EIGENE WEEKLY GUARD, Till IfMI.lY. Xl’llll 2:t. UN»H
If
can oea, ,o uea. me truth from me. inspector. Perhaps this is what this
1.
I don’t believe in your theory; I can't. wise old official expected. He had let more than one reason for living, p:ip*i."
He shook his head and went immedi
• have not been able to from the first. me talk, aud the inevitable reaction
ately to make his preparations for de
♦
•
followed. I could now see only Mr. parture. Hi* daughter gave one sob,
*
idea*
are
true
and
Mr.
Grey
is
in-
Grey'»
goodness
aud
claims
to
resjieet.
♦
volred In this matter, you will find and began to hate myself that 1 bad then caught me by the hand.
*
"You look dumfotinded." said she.
*
that
t.Xere 1 has been more of a bitch not been immediately impressed by the
♦
“
But
never mind, we shall get on very
about
that
♦
: diamond than you. in your Inspector's views, and shown myself
well together. I have the most perfect
■implicit?.
believe,
if
Mr.
Grey
were
more
willing
to
drop
every
suspicion
♦
In actual possession
»
of this valuable. against the august personage I had confidence In yon ”
Was It my duty to let the Inspector
<■
tie would show less care than you say presumed to associate with crime.
be does. So would Le If it were in What had given me the strength to know that Mr. Grey anticipated ab
senting himself from the city for a
♦
Autbcr of "The MillionWre B»by," “The Filigree Ball.- Th«
♦
♦ Wellgooc il's hands with bls consent and persist? Loyalty to my 1« ver? ills
House In the Mist,“ “The Amethyst Box." Etc.
♦
o a good prospect of its coming to him innocence had not been tuvolved. in few days? I decided that I would only
in the near future. But u it Is in deed, every word uttered iu the in be Impressing my own doubts upon
C0PYR, c HT' i 006- the bobbs - merrill company .
him after a rebuke which should have
Wellgood's bands without his consent, spector’s office had gone to prove 1’
or any near prospect of his regaining he no longer occupied a leading plat e ailayetf them.
Yet when Mr Grey came to take hl*
ft. then we can easily understand bis in police calculations; that their eyes
rHAPTEK XV—»Continued.
tent if you will listen to one n re s- .
present apprehensions and th« groa were turned elsewhere, and that 1 hud departure I wished that the inspector
might have iwu a witness to hts emo
gestlon I have to make. It is my las"
tag uneasiness he betrays.”
only to lie patient to see Mr. Durand tion, if only to give me one of hl* very
-j suo«' ne murmured, "1 snow
“
True."
i
murmured.
"Say it. I am nothing If not lndv.
quite cleared in their minds.
BUt It Will COll.e at least I think so.” gent."
excellent explanations. The parting
"If. then." the inspector pursued
But was this really so? Was he as
filis «liol’-l»1 I : ve reassure 1 me. no
He bad spoken the word. Indulgent gi'lng me a parting glance not with safe as that? What if this new clew was more like that of one who sees no
me
away
quiet
and
Immediate promise of return than of a
fcoM. and *‘uf
filling the tenacity of that was It- He let me sjieak. pro** out its humor, probably not without failed? What if they failed to find traveler who Intends to limit his stay
bjippT- But » '
ably
something
ready
serious
underlying
its
had
let me speak from the first.
Sears or lay hands on the doubtful
( d<«P rou'1''’ n. possibly—kept me from pure kindness.
humor. "we should find. In following Wellgood? Would Mr. Durand be re toil few days. He looked her In the
He did not |v
duerni t*f"re tlie inspector and lleve one little bit in my
s ?>od sense or up our present clew, that Mr. Grey leased without a trial? Should we eyes and kissed her a dozen times,
ie tlie courage to say: i
Hally r»T(* 111
logic.
