V
A NOVELIZATION OF THE PLAY OF THE SAME NAME
BY BOOTH TARKINGTON AND HARRY L.WILSON
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COPYRIGHT. 1909. BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
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CHAPTER V.
TI1E ENGAGEMENT.
H'
OW can one know It Is not
IvanolT?" she asked slowly,
and this time the carl laughed
aloud.
"He wouldn't be called au Infamous
brigand," he said, but the countess
waved her band.
'That, my friend, may be only Ital
ian journalism."
"Pooh!" said Hawcastle. "This
means a highwayman not not an em
bezzler, Helene."
The countess arose from the table
and moved about restlessly with her
eyes on the blue expanse.
"I should be glad to believe It, my
good friend, but I I care for no more
to eat. I have erhaps some foolish
feeling of unsufet.y. It is now two
nights that I dream of him of IvanolT
bad dreams for us both, my friend."
The earl looked up In amazement
and then burst Into a laugh.
"What rot!" he exclaimed. "It takes
more than a dream to bring a man
back -from Siberia."
The countess looked at hlin with
some sharpness. . ,
"Then I pray there has been no more
than dreams," she murmured quietly.
Even as she spoke there came the
tinkling sound of the mandolins and ,
guitars, ' and madame turned to the I
lemon grove In time to see a young j
gJlL In. a- fawn colored, riding, habit,
with a soft felt hat upon her bead and j
a riding crop in her gauntleted hands, :
enter, followed by three picturesque
banditti with the Instruments. ',.
As she readied the terrace she !
paused and drew from her glove some !
silver which she dropped Into the hand j
of the Orst villain with a laugh. Then j
she turned, selling, as the musicians ,
withdrew and , waved her crop at .the I
two who were watching her. The earl j
arose with a bow. and madame n;l '
vanced with outstretched hand. 1
"Ah, the divine Miss Granger-Simp- i
son!" said Newcastle with raillery in '
his tones, and the girl laughed with a
happy, care free face.
"The divinely happy Miss Granger
Simpson," site said, and at the sound ;
of her voice and the look in lier eyes ;
the countess ran to her and kissed her ;
rapturously upon each cheek.
"Oh, I hope you mean" she began,
when Hawcastle Interrupted her with j
some excitement.
'.'You mean you have made my son
divinely happy V" j
The girl extricated herself laughingly I
from the embrace of the countess and
turned to tiie earp
"Is not every one divinely happy at i
Sorrento." she cried, waving her crop, i
"even your son?" and with another
laugh ran quickly up the steps and j
Into the hotel, leaving the other two j
looking at eacli other with astonish-,
ment.
As they looked a piano from the j
music room that opened upon the ter-1
race broke forth with Chamlnade's
"Elevation," aud Ethel's voice took up
the words clearly. The countess turned
to her companion.
"She flies to her piano, mon cner.
Ah, that Is good for our little enter
prise, eh? Listen!"
Hawcastle sat down with a grunt of
satisfaction.
"It's time! If Almerlc had been any
thing but a clumsy oaf he'd have
made her settle U weeks ago."
The woman turned her dark eyes
upon him with a flash.
"You are invidious, mon ami. My
affair Is not settled. Am I a clumsy oaf
too?"
The earl laughed quietly.
"No, Helene. Your little American
Is so In love with you that If you
A 1OIU10 girl followed by three pfetiir- ;
cumie Imndittl.
sked him suddenly
'Horace. Is this
flay or night? he would answer, 'It's
Helene.' Hut lie'g too shy to speak.
You're a woman; you can't press mat
ters. , Bui Almerlc'g a. man; Jie. jap.
He cau urge an Immediate marriage,
which means an Immediate settlement
and a direct one."
Mine, do Champlgny picked up a
silver fork from the table and exam
ined it carefully.
"It will uot be small that settle.
ment? You have decided what sumf 1
Hawcastle looked up thnrply and j
sodded with decision.
"I have a hundred and fifty thou-!
sand pounds!"
From the countess came a gasp of ;
astonishment. !
"My friend! Will she?" Aud she
turned and stared at the room where i
the piano was still playing. Hawcastle j
laughed grimly. !
