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4 PACK BK1TO BCUiHIW, BBRD, OHBOON, THURNDAY, NOVKMJIKH , 1IKSI FOOD SUPPLIES HERE ENOUGH FOR A MONTH STOCKS IN BENU ARE AMPLE, AGREED CITY NOT DEPENDENT ll-'rcMi VcgrUMea Would Iast For Two Wcc4u Whllo Cured Meats And Sntnr On Hand Would last Double That Time. Stocks of groceries and meat's now In Bend arts sufficient to supply the needs of the pcoplo, based on the ordinary demand, for at least a month without any noticeable differ ence In tho variety of foods which niny be purchased, an Inquiry con ducted in connection with the railroad tleup disclosed. Ordinary standards of living could bo main tained two months, while so far as any actual hardship Is concerned, the city Is Independent of the world out side Centra Oregon, local merchants slated. Fresh vegetables and other perish able goods would bo" lacking at the end of two weeks. Tho sugar supply might be gone in a month, this be ing the only commodity on which a serious shortago might develop. That Bend is practically tndepend ent is largoly due to the fact that potatoes aro grown so extensively here, that there aro flour mills within short distances, and that meats of all kinds are home products, as well as milk and eggs. The fresh meat sup ply of one local market has been bought for a period up to June, but there is not a supply of cured meats to last more than 30 days. REDMOND INS SECTION TITLE 28 TO 3 VICTORY' OVKR PRINK VILLI! SATURDAY AFFIRMS PREVIOUS EXPECTATION'S. CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CLOSE Central Oregon's football season ended Saturday in a championship for Redmond high school when that team defeated Prineville at Redmond by 28 to 3 score. Redmond haC been conceded tho championship -previously because of a former victory over Prineville, but the margin of victory was a surprise. The championship race was closer this year than It has been for several seasons. Every team except that rep resenting Madras had almost equal opportunity for the title, there being little to choose between the teams on form. Prospects Good Bend won two of the six games played, but lost the others largely on breaks. The belief Is prevalent here that had Prineville been met on the home field later In the season, the score would have been reversd. Prospects tor next year's team are unusually bright, as only five of this year's letter men will have left school or become lncleglble Dutt, Kelson, G, niakcley, L. Blakeley and Johnson. Lottermen are: McN'eely, Kohfleld, Esllck, Nelson, Howell and L. Blakeley, who won the gold "B" for the first time this year; Boyd, Phllbrook, O. Blakeley and Johnson, who won their first stripe, showing two years sorvico; Claypool, a sec ond' stripe, and Dutt a third. TOO BUSY TO COACH ASSERTS 0. A. C. STAR M, H. Horton, coach of the high school basketball team which won the championship of Central Oregon last year, and choice of the board of directors of district No. 1 for tho same position this year, will bo un able to accept tho offer because of the demands which his business mako on his time, he states. He add ed that it might be possible for him to help the squad at Inter vals during the season, but 'that ho would not attempt to direct prac tice and .training as a regular coach. Horton was an all northwest se lection when he starred for 0. A. C. somo 10 years ago, and held down a forward's position in tho Bend town team which played here In 19177. Under Ills supervision last winter, tho high school team, win ning the Central Oregon champion ship, attended, the state tournament at Salem, representing this section. 5 m&6' The UU-. iOF U aU i COPYItlOHT, Ttf To make certain that I avoided any, possibility of encountering the fellow again, I passed directly through the deserted lumber yard before emerging upon Oans street. This thoroughfare was at this hour desolate enough, not a light showing In tho houses, or a moving figure visible as far as 1 could see In the dimness of the street lumps. The rain was steady, tho pave ment shimmering with moisture, the only sound the pattering of the drops us they fell, if any policemen were nhm.nl l'sfltr no alcnc. mill, with nil. tn tifrti.,,1 tin tn m- ntir T I'liiwo In I walk rather than seek the block to the cast and the,posslbIllty of n street car. The factory district ended In a row of houses, dark and silent at this hour, but the walking was good, and 1 pushed