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6 THIS MEDffOltD JMAJL TRIBUNE, MEPFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 3J, 1910. feff ajj Booth r GUEST QUESNAY Tarkington CarrniH WW, Ut UCIort UsvM Cwrtttt. Il !. kt Ikt RU Um to l.i'.- I'rols IMkihuh. hut to only u mural. Ilo coiur . first time Iiocuurc lie llkis the quiet." "Who Is ttu irront man. Amodoo?" "Ah! A dlHtluKUlalir-d profotmor of ' sclome. truly. Mo Is n momber of tho Institute Monsieur must Imvo hetml of that grout Professor Kontlec?" 'Tho iiiuno Is known. Who In thu , Other?" j "A frlriul of his. 1 do not know. All I the upjwr floor of the cast wIur they hnvo trtkon-tho Brnnd suit thoso two I I hut ho Is corulnj; ( xJAw,t liml ,,,.,, , ,, )ol(1 lui, , . luiui'. unit .u-nii i ('mi it I It'll tier It j ti,rtt Hho Ih nn AnuMlf.iu." t now for the .., llt.t.Ve." mild I, "tin n the unlet. i.i .. thut If I MlniK- kUi! u fw iu.vm ver this muilo I ml k ti t ronie to tho conclusion Hint Mi:io. d'Arumml In mi Amurlcnii huly who litis um'rrliHl u l-'rouchnmn." Tho old mini uttered nn oxclnmtttlbu of triumph. "Uu! Without doubt! Truly sho mut he nn American Indy who Ihib mnrrlod u Krcnehmnu. Monsieur Iuih nlrendy nolvod the puutlo. Truly, truly!" And lie betook hhuoMf ncros COAl-lLU II SWINGING out to pnxs us itud then swrrplui; In upon the rv verse curve to vlear the nat row ntrh of the rulvert were too much for the white eur. lu t"he middle of the n:ul. ten feet from the culvert, the old wtnimti strucvled frauUcully to pet Uer cart out of the. way. The howl of the siren frightened her perhaps, for she went to the wrong Bide. Then the shriek of the machine rtrowned the human scream as the au tomobile struck. The great machine left tbe road for ttie fields on tbe right, reared, fell, leaped against tbe stone side of tbe culTcrt, apparently trying to climb It. stood straight on end, whirled back ward In & half somersault, crashed over on Its side. Gashed with flame and explosion and lay hidden under a cloud of dust nnd smoke. The peasant's cart, tossed Into a clomp of weeds, rested on Its side. A The gnat machine reared, crattud orvr on ttn UU and Inu htdtlen. pair of smashed goggles crunched te ncath my foot as 1 sprang nut of Ward's car. and a big bras lamp hail fallen In the middle of tbe road, crum pled like waste paper. Bexlrit It lay n gold rouxe box. Tbe old woman bad somehow saved nenielf. or pvrbaps ber saint bad help ed her. for she was sitting in tbe grass by the roadside wulliug bysier lcally and quite unhurt. The body l a man lay ta a heap teueatb the stunt archway, aud from bis clothes I gue ed that he had been the driver f the white car. 1 say "had Iweu" Ihtiiiisc there were reasons for needing u st oud glance to comprehend thut me man was dead. Ward meanwhile was dragging a wo man out of the wreck, and after a mo ment I went to help him enrry her Into the fresh air She pushed our hands angrily aside and completed the tiiiian glement herself, reveallug the xrmteti ed and smeared face of Mariana, tlx dancer "Oh. the pit hi r she cried. "That Im becile! If he has let me break my U'-j.'. K pretty dancer t should l! I hope he Is killed!" Another automobile hid already come up. and the occupants were hastily ullghtlng. Ward shouted to the fore most to go for a doctor. "I am a doctor." the man answered, advancing and. kneeling quickly by Hie dancer. "And you you may be or help yonder." We turned toward the ruined car. where Ward's driver waa shouting r .- us. "What la ItT called Ward as we run toward blm. "Monsieur." be replied, "ihere i some one uudor tbe touueuu here!" I'roni beneath tbe iverturiicd ton tieau projected the lower part of a man's leg chid In a brown puttee ami a russet shoe. Word's driver had brought lila tools, had jacked up the carpus high as possible, hut was still unable to release tbe imprisoned Isxlv. After considerable effort wo res.