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Show sfSRlAl Afi STORV HOUSE OF HE THOUSAND CANDLES bag MEREDITH NICHOLSON jBy ' 4 -- p)n d THE MAIN CHANCE" ZEWA DAMIIUN," Etc. 'U 1MH tertui de!ur ttcttg of of finaii in to a of : the for K N, 1 Kt, ie ea: bag fata ) Co. itubli-airrl- III. Clt Spirit of man it tilt Candle oT ttu Cord f and on either side great candelabra sent long arms across the hearth. All the books seemed related to architecture; German and French works stood side by side among those by English and American authorities. I found archaeology represented In a division where all the titles were Latin or Italian. I opened several cabinets that contained sketches and drawings, all In careful order; and In another I found an elaborate card catalogue, evidently the work of a practiced hand. The minute examination was too much for me; I threw myself Into a great chair that 'might have been spoil from a cathedral, satisfied to enjoy the genike front" eral effect. To find an apartment so there was a wall about my prls-bus- handsome and so marked by good I grinned cheerfully to taste in the midst of an Indiana wood moments ;f, When, a few later, staggered me. I was so lost in conHide paused at an arched gateway templation that I did not bear a door :e long wall, drew from his over-- a bunch of keys and fumbled at lock of an Iron gate, I felt the of adventure quicken within me. gate clicked behind us and s found a lantern and lighted It the ease of custom, use this gate because it's nearer, regular entrance Is farther down road. Keep close, sir, as the tim nt much cleared." e undergrowth was Indeed heavy, followed the lantern of my guide difficulty. In darkness the place :ed as wild and rough as a iseal of iij Continued. e f resentment I felt on first hear-jterms ot my grandfathers will passed. He bad treated me as and the least I ag I deserved, jo was to accept the penalty he aid upon me In a sane and amla-ijlri- t. This train of thought occu-g- e as we tramped along the high-Th- e road now led away from ike and through a heavy wood, atljr, on the right loomed a dark er, end I put out my hand and ted a wall of rough stone that to a height of about eight feet, I asked, hat Is this, Hates? his is Clenarm land, Blr. ' The ras one of your grandfather's Its a quarter of a mile long ost him a pretty penny, I warrant The rflad turns oft from tho now, but the Glenarm property Is CHAPTER reatet thousand. lie enjoyed his own pleasantries, sir. I fancy he did," I replied, staring in bewilderment. Oil lamps might be more suited to your own taste, sir. But your grandfather would not have them. Old brass and copper were specialties with him, and he had a particular taste. Mr. Glenarm Lad, In glass caudle-slicks- . He held that the crystal was most effective of all. Ill go and let In the baggageman and then servo you some supper." He went somberly out and I examined the room with amazed and delighted eyes. It was CO feet long and half as wide. The hard-woofloor was covered with handsome rugs; every piece of furniture was quaint or Interesting. Carved in the heavy oak paneling above the fireplace, In large Old English letters, was the Inscription: 'tisljr joiler Ro; s. Inly a little farther," rose Cates' ahead of me; and then: Theres and, lifting my eyes, sir, stumbled over the roots of a tree, I saw for the first time the outlines of Clenarm House. 'ere we are, sir!" exclaimed s, stamping his feet upon a walk. Jowed him to what I assumed to e front door of the house, where ap shone brightly at either side Dates flung It massive entrance. without ado, and I stepped qulck-it- o a great hall that was lighted by candles fastened Into brack-- n the walls. hope youve not expected too h, Mr. Qlenarm, said Bates, with ae of mild apology. Its very in lete for living purposes." Veil, we've got to make the best it," I answered, though without h cheer. The sound of our steps "d in the well of a great stair There was not, as far as I could a single article of furniture in ight, I he Ct editio ittes mi k fm stlc. decitf seui ovl'J osti'.! ire IK F :r Traaj 1 Itlmr t ii .nuei WK W aadt 11 iw ,ilace. eres something you'll like better, and Dates paused far down the and opened a door, single candle made a little pool jit In what I felt to be a large i. I was prepared for a disclosure arren ugliness, and waited. In tslek foreboding, for the silent to reveal a dreary prison. lease sit here, sir," said