6 By FRANCIS LYNDE J j Author of' 'The Grafters," Etc. I (Copyright, l'.tOS, by J. P. LlppinoottCo.) CHAPTER Vll.—Continued. "Uncle Somervllle, can't we win without calling in these horrid men with their guns?" she began, plunging desperately into the midst of things. A mere shadow of a grim smile came and went in the Rajah's eyes. "An unprejudiced outsideh might say that the 'horrid men with their guns' were on top of that embank ment, my deah —ten to ouh one," he remarked. "It was the first time I eveh saw Misteh Deck -rt show the white featheh." "But I should think we might win In some other way. What is it you want to do? —specifically, I mean. Wake me your ally and see if I can't help you." Mr. Darrah pushed his plate aside and cleared his throat. "For business reasons which you— ah—wouldn't undahstand we can't let the Utah finish this railroad of theirs info Carbonate this winteh." "So much I have inferred. But Mr. Winton seems to be very determined." "Mmnh-I I wish Mr. Callowell had favehed us with someone else—any one else. That young fellow is a bawn fight eh, my deah." "You mean that another man might m:ike it easier for yon?" "I mean that anotheh man would probably dally along—with ouh help— til! the snows come." Virginia had a bright idea, and she advanced it without examining too closely into its ethical part. "Mr. Winton is working for wages, Isn't he?" she asked. "Of cou'se; big money, at that. His sawt. come high." "Well, why can't you hire him away from the other people. Mr. Callowell might not be so fortunate next time. And i' wouldn't be dishonorable In Mr. Winton to resign and take a bet ter place, would it?'* The Rajah sat back in his chair ani regarded her thoughtfully. Trtch a alow smile twitched the huge mus taches and worked its way up to the fierce eyes. "What is it?" she asked. "Nothing, my deah —nothing at all. I was jus; wondering how a woman's —ah—sense of propo'tions was put to getheh. But your plan has merit. Do I understand that you will faveh me with your help?',' "Why, ye-yes, certainly, if I can." ahe assented, not wu.iout dubiety. "That is, I'll be nice to Mr. Winton, if that is what you mean." The saying of it cost her a blush and Mr. Darrah remarked it. But ho did not give her time to retract. "'That is precisely what I mean, my deah. We'll begin by having him heah to dinneli this evening, him and the otheh ; "ting man—what's his name?—Adarns." •'But, uncle," she began, in hesitant protest, "what ever will he think!" "Neveh mind what he thinks. You faveh me, my deah Virginia, by send ing him a right pretty invitation. You know how to do those tnings, and I —why, bless my soul —I've quite for gotten." Virginia found pen, ink and paper, aomething doubting—doubting a great deal. If the truth were told—but not knowing how togo about refusing a confederacy which she herself hal proposed. And the upshot of the matter was a dainty note which found its way by the hands of the private car porter to Wiutou, laboring manfully at his task of repairing .the landslide dam ages; this in the middle of the after noon, after the sheriff's train had gone back to Carbonate and all opposition seemed to have been withdrawn. "Mr. Somervllle Darrah's compliments to Mr. John Vinton and Mr. Morton IJ.1 J . Adams and he will be pleased if they will dine with the party In the car Rosemary at seven o'clock. "Informal. "Wednesday December the Ninth." CHAPTER VIII. Adams said "By Jove!" in his most cynical drawl when Winton gave hi-n the dinner-bidding to read; then he laughed. Winton recovered the dainty note, folding it carefully and putting it in kin pocket. he hana.vriting was tha name as that of the telegram abstract ad from Operator Carter's sending book. "I don't see anything to laugh at," he objected, in the tone of one who does not mean to see. "No? You must be in fathoms deep not to be able to multiply such a very evident twice two. Mrst the Rajah sends the sheriff's posse packiag with out striking a blow, and now he In vites us to dinner. What's the infer euce?" "Oh, I don't know as there has to be an inlerence. Let us say he has aeen the erro:- of his way and means to come down gracefully.' "Don't you believe it! Beware of the Greeks bringing gifts. You are going to be hit right where you live this time." Winton growled his disapproval of any such uncharitable hypothesis. "You make me exceedingly tired at odd moments, Morty. Why can't you give Mr. Darrah tne credit of being what he really is at bottom—a right