But
1
was
not
to
be deterred has hud dealings with this Wellgixxl bear nothing more of the strange ami. each time with an air of heartbreak
-I know ! tn nglit not to speak another
which was food neither for pes nor for
J
would
empty
n-y
min'd of the ugly or this Sears! or if you. with your ad to many, the suspicious circumstances
«rd: that I a i putting myse'f at a
king that lay timr e. I would leave vantages for learning the fact, should which linked him to this crime? it himself, and when he finally lore him
b.iug
so.
but
I
cannot
Utadrantag" 11
self away It was to look back at her
I cannot he'p it there no i i-e -a .• dregs of doubt t * discover that he shows any extraordi would l>e expecting too mueb from from the door with an expression I
Mb) It. !».<! >' ' -
nary
Interest
iu
either
of
them,
the
ferment
and
work
their
evil
v.
ay
either
police
or
official
discrimination.
v ng such stress upon
«ft'i
rte-: I wr J
me In the dead watches of the nigh» matter will take on a different aspect.
No: Mr. Durand would never l>e com was glad she did not see or it would
few indire •. .vs connecting tlie
the
which 1 had yet to fare, So I took But we have not got that fur yet. At pletely exonerated till the true culprit certainly
present our task is to find one or tlie was found and all explanation» made* promise* she had m:nl< to Hmcentrate
Sears»
e and him at Ills word.
all her energies on getting well
Zriug th*' 1 " ‘
'e L,V?
"I only want to ask this. In case other of these men. If we are lucky, 1 bad therefore been simply fighting
What was at the root of In extreme
we
shall
discover
that
the
waiter
and
11»
battles
when
I
¡»tinted
out
wbnt
I
^.astone svL -iu «o nee I not name.
Sears Is inn »cent of the crime, who
Had I » " ’’ far? 1Iad lu*v 1,re‘ wrote the warning nml where did th» the steward are identical, in spite of i nought to lie the weak place In their grief at leaving her? Did he fe.ir the
-rnntiuu tra'*-- -ul1 bounds and assassin get :lie stllecto with the Grey their seemingly different appearance. present theory, and. sore as I felt in person he was going to meet or were
wH lie ìli i" n ' pry natural auger? arms chased ¡nt > its handle! And tne \ rogue such ns this Sears has shown contemplation of my seemingly heart his plans such as Involved a much
Xu- be smiled instead, an enigmatical diamoiid? Still the diamond!
You himself to be would l>e an adept nt less action. I was not the unimpres longer stay than lie had ineuVoned?
* ’ no doubt. which
: . K I 1 Tzsss
«&,! it
1 > ell _ bint that bi* stole tl
sionable. addle-pated nonentity I must Did lie even mean to retiWn at all?
found
It * diffi-
¡o>. Thar with disguise."
inule l ----
Ah. that was the question! Did he
"You are right." I acknowledged. have seemed to the Inspector.
some Idea of Its pr vine useful to him
to uuder"i. nJ. but yet a smile.
Intend to return or had I been the uu-
‘
He
has
certainly
the
heart
of
a
crim-
"that
Yet
my
comfort
was
small
and
the
lie
suggested,
on
this
gain
oci-.-islon,
lie
hr-
I
pro
v,
.le<l
-You meati.'
innectlou with i the himself with an Iniit.-.' hi
setting hull. If lie had no hand In Mrs. Fair effort It took to face Mr. Grev :md my conscious witness of a flight)
lt*r*' i1 ' -
>wv so brother's murder, he came near having y oung patient was much greater than
■rime cannot ...iminuie Mr. Grey's ven nml nil he who bus m-ver
CHAPTER XVII.
aositive one. Nor can the fact that far as we have heard, any it terest in one in that of your detective. You I had anticipated, I blushed as I ap-
FEW days later three men were
trdlpM'd's h nd came in contact with Mrs. Fairbr.ither’s diamond only in know what I inenn. 1 could not help proaehed to take tuy piate at Miss
Grey's l>edslde, nml. had her father
closeted 111 the district attor
Mr Grey's a or near the time of the Mrs. Falrbrother herself. It' Wellgood hearing. Insjiector."
