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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
THE UPPER BERTH.

No traveller by rail now occupies an
upper berth If he can get a lower
berth. The prejudice in favor of the
lower berth, except in the case of fat
men, is not reasonable, for either is as
uncomfortable as the mind of the oc-
cupant chooses to make it. Sleeping on
the rail Is not luxury but a necessity
One has to make the best Of it, For
that reason everybody insists on hav-
his journey, if possible to get one, sim
ply because of the popular prejudice
against upper berths
For this reason the report that the
interstate commerce commission rend-
cred a decision in the case of LOTUS
versus the Pullman company, directing
that hereafter the cost of an upper
berth shall be lower than that of a
lower berth excites peculiar interest. If
the upper berths are to be cheaper the
prejudice against them will quickly
disappear. They are likely to be spoken
for as eagerly as the cheaper state
rooms on the night boats. They are
likely to be spoken for as eagerly as
the cheaper staterooms on the night
boats. The decision should work for
the ultimate benefit of the Pullman
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
Texas League Baseball.

HOUSTON, Tex, April 16.-With
Oklahoma City in Houston, Shreveport
in San Anatonio, Dallas in Waco and
for the Texas Baseball league penant
begins this afternoon. The magnates
Gus season for the league were never
better. The banner was won last year
by this city, Oklahoma City finishing
second and San Antonio third. Da las,
Shreveport, La, Fort Worth, Calves
ton and Waco also ran.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
All in Sight is Mine
Saith Dugdale and He ===

should be prepared, in advance, to at
tend as many of the games with the
least possible annoyance and trouble.
ITO enab you to attend the games
without the annoyance and trouble in
cidental to the purchase of admission
tickets and at the same time assist the
home club to pay it's heavy expenses
during the training season, / am send
ing out a limited number of season
tickets to my friends.
The price of the ticket is the same
as usual, viz: $50, and you will confer
q great favor by keeping the ticket
and renting to me it's price, thus
enabling me to meet the heavy expense
at this time of the year.
Trusting that you will keep the
ticket and thanking you in advance
for the prompt remittance of its price,
l remain, very truly yours.
ID. E. DUGDALE.
'P. 81 am enclosing you two tick
cts. one for yourself and one for your
wife. and trust that you will confer the
favor of mailing me a check for $40 in
payment for them d. E. d..
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16

For the love of Mike, what do you
think o. this! Shades of Croesus and
other members of the get-rich- quick
TX. Suffering sons of the common
sightseeing seacooks! OH, splash,
mother fell into the briny deep! Slip
perry strings of whining dog salmon!
Oh, 1.-THE and leatherly lemons growing
on jimpson stalk! Gurgling green
cages. Now, then, a little greenish
glare, some villain music and a sibi-
liant hist!
Read this !!!..!!; Contain yerself
"Tis from Cupid Dugdale. He's the kid
that koins the kerchink. Hesitating
heathens, hear his howl! IT'S the time
to talk tickets. Sieze the shifting salts,
summers here.
But pause a brief moment; here's
the gentle touch of the Dugdalean
wand. Augustus Mutt or Little Jeff
never Travelled in a limousine with Dug
when it came tos touch. His handle
should be tombstone, or had it better
be lodestone? They say what touches
his digits sticks. Are you one of
bugs friends?
But read:
Seattle Baseball Club Association.
Inc.
Mr.. So-and-So
Dear Sir - Relaxation from the
strenuous life is only attained through
outdoor amusements, and as baseball
is concede dby all as the greatest
American outdoor amusement. we
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
Manifested the Markings.

Alderman Smiths baby was being
christened, and everybody present was
complimenting the happy parents.
II believe" said the proud mother.
that he is going to be great politi-
clan some day."
"Whyw asked the ruddy faced IA
Their.
erything so easily" said the wife,
smiling up into her husbands face
Lippincott's.
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APPRECIATED.

