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MICDKOHTJ MAIL 'J.'UIBUNK, MEDFOHD, OREOON, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1910. R s a 4' r i Halt A Chance BY FREDERICK 8. ISHAM. ZAutlior of "Tliu Htrollurs." "Un-J mlcr tin Hone." "Tim Uilv of (tin Mount." Klo ConvrMit. 11)01). hv tlio Ittmlju Mcrrlll Cotmmir. "I llmtiKlillu I'litur nriiiory hall. DM not know your roonm worn Jiuro." lio iniiiiiiKcd to Miiy In u low tono, "nt IIiIh corner of Htrallioru Mourn." Hlii) (tlil nut uuMWtT, no tlipy Htood nlluiitly, nlmunlly. Tlio iiiiin Imil to utii'iiU tlrNt. Ilo pulled liliONuir touctli r Tlio Ixttl fortuuo tluit liml doKitod liltii ho Ioiik, (hut he Imd fouclit iiKtditHt ho liutd, now found Itn culiuluiitlon. It , clilld, tier curia I. ...I ...... t.l -II ..I i m ' ... ..... hud ciiHt liliu of nil pluci nt Dor foitL Ko ho It. Well, dcntlny now could liana lilin little more. "I Imd hoped joti uould never know, but tlio himIh, It hi'imdm" lie could oven lnuj:li-"liiivoorIiiliicil otliurwUo, 'Kutu obsliuit.' " Jlo Ntopped A NllKKerdlon of pulll crept Into lier ijxiti;isliii, Hut tliu IiuikIi returned to hi Dpi. tlio luntor to IiIh eyen. "A Kood ninny peoplo Imvo tlielr prints Can you liuiiuluu what tnliio may Imvo heeuV" Slat Hccuieil to Ntnnil In n hateful dream. I.00UI11K nt lilin-tlio torn ewti lliK clotheri, lilx face, pale, dllToreut. LlMteuliiK to lilin to what? "A convict!" nnld tlio man. "Yes, that'H what I wan Had heeu In Jallt- Jallit! Ami wmt unit out of tlio conn try yearn MKo-tmiinported. Hut time went by, ami tlio convict thoujjht lio mlcht nafely come tmcklioldly. with Impunity The yenru and clrcum tniicen haii altered him, wrought urent chuUKi lie felt compelled to return "YcnV" All tliu color find Tuft fier face, "What-u lint In It' "Uon'l iiieiin to it In nil you, my dear, hut Mr, (Illicit thliikH tlio convict iiiIkIiI ho couceitllUK liluiHcIf hoiiiu wlinro In (ho Iioiinuj Indeed, that It In ijulto likely Ko wo urn iiiiiIiIiik a little lour of liiMpecllon," "I," hIio heouied to catch her hicatli "II Im teitlly iiilte uuiieceiotiiry, 1 Imvo hueii tliroiiKh ilieni myhulf." "Mljjlit Iiiiwi known tlmtl" with nn nttumpt nt JocoHetieMN. "Hut thoiiKht wo would iniiko miru. Oootl tilKht, then!" They wont. Tlio mini In tlio room Hlood motion Ichh now, IiIh face llko that of a Htatuo hiivo for tho Huht nud llfo of IiIm cycN. "The other way would Imvo hceii pruferahle," ho an Id, "What weto yon" Mint heidtnted, cmphiotl.ed overHluirily tho word "IraiiHported forV" "What Uoi'H It innltcr?" Truu! What did It matter to lierJ lio had heeu In prliioim before, by IiIm own wordH. "Your nn me. of courNo, In not John Htccto? Wlmt wnii It." Ilo looked nt her beyond, (o it ntorm tunned Hhlp, u Kolilen hnlrtil In dlNordcr, moving COMES TO TOWN AFTER I YEARS AUTOSAMAZEHIM William Arthurs of Upper Applcuatc Says Ho Dare Not Go Home anil Tell Truth Aliout Machines In Meilfortl Truth Is Like Lie. Single rooms or en suite also rooms with bath I'lie finest Sample Rooms in the city. Hotel Moore Flro Proof Rau-Mohr Company Proprietors. European Plan We will serve Christmas Dinner at "The Hotel JMcdford," to be constructed at once at the north west corner of Alain and Jvy streets. I with dllllculty, yet cIIiikIiij; no Htend- fahtly to a hiiiiiII cnel Mix nnino? It miiy ho ho heard iikhIii tho loud pouudliiK and knocking; held her once moro to Ills lircnnt, folt tliu confiding. Noft iiruirt, "What docH It matter?" ho repented. Hho Hpoko uu-chtinlcally. "When you found yourMolf recoK'ilzed, why did you come hero to Strathom Hoiiim Incur the danger?" "WhyV Ilo Htlll continued to look HtrnlKlit heforo him. "Hecauno you wcro hero:" "I'l" Hho tremhled. "Oh. you neetl not feitrt" quickly. "You!" n hitter Ktnllo cronm.il IiIh face. "Ami now!" him volco Mouniled hnrah, teiue. and ho Htcppcd toward tho bnl cony. 111k words, tho nbrupt nctlon, what It iKirtemled, iirotnutl her. "No, no!" Tho oxclamntlon broke from her Involuntarily