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A ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, AUGUST 10, 1906. . 4 ,1 i f -It ; 1 PAYSLIPS KILLING. Altrie Pavslip, the mltntnl young ttnof rapfirr of the burtau ui a r. i: ns ..ration, had it all figured out on Vnim.'ay forrnoon he leaned tnnafi the i.o-air ri-gisler and mailed for tbe chief to summon him. AJgie was o,fi(( to kill 'em out at limning. He lin'l Koine to lxit(-a!aunter 'em, or pot the whole rd over, or cot a bunch of tenneloua, or drive 'em all off the block be waa juirt joing to kill 'em. He- had ao announced to three of his (articular friends, with a crafty Iik i! in hit ), on the nig.t before and he miant it. Aigie Payslip al way means evci; tiling he says. "I don't know," be miwJ, ai he leaned cloaer still to the hot-air reenter, "whether I'd better reAu thi miserable little 12J job to-morrow morning, or hang on pntil the end of the month, so'a to give 'em a chance to get another shorthand man. It'll be hard to hang on, though, when I'll have bout t! 4,000 in cool .fellow rash in my homespun when I get bark from Kenning this evening," and Algie leaned back and closed bia eye dreamily and thought of the pleasant, patronizing manner he'd as sume toward the chief of the bureau of adumtiration on the morrow. "He a good enough old codger in hi way," reflected Algie, "but he think th nuaaley little old 13,000 a year he'a getting i big money, even for the support of hi large family. w And then, Algie, freed from hi steno ' graphic cares, was out at the track, with the little roll of NO in his vest that he bad crrwded with great difficulty from a brusque gentleman who had not only re- , quired, an indorser, but the somewhat usu rious interest of 120 per cent, per annum. "'"Algie also had carefully tucked away in his waistcoat pocket the sjio given to him on the afternoon before by a sharp fea tured young person from New York. The lip contained the paint (if the winner at ' i CO "t tbt six raits 611 the ar.l, each guar anteed to be at a price of 30 to 1 or bet ter, and the ten dollar remnant of. tits last pay day which Algie had cheerfully given up for this potential piece of pajer had seemed a mere bagatelle to the talented young ste nographer when compared with its possi bilities. ' "Caninu to win the first race," mused Algie, a he made hi way into the betting ring before the slates went up. "And guar anteed to be'at least 80 to 1. I'll put ten dollars on ( ninusfo0 ought to be enough lor a starter." 4 Forcing till way up to a bookie's stool Vhtn the betting began, Algie 1'ayslip was delighted to linil that ( aninus was the rank outsider at 100 to 1 in the belting. Anil so be gut (1,000 for his ten dollar", the book maker smiling at him sardonically as he took the money. Then Algi niuuulcd the stand to, watch, till ram . 1 ' N'u description of that remarkable rare is necessary the news report of the day's rare gave it in full. la inn us got off lust, gradually worked Ins way to the front and Won on the wire by none from the odd on favorite. Algie repressed his inward ex citement in a dcaii-giiine manner, and wht-n be collected the (1,010 from the bookmak er' cashier h favored that chagrined ill dividual with a satirical smile that wu meant to be, and probably was, exceedingly cutting. "Urn a fair start, that," said Algie to himself, languidly, as he strolled over to the liar and refreshed himself with a quart of th restless amber product of Haul. "Strum Holler to win the second-guaranteed to lie at 20 to I," my information read. "I shall invest a little matter of j0U, then, on Steam , Holler to win." Which Algie did. He had, however, to take odds which were cut before hi ad vance along the line the rumor of a new plunger having spread with its custonmiy rapidity in the ring. Algie felt an inward sense of triumph when he pciccived that the bookmakers were not only gazing at him with respect, but that they were rub bing out the prires on their slates when he mad his appearance. Algie got some of his $.iH) down on Steam Holler at '20 to 1, but when the scared bookie saw him com lug they quickly began to Mliave, so that he had finally, at post time, to accept four In one. When he had plared all of the .VKI he stood to win about f,0"0 if Sfeam Holler romped home, as