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nEND BULLETIN, BEND, OBEGON, THURSDAY, JANUAKY 28, 1017. w J' PAGE 4. - -- The Daredevil I By Maria Thompson Daviess Author of 'The Molting of Molly" Copyright, 1WC, by tha rttllly A t urltton Co. C SYNOPSIS Roberta, an orphnn, halt French, halt American, starting for America to (lay with an uncle, mcctn Count do Lassellef crossing- to securo mules (or France. I)y a mlatnltc, Ttoberta'n uncle believe ho Is n nephew. Knowing him to bo a woman hater, Itoberta adopts man's attire. Her uncle, General Carruthers, Informs Ms supposed nephew that lie needs ms knowledgo of French to straighten out a deal for providing mules for Franco. The governor'! honor Is Involved In the mule deal. Itoberta pledges her aid and In Intro duced to Governor Faulkner and to his private secretary, Uuzz aiendejinlng. Mrs. Jeff Whltworth Is deep In tho mule echemo with her husband and endeavoring to get the governor's signature to the transaction. The governor gives a dinner to Itoberta, who huii been mado private secretary pro tern. Olio mutches her wits against Mrs. Whltworth. CHAPTER IX. Brothers by Dloodihsd, FOIt tliut caress of Unit wicked woiniiM I liiul not sulllclcht en durance, mid I pushed her from mu vvltli roughnosu mid sprang to my feet "It in nut true, Murium Whltworth, Hint" I was exclaiming when I caught in) self III tlio inldHt of my own betrayal Just as I was about to bo shown Into it plot which It was of much value to know. And iih my words ceased t Blood mill trembled befuro Iicp wickedness. "Do you know, Mr. ltolicrt Cnrrtitli crH, I do not entirely understand you," nhu Mild, with a great and lieaiitlful calmness iih Him lighted ii cigarette mill looked at mo trembling before her. "Von nro u very bold yotnijj cavalier, but you Iih vu tint shrinking natiiro of shall I tiny u French girl 1" Ah hIiu spoko those words, which begun In wircasm but ended In n queer, uncertain (one of suspicion, oh If sho liml Iiltindered on u reason to soothe her vanity for the. recoil of my lips from hern, an ugly glenm shut from under her lowered lushes. "I am tlio koii of the hotiso nf Cnr millers iih well iih of Grez nnd Bju, beautiful madam, and I cuiiuot endure that you iiut upon my very good uncle, thu General Carruthers, an unfriend!! neHH to I'm nee!" I exclaimed with a Untckiiem of my brain that I bad not beforo UlHtvired. "On points of hon or I have that sehsltlvciicKS that you suy to bo bo of a woman." "t)h, my darling boy I I didn't mean to hurt you about that absurd old feud of" And us hIio spoko the beau tiful Murium Patricia roue and came tipou mo with outstretched arms for another abhorred embrace, which It wan to my good fortune to have Inter rupted. Hut I hnd a fenr of that huh plclon I hnd ceen Hashed Into her mind even thoiiKh lulled by my line iiNsump tlon of thu attlludo of n man of honor. "Lovely and beautiful madam," I Hindu a beginning to nay, when "Oh, jes, .Mr, CurrutliiTH Is here, for I have ill) appointment to cull for him," an Interruption eunie In thu voice of my Unix In remoiiNtrniico with thu bluck iiiuhl of Murium Whltworth In tho hall of her lioiiko. "Como In, Hum, dear," railed Hint buuutlful Murium Whltworth dm In one t mull Instant she changed IkiIIi her n. sltlou with aims on my shoulder and her couiiteuuuco of tinner and anxiety. Bhu was a very wine and beautiful and much experienced woman, was that Madam Whit wot Hi, but she had glveu to me, imlekMUicil iih I wiih In tho art of politics, thu fact that I most want ed: that the two papers containing the hpeotlleutloiiH concerning the mules hud been mUlraiiHlatod by her. Tut a shawl around you, Murium I'at, and come out hero to the street a minute to m-o what Is going to hap pen to ihii I'rluce of Carruthers," said my roscuer us ho Inserted his head Into tho room for one little tnlnutu and beckoned us to follow him. And what did I llnri out there upon thut street? 1 then taperleuccd a surprise that Kiivo to mo a very greut pleasure and which mado my heurt to expand until It almost burst tho restraint of (hut towel of tho bath under tho lug of my brown Cheviot coat. Iteforo tho door of tho house of tho beautiful Murium Whltworth Mood the gray rue Ink' car of my Hum, mid beforo It stood a slim car of a similar make, only It was of tho darkest amethyst thut seemed to bo almost a black, while. behind It stood one of eiual If nut superior eleganco of shape which liml tho tK'AUtlful blackness of Jet. Thut wuh not all, Across the street hIoihI it Wo a car of gulden brown and to tho front of It ouo of tho rod of u very dark cherry. Tliero you ure." said my Buk, with a wave of Id huud. "l'lck one, with tho compliments of tho general, I think tbo amethyst U a Jewel" "Oh, It Is not possible to mo to ac cept a preseut of such delight from my KOOvl undo, thu General ltobert. 