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, &' ' ' . THE MEPffORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MISPITORP, OREOON, MONDAY, .TAOTAUY Ji, 19.10. The By GASTON LEROUX. Author of "The Mystery of the Yellow Room" The gripping qualities of this story reveal a gifted French au thor in his best vein. While it is a detective story ranking with the Sherlock Holmes scries, re vcaling further adventures of JRoulotabille, the sensational sol ver of mysteries, the narrative also presents several character studies of engrossing interest Rouletabillc, the bewildering hero of The Mystery of the Yel low Room," who is here confront erf by the nerve racking mystery of the body too many;' Lar son, the fugitive from justice and master mind of the polished criminals of two hemispheres, 'who reveals himsalf only when ha wishes to show where ho is not. and the Lady in Black, whose inspiring faith is un shaken by the unspeakable trag edies in which she is the central figure. The dreadful power for evil that can be exerted by a perverted brain has never been mora clearly portrayed. The heartbreaking test of the unfor tunate son who realize that he must kill his father, who has never known his son, to save his mother, whom he might never see again, is a vivid, portrayal of some of the penalties of human existence. CHAPTER I. A Foredoomed Marrtefe. HE marriage of M. Robert Dar- T zac and. Mile. Mathllde Stan gerson took, place in Parts at the Church of St. Nicholas da Chardbnnet on April C 1805. every thing connected with the occasion be ing conducted In the quietest fashion possible. A little more than two years bad rolled by since the events which I have recorded in a previous volume events so sensational that It la not speaking too strongly to say that an even longer lapse of time would uot have sulilced to blot mt the memory of the famous "Mystery of the Yellow Room." In this. almost unknown parish it wok easy enough to maintain the ut most privacy. Only a few friends of M.' Dnreac and Professor Stangerson. on whose discretion they felt assured that they might rely, had been Invited. 1 hud the honor to be one of the num ber. I reached tho church early, and nat urally my first thought was to look for Joseph Rouletabllle. 1 was some what surprised at not seeing him; but, having no doubt that he would arrlvo 6hnrtly. 1 entered the pew already oc cupied by 11. Heurl-Robert and M. An dre 11 esse, who lii the quiet shades of the little chapel exchanged in under tones reminiscences of the Btrange af fair at Versailles, which the approach ing ceremony brought to their memo ries. "I never felt quite easy about Rob ert and Mnthllde." he said, "uot even after the happy termination of the af fair at Versailles," said lienri-Robert, "unill I knew that the Information of the death of Frederic Lafsan had been officially continued. That roan was a pitiless enemy." It will be remembered perhaps by readers of The Mystery of tho Yel low Room" that a few months after the acquittal of the professor la Bor bonne there occurred the terrible ca tastrophe of La Dordogne, a transat lantic steamer running between Havre and New York. In the broiling beat of u summer night upon the coast of the new world Lu Dordogne bad caught tire from an overheated boiler. Re fore help could reach her the steam er was utterly destroyed. Scarcely thirty passengers were able to leap Into the life boats, and these were picked up the next day by a merchant vessel, which conveyed them to tho nearest port. For duys thereafter the ocean cast up on the beach hundreds of corpses, and ntnong these they found Uirean. The papers which were found care fully hidden lu the. clothing worn by the dead man proved beyond a doubt bin Identity. Matbllde Stangerson was at last delivered from this mon filer of a husband to whom, through the facility of the American laws, she had given her hand In secret In the Unthinking ardor of girlish romance. This wretch, whose real name, accord ing lo court records, was Rallmeyer and