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'J.UIK MIUDFOftn MAIL TltlHUNE. MKDKORO. OIJIWON, MONDAY, FKHHUAKV 14, 1910. The p OF SSBfL Booth 'I WITH XIV. tA'V iiililinj, i.i (Inn wiih no iiiIn- IllMlIK Mil pillplllllf UMI'MHI" JKtk "' ,H M'"' wlili h Mr. iVrej'. fiililirtil hiiiir., ri'unnlril tin liclmvlor u ,Uh Klllott mikI iiiym-lf u mil iiitix fiHIiiit iiiuii tin vciiiikIii of ilh' iiiiiii, Tin- IIu'Iiih nf tin- Inn wi-iv till m. I'lii- HhimIhIi wiiimni mill M. IIiiiiii'iiii liuil iniiilf tlii'lr ii iMattr ii lire for ii iiiunu'iit, liiilf im I j ii r cur Urn. In cxcliiinwi' a inl with (ln-lr follow vlullniit. mill noun iiftur llio ex llniiiilNliliic nf I lie In iuM in tliolr n, Hit'c(hi' iiiiiiiiiifiiiH (Icnoicd their re tlroiiiciit fur (lie nlclit. In lliu "kmiiiIu unite" all liiul Ih'i-ii dark anil nllont fur nu hour I ki'pt uuIiik over and ovor thu ill IiiIIn of Uiulno llnrinaii'M plan iih tlio Klrl ImhIIi me hail outllni-il It, bend Iiik aliovi tin hiihiiIkv xUi'tulilxMik. "Tn iniikc iImmii ihlnk tin- (light U for Purl." nlii Initl uriil"lo Turin by way of l.l.ili'iix. To niiilic that man youili'r hcllcvo that It In toward I.I nIciix while they turn at the crown roiiilH ami ilrlvu ncroMx thu country to Troiivlllc for lliu inornlni; lioat to Iln vri'." It wan jilinple. That wn lU great virtue. If they wrru well Mnrtril they wore nnfe. ami well iitnrliM meant only that Larralxv Ilnrinan Mioultl leave the Inn without an alarm. With two hour' Mart nul the pumult nneiiil ItiK niofit of Im energy In the wrotiK ill-rectlou-that In. towanl I.hileux nuil 1'arln-thev would lie on the deck of the rreneli-Canadlan liner tomorrow noon, milling out of the lmrbor of I.o Havre with nothing hut the Atlantic ocean hftweeii them and the Ht. Ijiw renee Kudilenly I Haw n light hIiIiio from Kenilei-'H window. I remarked, "Now, If you will permit me, I'll otTer you my encort, hack to QucMiay." I mild to MInh Klllott. I went Into my room, put on my cap, lit n lantern ami relumed will) It to the veranda. We itohmnI the gnnlen nn fn,- iih the nlepH. Mr. Percy hIkiiI Iht I hi aiirival. 'Cumin nee the lit tie lady home, nre viiiiV he nald gni clounly. "I wan rKiiWii' It wan nbom time mVeir." The union door of Hie "gniiide nultu" opened ahove me. ami at the wound thu youth ntarted. nprlngliiK hack to neo what It portended, hut I rati quickly up the ntepn. Ken-dec ntood In the doorway hnreheadisl and In lil nlilrt nleevon. In one hand he held a traveling ting, which he Immcdhitcly gnvo me. ilo wont hack Into the room, cloning the door, and I doicended the niejin ns rnpldly nn I had run up lliem. With out panning I nlnrled for the rvar of the courtyard, Minn Elliott at coi jpany. Ing me. The nentry Imd wateluil thene pro ceedings open mouthed, more tn, mi lled than alnrined. "I.uk here.'' he nald. "I want f know whin thin meaiiH." "Anything you chooao to think It mcaim." I laiigheil, heglnnlug to walk a Utile more rapidly, lie glanced up nt tlio wluilowt of the "grande mille,' which were again dark, and hegau to follow nn nlowly. "Whut you gut In that grip?" he linked. "You don't think wo'ro carrying oIT Mr. Unrman?" "I riH-kou Iui'b In IiIh room "nil right." Bald the youth grimly, "uiiIihim he'n How out." Wo emerged nt tlio foot of n lunc Im hind the Inn. It wan long and narrow, bordered by Htono wallu and at thu 'I'ou loin; kmial 'ciJI.'" he iclled. other end dehouched uikiii a road which panHid thu rear of tho Ilaudry collage. Minn Klllott look my arm, nnd wo oiitercd the lane, Mr, Percy pauned uuilechlcdly, "I want t' know whut you think y're dolu'," he repoated angrily, culling after iih. "U'h very Hlmpli)," I called In turn. "I think" you may uh well go back. iWro not going fur'cuougli to need a GUEST QUESNAY Tarkington , Cf frtiM 191 181 t Ikl U4ft CmHD guard." Mr. I'ercy allowed nn oalh to encapw him, and we heard liltn muttering to hlmnelf. Then IiIh footntepn nounded behl;id nn, "llo'n coming!" Minn Klllott whlv pered, with ticrvotin exullalloti, look Ing over her nhoulder. "Ile'H going to t follow," We trudged brlnlily on. followed nt name llfly pacen h'y the perturhod watchman. We were embarked upon a nlugular mheiilure. not unattended by a certain danger. Wo were tingling with a hundred npprchcimloim, occu pied with the vital uecennlty of