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The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14

miserable existence in solitude at
Long Haut. The outcome of this
brooding of many years was to feel
that he had been too hasty; that the
page had purposely deceived him.
These thoughts SO ranked in his
brain that they were his death. am
the offspring Of this second marriage
Lady Dwight, and before my father
died he sent me to London to dig out
II possible, the truth of the matter
and to make such reparation as was
possible and ask forgiveness of the
woman he was sure he had most
grievously wronged."
How could he?" she faltered, chow
could he-I loved him"
How could he, indeed" l mur.
mured
did you succeed in finding the per-
son who did this Infamous deed?" Sir
Raoul Dwight asked. His voice was
as hard as the nethermost stone, and
a dangerous CLINT was in his eye.
] did not answer him Immediately
and he explained:
You must know, sir, that this is
the first intimation l ever had of my
mothers sorrow, and that my father
did not die before I was born. 1t
was fond solicitation on my moth.
er's part, if, perhaps, mistaken one,
in not letting me know ALL"
He kissed his mothers hand as II
apologizing for blaming her in the
least part.
Il could not-I could not" she whis-
Dered; my pride would not let me
tell my child that his father had left
me-"
"The name, sir; the name of this
person." he demanded "if alive
would meet him, if dead would know
his name to curse him.
THE man who drove loving hus-
band from his home, and broke the
heart Of beautiful woman a woman
with an unborn babe, the man who
did this deed"
stopped and looked at Lord Eel.
ton. He stood as courteous man
of the world might, displaying only an
interested curiosity upon the hearing
of an old bit OF gossip. All! he was
brave enough, mad man that he was,
and he awaited the blow as he would
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Coieridqe the Soldier,

Subsistence could not, however, be
made on the reading and writing of
pamphlets, nor the means of livelihood
obtained by the most eloquent and en-
trancing of conversations, and Coler-
idge, finding himself both forlorn and
destitute in London, enlisted as a SOL
dier in the Fifteenth (Eliot's) Life
Dragons, says the English House
Beautiful.
'.On his arrival al the quarters of
the regiment says his friend and BIZ
ographer, Mr.. Gilman, the general
of the district inspected the recruits,
and looking hard at Colerdge with
military air inquired. WHAT'S your
name, SIR? 'Comberbach' Crhe name
he had assumed). What do you come
here for, sir? as if doubling whether
he had any business there. Sir said
Coleridge, for what most persons
come-to be made a soldier DO you
think said the general, you can run
a Frenchman through the body? 4
do not know replied Coleridge, 'as I
have never tried; but I'll let French.
man run me through the hody before
I'll run away That will do said the
general, and Coleridge was turned into
the ranks"
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Dwight" said, about that old bit OF
paper you hold in your hand. and
which seems to have been equally
felicitous in being in demand. On the
day of January 18th, 1899, my lord is
right as to the date"-I bowed to
him-"a man high in court, so high
that he made men envious OF his
standing-one so much SO that he
planned his destruction-was waiting
for an audience with that unfortunate
King Charles at Whitehall. A page
come rushing up to him and handed
him a note-you have it in your hand.
The man took it and read 1t, before
he realized that it was not intended
for him, in fact. as the opening shows,
1t was for a woman. He half smiled.
thinking of the pages stupidity, and
that he had happened upon liaison
Of that most virtuous King. He was
giving 1t back to the lad, when some
thing In his craven face made him in
quire to whom he was to deliver it.
The lad hemmed and hawed and then
refused to say-but the man com.
pciieu hiih at idot W duull ludL IL
was for-Lady Waters"
continued slowly, so as to give
her time to grasp what I was saying
she was SO anguished. "She was
the mans wife"
HE thought that OF mel" she
walled. 1t was the cry of broken
heart.
at was e. kingly assignation-but
he was more fastidious than the men
Of the present day." l went hurriedly
on. at drove him mad. He fed the
town without verifying the note
without seeing the King-without one
word to his young wife. The man
who planned the dastardly deed was
only too well aware of his sensitive
nature. Lord Waters joined Crom-
wells army, and thus obtained a di-
vorce from his wife, who had in the
meantime gone to France. He loved
his first wife so dearly that, believing
in her intidelity, she was dead to him
henceforth. Later he married again.
His second wife soon died; and the
lonely man. oppressed by the thought
of his first wife and the wrong he
might have done her. dragged out a
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Camels Valuable to Army.