1 must co to him and fay that I am not worthy P 1 exclaimed, with n hue fal tering tit my voice. "All right. Just Jump Into the one you llko best nnd drlro on down to the Old Hickory club nnd sny It to him. Sorry that you enn't come along, Mrs. Pnt, but that triad rag you've got on Is too grent a beauty with which to appear In public. Hotter take It Into tho houso before you catch n cold In this breeze." "Yes, I mmt run In," answered Madnm Whltworth, with it slight shiv ering In her gown of grent thinness. "They nro perfectly wonderful, boy, nnd I sny choose the brown darling." "Governor Hill picked the cherry from the cntnlogue for us dny beforo yesterday, but I think the nmothyst lias got It bent," answered my Iluzz us liu started toward his own car. "Jump Into your choice nnd lend me on down to henr you rcfuc It to old forty-two centimeter. And, mind, I have arranged n little dinner for you tonight." Then without further rcmnrk I fol lowed him down the steps and got Into that cnr which was the color of tho heart of tho cherry, and I raced that Mr. Bumblchco through, the city of Hnycsvllle In a mnnncr which put to flight a largo population thereof. I hnd not had my hands on tho wheel of a racing car for tho many months slneo my father In his had left the small 1'lorro ami Nnunctto and me weeping on tho terraco of the Cha teau do Orez when ho went to the bat tlefield of the Mnrne, nnd I drove with all of that accumulated fury within me. And this Is what my uncle, the Gen eral ltobert, answered to mc as 1 told him of my unworthlness of his gift of the most beautiful cherry ran "That is n Just return 'for your con sideration for mo In being born a boy, and I hope you'll break the necks of about two dozen young females In this town beforo the week's, out. Begin on that bnggnge, Husan, right nway." And as he spoko my uncle, tho General ltobert, en mo down tho steps of tbo grent club of Old Hickory with tho Gouvcnicur Fnlhner and stood beside my Cherry with mc. "IIc'ii no better man than I, general, and l'vo been trying It all year," an swered my Buzz, with ouo of tlioso de lectable grlmilngs upon his face. "Indeed, my much loved Undo ltob ert, It Is ImpoHslblo that I accept your gift In gralltudo thnt I am not u wom an, because, for tho good reason" nnd my honor was about to rlso up In arms and betray tho daredevil and her schemes within mo when that good nnd most beloved Gouvcnicur Faulk- tier Interrupted mo by stepping Into tho cherry bcslrio mo with a laugh. "Thank you, general. This Is Just what I need In all of my business with ltobert. We'll bo back In time to dine with you ut 7 here at tho club. Go out to tho West Km!, ltobert." And with his hnuri on tho spark ho started tho cherry, and I wus forced to sweep away from my Buzz and my uncle, the General ltobert, Into tho tralllo and away from (ho club of Old Hickory, which Is named for a very great gen eral of America nnd Is a club of much fashion and homo bad behavior, my Iluzz has said to me. "I really didn't menu to kl.lnnp yon and thu car, youngster, but l'vo had n palu under my left pocket all dny and I have got to operate on It, A sudden Impulse told me that It would bo easier If 1 took you with mo to to sort of stand by," Mild my benutlful Gouver nour Faulkner In u grave tnno of voice as I whirled him out tho broad nvenue that led to thu west end of the city. "Oh, my Gouverneur Faulkner, Is It that you nro III, perhaps to din by n knife)" 1 exclaimed, and for a second I let that wild cherry run In n very dangerous manner almost upon anoth er largo car In tho ait of turning Into tho street. "No, not that, ltobert," ho answered mo quickly, and ho laid Ills hand on my arm beside him for an Instant as If to give a steadiness to mo, "1 want you to take mo out to tho stato prison, I want to talk face to face with n man who killed his own brother In cold blood, It Is snld. A pretty powerful In lluenco Is at mo riuy and night for n reprieve, and 11 don't know what to do abimt It. It Is a rillllcult case. If I went In my otllelal capacity to see tho man It might give his friends un due hopes, and suddenly I felt that 1 could run nway from tho wholo bunch at this hour of the riuy and see tho man himself without anybody's know lug It t-avo tho superintendent of tho prison and mjelf. You don't count, because til this case you are myself." "Always I would bo joun-elf to you, my reverenced Gouverneur Faulkner," I mado reply to him as 1 raised my eyes to his deep ones that smiled down lino them, "I wonder If thnt Is as good ns It sounds, boy" asked my Gouverneur Faulkner gently