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Show 1 t MERIEL'. ASHORE VESSEL DRIVEN By Margaret Houston DURING' A HEAVV . FQG OF THE MINISTER THE PARLOR LAMP. TRAGEDY "Lt to my hand" (A start of quick surprise.) "How could you dare? (A flush of angry eyes.) And yet her hand in mine all passive lies. "How rude you are! Accident Occurred Near Scene of the Valencia Ditaster, the Captain and Cook Being Drowned Ship a Total Wreck. ' (The fully Mown.) "1 trusted you!" (Twould melt a heart of stone.) And yet the little hand rests In mine own! rose-blus- h Oh, dainty Merlel little April day! .However warmly pouting lips cry Nay, That little band shall rest In mine alway! Alnslee's Magazine. 0000000600000000 . ... THE PRICE . . . By CATHERINE CARR joooooooooooeoQooeoeooQeooQoonnrvvwiBQavvvw?yyo Dr. La Tour came out of his door to turn him down, one volunteered. and down the walk with a brisk step Yes, and he's pulled most of us and sprightly manner. They were at through some sort of sick spell when marked variance with his appearance. we were kids, and it's not easy to forHe was a tall husk of a man, dried get it, said young Hunter, thoughtand yellow; his dark eyes burning In fully. Still, as you say, he Is a nuiscadaverous hollows, bis gray beard ance, and the way he makes this his hanging untrimmed and stained with headquarters Is mighty annoying. I tobacco Juice. Also his clothes were hate to do It, but I reckon I'll have the last word of ahabblness. His to take a stand against it somehow." linen was soiled and frayed; pins Meanwhile the old doctor made hla were substituted for buttons in many way to the post office, where he asked places, and of his vest it was tbs town at the window for bis mall It had jest that he boiled It once a week to been long since he had had his own make soup. Yet be wore, withal, an box and as he waited he was suddenair of dignity which made the tale ly aware of what appeared to him the of blood convincing. clerks unnecessary slowness. He grew He paused at the broken-hingegate Irritated and took the few advertising and glanced back. He did not look circulars which were his portion with upon a view of thrift. The house a sharp word of reproof that only elicstood weatherbeaten, lacking in many ited a grin. The doctors spars flesh flinched window-pane- s and shingles; and the from the wind when he again faced bore that the T)r. gallery post sign' Henry La Tour, sagged perilously. it. All warmth had gone ou of It and The line of neglected pines which led out of life. There was much, much at from the gate made an avenue of fault in the world. Courtesy was quite gloom, and from fence to fence the gone; no consideration for age or yard was a tangle of undergrowth and merit anywhere. And one met Ingratweed. Further, the walk Itself was itude at every hand. That young now, in rustling skirts, which an assembly of pitfalls. The doctor's she drew aside bb from contamination disapproval was obvious. "Tut, tut, he told himself, this as she passed him with Icy bend of will never do. It certainly Is surpris- the head there was some reason why be gracious and kindly to in how one neglects things when she should r him. Ah muBt look aftah they're busy. Ills step lagged slower and his eyes havin repairs made at once. The grounds must be cleared and were glazed with tears. And the silkBorne roses planted. There had used en clad young woman of haughty manto be roses, red ones and yellow, along ner was explaining to her companion, the south wall. Where had they gone, a recent resident of Ilerlaville. It was and when? Sure It was that a doctor a task that came often to Dr. La was a slave to the people not even Tour's acquaintance. Ridiculous, isn't It, to speak to to have them to notice that the rose bushes had died. Still It was a grand such a looking creature? I tell mother I dont know wbat profession none more so. strangers must A wing on the east side for ante- think, but she Insists on my speaking room and office commended Itself to to him, because he was once the best him. It would save so much passing doctor In this part of the country, and through the main portion of the house. he saved my life when I was a baby. And then painting and papering would But he got to using morphine and has have to be done. White with green simply gone down to the dregs. Awblinds was to his taste, but the new ful isnt it?", "It certainly