"Not for Almerlc. but to be the
Countess of Hawcastle. My ancient
sister-in-law hasn't been her chaperon
for a year for nothing. And. by Jove,
she hasn't done It for nothing, either!"
And this time he laughed quite heart
ily as with a grim appreciation of the
jest.
"But she's deserved nil I shall allow
her," he resumed. "You see. It was
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"She accepted me."
she who found these people. Indeed,
we might say that both you and 1 owe
her something. Even a less captious
respectability than Lady Creech's
might have looked askance at the long
'friendship' that has existed between
us. Yet she has always countenanced
us, my dear, though she must have
guessed a great many things. And she
will help us to urge an immediate
marriage. You know as well as I do
that unless It is immediate there'll be
the devil to pay. Don't miss that essential.-
Something must be done at
once. We're at the breaking tyoint, if
you like the words a most damnable
Insolvency."
As he finished speaking the linmacu-
late and vacuous Almerlc
strolled into the terrace and
hlmself
putting
up his glass as he came forward, said
softly:
"Hello, governor! Howdy, countess!"
With an nffeclation of boredom he
sprawled into a chair and tapped at
his boots with his crop.
"Out riding a bit ago, you know,
with Miss Granger-Simpson. Itippin'
girl, Isn't she?" i
His father leaned across the table
with tension In every line of him.
"Go on!" he said anxiously, and Al
merlc looked up at him with a silly
smile.
"Didn't stop with her, though."
"Why pot?" demanded the earl an-
j grlly.
I "A sort of man lu the village got me
to look at a bull terrier pup," Almerlc
; went on, with a yawn. "Wonderful
' little beast for points. Jolly luekt Isn't
; It? He has got u head on hlin"
j Hawcastle Interrupted savagely.
I "We'll concede his tremendous ad-
' vantage over you lu that respect," lie
I said and threw the cigar he lind Just
1 lighted Into the coffee cup.
j- "Is that all you have lo tell us?"
! implored the countess, with a dra-
! matic gesture, leaning forward. Al-
j meric looked up with surprise.
j "Oh, no!" he said. "She accepted me."
I ''.'he carl dropped Into a chair with a
i sigh of relief, and the countess clasped
her hands ecstatically.
! "Entin! Hrava! And will she let it
be soon?"
Aguiu Almerlc stilled a yawn,
j "I dure say there'll be no row about
i that," he replied. "You see, I've made
I her awfly happy."
"On my soul, I believe you're right,
Bnia" Hawcastle, "and thank God you
are!"-
Rising, he walked up and down the
terrace and then turned quickly.
"Here's her brother," he said softly.
"Attention now!"
(To be continued.)
17 h
ALL TRAVEL RECORDS
ON LINE BROKEN
Advices Indicate Next Month's Travel
Will Show Greater Volume
of Business.
The month of July, 19011, now clos
ing, will go down in the history of
the Southern Pacific railroad i
breaking nil records to date, for vol
ume of passenger traffic carried tn
its Shasta route over tho "road of n
thousand wonders." Despite the great
increase in train facilities, including
the addition of a thruught limited
train from San Francisco to Portland
and another new local train between
Ashland and Portland, the two ol-l
overland expresses each way daily
have been running in two and three
sections loaded to the guards. And
advices to railroad officials indicnta
that the height of the travel season
will not ho reached until the month
of August, which is likely to show
even a greater volume of traffic than
July.
This great westward tru'vel move
ment of the present sunfmer months
is commonly attributed to tho Scnt
tle exposition, but this is an error.
The extensive advertising Oregon has
been doing for several years past is
just beginning to bear full results, and
' people by the thousands are comiii
to the Pacific northwest mid Oregon
to look the country over mid jurfgo
I for themselves the things they have
been reading about.
Incidentally many of them are tak
ing in the exposition, but it is said
tlint u record of the ticket inspecto-.s
of the Southern Pacific company, ;f
available, would show that not -10 tier
cent of this tremendous tourist travel
is mailing itself of the excursion
rates nimle especially for the Alaskn
Yukon fair.
According to what is believed to he
n conservative estimate, rD.0()Q peo
ple will have passed through the As!i
limd gateway during the month ol
July. This is based on an estimate of
200 passengers for each of the eight
daily trains, without taking into ac
count the numerous special trains r.f
excursionists passing both north and
south.
