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INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRIbS. INDEPENDENCE. QWEOON, 8EPTCMBER 16. 1910. IIOHT PAGES i hue !? ramina Cliance KO BERT V. CHAMBERS Cop)'ilht, 1906, by tuu Ctrtia 'ublluhlD( Company. Cuprrlglit, ll)C, by Kotx rt W. Chamber. (A continued atoiy.) 1J' ii iiinii'M r; rliHa not anaken til iinnli.v. tlu-.i J-u lm-i inin,' In that rvn.i isrf J i Hot i-vcu rosjM'iM.i ll And.i it wui willi I-ewy .Mortliwr when l.;dhi i t l.n l tnruril m lilin. If yuu I'lircMH o.i Au.-orn too Ion-.' Mllll I'M .' .-r l .U'iitly It r;ui:i away. And Ix'furt' It fc'iwtt it acruii-hi-H. l.ycllu Vyae iff t KiirtitoKi v.lien the I'mimii IhI Hiriuymiey Iickiiu to iniiko It i...., i.v;' n n i fir her to, remain, i-ibv t'il.1 .i,:-aur v.:hout t!m nliIi'.OHt .jii.'irUnu that kliu vi i :'!. lie U.I not lulieve licr. iiml li: r-nve 1 lUa ww Uu .vliw Mid hlui-if c.r him Bold 4t the Hiiimi tiny to a book lunki'i', flu old friend of hero; with Urw nrvcml Jewt'la from limbo rciim whU-li Mt.rtlmer lind (,'lveii her and fathered 1iM'ther everything for whhb If In- turned UKly hup uilht not Im) -rliuluiilly liable. She had never liked him. She tial Joiitf UlHlll;itl tiliu. Ho Hlio wrolu a note to I he anveruora of the 1'ntriKiiiB club aayluK that Itotli yuiirrler nnd Morti mer worn aware thut the KUilt f tier escapade could not lie attached to HI ward; thut ahe knew uotliini; of SI wurd, bud ni'i-cpted liln wnp-r without incutilng to uttcuipt to win U, hud nev er UK'il" seen ulm uud had on the lin pulse ef the moment (undo her entry In the wnke of aeverul meu. She lidd ed thut wlieu (Quarrler, uh governor, had concurred In Silward's expulsion lie knew perfectly well that Slwnrd wits not guilty, because she horself bud bo informed Qimrrler. SIik-p then hhe hud hImo told Mortimer, but he hud taken no wops to do Justli'o to Plwurd, al though he (Jlortlnier) was still, a kov 4mor of the 1'BlnMHiH club. ThlK lieliiK iilmiit nil Hh could think of to uinlie tnlMchlef for two men wliont recout coiiiiMUlounhlii hud nourished nnd trrllnted her, who slifpiied her trunks by expnxyi, imoktHl her Jewel fuse and vnll.se nnd met Desmond at Itjo Nttitlon. Denuioud bad buHlni's.-i la Kuroie. LyUJu had as much buKlnefs there a jiuy where, oud, .allhougb Hhe hud heea. fulthleniri to Mortimer for a coinpara tlvtsly Khort time, within fJiut time Desmond already 'iind Hwom ut her ,Jind strucU hnr. So she wns quite reiidy to follow iHntnoud anywhere in thlM -world or the nest Aid thut, too, hud not nmde Iut the more considerate toward Mortimer. When the latter returned from the rneea to find her gone the Inut riddled props to what pusHed for his man LoiXl guve wiiy, ami the rotten fabrto cuine eriiihlftig Into the mud. Credilora with sharp noces scented the whirlwind .afar off mid hemmed blin in with utiHettleil nccounts, mostly hers. Somelxxly plnctnl a lieu on his liorsen, a deputy Bherlll begun to fol low him about, all eredlt cent-ed as by niagle, aud men eroded the street to ovoid meeting with Mix old companion in direst need. SHU, alternately Btupened by his own grief nnd maddened into the necessity for action, he packed a suit case, crawled out of the rear dbort toiled across couutij and found a farmer to 4'lve him twenty miles over a sandy roml to a local railroad crossing, where lie managed to board a train for Al bany. At Albany as he stood panting and sweuttug on the long concrete, platform which paralleled track No. 1 he saw ja prlvnte car, switched from a Boston and , Albany train, shunted to the rear of the Merchants' express. The private car was lettered In gold on the central panel, "Algonquin.' lie boarded the Pullman coupled to It for ward, puhed through the