forward briskly, so burled In thought as to become practically In sensible to the unpleasant surround ings. The night had been a full one. far exceeding my expectations, yet left me more puzzled than ever as to my own duty. So fur I knew of no set of crime with which these men could bo connected: they were mere ly proposing a future attack on a neu tral government. If, however, I con sented to play my part with Harris, I would not only be In ample time to circumvent any danger Alvn nnd his gang might contemplate, but alsb gain ample evidence for their conviction and expulsion from this country. In nddltion to this I would be In position to block the daring plans of this Inter national thief. Altogether It seemed to roe that the wiser course for me to pursue was to wait, and wntch, ready to act at any moment, but keeping my own. council until certain that the specific moment had arrived. Nor was I oblivious to the 'Strange lnipre&slon left upon me by my en counter with Marie Gessler. She hud Interested me oddly, and I could not drive her memory from my thoughts. Our moment of conversation had been peculiar, and her words and, actions remained ns a constraint. Why had she stood there, her huml on the door, and tulked to me In that mocking way? Had she a purpose, an aim? Did she believe my explanation? or was her suspicion aroused Into a de termination to verify It in some wny? Although I could not decide, jet doubt less the latter theory was the most probable. That was why I had been pledged to call at "247 1 Compte street," and ask for "MISs Conrud. This was the same place where Harris hud secretly met Krantz. Evidently It was another headquarters for these precious villains. Once there, and safely In their power, the truth of my Identity could easily be established. Was that her Idea? If so, who then was "Miss Conrad?" Not Marie Gessler, "certainly, under another name, for she would have re turned to Washington. There wus no doubt as to that, for Alva had agreed to take her direct to the depot In his own car, and would scarcely lenve un til she was safely on the train. Prob ably the other woman was a confed erate, with whom she would communi cate by telephone. My clearer Judg ment told me all this, made me fully conscious of the danger of keeping this appointment, yet never swerved me from an Intention to do so. Marie Oessler's eyes were frank and honest; they had looked directly Into my own, plendlngly I Imagined, and I retained a blind faith in her no ordinary cir cumstances would overcome. She was Involved In this criminal conspiracy there could be no doubt as to thatr but why? under what conditions? What could ever have .driven so worn nnly a woman to such un association? Was her appeal to me an effort at as. slstance? Was she blindly endeavor ing to J earn In this way If I wus worthy of trust, und confidence? This hope would not down; It remained In sistent, persistent. I would keep my word; I would go to the place desig nated, at the hour set; I would go unnetl, prepared for whatever might occur of treachery but I would go. Perhaps here was the key to the whole mystery; nnd once I solved her con nection with the plot, particularly If It absolved her from blame, nnd thp necessity of exposure, I could go for ward with clear' conscience, and land these' others where they Justly bo longed. 1 must have covered four or rive blocks Immersed la tuch rlnfught, al most forgetful of my surroundings my head bent low before the rain, my feet carelessly slushing through the water In pools on the sidewalk. I met no one,, heard no sund to arouse me'; all about was dark, desolate, forlorn. Then suddenly became conscious of some unusual obstruction" Just ahead. At first I took It for a wrecked wagon lying against the curb, but another step forward revealed the' truth a de serted touring cor, Its red. tall-light plastered with mud, and barely visible. approached with a feeling of relief; I mm i mmkWMm MM THE 'MXPAIJIJISH nw or tt ILLUSTRATIONS' RANDALL PARM3H it was not wrecked, no sljn of acci dent was to be noticed. Even In that dim light I could see the machine wus no common car, a sednn. Its glass bril liant In spite of the ruin sputters, and Its paint gleaming brightly. I stared about womlerlngly, but could perceive nothing to account for the presence of such a car, or Its ap parent desertion. Up and down both streets not a figure muved; not a sound reached