ns ho looked down at mo with both u laugh and a Miriness luilueuclug tho hinllo of his mouth. "Sometimes 1 badly need two of my self. They are at me from waking to sleeping, and I often feel cut into little bits and can't een sny so. In fact, youngster, I'm squealing to you more than I've let myself do triuco I became tho chief executive of this state of liar petit. Now, turn off Into this road mid go straight ahead. Tho prison Is nbout u mtlo back there at tho foot of that hill." "I I llko those squeals," I answered to his smile as I put my cherry against thu spring wind mid raced down that long road ut a great sK-ed thnt pre vented any more conversation at that moment. My pride Iwdo mo show to tu.it gouverneur of Harpeth what good driving In a tine car I was able to ao ! compllsh, i Therefore it was not many minute beforo we stood within tho doors of that very grim and terrible homo of the human beings who hare slutted with a great crime. I know that I am never to. forgvt. that hour aud am to carry forever tho wound that It Inflicted upon my heart as I walked through tho dimness and grayness and still ness of that dark house. At last, with many unlocklngs of heavy doors by the director of that prison, wo stood In n room that was as n cage In which to keep tho human onlmnl that crouched down upon n hard bed In one of Its corners and leaned n head shaved bare of any hair upon a very thin nnd white hand, "Leave me, superintendent, for a few minutes, Tho young man w.ll stay by tlio door to let you know when I want you," snld thnt Gouverneur Faulkner to tho superintendent, who nodded nnd left the room ns I took a position over beside tho heavy Iron bars that swung together nftcr him. "My man," said tho Gouverneur Faulkner In n voice thnt was so gen tle ns that which a mother uses to a child In severe Illness, "I want you to let mc' sit down on yonr cot beside you nnd talk to you nbout your trou ble." "Got nothing to sny, parson. I done It, nnd I t-ant)to swing as quick as tlio law sends me," nnswered tho poor human from behind his hands without even raising his bowed head. "I am not a minister, and l'vo como to talk to you because some of your neighbors nnd friends think thnt there may bo a reason why you should not be hanged for the death .of your brother. "Jt Is my duty to help them keep you from the penalty of tho law. which you may not deserve even If you de sire It. Can you tell me your story as man to man. with tho hopo that It will help you to n reprieve'" And ns ho spoko I observed n tone of com mand como Into tbo volco of my Gou verneur Faulkner thnt was as clear nud beautiful ns the cull of tho buglo to men for n battle. "I done what I had to, and I'm ready to dlo for It. I've got nothing to suy," answered tho man, with still more of tho determination of misery In his voice, "My neighbors don't know nothing nbout It. and I don't want 'em to. Just let them keep quiet and let It all dio when tho stato swlasa no." "So tliero Is somo secret nbout tho mutter that you nro willing to dlo to keep, Is there'" asked tho Gouverneur Faulkner, with n quickness of com mand In his voice, "Whnt had your brother dono to Mary Brown thnt you killed him for doing)" "Curso you! What's thnt to you)" snarled tho man as ho sprung up from besldo tho gouverneur nnd leaned, crouched and punting, against tho bars ipl li II II, I HII www WjssasSBBsasBaasssBijj 111,1m !U-''t ,tA,.mmmmmmmJMmmm 'rM a,,4 V li-fS A NUMBER 8 hat may x. cover a mighty in tellect or it may cover a plain case of big head. They're the same yet different. They're both hats-on-heads. Don't judge by externals. Several kinds of tobacco come in tins. VELVET tobacco is put up in tins. But that doesn't make it like other kinds. The finest selected leaf from Kentucky's richest Burley fields is only the beginning of VELVET. Then a full two years ageing in wooden hogsheads a matter of large storage and investment expense. Then a careful manufacturing method employing the widest experience of life -long tobacco men. What goes into the tin governs the pipe satisfaction that comes out of it. And we believe you will prefer VELVET to any other pipe tobacco at any price. One Pound Glass Humidors "I dene Itl" of tho cage In which tho three of us were Inclosed. "Who aro you any. way) My stato has said 1 was to swing for killing him, and there's no more to question nlxnit It." "I am tho governor of your state," answered that Gouverneur Faulkner as ho rose and stood, tall and com manding, beforo tho poor liuuiuu being who was cowering as a dog that had felt the lash of a whip. "You ure my son because you ure a sou of tho state of Harpeth, and as a representative of that state I am going to exercise my guardianship