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love you. oh. yes, love you, but can
never marry you nor any other mani"
The anguish in her voice and face was
so intense that the man looked At her IN
establishment
What is #. my darling2 Why do you
talk so strangely. Why, If you love me.
cant you marry me- You speak as if
you had committed a crime.''
SO i have. she answered. and # was
his turn 10 start back and exciaim,
Kitty. what do you mean
Listen she said miserably, and then
she tells her story.
Her eyes were on the ground and she
did not see the curious light in mis-.
1T is odd there was exactly the 50
you wanted. no more, no less. he OBJ
served quietly. 10 her astonishment.
There was something else. she an
swered. "a
But he interrupted her
"A shilling and four pennies were n
il as .Seu: the purse was green worked
with black. and A X was stamped u
gold in one corner
"a k" she cried. Arthur King II
was yotr purse. Oh. let me 20. Let
me go let me. never see You again"
He held her frmly-
Ny darling. the money Is nothing 10
me in comparison with what you have
suffered I am glad you had the money.
glad that through me you were able TO
give your aunt little happiness at the
end And FOR yourself. Kitty. you must
be happy again nov After all, you
used my money, and it is only fair you
should give ne something in ex-
change
Il have nothing to give. at least
he=dly anything. I have only been able
10 save SO, Oh, arthur, how you must
hate me-"
81 don't want money, Kitty You can
give me the only thing In the world
that want and that is" She
looked al him in wOnderment- Your
self, he finished. and she said no more
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80.

