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mans house unannounced-to fright
en- Lady,"
Gilbert turned, his shoulders squar-
ed, for, while he was a boy he was
in many ways a man, and he lacked
not in either courage or dignity.
"Mr de Valette," he said proudly,
IL am Gilbert Steele. My father sent
me here by appointment"
Whose" queried De VaIette. ut
takes two to make an appointment"
"He sent me for an answer to his
letter.
"Ah. yesw cried De Valctte, bowling
low. "He wishes to know what price
/ put upon my home! May | risk the
indelicacy of inquiring if you have
heard that this poor house of mine
is on the market?"
''No, sir. But my father considered
it fair proposal"
"By any chance" inquired De Va
lette harshly, could either he or you
consider it merely as a piece of effron-
tery?
mo, sir" returned Gilbert, the color
A41CuI1LlA&S HIS Cu66hS.
"Of course you could notw The
smothered anger in the breast Of De
Valette was finding fame. But hap
pen to regard it so. Tell your father"
he went on, that he shall not have
the last acres of Valette. And beg
him to do me this courtesy: That if he
shall ever have occasion to send me
another message let it not be upon
this subject nor by this messenger.
Explain to him that gentlemen of
French descent have curious prejudicts
against intrusion upon their house
holds. Moreover, learn this for your
self, because a lack Of knowledge in
such matters may sometimes prove
embarrassing-even dangerous-tOy you:
Our young gentlewomen are not to be
addressed or come upon in such a way
as has been yours"
Gilbert Steele color yet higher, faced
the other with dignity.
II did not intend any offense." he
said quietly. II am very ignorant Of
French customs. Certain Of them l
could never hope to comprehend. Be.
assured that | shall never interfere
with any of them again or shall | have
the honor willingly to present myself
here after today"
He turned. Lightly, behind the pro-
lection of his body, he dropped the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-05-04
II DID NOT INTEND ANY oFFENsE. !"