Bates, le I make a better light" moved through the dark room perfect case, struck a match, ed a taper and went swiftly and ly about Ho touched the taper to candle after another, they seem- 0 be everywhere, and won from 'lark a faint twilight that yielded '!y to a growing mellow splendor 'sht I have often watched the rtes In dim cathedrals of the Old id set countless candles ablaze on alflcent altars, always with awe the beauty of the spectacle; but 'his unknown house the austere lag man summoned from the shad-- a lovller and more bewildering Youth alone, of beautiful ts, Is lovelier than light ' he lines of the wall receded as the t Increased, and the raftered cell-dreaway, luring the eyes up-I rose with a smothered on my lips and stared about filing off my hat In reverence as pint of the place wove its spell 'it me. Everywhere thore were k; they covered the walls to the ng, with only long French win- and an enormous fireplace break-th- e line. Above the fireplace a ilvo dark oak chimney-breas- t her emphasized the grand scale of foora. From every conceivable from shelves built for the pur-- ' from brackets that thrust out arms among the books, from a t crystal chandelier suspended the celling, and from tho breast ho chimney Innumerable candles ,nd with dazzling brilliancy. 1 In wonder and pleasure as " paused, his sorcerer's wand in -- t. :i) t&s lfm-- L . alu tP b ' il F 08 0 ! w iw i a?' & it o 5 Si" Jei1' h- ex-ur- d d. Glenarm was very fond of he liked to gather up candle-- . and his collection la very fine, often called this The House of a uftand Candles.' There's only about mdred hore; but It was one of hts 'Its that when the house was Anti there would bo a thousand lights, had quite a joking way, your grand-or- . It suited Ills humor to call It ft Nlr. lere '5 1 lK can-ligh- t; I Liked the Fellows Humility. open behind me. The respectful, mournful voice of Bates announced: , "Theres a' bite ready for you, sir." I followed him through the hall to a room where a small table was simply set. This Is what Mr. Glenarm called the refectory. He took his own meals here. The library was the main thing with him. He never lived to finish the house, more's the pity, sir. He would have made something very handsome of it If he'd had a few years more. But he hoped, sir, that you'd see It completed. The work was near his heart, d sir." sure," I replied. He brought cold fowl and a salad, and produced a bit ot Stilton of unmistakable authenticity. I trust the ale Is cooled to your liking. It's your grandfather's favorite, Yes, to be1 . If I may say It, sir." He I liked the fellows humility. served me with a grave deference nd an accustomed hand. Candles In crystal holders shed an agreeable light upon the table; the room was snug and comfortable, and hickory logs In a small fireplace crackled cheerily. If my grandfather had designed to punish me, with loneliness as his weapon, his shade, If It lurked near me, must have I had been grievously disappointed. often eaten my bread alone, and I found a pleasure in the quiet of the strange, unknown house. There stole over ine, too, the satisfaction that I was at last obeying a wish of my grandfather's; that I was doing something be would have me do. I was touched by the traces everywhere of his Interest In what was to him tho art of arts; there was something quite fine In bis devotion to It. The little refectory had Its sir of distinction, though It was without decoration. There had been, wo always said In the family, something whimsical or even morbid in my grandHlre's devotion to architecture; but I felt that It had really appealed to something dignified and noble In his own mind and char ncter, and a gentler mood than 1 had known In years possessed my heart. He had asked little of me, and I de termined that in that little I would not fall. Bates gave me my coffee, pu matches within reach and left the room. 1 drew out my cigarette case and held it In my hand, when the glass In the window back of me cracked sharply, a bullet whistled over my head, struck 'pposite wall The Atchison family was terrlhly and fell, flattened and marred on the table under my hand. upset. The news had Just been broken to them by Derrick Atchison himself that he was going to be marCHAPTER IV. ried. A Voice from the Lake. What stunned them most was his I ran to the window and peered out way of telling thorn this quite naturInto the night. The wood through ally, as if It was