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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 5, 19.10. Half A Chance BY FREDERICK S. ISHAM. i Author of "Tho Strollore." "Un-J l , t urm.- r J 4 v uuer iro hobo, ino umiv ui i K tho Mount," Etc CoDvrisht. 1009. bv tho Boobs Morrill Conioanv. 0 J r John Btoclo did not stir. "How? frith tho lend or" f The fellow lifted his hairy flats. fXhosc aro nil P "In that case" Steelotook the weap on on which his hand had rested from 'lis pocket, and, rising with alacrity, jo plnced it on n rickety stand behind Jim "you haro me a little outclassed. J. bout scrcnteen stone, I should take s. 1 barely turn thirteen myself, however," tossing his coat In the cor jer, "you look a little soft hardly up jj what you were when you got the jolt for tho heavyweight champion- lilp. Do you remember? The Frisco jCt wei J low. i ' lf get j lent bl .ct went against you, but ho was only ignorant sailor aud had let hlm- get out of form. You beat him iem uini jouu oiecios eyes guuur U: he touched the other on tbo arm- ... ,. 1 C . ,, though he fought seventeen good bunds. You stamped tho heart out if hi in, Tom!" Tbe red headed giant's arms fell to lis side. "How do you" "l was there!" An odd smile cross 1 Steele's determined lips. "Lost a fttle money rti thnt battle. Recall tho purtcenth round? He nearly had au, but you played safe In tho flf ,Kntb, and then you sent him down lovu." John Steele's voice died way. "It was a long time before ho )t up." he added, almost absently, "l'ou know all that?" "And all the rest!" "See here, what's your little game? 'tralgbt now, quick! You come here lthout the police. Why?" John Steele's reply was to tho point 'e stated exactly what he wanted ad what he meant that tho other fiould give him. As the fellow heard h breathed harder. He held himself if with difficulty. "And so that's what you've come for. Ister?" he said, a hoarse guffaw fall S from the coarse lips. John Steele iswered quietly. "And you think ere Is any chance of your getting ? May I be asking." with an evil In. "how jteu expect to make me. im Rogers," bringing down his great lit, "do your bidding?" In the first place, by assuring you harm sball como to you; It Is in ,y power to avert that in case you mply. In the second place, you .111 be given enough sovereigns to" "Quids, eh? Let me have sight of em. mister. Wo might talk better." ''Do you think I'd bring them here, im-o'-the-Road? No. not" brusquely. "That settles it" 'In giving you your choice of doing oat I ask or of being turned over to traps. The traps!" Tho other fellow's fce became contorted. "You mean t you"- 'Wlll give you up for that little Job Jess"- J"or answer tho man launched his go body forward, with fierce swlng r fists. He beat, rushed, strove to se. His opponent's Utho body evad n clutch that might have ended the jitest. Pbti other came at him, muttering. te mill was unduly prolonging itself. would end it His fist struck at it face so elusive, but crashed ilnst the wall. Liko a Hash Steele's 'p lifted. The great form Etaggered jl fell. )ulckly. however, it rose, and the ttle was resumed. John Steele's ry muscle ached. His shoulder was .cdlng anew. Tho need for acting ckly, If be should hope to conquer, rssed on him. Fortunately, Rogers bis blind rage- was fighting wildly. n Steele endured blow after blow; (n. as through a mist, be found at gtli tho opening bo sought an in- ; nt's opportunity on which all de- ided. ivery fiber of bis physical being fe nded. He threw himself forward. ; weight of his body, the force of a Jmlnatlug impetus, went Into his (t lilt heavily full on the point tho chin beneath tho brutal mouth, u Rogers' head shot back as if ho i received tho blow of a hammer, I bo threw up his arms. This time Jay whero ho struck tho ground, i 'bu Steele swayed. With an effort sustained himself. Was it over? ) prostrato man did stir now. Ho 'aiicd. John Steelo touched him u his foot Set up," he said. lin Steelo went to tbo stand, picked bis revolver and then sat down : table. "You're as foul a fighter , ou ever were,' ho said contemptu- CHAPTER XV. TUB LAST SHIFT. f"IIE candle burned low. It threw now on grimy Moor aud wall shadows of two men, ono seat- : cd at tho table, tho other not from It Deforo Johu Steele lay cr and ink, procured from some (jNrboro were you on tho night this nnn, Amy Gerard, was found sir momentary expression of surprise, 'jlarm, crossed the