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ROOUE RiVKR COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON, NOVEMBER 30, 1906. it PKOFESSIONAL CARDS. M. C. FINDLEY, M. D. l'ractloe limited to KYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT. Glasses fitted and furnished. Office hours V to 12; 2 to 5; and on ap pointinout. Telephones 261 and 77. Oflioe at National Drug Store. Gbakts Pass. Obiooh DR. J- C. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phones, Offioe 355; Ros. 1045. Kosidenoe. cor. 7 Hi and D streets. Gkakts Pass, - - Obsook J)R. W. F. KREMER PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Oflioe In Courier Building. Office phone 911, residence 413. Eyes tested and glasses fitted. GbantsPabs, - - Obiooh. g LOUGHRIDGE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Res Phone 714 City or country calls attended night or day. Hlxtn and a, run s ouuuing. Office Phone 2fil. Gkantb Pass Obeooh, Children A Qmfinevient Comultation and duet a Specialty. ' Examination Frtt Phont CLARA BASHAW, D. O. ANNETTA BHCKWITII. D. O. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS 602 D Street Grants Pahs." Obkoon. Graduates of American School of Os teopathy, KirksviHe, Mo. B. HALL UNDERTAKER, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND LICENSED EMBALMKR. orth 0th st., near Court House. Offioe Phone 751, Res. Phone 717. Gbants Pass, Obeoom, JJ D. NORTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Protloe In all State and Federal CourU. Offioe in Opera House Building. Gbants Pass, - Obbuom C. HOUGH, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Praotloas In all State and Federal Courts Oflioe over Hair Kiddle Hardware Co GiAKTt Pass, Obiooh QLIVER & BROWN, LAWYER. Office, upstairs, City Hall. Gbamts Pahs, Obiqom. J, H. AUSTIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Union Building Eebby .... Obegtn HENDRICKS & JOHNSTON COrNSKLLOKS-AT-LAW Civil ami rrluiiual matters attended to iu all the courts. Keal estate and Insurance. Olllce, tlth street, opposite Postoffloe. WILLIAM P WRIGHT, V, H. DEPUTY SURVEYOR V1MNU ENUINKER AND DRAUGHTSMAN 0th St., north of Josephine Hotel. GKtNTH 1'asS, - - Okkuon. Charles Costain Wood Working Shop. West of flour mill, near R. R. track TnrniiiK. iVroll Work. Stair Work, Hum! Hawmg.f shinrt Work, Wood fullers, haw FtlniK gumming, Hepairing all kinds. Triors right The Popular Barber Shop Get your tonsotial woik done t IK A TOMPKINS' j On Sixth Sheet Three chair ! Hath lioom iu connection N. II. McGUUW, PIOXHKR TRUCK and DELIVERY Furniture and 1'lano Moving GRANTS PASS, OREGON. I want yom bargains in 'FmiiImm mid rrimlMi 1 .iiimIx Can use a lew homestead ami tim ber reliiHjuishments. 1'. O. liu. .Add, Roseburg, Otegou. Palace Barber Shop N A I K BATES, Prop. Sliaviim, Hair Cutting ISaths, i:tc. Fven thing iicul und clean ami u work Hmt-l'lasa. 4BBsm.wmjMV4Mpak.'Vam.'wHkk Beverly of 11 iloraustarkii-K J .y.:J J'.'-:'-":'.'- Mm4 (mi '. (Continued from last week. ) The first sttige or the Journey ly coach hud been good fun. They hud passed along pleasant roads, through quaint villages uud among Interesting people, and progress bud been rapid. The second stage bad presented rather terrifying prospects, and the third day promised even greater vicissitudes. Looking from the coach windows out upon the quiet, desolate grandeur of her surroundings, poor Beverly began to appreciate how abjectly helpless and alone she was. Her companions were ugly, vicious looking men, any one of whom could Inspire terror by a look. She bad Intrusted herself to the care of these strunge creatures In the mo ment of Inspired couruge, and now she was constrained to regret her action. True, they had proved worthy pro tectors as fur as they bad gone, but the very possibilities that lay In their power were appalling, now that she bad time to consider the situation. The ollicer In charge had been rec omniendud as a trusted sen-ant of the cznr; an American consul had secured the escort for her direct from the fron tier patrol authorities. Men high In power hud vouched for the Integrity of the detuehmeut, but all this was for gotten iu the mighty solitude of the mountains. She wus beginning to fear her escort more thun she feared the brigands of the hills. Treachery