clrnw lug the little npy after itn-nml that wan ti ntraiige tiiotnent fur a muu (and nu elderly painter mini of no ma'rk at tliuti (o hear hluinelf called what I wan called then In it tremuloun whln per clone to my ear. Of cournu nhe linn denied It n I lice. Novcrtl)elenN nho nuld ll-twlce, for I pretended not to hear her the II mi lime. I made no nn nwer. for nomelhlng In the word nhe called me and In her nceuilng to mean It made me choke up no that I could not even whlxper. Hut I made up my mind that after that If thin girl naw Mr. I'nrl I'ercy on bin way back to the Inn before nhe winded liltn to go It would be hccntiHc he had killed me. Wo were near the end of the lane when the neigh of n borne Rounded noiiorotmly from the road beyond. Mr. I'ercy came running up nwlftly ntul darted by un. "WIio'h that'" ho called loudly. "Who'n that In the cart yonder?" 1 tn't my lantern down clone to tho wall, and a hornc and cart drew up on the road. It wan I 'ere Hnudry'n bent home, a ntotit gray, that would unnlly uial.e Trouvllle by daylight. A womau'n ilgure and n mau'H (tho Jnt -tur that of I'ere Ilaudry hlmneiri could bo made out dimly on the enrt neat. "Who In It, I nay?" nhoutod our ex cited friend. "What kind of n game d'ye think y're puttln' up on mo here?" A glance nt the occupnntn na Mailed him. "Mm. Ilnrinan!" he yelled. "Mrn. Ilnrmnti! 1 kunwed I wan n fool to come awny without wukln' up Ita menu. Hut yon hnven't bent us yet." He drove back Into tho lane, but Junt Innlde Itn eutrnnco 1 met him. "Where nre you going?" 1 nnkwl. "Unck to the IMgeon house In n hur ry. Therc'n devilment here. I wnnt Itnmcau!" "You're not going back." nald I. "The h- I nln't!' nald Mr. I'ercy. "1 give ye two necondn f git out o' my Take yer hiindn offn me!" I made nure of my grip, not upon tho refulgent overcont. for 1 feared ho might nllp out of that, but upon tho collar of bU coat and wnlntcoat "You long lef;gc. uevll!" ho yelled, and I Innlautly received a nerlen of coucunnloiiH upon the face and head which put me In nupreme doubt of my nurrouinllupi. for I ncemcd to have plunged eyen foremoit Into the Milky Way. I wan coumloun of nomo one ncreauiliig. and It M-ciucd a counollng part of my delirium that the cheek of Minn Antic Klllott nhould be Jammed tight agalnxt mine through one phaxc of the explosion. I hung to him, an I'ere Huudry to.stlllei. for a minute nnd n half, which m-ciiih no Inconsiderable lapHe of time to u person undergoing ouch experlencen nn were then allllct lug me. It nppearcd to me thnf wo were re volving In Hiioriuoun circles In the other nnd I hud long nlnco given my bmt gimp when there came n great roaring wind In my carti and a rnngo of mountain toppled upon un both. We went to earth beneath It. "I la! You mum create violence, then!' roared the avalanche. Tho voice wan tho voice of Koredec. Bomo ono pulled mo from under neath my Htruggllng nntngonlnt, and, tho power of night In a hazy, zigzag ging faHhlon coming back to mo, 1 perceived tho llguro of Minn Anno Kl llott recumbent benldo me, her nrms nbout Mr. Percy's prontrnto body. Tho oxtraordlnnry girl had fntUonod uikiii him, too, though I had not known It, nnd Hbo bad gouo to ground with us, but It U to bo said for Mr. Knrl Percy that no blow of bin touched her, and alio wns not hurt. Even In tho flnnl extrcmltlcH of temper ho bad careful ly dlncrlmluntcd In my favor. Mrn. Ilnrinan was bending ovor bur nnd iih tho girl Bpraug up lightly throw bor nrnm about her. For my part, I rono moro nlowly, section by section, wondering why 1 did not full njmrt, lips, nonu mid checks bleeding, nnd I had a fear that 1 should need to bo led like a blind man through my cyelldH Hwolllng shut. That wiih some thing I earnenlly desired should not happen; but, whether It did or did not or If tho hca vc iih fell, 1 meant to walk back to Quesnay with Anno Klllott that night, mid, mangled, broken or half dead, presenting whatever up pcarnnco of tho prize ring or tho abat toir that 1 might, I Intended to tuko tho samo train for Paris on tho mor row that she did. For our days together wore not nt nn end, nor was It hurs nor my desire that they should bu. It was Oliver SulTrcn-nH I llko to think of blm who helped mo to my fcut and wiped my ftico with bis llnudkurchluf and when tbijt ono was ruined brought