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together by llis. Mater But there Is
this: How did the water come to make
one heap here alone in the center of the
plain?" 1t was ponderous question.
No one volunteered an answer. when
was little" said the boy. II always
looked at it and wondered, and
thought great giant was buried I'M
der it. Now know the water must
have done it, but how? 1t is very won
derful. Did one little stone come first
and stop the others as they rolledY'
said the boy, with earnestness. In
low voice, more as IL speaking to him
self than to them.
"Oh, Waldo, God put the little 'kopje'
here" said EN-, with solemnity.
''But how did he put it here?"
by wanting"
"But how did the wanting bring it
.herey'
Because it did"
The last words were uttered with the
air of one who produces clinching
argument. What effect it had on the
questioner was not evident, for he
made no reply and turned away from
, her.
Drawing closer to Lyndalps feet, he
| said after awhile in low voice:
"Lyndall, has 1t ever seemed to you
that the stones were talking of you?
/ Sometimes he added in a yet lower
tone. II lie under there with my sheep,
and 1t seems that the stones are really
: speaking-speaking Of the old things,
of the time when the strange fishes
and animals lived that are turned into
stone now and the lakes were here,
and then of the time when the little
Bushmen lived here. SO small and SO
ugly. and used to sleep in the wild
/ dog holes and in the shoots and eat
snakes and shoot the bucks with their
poisoned arrows. 1t was one Of them,
one of those old wild Bushmen. that
painted those" said the boy. nodding
toward the pictures, zone who was
different from the rest He did not
know why. but he. wanted to make
something beautiful; he wanted to
make something. SO he made these.
He worked hard, very hard. to nnd the
Juice to make the paint, and then he
found this place where the rocks hang
over. and he painted them. To us they
are only strange things that make M
laugh. but to him they were very beau
tiful."
The children had turned round and
looked at the pictures.
HE used to kneel here naked, paint
ing. painting. painting. and he wonder
ed at the things he made himself" said
the boy rising and moving his hand in
deep excitement. "Now the Beers have
shot them all, so that we never see a
little yellow face peeping out among
the stones"-he paused, dreamy look
coming over his face-"and the wild
bucks have gone and those days. and
we are here, But we will be gone soon.
and only the stones will lie on here,
looking at everything as they look
now know that ii is l who am
thinking" the fellow added slowly,
"but 1t seems as though it We're they
, who are talking Has it never seemed
80 to You, Lyndally'
,Ee
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CHAPTER II.

PLANS AND BUsHMAN PAINTINGS.
At last came the year Of the great
drought the year 1862. From end to
end of the land the earth cried for wa
ter. Man and beast turned their eyes
to the pitiless sky that, like the roof of
some brazen oven. arched overhead.
On the farm. day after day, month
after month. the water in the dams
fell lower and lower; the sheep died in
the fields; the cattle, scarcely able to
crawl, tottered as they moved from
spot to spot in search of food. Week
after week, month after month, the
sun looked down from the cloudless
sky till the "karroo" bushes were leaf
less sticks broken into the earth, and
the earth itself was naked and bare,
and only the milk bushes, like old hays,
pointed their shriveled fingers heaven
ward. praying for the rain that never
came.
1t was on an afternoon Of a long day
in that thirsty summer that on the side
of the "kopje" farthest from the home
stead the two girls sat. They were
somewhat grown since the days when
they played hide and seek there. but
they were mere children STILL
Their dress was of dark coarse stuff.
Their common blue pinafores reached
to their ankles, and on their feet they
wore homemade "vel-schoen"
They sat under shelving rock. on
| tho ne WI inh ctf foiI Il
some old Bushman paintings, their red
and black pigments having been pre-.
served through long years from wind
and rain by the overhanging ledge
grotesque oxen, elephants. rhinoceroses
and one horned beast such as no man
ever has seen or ever shall see.
The girls sat with their backs to the
paintings. In their laps were a few
fern and ice plant leaves. which by
dint Of much searching they had gath
cred under the rocks.
En- took off her big brown kappje
end began vigorously to fan her rec
face with it. but her companion ben
last took up an ice plant leaf and fas
tened 1t on to the front of her blue pima
/ fore with pin.
Diamonds must look as these drop
do" she said. carefully bending owe
the leaf and crushing one crystal drol
with her delicate little nail. when L.
she said. "am grown up. ! shall wea
real diamonds exactly like these in m.
hair"
| Her companion opened her eyes ant
wrinkled her low forehead,
"Wherc will you find them. l.ypdall
1.-THE stones are only crystals that W
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THE CONFESSION.
She never made a mistake.

