Eugene daily guard., May 15, 1908, Image 7

TlfE FVCKVK PAII.F C.rAItn. HtllUV, MV IV IDiiN
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN,
Author of -Th MUllonilreB.by - rh f illfree Ball. Tha
Douw .-.. iu Anirinyit box. tie
tftPTItlCHT. 1B00. THK BOBBS-MERR1LL CO M PA N Y.
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JAPTER XXI (Continued.)
' kMw what all thU meant He
Lood what was In his master's
at be had pin him. Seventeen
.(rfen) ne "u " -".
ithe last .hmw. That was when
pis- ninsu-r and Falrbrother the
v- Vut 1"' i''1'! n,)t '"enn to play
jrt HU 0,11 fl,r ulm- for
Kot acquiescence. He began t7
ling the other's Instructions. II5
Bped clothes with him and othat
drM. and took the train for l.
-Kulzed her splendor as that of the
one woman who could never be too
gorgeous for his taste, and. alive to this
unexpected opportunity, he made for
tills window with the Intention of
u. fall confidence, and openly j ""outliiK up to her and bo attractlnic
Za his part of the business with I "emiou.
alacrity. even to the point of 1 t tills proved futile, au.i. driven at
X. Falrbrother with suitable lnst to end of his resources, he tore
in the nbllitv of one ol,t H "l ' paper from his notebook
atVel!jood to waiter's place 01111 1,1 ,llB dark and with the blinding
Alonal'le functions. It was not "mm' 111 llls eyes wrote the few broken
senieuees wnicii in- thouKht would liost
warn her with. nit romprouiUUu: his
muster. The means lie took to reach
her with this uote I have already re
lated. As soon as lie saw it ill ll-.T
hands he tleil the place and took the
lllst train west, lie, was In a pitinblo
cond!:iou when, three days later, ho
reach-.-.l the small station frjin which
lie had originally set out. The haste.
later near tne nine iiiai reir- -i"-t v v.. u5 vmuv
0 awrted east. But once nt Yi ut' h.rtd failed to avert, had undermined
rvnee registered there as Abnev , M hitherto excellent constitution, and
l-jtber from New York-he took A ' " SJ Utoui of a serious Illness were
vt course from the one laid o' u'KlwnlB to make themselves maui
(0. a coiirse which finally brought (est. Hut he, like his indomitable mas
tat'o bis master's wake, and land- t(. possessed a great fund of euergy
at the same hour In New York. '' w' Power. He saw that if he was
1 Is what ho did. lustpnd of Hhu'.- to save Abner Falrbmther (and now
Itoself up in his room, he ex- ullt Mrs- Fairbiother was dead his old
fl sa immediate desire to visit master was all the world to him) he
melphboring mines, and, nroctir. "' 'ink-' Falrbrotlier's nlibl good by
food horse, started off at the first currying 011 the deception as planned
able moment. He rodo north, losr' ly the latter and getting as sjou as
possible to His camp In the New Mex
ico mountains. He knew that he would
have strength to do this, and he went
about It without sparing himself..
.Making his way into the mountains,
lie found the guide ami his horse at
the place airreed upon and. paying the
guide enough for his services to insure
a ipiiet tongue, rode back toward El
Moro, wheve he was met and sent on to
Santa Fe as already related.
Such Is tile real explanation of the
well nigh unintelligible scrawl found
In Mrs. Falrbrotlier's hand after her
death. As to the one which left Miss
it in the mountains, and wan
4 till he found a guide Intelligent
(1 to lend himself to his plans
k guide he confided his horse foi
Mr days he Intended to lie gone.
Mia well and promising I1I.1,
Kal money if. during his ah
4 lie succeeded In circulating tho
ithathe. Abner Fnlrbrothcr. had
tit'p Into the mountain?, hound
ch ai:d such a camp.
ItoS thus provided an nllhl. not
or Muiself but for his master,
tjj esse he should need It, he took
Jkwt road to the nearest railway
aad started on his long ride Prey's bedside for this same house, it
fhe did not expect to overtake
911 he had beeu personating, but
vs kinder than Is usual lu
fasca, and. owing to a delay'
by some accident to a freight
(be arrlred in Chicago within a
of hours of Mr. Falrhrother,
larted out of that city on the
sin. But not on the same car.
Bad caught a glimpse of Fair-
Ion the platform nnd was earc-
leep out of his sight. This was
loagh. Ue bought a compnrt-
was, alike in the writing nnd sending,
the loving freak of n very sick but
tender hearted girl. She hnd noted tho
look with which '.r. Grey hud left her,
and. In her delirious state, thought that
n line in her own hand would convince
him of her good condition nnd make It
possible for him to enjoy the evening.
She was, however, too much afraid of
her nurse to write it openly, nnd
though we never found that scrawl. It
was doubMess not very different in
ppeaniMce from the one with which I
1 ,.n..f..tii..'...l It Tlu iiifin fit tvhiur.
in the sleeper nnd stayed in li1 1 wit-.' t:i rusted stopped for too many
K arrived nt the Gruud Central! warn, lag drinks on his way for It ever
Then he hastened out and j to reac h Mr. namsdell's house. He
favoring him with nnothet did net even return home that night.
p of the man In whose move I nnd when lie did put In an appearance
ne -,as so Interested, followed the ucM morning, he was dismissed.