□Jnge of the false stone with th* Is Sears and Sears the medium by
He smiled, looked me steadfastly In been as suspicious of me at that mo
ney's office Two of them were
officials tin- district attorney
real tuitke It
less evident who wax which the false stone was .-xenanged the face for a moment and then bowed ment n» I wns of him, 1 am »tire that I
shotfill have fared badly in III» thoughts. himself and our old friend the Inspect
me out.
the guilty author of tliis exchange.”
for tl’e real, then he mr ’e this ex
But he was not ou the watch for my or
The Inspector told me afterward
Tlie inspector's hand was ou the door
The third w is the detective,
emotions. He was simply relieved to Sweetwater, chosen by them to keep
"job, but be dropped it at this and, change in Mr. Grey's interests and not
his own. But 1 don't oel'eve be hud tli.i. in spite of the cavalier manner see me back. I noticed this Immedi watch ou Mr. Grey.
greying me very quietly, said:
witli which he had treated my sugges-
-1 thought that a few days spent at anything to do will) it. I thiuk every
ately; also that something hail occurred
¡Sweetwater had Just come to town.
tion. he spent a very serious half hour,
(bedside of Miss Grey in the society thing goes to show that the exchange
during
m.v absence which nbsorlted his Th s was evident from the gripsack he
to
head
with
tile
district
attorney.
head
'»> renowned and cultured a gentle was made by Mr. Grey himself"
thought ami filled him with anxiety.
bad set down In a corner on entering;
hn as her father would disabuse you
“A second Daniel." muttered the In The result was the following order to
A Western I nion envelope lay at his also from a certain tousled appearance
Sweetwater,
the
detective:
spector lightly. "Go on. little lawyer."
| these damaging suspicions."
feet—proof that lie hail just received a v. lilch bes[>oke hasty rising and but
"You are to go to the St. Itegls, inn
■I don't wonder that you thought so." But. for all this attempt at banter on
telegram. This under ordinary circum few facilities for proper attention to
I burst out. "You would think so nil his part, I imagined tha' I saw the be yourself solid there ami gradually, i.
stance« would not have occasioned me bls person. These details counted lit
you
can
manage
it,
work
yourself
into
tenure If you knew how kind he can ginning of a very natural anxiety to
a second thought, such a man being tle, how ever. In I lie astonishment cre
bt and what solicitude he shows for close the conversation.
1 therefore a position for knowing all that goes naturally the reclpleut of all sorts of
ated by his mniiner. For a hardy chap
hastened with what 1 had yet to say. on In room —. If the gentleman (mind communications from all parts of the
he baiked strangely nervous and Indls-
you.
the
gentleman;
we
care
nothing
cutting my words short and almost
world> but at tills crisis, with tlie worm
posed- so much so that lifter the first
alsuit the women» should go out. you
stammering In my eagerness.
of a half stifled doubt still gnawing at
short greeting the Inspector asked hint
are to follow him if it takes yon to
m.v heart, everything that occurred to
"Remember the perfection of that Im
—. M’e want to know his secret, but him took on Importance and roused what was up and If he had had an.
itation st
a copy so exact that it
other Fairbrother house experience,
he must never know our Interest tn it quest ions.
extends t> ..ie setting. That shows
He replied with a decided no; that
and you are to l>e as silent in this mat
When lie had left the room. Miss
plan—forgive me If I repeat myself—
ter ns if possessed of neither eur nor Grey nestled up to me with the seem It was not his adventure which Jm<l up
preparation, n knowledge of stones, a
set him, but the news he had to bring.
tongue. I will add memory, for If you I ingly ingenuous remark:
particular knowledge of this one. Mr.
Here he glanced at every door and
find tills secret to lie one in which we
"Poor papa! Something disturbs him.
Fairbrother's steward may have had
have no lifwful interest you are to for He will not tell me what. I suppose he window, and then, leaning forward
tile knowledge, but be would have been
get It absolutely and forever. You tluuks I am not strong enough to share over, the table at which the two offi
a fool to have used his knowledge to
will understand whj when you con bls troubles, but I shall be soon. Don't cials sat. he brought his head as near
secure for himself a valuable he could
ly to them ns possible and whispered
sult the St. Regis register."
you see i am gaining every day';"
never have found a purchaser for In
five words.
(
But they ex|a-ctey nothing from it;
"Indeed I do,” was my hearty re
any market. But a fancier—one who
absolutely nothing.
1 hey produced a most unhappy sen
sponse. In face of such a sweet con
has his pleasure in the'mere possession
fidence and open afi'eerton doubt van sation. Roth the men, hardened ns
of a unique and invaluable gem—ah.