Algie had evrry reason to espect. And, as will be recalled by readers of the race reports, of course Algie's expectation was rralired. It wan Steam Holler's ran from start to finish, and he won pulled up by five lengths. "Oh, well, not so liad," said Algie to him self, as he invented in a hniidlul of cigars at one dollar cie li and coolly inlnrcd of the bar ra'.cin if he didn't hate in Meek a few bivttleH of JohitiiniNlieigei- of the vintnge of '00. My this time news of the iiuim-iifc suc cess of the stranger in the ring had spread all over the grand stand, so that when AI gie, after betting H IMI on Ins inforimint's selection for the thud race at ten to one, was positively embarrassed over the way the pretty girls in the boxes pointed linn out coyly with their programmes. How ever, he contrived to hold onto a bearing that was b.ttli ili lionair and inditlcreiit. He was particularly delighted to otii've that a number of his fellow rleiks, seated in the stand with tlurir wives, weie regarding him House Moving If you have a building that you waut moved, raised or leveled up, call on or address A. E. Holloway. Kesidence 2 miles west of city, north side of river. Grants Pass C. L. GIU.ETT, Pkopr. All Kinds of Hour, Red, Mill Feed, Hay, Grain,) l'oul-Tv Foods, Ftc. i SACKS AND Cor. 0th and J. Sts. with green-eyed envy tnat, however, utvir theless had in it also a gleam of admira tion. He waa generous enough to banh the resent fuln- be felt over the predic tions of some of them, made the day before, that he wouldn't win a bet, and to give them the name of the horse he had plaeed to win the third race whereupon, needless to lay, they rusiied down to the ring and "tapped" themselves upon Algie' word. Toe melancholy yellow sun drew close to the horizon" Algie, ICS.OGO to the good at the finih of the fifth race, reached t'-e s- and to watch the six!h and lt event. He had bet enough to make hisaftet loon's win nings an even $100,000. As he st-id en fe (rand atand steps, with bis lsrul jauntily at his eyes, men and women t aid more attention to Algie Payslip, the war velously successful stenographer of the bu reau of adumbration, than they did to the horses psradii g to the post. He bad, it was known, e impelled at least 12 of the bock makers to take down their slates and close their satchels, and it was whispered aronnd the ring that if he won the lat rat e, too. nn of the most famous of the bookmak er, after year of unvarying success, would have to put up the shutter. . 4 The horses fretted at the post for a mo ment, and then .Mars t'assidy gave the cry and Algie stepped down to see which of the bunch had secured the roll, and in doing so he- Fell off hi chair in the bureau of adum bration and woke np with a start. Twomo auni later be was taking bis chief dic tation, toe chief having already refused 'n let him off foe tb afternortn on account o( the pressure of work. Algi still ha the MO and the dip. None of th borwi came . on the slip, by the war, rn one. two. thiee. But Algie i going to take the HO out to the track the first afternoon he succeeds in get ting on, when he expects to realize that trance- Je had before the hot-air register. IS' u: . o.. . y, MBiuguisi mar PHILIP'S PB0P0S.IL. BT ETHEL COLSOI. , (Copyrighted by th Dally Story Pub. Co.) Old Mr. Hrewer believed himself to be acting in a manner most broad and liberal minded indeed when ht told young I'hilip Maintenon that be might call on hia daughter Gertrud as often as be liked provided he spoke or wrote no word of love. to th young woman. This embargq H as ; to last until Gertrude, who had just passed ; her eighteenth birthday, wai 20 and I'hilipj eorresH)ndiiigly older. The young man ac cepted its condition unwillingly but with j I moderate degree of cheerfulness in the j beginning; he smarted under them coo-, siderahly as they became more familiar. I It waa delightful to see Gertrude fci often ' aa h liked, certainly, especially after the i long week in which he bad wondered how I much longer ht would be a WMtwme viaitor at th Hrewer mansion, but k- soon found that th permission to lier often meant far lea than it had apmrd to. do at first sight. He was not the only young man who at her frequently, to begin with. Gertrude wa a pretty girl, brigit and popular in th bargain; i'lulip began