Germany's campaign now in prog
ress in southwest Africa has witnessed
some successful experiments in the
use of camel for army transport. The
camels are brought from Fuertura
Ventura, an island of the Canaries
group, and have proved specially use
full for transport across the stretch Of
shifting sand, about forty miles in ex-
tent, which separates the coast from
the interior and which has proved
fatal to OK and mule transport. The
animals are able to cross the sand
without water and carry load Of 600
pounds each. They are fed chiefly on
alfalfa, chaff and barley, and stand
the change of climate we'll.
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CHAPTER xxIlI.-con.inued.


open or shut it matters not to
me-" she returned curtly. You know
that l would not leave her alone in
your hands. All this fuss, too, over
an old bit OF paper, that you know
well enough was never a love letter
written to her."
How do you know, Madame?" he
questioned eagerly.
Know? Who better?" she said.
"Since have it."
"You?" he cried.
"Yes, l." she replied, amused at his
vehemence.
The missing paper was discovered
l started, and in my agitation
grasped the curtain. which moved and
gave out sound that had they not
been 30 engrossed in defying each
other they must have heard.
She unpinned the paper, hidden un.
der lapel on her bosom.
Give 1t to me-" he commanded in q
still voice.
ITO you-why?" she inquired.
Il have right to any clandestine
letters Of my daughters" he replied
evasively.
"Clandestine! Nonsense." she cried
Indignantly. You know as well as I
do that 1t is an old letter written be-
fore Rosemary was born-so much
Raoul told me. The letter. as l said, |
have never read"
Il would read it then" he muttered
Il will read it to you. if you have
not heard 1t before, since you take
such an interest in it," she said, and
her voice was quite as sarcastic as
my lords own.
While saying, she had put up her
glass in deliberate manner. He
watched her with a diabolic express
sion on his face, and his fingers
tapped the snuff box he held in his
hand
She read: "Elaine." (my own
name) and she shifted disdainfully;
then began again: "Elaine-adorable
one. The hour will be eleven O'Clock,
R.-W. will be on duty. Je t'embrasse.
"R."
'Em-m-m, the Kings signet-it
grows interesting-and the date is
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Mistress Rosemary Allyn |
By MILLIcENT z. MANN

Copyright, 1904, by LUCAS.LINCoLN co
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Planned an Abduction.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, July lit de-
veloped to-day that Claude Doane, the
ex-convict who was captured near Eni-
budo the other day, had planned to alb
duct the young son of Gov. NJ. A. Otero
and hold the boy for big ransom, but
the plan failed to work.
Doane was taking this method to get
even with the governor, because the
latter would not grant him pardon
when he was in the penitentiary.
Doane is now confined in the McKin-
ley county Jail at Gallup, and besides
being the alleged murderer of Walter
Lyons, school teacher, is accused of
another murder in Mckinley county.
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Kansas Saloons Dynamited.

lola, Kan, July 11.-Three saloons
in West street, in the heart of the
business section of lola, were com.
pletely wrecked by dynamite early yes
terday Much damage was done to
other property in the vicinity and the
loss Is conservatively estimated at
100000. j. f. Thorpe, the owner Of
one OF the saloons. was injured. but
not seriously. The dynamite was ex-
pioded' apparently. by some temper
ance reformer. No arrests have been
made.
Inc mayor has offered a reward, SVr
the mlscreant and called a spel4al
meeting of the City Council to con-
slider the situation.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Ties Of kinship.

suS ilCS VI NlIsTiH.
Yes, my eyes questioned-how did
you know? To this question l read
the answer in his eyes that met mine
for one fleeting second. Run to earth
by his own inadvertent words, he
acknowledged himself guilty. Should
expose him? He would not ask for
pity, that I knew full well. There
was no cringing in his attitude.
We had stepped from our hiding
place when Lady Dwight began to
read the note, but they had been so
absorbed in it and themselves that
they had not needed us or that other
spectator, Raoul Dwight. who had
been standing in the doorway, until
now.
There was sardonic, devilI-care
look upon Lord Felton's face as he
took a pinch OF snuff Then he leis-
urely closed his snuff box and ficked
with his lace kerchief the floating
particles of snuff, which he imagined
adhered to his cravat. He seemed
rather to be enjoying the situation
under the scrutiny Of our pairs Of
eyes. 1t was as If he had known
that the time must come when his
carefully-guarded secret would out,
and he had studied how he should act
when the time came till 1t fitted him
like his skin, and the acting of an
ignoble part he would make glorious.
l went up to Lady Dwight, who sat
in her chair, wonde.ment, curiosity,
and the demand to be gratified in
them, written on her face.
Il have a tale to relate. Lady
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Reformer in Trouble.