Is. I cant for the life houses seemed to argue this Yellow with brown trimmings, of me comprehend how a person can or two shades of green, would, he sup- do such things. Especially a doctor who knows what the consequences posed, be more not would It after be better must be. Yet, all, "Oh. of to take offices In some building down town? That seemed the correct thing agreed. They were young; health ran full nowadays, and one really should in every vein, and life had been kind. move with the procession. He began, straightway, the readjust- They went on with a high sense of ment of his plans and, though they virtue lifting them above those whose were absorbing, he greeted each fa- feet go down in slippery places. Dr. La Tour was not observant of miliar face he met with urbane courtesy, sweeping his old slouch hat deep- his dwelling's deficiencies as he again ly, after the fashion of his youth, viewed it from his sagging gate. He stumbled pp the broken walk and Into when he saluted feminine outlines. They were mighty nice people, Its barren walls quite without thought these Ilerlaville. Beautiful women of plan for Improvement The room he entered had once been and fine men, and he knew them all. Had ushered many of them Into the a spacious apartment, with frescoed world and attended nearly all at some celling and paneled walls, but the time In tbeir lives. And what a fine Cupids and garlands were blurred to thing that was! Nothing could be bet- vagueness now. and signs of all proter than tbe feeling of having helped cesses of living were In disordered evidence. It was. Indeed, the only habiWealth and world-famyour fellow-men- . table room In the house. Books and were trivial beside !L lie came to a halt before a large bottles cumbered shelves and tables, building In the course of construction and were heaped upon the floor. An and made calculations. One of those unmade bed with soiled clothing stood suites would probably be the most de- In one corner; a cooking stove with sirable. Everything was to be thor- an overflow of ashes In another. There oughly modern, be understood and he were remnants of a frugal meal upon could take his meals at the hotel. Ills an oilcloth-coveretable near It, and mind grasped the details at once. It a smouldering Are In the hearth of was really much more convenient the great fireplace. The doctor stirred the embers to when you came to think of It, and he decided to see Will Bailey about re- what life was possible and, sinking serving offices for him that morning. Into a rickety arm chair, spread his The doctor did not, however, go thin, shaking hands over them as If directly to young Baileys office. The to gather their warmth to himself. He was tired, very tired. His head way led past Ilarper'B drug store, and Frank Harper, he was sure, would feel sank on his breast, and his eyes slighted If he did not stop. And he closed. But surely there was season With scarlet could not for a moment consider of- enough for weariness. fending Frank. He felt the obligation fever raging and but one pair of hands to look after the young man, for he to fight it, the strength of a man was and the elder Harper had been close sorely tried. Back and forth back and forth from this house to that. friends for many years. He greeted the men In the store No time to eat or sleep. Fight, fight, fight unceasingly, the subtle forces of pleasantly. Good monln', gentlemen, good the disease und the weight of siient monin'. Fine day. Howdy, Frank; flesh. Back and forth day and night with now the wrenched heart of deBusy, as usual? That's right. It's the feat and now the exultant pulse of Yu of hustle. grow mo like yu' age fathah every day. Shake hands, mah triumph. And always the need, the demand, for alert senses for strength boy. Ah'm proud of yu." Any lack of responsiveness from the that was more than human. Still there group failed to strike through the old was much that was good In it all. Oh, very much. The grateful tears of man's large geniality of mood. When he finally left the Interchange mothers, the fervent grasp of fathers' of comment was not so much the ex- hands. He made a groping gesture to meet the friendly clasp, but his finpression of unklndnese as of tolerant gers only closed about a small alumicontempt. Old man must have taken an extra num case lying on the broad arm of the chair. shot this mo'ntn'." He stared at it for a moment