me but the slough of the wind, and the putter of ruin. I shivered with the loneliness of It nil, as curiosity led me to cross the mudily parkway to assure myself ns to what this strnngv desertion meant. There wus no on In the ear. I could look straight through the dimmed windows, ugiilnst the glare of a street lump a block away. One of the rear doors stood half open, and, tempted by It, I bent over und felt within. My hund touched some ob ject on the floor, and I Instantly straightened up with the thing It Was a Long, Thln-Bladed Daggsr. gripped In ray lingers. It was a long, thln-bladed dugger an ornament rather than" a weapon with on odd, funclful hilt. There were stains upon the polished steel; and the moment I saw It, I knew where It lisd attracted my attention before as u pin In Ma rie Gessler's bat. CHAPTER VII. I Seek Miss Conrad The Threads Be. come Tangled. I grasped the! thing In my hand, holding It up Incredulously Into what ever faint light I could find. There was no 'question as to Its Identity; I could not doubt. This was tho same peculiar ornament I had observed that evening In the girl's hat, or else Its exuet mate. I recalled the quaint shape of tho miniature hUt too clearly to be mistaken. Then this car was the one In which she had departed with Gustave Alva pvo hours before. What had occurred In the meanwhile? Some thing serious evidently. The dagger on the-tloor would Indlrate a struggle, or at least a hasty departure from the vehicle. I stood staring at It, slowly compre hending the probable meaning of those dark stains on the blade. -Their na ture could not be determined in so dim a light, yet when I touched them with my finger It became discolored. My Cod! could It be blood? Blood 1 It was blood ; then this had been a scene of tragedy, of awful crime perhaps. The. discovery sickened me but I had to go on. I wrenched open tho for ward door and peered fearfully with in. I could not but know Instantly what I saw a dim, huddled form leaning forward across the steering wheel, one hand yet on the spokes, with lieud dangling helplessly, upheld only by contact with tho windshield. I knew the man was deud before I touched the cold hand; his very pos ture told thut and how lie had died; Instuntly, from n Utah In tho buck. I could not see his feature, the dark ness hid them, but desperation drove me to pass my hand over the con cealed face; the upturned mustache, tho exposed teeth, grinning Irnnlcufly In death, left no doubt ns to who he was tho Chilean soldier nnd attache, Captain Alvu. Tho awful horror of it paralyzed my very bruin. She must have douo this! Thut girl must have killed html Rut why? for what rea-' son? for what purpose? Could It hove been In unswer to Insult? Hud the man dared to press .his advances once they were ulone? und had, she re sisted? I would not question his In clination, yet this wus not possible The knife lay, on the floor behind him, Just .ns plucked, blood-stained, from the wound, Tho girl, then, was not even riding heshle him; sho could not bo to huvo dealt such n blow sho must huvo been alone In the rear seat, Thcnt lit I ho dark, unnoticed by the iinn driving, she hud loaned forward, nnd driven that sharp blade unerring ly homo to the heart, I to had sus pected nothing In time to raise even un arm in self-defense. Their, dazed frightened by her terrlhlo deed, for gvtfut even of tliu knife In her terror, tit had dashed It to the floor and tied luto the darkness, leaving the reur door open behind her. That was the story; that must be the story. My mind pictured the scene In all Its horror. Vet what could ac count for such an act? What cause could transform this woman, this suilllng-fucvd girl, luto n murderess? Her leaving that weapon behind would seem to proclaim thut the deed was done. In haste, on the spur of the moment; that It had not been In any way premedltnted and planned. Oth erwise she would have guarded against such danger of discovery. Why, thut carelessness slime might ruin every hope of escape, might bring her to tho electric chalr It wus damning evidence. I d aro not remain there In the presence of this grisly spectacle. To be found would fasten the hideous crime upon me, while such a story as 1 must tell would never bo believed, 1 did nut know even who she really was, or where she might be. I cared noth ing for Alva's death; horrible as It was, I was conscious of no regret, but 1 must not be