who hud married her under the name of Joan Rouel. could no longer rise like a dark shadow hot ween Ma thllde and the man whom she had loved so long mill so well without dar ing to become his bride. In "Tho Mywtery of the Yellow Room"I have rolaled nil the details of this remarka ble affair, one of the strangest which hits ever boon known In the annals of the court of assizes and which with out doubt ""ti!d have had a most tragic denounent had It not been for the extraordinary part played by n boy reporter, scarcely eighteen years old, Joseph Rouletnblllo, who wuh the Perfume Lady inly one to discover "that Frederic l.nrsuu. the celebrated secret service ;igeut, was none other thnn Uallmeyer himself. "You see. my dear fellow," said M Henri-Robert to M. Andre Hesse, "you see, lu this world ouo cnu always and the .bright side. See how beauti fully everything has turned out. even the troubles of Mile. Stangerson. Rut why are you constantly looking around you? Do you expect auy one?" "xes. 1 expect Frederic Larsau.' M. Henri-Robert laughed. Rut 1 felt no Inclination to Join In his mirth. "whafa the matter, Salnclalr?" whispered M. Henri-Robert, who no ticed my expression. "Hesso was only Joking." ' 1 don't know anything about It," 1 answered. And I looked attentively around me, as M. Andre Hesse had done. And indeed we had believed Larsan dead so often when he was known as Dallmcycr that It seemed quite possible that he might be once more brought to life in tho guise of Larsan. Here comes RouletablUc remark ed M. Henri-Robert "I'll wager that he isn't worrying." The young reporter Joined us and pressed our bands in an absentmlnded manner. "Good morning. Salnclalr. Good morn ing, gentlemen. 1 am not late I hope?" It seemed to me that bis Tolce trem bled. He left our pew Immediately and withdrew to a dark corner, where he knelt like child and prayed. His fervent devotion astonished ue. When he railed his head his eyes were tilled with tears. He did not even try to hide them. He was lost completely In his prayers and. one might imagine. In hla grief. But what could be the occasion of his sorrow? Had not the good fortune of Mnthllde Stangerson and Robert Dareac been In a great measure brought about by bis efforts? Perhaps from Joy that he wept. He rose from bis knees and was hidden behind a pillar. And the next moment Matbllde Stan gerson made her entrance Into the church upon the arm of her father. Robert Dareac walking behind them. Ah. the drama of the Glandlcr had been a sorrowful one for these three! Rut. strange as It may seem, Matbllde Stangerson appeared only the more beautiful for all that she bad passed through. True, she was no longer the beautiful statue, the living marble, tho ancient goddess, the cold pagan divini ty, who at the official functions at which her father's position had forced her to appear bud excited a flutter of admiration whenever she was seen. It seemed, on the contrary, that fate In making her expiate for so many long years an Imprudence committed In early youth had cast her Into the depths of madness and despair, only to tear away the mask of stone which hid from sight the tender, delicate spir it And it was this spirit which shono forth on her wedding day. in the sweetest and most charming smile, playing on her curved lips, hiding In her eyes, filled with pensive happiness and leaving Its Impress on her fore head. Rut what I shall always remember la the strangeN expression which came over her visage when she looked through the rows of faces In the pews without seemlug to discover the one 6bc sought in a moment she hud re gained her composure and was mis tress of herself once more. She bad seen Rouletabllle behind bis pillar. She smiled at him and my companions, and 1 smiled in our turn. "She has the eyes of a mad woman!" I turned to see who spoke the heart less words, it was a poor fellow whom Robert Darzac out of kindness had made bis assistant In the labora tory at the Sorbonne. The man was named Rrlgnolles and was a distant cousin of the bridegroom. Long ago be bad lost both father and mother. He bad neither brother nor sister and seemed to have broken off all Inter course with his native province, from which he had brought an eager desire for success, an exceptional ability to work and a strong Intellect. One beautiful morning In the pre ceding spring and consequently a year after the occurrences In the ye!