olhern from IiIh bag ami stanched the wounds gladly re ceived In Hie service of Ills wife. "I will leiiiemher" he said, and hln voice broke. "These are the memo ries which Keriilcc says make a limn good. I pi ay I hey will help to redeem me" And for the hint time I heard the child In him speaking; "I oiniht I" bo redeemed. I intint be, don't you think, for her mike?" "Lone im time!" shoiitNl Kercdec. "You must be gone If you will reach thai certain town for Hie ! o'clock train of the morning." This was for the spy's benefit, It Indicated Mnlcux and the (iiilu to Paris, Mr. Percy struggled. The professor knelt over him, plntnuliig his wrists In one great hand and holding liltn canity to earth. "Ila, my friend" he addressed bin captive "you shall not have cause to say we do you any harm, Them shall be. no law, for you are not hurt, and you are not going to be. Hut here you shall stay ipllet for n little while-till I nay you can go." As he spoke he bound the other's wrists with a short mpe which he took from bis pocket, performing the same olllco Immediate ly nfterward for Mr. Percy's nuklen. "I take the count!" was the sole re mark of Ihal philosopher. "I can't go up ngaliiNi no herd of elephants." The two women were crying In each other's amis, "Ooodby!" sobbed Anne Klllott. Mrs, llarman turned to Kercdec. "Coodby for n little while!" He klsMed her hand. "Dear lady, I shall come within the year." Khe cnine to me. mid I took her hand, meaning to kiss It as Kercdec had done, but suddenly she was closer, mid 1 felt her lips upon my battered check. I rcincmbcr It now. I wrung her husband's hand, nnd then he took iier In bis nrms. lifted her to tho footbonrd nf the cart and sprang up beside her. "God bless you, nnd goodby!" we cnllcd. And their voices came bnck to us, "flod bless you, nhd goodby!" ' Tim KKH. LEAPS TO HIS DEATH IN ICY WATERS OF BAY SAN FHANTISCO. Oil., Feb. II. -Police of this city and of Siiun lito todny nre socking to learn the identity of n man who leaped from the deck of tho ferryboat .Berkeley into the hay last night. The suicide left nn overcont on the deck, in the pocket of which wns a flatiron, which it is believed he intended lo uo a a "sinker." It in thought, however, that the man, seeing that the swilt tide would enrry him to destruction, discarded the iron nnd lenped over bonrd. "Sundny, 0 p. m. Tomorrow nt 0:30, if you will call up Kearney 4018, they will tell you who owns the coat," rends a note found in one of tho ockcts of the overcont. Beside the cont lny n hat and walking sliclc. In the hat band are the initials "J. M. B." Tho walking stick is of bam boo, ornamented with Jnpaneso curv ing. The telephone number 'referred to in tho note in that of J. L. & B. N'n gle, attorneys here. Xoither of the lawyers could recall ".1. M. B." nor eouid they idontify the suicide's ef fects. The body has nut been recovered. $12,525 Eleven acres in Cornice penrs, 10 years oil, nine acres in Bartlett and Anjou pears, 1 to 3 years old; close in; good soil. Terms. $12,000 Eleven acres in Cornice and Bosc pears, 14 vears old. These trees are in full bearing and will on the Drioe asked. $24,000 Thirty-two acres in Bose and Anjou pears; trees are from -1 to 7 years of age. Complete set of buildings. Close in. $7000 Thirty-five acres of black sticky, three miles from Bedford, all under tho ditch and can bo irri gated. $13,000 Thirty-two acres, close to Medford; eight acres in Nowtowns and Spikeubergs 5 to 7 years of age; 14 acres in alfalfa; three acres in peaches; two acres in berries; irrigated; buildings. $13,000 Twenty acres; 1G acres in 7-year-old New towns and balance in 3-year-old Bartlett peal's; no buildings. $7500 Ten acres, all planted to Newtown and Spit- zenborg apples, 7 to 11 years old. $18,000 Thirty-five acres, about 25 planted to apples and peal's, ill bearing. Trees are from 6 to 15 years old; buildings; tour miles from Medford. $14,000 Thirty-fivo acres; buildings; exceptionally fine place for a homo; twolvo acres in apples u d pears 3 years old; about an acre of bearing orchard; 11 acres in alfalfd; all fine deep free soil. $150 to $200 per acre Stewart acre tracts; two miles from Medford; tracts are from 10 to 25 acres in ruze. jFino building spots on all; can all bo irrigated; cheapest tracts in the Medford