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Holladajr want to be very sure of that identifica tion. Will you tell me how she waa dressed?" The witness paused for a moment's thought. "She wore a dress of very dark red," be said at last, "with some sort of nar row dark trimming black, possibly. That's all I can tell you about it" "And the hat?" "I didn't notice the hat, sir. I only glanced at her." "But in that glancer Mr. Rogers, did you see nothing unusual, nothing which suggested to your mind that possibly It might not be Miss Holladay - "Nothing, sir." i "Some change of demeanor, perhaps; of expression?" The witness hesitated. "I thought she vas looking not quite BO well as usual." he said slowly. "She seemed a little pale and worried." "Ah! It was dark in the ofiice, was It not, at 5 o'clock yesterday after noon ?" "AVe had turned on the lights half an hour before, sir." "Is your ofiice well lighted ?" "Iyhave a light over my desk, sir, and there's another on the wall." "So youeould not see your visitor's face with absolute clearness?" "No, sir, but quite clearly enough to recognize her," he added doggedly. "Yet you thought her looking pale and worried?" . "Yes, sir; that was my Impression." "And when she asked for Mr. Holla day did she use the words 'my father,' as your evidence would suggest?" Again the witness hesitated in the ef fort at recollection. "No, sir," he answered finally. "Her words, I think, were, 'Is Mr. Holladay engaged at present?' " "It was Miss Ilolladay's voice?" "I could not say, sir," answered the fwitness, again mopping the perspira tion from his forehead. "I have no Svish to incriminate Miss Holladay un necessarily. I'm not sufficiently well acquainted with her voice to swear to it." "Well, when you answered her ques tion in the negative, did she hesitate before entering the private office?" "No, sir; she went straight to it." 'Is there any lettering on the door?" "Oh, yes, the usual lettering, 'Pri vate Office.' " "So that, even if he were not ac quainted with the place, she might still have seen where to go?" ."Yes, sir; I suppose so." "And you stated, too, I believe, that you could have heard no sound of an altercation in the private office had one occurred?" "No, sir; I could have heard noth ing." "You have been with Mr. Holladay a long time, I believe, Mr. Rogers?" , "Over thirty years, sir." I "And you are intimately acquainted with his affairs?" "Yes, sir." "Now, Mr. Rogers, have you ever, in all these years, run across anything any item of expenditure, any corre spondence, anything whatever which would lead you to think that Mrl Hol laday was a victim of blackmail or that he had ever had a liaison with a .woman?" "No, sir!" cried the witness. "No, sir! I'm willing to swear that such ! a thing Is not possible. I should In evitably have found it out had it ex isted." "That will do for the present," said Mr. Royce. "I shall want to recall the witness, however, sir." The coroner nodded, and Rogers stepped down, still trembling from the effects of his last outburst. I confess that, for my part, I thought we were ,very deep in the mire. The office boy was called next, but added nothing to the story. He had gone to the chute to mail some letters. JThe woman must have entered the office while he was away. He saw her come out again, but, of course, did not see her face. He had been em ployed recently and did not know Miss Holladay. Then the physicians who had attend ed the dead man were called and tes tified that the knife blade had pene trated the left carotid artery and that he had bled to death was dead, indeed, before they reached him. It would take perhaps ten minutes to produce such an effusion of blood as Rogers had noticed, certainly more than five minutes, so that the blow must have been struck before the woman, left the Inner office. The policeman who had responded . to the alarm testified that he had ex amined the windows and that they were both bolted on the inside, preclud ing the possibility of any one swinging down from above or clambering up from below. Nothing in th office had been disturbed. There was other evi dence of an immaterial nature, and then Miss Holladay's maid was called. "Was your mistress away from home yesterday afternoon?" asked the coro ner. "Yes, sir. She had the carriage or dered for 3 o'clock. She was driven away shortly after that." "And what time did she return?" "About G, sir. Just in time to dress tor dinner." - "pidywjBOceanythmiinnBUjU-to A Mystery Of Two Continents BURTON . STEVENSON Copyright. 