- 'jow room Dareac had presented Rrl gnolles to his pupils. The new as sistant had come direct from Alx, where he hod been a tutor lu tho nat ural sciences and where he had com mitted Mine fault of discipline which had caused his dismissal. Durzac was suffering from the reaction following the strong emotions which had nearly weighed him down at the Glundler and at the court of assizes. We re marked that from the duy that Rrl gnolles cume to him Rrlgnolles. whose friendship should have been u precious solace the weakness of M, Durzac Noomeri to Increase. Ilo.vevor. wo were obliged to acknowledge that 1 Hrlgnollos was not to blame for that, for two unfortunate and unforeseen nceldonts had occurred In the course of some oxperlmuntH which would hnvo uoomed on the face of them not at nil daugorous. The lint resulted from the unexpected explosiou or a (ibKHler tubu. The second, which might have beon extremely grave, happened through the explosion of a tluy lump agulust which Durzac wuh leaning. of the Black In At tlio time of tho second accident I was present, having come to seek Dareac at the Sorbonne. 1 myself led our friend to n druggist and then to n doctor, and 1 begged Rrlgnolles when he wished to neconipauy us to remain i at his post. Oti the way Durzac linked 1 why I had wouuded the poor fellow's 1 feelings. I told him that I did uot euro for Rrlguolles" society for tho abstract reason that I did not like his maimers and for the concrete reason oti this j special occasion that I believed htm to ; be responsible for the accident Dar zac demanded why 1 thought so. and 1 did uot know how to answer; and he ; laughed. My suspicions of Rrlgnolles were doubtless ridiculous. All the same, 1 , was so strongly prejudiced agalust the young mau that 1 blamed him for the slow Improvement lu Darzac's phys ical condition. At tho beginning of tbo ' whiter Dunne had such a bad couch , that 1 entreated him to ask for leave of absence und to lake a trip to tho MldL The physicians advised San Remo, Ho went thither, and a week 1 umu lma K WM eIJ 1 could ob later ho wrote us that he felt much tuln no aatlafuetlou from Rouletabllle, better. "I can breathe here." he wrote. When I left Paris 1 seemed to be stifling." This letter gave me much food for thought and I took Rouletabllle into my confidence. Ht irri with m tht it m. n most peculiar coincidence that Darzac was. so ill when Rrbmolles was with him and so much better when he and his Toumr assistant wtrt seoarated. The impression that this was actually the fact was so strong In ray mind that I would on no account hava per mitted myself to lose sight of Rrl gnolles. No. Indeed! 1 verily bellevo that If ho had attempted to leave Paris I should have followed him. Dareac returned homo at the end of four weeks almost completely restored to health. His. eyes, however, were still, weak, and be was under the ne cessity of taking the greatest care of thorn. Rouletabllle and myself bad re solved to keop a close watch on Bri- gnollcs. but we were satisfied that everything would be right when wo were Informed that the long deferred inarriago was to occur almost imme diately and that Darzac would take bis wife away on a long honeymoon trip far from Paris and from Rrl gnolles. And now we all a dozen or so per sonswere gathered In the sacristy. The witnesses signed the register, and ths rest of us congratulated the newly I - , wedded pah-. The sacristy was yet more dismal than the church, and 1 might have- thought that It was on ac count of the darkness that 1 could not percelvo Joseph Rouletabllle. Rut as suredly be was not there. Matbllde bad already asked for him twice, and Darzac requested mo to go and look for him. 1 did so. but be had disappeared. When the bridegroom brought this news to his wife she appeared to be both pained and unxlous. She called me to her side and said: "My dear M. Salnclalr. you know that we nre to take the train In two hours. 