neighborhood; easy terms. $300 per acre Finest five and ten-acre orchard and garden tracts in the valley; easy terms. $35,000270 acres; buildings; 26 acres in bearinn Spitz, Newtowns and Cornice pears, about 60 acres in ono and two-year-old apples and pears; fine or chard land. SELLING- AGENTS FOR SNOWY BTJTTE ORCHARD TRACTS, W. T. YORK & CO REV. B. LEROY HALL IS GIVEN WELCOME L;rt Reception Tendered the Hew j Mar'shfictd Pastor at First Bap ! tlst Church In That City. (Tons I lay Times.) At llio Flint HnptiSii church in Jlurslifittld hint evening ft reception nuil wolconio was cxtcliileil to llilc Hov. fl. I.eioy Hull, llio new pal..r of Hint church, mill his- wife by the congregation nuil rcprosontativfs ( tho oilier congregations. There was a good nttondnnce ami tlje sflnir proved a most onjoyablc one. During the'evcuing, Itcv. Mr. .ugg of tho rrcbhylerian churoh delivered a short humorous talk. Ho was fol lowed by A. 0, Walker, minister of the Church of Christ, who spoke on "Advantage of Fellowship." Itcv. II. I. Kutlcdge of the Firat Methodist church spoke on "Toinptatlons of the Ministry," nnd He v. Hull ppoke on "Aids to the Minister's Efficiency." All of (he addresses were good. During the evening, vocal number were rendered by Mioses Uma Marsh and Alpha MauzcV ntul Mcfdmne J. Ingram and F.niost McCray. Light refreshments were served during the evening. VETERAN OF STAGE IS VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE OAKLAND. Cat., Feb. 14.-- Veter an of u stage career extending over a quarter of a century. John H. Fur lontr, .VI venr of age, is dead todny in this city. Furlong was a member of "The Virginian" company. Shortly nfter he had gone to his room in hi hotel last night he felt coming upon him the recurrent heart trouble to which he was subject. Furlong hnd a presentiment that lie would succumb to the nttnek, and hurriedly walked to the hotel lobby, where John It. Smiley and Chnrlo H. Gilbert, other members of the com pany, sat. "I'm dying, boys," he said. "I cnii't brenthe well, now, and I wanted to be with you when the end came." Gilbert rushed to cnll n doctor, but Furlong wns dead before he returned. Tho deceased actor was known in New York, where his children live. I.OTH VOll SAI.K. Five very choice east front lots, on Ivy street, three blocks from Sev enth street; Ideal locations; nil the advantages of Oakdnle avenue with out tho expense; new buildings go ing up alt around these lots; Investl gnto this, the only choice east front lots cloie In available for building. Enquire 240 S. Grape st. 2S2 I) By DAVID G. HARTLEY. (CopyrlKht. 1310. ny American PreM Amo elation Hooker, tl Iron king" of New Yolk, wmii n,i Irtlliible iiinii nnd n stingy one Ills IuIiich wns spec Uls'liig In Iron, ami to do this fiuecess. fully he was obliged u xeeure Infor mation from nil purls of the world ns 10 (he production, consumption, stock on bund mid nuch other Items as tend, ed to fix the price of the meliil Hooker gnve his slxtcr's son. iidwip-d Knrle, n position In IiIh ofllee. At twenty-live, though the young man wns iniiunuer of ihnt brunch of the tuisl no which pcrtulned to Informiitlon. lie wns inM Inn twelve hundred n year. On this he supported his mot her, n wife ii ml two Utile children. lie hiifed under his uncle's sttuglncxM nnd on one ocensiou naked for more snlnry. He wus Informed that If 'he could do better elsewhere he wns welcome to go. The young man appreciated the proverb "A rolling stone gathers no moss" nnd remained where he was. One dny Hooker Informed Ids elerk that he wished liltn lo go to Ctiglnnd to Invintlgnie the condition of the mnrket there. He furnished the young tnnu with a second clnsn ticket on an ocean liner nnd bnrely enough money lo pay his bonrd nnd travel third clus between the principal English Iron manufnctnrlue towns, One morning Enrlc. who wns In Sheilleld. nrose nnd while breakfast ing with IiIh pajs-r before' him saw a notice of the failure of an Iron firm located in the neighboring town of Itlrtnlughnm. The concern being a small one Earle nttacbed little Impor tance to the failure, but during the day a business acquaintance who bad an Interest In favoring him gave him a bit of secret lnformutlon that caused him to change his mind. It wns be lieved that the failure would Involve a larger