've been very mdeh taken up with some professional matters, and have scarcely had time to give a thought to the election," returned North, calmly, feeling this stately and impressive editor to be rather the most formidable person he had yet' encountered, "Everything seems to be going forward satisfactorily, I should judge from what Warner tells mc," he added, using Warner's name as a sort of passport to the ■colonel's confidence. "My credentials," he mentally observe"Clv "Oh, yes!" and Clipper's manner grew enthusiastic. "There's no doubt at all that we'll sweep the city one week from Tuesday. There's the north and east divisions solid for us; there may be a few scattering votes for the prohibition candidates, as there usually are in those wards, but the prohibition racket hasn't been worked to any extent in this canvass, you know, since one of their men got so awfully tight, and f think we may safely count on a walkover in thpse districts, for the independent ticket takes them all by storm. The west wing is a little doubtful yet, and the south wards are generally conceded to the opposition; but the doubtful wards can all be fixed up for us, I am confident, and well score the handsomest victory ever won in X . What d'ye think of that, old fellow?" nissing all idle speculation -from his mind 1 "No see here my bank is just touch g tod-humored sat ire i-l th:s are swayed the suffrages intelligent and independent con- A tight latlj- came 011 the train yesterday, Oh, 1kDw 1 hate to see that! If men would ever get any sense or cease to hold the wine cup to the lips of a perfect lady, 1 would say: "Welcome, death. Goodby, vain world: I'm K"inS home." around the cornt do to make this 1 11 I've jjot to * "Gus Thompson? Why, no, not a syllable,-' said North, with an air of lively interest, "What has become of him?" With a business-like air North drew from his pocket a note-book and pencil, which he placed on the small onyx table beside which he had seated himself. Then he turned to Mrs. Maynard. whose chair was but a short distance from his own and so placed that she was not directly facing him, though a very slight *urn of the languid, grace* ful head would bring him in full range of her glance. J ust now it was resting upon some point above and beydnd North's head, with an intentness that suggested an undercurrent of thought even more absorbing than the surface eurrent that his words now brought be- Areher ij to sera to Vv'hat d've & 1.1 I name to a #lo it ehocl DrLh—shall I CHAl'TER XII. rygood, It Is so, then, It is noodles to say that North ao- good: let it be concrale-J X did uot notice it till she and the jajr. »s they call it. tried to come in the car door abreast. Then she saw that one of them would have to wait for the other. She stepped back, placing her hand to her lips with an apologetic air to the jag, bnt it was not going to be outdone in oonrtesy and waited for her. '"Must be prospecting the Salt river region, to sec how his party friends are goinp to fare by-and-by," suggested Clipper dryly. '"It's odd how that fellow has dropped out of this campaign. Why. along the first, when we held our primaries, I really thought hib chances were as good as Brown's: but all at once he disappeared, and since then no one has seemed to care enough about him to ask what has become of him. Ilis party haven't treated him right, after all the work he's done for them. If they had done the square thing by him he would have been in the common council-by this time. Not that anyone wants him there, particularly, only that would have been the shortest way to discharge certain political debts. Now see here. North," and Col. Clipper turned to his desk and commenced a hasty search among the loosely scattering manuscripts there, "here's an article that I wish you'd glance over. It's a review of Detwiller's official career, and it cuts him up pretty badly. What I want is for you to tell me if there is anything in the way it's expressed that would make me liable to an action— your opinion as a lawyer, you know." ecpttxithlj deli with a hearty: ly offered : stance ai\ iuli All's Well Thiit Unds Well Committee amxDinted to arrange menn for the said dinner. General discussion regarding the use of native wines at same. Resolved to take three or four large drinks before dinner instead of having wine at table. North received the paper daintily with the tips of his gloved fingers, unfolded and glanced over it. There was Ollin's indorsement in clear, bold characters. that defied all doubt or denial. And now, my dear fellow, if you cat all