This takes me bai l; to the ball and
Mrs. Falrhrother. She had never had
to the streets.
rother had shaved off his beard
leaving El Moro. Scars had much fear of her husband till she re
ins oft" 011 the train. Hoth w reived his old servant's note In the pc-
fcd, tile former the more owing tc collar manner already mentioned.
This, coming through the night and the
wet and with all the marks of hurry
upon it. dlil Impress her greatly and
led her to take the first means which
offered of ridding herself of her dan
gerous ornament. The story of this
we know.
Meanwhile a burning heart nnd a
Scheming brain were keeping up theh
deadly work n few paces off under tht
Impassive aspect and active move
incuts of the caterer's newly hireC
waiter. Abner Falrhrother. whose rea
character no one had ever been able tc
sound, unless It was the man wIk
hail known him In his days of struggle
was one of those dangerous men whe
can conceal under a still brow and a
noiseless maimer the most violent pas
slons and the most desperate resolves
He was angry with his wife, who s
dclllicrately Jeopardizing his good
name, and he had come there to kill
her If he found her daunting the dia
t 1.. 11 . n.,-'a ..I-.. U- anil fhilfll7h
1 UJOOU 111 .in. "11; " - r---
I ..n.i emiM hltVD itl 'I II' t I'll HllV ChUHKC
waniy oi ins mouth which uf
be had always thought besl
Sr. Sears therefore walked be
in without fear and was almost
1 tteels when this owner of one ol
tork'a most notable mansions en
flth a spruce nir the doors of a
jknt caterer. 1
'landing the plot now and h'av !
Tilling to fear for his mistress,
I'd the streets for Bonn b.nir
' frite of great Indecision. Then
' it up to her apartment. But he
owner come within sight of il
sense of disloyalty struck him,
slunk awny, only to come shi
ft when It was too late and she
mil for the ball. I
with apprehension, but
"nsHv divided in his Impulses
I to serve master and mistress
iiliout disloyalty to the one or
t the other, he hesitated nnd
"Kb himself till hl rnra for '
ff drove blin to Mr. Kamsdell's
iht
was a stormy one. Th
I.. 1,1a l..lr nii,1 milliner. flfl tip tlASSll
nnow of the season was fall-) throuKh tlie r,, where these two
1 a Ulijh cfnlp bliwlnir ilnwn .. .. v.. i..It
were suiniling. uie oihuu m mnv .....
woman was struck when he saw the
eager scrutiny and Indescribable air
of recognition with which this long
defrauded gentleman eyed his ow n dia
mond. He had meant to attack her 0snly.
seize the ilium. 'lid. fling It at Mr.
drey's feet and then kill himself. That
had bei-.l li'i plan. I'.ut when he found
nft.-r a round or tw.. av.:-:e Hi"
t!::.t n.ilolv ! .k- I
rei-e.-Il.Ze l t!:e ell I
In the n'..MT-.t,..!..
f..ri..-''!y i-tT :--!
iv '
na a hlirh -..i,. 1.1 1 a..-
As be approach- the house, '
' we know, is one of the mod-
la the ItlvPraMa lllutHet tin
h'n fall ,im. Hut ns he came
ed COt tha lnll
Fi seiluetlve music and the
gwtle of crowding carriages he
f ' ml,"l's eye saeh a picture of
infill mistress, threatened nil
Ui her,.!f In -,,.. i t.
!"'- 'hat lie lost nil sens" of
hiihert d.-tcrreil nlni. Mak
J,'d tlicre his great choice, he
"t f.,r the entrance with the
'on of seeing and warning
'" lsenth- prreelve-l. w.".
',r'":' ah!... He could ne:hei
'"'f pi.,-t her to come to
"'"'He time was passing.
U .isler .., t,.irn Ti,u
'""' liii head ill-TV nt.il
!..- 1.:
...nuiiK me carriages,
t ham 1
kn if n over in nin
?" " Ins eve, had not nl.loiilv
Unlit,.! ... . ,' I
Vee- I
Hot I
ilinue
l-f..re
lie lov.
11. st over I' v this
g!e and II- hard I"
I h.:n and nnbod;.
I :,.,wn inillie-.a r
. I -'ire Willi lie-
Hid Me.-'.;-t-es
llif- r
r It wo-:': I
le-r i
lit IOM
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1 1 .ail., l. . . . .. . ". 11.. 1 1 i ',, ei . 0 " ' iemt tic cli.ir:;,
L . "ena (1IZ7.V, Hill , S.t I " ' ' ' '
t luxurtiH fa-
i ciliated h.:n If Mr. '.r-y u.-
I i,., Mr c;rcv was Ktuvll-h and
"bad )w .... ... 1,. rv.,r. .fill A mere an If It can
1 - " "mil trriemiy leu, , , ,
I tor.nl"ne. the subtle Amencan would
window, which wa, only win If Mr. tirey w.-r t able to l-'t
J7 hi, head, stood the to the flaw which mark-I thl. diamond
' lm" of woman clad In I as his own. And tl.: Falrhrother had
rkim,, w(h JeweU pr0TWp.RCTn,t and would 'j''
fn"l from him, but b roc- If h.e could bold bla passlona In rnef
' "; ' with all his wit when
1 "I n :!: ,ax.
re ':,. c h ; ;lM,J 9Ul-ft i,t,
I'-- ,'t. 11 1 1 ".-. ! e man w No.
