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• • w • • • • Notice« THE I,ION AND THE MOUSE. Iiy CHARLES KLEIN A Story of American Life Novelized From the Play by AR THUR HORN RLOIt ’. COPYRIGHT. 1906, BY G. “What's that alatut mother dancing?” demanded Mrs. Rossmore, who at that instant entered the room. Shirley arose and appeahxl to her; “Isn’t it absurd, mother, when you come to think of It, that anybody should accuse father of being corrupt and of haviug forfeited the right to be Judge? Isn't ft still more absurd that we should be helpless and dejected aud unhappy because we are on Long Is land instead of Madison avenue? Why should Manhattan Island be a happier spot than-Loug Island? Why shouldn't we be happy anywhere? We have each other, aud we do need each oth er. We never knew how much till to day, did we? We must stand by each other now. Father Is goiug to clear his name of this preposterous charge, and we’re going to help him, aren’t we. mother? We're not helpless Just be cause we are women. We’re going to W’ork, mother and I.” "Work?” echoed Mrs. Rossmore, somewhat scandalized. “Work,” repeated Shirley very de «•islvely. 'Hie Judge interfered, lie would not hear of it. “You work, Shirley? Impossible!" “Why not? My book has Jveen sell- Ing well while I was abroad. 1 shall probably write others, Then I shall write, too, for the newspapers and magazines. It will add to our income.” “Your book, ‘The American Octopus,' 1 h selling well?" Inquired the Judge, In terested. “So well,” replied Shirley, “that the publishers wrote mo in Paris that the fourth edition was now on the press. That means good royalties. I shall soon be a fashionable author. The publishers will be after me for more books, and we’ll have all the money we want. Oh, it Is so delightful, this novel sensation of a literary success!" she exclaimed with glee. “Aren't you proud of me, dad?" The judge smiled indulgently. Or course he was glad and proud. He al ways knew his Shirley was a clever girl. But by what strange fatality; he thought to himself, had his daughter in this book of hers assailed the very man who had encompai d Ids own ruin? It seemed like the retribution of heaven. Neither his daughter nor the financier was conscious of the. fact that each was indirectly connected with the Impeachment proceedings. Ryder could not dream that “Shirley Green,” the author of the I>ook which flayed him so mercilessly, was the daughter of the man lie was trying to crush. Shirley, on the other hand, was still unaware of the fact that it was Ryder who had lured her father to his ruin. When at hist she could lock herself in her room where no eye could see her, Shirley threw herself down on the bed and burst into a torrent of tears. She had kept up appearances ns long as it was possible, but now the reac tion had set in. She gave way freely to her ¡»cut up feelings; she felt that unless she could relieve herself in this way her heart would break. She hail been brave until now, she had been strong to bear everything and see everything, but she could not keep it up forever. Stott’s words to her on the dock had In part ¡inquired her for the worst; lie had told her what to ex pect at home, but the realization was so much more vivid. Then to have come to this all In the brief space of a few months! It was Incredible, terri ble, heart rending! And what of the future? What was to be done to save her father from this impeachment which she knew well would hurry him to bls grave? He could not survive that humiliation, that degradation, lie must l>e saved in the senate, but how I —how? She dried her eyes and began to I think. Surely her woman's wit would find some way. She thought of Jeffer son. Would he come to Massapequa? It was hardly probable. He would certainly learn of the change in their circumstances, and his sense of deli cacy would naturally keep him away for some time even If other considera tions less unselfish did not. Perhaps he would be attracted to some other girl he would like ns well and who was not burdened with a tragedy In her family. Iler tears liegan to flow nfresh until she hated herself for being so weak while there wxis work to lie done to save her father. She loved Jaffer son Vi's, she had!never felt so sure of It as now. Sbeffelt that If she hud him there at that (moment she would throw herself In his arms, crying: “Take me, Jefferson take meiaway— where you will for I love you! I love you!” But Jefferson was not! there, and the rickety chnlrsin the titty l>ed- room and the cheap prints onithc walls seemed to gibe at tier in herenilsery. Suddenly she thought of 'Jefferson’s promise to interest ills father in,their case, and she clutched at-the hope this promise held out as a »drowning man dutches at a drifting straw. Jef ferson would not forget liis- ¡inanise, and he would come to Mnss.