hearted Virginia gentleman of the old school?" "Ye gods and little minnows! worse and more of it! You don't mean that you are going to accept!" said Adams, aghast. "Certainly; and so are you. We shall have quite enough of Mr. Man talini's 'demnition grind' up here In this God-l'orsaken wilderness without scamping our oue little chance to for get it for a few social minutes." There was no more to be said, and the technologian held his peace while Winton scribbled a line of acceptance on a leaf of his note-book and sent it across to the Rosemary by the hand of the water boy. But In the evening, as they were setting out from the con struction camp to walk up the track to Argentine, he made a final effort to call a halt. "Jack, this is worse than idiotic," he protested. "There is that consign ment of steel you were wiring about to-tlay; one of us ought togo down to the Junction to see if it is ready to be shoved to the front." "Bother the steel!" was the Impa tient rejojinder. "Drr.yton wired it wouid be there, didn't he? Come on, we shall be late." "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mau," quoted Adams under his-breath; but he mac'.o no more diffi culties. Their reception at the steps of the Rosemary was a generot s proof of the aptness of that aphorism which sunu up the status post bellum in the terse phrase: "After war, peace." Mr. Dar rah met them; was evidently waiting for them; and was as heartily hos pitable as a master of men can be when he puts his entire mind to it. "Come in, gentlemen; come in and be at home"—this with a hand for each. "Virginia allowed you wouldn't faveh us, but I assured her she didn't tightly know men of the world; told her that a picayune business affair in whicn we are all acting a3 corpora tion proxies needn't spell out anything like a blood feud between gentlemen. Straight ahead, Misteh Winton; afteh you, .Misteh Adams." Such was the auspicious bepinning of an evening which Winton thought worthy to be marked in his calendar with a white stone. The dinner was a gastronomlcal "MAY I IIOrE YOU WILL FAVOR L' 3 OFTEN?" marvel, considering its remoteness from the nearest base of supplies; the Rajah laid aside his mask of fierce ness and bc.med hospitality; Mrs. Carteret was innocuously gracious; Bessie of the flaxen hair and the Rev erend William Calvert came in har moniously on the cheerful refrain; and Virginia—but it was Virginia wr.o filled all hor.zons for Winton. Knowing no more than any serious minded man the latest social niceties of a dinner party, and caring still less for them, he monopolized her shame lessly from the moment of greeting. In the interval of plate laying ho ma neuvered skillfully to obtain posses sion of the tete-atete chair, and with that convenient piece of furniture for an aid he managed to keep Virginia wholly to himself un . dinner was announced. For another man the informal table gathering might have been easily pro hibitive of confidence a deux, even with a Virginia Careteret to help, but Winton was far above the trammel ings of lime and place. All attempts on the part 01 his host, Mrs. Martha, Adams, or the Reverend Billy to en tangle him in the general table talk failed signally. He had eyes and ears only for the sweet-faced, low-voiced young woman beside him, and some of his replies to the others were ir relevant enough to send a smile around the board. "How very absent-minded Mr. Win ton seems to be this evening," mur mured Hessie from her niche between Adams ana the Reverend ililly at the farther end of the taole. "He isn't quite at his best, is he, Mr. Adams?" "No, indeed," said the technologian, matcning her undertone, "very far from it. He has been a -it off all day; touch of mountain fever, I'm afraid." "But he doesn't look at all ill," ob jected Miss Bessie. "I nhould say he is a perfect picture of rude health." "You can't tell anytaing about him by his looks," rejoined Adams, glibly. "Absolute mask —that face of his. But between us, don't you know, I think h; must be going to have a fever. Struck him all at onct about CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 33, 1906 three o'clock (his afternoon, anil I am sure lie hasn't beeu quite right la Uia head since." "Why, how dreadful!" said Bessie, sympathetically. "And 1 suppose there isn't a doctor to be had anywhere in these terrible mountain." But upon this point Adams reas sured her ironiptly. "Oh, yes, there is; Winton has al ready had his preliminary consulta tion and is, as you may