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Show eti!0i!1ecte(1 the coal of h Boj. t he, 4 to HS Wen 5 jvjyiD GRAHAM PHUURS, 'Author THECQSftte tvV 0aB3-mH(CZY&&1T CW&jy-- J ell, then, the price must break." .UAPTER VIII. Continued. once be- - said I. "It wont be t hpen at his house many davs the left the public begins to realize kncW be occupied L hole of the second floor, so there lsn t anybody under textile that No sharp break!" he It net only had a aeparate said careless-ly- . "No panic!" !r but also could not be "HI see to that," replied Tbr those in the right aide of I, with not to the f a notlon of the ,use without descending subtlety left behind his warning. ball and ascending the I hope It will break soon," he then 'flake my card to his private said, adding In his friendliest voice ,o Mr. lUthburn, said I. with what I now know was malignant a left doubtless treachery: "You owe It to me to bring Uigdoo has it dowa" That meant that he wished for me. yielded, me to Increase my already far too hesitated, butler a me into the reception room off heavy and dangerous line of shorts. sec--hJust then a voice a woman's voice loanee hall. I waited a few ame from the salon. "May I come adventured the stairway to had disappeared. In? Do I Interrupt?" It said, and Its up which he tone struck me as having in it someed the small salon In which of plaintive appeal. on other me thing my joj had received "Excuse me a minute Blacklock, From the direction of an open he was say said he, rising with what was for him I heard his voice Theres no haste. 1 im not at home. But he was too late. The woman iee." itlll I did not realize that It entered, searching the room with a piercing, suspicious gaze. At once I he was avoiding! I called saw, behind that look, a Jealousy that no use now, Langdon, pounced on every subject that came Beg- pardon for seeming fully. or didnt ;Ude. I misunderstood where the servant said I was to So However, no harm done. But I made no move Tm off" the door by whlcfi I had I advanced a few feet the door from which his voice of II L T(t be-fo- Hied 0 rota t t Of Gi r nor i Btke It tt l Ot Deo Hied sight it !i Clt dec Ulj c. one. " I flushed. You'll pardon me, Langdon," said I. "but 1 dont like that. It isnt my attitude at all toward the right sort of women. He looked Ah, to be sure, said he. "1 forgot you weren't a married man. And so I left him, with a look In his eyes that came back to me long afterward when I realized the full meaning of that apparently almost commonplace Interview. The same day I began to plunge on textile, watching the market closely, that I might go more Blowly should there be signs of a dangerous break for no more than Langdon did I want a sudden panicky slump. The price held steady, however, but I, fool that - or (c irve ! IOV r f al Cru her 1 xna I a very brief pause, Langdons voice laugh-o- t "I a trace of annoyance: Come in, Matt!" have known! brief 'etrc r irlei came In out IX de LANGDON o( hilt itered, It p Hitler, Dec nac'i it n cigar-ite- , lifting his eyebrows at It. Presently he said: "And she?" 1 flon t know how she feels about Jtas I told you, I replied curtly. In spite of myself, my eyes shifted and my skin began to burn. "By the way, Langdon, whats the name of your architect? "Wilder and Marcy," said he. le falrly satisfactory, if you tell rlley , ,em exactly what you want and watch em all the time. Theyre perfectly conventional and so cant distinguish between originality that'B artistic and 'ttlaallfy thats only bizarre. Theyre like most people they kpep to the beaten track and fight tooth and nail against being drawn out of It and against those who do go out of It. Ml have a talk with Marcy this very day," said I. Oh, youre in a hurry! He laughed. (i And you havent asked her. You remind me of that Greek philosopher who was lu love with Lais. They asked him: But does she love you? And he said: One does not Inquire of the fish one likes whether it likes on to a delightful ex-:and discomfiture, is Langdons sitting room. He id tbe carved antique oak loot a room In an old French pal-jrcountenance of disgust Yort Asst i!aft sEni i transported to New I had made that sort of thing, and at Hill had done something toward ilng my own Ideas of the splen-Bu- t a glance showed me that I 'ar surpassed. What I had done d In comparison like the compost a school boy beside an essay ildsmlth or Hazlitt In the midst ot this quiet splen-at- , or rather lounged, Langdon. g the newspapers, lie was d In a dark blue velvet house lth facings and cords of blue i ahade or so lighter that the I had always thought him hand-hlooked now like a god. He uoklng a cigarette In an orlen-de- r nearly a foot long; but the the room, so perfect was the atlon, Instead of being scented iobacco, had the odor of some dean, slightly saline perfume, ok what was In my mind must ihown in niy face, must have faltered him, for, when I M him, he was giving me a genuine friendly kindliness. Langdon, said I. think Im a Judge." 