Maisie laughed softly and read the eE-
tract to her mother
ooh. 1 do hope he win come TO Win
kletonl"
What in the world for, you mad
cbild?'
Why. ne might even make love to
mel You seem to forget. mother, you
have. except for e few freckles, sing
uIarly attractive daughter And do-do
please make allowance for the deadly
monotony Of this place. If the man is 4
eoal-heaver 1t is not his fault" 2
On the following day Maisie duttfuTy
helped to wheel her mother up and down
the espIanade- A yacht had come in
during the night. which formed an ex-
cuse for elderly gentlemen to point their
telescopes at some definite object in
stead of eternaIIy sweeping the hori-
zon" to view the thin trail Of smoke
from a steamer working down channel.
And when Mrs. Curgenven told her at
tendant Il take her home Maiste Iinger-
ed on. and then saw in the distance Ella
Dacre. her mother and another lady at
a discreet distance. and young man
and the young man carried 2 small cam
era!
Maisie eyed tba group critically. Ruth
was bad hand at description, she de-
cided. Innocent looking, fair haired"
might suit anyone. The stranger was
indeed fair haired, % but innocent look
ing" to Maisie's mind. suggested i'm
beetle looking" and the camera bearer
had a frank. open face, certainly boyish
looking, and Fogaish eyes.
"Oh. Ella, / haven't seen ,ou for
ages" 1.-TWO days in Wimbledon is an
age)
And then Ella. with the proud air Of
the disCoveTeE Of the North Pole. intro
duced Mr.. humble, mumble) Churton.
sturton, or Turten." and. Maisie was
gracious at once, The young fellow IS
face lighted up
I am glad to make your aequajnt-
ance. he said, taking of his yachting
cap. I fancy l know some Of your peo-
pie IN Cadogan Square
Il have relatives there" blandIy; and
mentally. Now. I wonder where on
earth they bug their coal And my
word, what eyes that Ella is making.
The promenade lasted for some little
time. The young man amused Maisie.
and she drew him out eartly TO vex her
friend Ella, with wbop4 she had been at
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The man smiled
4 am afraid ny little sister talks TOO
much he said. She is so proud Of my
singing that she expects everyone TO be
equally enthusiastic"
During the evening he asked his sis
ter why Miss Ormond looked so IN
happy, and she iold him that Miss Or
mond had brought her aunt out 10 Lau-
same hoping thereby 10 restore her
health and how she had died suddenly.
Tine poor thing Is quite alone in the
world and very poor" jamie continued.
so MFs. Allen asked her to live with
her. She must have loved that aunt au-
fully. because II is more than two years
since she died. and Miss Ormond always
has thar sad expression" The young
man found that jamie had by nc means
exaggerated Miss Ormond's playing
powers, and although not al All impress
siona5le he could not help feeling in
terested in the beautiful, sad, and APP
parently friendless girl. He stayed in
Lausanne for some time. and very often
saw his sister. and always managed 10
see Miss Ormond at the saI7e time.
Kitty. dear" he said tenderly- why
are you so much astonished You must
have known I loved you. Ny poor little
girl, all alone in the world jamie has
told ne all about your troubles. and now
] an going 10 make you happy again.
You are TOO young and pretty to have
that sad face always"
ggft the Girl sl7-anE- from, hin,
i can't" she murmured brokenIy. u
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normal caImHess. and then her only
thought was. In spite of all ] cannot
help loving him. "
Albert Hedges and Mia Ross were
married before the year was out.
There was never any installing the
fact when Henry Jesup was in the
house. His tongue wagged from the mo-
ment he crossed The threshold until he
was well started down the street ou his
way home. Some persons hold that II
never did stop waEging. They insisted
that he talked 10 himself when ne had
nobody else 20 tan, 10, and that he
could De heard mumbIing incohereHt
phrases even in his sleep. But these
persons were mostly babbling autOcrats
themselves. who we're utterly outclassed
and unable 10 get in a word OF their
own when Jesup was around. Couse-
qusntly their opinion was somewhat
preJudIced.
Now that he had just returned from
a three years soiourn in the KI0ndiks.
the uDruIy member made itself heard
more than ever Yarn followed warn
from the perilous 20 the amusing Cousin
Harry was in iovial spirits. for his
gold seeking enterprise had netted aim
much worldly increase.
The conversation, or rather his mono
logue, had dTifted to the subject of the
iutrequent and Interrupted mail service
in the Arctic regions
Speaking OF the mails" he said. re
minds me that ! have d little pecCadilIo
to confess to you. Bess. You remember
that night E<started for the North you
gave me letter to maH7 Well. here it
is It has been camphorized in the
pocket of this coat ever since I really
ought to send you a bill for having pre-
served it so well all this time Look at
IT. it's JUST as good as new Not
moth has touched it," And Cousin
Henry laughed 5oisterously at his wit
Poor Bessie Winthrop said nothing.
to her room. she locked her
self in. Then she threw herself on the
bed and sobbed-
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7 an afraid Your stay a. WinkletoB
has not done you much good. Maisle. :"
she said out there are heaps Of eiIgi-
bles here Tor you to make q selection
she aaaea quizzioally. and. partner
having been Introduced, faIsIe sailed
away In a walsz
What brought WlnkletsB 20 her mind
that night she could not tell Certainly
The very waltz was one that had been
almost nightly murdered By the town
band of~that place She almost wished
she we're out at the old Poirt again:
she fancied. indeed. she heard again ne
soft tones that stiH haunted her. Ter
.ence Boyd found her a singuiarIy reticent
partner, and then prepared his IitIs
surprise
did you meet my cousin at winkls-
ton. Miss Curgenven?" he asked-"Ns-
vile Turton
Il had that pleasure. family.
HE is such a dear. good fellow. I
have just been on a yachting cruise With
him. His yacht is, I believe. at WiukIe-
ton now
He owns a yacht?"
His father does. old Lord Turton.
who also owns the Paxton Galleries.
and Maisie gave a little start that her
partner understood, and flushed; her
hand trembling
Here is Neville" he said. as the
waltz came to an end You must re-
new your acquaintance With each
other. and Neville. with a triumphant
look, led her to eozy. corner in ths
conservatory.
aMaisie. dear. If the foolish misun-
Outstanding is now cleared up. may
ask the same question again."
haisie vas too agitated 10 reply. but
he seized her unresisting hand in his.
Z love you. darling. Have you
speck Of love for ne. little swsetheart2''
But you are rich, and -
"Maisie. We love. do re not2"
Z have loved you all along. she fal-
tered.
Even when you thought I was a
cIerk2
She laughed happily. He did rot hear
the shy yes for his arms were around
her; for the first time in her life Low
er's lips net hers. She could feel ths
strong besfing Of her heart. see the love
il his eyes as MS arms elasped her
tightly 70 him.
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CHAPTER I.
The Young Man With q Camera.