may ho n Niifer way! npotH of color now tinted her chevkH. Klio went (pilckly toward the door she Willium ArllmiH of Applcnto wuh in .Medford Batuidny for tlio firwt limu in kovoii years, on n vwil to Ins dfiuujitor, .Mth. J. II, Hollinj,'or. in tliu locality wlioro Mr. Arthurs liven,! on ApplcKiitu, nn uutoinohilo is Momouliul of n rarity. "When I no huelc liomo nud tell tlio folks," Hiiid tlio old ueiilleiimu, "Unit I counted -10 uutomolnlcH Htuudini; ulonc tho curhn on .Main fclrcot in .Mcdfonl, ub I wuh wnlkitiK down town, find couldn't count tho ouch (hut woro whizzing buck and forlh, I will Ioho my rop ututiou for truth and veracity en tirely, becnusc they won't hol'ieu thoro tiro that miiny mitomobileH in the world." h GOING EAST FOR MEN TO MAN BIG STEEL WORKS ttta Im tt ll fk Ittllfltilttt ItltttitVOtfl It 1 til ..if -.- ..i ,. ....in lncl loft- Huo llHtened, luninl tho key. chance led him out of UN nccuitomwl ; oik-iiIiiit Hie door. Bteppod Im.tlljr wny-to new walkn. new faen. when. ,ul ,ll, ,ho ,,nl1 lay tho duiiKer. tho umbuHu, Into which Whatever her purine, only tho do ho who thought liltimidf HtroiiK llko a "Ire to act nulclsly. to have ilonu with weak fool walked or wan led blindly " I '" lutolurnhlo Hlttiatlon. moved him. Tho blue eye bent llko ntnrx now on ! Ouco more ho looked toward tho win thbi man In her room HtntuUiuf tforo low throtiKh which ho had entered, her with l-old. mockliiK fnco no If ill ! I'l rut. however, before boIiijj. ho lo- dnrk eyv read, underatowt vreri uioukih nimseir or HomeimuK-nn nn thoiiKht that pitHawl throush her brain inwer to one of her iiuohIIoiih. Sh "You! Then It wan you John Htoclu tlmt limy" "Tho convict they tried to nrreatT Yen " "You? I don't" Her voice win nlmniit childlike. "I will help you to iinilennnndl" An iwhrii Hlintlc en mo over IiIm faca Tho man pniiNiM. There wJ a MriuiKo Klenm In the dnrk eyen tli.i1 llncered on her lt llRlit wnii hhc cccded by another, n fiercer exproii iilon. For the llrnt time hIio moved. Hhnink back nllKhtly. "I'm afraid I used ii few of them roUKhly," ho said with look derisory. "There wan no time for oft talk. It wan cut and run-Klve 'lei: bull.' nn the thieve Hay." Did ho purposely relapse Into confer word to clinch homu Jim whole damului;, dctcHtnbln truth? "Hut It wan a clone call out (hero In the Kiirden! They were before the convict In the wood. lie intiHt need double bnck to the ithadow of tho houxc! At (he bottom or n tnont he looked up to n bntcouy overhead. Minn tl n Jullet'H, thniiRh I Hcar he thought it leu to armory nail, not tiero. I tun he known (he truth he would have Htiiycd there llrnt. und Hut, a It wn. he heard vuIcch around the cor ner; afar, men npproitcliliu;. The Ivy nt Ktnithorn IIouhc Is iiIiiiohI iih old an the limine ItHelf, the umln briinche larger tlmti n uuiii'h arm It wa not (lllllcult to i;et here. IIioiikIi I wIhIi now"-ho dared hiiiIIo bitterly "they had come on me llrnl." Sho tnovwl Hlowly out Into the room. Illti face wuh half averted, Ilo did not turn, nllhniiKh ho iiuiHt Imvo known hIio whs near. With IiIh back toward her ho Kar.ed down at tho Boft, bright linen of the run and on It a white think', n liny bit of lace, a hand, kerchief that koiiio time boforo hud fluttered to the lloor and hud been loft JyltiK there. "ltut"-Hho Hpoko now "you-you who Hcemed nil that wim-l can't bo-llovo-lt I liupoHHlble, lnconcelvnblol" "I Imvo told you tho truth because" -tho wordH broke from him "I Imd to! Mutit I'-denplto hlniHelf there wiik an accent of acutcHt pnln In hi volco "repeat It?" "Oh." Hho hiiIiI, "It wuh InfnmouHl" The wold Ntruek him llko n whip nnd hmhed Ida faco to a dull red. The tillonco Kiow, "I would not preHUino to dlnputo or to contradlet any conelUHton you may have touched." Ilo Hpoko nt leiiKtli In a low, een voice. "I had not, iih I mild. Intended (IiIh lawt, thlH most In cxcuHiiblo IntiUHlon. You Imvo now only one courao to pufHiio" IiIh Kiir.o turned to tho Ioiik Hllken bell ropo on the wull "itutl I promlHO not to tohIhU AVell?" he hiiIiI. Sho had Hiiddonly Htopped. In tho hull volcen were heard approaching'. He, too, caiiKlit them. "That Blmplllle umtterH," he remark ed. "Jocolynl" Tho volco was that of Blr GharleH. "Are you thcro?" Sho did not answer. "Kindly unlock tho door," T OUAl'Tlfllt XII, AN ANUWUII. 