1903. by He&ry Holt and Company er uemeanor wnen sne rexurnea r The maid hesitated, fearing doubtless that she might say too much. "Miss Holladay had complained of a headache inv the morning," she said, after a moment. "She was looking bad when she went out, and the firlve made her worse Instead of better, fehe seemed very nervous and ilL I advised her to lie down and not dress for dinner, but she would not listen. She always dined with her father and did not wish to disappoint him. She was in a great hurry, fearing that he'd get back before she was ready." "There's no doubt in your mind that she was really expecting him?" "Oh, no, sir! She even went to the door to look for him when he did not come. She seemed vary uneasy about iim." - - That was one point In our favor cer tainly. "And when the news of her father's death reached her bow did she bear it?" "She didn't bear it at alL sir," an swered the maid, catching her breath to choke back a sob. "She fainted dead Eway. Afterward she seemed to be In a kind of daze till the doctor came." "That is all. - Have you any ques tions to ask the witness, Mr. Royce?" "Only one," said my chief, leaning forward. I knew what it was and held my breath, wondering whether it were wise to ask it. "Do you remember the gown your mistress wore yesterday afternoon?" he questioned. "Oh, yes, sir!" And the witness brightened. "It was a dark red broad cloth, made very plain, with only a little narrow black braid for trim ming." CHAPTER III. - FROM the breathless silence that followed her answer she saw that she had somehow dealt her mistress a heavy blow, and the sobs burst out beyond control, choking her. I could see how my chief's face turned livid. He had driven another rivet in the chain just the one it need ed to hold it firmly together. My head was whirling. Could it be possible, after all, that this gentle, cultured girl was really such a fiend at heart that she could strike down I put the thought from me. It was monstrous, unbelievable! The coroner and the district attorney were whispering .together, and I saw the former glance from the blood stained handkerchief on the desk be fore him to the sobbing woman on the stand. It needed only that her Iden tification of that square of cambric to complete the evidence. He hesitated a moment, said another word or two to Singleton, then straightened up again in his chair. Perhaps he thought the chain was strong enough; perhaps he saw only that the witness was in no condition to go on. 1 "Anything further, Mr. Royce?" he asked. "Not at present, sir," answered our junior hoarsely. I think he was just beginning fully to realize how desper ate our case was. "We will' dismiss ,the witness, then, temporarily," said the coroner. "We shall probably recall her later on." The maid was led back, to. the wit ness room on the verge of hysteria, and Goldberg looked over the papers on his desk. "We have one more witness," he said at last, "Miss Holladay's coach man, and perhaps a little testimony' in rebuttal. If you wish to adjourn for lunch, Mr. Royce, I'm quite ready to do so." "Thank you, sir," said my chief, wel coming an opportunity to" pull himself together and prepare a plan of de fense. "I do wish it." "Very well, then. We'll adjourn till 2 o'clock," and he pushed back his chair. "May I have one word with 'you. sir?" asked Mr. Royce. , "Certainly." "I should like to see Miss Holladay a few moments in private. We wish, of course, to arrange our rebuttal." The coroner looked at him for a mo ment with eyes In which just a tinge of curiosity flickered. "I'll be very glad to allow you to see her in private," he answered readily. "I regret greatly that we couldn't find you last night, so that you could have opportunity to -prepare for this hear ing. I feel that in a way we haven't been quite fair to you, though I don't see how delay could have altered matters, and in a case of this kind prompt ac tion Is important I had no intention of placing Miss Holladay on the wit ness stand, so I thought it best to pro ceed at once with the Inquest You must admit, sir, that as the case stands there's only one course open to me." "I fear so," assented the other sadly. "It's a most incomprehensible case. The chain of evidence seems absolutely complete, and yet I'm convinced as every sane man must be that there Is in It some fatal flaw, which, once dis covered, will send the whole structure tottering. It must be my business to find that flaw." "Strange things happen In this world, Mr. Royce," observed Singleton, with a philosophy born of experience, "The impossible never happens, sir!" retorted our Junior. "I hope to show yon thatthis betonggin thatcategory." - -wen, i nope you wiu,- wun