to live in a chronic state of fear lest some other fellow wise enough to speak to th girl first and thn the father afterward, should atp in ahead of him. The girl herself did not seem, to hi eicited faney, to take nearly so much interest in hi at tention a ah had done heretofore. Some time he wa on th point of throwing up the whole thing for a year or two and going wt. All of which wa precisely what Mr. Hrewer had counted upon when h had consulted her husband to make term. "Gertrud is both headstrang and im pressionable, my dear," ah had said when Mr. Hrewer had spoken of forbidding i'hilip the house for the time being, "and if you do that sh will immediately fancy herself deeply in love with him, whether sh i or not. Merely tell I'hilip that ah is altogether too young and ton incomplete 'y educated, as yet, to think of such things, and that he must not dream of telling her that h love her or thinks that he does for Kime time. Ten ehanre to on they'll both tire of th fancy ahortly, and if it' really love between them th waiting will do no barm." After a time, however, Philip berame o deadly tired of waiting that he gave up the idea of going out west and decidod to change his tactics entirely. He had prom ised to write or speak no word of love to j Gertrude, rertninly, but proposing had ! never been mentioned. Surely it was pos- slide to make a proposal of marriage without uttering love sick speeches' tea, he would certainly propose, and that as oon as the opportunity oil, rid. Hut tl pi'ortunity was long incoming. Mrs. Hrewer had a "inc for news" which would have made the fortune of a metro politan newspaper reporter, and while ir did not exactly suspect I'.olip of emli avor ing to briak hi compact, o l e nic ! er lusliand to understand, still s:ie mi int lum to have no temptation of tl nt order The bones of her oppoition were too nuely clothed in the llcs!i of conventional courtes for I'hilip or any other man to disi.nei them, but she si rove against them in xain Never a moment alone with Gertrude e uiil j he tind or obtain. Kven when they went upon photographing expeditions together! -both being enthusiastic pliotogiaplue ania leurs they nere invariably nrconipnnied I by Gertrude's brother llctijamm, a spoiled I vouth of 14, his mother's darling, ami nlso! bail!)- ulllictcil with ti e picture taking I ira.e And yet it was tliroii(li a photo I v-rhpluc process that Philip finally carried out Ina Kill in regard to li:s inanioriia uud ' ir ununited her mother's care. I The Inig nt idea occurred to him one Sun day alt ri noon, as he worked over Ins new st lens, and le lost no tire u t'yig it. I arefully pruning a rerta.n 'ignnl upon lan'parent w'nle pal er. :e no e.i 1 1 e pa per up against fie window . me '.mil went! over it again, more boldly and on the wrong' side, with a cliaicoal crayon Then he at-! taclird the pawr, still wrong side out-i wards, to the wall and photographed the' legend- backward. I He carried it with him when he called' upon Gertrude the following evening. The! Hrewer were orthodox people and he! fmred to try his plan on Sunday. Gertrude; Feed Store HIDES UOl'GHT Grants Pass, Ore. fell in with it as delig itfhlly , innocently and ran upstairs to her own little room to develop the plte irrmed lately. Philip nan explained that he tnmtg t she would understand the new experiment he wanted to share with her more clearly if she her self developed the negarixe. His hesit gaxe a wild uinp w"nen Benjamin announced that he wanted to watch toe development alo. But once mors Gertrude came to th rescue nobly, although quite aLeonscioo of any need for so doing. "No, Bennie, you can't," h told him, shutting the dark-room door with gentle decision; you make me too nervous when I let you come in. I'll tell you all about the experiment afterward." Philip really doubted that she would keep her word, but be said nothing. It needed all hia self-control and patience to talk commonplace calmly with Mrs. Brtwer onl-1 Gertrude returned. The girl, meanwhile, had received a start ling shock. "Metol hydrol I suggest a a developer," Philip had told her as he ran upstair with th plateholder containing the "ex perimental" negative, and thi agent ah bad accordingly prepared. She rocked the little tray back and forth for two or three minute, then