with "Rent one of the new Templeton suites. Wouldnt that Jar yu'? When unseeing eyes, then he mechanically charged the syringe and, seeking out how he lives Is a mystery." with difficulty an unwounded spot of I fall to understand how It Is that his flesh, ho drove the pop he Is so tolerated," was the northern- tlon shriveled of Lethe home. er's observation. And for the life of the young drug He was a capitalist and had dropped Who must refuse him gist resting hints about locating at Ilerlaville. of the young woman who map place, They wero at once apologetic and ex- veled at such weakness, and for many planatory. other lives, both useful and useless, he used to be a this Oh, well, you see, wreck of a life was the price. vary capable physician, and it's hard d wo-ma- n, Victoria, B. C. The barkentlne Skagit, 443 tons, for Port Gambia, drove ashore Thursday morning on the Vancouver Island coast, within a few miles from where the Valencia disaster occurred. Captain Rose and the cook were drowned. The mate and seven men reached shore la safety, although some were Injured as a result of hardships, and were sucoored by David Logan, the lineman who did excellent work during tbe Valencia disaster. The Skagit Is a total wreck. The Skagit was bound from San Francisco, which port nhe left on October I, for Port Gamble, and encountered a heavy fog, obstructing tbe sight of land. Tbe vessel was In the breakers before the crew was aware of tbe danger. The scene of tbe disaster has been tbe graveyard of many vessels, notably the Valencia, Uncle John, Janet Cowan, Atlanta, Vesta and other craft, on some of which many of those on board were lost. CREW HAD NARROW E8CAPE. British Bark Wrecked at Mouth ef Columbia River. Astoria, Ore. During the heavy weather off the south of the Columbia river early Thursday, the British bark Peter Iredale, Captain Lawrence, 29 days from Salinas Crux, Mexico, for Portland, went ashore on Clatsop spit at a point about a mile and a half south of the mouth of the river. The captain and crew were rescued by the Point Adams crew, but the vessel la believed to be a total wreck. The wreck occurred Just after daylight and the craft was in the breakers before her danger was realized. A the Iredale struck, her masts went by the board, and the heavy surf running Indicated plainly that she would soon break up. life-savin- g AND Cute Little Johhny Was There to See That All the Element of a Pleasant Evening Were There In Force. I i 4. J 1 I 'I - '1 I e I d t i t i : h (Copyright, IKe, by Dally glory Pub. Co,) COMPLAINT OF JAPANESE. Exclusion of Children From San Francisco Schools May Cause Trouble. Washington Viscount Aokl, the e ambassador, at a conference with Secretary Root at the etate department on Thursday, made the request In behalf of his government that tbe United States see that the Japanese subjects In California were acoord-e- d their full right under the treaty of 1894, Including the right of children to freely attend the public schools of San Francisco. Secretary Root will take the matter up with the president, and it Is likely that representation! will be made to the authorities of California. Jap-anes- Workmen In Southern Russia Raising the Black Flag. SL Petersburg. According to the Rooh, Premier Stolypln has received a telegram from General Kaulbars, governor general of Odessa, reporting that an extended etrlke broke out in southern Russia Thursday at noon. The entire body of workmen in the railroad shops at Yekaterlnoslav, Brlansk and Dnleprovsk, numbering more than men. have quit work and are raising the black flag. No confirmation of this report has been received here. 10,-Ou- t) Wife Beater Shot by Sheriff. San Francisco. While resisting arrest for abusing his wife, David Atkinson was shot and Instantly killed by Deputy Sheriff John Blum, who lived next door to tbe Atkinson home. Atkinson had chased his wife into the yard and, It Is alleged, was beating her, when Blum, attracted by the woman's screams, tried to arrest Atkinson. The latter fired a shot at the deuuty sheriff, who returned the fire, the bullet etriklng Atkinson In the heart, killing him Instantly. Blum gave himself up. Arkansas Wins Against Packers, little Rock, Ark. The state won in ita anti trust suits against the packing companies In the second division of the Pulaski county circuit court Judgo Winfield sustained the motion filed by the state