I '! Lfieti with co. Tee iui,l
ca: e aiui v.el'.t an uniloticisl unit
a non.- t'.t. tweuty other units simi
larly ,,), ,i shiilhuly attentive. He
waited on la.ly alter lady, and when,
on the i-is-nnu; of Mr. Hurand fivm
'ie alc.iv,.. I,,. .asse, lu there with his
tray and his two cups of coffee nobody
heeditl and nobody remembered.
It was all over lu a minute, and he
came out. still unnoted, and went to
the supier room for more cups of cof
fee. Hut that minute had set Its seal
on his heart forever. She was sitting
mere aioue. with her side to the en
trance, so that he had to pass around
In order to face her. Her elegancw
and a certain air she had of remote
ness from the scene of which she waj
the glowing center when she smiled,
awed him and made his hand loosen a
little 011 the slender stiletto he held
close acllust the bottom of the tray.
Hut such resolution does not easily
yield, and his fingers soon tightened
O'-rain. this time with a deadly grip.
He had expected to meet the Hash of
the diamond as he bent over her and
dread!-! doing so for fear it would at
tract his eve from her face and so cost
him the sitht of that startled recogni
tion which would u-ive the desired Kilnt
to his revenue. I!ut the trnv. as he.
held it. shielded her breast from view,
and when he lowered It to str;. bis
bliw he thought of nothing "mi aiming
so truly as tu need Micond blow.
He had had his (yjwrlenv'e In those
old years In h mining cniup, and he
did not fear failure In thle. What he
did fear was her utterance of some
cry, possibly bis name, but she wns
stunned with horror and did not shriek
horror of hint whose eyes she met
with her glassy nnd staring ones as he
slowly drew forth the weaion.
Why he drew It forth Instead of
leiuing It In her breast he could not
say. Possibly because It gave blin his
moment of gloating revenge. When in
another instant her hands Hew up and
the tray tipped and the china fell the
revulsion came, and his eyes opened to
two facts the instrument of deatli was
slill in his grasp, and tile diamond, on
whose possession he counted, was gone
from bis wife's breast.
It was n h irrible moment. Voices
could be heard npirr niching the alcove
laughing voices that In 1111 Instant
would take on the note of horror. And
the music ah, how low It had sunk,
as If to give place to the dying mur
mur lie now heard Issuing from her
lips! But he was a man of iron.
Thrusting the stiletto Into the first
place that offered, he drew the cur
tains over the staring windows, then
slid out with his tray, calm, speckless
aud attentive as ever, dead to thought,
dead to feeling, hut aware, quite awaro
in the secret depths of his being that
something besides his wife had beeu
killed Unit night and that sleep and
peace of mind aud all pleasure lu the
past were gone forever.
It was not he 1 snw enter the alcove
and come out with news of the crime.
He left this role to one whose ante
cedents could better bear Investiga
tion. Ills part was to play, with Just
the proper display of horror and curi
osity, the ordinary menial brought face
to face w l:h a crime in high life. He
could do this. He could even suslalu
' his share lu the gossip, and for this
purisise kept uear the other waiters.
The absence of the diamond was all
that troubled him. That brought him
at times to the point of vertigo. Had
Mr. llrey recognized and claimed It?
If so. he. Abner I'airbrolher, must re
main .lames Wollgiinil, the waiter. In
definitely. This would reipiltv more
Is' lief ill Ills star than ever be had bad
ret. But as the moments passed nnd
no ceutraill.-llon wns given to the unl
i vefsahv receive. Impress!-.!) that the
i anie hand whr. h hail struck tho blow
1 lad taken the diamond, eten tills
cause of anxiety left Ids breast and be
faced people with more ami more cour
age till tin? moment when he suddenly i
heard that the diamond had been
found In the imssesslou of a man per- j
fe. tly stnnige to him and saw the In- 1
speci.i- pass 11 over mio me nan. is or
Mr. flrey.
Instantly he realized that the crt-d
of his fate was on him. If Mr. Ilrey
were given time to identify this stone, 1
he lAl.ner Fairbrothen was lost and
the diamond as well. 'Could he prevent
this? There was but oue way. and
that way he took. Making use of his
' ventriliMjulal wcrs-he had spent a
year on the public stage In those early
days, playing Just such tricks as these
he rnlsrd the one cry which he knew
would stnrtle Mr. nrey more than any
other In the world, and when the dia- I
mond fell from his hand, as he knew It
would, he rushed forward and. In the
act of picking It up. made that ex
change which not only halted the was- i
plclens of the statesman, but rnstoreil 1
to him the dlam I. for whose posses-
p!"ti he wns now ready to larter half
Ills rcri.i r.lnlnif days.
