Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-26
snrpnse yon waIa onl agaIn !"


Keep yer hair oL. Jub TN here ou bnsl
ue~ I'm lookIn for Mimi La Franz. 5 thsy
call her outside. She walks light rope"
Well I'm her brother What do you wan,
with her;"
So yeer Trainor'a brother in.Iaw1"
'rraInort" said the Jouns man +. h,e
nshtns his eyes "D1 you cone from Linr'
Yes An my message is to his Wife
Oh That's his kid there
~ don't say SO Well, siul o looks like
him"
HERDS my sister now"
Donovan saw slight woman. OF pretty
hgure and comely features. She came t!sroush
tho Gap which separated tue womens dres+
ing tent from the mems. She looked bit
tired and careworn The old miner having
had but little TO do with women folk WAS
NOT able to discern, duder :be richly yellow
glare Of the lamps the air Of distinction
which marked Mimi 1'raiuor as different from
her kind The Keeno family had come from
good stock, but had fallen ia evil days She
ran Instantly to the baby.
Here's man from John. MimI,' said tho
brother carelessly.
The young woman rushed over 10 Donovan
and began shaking his hands. How was her
man? Had he struck ii ricL? Did be Wunt
her to quit and so to hIm'
Donovan began to swallow with difficulty
Flow was ho going to tell herr Tie waoted to
run away He could now readily understand
why Traruor had always talked OF Mimi
Mint Mlni, until his Celtic ears had tired OF
the namd. Sho was a good wife and a good
mother, ior all that she was circus per
former. Aud here he was aiming 10 break
her heart Still there was bit Of cynlcisT
in bis makeup The new fortune might con.
sole her,
But 1t an not On The contrary, when hslf
M hour after learning Of tho death Of the man
she loved she mounted lhO wro, vertigo
seized her, she lost her balance and FELL and
by tLo time the men bad laid away the big top
she was dead
For the first time In his wandering, futile
nso Frank Keene felt bis throat contract and
an unbiddcu moisture 6ll bis eyes After
fashion ne had loved Ills clean minded, loyal
itts sstSr And now she was gone leaving
him with a baby on his hands, moro adept In
dealing from tue bottom Of the deck tlun from
the top,
" How mach Ia the nina worthT he asked
when ths simple funeral was over,
Lord knows,' said Donovan but TIA IT,
biggest strike IN twenty years But It's Eoin'
Z bo tied up till this little ehiokh iS Don't
70 worry, though, Tn hwyerIn see to II
that 70 git enough take car o ~ child,
eddIcuto II, an all that
What's the namo Of the miner
I" Same as tn kddfs'B-2udoraF
Tho two separated, never to meet again.
The years passed KssnO dabblod In al
manner Of shady trades and finally dhtted
Into lucrative buBinsss II was not ouly
tho eussst but the safest way--to at
tract rills aud pluck thom, HO set
up as Hindu mystic Swami He
told fortunes, did crystal Ealng, rsaur-
7cted souls, and as by'product played de-
tcctivs with more or lOau success He rarely
prattced lhIa latter game except among biz
favored guls, It was simple matter to IN.
atruct come ot bis contederatea to rob certain
Of his clients It was equally simple matter
to recover the stolen objects-tor a suitable
reward. Keeno eventually became known 10
tho cult as TIassam Az, hnd under thS, nama
his fame grew The checks from the zpdora
were now applied wholly to the welfare OF bis
niece,
Tbs child grew, Hor education began She
gave promise Of great beauty OvSn In tie
lank aud gawky age Her uncle often found
himself vaguely speOulating over her future
There was In bis mind thought nsbulouI but
lnslstsnt, aud as often m 10 rtp'll'd Il az
often II returned, II was not happy thought
tIamam All had begun to love gold, the
bright, shining metal uot In the abstract but
In tho concrete. To touch Il With bis epEerS
was transport no symphony OF BSch'S was
half 50 Ans a. the ehlnkclinh Of the aolnL
the eagle and the double uEl% as they fell
upon each other, dlppinG from bis hands.
From her 0ftscnth birthday np to ber
eighteenth 2udora noted . subtle cbnnES ia
the manner Of her uncle. Ho became eoldly
aloot rarely touched her atfsctlonStsly was
moody and taciturn Familiar A. che was
With all tho paraphUualia Of the mystic, she
still retained uubounded faith 10 her ancls''
powers Indeed he was a hypnoit Of un'
usual power aud was roughly skilled ln the
science OF medicines Hudora had pNcticed
tho former art until she was almost as prod
Client as her master. II never occurred to her
that bor uncle'a means Of eIlsteueo were un.
ethical and generally tbosd OF cheat Fa
nous actresses and society women visited him
aud not few notable bankers aud nnanclsr'
came to him tor advice Bu, the general pub
llo held llasaam All 10 tolerant contempt aud