nothing unusual. It which we had approached the house was just as If he had been In the habit seemed to encompass It The branches of anhounclng every day of his life of a great tree brushed the panes. I thaf he had matrimonial intentions. was tugging at the fastening of the The Idea of his thinking of getting window when I became aware of Bates married!" almost wept Mrs. Atchison at my elbow. that evening to her husband. "Why Did something happen,' sir?" didn't you tell him he was foolish InHis unbroken calm angered me. stead of Just sitting there! Derrick's Some one had fired at me through a a mere boy yet he's so awfully window and I had narrowly escaped young!" being shot I resented the unconcern He's 28, commented Derrick's with which this servant accepted the father, gruffly, biting his cigar and situation. frowning. Nothing worth mentioning. SomeIt seems Just the other day that he body tried to assassinate me, thats was playing marbles and wearing out all," I said, In a voice that failed to be his stockings at the knees," said Mrs calmly ironical. I was still fumbling Derrick, tearfully. I Just came to be at the catch of the window. lievo It! It seems too ridiculous! Why "Allow me, sir, and he threw up can you Imagine Derrick that irrethe sash with an ease that increased sponsible boy at the head of a household?" my irritation. I leaned out and tried to find some Flat, corrected Atchison, with the clue to my assailant. Bates opened suspicion of a grin. No, I cant say another window and surveyed the dark that I have a picture of Derrick picklandscape with me. ing out a good steak on his way to the It was a shot from without, was train to be sent up or frequenting Intelligence offices. I don't believe he'd it, sir?" . "Of course it was; you didnt sup- know a steak In Its natural state from a sofa cushion or have courage to face pose I shot at myself, did you?" He'examlned the broken pane and a cook In search of a Job. It seems funny to have a boy you've taken picked up the bullet from the table. across your knee and spanked talk Its a rifle ball, I should say. about getting married. I don't suppose we can stop him, either, said his mother, gloomily. Hes awfully set in his ways. And to think that he's going to marry a girl I've never laid eyes on but once! It He seems so unnatural, somehow! might have considered me a little! lie knows It takes me so long to get acquainted with strangers. I'm sure there were lots of nice girls around home here. I expect she led him on. She had on a brown dress the day I saw her and I never did like brown. She's not at all his style of gfrL Grace Little, said Derricks father, meditatively. I never heard of hei father. I dont believe he can amount to much In his line. No doubt she Just worked Derrick Into proposing, said Mrs. Atchison, She 1 twisting her handkerchief. probably one of the scheming kind and thought she'd never again Save such a chance. A boy as handsome ae Derrick and with as good a salary and everything he has always gone in such good society oh, Its a scheme clea through! He says she is only 22. but I've no doubt she's years older I suppose she is wild with Joy at hav Ing landed him. And her mother oh, I can imagine how complacent her mother must be these days at having got her daughter settled at last! How she will talk to the neighbors and enjoy herself! Horrid, designing, ordinary people!" But we dont know them, ventured Atchison, with a lame attempt at Justice. I dont want to! flashed Mrs. Atchison. I suppose thats where Derrick is gone now since dinner. All these years In his own home and now he deserts us for Grace Littles moth ers house! Theyve simply hypnot lzed him! My boy never would treat his parents bo If he were not bewitched!" served With Great Deference. Still, its the natural thing to get The bullet was by Its married, said Atchison. It's done contact with the wall. It was a cart- every day. ridge ball of large caliber that might lie said that I must go and call on have been fired from either rifle or the Littles," said Derricks mother. pistol. I'd rather be killed! I simply cant "It's very unusual, sir!" I wheeled stand having to listen to that woman upon hfm angrily and found him fum- gush over Derrick and congratulate bling with the bit of metal, a troubled herself that she's to have him for a look on his face. He at once conShe'll be so full of her tinued, as though anxious to allay my triumph that shell talk nothing