1 weather. The wind from the sea Will you huut up our little friend and chilled us to the bone nnd swept over bring blm to mo und tell blm that his the deserted quay with weird sounds strange behavior Is grieving mo very of lamentation. I walked behind ltou much?" i letabllle. who made his way with dlf- ( And I began a wild goose chase after Acuity In this damp obncurlty. How Rouletabllle. Rut 1 appeared at the , over, bo appeared to know the place, station without him. Neither nt his for wo dually urrlvcd ut the door of n , home nor at the otilce of his paper queer little luu which remained open , nor at the Cafe du Rarrciiu. where tbo ' during the earlv spring for the Usher- , necessities of his work often called him at this hour of the day. could 1 lov mv liniiil on him. ' There was three minutes yet before J tho depnrturo of tho train. Rut no Rouletabllle. We wero all so grieved ' you condescend to explain to mo what : Horrowiuny at uie square uaiuemcnw aud moreover so surprised that we re- ' we have to conio to look for In this of the city hall, which extended to malned on the platform, looking at ' place aside from rheumatism and wnrd "9 e hostile lance of Ita soiled Mme. Darzac. without thinking to wish pueumoulaV" ' n''d weather beaten Uug; at tho Cafe her a pleasant Journey. She cast a J RUt Rouletabllle ut this- moment I Uu ,,"r,H' ut ,m' H",'"t houses, nt tho long glauco upon the quay, and at tho , coughed and turned toward tbo Are to eul,H ""d the llbrury. Was It there moment that the speed of the train be- , warm his huudx again. I t'mt ,,,t' lMy llml bought lUoao llrst gau to accelerate, certain now that sho ( oh. yes." ho ausworcd: "1 am going l,ow boo1,H f,,r w,'lch the Lady In was not to see her "little friend" again, , to tell you. We have come to look for "hck had paid? she threw me an envelope from the car , the perfume of tho Lady In Rlnck." ! "Nothing has chunged." window. I This phrase gave me so much to IIp drew me Into a little trcot nnd "For him." sho said. i think about that I scarcely slept nt all 8topxyl again lu front of a tiny templo And almost ns though moved by an 1 tbm night. I of tho Jesuit style. After buvlng push- irresistible Impulse, her face wearing ' Ear)y ln , momlug i Waa nwnk- ont"n ft "tt,c iow loor ""''It'tobllle an expression of something that re- ! en(;d by a Cmce(i Rouletabllle. Ills bml0 tuo '',ltc wu "'N' our' sembled terror, she added lu a tone ia.. WUH distorted with grief ns he Helve8 uldo n beuutlful mortuary so strange thut I could not help recall- hllI1(lw, IIIU , .ulmrrilin WMcll ,md chapel. ing tho horrible speeches of Rrlgnolles: "Au revolr. my friends or ndleu." CHAPTER II. Roulctnbillc's Revelation. OTJLHTARILLi: hud been treat ed by the Staiigernonn arid by M. Darzue ns their deliverer, aud espeiliilly since Muthllde hud left the Hiinltarliiiii. In which for sev eral moiitlix her shattered nervous sys tem hud needed and received the most assiduous care since tuo auugnter oi tho fumous profesor had been ablo to understand the extraordinary part which tho boy had pluycd In tho drn inn that without bin noip woum in- ovltably have ended In the bitterest t'rlef for nl' thoe whom she loved rliico sho hud read by the light of nor restored reuon the Hlnirthand reports tt tho trial, ut which Roiiletabllle ap peared at the Iuni muiiiiiiit like kuiiio hero of a miracleshe hud Htirroiintled the youugHtor with mi tilTectlon little loss than maternal, tjlie Interested herself In everything which concerned him, She begged for bin confidence. She wanted to know more about him than 1 knew and perhaps more even than he knew himself, She had shown au unobtrusive but strong curiosity In regard to the mystery of his birth, of which nil