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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1910)
$iit'',,i$HBBffi'SW''"''P,f',BWiSJiw jtfwP , J(4k,4u-V .wartr-HUniw-A. ,- pinmwyiiwftwWmwi ' , v i 1-i.r --, . pjr,, - i l '1 n j ? J & t i 6 AtEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, 3CEDF0R1), Half A Chance I BY FREDERICK S. ISHAM. Author of "Tho Strollors." "Un- i udor fta Rose." "Tho Lndv of tho Mount," Etc. t Coovricht. 1900. hv tho Boobs- xuorrui ioniDsav. ' "A lltUo contest with tho foils, a fencing bontl Goodl" exclaimed For sythe. Jocelyn Wray walked over to tho group, and Forsytuo followed. "Bravo, Ronsdalel" A number of pcoplo applauded. "IIo has won. Now tho rewardl .What Is It to heS" "Xot so fasti Ilcro are others." "True." llonsdalo looked around with ilils cold smile. Ills glanco vague ly Included John Steelo and Captain Vorsythc "Count mc out," laughed tho latter. "Not In my line, don't you know, since I Joined tho retired list." "Ilowover. there's Steele," Sir Charles, pipe In hand, remarked. "Do you use tho foils, Mr. Steele?" asked Jocelyn Wray. He moved forward. Lord Itonsdalo stood near her, bending over with a lightly proprietary air. "V Steele looked at them. "Only a little." "Then you must try conclusions with Lord Ilonsdnlcl" called out Sir Charles. "As victor over tho rest ho must . meet all comers." "Nothing to bo put out by being beaten by Itonsdale," interposed an observer. "Had the reputation of b- tng one of the best swordsmen on the continent; has even had, I believe," with a laugh, "one or two llttlo af fairs of honor." "nonorl" Steele's glance swung around, played brightly on tho noble man. Tho latter's face remained impas sive. He lifted his foil carelessly and rwung it. The hiss that followed might have been construed as a chal lenge. John Steele tossed asldo his coat. Ilonsdale's eyes suddenly narrowed. Expectancy made itself felt in his manner. "Aren't you going to roll up jour sleeveT' ho asked softly. "Dsu ally And it gives greater freedom of movement myself." "Terbaps you nro right," Steelo said coolly, and, following the nobleman's example, he pushed back bis sleeve. The action revealed the splendid arm of the perfectly trained athlete, mark ed, however, by a great scar extend ing from Just above the wrist to tho elbow. "Bad Jab that, Steele!" cried Sir Charles. "Looks as if it might havo been made by an African spear!" "No." John Steele smiled. Lord llonsdalo breathed quickly. "Recent wound, I should say." "Not very old." said John Steele. "If there's a good story back of it we'll havo it later," Captain Forsytho remarked. Their blades crossed. Itonsdalo s suppleness of wrist and arm, his cold steadiness, combined with a knowl edge of many flne artifices, had al ready made him a favorite with those of the men who cared to back their opinions with odd pounds. "Ten to five!" ono of the men near her called out Jovially. "Odds on Itons dale! Any takers?" "Done!" Jocelyn saw John Steele draw him self back sharply Just in time. She also fancied a new, ominous gleam In his eyes. His demeanor underwent an abrupt change. If Itonsdalo's quick ness was catlike the other's movements had now all tho swiftness and grace of a panther. "Hello!" Through tho swishing of steel sbo beard again the man at her sldo exclaim, mako somo laughing re mark, "Perhaps I'd better hedge" But even as ho spoke, with a fiercer thrusting and parrying of blades, the end came, A sudden irresistible move ment of John Steele's arm and tho no bleman's blade clattered to tho fioor. "Egad! I never saw anything pret tier:" Sir Charles camo forward quick ly. "Met your match that time, Rons dale." Tho nobleman stooped for his foil. "That time, yes!" he drawled. Steelo found himself walking with Jocelyn "Wray toward the window. Across tho room n footmau now ap proached Lord Itonsdnlo and extended a salver. John Steelo's glance Hashed toward Rousdale. Tho telegram, then, had been for Ho saw nn lnscrutablo sinllo cross tho nobleman's face. A door closed quietly as Lord Rons dalo went out. Tho afternoon of that samo day thcro arrived at tho village of Strathom from London a discreet looking llttlo man who, descending at tho Golden Lion, was shown to a private blttlug room on tho second story. In about an hour ho was Joued by Lord Rons- dale. "Woll" ho epoko quickly-"! fancy you havo a llttlo something to tell me, Mr. Glllett?" '"A llttlo something!'" Tho latter rubbed his hands. "Moro than a llt tlo! Tho special inquiry which your lordship mentioned Just as ho was leaving my olllce proved for a tlmo most illusive." You mean tho object of John Steelo's visit to tho continent?" "Exactly. And, tho object of that visit solved, 1 havo now n matter of greatest Importance to communicate. bo Important It could only bo Imparted by word of mouth." The jmllco agent spoke hastily and moved nearer. "Indeed! You havo reached a con clusion, one that you sought to re ject perhaps, but that wouldn't bo dis carded?" Mr. Glllett looked at him earnestly. "You don't mean It Isn't possible that you knew all tho while?" "Let us start at tho beginning." "True, your lordship." Mr. Glllett swallowed". "As your lordship Is aware, we were fortunate enough In tho beginning to find out through our agent In Tasmania that John Steelo camo to that place In a llttlo trading schooner, tho Laura Deauo of Ports mouth; that ho had been rescued from n tiny uncharted reef, or Isle, on Dec. 21, some three years before. Tho spot, by longitude and latitude, marks, through nn odd coincidence, tho place whero tho Lord Nelson met her fate." "A coincidence truly," murmured the nobleman. "But at this stage in your reasoning you recalled that all on board were embarked in tho ship's boats and reached civilization, except possibly" "A few of my charges between decks? A bad lot of ugly brutes. The story of John Steele's rescue," went on Mr. Glllett. "as told by himself, was well known In Tasmania. A lawyer by profession, he had been passenger on a merchant vessel, the Mary Ver non of Baltimore, United States. Thts essel. like the Lord Nelson, had come to grief. All of those in John Steele's boat had perished except him. Some had gone mad through thirst nnd suf- " ""'"'IT- " I " If THURSDAY, ,TU.N"rc 23, .1010. u':.'