bruised and bat- d face. ,Jt was succeeded by an I BUgry suspicion that glowed inmT fne evil eyes. "You'ro not trying to fix that Job on" "You? No." "Then what did you follow him hero for to pump mo? Tho Ynnkco thnt got transported la" "As alive as when ho stepped before you In the ring!" "Allvo?" Tho fellow stared. Ho looked nt Steele closer. "Rlntno If there isn't something about you that puzzles me," he sold. "I represent him tho Ynnkco." "Well, ho got a good one. You know how to uso your fists, mister." "Better than this Frisco Pot did once, eh, Tom?" Tho man frowned. "But to return to the subject In hand. TMt question you seemed afraid to nnswer Just now was superfluous, 1 know where you were tho night tho woman was shot" John Steele leaned forward nud Bald something softly. "How'd you find that out?" asked the man. "Tho Frisco Pet knew whero you were all the time, but did not speak because ho did not wish to get you Into trouble, also because he did not know then what he long afterward learned Indirectly that you could have cleared him!" "Indirectly? I? What do you"- "Through your once having dropped a few words. Wine In. wits out" Tho fellow edged his chair closer. "Keep where you are!" John Steele's hand touched the revolver now on tho table before him. Even as he did so tho room seemed to sway, and It was only by a strong effort of will be kept his attention on tho matter In hand and fought down the dizziness. "And let'.i get through with this. I don't caro to waste much more of my time on you." "You're sure nothing will happen to mo If The man watched him closer. "This paper need never be made public, but It might be useful in cer tain contingencies." "And what am 1 to get if I do what you" "You shall have funds to take you out of the ceuutry: the alternative," he bent forward, "about fifteen years if the traps" The fellow pondered. At last he answered. For a few minutes then Johu Steele wrote, looking up between words. Ills head bent uow closer to the paper, then drew back frum It. as If through a slight uncertainty of vl slon or because of the dim l&ht. The fellow's eye, watching him. lowered "You know none better that on that particular night borne one else some one besides the Frisco Pet. fii tered your mother's house?" Oaths mingled with low Ateliers' slang, but the reply was forthcoming Other quetlons. too. were answered tentatively, sometimes at length, with repulsive fullness of detail. "You can state of your own knowl edge what happened next?" John Steele spoke sharply The fellow's rl brows suddenly lifted. "Oh. yes." he replied readily. John Steele's munuer became short er. His questions were put fast. He forced quick replies. He not only seemed striving to get through lib task as soon as possible, but always to hold the other's attention, to permit his brain no chance to wander from the subject to any other. But the fel low seemed now to have become as tractable as before ho had been sullen, stubbern: gave bis version in his own vernacular, always keenly attentive, observant of the other's every motion. His strength bad apparently returned. He seemed little tho worse for his late encounter. At length came an inter val. Just for an instant John Steele's eyes shut The fingers that bad held the pen closed on the edge of the ta ble. A quick passing expression of ferocity hovered at the corners of the observer's thick lips. He got up. At the same time John Steele rose and stepped abruptlyback. (To Be Continued.) SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND TION NOTICE. ELEC- Notlco is hereby given that a school meeting of School District No. 49 of Jackson County, Oregon, to be held at tho hih rchool building, in said district, on the 15th day of July, A. D. 1910, there will bo submitted to tho lesl voters of Bald district tho question of contracting a bonded debt of fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars, thirty thoi sand ($30,000.00) dollars thereof to ro used for the purposo of erecting and equipping an east sldo school building, and twonty thousand ($20,000,000) dollars thereof for tho purposo of repairing and constructing an annex to tho Washington school and installing a now heating plant thoroin, tho voe to bo by ballot, upon which shall bo tho words, "Bonds Yes," and tho words, "Bonds No." Polls to bo open at 1 o'clock p. m. and romain open until 4 o'clock p. m. By order of tho Board of Directors of School District No, 49 of