of us wen Iptwrunt and on which the .voting man luttl kept silence with n sort of savage pride. I returned from the Lyons station I still pondering over the numerous fantasies, the straince caprlees of Rouletabllle during the lust two years. Rut nothing that entered my mind could have warned me of what had happened or, still less, hare explained It to inc. Where was Rotllptubllle? I went to his rooms In the Roulvvnrd St. Michel, telling myself that If I did not ll ml hlui there I could at least leave Mine Dantae's letter. What was my astonishment when 1 entered the building to see my own servant currying my bag. I nsked III in to tell mo what he was doing and why. unil he replied that he did not know-that 1 must ask M. Rouletnbllle. The boy htul been, as It turned out, while I had been seeking htm every where (except naturally In my own house). In my npartmrnts In the Rue de Klvoll. He had ordered my serv ant to take him to my rooms nnd had made the mau till u vnllso with every thing ueecssury for n trip of threo or four days. Then he hiul directed the man to bring the bug lu about an hour to the hotel In the "Hour Mich, 1 made one bound up the stairs to my friends bedchamber, where I him packing In a tluy hand a'cbel uu assortment of toilet articles. , cuungu or imou ami a nightshirt Ior rcKnr ho "le affairs of cv- WaT be was extremely partlcu- i ,nr auu UMl'e too modesty or his mm succceuea m living very well, having a horror of everything which I coul" called bohcmlan. Ho dually delgued to announce to me that "wo ' wor'' K,nK tu toko our Kfltcr Taca' uo" ,,uu u"" B,nc 1 nnu ooming to j J" nnd ,ue LPch had granted him a th"- days holiday we couldn't do bet- ter than to go and take a short rest at tho seaside. Rut my silence did not disturb Rouletabllle in the least and. tuklng my valise in onv hand, his satchel In the other, be hustled me dawn tho stairs and punned me Into a hack which awaited uu before the door of the hotel. Half an hour later we found ourselves in a tint class car riage of the Northern railway, which was carrying us toward Trcpot by way of Amiens. As we entered- tho station be said: ."Why don't you give me the letter that you have for me?" I gazed at him lu amazement Ho had guessed that Mme. Durzac would be greatly grieved at not seeing blm before her departure and would write to blm. He bad been (oltlvely ma llclous. I answered: "Recauso you don't deserve It And 1 gave blm a good scolding, to ' which be Interposed uo deft' ;'Uno. no' ' hlinself I hnu over' I did not even try to excuse and that made mo angrier tbau over. I II.. i. ..... I ... I LIh. . i. . . I .... I, Finally 1 handed him the letter. He took It, looked at It and Inhaled its fragrance. As 1 sat looking at blm curiously he fruwucd. trying, as I could see. to repress some strong feel ing. Dls face betrayed tho fact that he was suffering profoundly, "Well?" 1 said. Aren't you going t0 rpad tbe letter" ue rpj'"; """ , wo nre yDat'T We arrived at Trepot lu the blackest I night that 1 remember after six hours , lntermluable trip nud lu wretch- tnon. Rouletnbllle demanded supper and a lire, .for wo were half starved ' and hulf frozen. "Ah. now. my friend." 1 Bald when wo were settled ufter u fashion., "will , , come to him at tho Rourg. having ! i been forwarded from Paris lu accord- ! uuco with the orders that bo bad loft. ?lw w"8, ,t,rB0 " " n?0' Hero Is the dlnpatcb: W,ef cro 1 u', r10l?1"' )atlil tbo Como ImmrHMdy without loolng n mln- ' Vft W.B 1 "tnbUli tapped very gen- ute. We have siven ud our trio to tho tv kind ' drum, which gavo out a ! orient ana will loin M. Btancenon at i Meniono at tiio homo or the Jtances at HocherM ItouueH. Lei Oil montage ro- main a secret between ui. It Is not nee meary to frighten any one, Vou may pretend that you mo on your vacation or inalco any other excuse that you like, but eomo. TfeiOKruph me KOnoral delivery, Alentonc. Quickly, quickly; 1 urn wait ins for you. Yours In despair, DARZAC. "Well." I cried, leaping out of bed, ''It doesn't