exposed it to theravaof the red lamp. Hlack and white "value" arc alao reverted upon a photographic nega trv o th message which stared np at her waa outlined in gleaming whit letter upon an ebony background. And thi was the message: "My Dearest Girl: WiD Job marry dm? Philip Maintenon." ' The girl grew whit and pink a ah read it. Then lb laughed merrily and sat down to consider. Ten minute later she went down to the parlor and explained that sh bad broken the precious negativ. Whether by accident or design sh did not lay. Philip colored hotly, and Mr. Brewer, pitying hi fancied disappointment over th lost negative, took Gertrude gently to task. "I don't see how you could be so careless, my daughter," ah remonstrated. "Nobody know how much trouble Mr. Maintenon may have taken to secure th negativ you bav destroyed. Can't you make it up to him in tome way?" . "I don't know, mm," answered Ger trude, smiling and blushing adorably as he turned her face away from her mother and toward Philip. "1 don't knoy. 1 shouldn't care to repeat the, experiment myself, even if I knew how to do to.which I do not. But we might poeaibly present him with some othr work of art, if yon think bet. Suppose we try." A sudden thought made her cheek burn yet mwre brilliantly, and she took from th mantel a smnll planter figure of the con Ventionalized "Chicago," and offered it to Philip. And whether by accident or design, again, it would be difficult to My her small forefinger pointed to-the inscrip tion: "I will!" LOVE OF MRS. FERRIS BT ETHELYX LKHI.IB HOISTO". (Author "8ong of Solomon," etc.) (Copyrighted by The Daily Story Pub. Co.) "You are a peculiar woman," Mr. Dacre aid, reflectively, lira hostess ltxined for ward and pl..c--d a little scarlet uevil ash receiver in close proximity to his cigar, then twisted her lithe body comfortably among the cushions of a long, low chair that was her etfpecial weakness. "You were saying?" she murmured, lax ity. "Oh, yes; I am, no doubt. But in what does my peculiarity make itself par ticularly worthy of comment juat now?" Mra. Kerriss had large, shadowy eyes that were either green or yellow or gray, her friends were never sure which. She now tared throLgn the tun haze of perfumed moke that drifted from hi cigar around her bronze head, and added gialuitnu.-ly : "Y ou are rather nice looking when you are amoking, don't you know. You look quite amiable." "Hy which, the natural infsranc would be that I usually appear" "Napoleonic yes," cheerfully. "H was alway scowling, you know. I quit wonder how Josephine could ever har loved him as ahe did." Mr. Dacre'a strong white teeth doted down on his cigar, which promptly as aumed an angle of 4.1 degrees. He took it from between his lips and regard d it gloomily as he rolled it tietween iiis fingers. "Tricre now, you are l'euipcror," Mrs. Ferriss remarked, resting her two elbows on the broad arm of her chair and her chin on her palms. "W hen that sword cut between your eyebrows sink deep the way it does now, all you need is to pull some of your hair down over your forehead. T ii way !" "Vive I'Enipereur!" she said, saluting gravely. "You are rather tall for the 'lit tle corporal,' but otherwise you are he to the life." "I thank you." Mr. Dacre lighted a fresh cigar, while Mis. Kerns put two more cushions in her big chair and then seated herself, t are fully attttiiug one of the cushions to tit tli small of her h.r k. si c sig'ied . onti ntedly. "1 am at pea. e u it'i all t .e w orld. The Leader has aicrpted two of my stones and my rent is paid up to last mouth which is quite as much us any w-ill-rty-i ,'ted landlord should expect. Had he not 1 n i: o amenable to reain, 1 should I r.vc bought a new gown and had the rent three months behind. Hut 1 believe in envoui ag ing good behavior, and he seemed duly gni'el'ul." Mr. Ihvre leaned forward and look! at hr searchuigly. "Are you actually that much in debt, Mary?" he asked. "That much in debt! Only two months! lrithe, monsignrur, have you been a lave of the quill for 30 year to find them millionaire? 