-tpe<|ii:i to tell her of what he had d<jne. She was sure of that. Perhaps, »after all, there was where their hope lay Why had she not told her father tationce? It might have relieved Id* iuU d. John U DILLINGHAM COMPANY. Burkett Ryder, the CoiiiHsus, the man of unlimited ¡lower! He could save her father, and- -i«- w’iitiid’'< And the more she thought about it tlie 'more cheerful and more hopeful she became, and she started to dress quickly, so that she might hurry down to tell her father the good news. She was actual |y sorry now that she had said so many hard things of Mr. Ryder In her book, and she was worrying over the thought that her father's case might be serious ly prejudiced if the identity of the author were ever revealed, when there came a knock at her door. It was Eudoxia. “¡’lease, miss, will you come down to lunch?” CHAPTER VIII. WHIRLING maelstrom of hu man activity and dynamic en ergy the city which above all others is characteristic of the genius and virility of the American people—New York, with its congested polyglot population and teeming mil Hons, is assuredly one of the busiest, as It is one of the most strenuous and most noisy places on earth. Yet, de spite its swarming streets and crowd ed shops, ceaselessly thronged with men and women eagerly hurrying here and there in the pursuit of business or elusive pleasure, all chattering, laugh ing, shouting amid the deafening, mul- tisonous roar of trallie incidental to Gotham’s dally life, there is one part of the great metropolis where there Is no bustle, no noise, no crowd, where the streets are empty even I11 daytime, where a passerby is a curiosity and a child a phenomenon. This deserted village in the very heart of the big town is the millionaires’ district, the boundaries of which are marked by Carnegie hill on the north. Fiftieth street on the south, and by Fifth and Madison avenues respectively on the west and east. There is nothing more mournful than the outward aspect of these princely residences which, aban doned and empty for three-quarters of the year, stand in stately loneliness, as If ashamed of their isolation and utter uselessness. Their blinds drawn, af fording no hint of life within, envel oped the greater part of the time in the stillness and silence of the tomb, they appear to be under the spell of some baneful curse. No merry voiced children romp In their carefully railed off gardens, no sounds of conversation or laughter come from their hermetic ally closed windows, not a soul goes In or out; nt most, at rare intervals, does one catch a glimpse of a gorge ously arrayed servant gliding about In ghostly fashion, supercilious and suspi cious and addressing the chance vlsttw in awed whispers as though he were the guardian of a house of affliction. It is, indeed, like a city of the dead. So it appeared to Jefferson as he walked up Fifth avenue, bound for the Ryder residence, the day following liis arrival from Europe, Although he still lived at Ids father's house, for at no time had there been an open rupture, he often slept in Ins studio, Unding it more convenient for his work, and there he had gone straight from the ship, lie felt, however, that it was his duty to see his mother as soon as pos sible; besides he was anxious to fulfill his promise to Shirley ami find what his father could do to help Judge Ross more lie had talked about the case with several men the previous evening at the club, and tile general impression seemed to be that, guilty or innocent, the judge would be driven off the bench. Europe, thought Jefferson as he Strode quickly along, pointed with en- vy to America's unparalleled prosper ity, spoke witli bated breath of her great fortunes, Rather should they say her gigantic robberies, her colossal frauds! As n nation we were not proud of our multimillionaires, How many of them would bear the search light of Investigation? Would his own father? How many millions could one man make by honest methods? Amer ica was enjoying unprecedented pros perity not because of her millionaires, Imt In spite of them. The United States owed its high rank in the fnmlly of nations to the country's vast natural resources, its inexhaustible vitality. Its great Wheatfields, the industrial and mechanical genius of its people. It was the plain American citizen who had made the greatness of America; not the millionaires who, forming a class by themselves of unscrupulous capitalists, had created an arrogant oligarchy which sought to rule the country by corrupting the legislature and the Judiciary. The plutocrats these were the leeches, the sores In the body politic An organized band of robliers, they had succeeded in domi nating legislation and in securing con trol of every branch of the nation's in dustry. crushing mercilessly and ille gally all competition. Jefferson turned abruptly and went up the wide steps of an imposing white marble edifice which took up the space of half a city block. A tine example of French renaissance architecture. with spire roofs, round turrets and niullloned windows dominating the neighboring Imuses, this maguiflceut home of the plutocrat, with Its fur- Bishlngs and art treaawres, had cost A LEWIN’S ■kihif Burkett £y<lt-P uenrlji |!