CHAPTER XVI.
ished, and I was able to give all my they were by duties which Siam sap
that is different! He might risk a
the sensibilities, started and turned as
rRAYED uncle that we might thoughts to her.
crime. History tells us of several.”
be driven home by the way of
Here I paused to take breath, which
“I wish papa felt as sure of this as pale as the speaker himself, Then the
Eighty-sixth street. I wanted you do," she said. “For some reason district attorney, with one glance nt
gave the inspector a chance to say:
to look at the Fairbrother be does not seem to take any Comfort the Inspector, rose and ba ked the door.
“In other words, this is what you
It was a prelude to this tale which
think. The Englishman, desirous of house. I had seep it many times, but from my Improvement. When Dr. Fre-
I give, not ns it came from til« mouth,
covering up bls tracks, conceived the 1 felt that I should see It with new Ugh says, ‘Well, well, we are getting
IM inspeotor’s
wos on the dom Idea of having this Imitation on band. eyes after the story I bad Just heard ou finely today!’ I notice tbnt In* does
BAG OAOt.
In case it might be of use in the dar In the Inspector's office. That an ad not look less anxious, nor xloes lie even
kr»b.
venture of this nature could take place meet these encouraging words with a
ill about him. But I ennaot _
pet ovei ing and disgraceful undertaking you
lie facts. They all point. It seems to ascribe to him. Recognizing bis own in a New York house taxed my credul siulle. Haven't you noticed It? He
Inability to do this himself, lie dele ity. I might have tielleved it of Paris, looks as careworn and troubled about
be. straight in one direction.”
gated
the task toone who in some way, wicked, mysterious l’arls, the home of me now as he did the first day I was
"All? You heard what was said In
taken sick. Why should he? Is It be
Its room- I snw It In your eye—how he had been led to think, cherished a Intrigue and every redoubtable crime
cause be has lost so many children lie
be man who surprised the steward in secret grudge against Its present pos but of our own homely, commonplace
cannot believe Iu Ills good fortune nt
t - own T" dll last night heard h'm sessor—a man who had had some op mctro[>olls—the house must tie seen for
having the most Insignificant of all left
me
to
lie
convinced
of
the
fact
related.
portunity
for
seeing
the
stone
and
•*.■*::■« of love nml death in connection
Many of you know the building. It to hl in?"
', ‘1 ita 1 ■ rather. ‘To kiss whm studying the setting. The copy thus
"I do not know your father very
I bate! It is almost ns bad as to Y.U procured, Mr, Grey went to the ball, Is usually spoken of with a shrug. the
’rtj* I love’-be said something like ami, relying on his own seemingly un sole reason for which seems to lie that well,” I protuftted, "and cannot judge
assailable position, attacked Mrs. Fair there Is no other Just like It in the city what is going on in his mind, but he
If’. I heard that. But did he meat. brother in the alcove and would have I myself have always considered It must see that you are quite a different
girl from what y<ri were a week ago
At he had been her actual slayer? carried off the diamond. If lie had Imposing and majestic, but to the aver
•»»*! you convict him ou those found it where be bad seen It earlier age man it is too suggestive of old and that. If nothing unforeseen hap
Wiiar
blazing on tier breast. But it was not world feudal life to be pleasing. Ou pens, your recovery will only be a mat
t't‘!i. we shall find out. Then, ns to there. The warning received by her— this afternoon—a dull, depressing one ter of n week or two long'
“Oh, b iw I love to hear yon - ly that!
’ligoods part Iu the little business, a warning you ascribe to bis daughter, —it looked undeniably heavy as we ap-
■ chouse to consider that It took a fact which is yet to be proved had pri«cbed It. but Interesting In a very To In* well again! To read let:
cc at the time the stone fell frarn led her to rid berself of the jewel In new way to me. because of the great murmured, “and to write them!
Grey’» hand. What proof have the way Mr. Durand describes, aud he turret at one angle, the scene of that i saw tie* delicate hand f tit -r up t-i
■ that the substitution you believs found himrelf burdened with a das midnight descent of two men, each In pimh the precious packet iwn 'ji-r tii.it
’«• not made by him?' lie could tardly crime and with nothing to show deadly fenr of the other, yet quailing happy h'inr I <li«l not 1! . ■ to dt~< uss 'I want you tn get me a room at <i very
t'
p-. r-
11T have done It while crossing the for It. LatiT, however, to bis inteus< not In their purpose—the one of (light, her father •••'•h imr, so t
i/uiet hotel."