One night two years after the boy
cat alone on the "kopjs." He had
crept softly from his fathers room and
come there. He often did. because
when he prayed or cried aloud his ia
Their might awake and hear him, ana
e none knew his great sorrow ana none
knew his grief but himself. and he
buried them deep in his heart.
He turned up the brim of his great
hat and looked at the moon, but most
Ut the leaves of the prickly pear that
grew just before him. They glinted
and glinted and glinted, just like his
own heart cold. so hard and very
wicked. His physical heart had pain
also. 1t seemed full Of little bits Of
glass that hurt. He had sat there for
half an hour, and he dared not go back
to the close house
He felt horribly lonely. There was
not one thing so wicked as he in all
the world. and he knew it. He folded
his arms and began to cry-not aloud
He sobbed without making any sound.
and his tears left scorched marks
where they fell. He could not pray
He had prayed night and day for so
many months, and tonight he could not
pray. When he left off crying. he held
his aching head with his brown hands.
If one might lave gone up to him and
touched him kindly, poor. ugly little
thing! Perhaps his heart was almost
broken.
With his swollen eyes he sat there on
fiat stone at the very top of the
"kopje," and the tree. with every one
Of its wicked leaves, BNhked and blink
ed at him. Presently he began to cry
again and then stopped his crying to
look at 1t. He was quiet for a long
while. Then he knelt up slowly and
bent forward. There was secret he
had carried in his heart for year.
He had not dared to look at 1t, he had
not whispered it to himself, but for q
year he had carried it. II hate God!
4 he said. The wind took the words and
ran away with them among the stones
and through the leaves of the prickly
pear. He thought it died away hall
IT down the "kopje." He had told il
now! mss
II love Jesus Christ but hate Godp
The wind carried away that soun(
Z as 1t had done the first. Then he 60
up and buttoned his old coat abou
him. He knew he was certainly los
3, now. He did not care. If half til,
world were to be lost, why not he too
& He would not pray for mercy an,
moro. Better so-better to know Ger
IA tainly. 1t was ended now. Better SO
He began scrambling down the side
Of the "kopje'' to go home.
SBetter SO! But, oh. the loneliness
s& the agonfzed pain. for that night an,
for nights on nights TO scone sthe IN
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picked up yesterday Old Otto says
So
"And you think that am going TO
stay here always?"
The lip trembled scornfully.
"Ah, nor said her companion. 81
suppose some day we shall go some
where, but now we are only II, and we
cannot marry till we are II. -Four
years, five-that is long time to wait.
And we might not have diamonds It
we did marry"
"And you think that l am going to
stay here till then?'
"Well, where are you goingY asked
her companion.
The girl crushed an ice plant leaf be-
tween her fingers.
"Tant' Sannie Is a miserable old wO-
man." she said. "Your father married
her when he was dying because he
thought she would take better care of
the farm and of us than an English
woman. He said we should be taught
and sent to school. Now she saves ev-
cry farthing for herself, buys US not
even one old book. She does not i'll use
us. Why? Because she Is afraid of
your fathers ghost. Only this morn
ing she told her Hottentot that she
would have beaten you for breaking
the plate but that three nights ago she
heard rustling and granting behind
| the pantry door and knew it was your
father coming to 'spook' her. She is 8
miserable old woman" said the girl
throwing the leaf from her. But in
tend to go to school"
"And If she won't let your
II shall make her"
"How?"
The child took not the slightest no
tice Of the last question and folded bel
small arms across her knees.
But why do you want to go. Lyn
dall?"
"There is nothing helps in this
world" said the child slowly, "but tt
be very wise and to know everything
to be clever
/ But should not like to go tt
schoolp' persisted the small frecklet
face.
And you do not need to. When you
are II. this ,Boer woman will go. 70,
will have this farm and everything
that Is upon it for your own. "But l.,
said Lyndall, twill have nothing.
must learn"
"Oh, Lyndall! will give you som
of my Sheep" said EN-, with suddel
burst of plying generosity.
II do not want your sheep" said tn
girl slowly. II want things of my OWL
When am grown up" she added, til
flush on her delicate features deeper
ing at every word. there will be notl
Ing that do not know shall
rich very rich, and | shall wear nc
only for best. but every day. u pur
! white silk and little rosebuds. like til
lady in Tant' Sannie's bedroom, an
my petticoats will be embroidered. nc
only at the bottom. but all through"
The lady in Tant' Sannie's bedroom
was q gorgeous creature from fasl
! Ion sheet which the Boer woman. Sum,
obtaining, had pasted up at til
foot II her bed to be profoundly az
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emperor. y ~ .,..ll u thing TO him
self. he never forgot it. He waited ana
waited and waited and it came at
last"
"He must have been very happy,
said EN-.
Il do not know" said Lyndall, "Dnt
he had what he said he would nave.
and that is better than being happy.
He was their master. and all the people
were white with fear of him. He was
one, and they We're many, and they got
him down at last. They were like the
wildcats when their teeth are fast in
great dog. like cowardly wildcats"
said the child-''they would not let him
go. They were many. He was only
one. They sent him to an island in the
sea, lonely island, and kept him there
fast. He was one man, and they were
many, and they were terrified at him.
1t was glorious!' said the child.
| "And what then?" said EN-.
'"Then he was alone there in that is-
land, with men to watch him always"
said her companion slowly and quietly,
land in the long lonely nights he used
to lie awake and think Of the things he
had done in the old days and the things
he would do If they let him go again.
In the day. when he walked near the
J shore, it seemed to him that the sea all
around him was cold chain about his
body pressing him to DEATH"
"And thenY' said En-, much inter
ested
HE died there in that island. He
never got away"
cit is rather nice story" said En-
"but the end is sad"
''It is terrible hateful ending" said
the little teller of the story, leaning
forward on her folded arms, land the
worst is it is true. have noticed.'
added the child very deliberately. that
1t is only the made up stories that end
nicely The true ones all end So"
AS she spoke the boys dark. heavy
eyes rested on her face.
"You have read it. have you notT
He nodded Yes, but the brown
history. tells only what he did, no.
what he thought"
"It was in the brown history that
read of him." said the girl. but
know what he thought. Books do no
tell everything"
No" said the boy, slowly drawing
nearer to her and sitting down at be
feet. what you want to know the.
never tell"
Then the children fell into silenc
till Doss, the dog. growing uneasy a
its long continuance, shifted at on
and the other. and his master brok
forth suddenly. 54
If they could talk. II they coul
tell us now" he said, moving his han
. out over the surrounding objects, "the
we would know something. This 'koI
l je.' If it could tell us how it came here
i The Physical Geography says" b
!. went on, most rapidly and confusedly
! that what are dry lands now wer
once lakes And what think is this
; These low hills were once the shore
Of lake. This 'kop1e' 10 some Of til
! stones that were at the bottom. role
II - az
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nllreu Dy tlle cnlldren.