«,(Hti,iYri the butler, “Mr. Ryder will uccupy'tne It was oue the show pl«< •• of th« llbrtiry on his return. See that he Is town, ami when the “rubberneck” •ot disturbed.” You are all ited t< call aud j wag.ms approached the Ryder man r “Very g'«xl. air.” The butler bowed sion and tin* guttles through their meg end went downstairs The secretary have y 1 >ur teeth examined and nd aphones expatiated in awestricken looked up and saw Jefferson. His face tones on its external aud hitld. q beau reddened, and his manner grew nerv vice given free by Dr. Steele and ties, there was a general craning of ous. Sorenson men of large ami modern vertebrae among the “seeing New “Hello! Back from Europe. Jeffer AU Kinds ot Yorkers" to catch a glimpse- of the son? How jolly! Your mother will be experience. a I side of the richest man iu the world. delighted She’s in her room upstairs ” Who salii picnic? Arc you going Only a few privileged ones were ever Det llning to take the hint and gath permitted to penetrate to tiie interior ering from Bagley’s embarrassed man nf those sweet pickles of this $10,(M«UW home Ryder wax ner that lie wanted to get rid of him beef from Lorenz A not foud of company; lie avoided I Jefferson lingered ¡mrposely. When ike along? The picnic strangers aud lived iu continual appre- the butler had disappeared, tie said: heusion <»( the subpoena server. Not "This house is getting more and ¿Uat he f.iYivd the law. only he usually more like a barracks every day. You’ve Furnished at Living Prices. A share found it iiicmiyeniciit to answer ques- got men all over the place. One can’t ot the Public Patronage tioiiM hi court under oath. The explicit move a step without falling over one ” For Sale instructions to the servants, therefore, Mr Bagley drew himself up stiffly, Solicited were to admit no one under any pre- as he always did when assuming an text whatever unless the visitor had air of authority. beeu approved by the Hon. Fitzroy “Your father’s ¡lei-sonality demands Bagley, Mr. Ryder’s aristocratic prl the utmost precaution,” he replied. vate secretary, and to facilitate this “We cannot leave the life of the rich . preliminary !ns|>ection there had been est and most ¡lowerful financier in the 1 installed between the library upstairs world at the mercy of the rabble ” and the front door one of those ingen “What rabble?” Inquired Jefferson, Administrator's Notice To ious electric writing devices, such as amused are used in banks, on which a name is Creditorb. “The common rabble, the lower class, hastily scribbled, instantly transmitted the riff raff." explained Mr. Bagley. elsewhere, immediately answered and “Pshaw!" laughed Jefferson. “If our Notice is bei. I.» given lH.it th. the visitor promptly admitted or a* financiers were only half as respecta signed bus heel, dulv appointed quickly shown the door. ble as the common rabble, as you call < oiintv court >>t the Stat, ,.f <>,,. Jefferson did not have to ring at the them, they would need no liars to their ('00s ('ountv. as Administrator estate ot VV S. I'n-rce, deceased paternal portal. The sentinel within houses." therefore, all persons having elaini was at his post. No one could approach Mr. Bagley sneered and shrugged his against the said estate ale notified to pre that door without being seen and his shoulders. sent the same, dulv verified, to the iiiohr at Ibe olii., of <’ 1; VV ide. Ill III. arrival and appearance being signaled "Ymir father has warned me against signed has a select stock of town of Bandon, in said County and State, upstairs. But the great man's son lour socialistic views." Then, with a willnii six montila troni the I Illi day ot headi-d tiie list of the privileged ones, lofty air, lie added: “For four years I July, 1907. the same being the date of the so without ado the smartly dressed was third groom of the iiedchamber to first piiblicaf-on of this notice. Dated this llth »lav ot July, 1ÌI07. tlimkey oja-ned wide the doors, and the second son of England's queen. I V M H itchcoi k Jefferson was under his father’s roof. know my responsibilities.” Administrator of the Estate ot VV. S "Is my father In?” he demanded of Pierce, deceased. “Blit you are