(unity to turn the cotiver-.it >n aslile
surprise and possible satisfaction, be the other of pursuit.
Oto Mr Grey's side.”
but
as
It
was
afterward related to rne.
Into
safer
«liarmeh.
But
we
li.ad
not
There
was
no
railing
In
front
of
the
»’peer r"' Then hotly, as the ab> saw that diamond In My bands, and,
The language, I fear, is mostly my
of the suggestion struck axe recognizing an opportunity, as he house. It may have seemed nn un prove sled fir before Mr. Grey return- awn.
■6 HUI force: "He do this! A w aft- thought of yet securing It, he asked necessary safeguard to the audacious *»1 and. ta!: t: ’ his stand at the foot of
Tlie detective had Just been with
or. as yn i thlnk Mr Fairbrother1* to see it. held It for an instant, and owner. Consequently, the small door the bed, remarked, after a moment's
Mr. Grey to tlie coast of Maine. Why
nr'l to te provided with so hard- then, making use of an almost incredi In the turret opened directly upon the gloomy contemplation of his daugh-
there will presently appear. His task
»me-ly un article as this counter- ble expedient for distracting attention, street. making entrance and exit easy ter’s face:
had been to follow this gentleman, and
“You are lietter today,
" °r * great stone? Isn't that aN dropped, not the real stone but the enough for any one who had the key.
follow him he did.
says. 1 have just been te
In
hfs
But
the
shaft
and
the
small
room
ut
false
one,
retaining
the
real
one
•’ I: edible a supposition as
Mr. Grey was a very stately man.
1 take the bottom—where were they? Nat him. Bift do you feel wel
1 to I. t hand. This, in plain English, as
It. Is your present idea of the situa- urally In the center of the great mass, me to leave ymt for a few days? There difficult nf approach, and win a I »sorbed
Is a man I must see— tnu-t go to. If you besides by some overwhelming care.
the room being without windows.
PosxP v, i : ut
ijt the
Is full
In- tion.”
the affair
affair is
full of
of in-
It was. therefore, useless to look for have no dread of being left alone with But this fellow was one In a thousand
Hibllities.
Astonished at the clearness with
c greatest of which, to
' It, an<l yet my eye ran along the peaks your good nurse and the doctor’s con and somehow during the trip he man
F «¡tad. k t
" persistence with which which be read my mind. 1 atiswe-ed. and pinnacles of the roof, searching for stant attendance.”
aged to do him some little service,
* kind
“
Yes,
Inspector,
that
is
what
was
in
ixv
rted enough little wo-
Miss Grey looked startled. Donbt- which drew the attention of tlie great
the
skylight
In
which
It
undoubtedly
perse •
in ascribing the deep- mind."
ended. At last I espied It, and, roy le-s she fonnd It difficult t > understand man to himself. This done, lie so im
t milt tn r
“Good! Then It Is just as well that i
"• you profess to admire
ortainlv would lie glad to find in- Is out. Your mind is now tree, and curiosity satisfied on this »core, I let 1 wliat man In this strange • .untry ion Id proved his opfKirtnnlty tluit the two
were soon on the best of terms, and he
my eyes run over the fjlde and face of , Interest her father enough to ln<
of an
"ti pllcity with a great you can give It entirely to y*»ur duties.
leHinisl that the Englishman was with
him to leave her while he was ye
Isae.’’
I
the
building
for
an
open
window
or
a
i
Then. as.be laid bls hand on the door
out a valet, and. living unaccustomed
lifted shade. But all were tightly I boring under such solicitude. Rt
1 Wt tha* i I n
kuob. he added: "In studying so In
:*t Justify myself.
closed and gave no more sign of life I smile sjieedily took the place of her to move alxiut without one, felt the
Dura
tently
your
own
point
of
view,
you
has had no such con
look of surprised Inquiry, nd she nf- awkwardness of his position very
*L p n him," said I.
seem to have forgotten that the last than did the boarded up door. But I
much. This gave Sweetwater his cue,
As we fectlonately exclaimed:
1
was
not
deceived
by
this,
1 know. n
■1.1 know; but tin thing which Mr. Grey would be likely drove away. I thought bflw on the mor
“Ob. I haven't the least drend In the and when hi* found that the services
- *..