8 z AISLE CURGENVEN stE6lled alb
M senty along the pier. Meeting
1 h the same people day after dav.
hearing and matchmaking
The daily CRY, Nice day for 3 sail,
missf' had begun to pail. and she de-
-fded that Wimbledon was about The
most dreary place that any doctor could
have selected for her invalid mothers
holiday It was only recently that Mrs
Curgenven had broken down in health.
Until quite recently Maisie's life had
been a continuous round Of gayety. They
sneW nice people, we're sufficiently
we'll favored by fortune TO be able to
stay at country houses-which IS often
more expensive than staying at a hotel
and frequently less fun-and now the
concluding parties OF the season end had
to be abandoned, for Mrs. Curgenven
suddenly had a collapse, and Maisie. who
was g devoted little daughter, wheeled
her bath chair and "mothered' her gen
orally
She -sroIIed back to their lodgings on
the sea front and found her mother sit
ing up reading some letters
"Oh, I hope there is one for me! Ruth
ewes me FIVE, I think. " For, failing
cher occupation, Maisie had become q
yolumtnous correspondent.
.'Hurrah, Ruth's serawl and no mis-
,ake." And she devoured the letter. 1t
vas dated from EastbOurne and was
characteristic Of tne writer After Civ
ing all the gossip Of the place, it went
On:
The latest joke has been the goings-
on Of an innoceDt-Iooking fair-haired
young man with a camera He got 10
know some quite nice peopIe-my hum
bic self among the number-when Hilda
Jones suddenly recognized him as the
young man al the coal Office, who comes
around for orders with a pencil behind
his ear and q book His name is Tur-
TON or Curton. don't know which. He
has left here. finding the moral atmos-
phere chilling. and We heard him
asking about trains for Wimbledon. Look
out for him. # that vain Ella Dacre is
stiH there she viii be sure enough to
capture him. and trot him around. and,
whatever you do, don't give the game
away-slangy but expressive"
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money was obtained. she would certainly
refuse to even touch it. and would in
sist or making every effort TO and its
owner.
II Miss Ormond had not been the
most simple-minded and uIsuspecting
of women she would never have be
iieved that Mrs Harper, the by-no-
means rich mother of her niece's pu-
pills, would give her q present OF $50.
fer this was the very feeble lie by
which Kitty accounted for her posses
sion OF the money. Miss Ormond was
anxious 10 write and thank the lady,
but Kitty averred that Mrs. Harper had
made d condition she should receive
10 thanks for her gift. and Miss Or
moRd, into whose guiIeIess mind no
shadow Of suspicion entered. obeyed.
Though little unwIuingly. Such a
magnificent, such prinCely gift, she
kept on murmuriBg gently, cit seems
so rude and ungrateful for me not 10
thank her. but. OF course. we must
do as she wishes. / hope. Kitty. you
said how deeply grateful We both are. q"
a week later and the dingy lodgings
were left and aunt and niece started
for Switzerland Aunt Hester bore the
journey very well, and they were soon
installed In q comfortable pension over
looking The azure water OF Lake Le-
man. on the other side OF which fl
snow-clad majesty the peaked Alps keep
guard.
Then suddenly one day when they
had been in Lausanne for six weeks,
and Kitty congratulated herself that
her aunt was so much better she had
not sinned IN vain, the end came. Aun1
Hester returned from 2 walk. felt tired
and went to lie down In two hours the
suaye little Swiss doctor was assuring
the almost frantic Kitty that nothing
could have saved Miss Ormoud. III al
your famous London doctors had been
here, nademoiseIIe, they could have
done nothing. Her heart failed sudden
". ] sympathize much with you.
Mrs. Allen, the lady with whom she
lived. was so sorry for the lonely girl
thar She always asked her 70 Join any
little entertainment that took place
Kitty never accepted these kindly meant
invitations. She was so unhappy that
she had no heart for anything of the
kind One evening, however, she re
Tented. small musical party was to
be given aHdzQne Of the pupils, Z girl Of
WHOM, Kitty had become very fond.
begged heT TO accept Mrs. Aliens inyi.
tation TO join il
BY brother, who IS staying al Lau-
same now, is coming. she said proud
is, He sings spleudidly, and you play
accompaniment SO well that / want
you to play his. I told Mrs. Alien
would imDIore you TO come. Do. there's
a darling You needn't stay downstairs
ali the evening If you are tired. only
40 want you TO hear Arthur sing AID
see him, too; he is just perfect!'' Fo-
jamie thought there was no one ia the
world fit 10 compare vita her eldes
brother
Kitty aeeeded to the earnest request.
though when she found II in Tho
drawing room that evening she was al
most sorry she had given in There
vas no help for IL then. however. and
she bowed gracefully TO the tall. dark
young man who was Immediately intro
duced 10 her BY his enthusiastic sister. /
Miss 0rmoEd Is going 70 sls~ yvur
accom- pa nIInents, Arthle'' she za.d im- (
petuously. She plays beautifully. and
] have told her all sbouG your wonder
sal singing
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CHAPTER II.
Rejected Addresses.