-ued theMmprisoned body, which stirred In polo. I found that 1 was looking almo-i straight down Into the upturned face of arrabee Hvrniaa, anil I cannot bel ter express what this man had come to be and what tb degradation of tils life bud written upn hlui than by saying that tbe dreadful thing 1 looked upon now was no mrc horrible a slghi than the face I bad mmiii. truth frui the valet and wnldlsg ha ugly pride at the Biurern, as he pMl tin trrc of Larue on tbe day before the Grand Prix. We helped to ears blm to the doc tor's car and to lift the dancer Uito Ward's and to get both of them out again at the hospital at Versailles where they were taken. "Old It neem to you." said George finally, "that a roan so frightfully lu Jurcd could havo any chance of 'getting well?" fNo," I unswored. "I thought h. was dying aa we carried him Into the hospital." "So did I. The top of his head seem ed all crushed In. Whew!" After a pause he added thoughtfully, "It will be a great thing for Louise." Louise was the uame of his second cousin, the girl who had done battle with all her family and then run away from them to be I.nrmtce. Uarman's wife. Hememberlug tbe stir that her application for divorce bad made. I did uot understand bow Harmnu's death could benefit her. unless George had some reason to believe that be bad I made a will In ber favor. However, ' the remark had been made more to himself than to me, and I did uot re-1 spond. Tho morning papers dared onc more with tbe name of Larrabee Bar man. aud we read thut he was linger ing. And the dancer had been right. One of ber legs was badly broken. She would never dance again. A great many people keep tbelrfrleuds In mind by writlug to tbem. but more aud their valet de chambre. That Is I the darkness to emerge In the light of truly tbe way lu modern tlmes-tho I the open door of the kitchen with tho philosophers are rich men." (word still rumbling In his throat. "Yes." I sighed. "Only the painters rose from the chair ou my llttlo aro poor nowadays." porch to go to bed. but I was remind- nu. ha, uiousleurP Amedee laugh- , cd of something uud called to hllii. ed cunulngly. "It was always easy to "Mousleur?" his voice came briskly, see tb.it monsieur amuses himself only ! "How often do you see your friend, with his palntlug," Jenn lerretv the gnwier of Quva-. nay?" J "I'requontly. monsieur. Tomorrow j morning I could easily carry n mes sage If- l "That Is precisely what I do uot wish. Aud you tuny an well not uieutlou me nt all when you meet . him." "It Is understood-perfoctly." "If it Is well uuderstood thoro will be n beautiful present for a good rualtre d'hotel some day," "Thank you. mousleur" j "Thank you. Amedce." I responded. ; "I have amused other people with It, ' too. I fear." "Mousleur rememtwra tbe Chateau do ! Quesuny, at tbe crest of the hill on the road north of Dives? "I remember." , "It Is occupied thts season by some rich Americans." "How do you know tbey are rich?" "Dleu de Dleu!" Thoold fellow ap pealed to heaven. "Rut they are Amer icans!" "And therefore millionaires. Perfect- I ly, Amedee." "Perfectly, monsieur. Perhaps mo ileur knows them." "Yes. I know tbem." "Truly!" He affected dejection. "Aud poor Mme. Itrossard thought monsieur had returned to our old hotel because he liked It and remembered our wine of Iteuuue and the gtsnl beds and old Gaston's cooking!" "Do uot weep. Amedee." I said. "I have come to paint, uot because I , - kiinw fie people who have taken j 1 may not . (To be continued.) Medford, Oregon: Thia certifies that wo Imvo sold HuU'a Texnn Won der for the euro of nil kidney, bltul dur and rhoumutio trouble.-, for ten years, mul Imvo tiovor had n ootu pluint. It gives quiok uud permnneiit reltof. Sixty dnyH treatment in eneli bottle. Medfortl Plmrmnoy. tonic for uttr purse ut Meekor ro.'s. do not, nnd Ward Nnd I belong to the majority. After my departure from Quesnay." And I added. Parts 1 had but oue missive from him, 8ev tbem at aM a short note wrltteu at tbe request of his sister, asklug me to be on tbe lookout for ttalluu earrings to add to ber collection of old Jewels. So from time to time I scut ber what I could find about Capri or lu Naples, and she responded with neat little letters of acknowledgment. ' Miss Blltattetb had mcutloucd In one of her notes that Ward hud leased j Quesnay. but I had not sought quar ters nt Les Trols Pigeons tteennse It stood within walking distance of tbe chateau, lu my Industrious (rame of , mind that circumstance seemed