ullISu w lue culluIeu.
ut would be very nice" said EN-, but
it seemed a dream of quite too tran
scendent glory ever to be realized.
At this instant there appeared at the
foot of the "kopje" two figures-the
one a dog. white and sleek, one yellow
ear hanging down over his left eye; the
other. his master. lad of IA and no
other than the boy Waldo. grown into
a heavy. slouching youth. The dog
mounted the ''kopje" quickly His
master followed slowly he wore an
aged jacket. much too large for him
and rolled up at the wrists, and. as Of
old. pair of dilapidated "vel-schoens''
and felt hat. He stood before the
two girls at last.
What have you been doing today?'
asked Lyndall. lifting her eyes to his
face
Looking after ewes and lambs be-
low the dam. HereY' he said, holding
out his hand. Il brought them for
you"
There were few green blades Of
tender grass.
Where did you find them?"
ION the dam WALL
She fastened them beside the leaf on
her blue pinafore.
"They look nice there" said the boy.
awkwardly rubbing his great hands
and watching her.
Yes; but the pinafore spoils it all
1t is not pretty"
He looked at it closely.
Yes: the squares are ugly, but Il
looks nice upon you-beautiful"
He now stood silent before them, his
great hands hanging loosely at either
side.
Some one has come today" he mum
bled out suddenly when the idea STRUCK
him
"Who?" asked both girls
can Englishman on foot"
"What does he look like?" asked EN-
II did not notice. but he has a very
large nose" said the boy slowly N,
asked the way to the house,
Didn't he tell you his nameY
"Yes-Bonaparte Blenkins."
sBonapartev' said EN-. why. tina
is like the reel Hottentot Hans play
on the violin:
"Bonaparre, Bonaparte, my wife Is sick
In the middle Of the week, but Sundays not
give her rice and beans for soup
ut is funny name"
There was a living man called Bon
aparte once" said she of the grea
eyes.
"Ah. yes, | know" said Em-.th
poor prophet whom the lions eat I ar
always so sorry for him.
''He was the greatest man who eve
lived" she said. "the man like best :
And what did he doy'' asked En-
. conscious that she had made mistak
and that her prophet was not the man
Gle was one man. only one." sal
her little companion slowly. yet a
the people in the world feared hin
He was not born great. He was con
mon, as we are. Yet he was maste
of the world at last. Once he was onl
, little child, then he was heutenan
then he was general, then he was Q
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guish that sleeps all day on the heart
like heavy worm and wakes up at
night to feed!
There are some of US who in after
years say to Fate, Nov deal US your
hardest blow, give US what you will,
but let us never again suffer as we
suffered when we were Children
The barb in the arrow Of childhood's
suffering is this--its intense loneliness,
Its intense ignorance
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and Novelties-staple and new.
We can surely please you with
something pretty from this line
for vour most fastidious friends.
Splendid assortment of Toilet
Cases, Collar and Cuff Boxes,
Work Boxes, Etc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-10-19
ELECTRIC PLANO.
Hundreds Visit whales Piano Display
at the Exposition.

