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MAGAZINE SECTION.
The Hand That
Rifles the World

MANY of our greatest men," said
Capropos of many things), have de-
clared that they owe their success to
the aid and encouragement of some
brilliant woman"
Il know" said JEFF Peters. 'Tve read
in history and mythology about Joan
of Arc and Mime. Yale and Mrs. Caudle
and Eve and other noted females of the
past. But, in my opinion, the woman
cf today is of little use in politics or
business. What's she best in, anyway?
men make the best cooks. milliners,
nurses. housekeepers, stenOgraphers,
clerks, hairdressers and launderers.
About the only job left that a woman
can beat a man in is female imper
senator in vaudeville"
Il would have thought" said I, that
occasionally, anyhow, you would have
found the wit and intuition of woman
valuable to you in your lines of-er-bus-
iness?"
Now. wouldn't you" said jeff, with
an emphatic nod-"wOuldn't you have
imagined that? But a woman is an alb
Solutely unreliable partner in any
straight swindle. She's liable TO turn
honest on you when you are depending
upon her the most. ! tried 'em once"
Bill Humble, an old friend of mine
in the territories, conceived the illu-
sion that he wanted to be appointed
United States marshal At that time
me and Andy was doing a square. le-
Ultimate business of selling walking
canes. If you unscrewed the head of
the cane and turned it up to your
mouth a half pint of good rye whisky
would go trickling down wour throat
TO reward you for your act of intelli-
gence. The deputies was annoying me
and Andy some, and when Bill spoke
To me about his OfficiOus aspirations. l
saw how his appointment as marshal
might help along the firm of Peters &
Tucker.
JEFF says Bill to me. you are a
man of learning and education, be-
sides having knowledge and informa-
ton concerning not only rudiments but
facts and attachments
" I do So says I, and have never
regretted it. I am not one. says I,
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WELL. BOYS WHAT Is IT?-

intensely. The letter. must have it
at once! HeAhe must not see it,"
Il didn't pick it up" mutters
Maud, dOggedly.
Il saw you. Even when my eyes
were closing, I saw yOul Give me the
letter. child, or 1 shall have 10 ask your
mother TO get it from you for met
The horrible possibilities of such a
demand impress themselves on Maud
with distressing effect; she snivels:
Holy Jones! don't tell ma, she'd skin
me-
Then, the letter." calculates Mari
ma, wildly.
We'll, if you must know, I sold it to
Barnes for two boxes of marcus
glaces."
sold that letter? Ay de mi. if he
shows it to my husband And Marina
PAGES the floor in agitated dread
We'll, that's nice-scared your hus-
band will see a billet dOux sent by a
man that knocked you silly; and you
only married two days"
Not frightened in the disgraceful
way you Think" cries the lovely bride
her dark eyes cleaning pure as those
of Diana. Besides, after the last few
days, my Edwin could not think harm
of me- of that 1 am sure
"Oh. you just wait. You'll work him
up good before long suggests Maud
pleasantly.
Don't torture me, miserable.
have brought too much misfortune on
him already" Tears dim the orbs of
the Corsican girl. TELL dear Mr..
Barnes that ! must see him: that it is
very important"
why. sure I'll do it, though don't
think he'll help YOU put up any job on
your"
Put up any job? Another base in
situation from your childish lips and
I'll tell your mother you had that letter
concealed Anyway" Looking like a
frenzied goddess, Marina opens her
door and Maud speeds from il.
Gee" remarks the young lady to
herself. as she fits along the hotel pas
sageway and notes Anstruther keeping
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/ :. 5. w: Now Andy. for the first
/ time in our lives we've got to do real
| dishonest act. Lobbying is something
we've never been used to; but we've
! got TO scandalize ourselves for Bill
| Humbes sake. In a straight and le-
Ultimate business, says |, we could
afford TO introduce a little foul play
and chicanery, but in a diSorderly and
/ heinOus piece of malpractice like this
! it seems to me that the straightforward
and aboveboard way is the best. I
propose says /, that we hand over
/ $500 of this money to the chairman of
/ the national campaign committee, get a
receipt. lay the receipt on the presi-
/ dents desk and tell him about Bill The
/ president is 1t man who would appre-
Ciate candidate who went about get
| ting office that way instead of pulling
wires.
! Andy greed with me, but after we
( talked the scheme over with the hotel
clerk we give that plan up. He told us
/ that there was only one way to get an
appointment in Washington. and that
was through a lady lobbyist. He give
us the address of one he recommended,
a Mrs. Avery. who. he said. was high
up in sociable and diplomatic rings and
( circles.