not groom of the bed the man. chamber here,” retorted Jefferson. “No, sir," was the respectful answer, “Whatever 1 am," said Mr. Bagley “Mr. Ryder has gone out driving, but haughtily. “I am answerable to your Administratrix and Guardian Mr. Bagley is upstairs, ” Then after a father alone." Notice, brief pause lie added, •'Mrs Ryder Is “By the way, Bagley,” asked Jeffer ( '01 Krroi > T reatment . in too.” son. “when do you except father to re Notice is h»r<‘b\ L'iveii that Hie under Jefferson went up the grand staircase turn? I want to see him.” sillied lias been dulv appoiiited bv Hit hung on either side with fine old por “I’m afraid it’s quite Impossible,” an < olilitv Court ot tile Siete ot Oregon, for traits anil rare tapt-stries, his feet sink swered the secretary with studied in <’ ooh Comity, an ing deep in the rich velvet carpet. On solence. “He has throe Important peo IL iih I oii . Oregon. • «tale of Nlets \ the first landing was a piece of sculp ple to see before dinner. There’s the of minor children t'lred marble of inestimable worth, national Republican committee and Therefore, all persons having claims seen in tiie soft warm light that sifted Sergeant Ellison of the secret service a^iiiiRt Hie siid estate are notified to through a great pictorial stained glass from Washington, nil here by appoint prewent Hie sanie, «ìnlx verified, to the nn- window overhead, the subject repre ment. It's quite impossible.” d »reigned at the oilice of (’ I Bliinieii senting Ajax and Ulysses contending “I didn’t ask you if it were possible for the armor of Achilles. To the left I said I wanted to see him, and I will rother. in the Town of Bandon, in said of this, at the top of another flight see him,” answered Jefferson quietly County *’tid State, within six months troni leading to the library, was hung a fine but firmly and in a tone aud manner ihe ISth day full length portrait of John Burkett which did not admit of further opposi I lie date of Ryder. The ceilings here as in the tion. "I’ll go and leave word for him notice. Dated thin istli day of July, l!M)7. lower hall were richly gilt and adorned on Ills desk,"- he added. Mas. (inani 1’n.nisos, with paintings by famous modern art Administratrix of th« Estate of Niels A. \ I He started to enter the library when Federami, and Guardian of Minor ists. When he reached this floor Jef the secretary, who was visibly per ( 'hildren. ferson was about to turn to the right turbed, attempted to barjiis xvay. and proceed direct to his mother's suit [Continued next week.) con m.s-( noik i :. when he heard a voice near the library BANDON Department of the Interior, door. It was Mr. Bagley giving in IJ 8. Land Office at Roseborg Or. structions to the butler. .lune 12, l'.HlT. The Hon. Fitzroy Bagley, a younger A sufficient contest, affidavit having been filed in this office tiy Edwin E. Stillwell, son of a British peer, had left his ennte-tant, against homestead entry No. country for his country's good, and in MRS SARAH (’OSTELLO. 13135, made October ft, 1903, for the NW1., order to turn an honest penny, which of Secti >11 25, Township 29. S. Range ¡5 W., in- hud never succeeded in doing nt Iiy Robert A. Doak contestee, in which it is alleged that said Robert A. Doak has home, be had entered the service vf wboll abandoned said tract and changed America’s foremost financier, hoping P. 8. HOYT, Prop Ins residence therefrom for more than two to gather a few of the crumbs Hint fell tears since making said entry and next prior to the date herein; that said tract. 1 from the rich man s table and disguis not settled upon and cultivated by said ing the menial nature of liis position party as required by law: that said absence under the high sounding title of pri was not duo to employment 111 tin- military vate secretary. Ills job called for a SHAVING. SHAMPOOING AND HAIR • r naval service of the I nited States tn time of war. said parties are hereby notified spy and a toady, and lie filled these re <1 I UNG A l STAND \RD PKK ES. t 1 appear, respond ami offer evidence quirements admirably. Excepting with touching said allegation at lit o’clock a. in. ) o/t Can't .v fleet to (let his employer, of whom lie stood in It,11 It roo in ituuly lifted up with Porcelain * 11 J ill v :’•(*. 1907, before ('. I Blnmenrother Notary i’nblic, at liis office at Bandon, I! orth for ,</. Rat Till» llol or < ohi Huth’s ‘Í5 cent er*.ven fear, his manner was conde Oregon, amt that final heating yyill lie held ) "an Can (Jet four scendingly patronizing to all with .it 10 o'clock, a. in on August I.’, 1907, tn lore Ihe llegister and Receiver nt the whom he came in contact, as if he wore /•; )".S WORTH at If von want your watch to give I nited .Stales Lind Office in Roseburg. anxious to Impress on these American < Il l-gon. plebeians the signal honor w Inch a satisfaction send it to E. . arker The said contestant having, in a propet Fitzroy, son of a 1 British peer, did affidavit, 1.1. 