.,. -i.u.i PORTLAND SEES OLD PIONEERS Eastern Bend MarKct Off, So Port land Pcoplo Arc Buyinn City Im provement Bonds to Keep Up the Work In City. PORTLAND, Juno 23. Pioneers of Oregon aro honored gnosis of Port land this week, tho occasion holng tho nnnunl reunion of tho Oregon Pioneer association. Tho white haired band of emplro builders who blazed tho trail to Old Oregon will bo greeted by nn address of welcomo by Mayor Simon nnd thero will bo other notnblo talks. A big banquet at tho Armory Is n featuro of tho rounlon. Becauso tho eastern bond market Is "off," Portland pcoplo aro buying tho city's Improvement bonds , detor- miuou mat neucrmonis snail go ahead without dolay becauso of finan cial conditions elscwhorc. Bids mado for tho bonds by bond buying firms of the eastern money centers woro fnr below what was considered satisfac tory by Mayor Simon. In fact tho beat offer was to tako tho bonds nt rertug. Others had killed their fellows j 01- This meant a loss to tho city In a frenzy. Being of superb physique, innd then the securities woro offered locally at par. Tho first block of tho $2,000,000 Issue authorized to build the Broadway bridge, amounting to ?250,000, is now being taken at homo, so there will bo no delay or loss to tho city. Uufortunate children of tho city, In whoso lives thero Is too llttlo sun shine, wero given n treat this week when Portland automoblllslts gavo tho use of their cars for rides about the city that wero much enjoyed by the children. Wards of tho Boys' and Girl's Aid Society, tho Children's Home nnd tho People's Institute woro tho rcceipltents of this outing nnd it was a mappy bunch of chllldren that toured tho city in tho big autos for twoo hours. having been through much physical training" the listener stirred in his chair "he managed to survive, to reach the little isle, where, according to his story, ho remained almost a year." "A year? Then ho set foot in Tas mania about four years after the Lord Nelson went down," observed the no bleman, a curious glitter in his eyes. "Four years after," he repeated, ac centing the last word. "Such were tho details gathered in Tasmania," answered the police agent. "Go on." said Lord Ronsdnlc. "From the mate of the Laura Deanc. the schooner that rescued him from the isle, and one of her crew whom I managed to locate at Plymouth, as I have informed your lordship by let ter," answered Mr. Glllett. "These men now furnish lodgings to seamen and incidentally shanghai a few of them for dubious craft. Both of them, the mate and the sailor, recalled the man of fine bearing and education whom they found on the little isle, a sort of Greek statue, half clothed In rags, so to speak, who made his per sonality felt at once on these simple. Ignorant fellows. At the spring on the little island the seamen filled their water butts. This kept them several days, mixing labor with skylarking, during which tlmo one of them picked up something a pouch marked with a name." "Which was?" Mr. Glllett leaned forward, spoke softly; Lord Ronsdalo stared straight ahead. "Of course," ho said; "of course!" "This, I will confess, startled, puz zled me," continued tho police agent. "I tried to explain It In a dozen differ ent ways. Then It was that the lino of special investigation helped. John Steele's outing to which you directed my attention was passed on tho con tinent. After a good deal of pains we discovered that ho visited a certain large building In Parl3. "This led to an inspection of the tenants. They proved of all sorts and kinds. Tho placo was a beehive. Hun dreds of people entered nnd left every day. At this tlmo I happened on an Item in a periodical about some re markable work In a certain lino by a high c!as3 medical specialist. Hero is the paragraph." Lord Ronsdalo took tho slip of paper the other handed him and brlelly look ed at it. "You visited this person?" "Yes, as bis oillco address was men tioned as bciug in the largo building we were interested In. But at tho mo ment I had no suspicion that John Steelo's pilgrimage to Paris could havo been for tho purposo of consulting" "An eminent specialist In tho lino of removing birthmarks," read the noble man, glancing at tho slip of paper, "or othfr disfigurements" "Oue quetitlon, my lord. Ho Is dis cerning kuows that you ure" "Knows? Yes. He found that out ono day in Hyde park." "And yet ho comes down here, dares to leavo London, whero at least his chances aro better for but why?" "Why?" Lord Itonsdalo's smile was not agreeable. "When docs a man bo come illogical? When docs ho accept chances, however debperate?" "When?" Tho polico agent's tones expressed vague wonder, "Why, when thero Is a woman lu tho case," sud denly "a woman or a girl." "In there auythlng else you havo to tell mo?" asked Lord Itonsdale. "Only ono thing, and it may havo no bearing on tho case. Home ono who has not been seen in these parts lu years, tho red headed son of tho land lady whero tho Gerard murder oc curred, has been buck iu Loudou, and Steele's looking for him, for what pur poso I don't know." Tho nobleman moved quickly "But ho hasn't found him yet. Apparently tho fellow took alarm, knowing tho polico ngcut might want him, and vunished again." Lord Ronbdalo moistened his lips, then got up and walked back aud forth. "I havo made my plans' ho finally said. "And I lutend to act." 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