The next morning at 10 o'clock me
and Andy called at her hotel, and was
! SHOWN up To ner reception room
This Mrs. Avery was sOlace and
! balm to the eyesight. She had hair
/ the color of the back of a twenty-dol-
/ lar gold certificate blue eyes and
system of beauty that would make the
girl on the cover Of d July magazine
look like a cook on a MOnOngahela coal
barge.
she had on a Iow-uecked dress COW
cred with silver Spangles. and diamond
rings and ear hobs. Her arms was
bare: and she was using d desk tele-
phone with one hand, and drinking tea
with the other.
We'll, boys says she after a bit,
/ what is it
Il told her in as few words as posi-
BILE what we wanted for Bill, and the
price we could pay.
Those western appointments says
she, are easy. Le'me see, now, says
she. who could put that through for US.
No use fOoling with territorial dele
gates, l guess says she, that Senator
SHIPPER would be about the man. He's
from somewheTes in the west. Let's
see how he stands on my private menu
card She takes some papers out of a
pigeonhOIe with the letter s. over it.
Yes says she. he's marked with Il
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watch outside his wife's door. Poor
honest, old Edwin-Id tell him, only
ma would skin me sure. Ma says that
all foreign women are saints before and
devils after marriage"
Her eyes are still big with suspected
intrigue as she continues her converse
ton with Mr.. Barnes by suddenly in
terjecting: She wants to see yOu!"
"WhO?"
Marina, the bride. of course. She
wants to give you hint not to let the
cat out of the bag to Edwin about the
man whose letter made her faint"
Then the girl asks with anxious inter-
est: "You-you are going to remain
here for two or three days longer,
aren't you. Barnes?"
The American by no means wished
Maud to know of his coming move
ments; in fact. as to this point he has
directly charged Lady Chartris. He re-
plies hurriedly, yet confidently: Ger
tainly-of course."
Then. it's all right"
What's all right?'' The chid's ca
ger yet anxious manner staTtles Mr..
Barnes.
Here Miss Chartris, who has sudden
ly looked out of the window. trying to
hide telltale face efrom the piercing
glance of her companion. calculates al
HlOSJ GtHlptlISlys III Iilt SldlS SIT ildH
learnt from him: Holy poker
What's the matter2'
why. there's the man walking uD
the street VINO gave the note that
knocked Marina out of time-the one
with the scar oyer his eye Oh. muir
der, he's looking up at our windows in
the hotel" Maud dodges back in q
frightened way.
But Barnes is already cautiously TAX
ing cognizance from another window of
the man whose scar Identifies him in
the throng of passers-by on the Rue
NoaiIles The gentleman he gazes
upon is. though actively built, lOung-
ing past with a pair of flashing eyes
alertly yet intently fixed upon some
window of the hotel near where Burton
is standing
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Dressed in the deep mourning OF
southern France, a high Corsican hat
lends picturesqueness 10 his costume A
certainly family likeness suggests TO
Barnes that this man, though nearly
fifteen years younger, is the half broth
er of the dead Count MussO DaneIla
His dark eyes have the same fame in
them, but are brutal rather than subtle
This may have been produced partial
ly by dissipation, for the paliid lips and
rather pinched features indicate bois-
ferrous nights over the gaming table
with its attendant pleasures of wine
and women.
"Jingo, this fellow has the same
devilish passions as those of his dead
brother" thinks Burton, impressed,
''Only more so, if possible
All this has been taken in by
glance; great pistol shots have very
quick vision. Suddenly the man re-
spends to something he has seen i'm one
of the windows of the hotel by a nasty,
sneering grin.
What the devil did Ee see in the
windows" thinks Barnes, and to
Maud's establishment bolts from the
room, runs down the stairs of the hotel,
and passes through the Office into the
street.