say, in the way of ueing prescribed for. And 111 see to it. that he takes his medicine before he turns in to-night. You may trust me for that." Thus Mr. Morton P. Adams, in irony far too subtle for the flaxen haired Bessie. But Winton's replies were not specially irrelevant when Vir ginia evoked them. On the contrary, he was finding her sallies keenly pro vocative of what wit and readiness there was in him. "I believe your chief delight in life is to catch a man napping," he laughed, when she had succeeded in demonstrating, for the third time in as many minutes, how inadequate a man's wit is to cope with a woman's. "I do enjoy it," she confessed, with the brown eyes confirming the ad mission. "What woman does not? Isn't your nan's attitude towards lis one of thinly veiled contempt at the very best? For instance: you said just now that while no woman could do without a man, the reverse was true of the man." "I didn't know ? said anything like that. If I did, it was heresy." "No; it was one of tliose little lapses into sincerity which a man permits himself on rare occasions, when he isn't flattering. You really believe it, you know you do." "Do I? It wouldn't be ymlite to con tradict you. But what "I said, or tried to say, was that a man could exist, as Adams and I are existing at pres ent, without feminine oversight." "But what you meant was the oth er," she insisted —"that we are not necessary to you, while you arc neces sary to us." Then, reverting to the matter of mere existence: "Could you keep it up indefinitely, Mr. Win'on." "Isn't our being here this evening proof positive to the contrary?" "She smiled approval. "You are do ing better—much better. With a littls practice—you are sadly out of practice, aren't you?—l do believe you could pay one a pretty compliment." Winton rose mantully to his oppor tunity. "No one could pay you compliments, Miss Virginia. It would oe utterly im possible." "Why? ' -muse my chief delight ira life is to catch a man napping?" "Oh, no. Because the prettiest things that could be said of you would be only an awkward mirroring of the truth." "Dear me—how fine!" she applaud ed. "I am afraid you have been read ing 'Lord Chesterfield's Letters to Hla Son'—very recently. Confess, now; haven't you?" Winton laughed. "You do Lord Chesterfield a verjr great injustice; I cribbed that from 'The Indiscretions of a Marchioness,' " he retorted. Here was another new experience for Miss Virginia to have the trodden worm turn; to be paid back in her own coin. She liked him rather better for it; and, liking iiim, proceeded to punish him, woman- - * isa. The coffee was served, and Mrs. 'Car teret was rising. Whereupon Miae Virginia handed her cup to the techno loglan, and so had him for her com panion in tue tete-a-tete chair, leav ing Winton to shift for himself. The shifting process carried Mm over to the Rajah and the RevnrrnU Billy, to a small table in a corne- ol the compartment, and the enjoyn ent of a mild cigar and such desu) ; ory racketing of the ball of conversation as three men, each more or les.i lu tent upon his or/n concerns, may lteej up. Later, when Calvert ta'.id been elim inated by Miss Bessie, Winton lookwl to see the true inwardness of the din ner-bidding made manifest by his host That Mr. Somerviile Darrah had sn ax to grind in the right-cf-way matt«T he did not doubt; this notwithstand ing his word to Adams uefensiva nj the Rajah's probabie motive. (TO HE CONTINUED. JAP HUNTERS Of Seals Had 16 Boats in American Waters. KILLEDTHOUSANDS Of Seals in Our Territory Last Sum mer and Might Capture the Pribilof Islands. Washington, D. C.—"The Japan* ese pelagic sealing fleet which oper ated in Bering Sea during the sum mer consisted of at least 16 vessela, each of which carried a crew of 30 men, and from five to seven small boats for sealing. "It was only when the crews of the schooners landed, or attempted to land, on the islands (the Pribilof group) that they (the United States agents) were able to make arrests, and those of the Japanese who were killed belonged to parties which were caught red-handed and were at tempting to escape arrest." These statements are made in a report to Secretary Metcalf by Edwin W. Sims, then solicitor of the depart ment of commerce and labor, now United States district attorney at Chicago, of the seal poaching by Jap anese on the Pribilof islands early last summer, which resulted in the killing of live Japanese raiders, the wounding of two and the capture of a total of 12 prisoners, including the two wounded. The report was made public Thursday by Secretary .