r
■:
the irabinkci liafe been withdrawn
He turned to Daniel. “For you, my
t lend. 1 have relinquished tny incog
nito ” PU»e stared at hint uncompro
misingly. and the German turned to
Lord liawi-astie.
••'lids man lvanoff,” he said, "is tn
my custody.”
For a moment the two men measur
ed each other, and then Hawcastle
hurst out violently:
“By whose authority? I»o you know
you are s|>eaking to the Earl of Haw-
I castle?"
Von Grollerbagen smiled
Ribiere
i stepped forward and addressed Haw-
1 castle directly.
"More respect, sir!" he cried. "You
are addressing the Grand Duke Vasili
I of Russia!”
Haweasfle pall'd and fairly stagger-
' ed into the arms of Ills son. who
reeled from the shock. The others
stared uncomprehendingly, and Pike
, looked up with a curious frightened
look upon Ills lean face. Quite slowly
lie moved to the table and rested a
band upon It and with the other ca
ressed his chin. His eyes were look
ing straight ahead, and he murmured
in awestruck tones:
"Good Lord! And think what—why.
I've been calling him—doc!"
The grand duke perceived the agi
tation on Pike’s face and came for
ward to take his hand.
“My friend.” he said gently, “it has
been refreshing.” He spoke to Ribiere.
“I shall take the man Ivanoff’s state
ment in writing. Bring him to me
with you.”
He turned on his heel quickly and
went off through the door on the other
. The Man
from Home
A Novelization of the Play
of the Same Name
By BOOTH TARKINGTON and
HARRY LEON WILSON
190'1. by
Copyright.
American
Preaa
Association
SYSNOPS1S
Chapter I---Daniel Voorhees
Pike, a rising
young Kokomo (Ind.) 'lawyer,
heats that
ward, Ethel Granger- Simpson is to lie
an
to the son of
abroad
his
married
English earl.
I (er
fathei was his nearest frier J, and he has long
loved the girl. He goes abroad to arrange with
her the business matters connected with her mar-
iage.
J|—Ethel
and
Gran'er-Simpson
her
brother, Horace, have liecome anglomaniacs and
aer spending mus h of their late father’s fortune
in travel and
I hev liecome inti
entertaining.
mate with l-ady Creech, the Earl of I lawcastle,
and Countrss de
his son. Almeric St. Aubvn,
Champigny, an adventuress and associate of the
I hey are at a hotel at Sorrento, Italy.
earl’s.
Ethel promises to marry
the son
because she
III.---The Russian Grand Duke
craves a title.
Vasili is hortly to arrive at the same hotel in
IV--Th
vol Grollerhagen
cognita as Herr
Earl of Hawcastle is
need
in
of
wants his son to get a huge'settlement,of
bandit is located at
Almeric tells his father Ethel
one lvanoff.
accepted him.
1
i
I
his sister Ethel to settle $750,000 on Almeric
tells Horace of her delight
VII.---Ethel
at the
prospect of her coming marriage into the ancient
Vlll---VonGrollerhagen
family of St. Aubyns.
arrives with Daniel Voorhees (’ike on foot, their
auto
broken
having
IX.---I larold,
down.
Ethel and the Hawcastle party are disgusted with
Pike.
manners"
"American
what they term the
She tells Pike of
her
X-—Pike refuses o
00
'.Im eric, and Ethel is enraged at him.
XI -
Von Grollerhagen aids Pike to do thi .
VonGrollei hagen
how he came to be sent to the Siberian
Horace falls in
countess.
love with
Xlli--Pike tells Elthel
back
in
Pike
mines.
the adventuress, the
never forget how she use to
vieve"
X.--
and
Indiana.
that
XIV.---Hawcastlc
put in jail for
sheltering a fugitive from justice unless Pike gives
his consent
to Elthel
marriage
XV.--Pike learns that
with Almeric
Hawcastle has
had a
checkered career in St. Petersburg and that lie
stole the wife of Ivanhoff,
XVI---Von
the Russian fugitive.
Grollerhagen
Ru sian grand duke.
is revealed as the
Hawcastle and the cour
tesan (Ivanhoff's faithless
wife)
are confronted
by Ivanhoff, and they are horrified at the dis
covery of their awful secret.
(CONTINUED 1 ROM LAST WEEK)
CHAPTER XVII.
FACE TO FACE.