1 was an months behind in April!" , And sh settled her head back among the cushions with an air of coaaciou rec titude. "Why don't you marry Harland?" he' asked, slowly, aftec a moment. "He coifld give you wraith, luxury, release from this 'dcmnition grind?' And bt is good looking aid no fool," "M yes," murmured Mrs. Ferriss, thoughtfnlly. "Tl mold do, and u, all that. And perhaps" ' "Well?" said ler. sharply. "IXar me, you quit mad m juxnp!" very plaintively. "Y, I ksow-I am alwaya doing or say ing something. You once said that if you married me, I would break your heart." He threw his cigar into th fir and suxrsd at the Haines moodilv. "Yew -but 1 t'-nk I added that you would not bore me Wiu-h the greater of the two evils?" sud, comfortably. "Hut you did not ti l! me wherein 1 waa a pe culiar woman at this particular tim?" He lookej at her intently for a moment. "Well. I cannot altogether understand you." Hia voice sounded dull a". weary Mr Ferns frowned. T n i ruing up from her cushions, she K.v, to ,at th D'-or lowly, her soft tea gown trailing in ilverj folds behind her. "Go on," she said, presently. He stared into the fire and did not apeak. Soon sh went to her desk and took out t letter. "Do you recollect one time my writing you of Angelo? Where I said 'there; i al wy a Laura.' " Going over to him, ah laid a Uttar on hi knee. "That was your answer. Do yon romeat btr Bending over him, she read: "Of course, dear, there is alway a Bea trice or a Laura. I think Michael Angelo lost bis Laura, or Laura, mayhap, waa of clay. Strong man like Angelo arc ever th prey of designing women and little men That accounts for Michael' hardness of hne and the grins, stern quality in so much of hi work. Greek beauty is fluid his was full of angle. How yo and I would gloat over th old Muff in Rome, Venice, Florence! Yet, I do not know you r a delicate .woman, beautiful and fond of th luxurie. I'm worse than Michael Angelo I have the rind on. I sleep bard and dine cheap aid walk alone in th bleak, black, winter' night, through sleet and driving rain. Then I know you never could endure a man in fls-nel shirt mi t'firk brxts!" "Y'ou orite reveled in metaphor, wVen you wo- t at." Ke laughed, a little, low, odd Is -gj, then went from him back to her cushion. "The -first and th last of our being is doubt, you say. And you do mor yo doubt all the time." Her vor wss low aid sweet. H lifted ki bead, and hr ye, arailiag, inscruta ble, met hi. "l'ou are not a er pretty man. Neith er were Angelo and Napoleon and Pant Yon ar an intellectual succes and you have a bank account a well aa a brain But that brain ! an ever-prent Iago it is it one weakness. Y'ou loved me. but you did not trust me. You knew tHst mv debt followei m thick n Anthony , fltet of hip-" Je "mil; little bitterly. "And you rloubteJ alwaya. Then Mr. Har land appeared upon the scene. He is, a you say, not only distinguished looking. but rulthy. And, lr" "T -r m rrao.v : .tend to marry?" H.a fac cned in vrn in granite a be rO'C lo ni fiet uii'! .a -ed ' er. She, too, bad rnen and i.ir lace l ad paled. Sh looked at him a long momeat, then he said, very gently: "Yes." M-s, Ferris moved softly to hi side and dipping her hand up to ki fact, ahe turned it toward her. "Do you think you could trust me now?" she Af-ked. her lips smiling a little, but the eyes !uik and wist:'nl. He looked down into her face, a sudden light and warmth ofteniug hia own. . "Y'ou mean?" he whispered. "That I have loved you alwaysah, my beloved!" And a her lip met hi, at last, h un- .erstood. Grain and Gr&ssea Wurxted j . There Is not an exhibit of the agri cultural product of Josephine oonntT to be seen in Grants Pans and strangers In the city noting this fact and that tne bills abont the city are yet in their primeval wildness, draw the in ference that there is little farming carried on here. To prove that the soil of this county does produce grass, grain, frnits and vegetables not to be excelled by any other coontv in Ore gon the Courier will undertake to collect an exhibit of these products. Grains and grasses should be tied in bunches and dried in the shade and handled csrefolly. Samples of this year's growth of fruit tiee limbs and of grape Tines would add to the in terest of th collection. F or Fire Insurance TheO. F. R. A. of McMinnville are the cheapest and have 12 years standing withont a peer in Oregon for settling fire losses. That tells the tale. Don't be deceived by other agents who have selfish motives. 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