M.' i'iivhl'e Mr 'ir-y li id had his own
.V, ' -s. IllsrKg th's Wh'.Je I
pvetiin.- he had I, . en "list ;, Ire d by the '
r.ii', r .ii tilt t' e d a: 1. .in I of whi.-b
lie li 1 c:i...-',t I, ill passing g'il. !.-..
iv-.- -he :--it M .g'll of Ids ..n.e fa- '
V 1 ,0.,'o-i. So s.-re V ;'s l.e of
V . . I ' ft 11 '.', I ' I-"'M l.e f 'll'el h !o-
s,.'f tec I t . i nter th" rlcove. .!.-
in in I a . r s 'it of tic .l:.i.'io:id
.in ! . the . 1 1: --1 ; n tle-n and liii-re.
He . ..... .v. t,t so f ir as to take in h!
hril tV' nr.. caps of cofTee M hi. ti
she lid s.-r-.e li las ex. -use for this In-
tpi-i'-n. but his naturally chiwilrousj
Iri-tin, -ts again lnterveni-1, and he set
the c ii'S dow n ng i!n -this I did not .
is - and turned his teps t iw.(tf the
lll.rarv with the Intention of writing
her a note Instead. But though be -found
piper aiTy-en to hand, be could j
find no wo nil for -o daring 'finest, j
and be came back Into the ball, only
tn bear that lb woman b ba4 eoty.
1
trmptottxl n till rvssi lip hin'QMt t
nn.Moroil niul hvr icTvnt Jt-wot t.
T)u s.uvk t.H iiui.li. :i!,.J ;
t!i 111 r.-M v i 1: t!u I.''.'.-,- i..i ...
!u- .ftrvat-vl :i:in to tlu IUr;r wli-.v
lu ilovounsl In-; n nxii'l -t- in s.i. . t;.l
li.'po nvlviv! iiZ:n at siht f:' t.;o i
m 01 ul in ttit itipivt lr's hatui. 'ii'y t.
vanish mi-ior Mio niai hinations of ono
tit ili 1 iiitr vtti ri-.'iiL-ii!r. vtiin ho I '-'
tho CjiIm jvwol fnin ttis UiA.
Tin- American hail outwltn-il iho 1
lis tuna n anil the triumph of evil wa
complete.
Or so It soetnoU. Hut if tho Kiij,Mlsh
tiian Is Blow, ho Is sure. Thrown oft
the track for the time being. Mr. l.rey
had ouly to see a picture of the clllotto
In the papers, to feel analu that, tie
aplte all appoarancea, KlrbroilK-r wm
renlljr not only at the bottom of tht
tho f u from which hli cousin ami him
aolf hail ufTiTtHl. hut of this frightful
munlor as well. He maUo uo opou
move he was n stranger In a strange
latul anil much disturbed, besides, by
his fours for his daughter but h
startotl n secret Inquiry throucti his oM
valet, whom he ran acrosa lu the street
and whose peculiar tnlnpt ability for
tlits kind of work ho well know.
The aim of these Inquiries was to
determine If tho person, whom two
physicians and three assistants vcr
ontlctivuriiig to nurse back to hcalil
on the t.ip of a wild plateau la a ro
Utote district of Now Mexico, was the
man he hud onco entertained at his
own board lu Kuglaml, nnd the ad
ventures thus Incurred would mak n
story lu Itself. Hut the result seemed
to justify them. Word cauie after In
numerable delays, very trying to Mr.
Grey, that he was hq (Lu wime,
though ho bore the nitiue of Tniis
brother, nnd wna considered by every
one around there to be Falrhrother.
Mr. (Jrey. Ignorant of tho relations be
tween the millionaire master and his
man which sometimes led to the hit
ter's personifying the former, was con
fident of his own mistake nnd bitterly
ashamed of his own suspicions.
Hut n second message set him right.
A deception was being prnetlced down
In New Me.iio. and this was how his
spy had found It out. Certain loiters
which went Into the sick tent were
scut away again, and ntways to that
one n.ldross. iu h;ul learned the ad
dress. It was Hint of James W'ellgood,
0-. Maine. If Mr. (irey would look
up this Wellgood he would doubtless
learn something of the man he was bo
interested In.
This gave Mr. Grey personally some
thing to do, for he would trust no
second party with a inessap' involving
the honor of a possibly Innocent man.
As tho place was accessible by rail
road and Ids duty clear, he took the
Journey Involved and succeeded In gel
ting n glimpse lu the maimer we know
of the man James Wellgood, This
time he recognized Falrbrother and.
satisfied from tho circumstances of
tho moment that he would be making
nc mistake In accusing htm of having
taken the Croat Mogul, he Intercepted
him lu his (light, as you have already
read, nnd d-Miinnded the Immediate re
turn of his greut diamond.