IT DID NOT INTEND ANY oFFENsE."
rose that Madeleine had given him,
casting it upon the chimney seat. At
the door he turned and bowed. Then
he was gone Madeleine stood watch
ing, white fingers lacing and interlac
ing. There was in her heart that
which she did not know, she did not
understand. Only it hurt-it hurt so
much Her father was saying:
''Hah! That clears the air of Yam
kee riffraff.''
Father O'Mara chuckled.
Faith" he said, she is gallant
young rooster, that Gilbert Steele.
know him."
Louise had come into the room, car
lying a decanter Of wine and glasses.
Madeleine saw her dimly. And now
der aunt was speaking.
Madeleine" she said, 1come, my
iearP'
O'Mara, lifting his hand, said:
''Not for minute yet"
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R r was natural that Nile e. Va
MI lette, entering the room and
there finding them, should not
understand. Thus she gave q
little cry of alarm. and her brother.
coming behind, strobe forward swiftly.
what is it," he demanded.
"a strangerr' cried Mile de Valette.
Hes frightened Madeleine"
De valette turned upon Gilbert.
''Sor' he said These are American
manners, are they-to enter a gentle
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tween them teeth of perfect whiteness.
Her hair was of brown gold, and the
sun was in it. And her cheek was
like the pink Of seashell. He looked
wondering, deep in the depth of adj
miration that comes of that wonder
ment.
She stirred little He knew that
he should go. But there was within
him something that would not let him,
so he stayed. At length she stirred;
wonderful eyes of violet opened. They
looked at him. A tiny white hand
rose, fiuttered, then went toward MIN,
touching his coat.
He cried breathlessly:
"Oh. pardon, pardony'
She said In hushed voice Of great
wonder:
i thought you were in my dream!"
He took step back, embarrassed.
fingers elutching his hat.
FL came to see Mr.. de Valette,"
he said awkwardly q am Mr.. Roder-
lex Steele's son, Gilbert Steele. My
father has written to Mr.. de Valette.
ii am here by appointment"
your name is Gilbert?" she asked.
Eyes"
She said gravely as she rose and
faced him:
Ny name is Madeleine
He repeated it after her slowly, with
a little intake of breath.
Madeleine Madeleiner' And then,
Its wonderful namen'
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'fWill you give me one7" he asked.
q bit diffident-y.
She replied. In emphasis as his own:
ST should say / wouldr'
She plucked from the mass upon the
table rose rendering it to him.
after you've seen my father, will
you have to 60 home?" she asked.
YES" he answered I'll have to
take the answer to a letter"
"But you'll come back again."
Eyes, I WILL
'tCan you come back this very day"
eyes"
"And tomorrow, too?' she persisted
''Will you come tomorrow, too, per-
haps?''
Tomorrow" he repeated; then,
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! tomorrow"
'Why?" she queried.
He said slowly:
''It's a secret
"But," she cried brightly, "you can
come the day after"
For a moment he was silent. Then
he said abruptly:
"Do you always wear a white dress
like that?"
She asked wistfully:
"Do you like it ~
'It's wonderful" he cried. 'T think
all women in the world ought to wear
white dresses! And you always wear
a white dress-like that?"
She said lightly:
''Well, until after I'm married to
Raoul."
He started back from her, eyes wide,
lips apart. He said slowly, almost
daZedly:
''Until-after-you' re-married"
She nodded. EYES," she replied
casually. She was not looking at him
now. 'You see, I'm to be married to
my cousin"
"You mean it?" he asked. He could
not quite believe.
She responded cheerfully.
''It's all arranged. M. Raoul is quite
an old gentleman. l have just met
him. He is very pleasant"
"You're promised?'
"Why, yes!" She spoke with faint
surprise. To her it was quite a matter
of course. She was very young-she
did not know.
He looked at her for long moment,
eyes fixed upon her. At length he
said, in the bitter resignation that is
of youth:
'"That's all. then"
She asked apprehensively:
"All what?'
He said slowly-very slowly:
"All of everything"
"You don't mean she began quick
ly.
He swung around sharply.
"It's the last time / shall come here"
he declared.
"But Why?" she asked.
81 said that it was a secret why /
couldn't come tomorrow" he returned
bitterly. "But now can tell you. It's
because I'm going to the war"
An involuntary little cry left her
quiyering lips.
sour company marches tonight"
"You mustn't gor' she exclaimed
tensely. Il don't want you to gov'
"And now | hope that / won't come
backw He turned away
She cried strickenly:
you're angry with mew
''No,. I'm not
Yes, you are" she asserted, COR you
wouldn't go away. You wouldn't even
say that you were going. You're an
CRY. What have / doneY' 1t was all
in breath-swift, broken.
He cried with bitterness, turning on
her:
do you think I want to come back
to find you married?'
s'But how can / help that?" she
asked TREMENDOUSLY. 81 must be obedi-
ent I always have been obedient."
She was before him, eager, agonized.
protesting. But he was obdurate. The
iron had bitten deep. He said slowly:
81 can't even see you again-never."
A deadly pallor overspread the young
girls face. The words of her new
found friend and admirer came tn her
as a distinct shock.
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~ S1ldPISE MN
K $ "
TYN all the fullness of life at its full
lin the utter joy of life that
comes to boys of twenty newly
freed from that exacting task
mistress education, Gilbert Steele
threw loose the reins upon the with
ers of his mount and let the dainty
bay have her will. She shook her
head, curvetting, making great pretense
of fear at blowing leaf or swinging
moss. And he laughed in sympathy
with her mood, riding erect, 1.-THE, his
well set up body swaying to her every
move
Down the old road they Sped His
eyes caught frequent vista of bayou
and marsh and meadow and some
times the spreading sweep of the river
beyond. Now and again he bent to
avoid swaying branch or dead gray
cluster of Spanish moss.
At length he came to the head of
the old live oak avenue that led to the
great house that was his destination.
He swung his mare around the huge
old post and sped forward. At length
he could see the house.
He dismounted There was no one
about, so he tied his horse and mount
ed the crumbling steps.
Coming to the door, he knocked.
There was no answer. He knocked
important mission that he was on.
Surely some one must be about. He
hesitated for a moment, then, thrust
ing the door open, entered.
1t was an old room and very somber.
He could see no one in it.
He called:
"Mr. de Valette! Mr.. de valette!
Mr.. de Valetter' No one answered.
Then suddenly he saw asleep on
mahogany sofa by the fireplace a girl
He turned to tiptoe from the room.
But then he had never seen before a
fragile, of such perfect beauty. There
was within him something that made
him stop. He stopped. There was
something within him that babe him
go very silently to her and to look at
her more closely-she, so wonderful
And he went to her silently, obeying
that within him, and looked, bending
over the high back of the great seat.
Yes, she was beautiful-very-and more
wonderful far than he had thought
the lips half parted-red lips-and be-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
Morane'S Engine Goes Wrong at
Record Height, but He Sur
wives Awful Descent
BREAKS OWN WORLDS MARK
Velocity of the Downward Plunge
Makes Aviator III, but He
Controls Machine
Associated PressI