cne dis trict attorney, Td be glad to find that some one else Is guilty." -: " "I'll do my best" "And- Mr. Royce turned to me. ; "Lester, you'd better go and get some lunch. You .look quite done up." - "Shall I bring you something?" I . asked. "Or, better still, have a meal ready for you In half an hour? Rotin's Is Just around the corner." - He would have refused, I think, had . not the coroner interfered. "You'd better go, Mr. Royce," he said. "You're looking done up .yourself. Per haps you can persuade Miss Holladay to eat something. I'm sure she needs it" "Very well, then. Have two meals ready In half an hour,' Lester," he said, "and a lunch we can. bring back with us. I'lT go to Miss Holladay now and then go direct to Rotin's." -He hurried away after the coroner, and I walked slowly over to Rotin'i to give the necessary orders. I chose a table hi a snug corner, picked up a paper and tried to read. Its one great item of news was the Holladay case, and" I grew hot with anger as I saw how unquestioningly, how complacently it accepted the theory of the daughter's guilt Still, I asked myself, was it to blame? Was any one to blame for thinking her guilty after hearing the evidence? How could one escape it? Why, even I . Preposterous! I tried to reason calm ly; to find an opening in the net yet how complete it was! The only point we had gained so far was that the mysterious visitor had asked for Mr. Holladay' not for her father, and what an infinitesimal point it was! Suppos ing there had been a quarrel, an es trangement, would not she naturally have used those very words? After, all, did not the black eyes, the full lips, the deep colored cheeks bespeak a strong and virile temperament, depth of emotion, capacity for swift and vi olent anger? But what cause could there be for a quarrel so bitter, so fierce, that it Should lead to such a tragedy? What cause? And then sud denly a wave of light broke in upon me. There could be only one. Yes, but there could be one! Capacity for emotion meant capacity for passion. If she had a lover, if she had clung to him despite her father! I knew his reputation for severity, for cold and relentless condemnation. Here was an explanation, certainly! And then I shook myself together angrily. Here was I reasoning along the theory of her guilt, trying to find a motive for it! I remembered her as 'I had seen her often, driving with her father; I recalled the many stories I had heard of their devotion; I reflected how her whole life, so far as I knew it, pointed to a nature singularly calm and self controlled, charitable and lov ing. As to' the lover theory, did not the light in her eyes which' had greeted our junior disprove that at once and forever? Certainly, there was some fatal flaw In the evidence, and it was for us to find it I - leaned my head back against the wall with a little sigh of relief. What a fool I had been! Of course we should find it Mr. Royce had spoken the words; the district attorney had point ed out the way. We had only to prove an alibi, and the next witness would do it Her coachman had only to tell where he had driven her, at what place she had stopped, and the whole ques tion would be settled. At the hour the crime was committed she had doubt less been miles away from Wall street, so the question would be settled set tled, too, without the necessity of Miss Holladay undergoing the unpleasant ordeal of cross examination. "It is a most extraor-rdinary affair," said a voice at my elbow, and I turned with a start to see that the chair just behind me had been taken by a man who was also reading an account of the crime. He laid the paper down and caught my eye. "A most "extraor dinary affair!" he repeated, appealing to me. I nodded, merely glaclng at him, too preoccupied to notice him closely. I got an impression of a florid face, of a stout, well dressed body, of an air un mistakably French. "You will pardon me, sir," he add ed, leaning a little forward. "As a stranger in this country, I am much inter-rested in your processes of law. This morning I was present at the trial. I per-rceived you there. It seemed to me that the young lady was in what you call a tight place." He spoke English very well, with an accent of the slightest I glanced at him again and saw that his eyes were very bright and that they were fixed upon me intently. "It does seem so," I admitted, loath to talk, yet not wishing to be dis courteous. - "The ver thing I said to myself!" he continued eagerly. "The what you call coe-encidence of the dress now." I did not answer. I was in no hu mor to discuss the case. "You will pardon me," he