mixed up In the affair. The only thing for me to do wus to disappear, and lenvo the police to make their own discovery. And the knife? the weapon which had, dor.p the deed? What should I do with that? I did not hesitate long. I would protect her from discovery If I could; at least until I was myself convinced of her guilt. There was no longer the slightest doubt In my mind but what this wns her act. Everything pointed straight toward her. Yt there might be a reason, a worthy muse, and, In any case, she had done a service to the country. Tim world wns better off with this conspirator dead; nor would I denounce the one who had taken his life. I hid the knife In a pocket of my rout, and hnstened down the side street toward the nearest car line, my only desire being to escape that neighborhood as swiftly as possible,. By a quarter of three I wns safely In my room at the hotel, for the first time feeling a sense of real security. Yet It was not to sleep. I did not even undres. except to remove my wet outer-garments before flinging my self on the bed. My brain wouldn't rest, and I lay there staring up at the celling, while my mind reviewed over nnd over again every Incident of the night, nnd planned for the morning. How would the murder of Alvn affect the plot I had started to overcome? Would It continue under somo other leadership? Who? And the money? what would heroine of thut? What readjustment of plans would Harris consider necessary? Onre I knew his conception of the sltuntlou. I rouul better regulate my own nrllon. Mean while the only safe eourso wns to re main still, nnd profess Ignorance. Then I had the engagement nt 21" Le Compte street Hint might reveal something (if Importance to help me solve the problem. I got up, removed tho dagger from my pocket, and examined it in tho electric light. It wns n toy weapon. yet Ktiftlclently dnngernus, for nil that, and I looked at It with n sense of hor ror. How could a woman have ever thrust even that keen blndo with one How through to tho Iieurt7 Vet the evidence was before me. Those dark stains were blood human Wood dried now, but unmistakable In their proof of crime, I wnsht'd the steel, leaving the blade bright and ollshed; then wrapped It carefully, and hid It away nt the very bottom of my bag, locking the latter against tmsslhlo In spection by a curious jiiald, 1 felt re lieved Mice I hud the weapon out of sight. Tho thornlng papers contained no reference to the tragedy the body of the deud man hud not been found In time. There would he noise enough when It wus, no doubt, for Alvn must have been widely known und ranked as of some Importance, Even If his Identity was never established, If no suspicion was aroused us to his posi tion, nnd secret work In this country, yet tho very mystery of the case would create, a sensation. But perhaps he had papers on his person of value. I regretted not having searched his pockets. Then the conviction came that possibly liem might be tho true solution of tho murder a desire to so cure some documents the man curried. I went down to Costlgnn'H place on foot, not being entlrejy certain of the exact location. It was an ordinary comer saloon, with a stnlrwuy lending to rooms above. In the morning hours the barroom was nearly deserted, but the mail ul the bur, looking mo over cautiously, said that "Mr. Parker" had already gone out, and hnd left no word ns n when he would return. I was, rather glad, yet I left a tele phone number, with a request that 1 Jie called whenever ho cuinn back. I waited Impatiently for the call In my room, Jmt none eame. It dawned upon me Hint In sill probability Harris was fruntlcnlly endeavoring to find the whereabouts of Alvn, un yet having no suspicion of his death, I telephoned (iostlgan's. but "Mr, Purker" had not returned. I mmt out for a noon edition, eager ly scanning .Its columns, hut finding nothing. Surely tho descried car, with Hs grim burden, must hnvn been ijlycijyered' before this. Tbtj jwfi must have suppressed tho news to en able, litem t" work In secret! they might have found soma evidence, in the dead mint's pockets, or In Ihn dark recesses of (hit car, by whleh they sllll hoped to capture the assassin. 