DEUVILLE, France, Sept. 3.-Leon
Morane, the daring French aviator, to-
day made a sensational monoplane
flight, eclipsing his own worlds record
for altitude by flying to a height Of
25S2 meters (S471 feeD.
The previous altitude record was 1854
feet, made by himself last Monday at
the Havre aviation meeting.
Just when the aviator reached his
highest point the motor Of the machine
suddenly stopped, after which the
monoplane began a long and remark
able descent.
The aviator plunged downward at a
great rate of speed and reached the
ground g. distance of two kilometers
OLA miles) from the aerodrome.
The huge crowd that had gathered on
the aviation field to witness the fight
saw Morane planning downward with
frightful rapidity, and 1t was feared
he had met with an accident. Several
automobiles were sent hurriedly to the
place where it was expected the ma
chine would be dashed to pieces. Mo-
rane was found dazed, but not hurt,
in the seat of the undamaged aero
plane, holding a barometer in his hand.
He explained that he had tried with
out success again to start the motor,
and that the velocity of the descent
caused attacks of nausea and madden
ing hammering of the ear drums, while
the violent gusts of wind threatened to
capsize the craft.
Nevertheless he controlled the ma
chine in its wild flight and was able
at the last moment to avoid a barbed
wire fence and land easily.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
K|DNAPERS BRAND
COLLEGE STUDENTS
Paul Foot Taken from Stanford
to Sacramento and Sub
jeCted to Torture

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 3.-Kidnaped
from Palo Alto last Tuesday night by
four men in an automobile, who kept
him captive for more than three days,
robbed him of SIS and finally liberated
him a few miles from this city this
afternoon, after branding the figure
40" on his left arm with hot wires,
Paul Foot, freshman, who came to
Stanford this year from Montana, told
his story to the police here tonight.
Foot believes his captors to have
been students, but says their voices
seemed to be those Of grown men.
They wore masks and false mustaches
and boards.
The freshman was captured when he
went to mail a letter at 10 o'clock
Tuesday night The four men COW
cred his head with a sack, took his
money and valuables and rode away
with him. He was left in a cabin for
two days and then brought in the au-
tomobile to Brighton, a few miles
from Sacramento, and released after
being branded. He begged for his
watch, and it was returned to him, but
the money is gone.
Foot, who is 81 years of age, arrived
at Stanford two weeks ago and rented
a room at Palo Alto, a mile from the
campus. He intended to work his
way through college, and had SIS with
which to pay his initial expenses.
Twice he was taken in hand by the
eager sophomores, as a real freshman,
and forced to shine shoes, carry trunks
and practice other menial occupations.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
YALE PRESIDENT TO HEAD
STOCK AND BOND PR0BERS
Taft Names Men to Serve on I'm
portant Commission

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Sept. g.
President Taft announced this after
noon his appointments to- the new
stock and bond commission, which will
investigate the question of bringing
future issues Of railroad securities un-
der the supervision and control OF the
interstate commerce commission.
The announcement was made shortly
after the president left Boston for st.
Paul, where he will speak before the
National Conservation congress.
DR.. Arthur T. Hadley, president of
Yale university, is named as chairman
of the commission. The other members
are Frederick N. Judson of st. Louis.
Frederick Strauss of New York. Walter
L. Fisher of Chicago and Prof. b. H
Meyers of Madison, Wis.
The president is particularly gratified
at obtaining the consent Of all these
men to serve. More than 200 names
were considered before he arrived at
final choice.
Mr.. Taft regards the commission as
representative, both as to conservative
and progressive thought In railroad
regulation.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
SUES TO PREVENT
LABOR AGREEMENT
Open Shop Advocate Would Stop
Bucks Stove Company Making
Peace with the Unions