V< Didn't it I* well f<x to do. under those circumstances, would row there would be a regular proces world, not now. See, I can hold up my of such a man were wanted only dur
is ami lie satisfied wit) be to call attention to the falsity of the sion passing through this street to sc« arms. Go, pnpo. go; It will give t
ing tlie present trip and for the han
tilings have taken with gem upm whose similarity to the real Just the little I had seen today. Th« chance to surprise you with my t
dling
rt from per
■ t>> insist upon invols stone he was depending. Not even his detective's adventure was like to make looks when you cornu back."
sonal
l' gentleinnn
I Mr
confidence in bis own position, as an
i your suspicions?”
himse
He turned abruptly away. Ho
n honest de-
I «TT
the bouse notorious. For several min
honored
and
highly
esteemed
guest,
' T the edge of this re
air« t
I made, out
utes after I had left It* neigtib »rliood suffering from an emotion d<»*per t
wmild
lea
l
him
tn
do
that."
It keenly, and only tin
to glv
t of himself,
my imagination pictured roon z aftei be cared to acknowledge. But he g
I
known
con-
wel
in his fairness as >
that I for
ed control over himself '-¡ cedliy i
-«4 for the
“w ith the i iride rr>»m whnt up from the light of <1 lay, but
official euabied me ♦
tiri rk
al|»cble coming back, announced v ith fot
bearing
within
them
the
imp
Ml tl
r - decli
it loti aura of those two ubadow*
he
■ng quite confldentlA
"I
Pt 1 and that *• througli them like the ghosts of ghosts.
lav* tieen so good to n’»
>ke
ecog
' n to all l had t
go h
:uake
mtn i help but speak
■tri»
th.i
youi
It 1» my only aafet? believe was
on
» and
"Forced, n
■ r how I have to sit I"
“I
’ o
can
* this man with my •s chimerici
tie I
will
vr
not stand p
eg
®st I t] : ‘ ,kt‘<i up. It is killing
and
>4
you are a
•*k I should go back ccv
I
I
K
-
• •- e
€
The «¿¿Soman
ìn the Alcove
:
<
<
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN,
1
a
o
o
;(>ty to see all that was going on about
him without being himself seen. There
was method iu this curiosity, too much
methisl. Women did not interest him
In the least. They could pass and re-
pasa without arousing his attention,
but the moment a man stepffed bl*
way, he shrank from him only to be
tray tlie greatest curiosity concerning
him the moment he felt It safe to turn
and observe him All of which con
vinced Sweetwater that the English
man’s errand was In conn»-tloii with a
man whom he equally dreaded ami de
sired to meet.
Of this he wus made absolutely cer
tain a little later. A-^tlie.» were leav
ing the depot with the rest of the arriv
als Mr. Grey »aid:
"I want you to get me a room at a
very qulei hotel l'tils done, you are to
limit up the man whose name you will
find written In this patter, aud when
you have found liiai make up your
r ind how It will Is* possible for nle to
got a go.»1 look at him without bi* get
ting any sor, of a look at me. Do till*
and veil will earn a week's salary in
one day.”
Sweetwater, with his head In air nu>’
I his heart ou tire tor mutters were
• -ed took
looking very pron
the ¡mjier and put it In his pocket; then
he liegan to bunt for u hotel, Not tUi
he hud found what he wished and In
stalled the Englishman in bls room
did he venture to open tbs precious
memorandum and read the uatue he
had been speculating ov-.-r for an hour.
It was not the one be bad anticipated,
but it came near to it. It was that of
James Wellgood.
THE COME AND SEE SIGN
(Continued Next Week.)
EO WILES starts
NEW BRICK YARD
Ed Wiles, a well-known brick ma
son of this city, has begun the erec
tion of a brick manufacturing plant
on the Dan Linton place north of the
city, and will be in a position to fur
nish a large number of brick for
building operations In Eugene this
summer. He will have the plant In
operation within a short time, ami
when running to Its full capacity It
will turn out 16.000 to IS.000 bricks
each day.
