ROOUE RiVKR COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON, NOVEMBER 30, 1906.
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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
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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. )
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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
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CHEESE
EGGS
And other perishables.
Ice water water on draught in 6
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through wall with faucet. Call
when passing and dry.
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Dry Goods, Underwear,
Notions, Etc.
Front Street
west Palace hotel
GRANTS PASS, OREGON,