else. fears. Quite accidental, most likely. I'll have to smile and pretend that I Probably boys on the lake are shoot- like it! Its a big feather In any girl's ing at ducks. cap to marry Derrick! I laughed out so suddenly that Bates He's a fine chap," admitted his started back In alarm. even if he is my own son!" father,' You idiot!" I roared, Belzlng him Several days later Derrick's mother by the collar with both hands and went in state, haughtily tolerant to call shaking him lercely. "You fool, do on Grace Little and her mother, who the people aro tnd here shoot ducks at by arts and wiles had lured her only with son night? Do the,' shoot water-fow-l into their net and now sat triura elephant guns and fire at people phant over the sacrifice. She began through windows Just for fun?" telling her huaband about the call be1 threw him back against the table fore he got inside hts own door that so that It leaped away from him, and evening. he fell prone on the floor. I never was so Indignant In all my fetch Get up!" I commanded, "and life!" Mrs. Atchison said, excitedly. a laiftern." Do you know what that woman did? He said nothing but did as I bade She bad the nerve actually to weep him. We traversed the long, cheerless to Bhed tears over the sacrifice of hall to the front door, and I aont him her daughter! She didn't seem to apnobefore me Into the woodland. My what she was getting at all! preciate tions of the geography of the region She said Grace was bo young and she exwere the vaguest, but I wished to hadnt wanted her to marry for yeari amine for myself the premises, that yet, but that Derrick was so Impetuoui evidently contained a dangerous prow- and persistent her very words! She ler. I was very angry and my rage did admit that he was a nice young Increased as I followed Bates, who man, but she did It In a grudging way had suddenly retired within himself. She didn't talk about a thing but her We stood soon beneath the lights of daughter. You'd have thought that was the refectory window. all that mattered! She almost congratThe ground was covered with leaves ulated me on getting such a daughter which broke crisply under our feet too! I must say that I never What lies beyond hero?" I de- saw such a narrow point of view! manded. And so selfish!" About a quarter of mllo of woods, Well, I should say It was!" agreed sir, and then the lake." father. Chicago Dally News. Derrick' Go ahead," I ordered, "straight to the lake. ' Saturn's Rings In Knott. (TO HR CONTINUED.) Mass. Prof. W. .. Cambridge, Campbell, director of the Lick obacrv Relief In the Baby's Cries. , that prominent atory, telegraphs the to wife doesn't your sing Why knots have been visible during baby when she cries?" The She used to, until she discovered past week in Saturn's rings. that the neighbors preferred to hear knots appear systematically placed, two east and two west. Cleveland Leader. tli baby. THEIR POINT OF VIEW half-opene- d half-flattene- d son-in-la- ln-la- NORTHWEST NOTES MINES AND A Colorado farmer reports 113,000 made from wheat this year, and (25,-00- 0 from sugar beets. Another trial for Kemp V. Bigelow, the Ohio youth who sent dynarob bombs to a number of prominent De citizens, was ordered by Judge Bliss in the criminal ouert In Denver last week. Bartlett of Nevada Congressman last week announced that on tho first day of the session he would Introduce as a measure of relief for the financial stringency, a bill for the free coinage of Bllver. J"hn Scvodes, a Pole, was killed at Terry, Mont., last week by Mattlo Manilla, an Italian. The men had words during the day and Manilla is said to have threatened to kill Sevodes if be did not keep strict silence. The threat was made good. George A. Bugh, aged 12, and Joseph T. Gibson, aged 20, were drowned In Manhattan lake, at Denver, while skating. Charles Abberts and T. II. Hubbard broke through tho ice in trying to save them and were rescued with difficulty. The coroners Jury at Pine Grove, Mont., heeding a plea of Justification based upon the unwritten law, couexonerated pled with Chester A. Smith of killing Wallace Washburn, a prominent rancher ot Pine Grove, and turned him loose. The Butte Coalition company, which has just reduced Its quarterly dividend from 60 to 15 cents, was formed in April, 1906, and since Incorporation will have paid six dividends, a total of 52.45 per share, or (2,450,000 on the companys 1,000,000 shares of stock. A special from