1 remember eating In a basement restnimuu": where I wns totally un known, and then departing for the. rendcsvoii on l.o.l'otnptu street. I approached tho ii'imher given with serious misgivings. If the police were, actually on the trail, soma knowledge of this plnco might ho In Ihelr possvit slon, and I could not ho too cautious. There wns no outward sign of any surveillance ns I tur;ied Into th block; Indeed except for a grocery, truck before one of the houses, anil an organ-grinder at tho farther cor ner, entertaining a group of children, tho street wns entirely deserted. Mus tering my courage, nnd with a feeling of deep excitement, I advnncei up the steps of the house numbered 217, and. finding refuge In the outer vesti bule, rung the bell. I henrd no dis tant tinkle, but within a moment or two the door opened a crack, held In "Well, What tt Itr Qht Smpptd. that position by a chain, anil the face of n mlddle-uged woman peered out st me. "Well, what Is Itr she snapped. In no encouraging tone, "I should like to see Miss Conrad," I begun apologetically-. "I huvo un ap pointment with her." "Not hero er ain't, joung uinn, for there ain't nobody by that tmiuu In tills house." "Am you iiutc? This Is 'J 17, Is It not? Hint was the number given inc. She wns to ho here at two o'clock." "This yeru Is 217 all right. I ain't den) In' thut," the voire more acid than ever, "but there ain't no Miss Cdiirud yere; so that's all there Is ubout It." "Hut there must le." "Must bo nutliln'l I guess I know. I've been yeru seventeen years, an' tlier never was nobody of Hint name ever In tills bouse. Besides, I'm house cleaiiln' und can't stand yero tnlkln' all day." "Do you know a. man nnmed Krnntxr I flung nt her desperately, In n Inst effort to arouse somo re sponse, "Ailnlph Krantz." "No, I don't; titer ain't none of those KHple yero, I tell yer," The door slaped shut In my face, nnd I luard a bolt shot Into place the Interview was ended. (To Ila Continued.) EXTRACT DRINKING LEADS -TO ARREST Oscar Martinson, one of Bond's most consistent exponents of nnti Volstcndlsin, drank several bottles pf Ionian extract last night, shortly af ter wus arrested by Officer Russoll Gilbert and lodged In tho city Jail on n charge of drunkenness, Ho was to appear hoforo Recorder Rosa Farti hum this aftornoon. HUSBAND AND WIFK WltlTIJ Mr. and Mrs. Juntos Carson, Co lumbus, N. M., sign a letter saying, "Wo shall novor be without Foley Catbartln TublotH for wo hclluvn them to bo essentia,! to good health." They keep tho ntoinuch swcot, liver nctlvo and bowels roaular. Banish constipation, Indigestion, biliousness, sick headucho. Sold everywhere. Adv. Bullotln "Want Ads" tiring ro- sults. Try thorn. Brooks- Scanlon Lumber Company , Lumber, Lnth, Shingles, Building Material, Kiln Dried Flooring and nil kinds of Finish SASH AND DOORS CQMPLETE StC-CK of Standard Suet. BROOKS-SCANLON LUMBER CO. Local Sales Ajfont, MILLER LUMI1KII CO. Movie Manager Is Knocked Out By Low Awning J. 1), Sparks, innniiKor of tho Orn ml mid Liberty theatres, wus p knocked nnnseluss llatitrdny night while wullcluit down Wall street, whim ho struck n tow awning support, tho mutul plpu catching It 1 nt across tho mouth und loosening several tooth. In addition, Sparks sustained n badly wrenched hack as the ro- suit of tho full, nnd was In bed all Sunday under tho orders of his physician. Hurrying to tho theatro, his head lowered us ha Hindu his wny against tho storm, Sparks fulled to son tho uwnluK. Hurl- ed to tho cnmniit sidewalk by the shuck, hi) rosu unnloadlly, und again his head struck tho support. Ho lout consciousness, and wns lifted to his feet a mo- inont later by passers by. At 4 first, ho declares, he bollovod ho had been slugged. Tho nnmn awning bus caught other pedestrian III much the ! kjiiiio manner during thn past week, hut In no other case with such serious results, Inspection this morning revealed tho fact that a number of nwnlnn In the rlty are too low for safety, ' CUT THIS OPT IT IS WORTH MON'KV Cut out this slip, enclose with 5c to Foley A Co.. S83B Shottleld Ave. Chicago, HI,, writing your numo and address clearly You will receive In return a trial pnekngu containing Foley's Honey and Tur Compound, far roughs, colds and croup, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley fntlinrllo Tablets. Sold overy whore. Adv. Advurtlio .j Tho Bulletin, roaultt. U gets CATARRH Catarrh Is a local i1Iia greatly Intlu- ncil by constitutional ronUltlons HAt.I.'fl CATAIlltll Mi:l)IClN): ! a Tonic, taken Internally, and sett throufli tho blooit upon tho mucous nurfr or llm ivilim. 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