Arm. that firm would Involve u number of others, nnd the whole community of Iron firms In Englnnd would go down like card bouses. This would throw n large lot of Iron on the market that had been held spec, ultitlvely for n rise, and consequently the prlei-s would fall considerably. There wns no Atlantic cable In those days, wi Earle wrote the Information he had received, giving his opinion that n crisis was'ut hand nnd ndvtHlns his ymployer to sell ut once all the In-n he had on hnnd. The. ship bear Ins the letter had no sooner sailed than the second firm In lino failed. This caused Earle to feel still greater confidence In the Information be bad received, nnd he had no doubt that all be hnd heard would be realized. The young man proved himself ad mirably fitted to assume responsibil ity, lie took a risk that would make or break him. In the name of Hooker & Co. he was not authorized to sign the firm name, but It was not known he contracted to deliver thousands of tons of Iron nt a figure below the mar ket price, the Iron to be delivered in ninety days. This done, he took the flrt steamer that sailed for America, the one that Isire the news of the Iron panic in Euzlnnd. 6n the morning of his arrival he went straight to the otllce. There snt .Mr Hooker at his desk with a morning paper before hlra. Earle caught sight of large headlines nn nouuclus the tumble of Iron In Eng land It had been sent from Sandy Hook. Hooker was white ns a sheet. "You worthies seampr cried the head of the firm to his employee. "Why didn't you write of the begin ning of all this? I'm rubied: 1 had an immense stock on hand. and. learn ing of a shortage on the continent. 1 bought more." 1 wrote by the last steamer, giving you Information that pointed to thu? result nnd advised you to sell out ail the stock you had." "Your letter uever came. You should have brought the Information your self." "Are you sure about the letter?" "Jumes." called Hooker to a clerk, "are there any letters that have not been delivered to me?" "There was one came. sir. a few days ngo. You kuow that you ordered all letters on which the postage was not paid In full to be left at the postotllce. There was 8 cents due on this one. and I refused to pay It." "Oh. heavens!" groaned Hooker. "Was It from England?" asked Earle of the clerk. "I thluk It was." "It must have been n mistake of tho clerk's at the llrltlsh postotllce. 1 put on stamps to cover the cost as he quot ed It to me." Hooker's head dropped on his desk. Irritated some time before at receiving unstamped letters (at that time such letters were delivered!, ho had given orders that all mall on which any money was due should not be taken from the postotllce. For refusing to pay 8 ceuts he had been ruined. "now much Iron have you on hand?" asked Enrle. "A hundred thousand tons." groaned the speculator without taking his bend off hla desk. "Well. Mr. Hooker, cheer up. It's not so bad. after all. I took n big risk while abroad.. I sold in your name Just ns the panic began rJ.".(KH) tons to be delivered In ninety days." "What!" "1 sold for you 125.000 tons at about what your stock cost you. There'll bo some iow figures today on the publica tion of this news, Perhaps IM better go on to the exchange and buy a part of It In." Hooker fell on his nephew's neck There was a profit on the transaction of many thousand dollars, and from that day Knrle took his uncle's place ns the "Iron king," THE "IRON You nood a Ihiiek. 281 I B. 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Fans aro portable and may bo connected with electric sockets either Indoor or on tho verandah. Send for tho estlmato man and let us bring beauty and comfort to your homo. ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC. CO ' C Hansen Inn, Moffat. Wp make any kunl and stylo of windows. We carry irlas anv size on hand Medford Sash & Door Co. DRIVERS that know the country RIGS that cover the country QVICKLV AND WITH COMI-MST TO YOU AUK AJAVIVS TO UK FOILS l A I THE FAR LOW & DOWNING, PROPRIETORS. WEST SIDE STABLES PHONE 2431 8. GRAPE STREET GOLD RAY GRANITE CO. Office: 209 West Main St., Medford, Ore. Operating Quarry DEALERS IN BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND CRUSHED GRANITE J. A. PER11Y, Vieo-Prosldout. W H. JACKSON, Ass't Cashier. at Gold Ray, Oregon