Aberdeen, Wash says that Henry Porter, aged 19, shot aqd killed himself because of .unrequit affection for Marguerite McCarthy, aged 16, a hospital nurse. Before shooting himself. Porter went to the hospital, threatening to kill both tho girl and himself. He was disarmed and left In tears. Two men, named Griffin and Connor, were found dead thirty miles from Goldfield, last week, by a prospector named Ryan. Griffin's skull was crushed and the other body showed marks of violence. Their tent had been destroyed by fire, and the bodies, lying some distance away, were covered with brush. Contracts were signed last week by the Homestake Consolidated King Mining company aud the Colorado Iron works for the erection at Goldfield of a (200,000 amalgamating and cyanlding mill, the capacity to be 150 tons a day. Work started Monday on excavation, and the plant Is to be ready by April 1. A call was Issued by the Helena Commercial club for a meeting of citizens of Montana to be held at Helena November 26, for the purpose of forming a state association to bring about the securing from congress ot a just share of the river and harbor appropriation for the betterment of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. United States Senator Robert M. Lafollette of Wisconsin has offered to appear before the Interstate commerce commission at Washington next month and speak In behalf of the northwestern lumbermen In their fight against the Hill and Harrlman roads, protestadvance In ing against the freight rates on lumber and shingles. If a plan now under consideration by W. E. Dowlen, manager of the Reduction works. Is conwill soon have a Goldfield summated, circulating medium that will relieve to a great extent the scarcity of real money. The plan is to take the bullion produced by the mills, make it Into bars and stamp thereon the value, which will be used as money. The collapse of a brick flue In the home of W. B. Booth of Lexington, Ore., caused the death of a babe, which was crushed to death under the falling brick. Booths' daughter was burled In a mixture of mud, bricks and mortar, but escaped without a scratch. Vivian Guthrie, 7 years old, was placed on the witness stand at Helena In the trial of George Melville on the charge of causing the death of the lad's father, Winfield Guthrie In Bald Butte, last May. According to his evidence, the child saw Melville enter the cellar, brandishing a hunting knife. A few moments later be heard tbs shrieks of his father' and saw him run tor a short distance from tie house and drop on the spot where he died. The lad also told of the appearance of Melville and his threat to kill the two children of his victim. The richest car of unsorted ore ever mined In the Goldfield district was sent out last week by the Florence Annex company, from the lease on the CornUhman and Firelight claims field estate. The of the Florence-Golear contained forty tona, and was worth (37,920. George Meldrum Is on trial at Helena, Mont, charged with killing WinMelville aud Guthrie field Guthrie. were employed at a mine near Helena, the victim boarding with Melville, The defense la that the admitted killing was done becauso of abuse of Mrs. Melville. With two of thd largest producers of the camp storing their ore, the shipment to mills and smelters by the Goldfield district last week was extremely largo, amounting to (G74.200. The mills of the district have be-flooding the smelters until they, have been obliged to call a halt. Enoch Andrew Spores, the Indian brave in Jail at Dallas, Ore charged with the murder of his squaw, was found banging In the corridor ot the Jnll. Life was extinct. He left a note to the effect that he did not confess his guilt of the crime, and saying he was going to meet his darling. , self-defens- 10-ce- m MINING of the Appalachian transported almost entirely The petroleum oil field Is companies. by plpe-lluWithin half a mile of the old town of Leesburg, Idaho, the Gold Ridge mine has developed an enormous deposit of gold bearing quartz. The production ot gold and silver In the United States from domestic ores in 1006, according to the latest figures, was: Gold, (94,373,800; silver, e ' (38,256,400. " The Virgin River Oil company Is now selling oil from Its well In southern Utah. Between October 28 and November 11 last, this company sold a total of 272 barrels of oil tor (GC3. The most Important factor that has caused depression lu tho Bllver market is the heavy