1 fou like it, said he, trying to Me his satisfaction In so strong-regain- s and set up for hi in. ot ij taint n n out and 1 ifPrj with an amused glance at who was giving over his I ;o jo i shoe to to! dev: ttee! 1 h Ice! lore lb: lest ell: e 1 e!j( 'OUSi kt 1 t -' b.r ert ref bet1 wn iflOfl to $ il l It the wife." said I. Juu have no wife. At illK 1 Sal foiled with a laugh. "Not going to have." enly tnv tnlnd reverted to my ,qt I'm lr re" oIlo,: ' ipu r 3 : onh ,low you Recount for lness of textile. Ungden" f turning to the carved silting-..- . trying to put those sur-- ' out of my mind. ?at 'mint for It, was Uls nl,'rsted reply, y Vour l"oplo under the mar- n't my interest to have it It?" he replied. hat, I admitted. "But why ,, it drop' leiti.rs of youra may have "d the in public' he. -- Your follow-,ull,- t f believing Itupllc-.1'"u,- r m say." havent written a line uie for 10nth now." nearly , J.to "''ioct. my vanity fairly idenaure. the only reuon Cft0 give," d l V ' oi IK w nf " LOl5 rlof' tin' c'--: or.' nr confl-'igsest,.- i - sure none of your people atock?" I asked, as ,l"t ? Information; for I n"w lh,'y weren't I trust-t- rr o ,,0 I1 lit ore1 wr1' haVP , t0 K,,t Li 140 1JiPorf iV- - 1 nilt my holdings back, b" until It'R down. f mjr P00111 W0ll,J loss of confident, condescending expression. His lip quivered, and I think there were tears in his bad, dim, gray-greeeyes. I suppose he thought his a profoundly pathetic case; no doubt he hadn't the remotest conception what he really was and no doubt, also, there are many who would honestly take his view. As If the fact that he was born with all possible advantages did not make him and his plight Inexcusable. "No, my dear Blacklock," said he, cringing now as easily as he had condescended how to cringe and bow to condescend are taught at the same school, the one he had gone to all his life. "It Is you I want to talk with. And, first, I owe you my apologies. I know youll make allowances for one who was never trained to business methods Ive always been like a child In those matters, "You frighten me," said I. "The last gentleman' who came throwing me off my guard with that plea was shrewd enough to get away with a very large sum of my mdney Besides and I waa laughing, though not too "Ive noticed that you gentlemen become vague about business only when the balance is against you. When It's In your favor, you manage to get minds on business long enough tojour collect to the last fraction of a cent" lie heartily echoed my laugh, "I only wish I were clever," said he. "However, Ive come to ask your Indulgence. Id have been here before, but those who owe me have been putting me off. And theyre of the sort of people whom Its Impossible to press." I'd like to accommodate you further," said I, shedding that last little hint as a cliff sheds rain, "but youi account has been In an unsatisfactory state for nearly a month now. I'm sure youll give me a few days longer," was hla easy reply, as If w were discussing a trifle. "By the way, you havent been to see us yet Only this morning my wife was wondering when ou'd come. You quite captl vated her, Blacklock. Cant you dint with us night no, Sunday at etgnt? Were having In a few people I think youd like to meet" Glad to come," said I, wishing to bt rid of him, now that my point wat gained. "Well let the account stand open for the present I rather think your stocks are going up. Give my re gards to the ladies, please, especially to Miss Anita. He winced, but thanked me graciously; gave me hla soft fine hand tc shake and departed, as eager to be off as I to be rid of him. "Sunday next at eight, were hla last words. "Don't fail us that In the tone of a king addressing some obscure person whom he bad commanded to court It may be that old Ellersly was wholly unconscious of his superciliousness, fancied he was treating me as If I were almost an equal; but I suspect he rather accentuated hla natural manner, with the Idea of Impressing upon me that In our deal be was giving at least as hard-earne- d The whole trouble with me was that up to that time I had won all my by tjie plainest kind of straightaway hard work. I was Imagining myself victor In contests of wit against wit, when, in fact, no one with any especial eqlpment of brains had ever opposed me; all the really atroug men had been helping me because they But for my found me useful. lh the case of Roebuck, I find no excuse whatever fpr myselt He sent for me and told