Throughout their excursion in Una
tilla county, the Walla Walla business
men seem to have been actuated by a
purely fraternal rather than a CONNER
clal spirit They were as coltish and
frisky as a lot of school bows. and
seemed to enjoy every minute of their
Junket, with no regard for harvesting
possible shekels in the future. They
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or less surreptitiously by the layers
Of odds.
On Gretna Green most of these gave
Is to l and some as high as 20 to l..
The play on Jack Atkin varied from
4 to to to s. The weather was
ideal and helped to bring out a large
feminine contingent
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
Amateur Racing.

NEW YORK, April 16.-Amateur
racing under the jurisdiction of the
National Steeplechase and Hunt asso-
citation begins today with a one-oay
meeting at the old Linden, n. j., track
The NEE. is purey a sporting affalr'
no cash prizes being offered.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
WALLA WALLA HIGH is
DEFEATED BY COLUMBIA
Twirer of Milton Pitches His First
No-Hit No-Run Game

Walla Walla High and Columbia
college clashed in baseball on the lat
ter's grounds yesterday afternoon, and
the result was a victory for the Ore
gon lads by score of to 0. The
reason given out by the local boys
for their defeat is that neither Black
man nor Steel, their two star twirlers
could not go on the trip. necesstat
ing the use Of Thompson, a freshman
who has had practically no experience
to such an extent that they lost the
game. However, they hope to retrieve
themselves when they meet the Column
bia college team in a future game.
Henderson of Columbia did star work
in the box, pitching no hit game,
and for the first game of the season
did star work.
The lineup OK the two teams was
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
An Old Verb.

Rowlands' Martin Markall," 1910. we
are told that "loyterers iaze in the
streete, lurke in alehouses and range
in the highwaies." The word occurs,
I believe. in some of Mortimer Collins
lyrics:
But Cupid lazeth 'mongst the faiery
lasses,
Whose clere complexion he oft sweareth
passes.
London Notes and Queries.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16

BELLINGHAM, April 10 The
Whatcom County Medical society has
inaugurated a pure food movement to
discourage the use Of canned foods,
particularly evaporated milk, and to
meats exposed in shops in this city are
a menace to health
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
Lakewood Horse Show.

LAKEWOOD, n. j. April 16.-Lake-
woods eighth annual horse show and
carnival of sports was held today at
the Country club, and attracted a
large entry list and big attendance
of fashionable people
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
New California League.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. April 16.-
A new Glass d professional baseball
rganiZation, the Central California
league. will begin its season tomorrow.
The towns in the circuit are Napa,
Santa Rosa. Vallejo, Point Richmond,
Petalura. ST. Helena, San Rafael and
Hea Sburg
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
She Was There.

A woman Of whose death a witness
at Clerkenwell county court said he
had been informed came forward. His
Honor-Then you are not dead? The
Woman-No; am here.-London Tele-
graph.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
Family JOYS.

when you were counting me- said
his wife. you declared there wasn't
another woman in the world like me-"
Yes" replied her husband. "and
I'm glad of it-for the sake Of other
men,"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
London Notes and Queries


How Erin and Scotia See Things.
We don't suppose a Scotchman and
an Irishman will ever be able to
peacefully settle an argument. because
the madden Scotchman gets the slow
er he talks. and the slower he talks the
hotter the Irishman feels.-Puck.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
Northwestern Athletics.

PORTLAND, April 16.-High school
athletics of Oregon and Washington
are here in large numbers today to
compete in the Columbia indoor meet
and the interscho.astic cross country
run
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
HATS

Stetson and Mallery
These two continue
this season, as in pre-
vious years, to lead in
all the essentials of
high-class headgear
for men. The new
spring styles are
ready for your inspec-
ton. They are neat
and stylish-made to
meet the ideas of men
of taste and the labels
are guarantees of
worth and wear and
insure satisfaction in
every detail.
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All the Same to Him,

Wife-John. there's a burglar going
through your pockets. John-An right!
You two fight it out between your
selves.-Exchange
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16

Experience takes dreadfully high
school wages, bat he teaches like no
other.-Carlyle.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16

came to get acquainted" and are the
kind that will bear acquaintance
Weston Leader.
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Struck out by HENDERSON Z, by
Thompson 6. Errors, Columbia 5. Wal
la Walla Z. Scores We're made by Col
umbia in the /, and Ssh innings.
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q = e = q = = =. 8 :.
Advertising, like a Mustard I.
= Plaster, has to have time to I.
= draw, but when it starts Won 4.
= don't want to remove the Appli- +
Z cation. =
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
Weather Conditions.