ST. LOUIS, Sept. &C. w. Post of
Battle Creek, Mich, filed suit today
In the United States court for the
eastern district of Missouri against
the American Federation of Labor and
the Bucks Stove and Range company
of st. Louis to restrain the officers of
the latter company from carrying out
an alleged tentative agreement with
the officers of the former to make the
St. Louis institution closed shop.
The case is a suit in equity and in
cludes among the defendants Samuel
Gompers, president; John Mitchell,
vice president; Frank Morrison, sec
retary and other offers of the fed
Grafton and about fifty others promi-
nently identified with union labor in
America.
The Injunction feature OF the suit
will be heard by Judge Smith Nc
Pherson in chambers at Red Oak,
Iowa. Monday.
The action grows out of the meeting
in Cincinnati July 10, at which ar
rangements were perfected between
Gompers and his associates and the
officers of the stove company to have
lifted the boycott watch had been in
force during the life of ]. w. Van
The complainant, Post, states in his
petition that he is a stockholder Of
the Bucks Stove company and that his
interests and those of the company
will suffer by reason Of the proposed
agreement.
A meeting between the American
Federation leaders and the stove COM
pany officers has been set for next
Tuesday, and 1T was to head off pos
sible action that the suit was filed to-
day.
DAMAGE CLAIM INVOLVED
1t is claimed among other things
that the consummation of the pro-
posed agreement would deprive the
stove company of any opportunity of
recovering hundreds Of thousands of
dollars lost because of the union boy
cott and that irreparable injury to
the concern would result because Of
the destruction of the prestige 1t had
gained through its victory over the
labor unions in the District Of Co
lumbia courts.
A claim for damages in the sum of
$750000 alleged to have been suffered
as the result of the boycott is set up
under the Sherman act, making the
case similar to the famous Danbury
hat suit, in which the hatters recov-
Continued on Page Fiye)
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
BIG FLOCK OF MEN-BIRDS
FLIES AT HARVARD AELD
Harmon Falls with BipIane but Is
Not Injured

ATLANTIC, Mass, Sept. 3-Daring
aviators of two continents met at the
new Harvard aviation field at Atlantic
today on the opening of the Harvard
Boston aero meet, which will be contin-
ued through the next ten days.
In a three-mile breeze Wright's new
model biplane, with the front control
removed and placed at the rear, was
taken out by Ralph Johnstone. Walter
Brookins, in the standard Wright ma
chine, followed, and then came Charles
f. Willard in Curtiss biplane. Claude
Graham White, in his Farman biplane,
and Clifford B. Harmon also flew.
One of the wheels Of Harmon's BIZ
plane sank into soft dirt on the get
away, making the machine unsteady,
and from a height of forty feet it fell
into a marsh and was wrecked. Har-
mon escaped injury.
A drizzling rain fell during all of the
afternoon, and the crowds were leaving
when Graham White came out a second
time in his Bleriot for what proved to
be a. sensational fight. In a three-lap
flight Mr.. White did the five and a
quarter miles in 6 minutes 5 seconds,
the best speed Of the day.
Glenn H. Curtiss came out at $3.50 p.
m. for some practice flights in his own
racing machine, closing the days
events.
Among the spectators was John
Trowbridge of Cambridge, the vener-
able author who many years ago made
famous the verses on DARIUS Green
and His Flying Machine" Mr.. Trow-
bridge had never before seen a flying
machine, and he took great interest in
the various models.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
Government Officials Pay SCant
Heed to English .CIamor at
IRIS Panama Speech
TREATY RIGHTS ARE CITED
Official Documents Give Uncle
Sam Full Right to Pro-
teCt Big Ditch
Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Sept S.-Oflcials
both Of the state department and Of the
army expressed surprise today that any
question had been raised at this time
as to the right of the United States to
erect Notifications along the Panama
canal. They regard the unfavorable
comment in the English press on Col.
Roosevelt's remarks about the neces-
sity for fortifying the canal as lack
of appreciation both of the action of
the American government and of the
attitude Of the British foreign office
itself.
BY implication 1t is declared by
American officials that the American
and British agreement of 1901, known
as the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, gave the
United States the right to fortfy the
canal.
The implication is drawn from sew
eral clauses, it is pointed out. This
treaty sets forth that the United States
aopted as the basis of the neutraliza-
tion of the canal the rules governing
the Suez canal with certain modiftca-
tions. In contrast with the Suez rules
the Panama canal rules, 1t is contended,
contain no specific authorization for an
enemy of the United States to use the
canal to the detrlment of the latter's
interest.
1t is therefore claimed by the United
States that her guarantee to neutralize
the canal only refers to belligerents,
not enemies of the United States.
Furthermore, it is added, no express
provision was incorporated in the rules
forbidding the United States to fortify
the canal as was done with Turkey
in the case of the Suez canal.
GIVES RIGHT TO FORTIFY
These omissions are regarded as par
ticularly significant because of the fact
that Lord Pauncefote who drew the
treaty of 1901 with Secretary Hay, was
one of the negotiators of the treaty
that provided for the Suez canal rules
In this connection, according to the
understanding by the state department,
the view of the British government was
| expressed in q memorandum by Lord
I,ansdowne on August 81, 1901. COM
municated to Secretary Hay through
Lord Pauncefote.
st understand that by the omission
| of all reference to the matter of de-
fense," he said, "the United States gov
ernment wishes to reserve the power of
taking measures to protect the canal,
at any rate when the United States
damage at the hands of an enemy or
enemies. "I am not prepared
to deny that contingencies may arise
when not only from a national point of
view, but on behalf of the commercial
interests of the whole world, 1t might
be of supreme importance to the United
States that they should be free to
adopt measures for the defense of the
canal at d moment when they were
themselves engaged in hostilities."
The American government, 1t is
claimed here, has been openly acting
on the theory that 1t had the right to
fortify the canal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
EASTERN