me what share in National coal they had decided to give me for my Manasquale mines. "Langdon and Melville," said he, "think me too liberal; far too liberal, my boy. But I Insisted In your case I felt we could afford to be generous as well as just. All this with an air that was a combination of tho pastor and the parent. I cant even offer the exeuse of not having aeen that he was a hypocrite. I felt his hypocrisy at once, and my first Impulse was to Jump for my breastworks. But Instantly my vanity got behind me, held me In the open, pushed me on toward him. If you will notice, almost all "confidence games rely for success chiefly uiion enlisting a mans vanity to play the traitor to hla Judgment. So, Instead of reading his liberality as plain proof of Intended treachery, I read It as plain proof of my own greatness, and of the fear It haid Inspired In old Roebuck. Laugh with me If you like, hut before you laugh at me, think carefully those of you who have ever put yourselves to the test on the field of action think carefully whether you havo never which found that your head you thought a crown was In reality the peaked and belled cap of the fool. (To be Continued ) vio-lorie- s must l! hand-shake- ily to my demands as to National coal. m d er t-minded AND IV THE MIDST OF THIS QUIET SPLENDOR SAT, OR RATHER, LOUNGED, LANGDON." Into Its view, and studied It with a hoie that feared and a fear that hoped. When her eyes had toured the room, to be they paused upon him. seemed but saying: "Youve baffled me again, I'm not discouraged. 1 shall catch you et." "Well, my dear?" said Langdon, whom she seemed fulntly to amuse. Black-loc"It's only Mr. Blacklock. Mr. my wife. I bowed; she looked coldly at me, a and her slight nod was more than alone left be to wished she hint that with her husband. "Veil, 111 b off- I said to hint: Thank you for moment," ho Interrupted. "One Then to his wife: "Anything special? special. She flushed. "No-not-hlng But If I Rn I just came to see you. disturbing you us hen Hluck-loc"Not at all," said lie. come to I'll and I have finished, an bet than be longer you. It wont or so." When we were sented again, L"bis puffs at don, after a few reflective about to re "So you cigarette, said: " But a I "I hopo so." said I. bo sure. t I can havent asked her yet.I wnsn t 0 reasons n'n. For obvious as I had ored ot the Idea of matrimony before. been a few moments a enslbe making "I trust youre th "If part that he. marriage." said by chance tub should be glamour may rtt JJJJ clean sway, the.e one feel he make to thing n ass. wholly -I replied Very sensible." the 'tnun. want "I phasls. her. k the fall must come, plunged on, digging the pit for my own destruction deeper and deeper. I was, certain TWO "PILLARS OF SOCIETY. I was neither seeing nor hearing from the Ellerslys, father or son, but as I knew why, I was not disquieted. I bad made them temporarily easy In their finances Just before that dinner, and they, being fatuous, incurable optimists, were probably imagining they would never need me again. I did not disturb them until Monson and I had got my education so well under way that even 1, always severe In and now merciless, was to admit to myself a distinct change for the better. When my education seemed far enough advanced, I sent for Sunt. He, after his footless fashion, didn't bother to acknowledge my note. His margin account with me was at tbe moment Btralght; I turned to his father. 1 had my cashier send him a letter signed formal, Blacklock & Co., Informing him that his account was overdrawn and that we "would be obliged If ho would give the matter his Immediate attention." The note must have reached him the following morning, but he did not come until, after waiting three days, we" sent him s sharp demand for a check for the balance due us. tig A pleasing, aristocrat ur he made as he entered my office, with his air of the man whose hands have never known the stains of toll, with his manner of having always receive deferential treatment. There waa no pretense In my curt greeting, com-pello- d typo-writte- n Wisdom. "Thnt man Is so wise he can talk by the hour." Miss Cayenne, 'Yes," answered "But he Isnt wise enough to keep Washington Star. still five minutes.' A Nice Placs. First Girl fin an Intelligence office) D'ye thluk that leddy will be alsy to git along wld? Socond Girl Yis, she's a fool. N. t. Weekly. NOTES MINES' AND MINING Ore Is now being shipped at a liveBuildings covering halt a block on the main street of Lovelock, Neb., ly rate from the Gilmore lead bonanwere destroyed by fire, entailing a za on Birch creek, In Fremont county, absen- as I. petty and Inevitable success with that helpless creature added amazingly, ludicrously, to that dangerous