\ld eal Mr. Sims reports that five or nix of the Canadian pelagic sealing fleet op erated in Alaskan waters in May and June last, during the closed season, and that the Japanese fleet took thou sands of seals within the territorial waters of the United Stales surround ing the Pribilof islands during the summer. He says the seal herd is be ing decimated rapidly and that of the 4,000,000 to 7,000,000 seals which the herd originally contained, not more than 180,000 remain. MUST APPEAR IN COURT. Subpenas Are Served on J. D. Rocke feller and Other Standard Oil Mag nates in Government's Lawsuit. New York.—John D. Rockefeller and his six associates who con trol the Standard Oil Co. have been served with subpenas to appear be fore the United States circuit court in St. Louis on Monday, January 7, next. United States Marshal William Hen kel served the papers. Besides Mr. Rockefeller subpenas were served on Henry H. Rogers, Henry M. Flagler, Charles M. Pratt, Oliver H. Payne, William Rockefeller' and John D. Archbold. In addition to these seven men, who are named in the federal govern ment's chafges as being the leaders in the Standard Oil Co., Marshal Hen kel served W. A. Harris, treasurer of the National Transit Co., the Crescent Pipe Line Co. and other alleged Stand ard corporations; S. A. Drew, secre tary and treasurer of the Chesbrough Manufacturing Co., and J. C. Peabody, vice president of the Swan & Finch Co. His deputies made service of pa pers on 11 other Standard Oil men, officers of the 71 subsidiary compa nies. made defendants with the Stand ard in the government suit. STARTLING REVELATIONS. They are Made in Regard to the Milk Supply of Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky.—Aaron Kohn, rep resenting 100 dairymen against whom charges were brought under the pure food law of feeding swill to cattle, pleaded guilty for his clients Thursday and accepted a sus pended sentence of SIOO fine and a jail sentence of 50 days each against each defendant. Previous to the calling of the cases in court a conference of lawyers, physicians and health officers was held at which startling revelations were made in regard to the milk sup ply of Louisville. It was shown that 25 pounds of manure is consumed every day in the milk drunk in Louis ville, and that some of the milk coil tains pus. Rivers and Harbors Convention. Washington, D. C. —The appropri ation by congress of at least $50,000,- 000 annually for the improvement of the rivers and harbors of the country was the keynote of the speeches de livered before the national rivers and harbors convention which assembled here Thursday. Congress. Washington.—On the 6th the sen ate adopted the Penrose and Foraker resolutions requesting the president and secretary of war to send it infor mation in regard to the discharge of negro troops. The house defeated the anti-compulsory pilotage bill. A Fire Loss of $520,000. Lynn, Mass.—The explosion of a boiler Thursday in the four-story factory building of the P. J. Harney Shoe Manufacturing Co. and the fire which immediately destroyed four buildings in the West Lynn manufac turing district, caused a total loss es timated at about $520,000. Holdup Man Gets 20-Ycar Sentence. Pittsburg, Pa.—James O'Malley was convicted Thursday of holding up and robbing two men in the East 'End district recently and sentenced to serve 20 years in the penitentiary. A BRIDGE OF MAHOGANY. Valuable Wood Usod in Mexican Struc ture for Pedestrians and Teams. As mahogany is among the most costly woods in the world, it may be inferred that this tropical material is not very ett.ensively employed in the construction of buildings, etc. A bridge constructed of solid mahogany is certainly a rarity, a curiosity. There is one, claimed to be the only one in the world, built of that mate rial. This structure is located in the department of Palenque, state of Chi apas, republic of Mexico. This dis trict lies in the extreme southwestern part of Mexico, near the boundary line of Guatemala. The mahogany bridge is construct ed entirely of that valuable wood, except some iron braces and nails that are necessary. The bridge spans the Rio Michol and its total length, In cluding approaches, exceeds 150 feet, while the width is 15 feet. It is used by both teams and pedestrians and, though somewhat rude and primitive in construction, It is very substantial. None of the timbers of the flooring were sawed, for in that region there are no sawmills, but were hewn and split. In that section of old Mexico there are several very large rubber planta tions, and mahogany trees are quite common. In clearing away the trop ical forests for setting out the young rubber trees the mahogany growths are also cut down and removed. As this wood is quite abundant, some of it *,vas used in building the bridge.