almost a drawback. Miss Kllxabctb. ever ; Two years I stayed ou Capri, eating i bospltapie to those whom shu noticed the lotus whlcb grows on tbat happy ftt nil. would be doubly m In the couu Island and painting very llttlo. Uot trj-. UD wanted all my tlin to my even on Capri people sometimes bear ( j(t.f since my time whs uot coiwetv tbe call of Paris, so there came at last ably of value to auy one else. I a tine day when I. knowing that tbe thought It wise to leave auy eucoun- horse chestnuts were In bloom along tbe Cbuuips Elysoes. threw my rope soled shoes to u beggar, packed a rusty trunk and was off for tbe banks of tbe Seine. At tbe end or a fortnight I went over into Normandy and deposited that rusty trunk of mine In a corner of tbe summer pavilion lu tbe court yard of Mme. Brossard's Inn. Les Trols Pigeons, lu u woodland uelgbborbood tbat Is there. Here I had patuted through a proline summer or my youth, and I was glad to nnd, as I had hoped, nothing cbuuged. for tbe place was dear to me. Mme. Urossard (dark, tblu. demure as of yore, a tine looking woman wltb a due manner and tnucb tbe flavor of old Norman portraltai gave me u pennant weh'ome. remem berlug me rwadlly. but without sur prise, while Amedee. the antique servi tor, cackled over me aud wus as proud of my advent as If 1 bad beeu a new egg and he bad laid me. The simile Is grotesque, but Amedee Is tbe most henlike waiter In France. He Is a white haired, fat old fellow, always well shaved, us neat as a bil liard ball. In the daytime, wheu be h partly porter, bq wears a black tie. a gray waistcoat broadly striped with scarlet, ai.u from waist to feet a white aprou like, a skirt and mo competently encircling that tils trousers are or mere conventionality aud uo real necessity, but after it o'clock (becoming altogeth er a ma It re d'hoteli be ts clad us any other formal gentleman. Aniedee's suggestions as to my re past were dvfereutlal. but luslslMUt. Ills manner was that of u prime min ister who noes through tbe ferm of convincing tbe torerelgu. He greeted eacb of his own det-Uloua wltb a very loud "Bleu!" us If startled by the brll lluucy of my selections, uud. tbe menu being concluded, exploded a whole vol ley of "Ulcus' uud set off violently to Instruct old Gaston, the cook. Tbe Inu Itself la gray with age. the roof sagging pleasantly here and there, and uu old wooden gallery runs the length of euch wing, tho guest cham bers of the upper story opening upon it l!k" tli" tlpcl: room of a steamer, wltb boxes ot tulips and' hyacinths along the gallery railings aud wludow ledges for the guyet of border 1 1 lies. In' the course of time nnd well with lu ih- iirii, it ivi':ight Ami'tlee spread the crisp white cloth aud served me ut a tablo on my puvUlou porch. Ho feigned annlety lest I should find cer tain dishes (those which Jie knew were most dclectublei not to my taste, but was obviously no illsteoded with fatu ous pride over the whole inetil tbat It became a temptation lo denounce at least some trllllug sauce or garnish ment. i.PVPitlieles so mi. h uiciid,ilty proved beyond v o, aud 1 spurvd bim and my ovirv coiwclauce. The mi lad prepared uud the water bubbling In the 'coffee niiiebli..-. Iw fa v Ted me with a dU oursu on the define In glory of Lea Vrota I'Irkou. "Monsieur. It Is tho autouMiUlM. Thy hare dotui k. Formerly, as when nHinsWur was br, t& patoUra came from Purb, What hvzj tlw and wbt (lroUvrlou1 AU, It was, gay Ut tho oays! Uon4eur remVuibox well. Ha, ba! But libw.t I think, rbo'uuto inoblW haie frlghtooed away the palnurs. "I should have said tbat w should be happier If wr bud many like mon sieur," went ii Amedee. "Put it lu early In the, unison to denpnlr. Then too, our Uont suit lu already engaged." "By wbom'fM "Two luen of i jlence who nrrlvo next week. Ono It a groat pian. Mine.. ter wltb the Indy to chance, tteorge himself bad just sailed ou n business trip to America, und until bis return I should put In alt my time nt paint ing and nothing else, though I liked his sister, as 1 have said, and thought of her often. Amedee laughed Incredulously. "But monsieur will call at the chateau In I tbe morning." Hie complacent vnrlet , prophesied. "Mousleur Is