elation which, as Ican now see, had been growing In me ever since tbe day Roebuck yielded so read- I take me through your onetime," I went on. Tm soon. No don't be afraid tat. Im too vain foe that. But ouggestlona. I'm not ashamed chool to a master to any-,o- r , that matter." f do JOU build?" said he, "A "0,e I a nuisance. If I could wfe to take the children to mntry to live, I'd dispose of NORTHWEST My me. S- feuslns-at- , much 1 itL my tone of "despatch your sir, and he gone; for I was both busy and much Irritated against him. "I guess you want to see our cashier, Bald I, after giving him a hasty, . "My boy out there will take you to him. The old face lost Its reglar S 5.000. Temple King, aged 15, of Spokane, is dead as a result of being struck behlud the ear by a Bharp rock hurled by Westal Uamsbottom, aged 11. Walter S. Cheesman, resident of the Denver Union Water company, and one of the foremost capitalists and citizens of Denver, died unexpectedly on the hist. The general superintendent of the Tonopah and Goldfield railway warns against a probable famine of fuel next winter and advises that they lay In large supplies now. The mines at Rock Springs, Wyo., are closed and both Bides have apparently settled down for a long siege. Many of the foreigners are returning to the old country. Weld Hendee, a wealthy stockman of Berthoud, Colo., is dead from blood poisoning, caused by being bitten in the right leg last week by a blooded stallion, which suddently became Infuriated and attacked him. Goldfield Is wrought up over the tacit understanding that the Esmeralda county commissioners have decided to grant a blanket franchise for tbe running of street car lines over the main streets ot the city. Beginning the first of the week Goldfield will be the only unincorporated city In the United States with a postofflee first class. Free delivery Is one of the first class perquisites that will be much appreciated. Motorman Nevlna was shot and Instantly killed at Portland by a highwayman. Tbe murder occurred at tbe East Ankeny car barns of the Portland Railway, Light & Power The highwayman escaped. and Preston Smith, convicted ot the murder of John Silva in the late labor war, at Goldfield, were taken to the state penitentiary on the 29th, the first to serve a term of twenty-fivyears, and the second a term of ten company. e years. The deputies , tbe ofilce of the sheriff of Esmeralda county, Nevada, have presented that official with a solid gold star, three Inches In diameter, the center set with a big diamond. Two points of tbe star are rubles, two are diamonds and two are sapphires, the national colors In coBt-l- y gems. Miss Asha Clark, one of the first women to cross the plains to California id 1849, Is dead at Bellingham, Wash., aged 90 years. She lived shack for alone in a tumble-dowmany years In North Bellingham. She owned property In every Pacific coast city and was reputed to be worth several' millions. was Believing that her husband about to be killed by his Infuriated partners, with whom he was engaged in a desperate battle with knives, beer glasses and other missiles, Mrs. Matty Rlngwood of Rawlins, Wyo., shot and killed one of the men, A. Davis, and fatally wounded Webb Stone, tbe second. Two miners, who were employed In the Nil Desperandum mine at Black Horse, Nevada, now lie in the Miners Union hospital In Ely dangerously injured, as the result of a desperate battle In the shaft of that mine. The men fought with plrks and one will probably die, while tbe other is dls figured for life. The Bliss smoke case, In which Fred J. Bliss, a citizen of Idaho, who owns a ranch In the Deer Lodge valley, seeks to close the Washoe smelters at Anaconda by Injunction and to recover damages from the Washoe company for alleged harm done his prop erty by sulphur fumes, canio to a close last week, but a decision Is not expected for several months. Governor Chamberlain of Oregon, president or the Nationul Irrigation letters of Congress, has addressed members to Invitation the personal of President Roosevelt's cabinet and to the governors of sixteen In n trans-MIs-slsslp- states, asking their attendance at the fifteenth annual meeting of the congress, which convenes at Cala., September 2. Ouster proceedings have been filed In the district court at Cheyenne by Attorney-Ucneral Mullen against the Western Union Telegraph company because of Its failure to file Its articles ot Incorporation In this state. The company liases Its rcftn-a- l on the ground that It Is carrying on Interstate business and its establishment In this state preceded the enactment of the law. From New York to Goldfield. Nev Is the trip that in an automobile Henry Weber, tho Goldfield millionaire, who a few ycurs