seemed prluted on their bucks us they rode ahead of her. The big ollicer wus ever polite und alert, but she wirn reiuly to distrust him on the slightest excuse. These men could not help knowing that she was rich, and It was reasonable for them to sus pect that she curried money and jewels with her. Iu her mind's eye she could picture these traitors rifling her hags uud boxes In some dark puss, und then there were other horrors that almost petrified her when she nllowed herself to think of them. Here and there the travelers passed by rude cots where dwelt woodmen and mountaineers, and at long Intervals colltary but picturesque horseman stood aside and gave them the rond. As the couch penetrated deeper Into the gorge signs of huiiiuu life uud uctvlty be came fewer. The sun could not send his light Into this shadowy tomb of gmulte. The rattle of the wheels and the clutter of tlio horses' hoofs sounded Rogue River Valley FRUIT & DAIRY LANDS Meserve t Meade Courier Block, Grunts Pass EXTEJVSIVE XDVERTISIXG In distunt papers and an acquaintance all over the Coast enables us to MAKE QUICK SZILES Some duo bargains In Fruit and Dairy Lands, Stock Hunches, Quartz and Phuvr Mines, Town Property, Business Chances, for cash or on time The Strength of a Bank is shown, 1st, Hy its working capital 2nd, Hy its stockholders. 3rd, I?y its management. THE First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OKEGON Grjnti Past, Ore fun. Has a Capital, Surplus A Undivided l'rolits J77..SOO.OO And an additional Stock holders Liability (un der the National Bank ing Lanr - -,- . 50,000 00 Total Kc-ponsihility $127,500.00 Dimx'TOKS : John- P. Fkv, 1'. II. IIakth, J. T. TrKFS, 11. C. KlNNKY. I.. B. Uali.. I'm. J. C. CAMflii'LL, V. Tree. 11. L G ilk BY, Cashier. J like a constant crash of thunder In the ears of the tender traveler, a dainty morsel among hawks and wolves. There was an unmistakable tremor In her voice when she at last found heart to ask the officer where they were to spend the night. It was far past noon, and Aunt Funny bad suggested opening the lunch baskets. One of the guides was called back, the leader be ing as much In the dark as his charge. "There Is no village within twenty miles." he said, "and we must sleep In the pass." Beverly's voice fultered. "Out here In all tills awful" Then she caught herself quickly. It came to her sudden ly that she must not let these men see that she was apprehensive. Her voice was a trifle shrill and her eyes glisten ed with a strange new light as she went on, changing her tack completely: "How romantic! I've often wanted to do something like this." The officer looked bewildered and said nothing. Aunt Fanny was speech less. Later on, when the lieutenant had gone ahead to confer with the guides about the suspicious actions of a small troop of horsemen they hud seen, Bev erly confided to the old uegress that she wus frightened almost out of her boots, hut that she'd die before the men should see a sign of cowardice In a Calhoun. Aunt Fanny was not so proud und Imperious. It was wiui dif ficulty that her high strung young mis tress suppressed the walls that hud long been under restrnlut In Aunt Fan ny's huge und turbulent bosom. "Good Lawd, Miss Bev'ly, dey'Il chop us all to pieces an' take ouuh Jewl'ry an' money an' clo'es an' ev'ytblng else we done got about us. Good Lawd, le's tu'u back. Miss Bev'ly. We aln' got no mo' show out beah In dese mountains dan a" "Be still. Aunt Fanny!" commanded Beverly, with a fine show of courage. "You must lie brave. Don't you see we can't turn back? It's Just as duu gerous uud a heap sight more so. If we let on we're not one bit afraid they'll respect us, don't you see, aud men never liarin women whom they respect." "Umpli!" grunted Aunt Fanny, with exaggerated Irony. "Well, they never do!" maintained Beverly, who w::-s not at all sure about It. And Miey I" !; li ; real uice men Weigh Carefully the tiictiiiu of where you will do your hankiiik;! Ami we del sine your final judunient will I e in favor of placing your money in the Grants Pais Banking & Trust Company's Hank where you will always re-' ceive courteous tieatmcnt; where your affair will lc li.nuiU'.! in the most thoroughly business-like tn:;: tier, ami where you can have im plicit eonfuietice in