that the answer of the Hammond Packing company be stricken from the docket and that the state be permitted to take judgment for $10, 000 because of the failure of the officers of the company to testify befors the commissioner In the recent hearing In ChltagA C THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME Paint UNT-- (for A Ut old Ms ount-n- li whl tie, d iatly Eight good JEX XeTJIUEBEn Op. for a In Telephone. aid me the cc t Everybody Rings the Bell stlc ol ndry soap i d. No O In a v rinsed and mwarc 0 aket, t r, Fresh & Cored Meats. i be e brolilei r d 0 t The J. S. Lewis & Son DEALERS IN 0 ob he suited sehold decors cloi Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company. OOOO ca in TQ ecru Te-lie!- " TENEMENT HOUSE HORROR. Many People Lose Their Lives In Firs at Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo. In tbe ruins of the Chamber of Commerce building in Kansas City, Mo., destroyed by fire, there are anywhere from half a dozen to thirty bodlee, according to estimates given out by firemen who had worked at the scene all night The actual loss of life will not be known until a thorough search of the ruins can be made; probably not then, as some of the firemen assert that some bodies have been burned to ashes. The building, used as a tenement house and containing 100 rooms, held, as near as can be learned, between 200 and 300 persons at the time the fire broke out at 12 oclock. Most of these composed families; others were transients, whose names are unknown. Coronado Tenl If there was one thing among their the & which furnishings household See nearest ageut of San Pedro, Los Angeles Salt Lake, or write women of the Draper family were it was J. II. BUItTNER, D. P. A Salt Lake City. proud of more than another, the parlor lamp. It had been bought at a bargain sale; value not a cent less than $10, but in consideration of Sherwin-William- s Buggy past patronage on this particular day It had been marked down to $1.98. is made for painting buggies. Is also well suited inHence upon the payment of this Stands most for porch and lawn furniture. significant sum, the Drapers had come into the possession of a real severe outside exposure and hard wear. ornament to the parlor. A gloss paint of The Drapers were somewhat exgreat durability cited on this particular evening, beand splendid covcause the new minister was coming ering capacity. to call, and the lamp had been lit In The colors are honor of the event, the pink sh ide fam clean and the which soft a clear, glow diffusing Put up lly was quite sure gave the parlor a bright. comfortable, not to say luxurious, air. inconvenient The minister arrived, a tall, gaunt sized packages, man with a dignity sepulchral-voiceready for about him that awed Johnny, the youngest member of the family, down shades. to his boots. Mrs. Draper had alWe sell it lowed Johnny to come into the parlor because she was sure the minister would be attracted by his cute, winning ways. Johnny stood behind his mother's ehalr and eyed the visitor stealthily. The minister epught sight of him and held out his hand Invitingly. Come here, my little man, and shake hands with me," he said. Use the same judgment as you would in making any ordinary "My, my, what a great, heavy boy, said the minister, as he lifted him to purchase. Try to determine its value- - The value is meahis lap. "Why, you are almost a man sured wholly by the number of people you can call and be already, arent you? called by. Bell subscribers can call 150 people in Payeoo said Johnny, keeping his and Spanish Fork, nearly 800 in the county, over 17,000 in eyes upon the floor, while bis mother Utah, and 31,000 in Utah, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. him with maternal pride. eyed "I trust you are a good little boy . i Long Beach Los Angeles Catalina Fancy & Staple shoti itltcli folio1 wo bars ihade close rs, Green Groceries in Season. Ill SPANISH FORK, IT COST K1 to writs for Ml big fhow'nJC Mw moat blCSCLBS, TltES r&KB BICXCLk atrtya Uoe of I and SCNDIilESatfUcl BEIOw any other manufacturer or dealer in the world. I The Preacher Hastily Bade the Family Adieu. and go to Sunday school regularly, said the minister, patting him gently upon his bilstllng hair. , said Johnny, glancing apprehensively at his mother, who smiled back at him. reassuringly. Now tell me how old are you? Inquired the minister graciously. ' Nine