Have you seen the electric plano?
This Is heard on every side. It is the
ore topic OF conversation. Whales mu.
sic house where this wonderful instru-
ment is on exhibition has been the one
objective point :or days by the musical
folk.
The plano is no, simply the ordinary
instrument with an insignificant little
elcctrics attachment, but grand up
right piano with as grand and more
ingenious electric contrivance msrg q
into It. the two forming one harmoni-
ous-looklng instrument. There are 4
number OF electric pianos, but this.
known as the Peerless" ls said to be
by far the best ever made and the only
ole that works perfectly and plays an
innuinerable number Of. and in fact any
and all kinds OF music, Experts who
listen to It play pronounce It
the most delightful music ever pro-
duced. They said that there is no.
ticeable absence OF the harshness So
universal with piano attachments. The
old adage that electricity is life" never
seemed more true, for the expression Of
the Peerless electric piano Is perfect.
All day long a score OF persons ,ray
be seen listening to and examining this
genuinely useful, beautiful and com
inexpensive plano. Mr.. w.
y. Price takes the greatest pleasure in
showing visitors the novel features Of
this new musical wonder.
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SHAMROCK READY TO-DAY.
Re-Measurement OF Irish Yacht Shows
Columbia EIutled to a Small
Time Allowance.

NEW YORK. Oct. ls-The Shamrock
is fully repaired and ready for the race
tomorrow.
Do you know" Sir Thomas Upton
calculated, there have come to me
many evidences Of good will. Here for
instance" added Sir Thomas, selecting
ore from several kilograms that had
just been sent from shore. here is
some friend who says Don't be dis
heartened; the Shamrock may lose, but
Sir Thomas wins the respect and good
will OF millions OF Americans. and I
can say now through the Associated
Press to my own people and to the
American people that have proved
what believe to be true. that no man
ever met more cordial greeting than
have here. No man ever found more
generous hearts, more willing hands. or
more honest men, than have since /
came to America. have proven this,
| say to the people OF my own nation.
Measurer John Hlslop announced at
the New York Athletic Club that the
new measurement OF the Shamrock
made by him this morning shows the
yachts present water-line to BE- 1886
feet and her racing length by club rule
IO1.j65 feet. He states that the Sham
rock will now allow the Columbia l6I
seconds in the SO-mile course. Tomor-
rows race will be Is miles to windward
'r leeward and back. the start to be-
made at II O'clock
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TERRIBLE STORM
HITS COLORADO
TWELVE DEAD AND MISSING
Two Ladies' are With the Parties
In the Mountains SuppOsed
to Have Suceumhed.