— American Inventor. LIKE A FAIRY TALE. The Story of Postum Cereal in Words and Pictures. The growth of the Postum Cereal Co. is like a fairy tale, but it is true, every word of it. "The Door Unbolted" is the title of a charming little booklet just issued by the Company which tells, and il lustrates, the story of this remark able growth. It takes the reader from the little white barn in which the business was started Jan. 1, ISOS, through the palatial offices and great factory buildings of the "White City" that comprise Postumville, Battle Creek, Mich. The little white barn, so carefully preserved, is a most interesting build ing, for it represents the humble be ginning of one of the country's great est manufacturing enterprises of to day, an enterprise that has grown from this little barn to a whole city of factory buildings within but little more than ten years. No less interesting is the quaint of ficial home of the Postum Cereal Co. The general office building of Mr. Post and his associates is a reproduction of the Shakespeare house at Stratford on-Avon, and upon the house and its furnishings has been expended vast sums of money, until the rooms are more like the drawing rooms of the mansions of our multi-millionaires than like offices. That Mr. Post has believed thor oughly in the idea of giving to his employes attractive and healthful work rooms is proven not only by the general office building of the Company and its furnishings, but by his fac tories as well, and of all of these things this beautiful little booklet tells the interesting story. It will be sent to anyone on request. PHOTOGRAPHY AND FINE ART. Camera Pictures Much More Than Mo chanical Reproduction. Few persons could be found who would deny the claims of photography to rank among the fine arts, when skillully used and properly controlled, since the photography of of to-day is something more than a mechanical re production. The individuality of the photographer is being expressed in his work almost as much as is that of the painter. The painter still has the advantage, for while he may give us an impression fuller than that made by nature upon the eye, the photographer can deal only with that which is ob served with such unerring fidelity and skill by a mechanical eye. Composi tion is therefore one of the necessary principles to the photographer, who thus supplies the mechanical eye with a mind, yet he must study lighting at different hours of |he day and varying weather conditions that he may know the best effects to be obtained. Many otherwise successful photographers need to realize that scientific accuracy is not necessarily artistic truth, so that, while one actualizes, the definite sharpness may be softened and the ef fect enhanced.—Home Magazine. Checked Attempt at Monopoly. Trusts were sometimes dealt with summarily in old England. For ill' stance, the records of the Brewers company show that "on Monday, July 30, 1422, Robert Chichele, the mayor o! London, sent for the masters and 12 of the most worthy of our company to appear at the Guildhall for selling dear ale. After much dispute about the price and quantity of malt, wherein Whityngtone, the late mayor, declared that the brewers had ridden into the country and forestalled the malt, to raise its price, they were convicted in the penalty of £2O ($100), which ob jecting to, the masters were ordered to be kept in prison in the chamber lain's custody until they should pay it, or find security for the payment thereof." Department's Good Record. The colonial secretary of the Baha mas states in his report of the islands for 1905-1906 that no complaint of error or delay has been received by the telegraph department for 14 years. GAINED 34 POUNDS Forsistent Anssmia Cured by Dp. Williams' Pink Pills After Other Remedies Had Failed. " When I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills," says Mrs. Nathaniel Field, of St. Albans-, Somerset county, Blaine, "I was tlio palest, most bloodless person you could imagine. My tongue and gums were colorless and my fingers and ears were like wax. 1 had two doctors and tliey pronounced