And Falrbrother? We shall have to
go bnck n little to bring his history up
to this critical Instant.
When he realized the trend of public
opinion, when he saw a perfectly Inno
cent man committed to the Tombs for
his crime, ho was llrst astonished nnd
then am lined tit what he continued to
regard as the triumph of his star. Hut
he did not ntart for KI Moro, wNe as
lie felt It would he to do so. Some
thing of tho faseinntimi usual with
criminals kept him near the scone of j
his crime, that and an anxiety to s e j
how S'nrs would cnndnet himself In j
the fliiuthwest That Sears had follow
ed him to New York, knew his crime '
and was the droni:e-;t witmss amilnst
him wns as far from his thoughts a 1
Mint ho owed him the warning which i
ad all but balked him of his revenue.
A lien therof'ire h r( d In the paper j
that "Abner Falrbrother" bad beetj
found sick In his ramp at Santa Fe he
felt that nothing nmv stood in the way .
of his entering on the plans he hud 1
framed for ultimate e-ape. On his '
departure from :i Moro In- had taken 1
the precaution of giving Sears tho 1
name of a certain small town on the I
coast of Maine where his mall was to j
lo sent In cine of a great emergency, j
Ho had chosen this town for two reasons-first,
htk-auso he knew all ulxjiit
It. having had a young man from there i
In his employ; secondly, b-ause of Its
neighborhood to the Inlet where an old
launch of his had been d'H-ked for the
winter. Always astute, always precau-
tknry, be bad given orders to hove)
Lhia launch floated and provisioned, so
that now he had only to send word to j
the captain to buve at his command the I
best Kiislhle menus of esespe. j
Meanwhile Ue must make good his j
position lu ('. lie did It In the way I
we know. Jmi tin lied that the only dan-
ger he ii'ed fear was the dlwovery of I
the fraud praclleed In New Meilro, lie j
had rotitldenre ition'h In S'-ant even In '
his .r---. nl d:.'il.."l M::f- t take bis
time and m;il,e himself Hi;d with the
p.-.j-!.- of C - while Wiiltiiu' for tin- I' e
to dir. -ppear from the h;irbor This tv- '
e n pi. -iit-1 u'pI fruiting i;.:i b- m i--ti ti, i
h- t'ok ;i i:.v;i,g trip fo ".v York to
ir- nil' b p.ipi-r ni:d vriluabl'-K in
h Mi-!,"d to earry out f t! e country ,
with h:t't. They '-re in '' i!'1"h.I
hi!t th't Mirodp,,wt WJ ! w'roiiy
r-iio in t!: c.-i.t'-r of L.t hotii- In
lily -Mxth" jitr'-et -a ro-m which yoti
';,;;::e, but he tvmeiii hero I where Scars ,
N.'-'t b'-i. I:e I ' ll il o.U'ti e:i t ;:;'t
! i iJi.il !,! he had br'ii.:bt ;th I
h.-n lr-- I l ii' nv:i. M. s..-.- r '::..::
i--.t i;.i'.rs to lb.' -U'w.iv-r. V.i.
f'i;i!!d t'i p-.'t ti am! bt-caii.e from that
Inl:int !mv;m. j';v 1'ut In rc-noring
lu articles be had pul!.-,! out be cam-
aero-:- a piioi.graph oi' U,- wite and
er It
'l v ent mad, as
we hao hoard the detective toll. '1 bat
later, lie should succeed lu trapping
this dvtivltvo aud sbtMiId lc:i o the
house without a qualm as to his fate,
shows what sort of man he was in
nii-meets of extreme danger. 1 doubt,
from what 1 have beard of him since.
A StSSM 5NT OF
jffAlLHGADS C'j:.;PA.r
Ue came cicroj o phobwrruph of hi wlfC
if he ever gave two thoughts to the
mnu nftor he had sprung the double
look QU him; which, considering his ex
treme Ignorance of who his victim
was or what relation he bore to his
own fate, was certainly remarkable.
Hack again In C , ho made his Dual
preparations fur departure. lie had
already communicated with the captain
of the launch, who may or may not
have known his passenger's real uamo
lie s.u h that ho suppmed him to In
some agent of Mr. Falrbrotlier's; that
among the rtrst orders ho received from
that gentleman was one to the clYcct
that he wns to follow the instructions
of one Wellgood as If they came from
himself; that he had done so, aud not
till he had Mr. Falrhrother on board
had he known whom he was expected
to carry Into other waters. However,
there are many who do not believe the
captain. Falrbrother had a genius fot
rousing devotion tn tho men whe
worked for him, aud probably this man
was another Sears.
To leave speculation, all was lu train,
then, and freedom but n quarter uf u
mllo nway, when the boat he was In
was stopped by another and ho heard
Mr. (irey's voice demanding tho Jewel.