repeated persuasively, still leaning forward, "but concer-rnlng one point I should like much to know. If she is thought guilty what will occur?" "She will be bound over to the grand jury," I explained. "That is, she will be placed in prison?" "Of course." "But, as I understand your law, she may be released by bondsmen." "Not in a capital case," I said; "not in a case of this kind, where the pen alty may be death." "Ah, I see," and he nodded slowly. "She would then not be again released until after she shall have been proved Innocent How great a time would that occupy?" "I can't say flix months a year, per haps." "Ah, I see," he said again, and drained a glass of absinth he had been toying with. "Thank you, ver much. Bit.? : ... . . (To be Continued.) " In the new dairy barn recently com pleted at the Indiana experiment sta-. kon farm there is a ventilating sys tem which IS' especially commendable, says American Agriculturist In a gen eral way the system embodies the prin- -ciples of the King system, but also has features not found in the King barns. The special feature is the manner hi which the intakes of fresh air are dis- -tributed. - . The fresh air tubes, six. in number on each side of the barn near the base PIG. I INTAKE SYSTEM. line, pass between the walls nearly to the ceiling before opening at a vent controlled by a swing shutter. These are shown in Fig. 1. Each tube also passes on through the ceiling space and opens up a similar vent from the ceiling. This gives twenty-four differ ent special air openings in the stable. There are also eight larger openings and four tubes for the removal of foul air, as shown in Fig. 2. The latter are all built in the side walls and in places constructed for that purpose. - The amount of fresh air which is allowed to enter depends upon the di rection of the wind and temperature of the outside air. This may be varied at pleasure by the use of the spring shutter over the intakes. Since the stable is heated entirely by the ani mals, a rapid change of air is not prac tical and unless particularly foul is not FIG. II VENTILATING SYSTEM. necessary, but with this system the im purities as well as the carbon dioxide gas are effectively removed by intro ducing the least amount of warm air. The room is particularly free from dis agreeable odors, and this room is one of the cleanest to be found in any of the modern experiment station dairy barns. Why Cows Should Be Tested. A great many overlook the value of testing the milk of each cow in tha herd, for the profits at the creamery depend more upon the percentage of butter fat contained in the milk than upon the amount of the flow. . Two cows in the same herd may serve as an illustration. ' One gives GOO pounds of milk during one month which tests only 3 per cent butter fat, while the other cow will only givo 500 pounds, but the test shows 5 per cent butter fat It can be easily seen which is the more profitable of the two. , A number of North Dakota cream eries are insisting that their patrons make tests of the milk of each of their cows. They believe that if the dairy farmer is taught to keep profitable dairy cows they will be more satisfied with results and, as a matter of course, will remain patrons of the creamery longer than if they were dissatisfied. If the patron will not keep a tester of his own the creamery will provide him with separate cans for each cow's milk and will test the milk for him free of charge. Apples u Cow Feed. Apples make good feed for cows If fed in small quantities at first Begin with three quarts at a feed and gradu ally increase, says H. G. Manchester in Rural New Yorker. In this way you can work the cow up to half a bushel at a feed without injury. If the cow is given all she will eat at one time she will bloat and go down. We call such a cow drunk, but the scientific men claim that intoxication is impossible from this cause. At any rate,, the cow is very weary, stops giving milk and in some cases dies. When fed in small quantities the milk flow increases and the cow does Veil. We like to feed some cornmeal when feeding apples. Be careful not to feed large ones or the cow may choke. , lioases In Skimming. It has been estimated that the losses of butter fat by the, different methods of skimming the milk of twenty cows in a year amount to $120 by the shal low pan setting, $60 by the deep set ting and $15 by centrifugal separator. This i based on a price of 20 cents per pound for butter and an average loss of fat In the skim milk by each method. Wbeii Heifers Freahen. A cow is worth much more when her milking habit is well established. Spe cial.pains with cowstbaJt are fresh, for the first time is " for thls reason Important S ' ' 1 ' 1 A 1 '. 