F the roof of the building had col
lapsed and had left the persons
there a-s'emlilcd in the ronin con
frontin', death itself, there could
have been no more complete tish'iil h
meat.
it was Horace who first appreciated
the somiierness of tlie crouching, ter
ror stricken woman up m the tier.
"Helene!" he whisperer), tint Pike
stepped forward and waved him back
“Ymt stand back!” said the lawyer
"She« i *. wife!" Ami nt the
»rd
Horace fairly staggered
Daniel wont
on. pointing to the cringing Hnwiii«
tie, "Anil there's Ills best friend."
The words seemed to rouse some of
the lighting St Atlbyn instlm t in the
earl, and Ills eyes flashed
“It’s 11 lie!” lie cried hoarsely "I nei
er saw the man In all my life tiefore."
"The lady seemed to recognize him,"
said Pike grimly. "I guess you won’t
have to Jab your memory too hard
it’s only ton years to St Petersburg.
Mr <¡ionwoori!"
"Almeric. go for the police!" ordered
the earl.
"No. no!” cried the countess
“1
can’t stand ft!"
Pike laid Ills hand upon Ivanoff’s
shoulder and spoke loudly:
"Gall ’em In! We’re ready!"
Almeric. with a frightened glance
■ round, stepped to the doors and threw
them wide, calling ns he reached the
passage:
“Tell that officer to tiring his men
here •
He turned anil again entered the
room, and Pike’s face lit up unpleas
antly as he looked nt him. then soften
ed ns he turned to Ethel
’»1 wnnt you always to remember
that I consider It cheap nt the price."
be said
There was a quick step without, and
Von Grollerhagen entered, followed by
Rlldere
For an Instant he glanced
atsmt the circle and then spoke in n
clear, ringing voice
"There will be no arrests tonight, my
friends," he said, am! nt the words
Hawcastle sneered openly
••This man goes, too!" ho declnretl
violently. "Call those carabinieri!" ho
reiterated to Almeric.
Von Grollerhagen smiled sweetly
■ nd raised tils hand depns’atlngly.
"The officer la not there. ‘You we,
V <>i*l<
V t »
i
BEJL21Ì
OREGON
BANDON,
he can
sing "Sweet Gene
tells Pi^e that he will have him
Th, ball Ring.
ill.- bardant duty that a aaMiar ¡a
.
ever called u[>ou to perform in times of
leaning well l ack < n the tablg.
peace ami the duty which be dreads
“Your father and mother—both—
tbe timst is the guarding' of military
came from Missouri, didn’t they?"
Ne -,|y furnish -3 1.1
’
t ,
lie sighed heavily, und she hung her prisoners These are divided into two
iekphotie
i
'
bead Hawcastle h ok’ d toward the classes:
open door of the room and touched his
First. Garrison prisoners, who have lielltl d 1'5 'll _ *e ■ . ; ' . e
niont u
son up- the sb, ul ’ I. When they had received light sentences for minor
reached the door the earl looked back breaches ot diacipline and will be re
INQL’lKl 1 I ol- I !t 1 cl
nud shook his list at Pike.
turned to duty iu a short time.
"You haven't heard the last of this, t Second. Military convicts, who for
curst- you!" be said and disappeared attempted desertion or other serious The BANDON STEAM LAIDR\
L,. L. OpdUiUH\2., Oi
Kenneth I’erkin-, ol
“
quickly Lady Creech, who bad been military crimes have been dishonor
obt
BENJAMIN 1. EDDY.
In a semi-swoouing condition, came ably discharged by order of a court
(Not coal land)
Reguter.
suddenly out of her trance and gazed martial and have received sentences
sharply about her
varying from a few months’ to several
"Don’t mumble your words," she years’ confinement at hard labor, ac
Bring your voi r
a (ail line oi
said sharply and rose to her feet, I cording to the gravity of the offense
With a withering glance at l’ike she Into their ranks the vicious element or TREES, BERRIES, EEC., LLC.
turned to Ethel.
those who bold their oath of enlist
Prices lower than others
“Come, my dear." she said. "This ment too lightly eventually find their
to T he R ecorded
M.G. i’OII la. AGKNT
terrible piece is not for you. Let us way.
go."