1sidora Duncan, California girl
who has revived the dances of the
Greeks, was fined $50 by a German
court recently for insulting a govern
ment bailiff The official called to
hand some documents to Miss Dun.
can, who called him an insolent per-
son. 1sidora Duncan appeared In
court in a pure white costume, her
hair in fillet, her bare feet in san
dals, and told the judge she was ner-
vous 1nd hysterical from overwork
The judge admitted her plea, indict-
ing a fine only
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Human Nature.

I'VE tried new experiment il our
town." said the man with the silver
trimmed spectacles. I'VE thought that
the tendency to vanity was so great
that there ought to be some reward
for people who were capable Of stand
ing aside and rejoicing In the success
of others. So we organized u society
and arranged for the presentation or
modesty medals"
How did it work."
Badly. AS soon as a man won one
of the medals he would swell up and
get so proud that we'd have to take 1t
away from him."
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! stopped and looked at Lord FELTON,.

January-Jan-January" She stopped
and held it closer to her nose and re-
adjusted her glass as she strove to
make out the faded figures.
January 10th, 1639." Lord FELTON,,
engrossed, supplied the date.
Yes, that is it. January 10th,
1888. How did you know" she quick
ly asked. "Ah there is more in this
than thought" she gasped, and sank
back into a chair. January 10th,
1888! The date is stamped upon my
brain-it was the night Lord Waters
left me-"
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Method of Drawing.

1t is not necessary for those who
want farm to be present at the draw
ing, but they should be at some point
where they can be kept posted on the
numbers and names that are drawn.
The first name drawn from the wheel
will be numbered one, the second name
drawn will be numbered two. the third
name drawn will be numbered three,
etc. Now, suppose thousand names
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09
o. s. N. 5. 0raanateS

The commencement exercises of the
Oregon state Normal School, at Mou
mouth. were very interesting this
year. Thirteen young men and women
received their diplomas Tuesday ev-
enlng' and are now ready to begin their
htc work. The event vas saddeaed by
the death Of one Of the moss popular
members of the class, Miss Alta Saw.
age, As her coarse had been nearlx
oemplesed, the regcuts voted 10 graat
the diploma ia respect of her memory.
The valediotoFiau was Miss Quick.
while the salutory was given by Miss
Eddy.
The JunioF reception, which is always
the svcns u the year, vas on saturday
eveHiag sad uss largely attended. On
Sunday nh \ p AN, Of Portlaud
preached tho baeealaaFeate sermoa. aua
very appropriate PFogsam pas rca,
deSSd. Ca "slAsa aay" ths seaiors
gave = ~es' saioyable play, wAisA vas
eeElesqua eomPosed by tAe memAers
% ne slAsa satisled "TAa Rvolasio.
g Ner@alits, o. TbFee Years in ne
. = \. So Il uas slsvesly given.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09
ron A CLEANER oIrY.

Chief of Police Cornelius deserves
popular approval for bis efforts 10 make
this cleaner city. and drive out the
diTeputable characters who prey on
Tho unfortunate women Of the town
A hin has passed this legislature to
make their calling a felony, and Police
Judge Moores should be commended In
enforcing the laws as they stand
The people should fully understand,
aud will hc given more fully 20 under
stand that tho 6ght On the Republi.
can ticket came from that source
of course, many good people we're
supporting Mr skipton for marshal. hut
the fact remains that the tough clc.
mrut was against Cornelius.
After an tho abuse that has besn
heaped upon the Republican city gov,
cFument andeF Mayor Waters Il viii be
found 70 siand fog morality and bus
incsN administration.
Maishal Cornclius will make chief
Of police oycT the worlds fair year
who viii Preteo, life and property and
keep down crimiRality
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09
MILLER's NORMAL SCHOOL.