Hurprino mo!" "You never believed that he wuh deudV" demanded Rouletublllo in a tori" filled with emotion, I never relt quito suro or it," i an swered. "It wuh too tiHeful for him to Piihh for dead to permit lilrn to Infi nite ut tho 8ii crlH ce of a few puporri, however Important thoHu wore which won found upon Hie victim of the Dordogne dlHuxtcr. lint whnt Is the mutter with you. my boy? Vou look us though you wore going to fulut. Aro you til V Roulotuhlllo had let himself Into a chair. It wuh In u voice which trem bled llkii Hun of uu old mini Hint hit eontlded to me Unit even while, the iimrrluge ceremony or our rrlunds was going on he had become possessed with n strong conviction that Uirsnn wuh not dead. Hut after the ceremony I was at uu end he hiul felt more se cure. It seemed to hlui that iirsnn would never have permitted Mnthllde i stangerHon to speak the vows that i gave her to Robert Darzac If he were , rvnuy nuve, uirsaii would only have had to show bin face to stop the mar riage. Wiping tint perspiration frot his forehead. Rouletabllle remarked: "Salnclnlr, can you over forirct Ijir. Ban's eyes? Do you remember, 'The ! prvsuytery has not lost Its chnrin or the gnrdei Its brightness?' " I pressed the boy's hand, it was burning hut. I tried to calm him. but ho paid no attention to anything I said. "And It was after the wcddlng-Just n few hours after the wcddlng-thai ho chose to appear!" ho cried. "There Isn't anything else to think, Is thoro, Salnclnlr?" "Oh. ,l. tiuruic Is uot n child to be frightened at Isigles. Rut we must hope wm must hope, mustn't we, Snln clnlr, Hint he Is mistaken? Oh, It Isn't possible that such n fearful thing cnu bo true. Oh. Salnclnlr, It would bo too terrible!" 1 hud tiever seen Rouletnbllle so deeply agitated, oven nt the time of the most terrible events at the Ulan dler. He nrose from his chnlr and walked up nnd down the room, casting nsldu nuy objoct which came, lu his wny nnd repeating over and over: "No, no! it's too terrible, too terrlblo!" "Rut, my donr boy, you frighten me. What Is there you know that you hnvo not told mo?" "I am going to teU you. Tho.nl tun tlou is horrible. Why didn't that Til lain dlor "And, nfler alL bow do you know that hu la not dead?" "Look here. Buluclnlc don't talk-be quiet please. You, see. if bo la alive 1 wish to God that 1 were dead!" "If be is alive you must live to de fend that poor woman." "Alt. that is true! You bare said tho only thing that make me want to live., To defend her; I will not think of myself again." And Rouletabllle smiled, a smile which almost frightened mo. 1 threw my arm around him and begged htm to tell me why he was so terrified, why bo spoke of bia own death and why, he smiled so strangely. Rouletabllle looked down and stead- II V into I11Y vvu. Thrn hn as 1.1 You shall know all, Salnclalr, You shall know as much as 1 do, and when you do you will be as unhappy as 1 am, for you are kind and you aro fond ' of m." i Then be strnlchtpnMl Unrk M aliiuil. I drrs ns though he had already cast off 1 a burden and pointed In the direction , of..,.,'. ""'""J- I It Ml I. "Wtf "hull leave hero in nu hour." u? "aid. "There Is no direct train rro,n ,Ju t0 ''"'hi In the winter. Wo shall uot reach i'nrls until 7 o'clock. I Rut that will glvo uh plenty of time ' to pack our trunks and take the train j that leaves the Lyons station at I) , o'clock for Marseilles and Mm tone." lie did uot link my opinion on tho 1 I course Which he had laid nut. He u-nn ' tnt'nK u' to Mentoue. Just ns he had uruuKi'i me 10 ireoi. ue was wen I awnro that In the present crisis 1 j could rcfuxe him nothing. I 1 thought of the perfume of the j Lady In lllnrl;, but 1 kept alienee. Ho j hud unlil he would tell mo nil. lie led me out to the Jetty, The wind waH 1 still blowing a gale. Rouletabllle 1 closed his eyes as if lu a dream. "It was here," he said, "that I last ' saw her." lie looked down at tho stone bunch beside which we were standing. In nrintlirtf lirilf tirtni. ,... '.... rt , I... ! ... MUVIIIVI ..I.., IIUUI tv II V) v nt i.u. We alighted, add the horse und car rlngo stood motlonlesH iioii tho street. ihe driver had gone Into a suloon. We entered the cool simile of u high OoiMe 'church which faced upon the quare. The young reporter gazed ' , "eS0 cunP' whispered """'"tabuie. queer, mullled sound. "Wo are In luck," ho Haul. ''We nro Inside the college, nnd tho conclergo has not seen mo. lie would remember me." "Whnt hnrm would Mint have dono?" Just at Mint moment n iimti with bare bond und n bunch of kcyn nt his Hide piiHHod through the room, nnd Koulutnhlllo drew mo Into tha ihudow, (To bo continued.) Modfonl, Orofjon: Thin corlilftia Hint wo liuvo Hold I IuII'k Toxuh Won dor for tlio out u of ull hiduoy, blad der nnd I'liotimutii! trouliloH for tun yonrn, mid huvn never und u com- plaint. It g'vim quick und iwnnniiont rofiof. 00 duyK' trentment in onuli hot- tlo. Modfonl Plmrmnov, ; tli. .1010, lor tlio oximvnting mill Iny- iug of all wntor miiiiiH to Iio non- Scn tlio bargain for 80 ncrcg oflstruotod diiriiiK Hid your 3010, ItidH land nn ndvertiKcd in tlio for suloito bo filod witli (Iiq city rceorder not column of this paper. 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W solicit your patronnoc. 1 Did you over hoar about tho mini who bnd only two logs? Ho nlil ho didn't know uh ho act ually ncodod threo lugs, but If ho bud another bo roll niir0 ho could got along fmitor. It's n good deal tho mmo with an electric sign. An oloctrlc sign Isn't nn actual no cesalty to your Htoro, but It would holp you to "got along faster." Thoro. Isn't nny doubt about It. It's as Hiiro as tho sun will Mho to morrow morning. It's nn plain ns 2 times 2 nro 4. DocHn't It iitand to renHon Mint nn oloctrlc nlgn In front of your Htoro would flaiih out Uh inoaHngo to your penplo moro brilliantly, strikingly nnd ImprcHBlvoIy Minn nny othor form of nlgn? Inn't It n hard fact that no otlior sign In fit for night work? Cnn't you boo yourself, Mint nn oloctrlc nlgn would attract folkn nil along Mm street nnd ImproiiH your I nnino nnd exact location In tholr I mlndH? Don't you ronllzo Mint nn olectrte sign would offor you tlio boat night ndvortlslng you could nociiro? An oloctrlc fllgn Ih bottor Minn a. dnytlmo n'gn, for tho Hlmplo und log ical reason Mint, In tho day Mmo, ev erything Ih vIhIIjIo, wlillo, nftor dnrk, only tlioso Miltgu Illuminated nro noon, Tho dnrlcor, Htormlor, dronrlor tho night, tli0 more glorloimly would i Notlco to Contractors. Sonlod bids wil bo rocoivod ly tlio ,'Hly !)iiiioil oL tlio oity ol Modlord, Orogon, up to mid inuliiilinK Jiimiiiry ! r il htud 17 t? t r?r mam Oppor-needed for I'HRin. Wr-l'rcMiloiU VT. K JACKSON. Arts't CoHhior your oloctrlc olRn ntnnd forth, and tho rnoro eloquently would It tulle to your people. Tho pooplo you want nro tho poo pin who work dnytlmos. Kvonlng Ih tho only Mmo thoy hnvo to bo out on tlio Htroot. Hvonliig Ih tholr only Mmo for roc rontlon nnd night noolng. Talk tu their, by your oloctrlc nlgn at, night, wlillo thoy nro mont opon to lmprenRlonB whllo thoy nro for inulntlng nnd deciding on tholr pur clianos. Your old nlgn dlos with tho sotting Btin. Thoro'it nobody Mint enn neo It night tlmoB, Don't you Bupposo It would pny you to know namothlng moro nbottt oloctrlc Hlgna? Wo nro ready with full Informa tion nnd flgurcH for you, Our roprc Hontntlvn will cnll nt mont nny hour of Mia duy or night to talk "oloctrlc sign." Stop to Mio phono right now our number Ih 1081 nnd mnko nu np polntinont. It hIiowh off your goodn to tho host ndvnntngo. It hIiowh thorn Juiit nn thoy nro, truo to color, tint, material und tox turo. Don't try to worry along with pitHBo forniH of lighting. Koop In Btop with progroHH. Moot our roproHontn Mvo und talk Milnga over with him. ROaUIO UIVIOU MLRC'f'O CO. 4th, 1010, mid to bo ncoompntiiod by u liurtil'iod obuol; oqtial to ton per cent of tlio amount bid for. Uy urdor of tlio oity cntinuil Docoui l.or lilHt, 1000. It OUT. W. TBLFKU, City Hoourdor. Dutod thin 22nd' day 'of Dciiombor, 1000. I