In the throug of the ia Their crowded
Rue Noailles. though Burton's sharp
eyes are used with great rapidity, he
fails to ind this man he now feels quite
certain must be Corregio Danella-
Then the American plances up at the
windows Of the hotel and at the
third from that in which he had
been standing. the one he knows
is Marina's chamber. he sees the
bride Of Edwin Anstruther stag
gering away. A second later, Barnes
quick eyes, even in the relative dark
ness of the room, note that the girl
sinks into chair. above her head are
extended two graceful arms. their
slight fingers cienched i'm some cruel
emotion some miserable despair.
can IT be possible that .Edwin's wife
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little port for ice, but otherwise, 1
think. you will find everything to your
liking. The SeagUll has already
dropped out Of the VieUX Port, where
she was laying, and she will be off
the Corniche road as YOU directed. III
have a boat on shore at the Roucas
Blanc"
Then the next thing is to get the
ladies on board, and that, of course,
we cannot do until after dark" re-
marks Burton. You had best not be
seen about here any more, Emory, but
you had better be on board the Sea-
gull when we arrive there, so as to
turn the vessel over to me. Besides,
1 want TO introduce you to the ladies,
who may some time be compelled to
ask your aid. Remember. you are to
take nothing but this affair on your
hands now, and 1 expect you to be in
Nice when we arrive there. Get a
photograph of this Dane1la, if you can;
also see who arrives on the next
steamer from either Bastia or Ajaccio,
and if this Bernardo SaIiceti turns up,
notify me if there is any meeting be
tween him and Danella.'
Yes. I'll shadow everything. even
you" chuckles the sleuth, grimly
by the bye. here's Perrier's address
III NICE ne Is quiIe oIteH ineFe- You
will find him. for French mouchard
perfectly reliable. I'm fact, | think I
may have TO employ him a little about
this matter if things grow very
warm
"Of course. you know you have carte
blanche" answers Barnes. "On con-
sheraton, engage two trustworthy
men to follow our carriage on horse
back this evening. ! must take no
chances with the ladies in our COM
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MAGAZINE SECTION.
BY o. HENRY.
wright, 1907, by 5. s. Mcclure Coz

Then says Andy, you don't think
Mrs. Avery will land the marshalship
for Bin?'
- do not says I. i do not wish to
be aseptic, but I doubt if she can do
as well as. you and me could have
done
Z dor't agree with you says Andy.
I'll bet You she does. I'm proud Of
having a higher opinion of the talent
and the powers of negotiations of Ia
dies
1--WE was back at Mrs. Avery's no.
tel at the time she appointed. She was
looking pretty and fine enough, as far
as that went, to make any man let her
name every officer in the country. But
1 hadn't much faith in looks, so I was
certainly surprised when she pulls out
a document with the great seal of the
United States on it, and William
Henry Humble IL a fine, big hand on
the back.
You might have had it the next
day, boys says Mrs. Avery, smiling.
L hadn't the slightest trouble in get
ting it, says she I just asked for it,
that's all. Now, I'tl like to talk to you
a while she goes ON, but I'm awfully
busy, and 1 know you'll excuse me.
I've got an ambas Fsadorship, two con-
sulates and a doze a other minor appIi-
cations to look after. 1 can hardly find
time to sleep at all. You'll give my
compliments to Mr.. Humble when you
get home. of course
well. I handed her the $500, which
she pitched into her desk drawer with
out counting. I put Bits appointment
in my pocket and me and Andy made
our adieus.
I'VE started bacIS for the territory
the same day. We wired Bill! Job
landed; get the tall glasses ready and
we felt pretty gOoCL
Andy jOshed m all the way about
how little I knew about women.
All right says I. TIL admit that
she surprised me. But it's the first
time I ever knew one of 'em to manip-
Ulate a piece Of b dsfness on time with
out getting it bUngled up in some way
says J.
Down about fhe edge Of Arkansas
got out Bills appointment and looked
it over, and then I handed IT to Andy
to read. Andy read it, but didn't add
any remarks to my silence.
THE paper was for Bill, all right,
and a genuine document, but il ap-
pointed him postmaster Of Dade City.
Fla.
Me and Andy got off the train at
Little Rock and sent Bills appoint
ment to him by mail. Then we struck
northeast toward Lake Superior.
q never saw Bill Humble after
that"
Copyright, 1907, by s. s. Mcclure Coz
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| so me and Andy goes back to our
hotel and waits. Andy walks up and
down and chews the left end of his
mustache.
"A woman of high intellect and
says he.
GAS rare says I, as an omelet
made from the eggs of the fabulous
bird known as the 'epidermis, says l.
"A woman like that says Andy,
ought to lead a man to the highest po-
sitions of opulence and fame
" / misdoubt,' says !, if any woman
ever helped man to secure d job any
more than to have his meals ready
promptly and spread a report that the
other candidates wife had once been
a shOplifter. They are no more adapt
ed for business and politics. says I,
than Algernon Charles Swinburne is
to be floor manager at once of Chuck
Connors' annual balls. 1 know says
to Andy, that sometimes a woman
seems to step out into the kalsomine
light as the charge d'affaires of her
mans political job. But how does it
come out Say, they have a neat little
berth somewhere as foreign consul of
record to Afghanistan or lOckkeepeT on
the Delaware and Raritan canal. one
day this man finds his wife putting on
iitI tNCl SIlOcS dlu lIJtO INOBlilS sup
ply of bird seed into the canary's cage.