The high pressure area over the Pa
cific northwest is attended by fair
weather over the western half of the
country, except on the coast of Wash
ington and the Sound country where
light showers have fallen. 1t is
warmer this morning west of the
Rocky Mountains. The Mississippi
valley storm is moving toward eastern
Canada, having caused rains in the
Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the
lake region. 1t Isl being followed by
a drop in temperature in the middle
west. The indications are for con-
tinued fair weather in this vicinity
during the next Sc hours.
JOHN GROVER, Observer.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

For Walla Walla and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Sunday.
For Washington: Fair tonight, ex-
cept showers northeast portion. Sun
day fair
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
Spider Colonies.

Our native spiders are notable for
their extreme unsociability. OF those
which are spinners each one con-
structs its web apart from those of
its kind. And those which hunt pur.
sue their prey alone says the London
Globe.
In other countries, however, there
are spiders which live in communities,
and one such, native of Mexico, is
described by M. L. Diguet 1t is known
as the mosquero and makes a large
nest in oaks and other trees. Here
the spiders live gregariously and along
with them in the nest is found a mi
mute beetle and another species of spi-
der. The beetle is said to act as
scavenger. Parts of the nest of the
mosquero are hung up in the houses
during the wet season to get rid of the
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CHAPTER XIII.

The millionaire did things hand.
somely He offered to motor his party
to Venice, and as Margaret declined,
because motoring was bad for her
voice, he telegraphed for a comfort
able special carriage. and took his
friends down by railroad. and they
were all very luxuriously comfortable
Kralinsky was not on board the
yacht when they came alongside at
sunset in two gondolas, following the
steam.launch, which carried the load
of luggage and the two maids.
Stemp led the way, and Mr.. Van
Torp took the three ladies to their
cabins; first Mrs. Rushmore, who was
surprised and delighted by the rich
and gay appearance of hers, for it
was entirely decorated in pink and
gold.
On the writing table stood a tall,
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gilt vase full of immense pink roses,
with stems nearer four feet long than
three. Mrs. Rushmore admired them
very much.
How did you know that love
roses above all other flowers?" she
asked. My dear Mr.. Van Torp, you
are wizard, I'm sure!"
Lady Maud and Margaret entered.
and kept up polite little chorus of
admiration; but they both felt uneasy
rs to what they might find in their re.
spective cabins. for Margaret hated
pink, and Lady Maud detested gild
ing, and neither of them was especial
ly fond of roses. They left Mrs. Rush
more very happy In her quarters and
went on. Lady Maud's turn came next,
and she began to understand, when
she saw a quantity of sweet wood vio
let's on her table, just loosened, In an
old Murano glass beaker.
THANK you." she said, bending to
smell them. How kind of you!"
There was not trace of gliding or
pink silk. The cabin was paneled and
lifted in a rare natural wood of n
creamywhite tint.
Beg pardon, my lady," said Stemp.
This and Miss Donne's cabin com
municate by this door, and the door
aft goes to the dressing-room. Each
| cabin has one quite independent, and
| this bell rings the pantry, my lady,
| and this one rings Miss Donne's
| maids cabin, as | understand that
your ladyship has not brought her own
maid with her"
Very nice" said Lady Maud, smell
ing the violets again.
Stemp threw open the door of com
munication to the cabin he had pre-
| pared for the prima donna. The two
cabins occupied the whole beam of the
vessel, excepting the siX-foot gangway
on each side, and as she was one OF
the largest yachts ahoat at the time
there was no lack of room.
Carnations, at this time of year!'
cried Margaret, seeing half an arm
full of her favorite dark red ones, in q
silver wine-cooler before the mirror
you really seem to know everything
Thank you so much!"
She buried her handsome face in the
splendid flowers and drew in deep
warm breath, full of their sensuou.
perfume, the spicy scent of lader
clove-tree under tropical sun
THANK you again." she said en-
Enthusiastically. THANK you for every
thing, the delightful journey, and THU
lovely room, and the carnations!"
She stood up suddenly to her height
in sheer pleasure, and held out he
hand to him. He pressed 1t quietly
and smiled.
"Do as you would be done by" h
said. That's the company's rule"
She laughed at the allusion to thei
agreement, of which Lady Maud knew
nothing, for they had determined t,
keep it secret for the present
Mr.. Van Torp had not found an OF
portunity of speaking to Lady Mau,
alone, but he wished her to know
when Krainsky might be expected
"Stemp," he said, before leaving tn
, cabin, have you heard from tn
count?"
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CHAPTER XII.