Senator Miller is doubtless sincere in
some 5f his reform propositions, but his
normal school bill to abolish four insti.
tutions and locate one at Salem smaeks
of demagoguery.
The four normal schools Of the state
have total Of $50 students. Allowing
two years for the course they will turn
out not over 900 teachers per year,
or not one.hRlf enough teachers for tho
schools of the state.
This state has not half ne many stu.
dents enrolled In its normal schools rs
!, should have. 1t does not spend half
ns much on normal schools as other
Western states are spending
The location Of the four Oregon nor.
NAL schools is such that each one pro-
vides training for teachers who serve
distinct community.
Senator Miller says he stands by the
public schools. but IL Oregon had no
trained normal teachers, would not Sen.
ator Miller want some in Oregoul
Tho best way 10 improve the public
schools Is TO have better prepared teach.
ers, paid better wages, aud doing better
work.
Oregon needs better normal schools,
not more Of them. The hill 20 put all
under one board of regents will accom-
plish grand result and reduce the ex
pensc per capita, while producing better
results
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09
HOME DUTIES FIRST.

II would be the first duty Of liar
who had son to raise that son up not
TO be liar.
What use is it for a man TO be $. NOR
alist and send into the world immoral
childreni
As the world edo move" and there
is little doubt Of progress, children
should be better than their parents.
These thoughts are called out by the
interruption Of Rev. struble's work
in Oregon by tragic epistle.
lie Is called TO Chicago by the report
hat his daughter was arrested in con
cert hall.
His work at organizing anti-cigarette
lcaRues in this state has been rudely
broken in upon. While saving others,
his own child has gone astray.
Not blow struck the cigarette evil
by Rev. Strouble has been given amiss.
But that his work Of moral reform is
superficial is proven by his own child 3
downfall.
Home duties FIRST; the public after.
ward. That is a good motto for any
man TO follow.
Let US make the home pure, sweet and
Let us love our children |
arst before we reform others
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09

tion and carried in but a few counties
Of the state. 1t was adopted in June
and repudisted in November.
Having sown the tares Of unfairness
its progenitors are reaping a harvest
Of the same crop. The bill to amend
the local option law Is a much fairer
measure, but denounced as extremely
unfair by the same people who began
the unfair practices.
Labeled local option, when in real
ity a partisan Prohibition trap, there
is now a reaction, and the authors Of
unfairness are TO have dose Of their
own medicine They don't like il.
The shoe is on the other foot. Those
who practice iniquity must endure the
consequences of iniquity.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09
A Grand Featnra.

Arrangements are being made aA
Lewis and Clark fair headquarte,I
place searchlight on Mount Hoo
fash its rays throughout the North
during the exposition.
The presentation of such a mn
effect is said to be practicable, an
R. Thompson, chief electrical enpiI
of the exposition, is now perfec|
plans for this feature of the night
plays at the centennial.
Four snowcapped mountains mav
seen from the exposition grounds
a clear day-Mount Hood, Nd
st. Helens, Mount Rainier and Md
Adams. The plan is to place a seal
light with an S0-inch protector on
crest of Mount Hood, 1925 feet alb
the sea level and 46 miles from pl
land. This searchlight from its n
tion would pierce the darkness for
miles, and its rays on the nearby peI
would be startling. It's flashes
Mount Rainier, which is 100 miles IN
Mount Hood, could be seen from
cities on Puget sound. From vessels
the coast 100 miles distant the fiasI
could be seen plainly on a clear MIG
and at the exposition grounds
CLEANS would be very strong.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09
MEN WHO SHOULD BE LIBERAL

Men who haye made large sums Of
mGSey BY practices that are open to
criticism should be the last to knock
puhiie improvements They should jump
at The chance to popularize themselves.
The single virtue Of showing public
spirit covers a multitude Of sins and
uilpnees the tongues Of muititudinous
critics And In all communities there
zhese who need 10 do that.
IL there are persons IN community
who have had a hand In boodling pub.
die revenues, in looting funds Of busted
mrms or in grabbing public lands in
violation Of law, they should be will
tng 20 contribute freely Of their means
whenever there Is an opportunity Of
Rsred. They should be the last to object
20 public improvements Of any descrip.
tioR, as their practices have not been
5cneHeial 20 the general public.
BY liberal policy that would bene.
at the community they might improve
'aheir questionable regulations, and thus
make an Attonement that would go a
long way towards securing immunity
from that general contempt which all
feel toward the beneficiary Of CRAFTS
and ill-gotten wealth. They might pur-
chase absolution, and even accomplish
popularity by adopting intelligent poll.
ssiea OF progress and liberality
M is probably useless TO argue along
sne1 lines TO those whose Judgment has
tiseen warped by successful practices
1rem which honester men naturally
shrink.
II there are men who should be lib
eFal IL is those who by pernicious pur.
mit Of tho almighty dollar have
amassed immense wealth, which they
tso often refuse TO part with, except
= the end Of a surgical operation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09