II Maisie could have been present at
Mrs. Dacre's little dinner, her shrewd
comprehension would have found ample
food for mtTth. for Ella Dacre simply
threw herself at the young mans head,
and he felt cold shudders rn down his
back at the very tone OF voice in which
she asked him 10 pass the salt.
On the following day Maisie, flushed
and as sweet as a rose after her early
morning swim. was making her way up
the steep path leading from the beach
and almost ran into the arms Of Mr..
TuTton. Her swim had exhilarated her
and she was inclined TO be gracious;
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II fear We have interrupted tete-a-
tete. said Ella
Neville glanced eoIaly at her. there
was no boyish shyness about him now
Yes. madam be said abruptly, "you
have. Miss Curgenven. allow me to
escort you home AID raising his
straw hat. he turned and they walked
side by side in absolute silence.
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knew they were enchanting at the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-17

George II. Maxwell. executive
chairman, b. F. Beardsley, general
secretary, and w. NJ. Woodbridge,
member of the executive committee
representing Montana. of the National
Irrigation association are at the Ho-
tel Spokane on their way to attend
the trans Mississippi commercial
congress at Seattle.
Mr.. Maxwell has won a national
reputation in connection with his ir-
rigation work. and shares with Con-
gresham NewlRnds the honors of the
construction and passage Of the
Hansbrough- Newlands act, which is
establishing the foundation, of a
great system Of storage reservoirs
and the reclamation of thousands up
on thousands Of acres Of desert land
In the great west. He mas also been
looked upon as a possible running
mate for President Roosevelt at the
next election, II being pointed out by
his friends that he would be a logical
complement of the Roosevelt admin
istration through his remarkable
adaptability to one Of the presidents
most important policies-that Of ma
tional irrigation. .s
When seen this morning Mr.. Max
we'll laughed heartily at the sugges-
ton that his name had been men
toned for the vice presidency. THE
honor Is undoubtedly great one"
he said, but would not forsake
my work even for the presidency. The
idea is not to be thought Of min
ute. Politics and irrigation must not
clash, and you can state from me
that I have no intention to enter
politics again-my life work is irri-
CATION.
LET me tell you something about
the work of the National Irrigation
association. which must not be con-
founded with the National Irrigation
congress, which meets In Ogden,
Utah, September Is to II, but both
work in absolute harmony. The Ma
tional Irrigation association was or
ganized little over four years ago
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to spend more than an hour in the
cars every morning and afternoon
would not be a pleasant experience.
Then, too, Wall street affairs have
been in an unsettled condition, and 1t
required all the strength the old man
could muster to attend to his In
terests. None of it could be wasted
in travelling to and from his country
place.
Sage is the biggest individual mon
ey lender in town. He has the record
Of never having lost cent of his
loans. He knows good security when
he sees it.
Sometimes these smart promoters
come to me to borrow money" he
said a few days ago. THAT is be-
cause they do not know me-"
For all that Sage is more lenient
than nearly any Of the Wall street
money lenders with borrowers who
| become embarrassed. Most of them
will sacrifice the securities pledged
for loans on the slightest provoca-
ton. Sage, while protecting his own
interests, win hold collateral until
there is an opportunity for selling IL
that will bring the best results -
] the borrower 4,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-17
SPORTING NOTES.

At the initial meet of the North
Pacific Athletic association held al
Victoria, b. c., on Saturday the track
team of the Spokane Amateur Ath
letic club carried off four first, five
seconds and two thirds and won the
relay race in a walkover.
Helena is no longer in the Pacific
National league. Financial reasons
compelled the disbanding of the Sen
ators, who had been packed by
Thomas A. NARROW. 1t Is possible
that Manager Carisch may play the
team in Great Falls for the next few
weeks.
The Tacoma team, as direct re-
suit of the Helena clubs withdrawal
is no longer member of the Pa
cifc National league. Sunday night
the directors unanimously agreed tc
the withdrawal and the players were
given their release.
A very interesting and exciting
the Newport ball team and the OK
fords at Newport. in which the New
port team was defeated by score OF
Z to G. A great deal of money
changed hands at the close of the
game. The star work of the day was
performed by the Oxford's battery
The batteries were: Newport, Var
Banks and Wheeler; Oxfords, Veley
and Rush.
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No Vacation for Sam.