On the morning after the transac-
ton last described, Van Torp's atten-
ton was arrested by a sensational
"scare-head about thief and ruby
worth $4,000, Some disaffected col.
league in London had known, or
cleverly guessed, where the stone was
that had been stolen from Mr. Pin
ney's, and had informed the police;
the nicelooking young fellow who
spoke like an English gentleman had
walked directly into the arms of the
plain-clothes man waiting for him on
the pier in New York, the stone had
been found sewn up in his waistcoat,
and his pleasant career of liberty had
ended abruptly in a cell.
Mr.. Van Torp whistled softly as he
read the account a second time. Then
he neatly cut the column out of the
paper, folded it with great precision,
smoothed it with care and placed it in
his pocket-book next to a cheap little
photograph of Nine. da Cordova as
Juliet which he had bought in a
music shop in New York the day after
he had heard her for the first time
and had carried in his pocket ever
since.
He took up the mutilated newspa
per and looked up and down the col
umns, and among other information
which he gathered in a few moments
was the fact that Logotheti's yacht
had passed Capt Saint Vincent, going
east, owner and party on board The
previous telegram had not escaped
him, and if he had entertained any
doubts as to the destination of the
Erinna, they vanished now. She was
certainly bound for the Mediterranean
He remembered having heard thai
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Yes, sir. He got rere this MORN
ing from Vienna in his motor. sir, and
sent his things with his man, and his
compliments to you and the ladies',
and he will come on board in time for
dinner. That was all. think, sir"
Lady Maud heard, and made n
scarcely perceptible movement of tho
head by way of thanks to her friend.
while listening to Margaret's enthusi-
astc praise of everything she saw Mr..
Van Torp and his man departed. just
as Potts appeared, accompanied by a
very neat-looking English stewardess
in smart white cap. Lady Maud was
unusually silent, but she smiled pleas
antly at what Margaret said, and the
latter made up her mind to drown her
anger against Logothet and at the
same time be avenged on him, in an
orgy of luxurious comfort, sea-air, and
sunshine. The capacity of perfectly
healthy and successful singer for en-
joying everything, from halfpenny
bun and a drive in n hanson to mil
lionaire's yacht and the most expen-
sive fat of the land, or sea, has never
been measured. And If they do have
terrible fits of temper now and then,
who shall blame them? They are al
ways sorry for it, because it is bad
for the voice.
| Mr.. Van Torp reached his quarters,
and prepared to scrub and dress COM
| fortably after a week at Bayreuth and
n railroad journey.
Lady Maud did not begin to dress at
once. as there was plenty of time be-
fore dinner; she left the stewardess to
unpack her things, and came out upon
the six-foot gangway outside her cab
in door to breathe the air, for 1t was
warm. The city lay half mile away
in the afterglow of the sunset.
But she felt none of that healthy
pleasure which a lovely sight naturally
gave her. She was at a crisis OF her
life, and the exquisite evening scene
was the battlefield of coming strug-
gle, with herself, or with another. she
hardly knew In half an hour, or in
an hour, at most she was to sit at ia
BILE with n man she fully believed to
be the husband for whom she had
been wearing mourning, out of mere
decency, but with the profound inward
satisfaction of being free
ITO RE CONTINJIED
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LFMARION CRAWFORD
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lie waved the sheet slowly to and fro
to dry the ink.
IL only preliminary agreement. >"
he said, but it's binding as far as il
goes and I'll attend to the rest. You'll
nave to give me a power of attorney
Tor my lawyer in New York. BY the
BY If you decide to come, you can do
that in Venice, where there's a real
live consul. That's necessary. But
Tor all matters of business herein set
forth, we are now already The Nine.
ga Cordova and Rufus Van Torp Com.
pany, organized for the purpose of
building an opera house in the city of
New York and for giving public per-
iormances of musical works in the
same, with nominal capital hereaft.
er to be agreed upon That's what
we are now
He folded the sheet returned it to
his inner pocket and held out his hand
in a cheerful, business.like manner.
Shall we shake hands on it?" he
asked.
by all means" Margaret answered
readily and their eyes met; but she
drew back her hand again before TAX
ing his. This is purely a matter of
business between us" she said, you
understand that? 1t means nothing
else?"
Purely a matter of business" an
swered Rufus Van Torp, slowly and
gravely.
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APTER xI.-Continued.

