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; tr I IH lWiJil II UlUlW ttm MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, atEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, ,TULY 27, 10.10. Virginia of ihe Air Lanes A ROMANCE OF FLYING Hy Herbert Quick Cofvdtfit 1909. by ! Bobfcs Mmill Company SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I Theodore Carson, inventor of an airship, rescues from a fugitive flying machine called a kelicopter, a beautiful young girl. II and III Carson is infatuated by her and takes her where she can communicate with her friends. IV Carson visits the Roc, a giant airship owned by Shayne, undo of Virginia Suarez, tho girl ho rescued, and, being coldly received, leaps from the Roc, at a great height, in a parachute. "Well, Mr. Craighead," said the tall ae in accents distinctly British, "I'm bo end sorry to find you out of bounds again, sir!" Instantly wide awake, Cralghend as turaiil au attitude of jocular famll larlty "It agonizes me to havo given you a moment's pain, Dennis," said he. "but believe me I should havo been howling like a banshee had I stayed longer in the storm center of Mr. Waddy's pneu snatlc slumbering." From his evident irritation at the Mention of his "pneumatic slumber tog" Carson guessed that the shorter of Dennis companions was Mr. Wad sly. He was blacky and strong In fculld and bearded with gray ercre censes that grew forward and up ward from all points, as if eyebrows, whiskers and mustache had been train ed through a knothole for a long time and then suddenly cropped off and left standing. . He was puffing audibly. This la bored breathing coupled with bis ap pearance of having dressed hurriedly save him the general effect of one who aas leaped suddenly from bed and chased something at high speed. He bad on a topcoat over shirt and trou sers. On one foot was an arctic over shoe, on the other a Wellington boot "Mr. Craighead," said he. as if care fully choosing terms of scathing r touke, "I've seen all kinds, and you do beat the Dutchl" "Thank you," said Mr. Craighead, bowing. "Pardon me, Dennis, have you not met my friend, Mr. Carson, from Alabama? A new .arrival. A pe riodical, I believe. Mr. Carson, Mr. Dennis O'Grady. Mr. O'Grady is the official dispenser of dope" Tonic, Mr. Craighead, if I may cor rect you, sir!" said Mr. O'Grady. "Of course, Dennis," protested Craig bead, "I meant tonicl And is this Mr. Carson's jag boss? I hope his slum bers are less sonorous than Mr. Wad ay's, Mr. Carson. I" "Attendant," suggested Mr. O'Grady softly. "Mr. Evans is the attendant of Mr. Wylle. No doubt an error on Mr. Craighead's part, Mr. Wylle. but we anderstand perfectly that you are the Mr. Wylle who arrived very HI last night, sir, and who departed before ' we could give him the examination and the formal admission. Mr. Evans will attend upon you, Mr. Wylle, and we hope, sir, to have you feeling much better In a few days, sir!" "You are greatly mistaken!" exclaim ed Theodore. "I don't belong here at all!" "Quito right, sir!" responded Mr. O'Grady heartily. "Quite rightl I am glad that you are already able to see, sir, that you belong with Mr. Evans in room 34, sir." "But I am not Mr. Wylle," inter posed Carson. "Pardon me," softly suggested Mr. O'Grady, "but I find you here. Mr. Wylle. where none but Inmates can come," "I dropped lata this garden from an acrount." reiterated Theodore. "And swallowed your parachute?" Interpolated O'Grady. "No!" cried Carson, producing it from under the bench, "nero It is." "I have no knowledge of machinery," said O'Grady. "But the existence hero of so common a contrlvanco does not at all prove the absence of Mr. Wylle. and Mr. Wylle Is accounted for by no personality except your own, sir. The Slattery Institute loses no patients. You are Mr. Wyllo or Mr. Wylle Is lost; hence, sir, you aro Mr. "Wylle." Mr. EvanB ushered young Mr. Car sou Into room 34 as If conferring a great favor In thus naming blm Wylle and arresting him Instanter under the new cognomen. "I am not Mr. Wylle," reiterated Carson. "I am Theodore Carson, as I said, and I" "This matter of names Is so compli cated." quavered Mr. Evans, pushing up his cuffs as if about to attempt some feat of physical prowess. "No muu drawln' my pay c'n bo expected to work It out. I git awful small wages. Mr. Wylle. My duties Is sim ple. You git your tonic an treat ments regMar an' keep hours. A whole lot of gentlemen comes hero under spe cial names." Mr. Craighead rapped and entered. "I ijulte agree with the remarks of my uuerulous friend, Mr. Evans." said Mr. Craighead. "Your position, Mr. Carsou. U an equivocal one. The question fs. whntVyour fleldT5" "It Is aeronautics," replied Theodore. "I havo devised the first effective ucronef. I" "Very Interesting." returned Cralg hend. "I have made that n specialty. I know the defects of the present day acrouefs, nnd 1 understand tho failure of tho gas supported aerostats, except as toys for us parasitic capitalists. But to the point In controversy. Aro you the Fultou of the empyrean or the Edison of the hot air? Mr. Evans' porcine tonality luis expressed the only conclusion open to him to accept tho Wylle theory as a working hypoth esis nnd to work It at tho regular per diem. Dost folter me? "I suppose that this Wyllo must turn up sooner or later," mused Theodore. But why should 1 take treatment? What do they do to you?" persisted Theodore. "They give you dope; they feed you for n few days on bran mash; they shoot you twice a day: they give you a little bottle to assuage what they call your thirst the first night or so, though why they call that a thirst which Is only a cerebrospinal tendency entirely unconnected with Irrigation do poncth snlth not. Let's to breakfast." Breakfast! Here was something to be "undcrstanded of the people." Car son was famishing. And before he re turned to hts room he learned that ho was an inmate of tho Slattery Insti tute For Drunkards. CHAPTER VI. THE MYSTXUIY OF TUE EMPORIUM. YOUNG Mr. Carson, detained at the Slattery Institute to bal ance the books on account of the evnntshment of Mr. Wy lle, thought often of Shayue's charm ing