Jackson County, Oregon. Dated thi-3 25th day of Juno, A. D. 1910. ORIS CRAWFORD, Clork. --- DR. GOBLE'S OPTICAL 'PARLOR REMOVED TO 235 E. MAIN STREET, OVER STRANG'S DRUG STORE. f f-f -f 4 4- -H-4 " TAFT GRIEVES FOR FULLER BOSTON, Mass., July C. Presi dent Taft, when told of tho death of Chief Justlco Fuller, said: "Tho death of Chief Justlco Fullor comes to mo as a great shock. Ho was a good friend and n great Judge. I have known him slncp 1S90, wheu I was solicitor general, our relations hnvlng beou always those of lntl mnto friends, and I havo always had tho highest regard for his legal ability." Tho President dictated tho follow ing tribute, which was wired to Chief Justlco Fuller's daughter: "Your telegram forwarded to mo horo. I am greatly shocked to hoar of your father's death and I oxtond to you all tho heartfelt sympathy of Mrs. Tnft and mysolf. Your fath or honored mo with his friendship of twenty years, which enabled mo to know his sweet and lovnblo naturo and his noblo character as a man. Ho was n creat Jurist, notod for his Independence of thought and cour age of action. Ills career entitles him to tho gratitudo of his follow countrymen and ho leaves n memory of which his family mny woll bo proud. Friends of tho Presldont hero be lieve ho will so'ect Charles E. Hughes to succeed to tho chief Justiceship. BAR HARBOR, Maine, July 4. Tho chief Justlco passed away In the arms of his daughter, Mrs. Nathaniel Francis of Washington, at tho cot tage ho has been occupying nt Sor rento, whero ho has boon for tho last throe weeks. At his bedside wero his grand daughter, Miss Aubrey Francis, and tho attending physician, Dr. Phelps, of Sullivan's Harbor. There will bo simple services at tho little chapel In Sorronto on Wednes day after which the remains will be taken to Chicago. You haven't read all of today's news that's lmportbant to you until you've read the ads. Some women save only a dollar or so now nnd then through reading tho ads Others save something on practically every purchr.ro they education. lIpP YOU AOE0lj Ml v $Pk JI &Jk &M wy3 - Pl'Mvffiw" fm SpKjU-g-p-t-JtfBJSai " - -' r7Smicsrr BANISH THOSE GRAY HAIRS! Kill the Dandruff GcrmcStop Hair Fatting! 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A few appli cations relieved tho itching, xzy hr.ir stopped fall ing out and gradually came back to its raturcl color. It is now a nice darl: brown color, scft, r.lassy and pllrl!?. Several of m7 friends want to u;e it, and I waut to bnovs srliat you will charge me for rlx bottles of it. MIL'S E. A. P023. S&ircn, llerccr Co., Pa, SOCc and $1.00 a Bottle- At at! Druggists II Your Druggist Does Not Keep It, Send Us the Price in Stamps, and We Will Send You a Large Bottle, Express Prepaid Wyeth Chemical Company SVSfi For Sale by LEON B. HASKINS, Another Kind of Walk Rthel did uot rush into his nruu nud cry "Oh, Cuthhertl" as usual. When ho was ushered Into the draw ing mum she gave him the frigid eye, and the gas was kept on at full pres sure. "I've been studying podonuuicy, Cuthbert." she announced. "lVdouinuey, pet?" "Divination by the feet," she e. plained. "Feet that Incline to flatness aro n sign of meanness, Cuthbert." Cuthbert looked down at his No, in tans and sighed. "A hurried yet silent wall;." she con tinned, "Is Indicative of criminal In stlncts. Your wall; Is so hurried, so noiseless. Cuthbert." "You are speaking of only one of styles of walking, Kthel," he nnswer cd brightly. "1 havo another. I used It this afternoon to wall; Into a Jew eler's shop and buy n SIR) engagement ring that 1 had hoped" "Oh, Cuthbert!" she cried, and the next minute the peduumucy expert nud n splay footed youth were crowded Into one saddlebag chair, and the gas was turned down Into n little bluu bub ble. San Francisco Chronicle. Dumn' Wealth and Poverty. Alexandre Dumas' rise to wealth and luxury was almost s marvelous ns that of his most celebrated here tie built a magnificent chateau, which he named Monte Chrlsto. There he en tertained all comers, friend aud strati ger alike, with more than oriental magnificence and sometimes with oil ental mystery. Ills purse was open to all who sought It. and the day came when he experienced Tlnion's fnt without acquiring Tlnion's disposition He could uot become a misanthrope, though his fortune disappeared almost ns suddenly as It came, and then he learned the ingratitude of men. I IN last days were passed not In poverty but In nnrrow