the trus'.worthi ness of the institution. -uouert men. even raougu iney uuve such awful whiskers." "Dey's de wust trash Ah eveh did lee," exploded Aunt Fanny. "Sh! Dou't let tbem hear you," whis pered Beverly. Iu spite of her terror uud perplexity she wus compelled to smile. It was all so like the farce comedies one sees at the theater. As the ollicer rode up his face was pule In the Bhadowy light of the after noon, and he was plainly very uen ous. "Whut Is the latest news from the front?" she inquired cheerfully. "The men refus? to ride on," he ex clulmed, speaking rapidly, muklng It still hnrder for her to understand. "Our advance guard has met a party of hunt ers from Axphaln. They insist that you the fine lady In the coach' are the Trlneess Vetlve. returning from a se cret visit to St. Petersburg, where you went to plead for assistance from the czur." Beverly Calhoun gasped In astonish ment It was too Incredible to believe. It was actually ludicrous. She laugh ed heartily. "How perfectly absurd." "1 am well aware that you are not the Princess Vetlve," he continued em phatically, "but what cau I do? The nieu won't believe me. They swear they have been tricked and are panic stricken over the situation. The hunt ers tell them that the Axphaln author ities, fully awure of the hurried flight of the princess through these wilds, are prepurlug to Intercept her. A lurge detachment of soldiers Is already across the Uruusturk frontier. It is only u quest iou of time before the red legs' will be u;iou them. I have ussured them that their beautiful charge is not the princess, but an American girl, aud thut there is no mystery uhout the couch and escort. All In vain. The Axphain guides al ready feel that their heads ure ou the block, while us for the Cossacks, not even my dire threats of tiie uwful an ger of the white czur wheu he finds they have diso'.ieyod his commands will move them." 'Speak to your men once more, sir, and promise them big purses of gold wheu we reach Giiulook. I have no money or valuables with me, but there I can obtain plenty," suld Beverly, shrewdly thinking it better that they should believe her to be without funds. The cavalcade hud hulted during this colloquy. All the nieu were uhead con versing sulieuly and excitedly with much gesticulation. The driver, a stol id creature, seemingly indifferent to all that was going ou, alone remained at bis post. The situation, apparently duugerous, wbb certainly most annoy ing. But If Beverly could have read the mind of thut silent' figure on the box she would have felt slightly re lieved, for he was infinitely more anx ious to proceed than even she, but from far different reasons. He was a Rus sian convict who hud escaped on the way to Siberia. Disguised as a coach man, he was seeking life and safety In tiraustark or any out of the way place. It mattered little to III in where the es cort concluded to go. He was going ahead. He dared not go buck; he must go on. At the end of half uu hour the officer returned. All hope hud gone from his face. "It Is useless!" he cried out. "The guides refuse to proceed. See! They ure golug off with their country men! We ure lost without them. I do uot know what to do. We caunot get to (ianlook. I do not know the way. and the dauger is great. Ah. madam, here they conic! The Cossacks are go In:.' buck." As lie spoke the surly mutineers were riding slowly toward the couch. Kvery man had his pistol on the high pommel of the saddle. Their faces wore a i i VmH"!-' v His fit'j iioMh( iron to ycf iiuii. ugly look. As they passed the officer one of them, pointing ahead of him with bis sword, shouted savugelv, "lialaki" It was conclusive and convincing. They were deserting ber. "Oh. oh. oh! The cowards!" sobbed Beverly iu rage and despair. "1 must V'o on! Is It possible that even such men would leave" i She w as interrupted by the voice or ; the otli.-vr. who, raising bis cap to her, commanded at the same time the driv er to turn his horses and follow the escort to Ralak. "What Is that?" demanded Beverly ' in alarm. From far off came the sound of Are- ' srins. A ibi.en fliots were tired aud reverberated down through the gloomy pass ahead of the co:u h. "They are lighting somewhere In the hills in froi.t of us." answered the now frightened ..!:. er. Tun tig .pi-cUy. he ; .licd.es, ;;. ;- b..rse:..cn halt, lis: ell Z V-:-. I ' a minute uud then spur their horses. He cried out sharply to the driver: "Come, there! Turn rouud! We have no time to lose!" With a savag'.