Tho shock was severe mid bo had
ueed of all the nerve which hnd hith
erto made his career so prosperous to
sustain the encounter with tho calm
ness which alone could carry off the
situation. Declaring that the diamond
was lu New York, he promised to re
store It If tho other would make the
sacrltlco worth while by continuing to
preserve hla hitherto admirable silence
concerning hlru. Mr. (irey responded
by grunting him Just twoiilyfotir
hours, nnd when Falrbrother said the
tlmo was not long enough and allowed
his hand to steal ominously to his
breast he repeated still more decisive
ly. "Twenty four hours."
The ex -miner honored bravery. Willi
drawing his hand from his breast, he
bi-oui'ht out a notebook Instead of h
pistol and. In n tone fully ns deter
mined, replied: "The diamond Is In A
place Inaccessible to any one but my
self. If you will put your name to A
promise not to betray me for the thirty
tdx hours I fink, I will sign one to re
store you tho diamond before 1 -M)
o'clock on Friday."
"I will," said Mr. (irey.
N the promises were written and
duly exchsuged. Mr. irey returned to
New York, ami Falrbrother boarded
his launch.
The diamond really was In New
York, ami to him It seemed more politic
lo use it as a means of securing Mr.
Grey's permanent silence than to My
Uie country, leaving a man behind him
who knew his secret nnd could pre
cipitate his doom with a word. He
would therefore go to New York, ploy
his last great card nnd. If he lost, le
do worse off than ho was now. He did
Dot mean to lose.
Hut be had not cnlctdatNl on any tn
hPHiit weakness In hltnaHf -hnd not
CAlcnlatfd on Providence. A dish turn
bW and with It fell Into rhnos the
fnlr structure of his d rosins. With t!c
cry of "Orlwl! CtUaM" he gave up
his seerot, his h"pes and his Hfu,
There was no retrieval possible nftor
that. The star of Abner Falrbrother
hnd s't
Mr. t'.r-y and hN Onurrhter lenrned
very s -n "f my retaMon to Mr. In
niH V tn:t t'lroich ti e pfi-eiintloti of
'V' lii' - f r ari'l if y urn p wirs of
of (rVrol ri'i Mi.',f'i.,n hr-s ever
-e-1 V-lr i:,l'!d of I',.. prt orwe
pi.. -,. 1 I., if,,. n'.ltU-r ,,f t. -OMettO.
1 -thi , amply pro.-.J by the Itivlti
!;. Mr. I-it-hI ftd I l.nv.. but re-
cepc'l to oM.-,( our hnlieyilpurll nt
I'nrlliitofi Manor.
tii: FMi,
nc;i
ILLI
iSprinui ri W'lvO
As ..:;,! Ii . n. s sln.'.all il'irln',
till- iani:Kii in "l.il : in1 l.:lili-.:i.tt-in.l
ulli.r l ' . V . . i li 1 1 u s pay llu-lr
iliari- n( i'i.' taxi-.- " i'l't ii ''
what In- has ilniK' ilurllli; his i.ust ml-
ntlnlftratltin luvMirils i-arryln mil
ihl i-aniimiKii oi-y In l.aiii' t'linnty.l
Tin' Smiihi'in I'lUltto Main l.lm- Is
jisi'ss.'il 120.000 a mill- In l.iuu'
county. In l.lnn, ImikIh mul Mar
Inn countlPH, llii' SiMiilii't-n railfli
main line la assi-ast-il J.10.000 g ml if
We ask Mr. Ket-m-y to answi-r the
inostlon why ho hssossi-h tho Snnth
tii 1'iiPirii- main lino $10,000 n mile
Ii-sh Ihnn l.lnn, lKniKlaa aiut Marimi
;t)iintl-s.
Thursilay, Ortnhor 1 7. 1907, tho
Wt'strrn tn-t'unn Luinlu-r Manufai'-
urlnn Assm'tutlon hi'lil a moi'liiK In
I'nliHuo lirovi. tin-Kim, anil n Iti-so-1
hi ton v ar niloptcil thai Assossor
Kooiii'y he roQtiosteil tn ralsi tho yal
uaildn on I ho roml l"'.l of Iho Snntli
rn Tai lflr lo f 30.000 a mllo. I hi'
anu' as tn IVumlus. l.tun anil M.niou
'-i-nntlis. In tho samo tssiio of 1'hi
iluaril. Assossnr Koonoy in an Iiiut
vit'w, .s'aii-il thai th..- I.uuilioi'inaiin's
--on vim'.i inn at t'lM'ai;'' tlrnvo w as j.
nnnlli lalo lu oniHlni; tho rostilullou,
an. I i hni mi Sopii'inln-r IMIi, ho h,'
.livlili-1 lo take "'!i acll.n, l)Ul !-
nut uintlv 11 UUbli" Vt afk M'r
'T'onov llio iiuoKtlon. why ho mail.
iIiIh atutoinont In that tntorvtow ami
has nut larrli'il It Into t-rtocl.
Tho Sinuliorn r'tioUlc Comimiiy ltns
JO. 76 miles of main line rond bed
la Lont) County. Tho ilirtoreneo In
assossid valuo botweon 20.000 nnd
;io, out) a mllo would ho $ to7.ti00.oo.