right with you 1 :i, Warner! I'll make it think i f or small y otlu»r indcUtodnr Bh frreaV Hold on tninu re r: be back soon v smitl! hat 1 were Warn *r's parting words as, with both arms swinging energetically and his nose high in the air, he started •e inC u lvk-h is exorcising "Oh, (see, this is old Archer," thought North, ruefully. "Yea, that Is the name; Jonathan Archer. Well, I see very plainly that I shall be obliged to pay this note iu order to save myself serious embarrassment. Let me see, what's the amount? By jove, two hundred dollars—why, I-haven't so much as that with me, and if I had—" own dui-i eif'.»et Upon in;, 1 al;- D through my busi General discussion as to whether Mr. Depew would object to waffles before or after the ice cream. Secretary asked to write Mr. Depew regarding same and at same time dexterously to outline the trend of the matters to be touched upon in speech. around tl Drner r.t. an alarming pa ni-ss eonne •; ion with you, upon yourself. I ask you iu all sincerity, 1 entreat you in all seriousness, I adjure you in the saeivl name of friendship, to bring "Oh! very distinctly. We had returned from Europe the previous week, and I had written her immediately upon our arrival in X  She came in later on with a quick, impatient oath, and sitting down with her whole lDeing cracked one of the axles of the car. She was on her way to Nansene, where she lived. Wartler is my cr 1; jud ye go thoutf! dearly I do love him! li. in grateful paraphrase: to 'i r -membrance at once fore her. "Yes. Now I will read aloud her reply. The first sentence is immaterial. Next: '1 am sorry to hear of your difficulties, but I am in no position to advise you.' If you recollect, what was the nature of those difficulties. Mrs. Maynard? Were they not. as I infer from* the context, of a peculiar — 1 then t he ad. g to his relen 1 alou »s creditor fter hold yonr peace! "I intend, first of all, Mrs. Maynard," he began, with something in his tone that was as decisive and aggressive as the clash of cold steel, notwithstanding his studied suavity, "thoroughly to sift our case in its present state, examine it at every point, and thus arrive at some satisfactory conclusion as to how /5\ - uC "This very few takiu' on .1 b ed in a with a provoking eyes. North threw chair close beside r confidentially to Resolved that marked copies of the Christmas number of the Puyallup Yelper be sent to the Standard Oil company showing the resources of our town. Resolution passed and another armful of wood brought in by the vice president. Mr. Archt mkle in "Wall, what do you say now, sir?" demanded Mr. Archer, with a grin of triumph. "'S'pose you remember the business now, don't you? Reckon yoa can't very well go back on your own hand write!" now I ain't it, .Mr. North, sim.-e I hem Both Satisfied. fSie you re w aid Mr. Archer in modified to aC'U fair who still had lus newst before him, rustled ii Live his sh raiders a pet- squar tones and vvi l obvious "Not entirely, but principally." interposed Mrs. Maynard, with a reflective air, "connected with money matters." North slowly read on: mean— Moved that the Puyallup band be permitted to practice in the board of trade building if it will furnish its own kerosene. Referred to committee on entertainment for visit of Standard Oil com- make pea 1 li"pe you won't t "Oh, heavens and earth!" thought North. "If this was the way he talked to Wee the other day, I don't wonder that my honored colleague was out of temper about it. What on earth am I to do?" no o hat I've said, sir. 15 you know, and ha?. ulant s'.im and without g'ancing up ness is 1D to be't 1 to got W hat should I know about your he growled "Ami civil North in a m behaved tow; is civility," retorted private affairs? I've never meddled with them, so far as I am aware. Have I. sir'/"' he added, as he looked defiantly I TO BE CONTINUED I pany but you ha General discussion regarding street car line now running between postoffice and Prebasco's addition to Puyallup.' Moved that unless PreTiasco uses his own team on week days boifrd of trade will take off its team on Sunday. Adopted. "Very pood, colonel," said North, with a slight nod or two by way of emphasizing his satisfaction. He looked up and down the street, stroking his mustache in a meditative way for a moment; then turning to .Mr. Archer, who was contemplating him with evident impatience, yet with an air of consciously possessing all the advantage, North began suavely: like a backwood; Well Guarded. "Squibbs is perfectly foolish about his baby, isn't he?" man and a bni In- smiled with snjierf glanced nervous) iDhed devoutly tlu "So. no! a thousand times no!" cried North with ready volubility; when Wee drvlv eut him short with: rth now f Dr an instant "Good? Good?" echoed the colonel, swinging his long arms through the air enthusiastically. "Why, man alive, it's immense'. That's what it is!