DENVER, Oct lS--A special to the
Republican from Great Falls, Mont,
says;
Four men are dead and probably
eight more will die In Teton county
from the recent storm. The dead are all
sheep-herders, They are as follows;
Norman Drulce and one other en-
ployed by w. X. Flowerree.
VIII Graham. working for the Homer
sheep Company, and man named
Ladd. employed by Wallace Taylor,
Two herders named Mcintosh and
Conley working for J. c. ouigley. arv
probably dead. as they are missing,
though their sheep have been found.
There are two parties in the noun
tains, including ladies. which have not
been heard from. They are VIM. Co
burn, Chas. Mcdonnell, and their wives,
Of Dupuyer. now in sun River canyon.
and w. F. Ralston and four sons in
Birch Creek canyon
The severity Of the storm may be
judged from the fact that II took four
horses four days to bring In the body
Of VIII Graham on toboggan.
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White RibbOnerS
Reach Seattle
MANY DELEGATES ARRIVE
The W. CT. U. National COnven-
tiOn Held at the Sound City
WIN be Largely ATTENDED
MANY DELEGATES ARRIVE

SEATTLE. oct. iS.-Dclegatcs to the
w, c, 7, u, national convention from
the states OF Indiana, North ard South
Dakota, Maine. New Hampshire. Iowa,
Illinois. Missouri, Minnesota. Michigan,
Massac achusetts, Nebraska. Ohio, Penn
sylvania and Wisconsin are In the city
The famous white Ribbon" train
from the East over the Great Northern
arrived Is hours late. owing to the de-
sire OF the delegates aboard to stop a,
various points OF interest along the
way.
The Kansas. California and Oregon
delegations will arrive tomorrow morn
ing,
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That even the Republican whites Of
North Carolina, where the experience
OF the negro in power is recent and un-
savory, viii welcome his disfranchise-
ment is shown by this significant let
ter Of J. c. L. Harris. former secretary
OF the republican state committee: Il
believe" says Mr.. Harris. that the
amendment win be ratified by a large
majority. 1t becomes effective. be-
hevc, In 1902 The republicans will
hardly BE- able to do anything that year.
OF even in 1904 but in 1905. would not
be at all surprised IL our party won.
because the white vote, with the negro
vooe practically eliminated. will divide
There are thousands OF Democrats who
are in that party not because OF any
dislike for republican principles. but
because Of the negro republican vote.
I viii say to YOU frankly thar II We had
won las, yesr Ne wo1ld have been
forccd to enact laws to prevent the
negrces from taking control Of the
county and town governments: in other
words, We would have had TO relegate
the negroes 10 the rear in self-de-
feFsse."
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The western Journey undertaken by
the president and the cabinet Is serv-
ing not SO much to awaken patriotism
in the region visited as to prove how
wide awake the spirit Of loyalty to the
flag already is. Everywhere that the
president has spoken. the part Of his
address which inspired the warmest en-
thusiasm was that which declared his
inilexible purpose to support the flag
at any cost AT Chicago the sentiment
took this form; The honor and NJ
tegrity Of the flag wherever it is car
ried by our soldiers or sailors on land
or on sea" The phraseology varies,
but the sentiment is always the same
and the purpose is the same; and the
reception by the people Of that sentl-
ment and declaration OF purpose Is like
wise always the same.
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THEY CUT AND FIT.
Two Fashionable Furriers Who Are
Earning Well Merited Approval

Good work, correot style and perfect
fI speak louder for the turrier than
any advertisement that can be written.
ATplesalh & PrasIl. the fashionable
furriers, at li3 Third street, between
Alder and Morrison. guarantee abso-
Lutte satisfaction In every cas- where
purchase Is made at their establish
ment Both gentlemen are practical
cutters and filters. who have been EN-.
ploycd IN some OF the largest houses
In the principal cities OF the United
States. There Is a style and nnish to
all work turn ID out by this arm that
stamp both gentlemen experts In this
business. Garments will be taken 10
be made over or repaired, and the work
turned out with the least possible de-
lay.
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THE TAX ON EXPRESS,
Any Interested Party May File Briefs
In the Test Case.

WASHINGTON. Oct, is,-The United
States supreme court has practically
reached a decision to allow any inter-
es,ed parties to file briefs in the express
company cases involving the question
as to whether the sender or carrier shall
pay the revenue tax on packages, but
not TO permit such parties in the oral
argument before the court.
1t Is believed that this decision win
prevent the postponent OF the argument
beyond the SO;h inst. FOR which date
the test case Is set.