Tho voters of Lane t'oonty will not
JililKo n puhlli- iiKlilal by the prom
ises ho niakoa when a eandldate for
re-ele.'tlon, ao tmieh as by the of
fti'lal record ho has made.
Tho Soul horn rneifln rouiinny
Mliould pay J:!0.t)00 or more n mile.
In this county ns Ita Just proportion
of tho taxes.
SprliiKfli-ld offers to the voters ol
I. line (.'utility, In Welliey Stevens, li
eaniliilalo for Assi-ssor who will mil
merely promise to, but will carry In
to effect the print Iplo that rallriiadu
and other corporal Inns, should pay
their share of the taxes.
CXADICAr Wll.l. til-l'.X
KMl'liOYMICST Ol'I'ICIi
In ronneetlo-i with his eluar aloro,
at 531 Willamette street. Those wish
Inn liolp teleplionn Keil 1421, or call
at cluur atom, 531 Willamel'n street.
Jl
I'ltKIO'liKCTl'ltlO
Wnltor Thonins Mlljs, author if
"Tho SlriiKKlo for Kxlslenoe," anil
editor of tho Saturday KvenltiK Trib
une, la n lendltm authority on enn
utriK'llvtt Boclallsiii. Ho will ndilress
tho prnpla on tho subject, "Public
Ownership of Monopolled lndus
trlefl" at tho courthouse Friday even
Iiik, May IB, at 8 ). m. Kverybody
cordially Invited. niKi
(lASOI.IN'K WOOD HAW
W O. Whits l prepared lo law
your wood nn ahort notice.
Phonn Plank 4351. Residence,
(16 Want Sixth atreot
Warner tunes plnnni, Leave ,.r
4or at Mnrrls" Music Rnre. tf
Often The Kidneys Ars
Weakened fcy Over-Work.
Unhealthy KiJncys Make Impure Blood.
U u-cd t' bf o.uM'ii'tol that only
Utiuarv and bl.i.ltt.-r tnitlm-s w.-ie to be
ttaecd to the kidney,
hut now modern
il "-we p'vvh that
Ww7,,ca,,,-V ul aist',ises
llii t: i in-1 1 i lining
in the disorder of
these most important
orK:ms.
The kidnev filter
and irnrifv theblod
ii ...I.... viinr kiilnpvuri Wak
i lici rune, niiiii tHi
or out ol order, vou can umlcrntand how
quicklv vour entire IkxW i atfectcil and
how every or;au seems lo fail lo Uo its
"if vou nre sick or " feci Uaiy," liin
taking the Krcal kidney remedy, Ur.
Kilmer's Swiimp-KtMtt. Iwoause s soon
as vour kidnevs are well they will help
ail tl.e other oriim. to health. A tnul
will convince auvone.
If vou are sick you can nmke no mla
t:ike bv tii st diK'tonu( yo-ur ki'luey.
The nu'ld uud tli fNtiMO-uhuary etTcct of
ti. v. -i Miivn-k'oot. the ureat
kidney lvmvdv, is soon ie(ili-k It
-, 4 .i. . 1....I..... i..r 'm wrtnd.-rtul cures
of tho most ilulu-siiny cati st nnd i t(1
on its nujils i'V :ui
dim: .iblMi'i iitt c-iit,
uud oiu-(Ui;.u
nil i .i r.i in i ne I'i'uiv iiomt oi mp-wuw
I i ,,1 lu-o nlvn ii tiitnolil.-t li-lllll" VOU
how to tind out it on have kidney or
bladder ttoiitilc. Mciitum this rnijer
when writuiL; to Or. K. timer & Co., Hin
h.imVon, N. V. lon'lnmkennv mistnue,
hut rPtncituVr lc Swamp-Root,
I)r. Kilmtr's Swanip-RiVSt. the md
dreu, IliimHamtou.N. Y.,ou every bJtU
V.
ill rcii,riihT In fvnrotion wlf
K ivnt.r' nd vcti tun.
To enter hiH own door with hiii own
Int' hkjy, In th' wnrlty nnd durkti"
of a htoriiiy tjltiht, Mii'd tf thli .If
r nfldi'!it man n nmtttT of no jrrt'ii' i
rlk. Not did h find It no. Me reach
bin utroiig rfin, prwurwl hU MurttU(
And wad l'viij(f the houiw, without
havlnif nufferwl in alarm, whi aoino
Initlnct of lf prewvrvatlon auKK'-l'l
to him tlM advlnabllitr of arming uluv
with a platoL ilia own wu to
M-:X1 VM;I:K -" Tho Man of thp
Hour," '-lit' ol ' Ih Kroal iiov;1h offhi
i-r. nt ritnf, wlil h' nin In Tin- (iuurd.
fio nor rivf-rloftk tli- oit-nlim chan
uth on Friday, May 22.