yuhs old goin on ten what makes yer button yer collar back o' yer neck? said Johnny without stopping for breath. Johnny!" gasped his mother. You IS ILL IT WILL UTAH aoco; or on ear kind infoee UluntratT Muea moaeia, Boa learn 01 onr remari.nie ou wonderful now offers made poeuble by wiling from fachxy ", directr.to rider with no middlemen1! profile. A PPffOVAL without m tent irfiotit. Pay the FrdgMol re Trial end make other liberal term which ao die ?!" , ,h world will do. Von will learn everything and get macaw able information by simply writing ns n postal, la rwT town nod can offer as opperta to make money to euitablc young men who apply at once. Mm-hm- . JjO PUriOTURE-PROO- F osPSSiWfS. Too Sample foi. TIRES ?aN8LJ j..,-- Uoutthe But she got no further. There (cash with ORDtn A4.se) TOOUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. came a sputtering hiss from the lamp o I 15 years Result -. experience in tire followed behind, by an explosive snap. A particle of hissing' fire spun Notice the thick tnbbeelwjl -through the air and landed upon the A" and puncture Wpe'J, -- XV aleo rim Hr Ud reverend man's neck, who Instantly to prevent rim entUn( outlaet any ettj forgot all the dignity, and giving a tire will maka SOFT. LLAhllO yell, clawed madly at his collar besow as lau ' year. P'r iudinu. hind. In an Instant the paper shade n b "x and Hned Mj HiShhl r riding. very durable email of the lamp was In flames. The stagand wkkhcloae. up Iuh5Ja!toWiM7.Yr hT hundreds of letters from netubeo euttowert(w" thatthrirtliMhaveMlJll2J?57peL-!?,- e gering preacher struck It with an elaSr! up ooce or twice in a whole season. They weigh ao nuntlW bow and the tall lamp fell to the floor b,,n R1" byarverat layer mld'alrt'ntth.IrU tbta,p? ml? Bck" "uon commonly felt when rUinfoaut with a blazing crash, the flames were muWwdouf Weave" tread which prevents all bJtSSTJSf ??UD Communicated to the carpet and In a moment a small conflagration was in progress. The uproar Immediately became terrific. The shrieks of Clar-Ind- a and her mother mingled with the hoarse shouts of the minister. thrr V not satisfactory on eiaminalion. We m pSfoSJ Almost in a seeond Tom, the oldest son, was In the room. He gathered up the flaming lamp and hurled rteT' wmt yon to kso n. . rter at hence It through an open window Into the l. COASTER-BRAKstreet below, then quickly smothered anddlce, podale, parti "dhalf U g E: everything in tbe bicycle line nre by ua at the blaze In the carpet with a nearby price chanted bv deelerm anS Write for our big HONltKV catalogue. DO NOT WAIT suLT1 rug. today. 1U NOT THIN A OFBCTIXy r t?'1 " tlrr ,rom anyone nntil y wonderful offers we are mkhl?c,t.or ? The single figure who stood motiononly coat, a poetal to learn everything, less and silent through this UEID CYCLE COBPIHT, exciting Dept. ML CHICAGO. jU; period ' who crouched Johnny, buck In the corner, striving In vain LUtfl indemnity School Und Selection,' to drive the apprehension from his His eyes. starting mother caught United State. 1 and m Ight of his fearful face. The attie, f bait Luke tit, i uh tude that she assumed as she searched lh' u' ' bis countenanre betokened dark sus- To Whom U mv nnli,rnS, picion. xu-7cf. selected by the aniit "Johnny!" she exclaimed. Have Lend., under U you been fooling with that lamp?" "Nawm," said Johnny, uneasily. Ml BUM of a mining locali, ,,Sm "Johnny, look me straight In the Me- - W' eye." said his mother, menacingly Rail Ukr "Have you been feuding with that A 60 py 6f Rlld Hut. M ll Mlataa t. . , 4 ftp duAcrititivr Arooto, by lamp? "Yesm," said Johnny. HACK MEO "What did you do to it? Mrs. ALL TRAIK Draper almost screamed. "Stuck a piece of cellerlold In It HOLLISTER' aid Johnny, the deadly chill of fear nf Of auMtvUlnnt hminK! the round Tea Nufl3ets In his voice. Mountain Rocky The preacher hastily bade the famA Boy K attaint for Bu? ily adieu, and a few minutes after the M Of eontcat ih.'.imlh'r , sound of Johnnys voice In lamenta- jpmtaat HI be conMdervd wuhtn .'Jm" a, tion sad woe echoed through the and tlanuaohe. Jt'e llocky M''!in.Vrnd W house. objection, ppi,yf71!na -t form, an cants a bo. lluLuaraa Dana Concur, krUwr U.t publication ,nJ 0RE w " h" tut Sb&susu itsfftsr535 . thtorfiu'rKll taUt-lwhcc- notkse. Ber)jqniil tingles, sM 01" rtieuy Sc Feed Stales rlb-d JulM' GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR MlO I |