- grin, the hlthertu motionless driver hurled some Insult ing remark ut the ollicer. who was al ready following his meu. now In full night down the road, uud, settling him self tirmly on the seut taking a fresh irrln of the reins, lie yelled to his horses, nt the same time lashing them furiously with his whip, aud started the foneh uhead ut a fearful puce. His only thought was to get away as far as possible from the Kussinu oracer, then deliberately desert the couch and Its occupants and take to the hills. CHAPTER IV. rrrriHOROUGIILY mystified by the I I I uctlou of the driver aud at I I I length terrified by the pace that I X I earned them careeuing along the narrow road. Ueverly cried out to him. her voice shrill with ulurm. Aunt Funny was crouching ou the floor of the coach between the seats, groaning and nruving. "Stop! Where -ire you g;)lug'f cried Heverly. putting her head recklessly through the window. If the man heard her he gave uo evidence of the fact. His fuce wus set forward, und ho wns guiding the horses with a firm, un milverlnir hum!. The couch rattled and bounded along the dangerous way hewu iu the side of the mouutaln. A misstep or u raise turu might easily Bturt the clumsy vehicle rolling down the declivity ou the right. The convict wus tuklug desperute chuuees and, with a cool, calculating brain, prepured to leap to the ground In case of accl dent and save himself, without a thought for the victims inside. "Stop! Turn around!" she cried In a frenzy. "We ahull be killed. Are you crazy?" By this time they bad struck a de scent In the road and were rushing along at breakneck speed luto oppress ive shadows that bore the first Im prints of night. Realizing at last that her cries were falling upon purposely deaf ears, Beverly Calhoun sank back Into the seat, weuk and terror stricken. It was plain to her that the horses were not running away, for the man bad been lashing tbem furiously. There was but one conclusion he was delib erately taking her farther Into the mouutaln fastnesses, his purpose known only to himself. A hundred ter rors presented themselves to her as she lay huddled against the side of the concb, her eyes closed tightly, her teu der body tossed furiously about with the sway of the vehicle. There was the fundamental fear that she would he dashed to death down the side of the mouuiuiu, hut opart from this ber quick brain was evolving all sorts of possible endings none short of abso lute disaster. Even as she prayed thut something might Intervene to chck Ae mad rush and to deliver her from the horrors of the moment the raucous voice of the driver was heard calling to his horses, and the pace became slower. The aw ful rocking and the jolting grew less severe, the clatter resolved itself into a broken rumble, and then the coach stopped with a mighty lurch. Dragging herself from the corner, poor Beverly Calhoun, no louger a dis dainful heroine, gazed plteously out Into the shudows, expecting the mur derous blade of the driver to meet her as she did so. Pauloft had swung from the box of the coach and was peeriug first Into the woodluud below and then upon the rocks to the left. He wore the expression of a man trapped und seek ing means of escape. Suddenly he dart ed behind the coach, almost brushing against Itcverly s hat as he passed the win !.iw. She opened her lips to cull h':;i. but even as she did so he took i his heels and raced back ov er the '! they had traveled so precipitously. Overcome by surprise and tilsniay. she only could watch the flight Iu si ic: t;.. Less than a hundred feet from wl.ere the coach was standing be turn cd l j the right and was 1 ist among the rocks. Ahead, four horses, covered wiih sweat, were panting and heaving as i Iu great distress after their mad run. Aunt fanny was still moaning and pray:i:g by turns In the bottom of ihe carriage. In rkness was settling ihiwn i:p n ll.e pass, und objects a bun. ! drill y.u-is away were swallowed by Ihe g.o.ie.i. There was no s mud save the bhiwlug ,r the tired unhnals and tin- moaning ,,r the ol 1 n egri ss. Hover ly realised iih n iul.iug heart thai thev were alone and heh.lcss In ti.e mo: ntali:, with night upon them. :;':e n.