f Orpli'Mim will ht rloH on
ThVrlay, Krld.iy and Baturday of
thin wt'k to Klv an onportunlly to
pr-jrar the ihh fr the Kniolre
H'ok Cn.t whWh will open Monday
nlKht, Muy IX. Thy come hlKhly
rofmmndd and will do doubt
Tdnaa the theatre-going pjpl of
Eugen. all
NOTICK OF HAI.K OF WATKIt
ItONOS
Nollro Ik horohy given ("hut In pur
h u an co of nnd In ronfornilly to orll
nniKo niimhor 7114, puHHi'd by tin
'oiumon rouiu'l) on Iho ft h day ol
May. l!M)Kt aud ipt'tvfd by ih may
or on tho Oth day of May, lltos, th
common council nf tho city of K11
Koiio will r'ol vo to'iih'd proposal
at tli offlco of tho city recorder It
KiiKeno, Ort'Kon, for tho purrhiiHo ol
threo hundred thoiiHaiid ilollarM In
water hondn of h it 1t city, or any pari
theroof, up to tht hour of 7;'.i( p.tu
TueHday, July 7. HtftH, and that ha Id
propoHu!n will bo opeiiel and coiihIc)
erod by tho council at ald tlnic.
That tho city of Kiiicene proposes
to well Iho aald threo hundr' d Oiouh
aud dollars of water bonds to tin
highest hlddor therefor In denoml
natloiifl of from ou hundred to urn
thousand dollar, nn tho purchaaei
may dfsiro; that said IioimIh are t
hear liitorest tit tho rato hid, not tn
excrn-d 6 per ont pfr annum; sah!
IniercKt payablo Heinl-atinually on
tho first day of July and January ot
each year from thlr date until paid,
that sn Id t h ri'o h u ri d red t houa
aud ilollarn of water bonds will bo
rorne due and payable by the clly ol
KiiK'Tio as follows: On the first day
of January, 19-IH, principal and In
terst payable nt a placo to be BKreed
upon by purchaser and city,
That said bonds Khali not he sold
for less than their par value; that lu !
addlllon to the xi-n.-ral obligation of j
the wald city, the ald brnids when '
Hold shall bo a first and exclusive i
lien on all lands, rlKhU-of-way, oaso- '
merits, water rights, pipe lines, strur-i
tures and appliance of every kind
ronipoHlntf the wai tor system to be si.'- 1
cured with the money derived from'
the wale of said bond; that tho com
mon council reo-rve tho rltfhi of ro
Je'flriH any and nil ljldn. j
'I hnf the sahl lionds will be (nHiied 1
ati'l ill 'i"-rO''l of utuli-r and puiritiant
to the t (iiih of the act, ' To re ltn-or-
porate the clly of KiiK'-ne, and to re-)
peal all ar-tn and parM of uc:.-) lu cori- i
rii't, bi-rewllh," riled If. tho offlr-n'
nt Mm? secretary of state February IS,j
llHt.'i. and the amendments thereto!
pa' d and enacted by I he peoph. of
tho Htv of KiiK'-tie on the 1Mb day
of April, lObH.
A certified check of five per cent
of the amount of each bid, payable to
J. I), Matlock, Mayor, Is required to
accompany each bid.
This notice la published for AO
days In the Morning ItcKlntcr and Ku-K'-no
iJally Guard, newspapers of gen
oral circulation, published at Kugene,
Oregon.
Ite of first publication, Mar 6th.
190.
Ilr order of the common council,
Jy B. r. DORRI8, Recorder.
Certain Approval
of our workm.mship and skill
in clc.iiisinjf and scouring, ol
your own wisdom in sending
"that old gown" to uj, only
awaits its return to you. Your
purse when you get our prices
will join the zlad acclaim of
our g-enerout andexpert treat,
ment of your clothing; by us-
Evei y thing possible in
Cleaning and Dyeing
Eugene Dye Works
6th mi WilU-n:lt: Sts.
Phone Red 2861 .
.9
Read This
Tlic Kugi' ne Grocery
is now open for lnis
iness in their new
sImikI and are better
abie to serve their
customers than ever
before : : : : :
EUGENE GROCERY
104 West Eighth Street
NEW BOOKS TO READ
The Ba rrier, by Rex Beach
The Metropolis, by Sinclair
The Iron Heel, by London
Princess Nadine, by Reid
now
to be had at
Schwarzsch itd's Book Store
306 Wlll.m )Lt- St,.
"'iriiniii'iiiiiiiiniiiiiiw ii 1 1 iiijiif j'fl
Madame Dean's
Pills.
PI
FRCNCH
FEMALE
A Hafr, OnrAtv II s-
MsNrfrKi iriO!. NEVER INOWR TO FAL.
HhM Kurt'! Hlretty! HiitlBfiu'tton (Jiiur
stiii' d or M-'ii'-y iV-fuixIt 'I. Ht nt pre
pnl'l for II. io Kr Will send ih.'tn
on Irtnl, to li ptill Tor wlit-ll rHkvt'.l.
HMinpIt Kp. t'ti ifttiDK til"
rnnltn-, itm'pt no 'ilatlttH, If your
dniifytot )' uo. tiuvo thutu Mnd our
ordunloitiO
yilTEO MEDICAL CO., lot 74. Uiciitsr, fl.
Sold in tugtnt by W. L Oelam
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