med the page round, and
h to her. The writing was
b perfectly legible, but very
Ifrom the commercial hand
american business men. Any
n, taken at random, might
he'd uniformed, at first sight,
appearance of the whole was
bong and symmetrical. Mar
n the clauses carefully. She
bad already signed a good
bal papers in connection with
Elements and her own small
9nd the language was not so
5r to her as it would have
Most women.
| sign first?" she asked,
e had finished. MY own
DR. my stage name?"
own name, please" said Van
bout hesitation. THE others
fing in your profession, be-
0u appear under it, and it's
Riness style. >"
tote Margaret Dome" at the
Pc page in her large and rath-
3lar hand, and passed the pa,
\ to Van Torp, who signed it.
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sYNoPsls.'
..ur LooZ eY EMNR/e

nectar girl, became enamored
"a, bearded stranger who was
s" and studying herbs IN tne
ns TO- home in central ASIA ana
D "t L,, the location of a mine
~ aing that the stranger woulu
llop atnrn for her disclosure.
4 followed to the cave by .ne
\ .cres who blocked up the en-
IA low off the water supply,
Pa uunie TO die. Barakas cousin
II oaItrnthed, attempted 70 ciilnp
pe', nyerlooking the mine; put
|elll sboi him. The stranger was
Iier S''9 water gourd Saad car,
io Il rny out of the tunnel, anu
1lal ms the girl and carryihs
u JS, Raraka gathered al tne
ru',i5 carry. and started IN pur-
cou,u Donne (Margarlta ga
famous prima donna, became
iinndon to Konstantin Lo-
IN ,.aao oih Greek financier. Her
4 sM9"d vas Countess LeNen;
l iIemT Maud. whose husband
.,i Ia nv n bomb in St. Peters
Nii adv Mauds most intimate
a Pufys Van Torp, an Amerl-
hu hocome one of the richest
Il l'au orid Van Torp was in loVe
W. and rushed to London as
&garst' ," "i' of her betrothal. He
~ e.. Maud s5.OO0,000 for her pet
iuS Would aid him in winning
St from Logotheti. Baraka APP
ngntheti at Versailles with
III III lie presented a ruby TO
Van Torp bought a yacht ana
Vanire He was visited py
4 male attire. She gave nm a
x tbe American had told her OF
i IN The United States a man
I've description of the one she
~" american followed Margaret
'ramth "parsifar' festival. Mar
liking to Van Torp, who pre-,
Win the ruby Baraka had
Count Kralinskg; a Isu uiss,'di
Ravreuth. Van Torp believed
the one Baraka was PURSUING.
y las arrested in London on tne
II stealing from Pinney' Jew
7<uhv she had sold to Logothetl.
;Sngers were the thieves. Lazy
2Seyed that Logothetis assocla-
~ Baraka were open to suSpl-
X So informed Margaret. van
aved that Kralinsky was the
"a mad known in his young man
X gotheti secured Baraka's re-
then, with her as his guest,
n on his yacht Erinna. Baraka
her plans for revenge on the
p had deserted her and left her
bgotheti succeeds in moderating
LADY Maud arrived in Bay
rgarel and Van Torp entered
,sreenrcnt to build a tremendous
r. Be in New York.