ago was a Milwaukee newspaper reporter, has laid ana out for his summer diversion, Just to see If lie can make It. William H. Gerklns was shot and killed at Toledo, Wash., In a flghi, with Thomas It. O'Connor, who had been deputized to arrest him. Ger kins had escaped from Special Deputy Iackcnhum at Muloch, who was bringing Gerklns to jail at Chtbalia, for killing a cow. Sacramento, Idaho. Utah Consolidated stood the pressure of the heavy liquidation and bear selling better tban almost any other active Block on the list. The work of rettmberlng the burned shaft of the Utah companys mine at FiBh Springs Is progressing steadily and it will not be long till It is finished. Big things are expected from tbe Oxarna Gold Mining company's mine, near Custer, Idaho, as Boon as the snow disappears, and It is possible mill, which, to Btart up the was installed last tall. After some time lost In securing and Installing powerful equipment, the McDonald Ely company has started three shifts at work upon the Golden Gate shaft, and progress from now on should be redoubled. It has been demonstrated that the waters flowing through and from beneath the ore bodies ot the Ely, Nevada district, are ao thoroughly Im pregnated with copper, that they are of high commercial value. Davenport la located between tho new town ot Farrel and Mazuma on a beautifiT plat, well watered, at the mouth of Burnt canyon. Many valuable properties are developing In this section of Seven Troughs district. Some strong investors from Minnesota have been going over the iron deposits of Iron county, Utah, pretty thoroughly ot late, gathering In all that remained unspoken for, and purchasing much that was owned by others. The latest acquisition to the district of Seven Troughs In the shape of a new camp Is the town of Farrell, situated about seven miles northeast of Vernon, and located at the entrance to what has been known as Stone House canyon. A strong combination of well known 8alt Lakers has been formed for the purpose of taking over a gold and copper proposition In the noted old Bullion district of Nevada. The property Is located about one and halt mtlci from Tenabo. There la plenty ot money In tba Last, more than ever before in tbe history ot the country, and It la anxious to be placed right; but when it comes to being placed upon a mining atock scheme. It la very timid. The easterners have to be shown. DeLamar, Idaho, is taking on new life. Since the new cyanide mill has proved to be Buch a success the demand for men Is Increasing. The demand Is being met only in parL Each stage comes In loaded with men who are to be put to work Immediately. Fire has broken out In No. 4 stope of the Comox mines. In British Columbia. No losa of life occurred, tbe large staff of miners making their escape. Over 10(10 miners are employed in the mine alone, where R. Dunsmulrs Sons mine tbe bulk ot their coal product in the Comox disp trict High grade sulphide copper ore Is now being encountered In the tunnel on the property of the Ogden Buck-hor- n Mining company, which la operating mines In Cold Water canyon, just east of Ogden. Tbe tunnel was run for 260 feet and, at a depth of 225 feet from the surface, the rich orq ' was struck. -- To secure the repeal ot the troublesome Apex law, tbe source of nearly all the litigation that has harassed owners of mines, will be the atm of a committee appointed by President J. It. RIchurds of the American Mining Congress. This committee will draft a vertical side line law which will do kway altogether with extra lateral rights. t i Shipments from the mines and leases of Goldfield district are averaging attout 1,500 tons per week. The Combination, Jumbo and Mohawk mines are regularly In the market, aud some leases which are steady contributors are the Frances Dump, Loflus-Davls- , Mohawk McNaughton. Oddle, Truett Jumbo, Mortou-Beesley- , aud Quartzite. After two weeks' trial at Dourer, a decision was given lu favor of the Stratton Independence Mining company, limited, of London, Eng., and Us lessees In the suit of the Portland Gold Mining company to recover the value of about 8500,000 for gold ores alleged to have been taken by the from ground In the Cripple Creek district owned by the plaintiff. The second payment of $10,000 was made on the Dulsy mine at Neal, Idaho, last week. The property was some months ago by George F. Roth of Rochester, N. Y., and bis associates. They made a payment of 110,000 at tho time of the transfer. n Its The Falrvb-News stated last Issue that the past month had been the banner one from an ore shipment standpoint. Up to the 21ti of the month a total of fourteen cars of high grade rock had been taken from the district to Fallon, the shipping point. pur-rhase- d |