Good humor has ready market.
|
The ship Of state never has Ia
shanghai a crew.
The ideas frequently usher in ideas
undreamed of before.
The topper goes into liquidation, when
IS got the money.
Some men will pay attention that
won't pay anything else.
sss
The chronic kicker is the try.try.
again of our social order.
Governor Chamberlain supply Of
vetoes Is not exhausted.
Some doctors lose their patients in
giving too much free medicine.
Did District Attorney Manning come
up 20 Salem to escape Indictment
sss
One Of the live. stinging measures
before the legislature is bill for bee
inspector.
The poor little normal schools have
a few friends when it comes to a show.
down in the legislature.
The indictment Of Mayor Williams,
Of Portland, makes him available for
almost any office he will take
"what is the constitution among
friends when 1t comes to protecting my
normal school. Senator Pierce.
5. r., e4S, by Croisan, is an effort 10
give the city full control OF the sewer
pn Court street, which has been aban
ioned by the state.
For hght without his own delegation
representative killingsworth dug up
his bin and put il through in good !
hapo But there is hereafter and Il !
$ called the senate.
sss
The legislature should put men and
'omen on an equality, by passing the
urtcsy hin demanded by the women OF
he Grange. II would only be an act
4 courtesy, and tho law Of England, as |
a'd down by Blackstone has lasted /
nng enough.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09

fellows who may be lying out IN the
open, suffering, slowly dying. That s
when the horror Of it comes.
Too much has been written about the
pomp and circumstances of war, too
little about its horrors. The glamor of
war. the flash of swords, the glory Of
the charge and the assault the pic
turesuue side of war is the one that
people know. The horror of it is passed
lightly over, or it is forgotten entire
ly. There is a bit of thrill about men
fighting and dying for their country,
there is spice of heroism in it all
that appeals to every one. But there
is another side to war You come face
to face with it when you come suddenly
across the dead body of a handsome
young soldier lying in the corn field,
when YOU see a soldier terribly wound
ed being borne across the field in a
stretcher, when you visit a field hospi-
tai and see the scores of wounded wait.
ing for their turn under the knife of
the surgeon, when you see the little
cluster of ravines in the field, or the
fighting pack of prairie doge.
There are two side to war-there is ,
The glory and the glamor and the spec
acle, and there is the little wooden
)ox.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09
A Pleasant Way 70 Travel

The above is the usual verdict OF
tAe traveller using the Missouri Paeiae
railway between tAe Paeihe coast ana
tho east, and we believe that the serv.
,ee and accommodations givea merit
this siatemenL Prem neaveF, Colora.
40 sPglngs and peaver there are two
taFo0gA trains daily 10 kAnsAs City
and 81, Loais carrying PallmAns lat.
esl standard elestrie,llgAtea sieening
ears chair ears And up date diaing
cara TAe same sTealleai service 4
fgem kAasAs City ana 80.
Louis 70 Ms,npAiA Little Rosk ana Hot
sprlngA II you are goiag sAsi o.
'oaiA. write for paFiisslsrs anl fan in
'ofnatiaa.
W. q MBRIDE, GeA AT,
IA TAisl 81, PsEtlaa1. Ora
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09
r. R. Promotions Made.

Portland, Feb. 9.-It is officially an.
nounced today that f. f. Calvin, gen.
eral manager of the Oregon division OF
the Southern Pacific, has been pro.
moted to general manager and vice,
president Of the Southern Pacific sy.
stem, except in Oregon in place of
Vice-President Marham, who has re-
signed. B. A. Worthington, formerly
secretary to c. P. Huntington, who is
now assistant director of maintenance
and equipment, viii succeed Calvin.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-09
Motion Overuled

Helena, Mont, Feb. 9.-Federal
Judge Hunt today overruled the motion
OF defendant for the arrest of iudg.
ment' and sentenced NJ. L. BridOman
former Indian agent at Belknap reser.
Va'ion' to three years in the peniten.
'ary' for defrauding the government