1 1 10 elrl uiailo no motion to oboy, und tho knockliiK wits repeated. Mechaulcnlly bIio moved toward tho threshold. She Hhould nud the nnwer after ho wan gone III fluKcr thrum themselves Into a brenBt pocket. He took out n Riuall object wnippinl In velvet. An liiNtnut hi eye rented Ukiu It; then, KtoopltiK. lie picket! up the bit of Inco handkerchief from tho floor nnd, lay ing the dark velvet ncaliiRt It. placeil the two on (he table. Would h!ic uuderHtnuil the debt he had felt he owed her Ioiik beforo to night, that kciiko of obligation to tho ihlld who had reached out her hand In n different life, a different world? No. She had of course forgotten. Still, ho would lenvo It, that tnllsmnn so precious, which ho had cherished al most Nuperstltlously. When a few minutes later tho girl hnntlly re-entered the room sho carried on her arm n man' cont nnd lint. Her nppenrance wuh feverish, hor eyes wide nnd shining "Your clothes ore torn wonld nt trnet nttentlon! Theio wore on th rack. I don't know whose, but I stolo them stole them!" She spoke quickly, with n little, hard note of nelf mockery. Her voice broke suddenly Sho looked about her The coal and hat slipped from her arm. Sho looked ut the window Tho curtain Htlll mocd us If a hand had but recently tombed It. Sho mured nt It Incredulously Ilo had gone. Ho would have none of her assistance then; preferred- Sho listened, but rauglit only (ho rustling of the heavy silk. Sho became uware of n throbbing In her head, u dull pnln, unit, mechanical ly Heating herself near one of the ta bles, hIio put up her hand ami stinted to draw tho plus from her hair, but soon desisted. Again hIio began to think, more clearly this time, moro poignantly, of nil she had experienced, listened to, that night. She, n Wray, sprung from a long lino of proud, Illustrious folk! And ho? Tho breath of tho roses outsldo was wafted upward. Her eyes, deep, self scolllng, rested without seeing on a small dark object on n handkerchief on tho table. What was It to her if they took hlm-whnt, Indeed? Her lin gers played with tliu object, closed hard on It. Why should sho care if ho paid tho penalty he, a self con fOHHOd- (To Ilo Continuod.l NOTION TO CONTHAOTOUH. Sonlod bids will bo rooolvod nt tlio dlatrlot clork'B office In district No. 12, JnckBon county, OroKon, for tho oroctlon of i bcIiooI building nccord ItiK to pinna nnd eporllfcntlonB now on fllo In his offlco, boforo July 2, 1910. 13acli Mil must bo accompanied by fltifflclont bond to eocuro tho on ttranco of n contract. GEO. S. STKVI3NS, District Clorlt. llrownBboro, Or, 8 PORTLAND, Or., Juno 27. With tlio big plant crippled on account of tlio Htriku of machinists, H. C. Hall, Hccrotury of tlio Willnmctto Iron & Steel works, left today for tlio cast, where ho will attempt to secure non- w Land for Sale I hnvo n few rhoico tracts of good orchard land for sale. Tracts from twenty (20) to ono hundred and sixty (100) ncrcH. Tho land is situated in tho famous npplo bolt, near tho world-famed Tronson & Guthrie orchard, neur Eaglo Point, Or. Somo of the land u improved and somo unimproved. I nlso havo property in tho town of Eagle Point for Bale. Thoso intending to purchase please giro me a call in person or call Eagle Point central by phone. A. B. Zimmerman Isis Theatre Something New Jack Irwin Go Novelty Sketch THREE REELS OF INTERESTING- PICTURES. 1. Unchanging Seas. 2. Golden Spider. 3. Who'll Win My Heart? ..4 . 4. Jonc's Watch. 