Prepaid Raiiroao Orders.
"Something which is of consider
known is the system of prepaid or
ble interest to the public generally
and which is perhaps not generally
dors now in effect between stations
of the Soiithern Pacific company
and all points in the United States.
By means of this system tickets may
be purchased nt Medford from any
place in the United Stntes and mail'
ed or telegraphed direct to the party
wishing to come here. Sleeper ac
commodations and small amounts of
cash in connection with these tickets
mny nlso he forwarded at the same
time."
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Harness Saddles
Whips Robes
Tents Blankets
Wagon Sheets
Axle Grease and
Gall Cure
ALL KINDS OF CUSTOM WORK
J. C. Smith
314 E.
IS
VISITING CITY
Says That He Has by No Moans
Abandoned Medford as His Home
' Is In Oil Business.
Ed Andrews, veteran opera star
nml comedian of notional renown,
fruit gr6ver of Medford, irrigntioi.
developer of Hosohurg and now nil
driller of Coos Hay, is in tho city
spending a few days with his friends.
"I have not left Medford and have
no intention of making my home any
where else," said Mr. Andrews.' "1
am busy securing oil lenses and op
tions around Coos Hay. I sold my
interests in tho Sutherlin project 'it
the same timo J. W. Perkins sold his.
"Wo have organized a company to
drill for oil at Coos Hay. There is
every prospect .of oil there. I am
so sure of finding it that I will wa
ger all my property that we strike' it.
J. W. Perkins, Co'lonel J. K. Mumly
and son and myself are officers of
the company. Associated with us are
some of the leading business men of
the Coos Bay district!
"Work is still progressing on the.
Hoseburg oil well, which is down
2:100 feet, with better indications of
oil thuu vet had. Oil will be struck
if the shale bed the, drill is going
through is not too deep. No watt!!'
has been .struck below the -Ifl-fnot
level.
'"indications are that we will strike
oil without much work at Cons
Bay." " ,
Mr. Andrews brought with htm
some briquettes made from Coos Bay
coal, which has been found Ihe solu
tion of the lignite coal problem. Coo-;
Bay coal is much lighter and of poor
er ipialily than Medford coal. ,
New Cases.
Vaitie Howard vs. James M. How
ard; suit for divorce. W. K. I'hipp,
attorney for plaintiff.
Willamette Sharp vs. William U.
Sharp; suit for divorce. J. A. Lem
ery, attorney for plaintiff.
J. V. Meikle and C. A. Payne vs.
A. F. Ar:i ut; action to recover mon
ey. J A. I.cmery, attorney for plain
tiff.
Probate.
Estate James K. Tnrbc.ll; order
made discharging J. E. Young, ad
ministrator. Filing of final report of William
Bybec, decenscd.
In (he matter of Hie guardianship
of Fred Taindnhl, insane; order up
pointing J. II. Fitzgerald guardian.
In matter of'iidministrulion of es
tate of Thomas W. Stanley, deceased;
order nppointilig W. Mover, Nathan
Liningcr and J. 1). Parker apprais
ers. Tn matter of estate of J. B. Tar
boll; discontinuing hearing of final
report.
Marriages.
J. A. Aiiclei'-soii and Mrs. Lizzie S.
Kailey.
K. IT. Pinker and Kliza Epps.
Ixaiic C. Moore and Louisa Dnile.
Suits.
Southern Pacific company, corpo
ration, vs. J. S. Parker and wife.
Colvijr & Kennies, ntlorncys for the I
plaintiff. !
Floyd 1). Monro vs. Dr. J. Ifnnidor,
and P. ft. Swodonhurir, en-partners:
action to recover daniii(;cs. Itichnrd
son. Dimick, Moichcad & TT. K. ITan
nii. attorneys for plaintiff.
.1. E. O'ltiien vs. Lucy M. fVltrien:
suit for divorce. Oolviff & Keames.
nllorneys for plaintiff.
Elinor S. Morton vs. James Oder,
anil , Einmeliiie" (Men et nl ; suit for
in,junctioi. flolviif & l'eaincs, ntlor
ncys for plaintiff.
ED
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