Roosevelt in first utterance regarding
Taft administration compliments one
phase of it. but is silent to rest.
Section /, PAGES 2-3
Churches in all parts OF United States
will observe today as Labor Sunday.
Section 2. PAGE s
Professor Marsh points out that centers
of production are cause of high cost
OF living. Section 2. PAGE S
"Open shop advocate brings suit to pre-
vent Bucks Stove company settling
troubles with unions and having "closed
shop" Section l, PAGE 1
Government officials call bluff of British
newspapers and declare Panama canal
will be fortified. Section l. PAGE 1
Figures compiled by New York's statistician
show increase In church members in that
city. Section l. PAGE
Roosevelt present at mock trial of Cannon
and LaFollette at Omaha Section !, PAGE ;
Eddie Hearne pilots Benz car to victory in
1OO-mile free-for-all race at indianapolis.
Section 3, PAGE
Chief Steward of the Chicago police
department establishes a school for
policemen. Section l, PAGE
Bandits slay paymaster OF Hudson, N
Y, Brick company and his driver
and take $4,000. Section l.. PAGE 2
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
CONFESSION OF SLAYER
FREES FOUR ACCUSED MEN
Defendants Awaiting Trial on
Murder Charge Released

OGDENSBURG, N. Y, Sept. 3.-Four
men who have been held here await
ing trial for the murder of Warrick
Drake of Potsdam, N. Y, whose body
was found August 21 in an open lot,
will be freed on the strength of a con-
fession made this week by Nelson
Shorrow, a deck hand with prison
record.
Shorrow, after his arrest for a minor
offense, confessed he robbed Drake the
night of August 16, but denied hav-
ing STRUCK him. He is accordingly
held for highway robbery, punish
able with twenty years Imprisonment
The four now cleared of suspicion
had been drinking with Drake just
before the robbery.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
ANGELES

Gay carnival will mark reign of Queen
Elizabeth at Long Beach on September 3.
Section 2, PAGE
Health department milk inspectors condemn
100 gallons Of milk at Crescent Creamery
company's plant. Section 1, PAGE 10
Chief Engineer Hazard Of New York tells
City club of management methods in east
ern metropolis. Section l, PAGE
Judge Houser of the superior court prepares
amendment to state laws regulating di-
Vorces. Section /, PAGE
Two men seize boy from arms Of his
mother and escape in auto. Matri-
monial troubles involved in strange
case. Section 1. PAGE l
Mrs. Helen Thrower shoots self In head
at home of l. NJ Griffith and dies in
receiving hospital six hours after be-
ing treated there for nervous break
down. Section 8. PAGE 7
Meyer Idssner resigns from Good Gov
ernment organization executive COM
mittee. Section l. PAGE
President of Los Angeles Investment
company weds at Santa Barbara
Section 1. PAGE
Judge Bledsoe Of San Bernardino in
opinion in local court holds statute
abrogating selow servant doctrine in
damage cases is valid.
Section l. PAGE
Editorial and letter box. Section /, PAGE 6
City brevities Section /. PAGE 7
News of the courts Section /, PAGE 10
Municipal affairs. Section l, PAGE 10
Automobiles Section 8, PAGES Ia
sports Section 8, PAGES As
Mining and oil fields Section /, PAGE II
Markets and financial Section 8. PAGE ii
Real estate. Section 2, PAGES 1-2
Building permits. Section 2. PAGE q
Classified advertising Section 2, PAGES 81
Society," clubs, music Section 8. PAGES TO
Marriage licenses, births. deaths.
Section 2. PAGE 8
Theaters and dramatic Section 4. PAGE /
Fraternal and secret orders.
Section 4, PAGE 2
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
TAFT'S SON INTERESTED
SPECTATOR OF AVIATION

BOSTON, SEPT. done OF the most
observing spectators at the Harvard
Boston aviation meeting is Charlie
Taft, the presidents son, who has de-
veloped a great interest in flying and
flying machines.
He was introduced to Graham White
yesterday. and the two chatted for
some time about aviation. When the
Englishman said, in parting, II trust
that you will be one of the skilled
aviators of the future" young Taft
seemed greatly pleased.