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Russell
Sage is spending the summer in town.
Every day finds him at his Office in
the Wall street district, lending mon
ey and dealing puts and calls.
Sage has a summer home at Ce-
darhurst on the south shore of Long
Island. James r. Keene and Lillian
Russell are among his neighbors
Heretofore he has spent the hot
months over there His chief plea
sure has been in driving over the
country roads
There have been several reasons
for not going to Cedarhurst this sum-
mer. Mosquitoes have been more
numerous and bloodthirsty around
New York than ever before. Sage
feels the weight of his 81 years, and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-17
MAXWELL ON PROGRESS
OF IRRIGATION PROJECTS

diversion works are about to be con-
structed, the waters from which will
irrigate a vast section of land.
I'VE are ready to start operations
on the building of the great Tanto
basin reservoir on the Salt river, Ari-
IONA. This system is estimated will
cost 100000.
'In the Milk river district OF Mon
tana 200 men have been at work for
the past three years and have about
completed the survey for retaining
by irrigation several hundreds of
thousands of acres Of desert land.
This land is held by the government
and has now been thrown open for
homestead entry. Contracts for the
construction Of the storage reser-
voirs and building canals and irri-
cation bitches will be let early next
spring, involving the expenditure Of
several million dollars before the
system is completed.
have merely outlined to you
three of the important projects" he
continued. Besides these we have
been investigating and obtaining data
and information on other sections
where government aid in retaining
arid land Is needed.
I'm conclusion let me say a word
about the National Irrigation con-
gress to be held next month at Og-
den. In attendance 1t promises to be
the largest and most important irri-
cation convention of a national and
international scope ever held. The
executive chairman, Fred J. Kiesel,
is working to enlist local support and
is awakening interest in movement
that every true friend of national
irrigation should promote by attend
ing the congress-"
Mr.. Maxwelrs party attended a
formal reception this morning at the
Hotel Spokane arranged by the cham
Der of commerce.
At Sis this evening Mr.. Maxwell
will address a public meeting In the
lecture room of the First Methodist
| church on. the subject Of national ir-
ripation and it's benefits.
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MARQUIS ADRIAN OF MIRE
MONT.

agent to Burke, but not to Brad
street. He says he is broke. His
purse is as nat as a restaurant pan
cake and he needs the mezuma. His
title he will share with = rich Bos-
ton girl. He stipulates Boston, as he
has read in the comis papers that II
is the center Of learning in the Unit
ed States. The Hub failing to pro-
duce the girl with the long green.
he will consent to pork packers
daughter from Chicago. providing
the matrimonial purse IL long. He
asks Young to hurry.
His brother wants to abdicate the
title he holds. He says he Is rich
in ancestors but has no ready cash.
and If some free born youth with
money wants his title ne will adopt
him and transfer the same
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TRACK TEAM RETURNS.

The track team of the Spokane
Amateur Athletic club arrived today
on the return trip from Victoria.
where, on Saturday. the. members par
ticipated in the big meeting of the
North Pacific Amateur Athletic assoc
citation.
The athletes brought with them
a number of beautiful trophies, in
Guiding two big cups. two tankards,
two small cups and punch bowl.
all of which are now on exhibition
at the clubrooms. Other trophies
will arrive later.
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Indian sluggers led him to slaughter.
Sixteen hits were made off his deliv-
cry, Durrett alone taking his meas
ure for three doubles and a single.
Nordyke lined out three Dagger.
1t was in the fourth that the Sena-
tors gathered up their lonely two.
which was all the consolation they
had to carry home with them. The
Indians had strong support from the
grandstand and bleacners. Summary:
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Any young woman having . few
odd hundreds of thousands can be-
come the Countess De Ressegguier
for 100000. Any American youth
with a surplus OF lucre may invest
an amount (not stated) and become
Marquis De Miremont. This IL the
tenor Of two letters received by
Elmer e. Young of Boston. who has
been commissioned to seek a wife
for Count Bernhard Resseguier De
Miremont, an Austrian noble. hold
ing a commission in the German
army and a purchaser for the title
of Marquis Adrion of Miremont, his
brother, cousins of Count Boni De
Castellane.
The count states in his letter that
he is the real article. with genuine"
stamped on the label. He refers his