1 1 ' J-L r 1 1 I 1 I ijj I I 11 I 1 I 1 1 1 til3 tri Milk and Butter Notes A dustless milking room Is desirable. Milk should not stand hi the stable. If milk is aerated it should be done be fore cooling and hi pure air. The soon er the milk is cooled after milking the better. Keep the milk as cold as pos sible when once cooled. ; -v Skimming UUk. Professor Farrington of the Wiscon sin Dairy school sums up the different methods of skimming In the following brief manner: "These methods are the shallow pans, the deep setting of cans of milk in cold water, the water or aquatic separator and the centrifugal separator. "The water separator is so inferior a method that it is not used by the best dairymen at the present time. The oth er .three methods are still in use, but the centrifugal 'separator Is the most efficient of them all. The losses of but ter" fat in the skimmilk are greatest when milk is set in shallow pans. Deep setting in cold water is a. little better, but the centrifugal separator -may be run so as to leave only one-tenth per cent butter fat In the skim milk. Influences on Butter. A real lover of dairy work and no other should ever engage in dairying will not think it irksome to comply with the little details of neatness, says an Ohio dairyman in Farmers Advo cate. This is a most Important subject. How many milkers go direct from their stable work to milking with unwashed hands and soiled clothing! Many smoke while milking, and, should part of the contents of the pipe get spilled into the milk pail, what of it? Much more bac teria than are necessary to ripening of cream will find then- way into the milk pail unless proper care is taken of the udder and of the milkers' clothes, hands and habits. Dairy Dots. - Milk separates best immediately aft er being drawn, while the natural heat is still In it. The salt in butter will remain hi grains, not being dissolved, if the but ter is worked very dry. The best time to skim is when the milk has thickened just a little at the bottom of the vessels'. ' Height of the Milking Stool. The milking stool should be made to suit the person using it and be rather high high enough so that when being used the milker's arm from the shoul der to elbow hangs nearly straight down. The weight of the arms then comes naturally on the shoulder, and it Is not necessary to raise the whole arm when grasping the teats at each stroke. Moreover, It is much easier on the cow than when a low stool Is used, for, in this case, the milker, after grasping the teat rests the whole weight of his arm on the teat, and this, with the jerking, Is not conducive to comfort for the cow. A stool of the proper height will enable most milkers to handle fully one-third more cows without fatigue than if the stool is too low. Additional' Local. V. D. Scohert and wife, of Eu gene, epent a few hours in this city ypsterday whil en roule lo Nash ville, wturo they are to visit for a week. Mr. Schohert was a pohoo. mateof A. Grua-t'-, of tl-is ciiy, and his wife is a cousin of Misa Elna Gillett, of Corvallis Last Sunday evening the Catho lic church wis beautifu!y illumin ated with electric lights lor the firi time. The nw lights if an im provement much appreciated by the Catholic people sud pat-tor. The lights arn almost entirely the gift of Mr. W. D. D-Varney cf the In dependent Telephone Co., others al so contributing for the work of wir ing and a meter. . Imperfect Digestion. Means lees nutrition' and in conse quence lees vitality.. When the liver lulls to PPt-.ret- bile, th ht'-nd herMns loaded with bilious propertied, the in gestion becomes impaired' and the bowels constipated. Herbine will rectify this; it gives tone to the stomach, liver and kidneys, strengthens the appetite, clears and improves the eomplt-xion, in fuses new life and vigor to the whole system. 50 cents a bottle. Sold bv Graham & Wortham. SEWER NOTICE Corvallip. Or.. Jan. 2", W06. Notice Is hereby vivn tliat the uniier slant! have been ajpoinieil Tk-wi by the coinmmi council of the city of forvallls to estlmHte the proportionate sbr& of the coat if the snver t be cohstru tjd by v e Ity of Civv.ilu under and by virtue of orriiunnce N'n 18a iUr.u?h the mid of Wor ks nuaibere i li-'5 tind lii X. B. and P., Aver's addition to tbp city of fV.rval 11s to be assessed to the several owner of the property benefitted thereby. The district be .e fltted by the said sewer Is all of lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8 aud 9 of block 14 Jaud all of blocks 15 and 16 in N. B., and P. Avery's addition to the city ol CorvaUis. That said viewers will meet at the office of the Police Judge of the city of Corvallis on the 6th day of February, 1906, at the honr of 7 o'clock P. M !or the purpose of estimating the respect ive share of the cost to be paid by the property owners in constructing eaid sewer, and all per sons Interested and owners of said property may appear before the viewers to be heard in the matter of making said estimates. CALEB DAVIS ' J. W-CBAWFOKD, W.8. 