my troubleanauiiia. I had spells of vomiting, could not eat, iu fact, did not dare to, I had such dis tress after eating. My stomach was filled with gas which caused me awful agony. The backache I suffered was at times almost unbearable and the least exertion made my heart beat so fast that I could hardly breathe. But the worst of all was the splitting neuralgia headache which never left me for seven weeks. About this timo I had had several numb spells. My limbs would bo cold and without any feeling and the most deathly sensations would come over me. "Nothing had helped me until I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, in fact, I had grown worse every day. After 1. had taken the pills a short time I could see that they were benefiting me and one morning I awoke entirely free from pain. The distress after eating disap peared and in three weeks I could eat anything I wanted and suffer no incon venience. I also slept soundly. I have taken several boxes of the pills and have gained in weight from 120 to 154 pounds and am perfectly well now." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure amentia because they actually make new blood. For rheumatism, indigestion, nervous headaches and many forms of weakness they are recommended even if ordinary medicines have failed. They are sold by all druggists, or will be sent postpaid, on receipt of price, CO cents per box, six boxes for $3.50, by the Dr. Williami Medicine Company, Schenectady, X. Y. Origin of Term "Grocer." According to etymology, a K retaft grocer" is as absolute an impossibility as a "weekly journal." A grocer, or "grosser" as it used to be spelled, is really a trader "in gross"—that is to say, in large quantities, wholesale. Englishmen of other days spoke of "grossers of fish" and "grossers of wine," and an act of Edward ill. ex pressly mentions that "grossers" dealt In all manner of goods. In those days "spicer" was the word for "grocer" in the modern sense. But it happened that the Grocers' company, founded in the fourteenth century, specialized in spicery and so "grocer" gradually took the place of "spicer." Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as thoy cannot reach the dis. eased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness,and that lsby constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. WbenthU tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Im perfect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed. Deaf ness is the result, and unless the lnilainmatlon can b» taken out and thlß tube restored to its normal condi tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine case# out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothlur but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case o| Deafness (caused l y catarrh) that cannot be cure* by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. 0 ~ , l',.f. CHENEY.* CO., Toledo, Q Sold by Druggists, 7,">c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. HIS TROUBLE WAS INTERNAL. Indian Chief Had Peculiar Ideas About Hydrophobia. Mayor Stoy of Atlantic City was describing the cosmopolitan throngs that visit his famous and gay resort. "Every nationality comes here," he said. "Greeks, Turks, Hindoos, Chi nese, Moors —they all come. "I was talking tha other day to one of the physicians of the Pasteur In stitute —the hospital, you know, for the prevention and cure of hydropho bia. The Pasteur Institute reminded me of Atlantic City, its visitors seemed to be of such a diversified character. "The physician told me about an In dian chief who had come to him for treatment last year. " 'My name,' said the chief, 'is War Eagle. Please take me in hand. I fear I am getting hydrophobia.' " Have you been bitten,' the physic ian asked, 'by a mad dog?" " 'Not exactly bitteD,' War Eagle answered, 'but I have the gravest sus picions about a black poodle that was served to me in a ragout last Friday afternoon.'" M^^MB ; —I Positively cured by these Little Pills. L> B\o Tlicy also relieve Dls- E tress troni Dyspepsia, In £ digestion and Too Hearty ■ ® Eating. A perfect rem ■l* cdy for Dizziness, Nausea, jS Drowslnes3, Bad Tasto * In tho Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain In the Side. ITORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL POSE. SMALL PRICE. p* qtco'cl Genuine Must Bear WiTTtE Fac-Simile Signature jpXfs! ™ I REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. 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