niece, but. manlike, gave scarcely a thought of the sltuatlou on board the Hoc as she bore northward in the night sky after dropping him as a hawk might let fall a too belligerent weasel. The warfare and Insurrection which he left behind would have Interested him had he known. Mr. SUberberg. hurt in amour propre as well as pro boscis, was deeply disturbed In his sui table regard for Virginia. He was too angry to follow her to the deck as she swept out of the cabin to take leave of her bandit of the dunes. For some minutes the girl lay, half fainting, wholly terrified, by the rail, where she had fallen as Theodore dropped over the side into the cloud and the night. "Where Is Virginia?' qnerled Aunt Marie at last "Has she eloped with that creature? Look for her! She's my niece, after all!" . Mr. Shayne called Mrs. Sbayne's maid and gave orders that Virginia bo sought on deck. The maid looked about hastily andv falling to observe the little heap in which Virginia sat huddled up by the rail, ran in agitat edly and said that Miss Suarez was not on deck "In the least" "I told youl" gasped Mrs. Shayne. "She's thrown herself awayl" SUberberg walked glumly in from the cabin. "This assassin," said he., "must be aft with the crew. There's only one place where Miss Suarez can be." Shayne ran aft and astonished the crew by bursting into their midst and staring wildly about, as if demented. "What is it sir?" Wlllett asked calmly. "Where is Miss Suarez?" panted Mr. Shayne. "I don't know, sir." "Where's that fellow we picked up?" "I don't know," responded Wlllett "They're goner Shayne exclaimed, rushing into the cabin. "Max, they've goneover the side!" (To Be Continue!7.) UNCLE SAM TO TRY AIRSHIPS FOR WARFARE WASHINGTON, D. C, July 27. If congress doesn't balk the United States government will within the next year havo aeroplanes to use in determining tho exact value of air craft in modem warfare. According to belief, a plan to ask congress for $76,000 for tho purch ase of the aeroplanes is being back ed by Secretary of War Dickinson and Secretary of the Nnvy Meyer. It is expected that the proposition will be up to congress at the next session and that strenuous efforts will be made to secure tho appropri ation. It is tho intention of the authori ties, it is said, to experiment with the machines for both army and navy use. Hasklns for health. A Book or Magazine A QUIET, SHADY NOOK These are the things that soothe our time-tired, tread mill lives and cause us to for get the many small troubles. Drop in any time and see the latest in Books, Magazines, etc. Medford Book Store WOMAN CHOPPED IN SMALL PIECES Remains Scwctl In a Gunnysack nnd Thrown Into Sea and Found on Beach at Newport Hardly a Bone In Skeleton That Was Not Broken. NEWPORT, Or., July 27. Tho authorities are bending every nerve today to ascertain tho identity of tho body of a woman which was found hacked into small pieces and sowed in a gunnysack on tho beach yester day. That she was murdered tho of ficials do not doubt. Tho body was examined nt the morguo today by a number of local surgeons. They declared that tho murdorer chopped the body into pieces so it would fit into tho small grain sack in which it was found. There was hardly n bone in the skeleton that had not been cither broken in two or crushed. This lends tho authorities to bclievo that the murdorer boat his victim to death and then cut the body to bits with an nxe. When taken from its bed in the beach sands only small patches of flesh adhered to the bones. The hair, which was long nnd chestnut colored, had become detached from the skull. This and n perfect set of teetht are the only clews upon which tho police havo to work. The decayed condition of the sack and the fact that the flesh had slouched from the bones indicates that the woman met her death sev eral months ago. So far as known, no woman hns disappeared from Newport or Lin coln county recently, and this lends to the belief that tho dead woman was a stranger here, probably a summer visitor, as Newport is one of the big Oregon summer resorts. Th police are working on this the ory and have notified tho police of other cities to ascertain tho names of all missing women who answer the description of the dead woman. An effort will be made to piece the bones together so accurate measure ments can be made of tho skeleton. This, it is believed, will aid materi ally in the search for the murderer. Hnnkinn for Etiinlth. We Want Your Business Sure, we do. That is our principal reason for spending good money advertising. We nre busy as bees have a dandy business treat every patron with all the courtesy possible and hand out the very best staple and fancy groceries that money and good judgment can procure. But we will gladly take care of more busi ness. Can't too many patrons come here wo'Jl servo' em all and do it the very best possible way. Our Bakery is serving more patrons every day and we are doing our best to improve our products and service. We want your busi ness and believe that you ap preciate our efforts to save you money. If you want full value for your msney come to Allen 6 Reagan CENTRAL AND MAIN. 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It would tako half cash to handle, balance easy. $300 an aero Finos fruit and garden laud in tho valley, half way between Phoenix nnd Talent; level, blnok free soil; divided into 10-acro tracts; one-fourth cash, balanco in four annual payments with 6 per cent interest. $ 1 2,000 Stacteon and a half acres, midway betweon Jack sonville and Central Point, facing tho hill road; finest building cite in tho valley. There aro eight acros of pears in boaring, trees from 5 to 8 years old, and about an ncre and a half of grnpos in bearing, balanco in timber, which is all good fruit land. Ilalf cash will handle. $20,000 Less than $425 an aoro for 47 acres, one milo from Central Point, all good land, good buildings, about 40 ncres planted to standard variotios of apples nnd pears from 1 to 4 years of age, 'balanco in alfalfa. This place will subdivido nicely. It is easily worth $100 nn aero more than is asked. W. T. YORK & CO. 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