-er knew where the stivng'h an, I courage ,;::. .e from, but she forced !'c:i the s:h(;.,:., ,.,..,, ll)(r ! scrambled to the ground. 1 :ing fran- i a-any in an direct i :g.i of 1; . ., In th terror she had ever ns for a singie most despairing experienced she ; started toward the lend horses, h .nii,, i ag:inst h.,.,e th;,, ;,t least one of her I men had remained faithful. I I A man stepped .juietly from the lmni ' ; or the ,-oad and advanced with the! j uncertain tread of one wh,, overcome i by amazement, lie was a stranger ; and wore an odd. uncouth garb. The failing hght told her that he was u..t one of her late protectors. She shrank '.on. wini a ramt err or nlurm. remit-1 to Hy to the protecting arms or hopeless Aunt Funny if H.r uncertain legs could curry her. At the same lustant another rugged stringer, then two. three, four or live, appeared as If by magic, Borne near her. others approaching from the shadows. "Who-who tn heaven's name are you?" she faltered. The souud of her owu voice In a measure restored the courage that had been paralvze Vn- eousciously This slim sprig or souffierj valor threw back her shoulders and lirted her chin. H they were brlgan they should not find her a crlnginj coward. After all, she was a Calhoun. The man she had first observed stop, ped near the horses heads and peered intently at ber from beueath a broaj and rakish bat . lie was tall and ap peared to be more respectably clad than his fellows, although there wu not one who looked as though he pot lessed a complete outfit of wearing ap. parol. "Poor wayfarers, may It please yoor highness," replied the tall vagabond, bowing low. To her surprise, he spoke In very good English. His voice was clear, and there was a tinge of polite Irony In the tones. "But all people are alike In the mountains. The king and the thief, the prlucess and the Jade live in the couimou fold." And his bat swung so low thut it touched the ground. "1 am powerless. I only Implore yon to take what valuables you may find and let us proceed unbanned! she cried rapidly, enger to have It over. "Fray, how cau your highness ceed? You have uo guide, uo drl no escort," said the man mockingly. Mf Beverly looked nt him appeulluKly, ut terly wltnout worus to reply. Hie tears were welling to her eyes, and her heart wus throbbing like that of a cap tured bird. Iu nrter lire she was able to picture Iu her mind's eye all the details or that tableau In the moun tain pass the hopeless coach, the steaming horses, the rakish bandit and his picturesque men, the towering crags and a mite of a girl facing the end of everything. "Your highness Is snld to be brave, but even your wonderful courage can "Oh, you won't klU ttf " avail nothing In this Instance," said the leader pleasantly. "Your escort has fled as though pursued by some thing stronger than shadows; your driver has deserted; your horses are half dead; you are Indeed, as you have said, powerless. And you are, besides all these, In the clutches of a band of merciless cutthroats." (To be coutinned. ) ( Made Htppy for Life. Great happiness came into the home of S. C. Blair, school superintendent, at St. Albans, W. Vs., when big little daughter was restored from the dread ful complaint he names. He says: "My little daughter had St. Vitas' Dance, which yielded to no treatment but grew steadily worse until as a last resort we tried Eleotrio Bitten and rejoice to say, three bottles enecteu a complete core." (juick, sure cure for nervous complaiuts, general debility, female weaknesses, impoverished blood and malaria. Guaranteed by all drug stores. Price uou. Posters, placards, dodgers, all sizes md kind, printed af the Cornier otrce. Fruitgrowers of Rogue River Valley find the Courier of special interest J. M. CHILES The Pioneer Grocer Is occupying his new brick and is, better prepared than ever to serve his patrons. New refrigerator installed in which to keep 4 BUTTER K CHEESE EGGS And other perishables. Ice water water on draught in 6 gallon cooler on inside and drawn through wall with faucet. Call when passing and dry. E. A. WADE Dry Goods, Underwear, Notions, Etc. Front Street west Palace hotel GRANTS PASS, OREGON,