5. Hemlox Hoax. 6. Fisherman's Luck. ILLUSTRATED SONG, 7. "The Silent Violin." "There there I ,.; uorkmeu to ronlnco the strik- Walt!" Hrlght ,... It is believed that Ball's action will be followed by officiuls of other foundries nud iron plants that nrc either closed down or running witr crippled forces ns u result of the striko. Tho unionists hnvo been out nearly n month in mi effort to fcccuro n minimum wugo increase of 10 cents nud nn eight-hour day. He fore leaving Hull etntcd Hint lie would endenvor to secure workmen with families. It is believed thnt tho strike here will not bo successful. Tho hoiiBowlfo who studies tho nds can snvo enough on each week's pur-, chases to pay tho wnjcu of n servant. I Medford, Oregen: This eorlifios thnt wo hnvo sold Hull's Texas Won der for tho ouro of nil kidney, bltul dor nnd rhoumntio tronblos for ton vimrs, nnd hnvo novor lind u com pliant. It givos quick nnd pormnnonl roliof. Sixty days' tronttnont In onch hottlo. Medford Phurmnoy. tf You Will Find Just what you want, when you want it, for we "deliver the goods" promptly. Wo carry a choice lino of groceries, teas and cof fees, also a complete lino of "kitchen tools" and china of all grades. YOTT CAN SAVE moiioy and worry by giv ing a' TRIAL ORDER to Allin b Atlin Phone Main 2691. 132 WEST MAIN STREET. - - For Sale - - 428 ACRES Rogue River bottom land, suitable for fruit and general farming purposes. 300 ACRES Alfalfa land, covered with irrigation ditch and perpetual water right. Has coal outcrop ping. At a bargain on long time, easy payments. Gold Ray Realty Comp'y. 209 WEST MAIN ST. FOR .SALE One of the best locations in Medford for Family Hotel or Apartment House 250 by 100 feet east front. Comprising five lots of original townsite. It will take $2,000 cash to handle thij property. Easy terms on balance. Write or inquire at 240 South Grape Street or Phone No. 4172. At Your Service AH the Tim e Day and Night "Wc appreciate your business enough to do every thing to merit it Not only do we carry full and complete assortments of the best drugs known to medical science, very fine assortments of druggists' sundries, toilet articles, etc., but we stand ready to serve you DAY OR NIGHT. During the day you will find two graduate phar macists at the store and at night all you havo to do is to PHONE and we will be ready to serve you. MEDFORD PHARMACY Near Post Office GOLD RAY GRANITE CO. Otfice: 209 West Main St., Mtdfoid, Ore. Operating Quarry at Cold Ray, Oregon DEALERS IN BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND CRUSHED GRANITE WRIGHTS INVESTMENTS Motion) homo of 7 rooms, finish mill fixtures nil A No. 1, woll kept lawn, on pi) veil struct; n fino homo for loss than yon can build; roason ublo tonus. Moilom S-room buiiRnlow, in good locality, oloso to Oaktlalo, unilor ooiistruotion, will finish to suit tho buyer; ask for prioo, if intorostod; it's.richt. Noat G-room cottnKO, comont walk, niou yard of flowers, woll located; a cozy homo for $1800; tonus. Havo you scon thoso HOSIO PAHK? Guess not, or you'd own 'em now. Prices and towns rhht. J. Bruce Wright & Co. 132 WEST MAIN. PHONE 2001. Buy Where You Get Your Moneys Worth When wanting high-grado Ice Cream or Sherbets in any quantity wo are at your sorvice. QUALITY is our watchword. You remombor the QUALITY long after the price is forgotten. Wo havo our own delivery and can supply you with milk, cream and buttermilk. Ask your grocor for our Creamory Butter. Rogue River Creamery PHONE NO 2681 134 N. RIVERSIDE AVENUE r" CHAFING DISHES MW With an ALCOHOL Lamp Willi ELECTRICITY you must fill the lamp, adjust the you insert the plug and turn the wick) strike a match, anil be very switch. careful not to tpill nlcohol on the When this is done you can devote table top. all j our attention to the recipe. We have the ELECTRIC Idud. nindc by the General Electric Co. Ask us about them totlay ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 RESOLVED Tho best resolution for yon to make is to come to us for your next suit, if you want Botnotking out of the ordinary. We do the bpst work and oharg khe lowest prices. W. W. EIPERT Tim paocnusBsrvTi taeloi "A (iviVi i-f-, dAirOii.jlti