Sioux Falls?" he asks with a kind of
hopeful light in his eye. mo, Arthur"
says she, Washington. We're wasted
here says she. you ought to be
TOady Extraordinary to the Court of
St Bridget or Head Porter of the
Island of Porto Rico. I'm going to see
about it."
Then this lady, I says to Andy,
moves against the authorities at
Washington with her baggage and mu-
nitiOns, consisting of five dozen indis-
eliminating letters written to her by a
member of the cabinet when she was
l5; a letter of Introduction from King
Leopold to the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, and a pink silk costume with
canary colored spats.
Well. and then What| I goes on.
She has the letters printed in the
evening papers that match her cos
tune, she lectures at an informal tea
given in the palm room of the b. & o.
depot and then calls on the president
The ninSh assistant secretary of COM
meTce and labor, the first aide-de-camp
of the Blue Room and an unidentified
cOlOred man are waiting there to grasp
her by the hands-and feet. They car
ry her out to S. W. B. street and leave
her on a cellar door. That ends it
The next time we hear of her she is
writing postal cards To the Chinese
minister asking him to get Arthur
job in a tea store
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Mr.. Barnes, American
A SEQUEL TO "MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK;

ticians. The French statesman who
favOrs in any way England, the villain
country, who they say has stolen
Egypt and the SueZ canal from France,
would meet irresistible defeat at the
polls. Consequently, they have con-
Guided, 1 reckon, 70 keep this matter
in that out of the way island as quiet
as possible and to let Corsica attend
to its own local killings. / doubt If
you will hear of the affair in an official
way-at all events not till after the
election for deputies. Perhaps that's
what makes young Saliceti so eager TO
do you up If he stood as a repre-
sentative of the time-honored vendetta
every rustic commune in his island
would give him it's vote"
That being the case" says Barnes,
I'VE have only ourselves to rely upon
Have you made all arrangements
ABOUT the yacht?'
Yes, I've got the schooner SeaguH,
Mr.. William Jameson, Glasgow, char
tered for three weeks. Jameson is re-
turning to Scotland and is very will
ing to lease the boat We have cleared
mate, all Scotch. The captain, as 1
told. you before. has gone to England,
so your naval lieutenant must act as
your navigator She is seagoing sew
enty foot on the water line, Al Lloyd's,
two boats. She is found as 10 stores
for crew. but as you have suggested, |
have put ice and cabin supplies on
board. according to the memorandum
you gave me-
Then ! think Wen we able 10 live
very comfortably for couple of
weeks" observes Barnes, meditativeIy,
lighting 4 cigar
Yes, you may have TO go into some
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pany. After that, I'll look out for my
self The Americans face grows so
unpleasant that Emory calculates
Gee Whit" as his employer goes off
to Lady Chartris' parlOT to make some
necessary financial arrangements with
that lady.
Mr. Barnes has scarcely finished
these and Lady Chartris has carried
away his check delighted, when Maud
bounces in upon him, her eyes big
with excitement 'and mystery. Gee.
Marina is a casep she whispers.
Why" asks Burton, glancing
sharply at her.
why, getting a note from a man
the second day she was married and
crazy with fear her fOTty-eight hours
bridegroom will drop onto her little
game"
Barnes gazes upon the infant prodigy
and emits low whistle. You are GER
tainly a hummer, Maudie," he remarks
solemnly.
you betr7 asserts Miss Chartris.
who has just stepped in from an ex-
citing interview with Marina that has
run about in this way:
The beautiful Corsican bride. appar-
entity having recovered from the first
shock of the letter in the MarseiIIes
depot, being dressed, at Ends request,
for her carriage excursion, seems now
full of an excited yet morbid anxiety.
Obtaining opportunity when Miss
Chartris has entered her bedroom to
give her a kiss, tender her condolences
and get into the affair with both
feet" as the adolescent intrigante ex-
presses it to herself, Marina whispers,
a strange pathos in her eyes: Maud,
dear, you have come to give me that
letter you picked up-the one I dropped
on the floor of the railroad depot when
when 1 was overcome with the heat
this morning"
"Jinks, that's a nice way of putting it
overcome with the heat? 1t was the
letter knocked you" returns the Char
iris infant, with a knowing wink
mo matter what it was affected
me-" whispers the young Corsican lady,
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CHAPTER III


PLAYING THE ENEMIES GAME.