1IK VILLE. The Gazette for Job Work. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISbMENTS CLASSIFIED ADVEBTISKMENTS : Fifteen words or less, 25 cts for three successive ; insertions, or 50 cts per month; for all no to and innlnd iner ton I additional words. cent a word for each 1 h.u; For all advertisements over 25 words, 1 ct per word for the first insertion, and K ct per word for each additional inser tion. Nothing inserted for less than 25 Rents. " Lodge, pocief y and chorck notices, other than strictly news matter, will be sharped for. FOR SALE 22 HEAD OF CATTLE FROM 1 TO 3 vearspast: 6 milk cows, fresh in Feb ruary and MarcH. Will ppII right, to right party. Wm. Brvans. Wren, Oreg. 11 iq ATTORN FYS T F. YATES. ATTORNEY-AT LAW. Offce F5rpf NMioral FanV RniMine Onlv et of abstracts in TpTitoi. Ponnty R BRYSON ATTOTfNFY AT LAW. OflRp pOPt rflvP Bnildine. Onrval- ncu-PR H WTLPON. ATTORNY-t-Law. Notarv Titles, Convevanc Practice in all State and Fderal rWirts Office in Bnrntt RuiMing. AUCTIONEER P A KLTNE. LITE STOCK ATTCTTON eer. rorvallia. Or. P. A. Kline Line, Phone No. 1. P. O. addresa. Pox 11. Pavs highest prices for all kinds of live ptork. Twentv vears' 'experience. Satisfaction pnaranteed. WANTED W A iSTTE n M0 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CxAzfttK and Weekly Oregon i an at 2.55per year. - BANKING. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CorvaUis. Oregon, transacts a general conservative banking business. Loans monpy on approved security. Drafts bought and Fold an1 money ranoferred to the principal cities of the United Statee, Europe and foreign countries. Veterinary Surgeon DR. E. E. JACKSON, VETERINARY Surgeon and Dentist. Permanently lo cated here. Dr. Jackson is a post graduate anH thoroughly qualified in yeterinary work. See him at Occi dental Hotel. - lOltf PHYSICIANS B. A. OATHEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Rooms 14, Bank Build ing. Office Hours : 10 to 12 a. m , 2 to 4 p. m. Residence : cor. 5th and Ad ams Sts. Telephone at office and res idence. . Oorvallis. Oregon. MARBLE SHOP. MARBLE AND GRANITE MONTJ ments ; curbing made to order ; clean ing and reparing done neatly: save . agent's commipaion Shop North Main St-,Frank Vanhoosen, Prop, 92tf LdST. LOST A TAN SHEPARD DOG, male, rather large, fairly shorthaired. White strip, one-half inch wide, in face. Will answer to name "Rube." Liberal reward. Return to W. IV. Ireland's store, CorvaUis. 11-13" Cured Lumbago. A. B. Carnon, Chicago, writes March 4. 1803, "Having been troubled with Lumbago, at different times aud tried one phvMcian after another, then different ointments and liniuientf , gave it up al together. So I tried once more, and got a bottle of Ballard's Stow Liniment, which gave me almost instant relief. I can cheerfully recommend it, and will add m name to your list of sufferers."" Sold by Graham & Wortham. STEAMER POMONA For Portland and way points, leaves CorvaUis Monday. Wednesday and Fri day at 6 a. m. Albany 7 a. m. Fare to Portland, $1.75; round trip $3 00. H. A. Hoffman, Agt.. 103-10 Rev. Carlisle P. B. Martia, L. L. D. Of Waverly, Texas, writes: "Of a morning when first arising, I often find a troublesome collection of phlegm which produces a cough and is very hard to dis lodge; but a small quantity of Ballard's Horehound Symp will at once dislodge it. and the trouble is all over. I know of no medicine that is equal to it, and it is so pleasant to take. I can most cor dially recommend it to ail persons need ing a remedy for throat or lung trouble.. Sold bv Graham & Wortham. Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is hereby "given that the undersigned administrator of the estate of B, B. Barnes, deceased, has filed in the County Court of Benton County, Oregon, his final account as . administrator of said est te, and that Mon-' day, the 5th day of February, 19C6, at the hour of ten o'clock A. M., has been fixed by said Court as the - time for hearing of ob jections to said report and the settlement -thereof. K. F. BARNES Administrator of the Etate of B. B. Barnes, deceased. , Dated January 2, 1906. mHOIlEMMR