'I. Inn IO. 1907, set fot I h facts them in deigning to 1 remain in their a h . . successor to \ . R. Wilson or which show that litter doe rlllligence per -mini service of tliis notice cannot In made, Ikaler in o<|uille. Itoois mid Shoe* ■ In Mr. Ryder’s Wilson |ewelrv "blarsted” country, it is hereby oideted and directed that absence, therefore, he ran the house such notice lie given bv due ami proper Itcpidring neativ and promptly done at to suit himself, bullying the servants public >r :o|i lowest living prices. I i . min I. E uoy . Register. . and not infrequently issuing orders that were contradictory to those al ready given Iiy Mrs. Ilydej. Jefferson could not bear the sight of At North Bend him. In fact, it was this man’s con tinual presence In the house that had driven him to seek refuge elsewhere, Is now open for the re lie believed him to be a scoundrel ns ceptlon of patients. The he certainly was a cad. Nor was his terms ate •’frill per week BANDON OREGON estimate of the English secretary far and upwards. For par wrong. The man, like his master, was Capital $25,000.00 a grafter, and the particular graft he ticulars apply to : : was after now was either to make a BOARD OE DI 1; Et ’ I < 1RS ; ,1. L. K konenbeiìo . President, ■). I r.NH< i . m . Vice Fres marriage with a rich American girl or F. J. F ahy , ('«shier, ¡’ hank F lam , T. F. H anly . to so compromise her that the same end would be attained. He was slirowd enough to realize that he had little A gem-i.d banking busim-ss transacted, and customers given every acconnuodatiou North Bend, Or. chance to get what he wanted in the consist uh t. will. s if«- hik I oonsprvutivo hanking. open matrimonial market, so la- deter Correspondents: The American National Bank of San Francisco, California. mined to attempt a raid and carry off Merchants' National Bank, Portland, Oregon Real Estate List an heiress under her father's nose, and the particular proboscis lie had select The Chase National Bank of New York. I -Ots from $25 up t<> 6,000. ed was that of his employer's friend. Ildiik Im Open from !• >t in The senator and Senator Roberts. 1 .ots with house from $p>o up to Miss Roberts were frequently nt the S, 200. Ryder house, and In course of time the aristocratic secretary ami the daugh Acre tracts front 1 to to acres in ter had become quite intimate. A town of andon from J250 to 1,000 D uster B rown ’ s H eart flighty girl, with no othqr purpose in IS BIG AND STOUT, life beyond dress and amusement and per a< re, with or yyitaout improve f 1 ■ ' IA . f ijQ WHEN _____ J ane is about , having what she termed “a good time," ments. Other tracts outside from lORSHFt DREDGED IN BLUT. Kate thought it excellent pastime to AUD BLD HEART IS TRUE $5 11 1' flirt with Mr. Bagley, and when she roTHEBUSTER browk So acres with house and barn, saw discovered that he was serious in his BLUE RIBBON attentions she felt flattered rather than timber and poles, $500. ~~ SHOE AND ALSO AM - LOOTER. indignant. After all, she argued, argued. h<’ 7 WITH A BIO 160 acres <>f good grass l.intl close was of noble birth, If his two broth I ers died, he would bo peer of England, to .1 ndon. $6< a 1. and she had enough money for both, ; lotswith lumber for .t 16.X2| foot lb- might not make a bad husband, But she was careful to keep her own house on Fourth street, Woolen counsel and not let her father have Mill Ad., $325. any suspicion of what was going on No tax property handled. She knew that his heart was set on her marrying Jefferson Ryder, and she Neat s-roomed cottage just flu knew better than any one how inipos shed; good location; now pays iX slble that dream was. She herself liked bUSTLRS , V' per cent on sale price. A snap 550. Jefferson quite enough to marry him. LO5T tl I i S >7 ri J / Ç7 I but If his eyes were turned In another Maniif n luring plant for sale, direction—nnd she knew all about bis Goral paying business, ig front- attentions to Miss Rossmore-she was First-dasw not going to break her heart about it age on deep water, So she continued to flirt secretly with business pr<>|>osition on Coquille the Hon. Fitzroy while she still led the Ryders and her own father to think river, 17,000. that she was Interested In Jefferson. OAKES RFAI. ESTA I EO. “Jorkl—Mr. Bagley xjjis say» E. E. O akes VV.. P arker Meat Market MEATS and PROVISIONS E. LEWIN Prop Opera WINES, LIQUORS < burnished Rooms The Pacific E l D orado TONSORIAL PARLORS B< >< >ill< >EH M. BREUER’S THE MERCY HOSPITAL BANK 01 BANDON, Sisters of Mercy Inc., Rosa Bldg, BANDON