and If possible prevent tho state from the crime of taking your life If you do not deserve punishment." "I'm condemned by the laws of tho stare. You can't go buck on that, gov ernor or no governor," made answer the man, with a panting of misery in lilt voice. "As you know, thero aro certain un written laws which have more Influ ence In somo eases as to the guilt of a murderer than any on the statute books," said the Gouverneur Faulkner with a very great slowness, so that tho poor human dog 'might comprehend him, "If you killed your brother to save save Mnry Brown from worse than death then you have not tho right to demund execution from your state to bhelter her from publicity when she Is no longer In danger of un. thing worse. Did you get to Jier In lime to havo her or" "Yes, I did and I had. Cure you! I'll liavo to kill you for getting wordi out of me that all the lawyers have tiled to make me say all this time." And with tho ontli ami a marl tho man marie a lungo at my Gouverneur I'aulk inF with koiiielhlnc keen nnd shlnlns that bo had drawn from the ton of his awordsman of France, In gay combat coarse boot. Hut that ioor human ' the great hall of tho old Chateau de Mug of the prlsou was not of enough Gtvr, With my walking cane of a quickness to do tho killing of his desire y""K' gvutlemau of American fash In the face of itoberta, marquUo of ion, which I had taken with me to call Urea and Bye, who had twice with her ui" ' beautiful Madnm Whltworth foil pricked tho red cloth heart of the U-fore my cherry had befallen mo us young Count do Couertolr, tho best gift nud which I bad without thought umuiiui into inni prison nun uie, i L; '.,. ; 'Wl,'rSv r.: 5c Metal-lincd M'M ilk WwSM J mmm WsSBSBmSm mmmmmm Parrlsd tht Blow of th KnK. POLK'S OREGON and WASHINGTON Business Directory A Dlrtttotr of ch Cllr, Town ami Vlll, cltlnc dtsorlptlra skttca of ach plac. location, population, Wl- fTspa. salpplac aoj feanklnr points alw Clasia4 Director), compiled by tiulBM and profMilon, VaU rOUC CO, SEATTLE . I parried tho blow of the knife at my Moved Gouverneur Faulkner, but not tu such a maimer ns to prevent n glanc ing of that knife, which lutllctcd a scratch of considerable depth uku my forearm uuder Its sleore of brown cheviot. "Great heaveus, boy!" exclaimed that Gouverneur Faulkner as he caught tho knife from tho door where it had fall, eu from the hand of the poor man, who had sunk down on the cot, trembling am panting. "Two lucbes to the left and n llttlo more rorco nnd (no anife would havo stuck in your heart." "Is It not better my heart than yours, my great Gouverneur Faulkner? And, behold. It Is tho heart of neither aod only a small scratch upon my humble arm, which will not even prevent the drivlug of that new Cherry cor." I mi. Bwcred him as I put that arm behind me nnd pressed It close in Its sleeve of brown cheviot so that there would bo no drippings of blood, (To Bo Continued.) JAY UPTON WILL WORK FOR DISTRICT LAW Briucvillo Man Leads Congress Irrl. gallon Committer Makes Im. portunt Statement. (From Friday's Dally.) SALEM, Or., Jan. 19. (Special.) Jay Upton, of I'rlnevlllo, has ar rived hero In the Interests of trri. gatlon legislation In the present leg- ismiuro. no expects to remain about 10 days. Mr. Upton Is the chalrmnn of the legislative committee of the ureson irrigation Congress and he hopes to assist In the passage of an adequate new Irrigation district law. Tho most important statement made by Mr. Upton since his arrival hero Is, "I havo subscribed to The Bend Bulletin and bought two Ucnd lota from Jim Bastes." Four chairs at your service at the Metropolitan. No waiting. Adv. ONE CENT A WOltD is all a little Want Ad will cost you. Ue MORE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR HOSPITAL FUND Moro subscriptions aro coming in to tho fund for tho purchnso of n site for tho Slstors hospital In Bond, today's donations totaling $7G, and bringing tho aggrogato up to M565. Thoy aro as follows: L. D. WIest 5 L. B. Balrd id It. Bartlott . . & J. E. Engehretson 20' A. Kotrman ..... 25 George F. Hover 6 Ed. H. Keano .,.. 5. R. B. GOULD RETURNS viiy engineer to Mako Heport on Street Systems to Council. (From Thursday's Dally.) A After spending tho first three days? of tho week visiting In Portlaud, The Dalles, and Vancouver, studying tho aireei improvement ordinances In those cities, and the operation of tho Bancroft act, City Englnoor Bobert B. Gould returned to Bond last night, and win embody the results t his trip in a report to be presented to the city council at the next meeting of that body. The report, it Is expected; will be made tho basis of a Btreet'and side walk Improvement standard?, to be fixed tor use in Bend?. ') i, t