circumstances. He left Pnrls In the fall of 1S70 Just as the German army was closing In to be slego It and when France was feellnc Its deepest woe. To the last he pre served his gnyety and youthful spirit. "I had but one napoleon In my pocket when I first cntne here." he said. "I go away with two. aud yet they call me a spendthrift." Very Devout. A new parson was presented to u living In a remote agricultural dis trict nud was anxious to make him self nt home with his (lock ns soon as possible. He therefore began his pas torn) calls at ouce. Among tho llrst recipients of these attentions was Farmer Jones, whoso family tho new parson had noticed to be very regular nnd apparently very devout attend ants at church. Farmer Jones wni out, but his wife received the parson, when the following dialogue took place: "1 am your new rector. Mrs. Jones. I have noticed with great pleas- &y.a-?XuT':?iu jBBffl HPifTn r msoSOiBifelr'J m Lta, . v t U 1 a " r: 'IT: UA?i:'.'iloXfeft if. iMi...Mi)),'a - -A.a...,...--. 'T -i ,' ..M "I f T fcl ' """"Tiir imiu jiirrTiir-" tiro your "regular nUciulitufo'nt vlmrvli ' nud have lost un little tttuo at possi ble, you see, In calling aud Improving our aeiiualutanee," "Yes, sir," replied Mrs. Jones; "we're 'bilged to bo rog'lnr nt church, for If we didn't go Farmer Smith clalniH that pew, aud we're not goln' to give It up for the likes o' hlin. So my son Peter stands at the door half an hour before service begins to keep Mm out." Liverpool Mercury. Dig Hnts In Colonial Dnyi. Tho question of high hats at, public places was of some moment, even In colonial days. In 1701) the church at Andover, Mass., put It to vote wheth er "the parish disapprove of tho fo mulc sex sitting with their bats on In the meeting house In tlmu of divine service as being Indecent." In tho town of Ablngton In 1775 It was voted that It was "an Indecent way with the feminine sex to Hit with their hats nud bonnets on In worshiping God." Still another town voted thnt It wnn the "town's mind" that the women should tnko their bonnets off In meeting and hang them ou the pegs. Too Cottly. King Oeorge II. onco wished to add tho (J recti park, In London, to his pal nee grounds, whether the peoplu liked ft or uot. He luipilrcd of his minister ns to the cost. His lordship, mindful of tho general ' dNcontent then prevalent, nnswered: , "The cost,' sir? Oh. It would bo a matter of three crownsl" The king took the hint, Tho peoplo j kept their park and the sovereign his triple throne. ! 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Dandruff CuretS Thrco applications removed nil the dandruff nnl loft my ccalp clean, whito and smooth. Wra. Croak, Rochester, N. Y. Grew Hair on a Bald Head For two or thrco years my hair had been falling out and getting quite thin until tho top of my head wa3 entirely bald. About four months ago I commenced using Sago and Sul phur, Tho first bottle i:cmcd to do some good sr.d I l:ept using it regularly until uow I havo used four bottles. Tho vliolo top of my head Is fairly covered and keeps coming in thicker. 7. uhall keep on uulng it a vhilo longer, aa I cotico a constant improvement. STEPHEN BACON, Zlochcster, N, Y. Medford, Oregon. GREAT BAND CONCERT ASHLAND, OREGON Thursday Evening, July 7th. Thavu's Famous Russian Band 40 Pieces, 10 Singers Said to bo the finest lltintl over ou tho Pacific Coast RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW Tickets SO and 75 Cents CHATAQUA DATES, JULY I2tli TO 22d J. E. BNYART. Prosidont JOHN S. OHTII, Cashier. The Medford Capital, $50,000 Surplus, $10,000 SAFETY BOXES FOR RENT. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSAGTED. WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE. - - For 428 ACRES Koguc River bottom land, Biiitablo for fruit and general fanning 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. The finest Sample TCooms in the city. Hotel Moore Fire Proof Rau-Mohr Company Proprietors. European Plan We will serve Christmas .Dinner at "The Hotel Medford," to be constructed at onco at the north west corner of Alain and !Ivy streets. Medford Iron Works E. G. Trowbridgdc, Prop. FOUNDRY AND MACHINIST All kinds of Engines, Spraying Outfits, Pumps, Boilers aud Machinery. Agents in So. Orogon for FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO. I. O. HANSEN Wo make any Icind and stylo of Windows. We carry Glass of any sizo on hand. 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