not at all I an old man no. uot yet. Eveu If be i were-iha no one rould ponsesa the ' friendship of that wonderful Mme. d'Armaud and, remain away from the chateau." "Mine. d'Armond!" I said. "Tbat Is not the name. You mean . Mllo. Ward." 1 "No. nor His fat cheeks bulged with u smile. "Mile. Ward"-he pn- nouueed It "Ware" "la raognlflent. Every one must fly to obey when she opens ber mouth. It needs only a glance to perrelve ibnt Mile Wnrd la a great lady, but Mme. d'Armand alia!" He rolled his round eyes to nn effect or unspeakable admiration. "But monsieur knows very well ror him self." "We were speaking of the present chatelaine of Quesnay. Mile. Ward. 1 have never heard of Mme. d'Armnnd." "Monsieur Is Rerlous?" "Truly!" I nnswered. making bold to quote his shibboleth. "Then monsieur fiaa truly raueb to live for. Truly!" be chuckled openly. He hud cleared the table. "Amedee," I said, "who Is Mme. , d'Aruiuiitir "A guest of Mile. Ward at QtMsuay. In fact, she Is In charge of tbe cba- REAL ESTATE SNAPS A bnrgaiti 41 nere.s fruit or nl fulfn land, 'J miles from stntion. Finest fruit uud alfalfa ranch in Applccte vnllcy, ditch mul water right with plncu; $00 nn nore; easy tonus. 00 acres rich 'bottom Innil, 70 in liigli-grado l'ruit, 'JO in young all'nlfn, fine buildingtt; $30,000; good tonus. SiskiyouLandCo 206 Phlpos Building, Medford. Or. FOR SALE iOO Acres of Good Fruit Itud t miles west of Grants Pas. Forty seven lots In Jarksoavlllc, fine lotntlou. 1 have also got n pair of flue Cougar Kittens, five mouths old, which can ho bought nt u reasonable pricu. U.VQUIHK .N. Lewis Jacksonville C A MkMosla T j and see us in our New Quarters, 108 W. Main St., next door to York & Co, Realty Office. ERex Market Huth & Pech Props. Phone 3071 REAL ESTATE Farm Land Timber Land Orchard Land Residences City Lots Orchards and Mining Claims Medford Realty Co Room 10, Jackson County Bonk Building RESOLVED The best resolution for you to make Is lo come to us for your next suit, If you wntit tomethiug out of tho ordinary. We do ths bsst work suJ charcte the lowest prices. W. W. EIFERT T1IU riiOOKfcHSIVB TAU.OE 3 4- e t Medford Iron Works E. G. TflOWiniDGE, Proprlehir. Foundry and Machinist All t'1.')- of Errglnes, Spraying Outfits, Pumps, Boilers and Ma- ichlnery Agents in Ssuthern Oregon for ? FAIRBANKS, MOPSE & CO. f The JACKSON COUNTY REALTY COMP'Y 604 VEST TENTH STREET, OR 124 KING STREET. MEDFORD OREGON Office In rsltlnce, earner West Tenth and King Streets. Always prepared to show yau tho best Jack son county has In the real ostato line from the unimproved land to tho best bearing orchards, fam land j or stock ranches; also city property. The manager has had ten years' experience In the county, which wiU aid the prospective purchaser. Seeing Is knowing. We also have modern rooms to accommodato our patrons- Following are Some of our Good Buys V'icti Mo'ufcur lint Irulu much to Hvf U,r. 'VruVyl" li-iiu. Kino Mllv. Wnrd Is, for Ibv tUn, invuy.". "Is a I'ri'UuliwouiuaV "It wvtHuii not. In fuel, sk Is mb Aiuvrivwu, Uioiii'li slit li I'Nttw irltk so oiicli t( tiK". Ah. Mine, IlroMird ad. iti.ts n. slid i.Uvv. nnmwirrt knowx tli urt or dri"" linr." ..In', w' Aniiand'H iiamv 1m Frwn." I I' Ml vwi ! i iiiil Is lrui" wild AukaJih' j ilioiiKliftilly. ''No one can dciy it; It I a I ; (licit iiiimo. lie n-xli'i! tin' tni: K'rtu it stirup iicnr li1' und w i;cii i-d Id" Iu'kmI "I do not iUK'orit'iiirr'Mv lijui i'iiii lio." He ori'lniii'd pl'in'y. "Jfan j'l'rit'l, wlio li 'iinf 'I'-iriii'iicr .1 tlJV ollllli'tlU. I 111' I" MIUU'" 'l'iv l 16 acres Ncwtowns mul 'Spitz apples, $10,000 easj terms; just ready to bear. 10 acres Newtown and Spitz apples, 4-year-old trees; $5000, easy tonus. Several nico small tracts near town just obmitift in benrinr.;. 3(50 acrs 1 1-2 miles north of Eafle Point, $18,000, easy terms. 200 nave south Eagle Point, $10,000, easy terms. House, two lots, well locat ed; price $1700; terms. 293 acres near coal mines, $9000, easy t orn is. Also city proportiy, neariy two acres, with good buildings, well located, mtUorn improroancuU;. Price $M00. Two lots, fine location, $1500. Stovornl aero tracts vihio lo cation to .subdivide for lots for nalc.