—immense! You see"—and he dropped into a chair beside North, as he continued with great fervor in tone and gesture, "we've just happened to strike the keynote of •nonnlar sentiment. If there is anv one word in the vocabulary that the people are sick to death of see) ng and hearing and having thrown at them, it's that hackneyed, threadbare, meaningless ■dissyllable, 'Reform.' Now, while we mean reform all right enough, we haven't paraded it before the public during this campaign; but it )ias been the tail-oiece of every other North nodded comprehendingly as he took the manuscript from Clipper, while the latter, tipped back in a chair at a perilous angle, with his shoulders squared pugnaciously and his thumbs thrust into the armholes of his vest, looked on in grave but eager silence. cial "Why do you think so?" up the Warm "It"D contin and "Well, every time the nurse takes the baby out for an airing there's a policeman with lier."—Chicago Inter Ocean. 1 really hurry Wry well, then; that settles it." Ah, but mv dear Wee, that-does not Moved, also, that Prebasco be required to abstain from hauling home his personal coal in the street cars or forfeit his The Old Wife—Have yon induced your husband to give up cigarette smoking yet? iv day, on the wl: settle It! exclaimed North fervently. Why do you fling cold water in this heartless way over my first real attempt at reformation? A sense of what I owe you in the way of reparation urges me on to this decisive step. I wish first of all, of course, to redeem my own eredit—now. right along, you know, while I have some to redeem; your judicious advice on that point touched a chord that has been vibrating ever since. lSut next to this I wish to restore to you all that you mnv have lost in public confidence bv i promise you, mr. Arcner, mat tnis little matter shall be attended to as quickly as possible—" upon t Arch •s anil t as h radian llrenklng It Ea*y. Pipkin—What time is it getting to be? The hands on my watch are gone. Potts—Let's see it. Pipkin—Well, the fact is the—er— watch is along with the hands.—Truth. charter. sunliffht send Voted to invite Japan to co-operate with the board of trade of Puyallup in establishing a line of mail and passenger steamers, and also to consult with our fellow townsman So Up and ask him to so influence his own government that China will aid us in building up our town. The Young Wife—Oh, my, yes. He only inhales them now. We compromised on that.—Truth. The article was written in Clipper's happiest vein, sharp as lightning, bristling with classical allusions, but perfectly unscrupulous .in its attack upon the character, reputation and public career of the unhappy Detwiller. North noted with a considerable degree of professional appreciation how skillfully the writer kept within the letter of the law while he ruthlessly transgressed the spirit provin t critic giving •t that nature "Now, sir, now!" interrupted Mr. Archer excitedly. % "It's got to be settled inside of ten minutes or I'll sue you for the hull amount! You've put me off a dozen times if you've done it once, with that same smooth promise, and I've waited and waited as civil as a gentleman all this time, while my own creditors are pushing me to the wall. And what with ray waiting and your i fi'io c for hi s benefit Stranger—Why don't you clear the rats out of your chicken house? Farmer Easie—They don't do no harm. Hard on Rats. North, m on ly con 1 it forms t 3 link I You w MRS. MAYNARD CAME I)OffS "That's the famous Miss Hawkinson of New York. You see her everywhere." One-Place. twee n please C I i we should stand in the event of any very searching investigation on the part of our opponents. To this end I shall be obliged to question you somewhat exhaustively, with your kind per- Resolved to ask our sheriff to watch a suspicions character named Gaakett, who claims to be visiting Puyallup for pleasure. If no more cofcjnt reason be given, he should be arrested. Stranger—Don't they eat eggs? yoyr ubsC t is the ohly common it ions to that "Yon must be mistaken. She wasn't iif the barber shop this morning when I was."—Harper's Bazar. Parmer Easie—They used to, bnt not now. I think these new fashioned china nest eggs has sort o! discouraged 'em.— New York Weekly. one sut ground