falling off In the demand from India, a country which ordinarily buys the lager part of the world's supply. The Croesus mlue and mill at Halley has closed down on account ot not being able to secure sufficient coal. The closing is to be only temporary, and they expect to bo running again In about a mouth. One of the greatest of the undeveloped resources in the Salubrla valley In Idaho Is mountains of Iron ore. All that Is needed Is capital and the rightly directed efforts of men fmalliar with this class of ore. ' Tho Rabbits Foot mine, in the Gravel Range district on Silver creek, fifty miles southwest of Salmon City, Is equipped with a first-clas- s mil, run by steura power, which Is now practically being used to sample the deposits with. Assuming that the demand for iron ore during tho present century may range from 60,000,000 to 100,000,000 tons per year, the Lake Superior district would last for from twenty-fivto fifty years more, If It supplied the entire United States. The Yellow Jacket district of Idaho Is quiet, and there are hardly any mining operations In progress there worth mentioning at this time, although the district contains some very fine prospects that warrant further development and operation. The Tintlc Mine Operators association, which was formed about a year ago for the purpose of taking care ot the producers side of questiona as far as the district of Tintlc was concerned, bids fair to grow and expand Into a national affair. The National Bank mine at Bullfrog, Nevada, Is taking out ore which will average better than (100 to the ton practically at the grass roots. This material is being uncovered 225 feet north of the shaft on a vein which dips about 20 degrees south and west and out of the main working of the property. In the old Leesburg basin placer district, fifteen miles west of Salmon City, some promlsng gold ore developments have been made In the past year. At the old Garretson mine, test mill runs recently made on a zone of mineralized granite that is sixty feet wide Bhows average values of (4 to (3 per ton, and Is said to yield (3 per ton in free gold. An eminent Swedish geologist has prepared a report on the Iron reserves of the world, In which he declares that It will surprise a great many to learn that we are likely to run short of Iron lnsldo of a single century if we keep up the present rate of consumption. As a matter of fact, we are more likely to Increase the consumption than we are to reduce It." In order to constitute a mining partnership under the provisions of sections 3300 to 3309, inclusive, of the revised statutes, It Is essential that the engaged In actually working the mine or In the business of operating the mine., Tho ot two or more persons in a mining claim Is not of Itself sufficient to constitute such tenants mining partners. , It Is over two years since the price of silver was as low as It Is at present A more remarkable fact Is that the during the past eleven months price has been cut nearly 12 cents, or from 70 cents per fine ounce, on Jancents on November uary 7, to 58 9. The probability la that for the remainder of the year quotations will continue around CO cents, for various reasons. , In a speech before the Tenth kilning eongress, held at Joplin, Mo., November 11 to 16, the director ot the United States geological survey referred to the euormous growth of the mining Industry in the United States within the last twenty-eigh- t years, which covers the life of the bureau. When the survey 'was organized the value ot the mineral output of the country amounted to about (200,000,-00In 1907 It promises to exceed high-grad- e ten-stam- p e 8 . 0; Two of the largest reduction plants In southern Idaho will be fully Installed at Atlanta ready for business by the first of the year. The crushers and rolls at the Monarch will hare a capacity of 600 tons a day, and the Bagdnd-ChasIs installing a 100-tomill. Work has been suspended on the Independence mines, near Ketchuin. The management In Chicago concluded It was belter to suspend operations until their drafts are again paid In currency by the local bank, as they were forced to pay a premium of (6 per (100 to get currency. At the foot of the Leesburg range, within two miles ot Salmon City, Idaho, the old Pollard coal mine has recently been pun based by Mr. H. U. King, who has put It In the hands of s capi.blo opeiutor and If having It depractical manvelop d In a ner. n e first-clas- |