Every morning at fatigue call the
Horace came suddenly to life and prisoners are drawn up in a long line
closed his drooping Jaw. lie stepped in trout of the guardhouse and sur
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forward and faced the old lady.
rounded by a chain ot sentries. The TIIE TOfJCLU) BEA DE. ‘“'•'•I,<>- <>'«><»
“My sister will remain for a time, 1
somber prison garb of the "generals"—
Lady Creech.” he said. “I will look military convicts were formerly known
The Best Known Newspaper in the United States—Circu-
after her—in the future.”
as "general prisoners”—is marked with
Lady Creech put up her lorgnette : a gigantic capital "P.” which renders
la ion 200,000—-Popular in Every State
and stared at him and with a haughty I them conspicuous and therefore makes
sniff left the room with the air of a
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'pillar than
escape more difficult.
conqueror. Pike gazed after her whim
Some are evil looking fellows with I at any pt»ri <1 <if i. « ncnara t >!■' c n > >r. (t is n >w 1« 1 I » 1 -Ii w 'ok by in >r<'
sically.
long and unsavory records Doubtless than a million p" iplo. Ils ii ■! ( n it circ i usi'iino I by .statu tionndiirios
"There goes the last of the em
1 in I lu 1 lib >f tli • I nitu I Si o , ffiviupf it an mi
many have "done time" more than i bti tnvolvHrt tJi" I" 1
presses,” he said and looked down at
' ■. ■ i
J weekly newapapei
once in civil prisons before evading tlie I (jnealionabl? right of claiming
his feet.
watchfulness of tlie recruiting oilleer in the country.
Twice Ethel essayed to speak, and
1 lie Weekly Bla<le is ii-tilift|y a family nowspap.'i'.
liitv one object of
and finding their way into the army.
twice she put out her hand in his di
ta
publi-dieis
has
always
been
t-
iinik.
it
lit
f
ir
the
American
home, for the
Others are rosy cheeked lads who in
rection. and both times she failed.
all probability have yet to see their fir."-nil1 and ol iotr r< -1 » »vet •> 1 eml r f the family. To fulfill thia pur
Then, with a choking little sob, she
Cue news of the world is handled in a
twenty-first birthday, and in nine I pose it is kept clean an I wholesome
picked up her dress and fairly ran
cases out of ten tbe charge against •omprobensive manner, an I tlm win >us departments of Che Blade are
from the room. Horace followed her
diked with painstaking care. The II nsebold page is a delight to the
them is desertion. Homesickness or
quickly, and still Pike stood there in
restlessness under military restraint won <«n and children, cm rent affair-- a i" treated editorial I y without prejudice :
an attitude of incomprehension.
and discipline have led them into tlie the serial stories ar< teleeted with the 1 lea of pleasing the greatest number
The point he had striven for had
rash .‘li t. tlie heavy penalties of which of fiction lovers: t he < j lest ini But'eui - i s< mp-book of information; the
fulled. He had shown this girl the
I' ar instead colnmiis am con i mi id wi t Ii the pnrp se of giving tin' patrons a
they
may not have fully realized.
true rottenness of the people she had
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tried so hard to ally herself with, and
guarded by sentries with loaded rilles, pnrtment is negh > t< I. but ev rv feat1 e is taken care of with the idea of
the knowledge had failed to move her.
making The Blade wel l I, man.' 1 ime-
e price of subscriptmn >IJM) a year
Ills 11 ri 11 in n t plan had recoiled upon these men perform most of tlie dis
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tils own head and had resulted In more agreeable work and menial labor
firmly Implanting a sense of duty In about tlie army post, which is highly
her heart. He saw no way out now. varied in character and may consist
At first it laid been a desire—now it of anything from sprinkling tlie tiower
had liecome a duty, and he wondered beds on the officers’ lawns to digging
if he had the right to withhold from ditches for monster sewer pipes. Al
though they generally perform their
her her patrimony.
It was not until lie saw a dark enforced tasks cheerfully, occasionally
a particularly disagreeable piece of
BRUNO fit ANSI LMO, I >ropnetors
work causes a miniature strike, and a
dozen men may “buck”—that is, re
fuse to work.
It is then that the historic “bull j
ring" is resorted to. A huge circle is i
marked out on tlie ground, and the
malefactors are required to walk
around its circumference in Indian file
for eight hours a day, preserving ab
solute silence. A ten minute respite
is allowed at noon for a bread and
water lunch. A day or two of this
treatment usually suffice to break the
most stubborn will. If not there still
remain solitary confinement on tlie
liread anil water diet and as a last S’
v Ntemuer
-i
resort tin* dungeon.