vestibule, ehoved aside the Japanese steward and darky cook, forcing his way straight Into the private car. (Juarrier, read ing a magazine, looked up in astonish ment. For a full moment neither Bpoke. v Then Mortimer dropped his eult case, sat down In an armchair op posite Quarrler and leisurely mopped his reeking face and neck. 4 "Scotch and- lithial" bt said hoars Ijr. The Japanese steward looked at Quarrler, then, at that gentleman's al most imperceptible nod, went away to execute the commission. t He executed a great many similar commissions during the trip to New Tork. When they arrived there at 5 o'clock Quarrler offered Mortimer his band and held the trembling, puffy fingers as he leaned closer, saying with cold precision and emotionless' empha la something that appeared to require the full concentration of Mortimer half drugged faculties. A ill when at length lorlliinr -drove away In n Ihiiihoiii guff, i r'n .F.viiiiwe atrv.ivd went with him-peruupa to i-tirry I ! suit eir-a ourh-s.v that did Tci'it to tjuanl'T' lunate thought full ins II lei cootihlerilttotl fol (it hern, lie v.iei very conHi.lci'Ute. Wo even c;il .nthn up (Hi the ti l.'p'ione iiml lull .! Itb lier for trli liiluuieH. Tlieil be t ! ;i'ioiied to I'luuk's oftlee. learned lift r ! iiirrln.'.'toii whs already there, t !. l:o,ie.I the KiiriiKe for ti viir which lie ahvii.vs kept rcud.v In town and j p!iMntly went bowling nway to h eon 1 fereliee on which Inst few bo iif ' !i..il put nil eiitlrclj i- w acjieet. i It liuti tukeii 1'lii: only ii few mln j i t' to ereelve tliat roinetbliiK had " -; 'irred to cbnii"e j- I'ntof vl w Wii !i 1 lie hud believe.; I f i;--sl!l for guur- rler to chfiiiKe. f.oinethlng had gone wroui In bis own Htvful ealeulntlona Koine cog hrtd Hllppeil, iiime rivet giv en wuy. some Iteil plate cracked. And Harrington evidently bad not lieeii nwuro of It. Vut Quarrler knew If. Tliere wns Koinetblng wrong. It whk too iiite tiow to go tinkering In the 1n rli for trouble. I'lank under hJood tluit. Coolly, as though utterly uiniwUM that the luuclilnery nilsbt not Hlaiid the striiln, he w'tirtcd It full Kpeed. And when lie (Hopped It at hint llarrliiutoirB grist hud been ground to atom and Quarrler bud looked on without comment There seemed to lie little more for them to do except to pay the niillea. Tomorrow." suld Quarrler, rlKlug to go. It wns on the eduo of I'luuk's lips to say "Today," but be was silent, knowing that Harrington would njienk for bin). And the old man did, with out words, turning hl: Iron vlxnge on Quarrler with the silent dlgulty o." (leHpiwr. Hut Quarrler coldly demand ed a .duy before they reckoned with I'lnnk. And riiink, profoundly uis turbed, Khrufiged bis nuiHslve sliouklcr In contempt uoua assent. So Quarrler and Harrington went away, the younger partner taking leave of the older with a sneer for an outworn prop which no tiinn could ever b'-tuIii have tine for. Old and be.lteu. that wus all Harrington now Ktojjd for in Qunrrler's eyes. The least of hia victims might-now finish htai with a club where he swayed in his loosened saddle or leave hlui to thut horseman oti the pale horse watching him jvomler on the borluon. 1'or now, wheiher Harrington lived or died, he muHt lie counted as nothing in this new struggle darkly outlining j Its Initial strategy in Quarrler's brain. What wns coming was coining lie- j tweeu himself and Plank alone. The result must be attained swiftly,, with secrecy and will the aid of ho mnn For lie did not count Mortimer a man, At the door of Major Bel wether's hn.ii.se Sylvia's mutd received Quarrler smilingly, saying thut her mistress was not at home, but that Mrs. Mortimer wns which saved Quarrler the neces sity of nsking for a private conference with -Leila, which wus cxaetly what, he had come for. But tier first un guarded words' on receiving him as be rose at her entrance into the darkened drawing room changed that plan, too changed it all so utteriy and so much for the better that he almost smiled to think of the crudity of human combi nations and inventions as compared to the masterly machinations of fate. Leila said, ..laughingly: "Oh, you are too late, Howard. We are dining with Mr. Plank at Riverside inn. What In ! the world are you doing in town so I suddenly?" "A business telegram. I might have aume down with you and Sylvia if I hud known. Is Plank dining with you alone?" 'I haven't seen him," smiled- Leila evasively. "He will tell us his plans of course when he comes." Ob!" said Quarrler, dropping his eyes and glancing furtively toward the curtained windows. At the Instant a hansom drove up. Sylvia sprang ont. ran lightly np the low steps, and the silent, shrouded house rang with the clamor of the bell. Leila looked curiously at Quarrler, who sat motionless, head partly avert ed, as though listening to something heard by him alone. He believed per haps that he was listening to the voice of fate again, and it may have been bo, for already for the third .time all his plans were changing to suit this new ally of hte this miraculous fate which was shaping matters for him as he waited. Sylvia had started up stairs like a fragrant whirlwind, but her flying .feet bolted at Leila's con strained voice from the drawing room, and Bhe span around and came into the darkened room like an April breeze. "Leila t They'll be here at a Quarter j to r I Her breath awiiM-d to ve her body a a rhadowr flirure r In th mi- ccrtnl i light and roufrAti-1 Iter. "Vmi : '.v i ii Id, "I'ldn't ,whi rwcgtil. tlt ;reit l.ler Tu..- !.ad not ( o.4 It, mi excited, no deeply cmtflged !:ttd bo tat-u wit! the rlotoua tumult of lierowu thought. And Ktlll Iht burt, untwllevlng gmte widened to (lhuiuiv lis alio itol there bultiHl m Hie t-v hold, and ntlll Ma (."e. n!" '-' !r,-, I- -.1! her unib-r tb. Ir nxprefr.: i'ii litpp"--; u. Wiie i ii:i you Whyr i-i asked In i n altered v. .ice. "I nit e o'i IhihIiii-h. Naturally, l-e-Ing here. I cime to M-e you. I unler atand yen h c dltiliu' out?' (To bu coiiinn.e.il,) STATE NE'.VJ NOTE3 If it'i a urfc to t painted, enameled, uinrj, varniiliel, or finished in any way, tliere'ian Acme Quality Kai.i to fit the iurpow. : ('o'j:i'!'i- '.- i i ut ujJ lor : .- ktna, l-t la ni.- Tin l -.li.llru c. - C named c mil ticket ; . iu i'-i .- ut the botulng elec The county covi; 4iu.liorIi-.ed a reui:, recovery of Ky J" poMed to have been murder' d. So far tM eabon "i" cua of pin.'iM', pears i..-.(l ! ..:''.ei ha- beca rhippi 1- trom l iie ct -s n car li.u while H.i'i J boxes uf trait have been Kl.lpped t-ai-.t by est4T.-s.i. According to ti'lv-.ace i-gurea frota the of.lce of the county aiHessor Med ford will have on ascefsed vaiua'.lon of 16.000,000 .when the ro'.l la com pleted as agnlnst f2,;00.OOO lust year. The firEt permuncnt laying of steel on the Southern Puclfic Co:np.ny'fi Natron-Klatiiath Falls cutoff began last week when "50, feet of 90-pounU steel rails were placed. Tbe Athena council voted down a proposed ordinance proulbiHns the salo of neur beer and spirituo.. t, vit: ous or mult liquors that tire not in toxlcating by a vote of 3 to 2. The proposed frontier and wiid went show for Pendleton is now a certainty and plans will bo rapidly pushed for ward to make the first annual caca slon a great success' so that the per manency of the affair will e assured The rate of growth of yellow pine in Oregon is a subject of which the forest service Is making a special Etudy this summer. 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