Thyre Is going to be a big demand
for brick this summer, In fact there
is now, and no doubt. Mr Wiles will
be able to dispose of all he can man
ufacture.
The clay on the Linton
place Is said to be admirably adapted
to the manufacture of a first-class
building brick.
i
This sign i■- permanently attached
to the front of the main building of
the Lydia E. Pinkl.am Medicine
Company, I.ynn, M iss.
\\ hat l»oes This Sign Menn ?
It means tha* public insjieetion of
the laboratory and methods of doing
business is honest ly d --ired. It ineana
that there is nothing about the bus
iness which is uut “open and alove-
board."
It means that a permanent invita
tion is extended to anyone to tome
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
E. I’inkham’s Vegetable Compound.
I* it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots und herbs — with
out drugs ?
Come and See.
I >ot I. women of America continu
ally »Lse . mu. h of it is we are told !
Come and See.
Was tlu re ever su li a i>erson as
Lydia F. Cinidiam,. ml is there ativ
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private corn spondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly eonthlential?
Come ami See.
Have tliej’ really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents I?
Come an<l See.
Have they proof that Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound lias
cured thousands of these women?
Com«* and Sec.
r
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The gn at army ■»> women
who know from their owt. oersonal
Bxjterience that no medicine in the
world equals l.ydia E. I’inkham’s
Vegetable Com|K»und for female ills
will still go on using and Ix-ing l»en-
etlt'Ml by it: but the I»oor doubting,
suffering woman must, for her own
9ake,le taught confidence,for she a Iso
tnight juntas well regain her health.
• Prineville, Or., April 17.—Larkin
K. Elliott b*s been arrested at
ranch on the Ococho river on
charge of bnrning and otherwise
stroylng property belonging to
Congressman J. M. Williamson.
On March 2 8 the shearing plant
and corrals, together with a house
and other buildings, belonging to J
N. Williamson, were burned to the
ground, his barn alone being saved.
A fire was started In the manger of
the barn, but for some reason it went
out, though not without leaving some
very valuable evidence for the use of
the detectives who were put to work
as soon as the authorities were noti
fied of the burning. Because of the
location of this property in a rather
remote part of tile Horse Heaven
Gophers, Sage Rats and Prairie Doga
country, It was some time before the
annually devastate our fields of growing
fact was reported.
i grain.
Their number may be greatly
A few days prior to this a sheep
camp belonging to Mr. Williamson diminished by a systematic warfare upon
was destroyed on a tributary of the them, I.ierv female killed before the
Ococho, about fifteen miles east of young are born, reduces the number of
Prineville. Evidence Is In the hands pests at least ten later on.
"Woodlark" Squirrel Poison is tliemost
of the sheriff that indicate* that a
party or parties were the same in reliable and destructive agent yet devised
both the Incendiary acts. The value for theiy extermination. It is alxsolutelv
of the property destroyed by the fire certain in its action and e’.-jgy kernel lit
was about $3000, only $;>00 of which warranted to ki", climatic changes’or
tRQisture of the earth do not destroy ita
was secured by insurance.
(strength. It requires no mixing or prepa
ration, and is always ready for use. No
Other is so ¡rood. Dealers will refund the
FurchAM pile«, If not aa claimed.
Washington, A.urll 17.—"Some I oyt C hemical C o ., Portland, Oregon
body has got to whip Japan And I am
very much afraid that the important
duty will fall upon us." This sensa
tional statement was made today by
Representative Hayes, of California,
after a visit to the White House.
Continuing, Hayes said:
"What do you suppose Is In Ja
pan's mind while all this
tills pre
preparation
is going on it* her shipyard Is? What
nation Is she preparlngjo go to war
with tnat she is spending $100,000,-
000 annually?,
It Is the United
States and there is no use trying to
fool ourselves, into believing anything
else.”
The representative refused to say
what actuated the utterance at this
time.
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Boston, April 17. The elimination
of the names of Julia Marlowe and
Mrs ..Maude Backus from the divorce
petition filed by Clara von Hermann
against her husband, Karl von Her
mann, the newspaper and magaine
writer, is expected to be followed
shortly by suits for criminal libel.
Miss Marlowe is averse to going Into
court, but her managers are said to
be determined that-Mrs. von Her
mann should be punished.
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