Tlie prison duty is by all odds tlie ■i
grimmest phase of the soldier’s life J
lie may find himself standing guard
over his best friend, with orders to
Thiii steamer is new,
i-ei v bu.lt and fitted with the latest improvements and will
slioot to kill should his man attempt
f
to escape.- Youth’s Companion.
give a regular K Jay service, hr [ a
I height, le tw. cn tlv C oquille river, Oregon,
Weinhardt’s
Buffalo Brewery Bohemian
Acme Brewing Co.’s
HOME-MADE STEAM
Pike, and the latter
shows him a place to hide from the Italian police
The fugitive tells
• o. .k MloS
-I i< Ini
fL
I, ai Kot h. .On .
September I I. 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Thomas B
a
"<r 29, 1907, made Homestead Application, No
14721, Serial No. iH5S9, tor ae 1-4 ot »w 1-4,
» 1-2 ot se ¿1-4, arid nw I -4 of se 1-4, section
’. town.ti p 29 south, iange 14 west, Will
amette Meridian, has hied notice ot intention
o mike final Commutation proof, to establish
ctaun to tlie- land above described: before G. 1.
1 ri a.igold, L
S. Commissioner, al Bandon,
Oregon. oq the 27lh day ot October. I X/).
4
R< G.rt
. 4»1.»:. ‘ii. I )i ty<Hi
Eljjin L. ^trader, oi
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SOLE AGENTS FOR _
consent as her guardian to her settling $750,000
The Russian refugee meets
1 .
andon i kewcrv
o
identity, as he has
ailed to recognize her in her European clothes
and European deportment.
ROOMS and
LODGING
How They Ar, Guarded at SirnaoM.
l
t
S l.a.'
• I <»1>
has
VI.---Horace a.rees to persuade
NOl
Coos Co. Nursery
money
reason the countesse fears the alleged bandit
MILITARY PRISONERS.
•<
V---For some
Sorrento.
. »
you?”
An escaped Russian
on his marriage to Ethel
»
♦
ai d
money
r
♦
ise is only more -tiered. You »ee, the
,
i
Frisili ot HiLnsbil"
side of the room that led to bis private
chamber. When he had gone Ribiere
touched lvanoff on the shoulder as a
signal, and the stricken man arose.
One glance he cast upon tile guilty
woman, who shrank so shiveringly
into a corner as he gazed upon her,
and then said:
“I would not touch you—even to
strangle you!” and then to the thun
derstruck Hawcastle he said:
“God will let me pay my debt to the
Earl of Hawcastle!”
In an instant he was gone, and Haw
castle, pale with rage and anguish.
strode forward to Pike, who was smll-
Ing
“Why. you”— the earl began, but
J i uiel raised his hand, lie spoke soft-
I even genially.
"Oh. I hated to hand you this, my
lord.” he said. “I didn’t come over
here to make the tine flower of Europe
any more trouble than they’ve got.
But I had to show John Simpson's
daughter, and I reckon now she ain't
wanting any alliance with the rem
nants of Crecy and Agincourt."
From the other side of the sofa,
where she had been sobbing on her
brother's shoulder. Ethel came trem
blingly.
“I have no choice,” she said slowly.
“You see, 1 gave Almeric my promise
when I thought it an honor to bear bls
name. Now that you have shown me
bll.iz A B KT II
Where He Blundered.
!
I
'
“It 1n mi lor’ ttic Eorl ot Ilawcrmtle."
'j about tills convict chap, you know.
What’s to become of him?"
“I can at least give von some infor
mation.” (lie ■ Id lady re| lied “Tills
grand duke person’s obtained for the
fellow a pardon by telegraph from St.
Petersburg."
“How’s the dear Ethol this morn
ing?" asked Almeric when lie had di
gested bis astonishment.
"Behaving very peculiarly-outra-
geously, I might say."
“How?” demanded Almeric, stifling a
yawn.
“Shedding tears over tills ivanoff’s
story What's more, she lias sent that
' dreadful l’ike person to him with as
sistance.”
figure with a bag in its hand walk
quickly down the steps and out through
the entrance garden, not until he had
heard the creak of carriage springs
and the muttered directions and then
the crunch of the wheels, that he
awoke. He called a passing servant—
Mariano, It proved it be—and question
ed him.