Mr. Barnes attempts TO forget his
postponed nuptials in arranging the
details of his daTling's safety. Emory
shortly brings to him an old cancelled
check upon a branch of the Credit
lyonnais bearing the signature of Cor
regio Cipriano Danella, but comparing
il with Mariana's mutilated note and
also the warning sent to him, the
American cannot be certain of the
handwriting.
Perhaps il has been disguised in
both the epistles.' suggests the detec-
tive, and continues his report. AS far
as | can find from a clerk in the tele-
graph office, Rue de la Republic, that
J have sometimes hired before in such
matters. there was a long cable from
Bernardo Saliceti at Ajaccio 10 Cor
Yegio Danella late yesterday evening
il stated that you and your party were
10 arrive on the Constantine: that you
10y your arts had murdered his brother.
end that Madame Anstruther for the
defence of her husband against the
iust vengeance of Tomasso MonaIdi,
lad produced his shooting by De Bel
Ioc's caValFymen. This is only as the
operator remembered it. Ny emissary
didn't dare to try and get "A duplicate
of the dispatch. which was already on
ule The French government keeps a
sharp eye upon its telegraph Offices"
Isn't it curious" asks Burton. that
there is no account yet of the COrSiCan
tragedy in the French journals herey'
Politics. answers the detective
There is an election here shortly. and
they fear some complication with the
English government England is at
present the bette nOire Of French poll
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TN A PLAIN CITIZEN; AND I NEED THE JOB

Humble says I. And United
States marshal was the berth
oh, yes says Mrs. Avery. I have
so many deals of this sort 1 sometimes
get them confused. Give me all the
memoranda you have of the case, Mr..
Peters and come back i'm four days. l
think it can be arranged by them
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star. that means ready to serve"
Now, let's see. age, So; married twice:
Presbyterian, likes blondes, hobbies
TolstOi, poker and stewed terrapin:
sentimental at third bottle. of wine"
Yes she goes on, ! am sure I can have
your friend. Mr.. hummer, appointed
minister To Brazil
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BY ARCHIBALD CLAVERING GUNTER,
Author Of Mr.. Potter of Texas" etc.
Copyright 1907. by Dodd Mead & 90.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-18
snake and Clearwater Rising.

Heavy rains in the uplands Friday
night ard Saturday are reported to
have started the Lapwai creek on Il
rampage. SATURDAY. evening as the
train came down from Culdesac Con-
ductor Bowling states q heavy flood
Of water was coming down the creek
carrying logs and trees in the rush.
other small streams in the upper
country are reported running bank
full and some fears are entertained
that considerable damage may result
from the flood The Clearwater and
Snake rivers have been coming up
steadily for the PAST few days and
yesterday evening the former stream
had reached stage almost equal tc
the hgh water during the freshet last
fall
Several families residing in small
structures alohg the Clearwater
slough were Yesterday compelled to
abandon their structures. Yesterday
afternoon a warm wind prevailed and
It is believed this viii cut the snow
in the high ranges and cause a fur
ther lise in the rivers today.-Lewis-
| ton Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-18
SnImnn VIII Cost More.
, ,soeosaesaossessssss

Cpcn!ng prices on the 1907 pack
of Columbia river salmon will short
" be announces by the Columbia
Piver Packers association, and there
is every reason to believe that they
will re higher than the opening
prices last year. one of the lower
river cenrers has already given out
his prices for this season, which are
AS follows: Falls, $3.50; flats, s1.75;
halves. S1.O5. In view of the trade,
he mas nit Upon the correct basis,
and it is generally believed that the
associations figures vii be the same
Opening prices last year, which were
maintained throughout the season,
were: Tails, s1.t5; flats, sl.6b;
halves. 81. The advance in prices Is
Justified according to the cnnners'
by the heavy demand for chinook
salmon AMI the fact that whatever
the VA TX nay amount to, IT cannot
pae,ihly 10 excessive.
Fishing on the Columbia began to-
day. Toe seiners cannot start get
as the water is too muddy, and II
will he several weeks before they
can take hold. II is impossible, oi
course, to forecast the pack, but as
the catch has run uniformly light IN
the past three years. which have
been years of low water and the in
dications this summer are for q
higher river stage, 1t is hoped that
the run OF fish will he more plenti'
ri. THE Dalles Chronicle.