"Who was that?” he asked.
Mariano bowed deeply.
"It Is milor* the Earl of Ilawcastle,”
he replied. "Ho has gone to keep the
appointment he have made some days i
since at Napoli, It is said.”
CHAPTER XVIII.
(TO BE CON 1INUED)
Not Like Him.
Tlie Vicar-I'm surprised at you.
Mlggs. Why. look at me
I can go
into tlie town without coining back in
toxicated. Mlggs—Yeah, zur. But Oi
be so popular London Telegraph.
Might Have Helped.
"We were traveling all day In the
teeth of the gale"
"Pity you didn't have a dentist."
“What for?”
“To draw tlie teeth!"
MISUNDERSTOOD.
KDY CREECH was out early the
next morning. Perhaps she had
• hope that something might be
' saved from the wre. k and rec-
olleeted the ancient adage about
early bird. She was seated on the ter-
race having breakfast and keeping n
keen eye on the main entrance whan
the hojH'ftil Almeric appeared, yawn
ing and Inexpressibly bored
"Mornin', aunt," he said.
“Where's your father. Almeric?" she
demanded.
“Flew the bally coop for Naples last
night Seemed to tie jolly well upset
yon know Feared this beastly convict
chsp would take a shot at him or
something like that."
Lady Creech snorted.
“He always was a fool. Rah! He
should have stayed
Where's the
countess?"
"Naplea; to look after the governor.
I'd say Went off this morning. Beast
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That's Different
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$3 on Up Freight
First-class Pa
E. I. Km ’, man. .n. a^ent, 24 California St., San Francisco.
A Growing Love.
Mr. and Mrs. Married Bliss were
both growing very plump, and every
effort to reduce weight had proved
' fruitless, and their discontent with
I their tailure was pathetic.
"It is too bad." said a mutual friend
to a sympathetic physician.
“The
Blisses arc so fond of each other and
used to I«' so graceful and slender
when they were first married."
“All. well!" replied the physician.
“Think how much more they are to
each other now.”—Life.
BANK OF BANDON
Little Breaks.
Among "blunders in emphasis” the
prize must tie awarded to the remark
of the beautiful Miss Gunning to
George II She told the king that she
would dearly love to see a coronation.
A compliment not Infrequently takes
a questionable form. G. W. E. Rua-
sell in his "Collections and Recollec-
tions” toll« of a working class admirer
who once said to tlie dean of Windsor
Dr Wellesley). "I always ssy there’s
nothing of the gentleman about you.”
—St James’ Gazette.
“Here's a case where err tuniisl
dark hair yellow"
j “Fear turned (lie lialr yellow! Rish!"
The Part That Never Changes.
“What a very affecting part, my
the "Fear of being out of style”— Ex
dear." remarked tlie husband as they
. change.
returned from the suburban theater
:
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tlie other night.
“I suppose there
wasn’t a dry eye in the house.”
a -ri:\ixi i> \NKi.t
“I observed, however,” said the wife,
As nsnail.v treatmi a sprained ankle “that there seemed to lie the usual
will disable the injured person for a number of dry throats.”—London Tlt-
month
or more, but by applying Rits
Chamberlain's Liniment and observ
The Difference.
i iff fhe directions with each botHe
Stubbornness is fighting to hare in
faithfully, a cure may, in most cases,
s certain way what you want Strength
be effected in less than one work’s
lime.
This liniment is a in st re of purpose is getting in th" most con
markable preparation; try it for a venient way that presents Itself what
yon desire.—Chicago Record Hera hl.
sprain or bruise, or when laid up
with chronic or miDCtilnr rhonmatism
The worst feature about nailing a
and von are certain to be delighted
with the prompt relief which it af-| lie Is that you are so apt to hammer
your fltiger? Puck
ford*. For saie by C. Y. Lowe.
’
i
A Cleveland lawyer tells a story
about a Milesian wielder of the pick
who hud been digging a trench for a i
gas pipe leading to a private residence
—a one inch pipe.
Contemplating the excavation and
comparing its capacity wftti the loose
dirt, lie shook ills head in doubt. "Be
this anil lie that.” said lie, "I’m think
ing I’ll not have room in the ditch for
all tin1 dirrt on Hie pile, bad cess ”
“But." said a bystander, “why not, I
Pat?"
"Sure,” he made reply, “because I
didn’t dig it deep enough!”—Cleveland
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