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- ROQUBRIVEURrERGRANIS PASS, OREGON. APRIL 5. i 1907. I Lighter, v ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO. 221 The Manager Of the B. (h A. By VAUGHAN Copyright. 1001, by BDe hud beta absent from Antlocb (our years. These years bad been pent lu the east uud in travel abroad with a widowed and childless sister of her futhurjp. She was, on the whole, glad to be home again. As yet she was not disturbed by any thoughts of the future. She looked on the world with serene eyes. They were a limpid blue and relied by long dark lashes. She possessed the poise and unshaken self confidence that come of position and experience. Her father and mother were not so well satisfied with the ittuutlou; they already recognized that It held the elements of a tragedy. In their desire to give her every oppor tunity they bad overreached them elves. She had outgrown Antlocb. as turely as she had outgrown her child hood, and It was as Impossible to take her bark to the one as to the other. The doctor patted Oakley on the ihouldcr. "I am glad you're dropped In. I hope, flow you have made a beginning, we shall see more of you." He was a portly man of fifty, with kindly eyes and an easy, gracious man ner. Mrs. Emory was sedate and placid, a handsome, well kept woman, who administered her husband's affairs with a steadiness and economy that had made It possible for him to amass a comfortable fortune from his strag gling country practice. Constance soon decided t'jat Oakley was not at all like the young men of Antloch as she recalled them, nor was he like the men she had known while under her aunt's tutelage the leisurely Idlers who drifted with the social tide, apparently without responsibility orj care. r"He proved hopelessly dense on those matters with which they had been per feotly familiar. It seemed to her that pleasure and accomplishment, as she understood them, had found no place In liis life. The practical quality In his mind showed nt every turn of the conversation. He appeared to hunger after hard fncts, and the harder these facts were the bettor he liked them. But lie offended In more glaring ways. He was too Intense, and his speecii too careful and precise, as If he were uncertain as to his grammar, as. In deed, he was. Poor Oakley was vaguely aware that he was not getting on, and the strain told. It slowly dawned upon him that he wan not her sort, that where h" was concerned she was quite alien, Suite foreign, with Interests he could gj 'i ii "The '&OLQLN OHTZ Sold On Meryt foaj Nr (j0denGate "Sold on I You can make better food Powd ABSOLUTELY PURE sweeter, more palatable and wholesome. KESTER Harper t Broth en 3 not comprehend, but which gave him a rankling sense of Inferiority. He had been moderately well satis fied with himself, as. Indeed, he had good reason to be, but her manner was calculated to rob him of undue pride. Ho was not accustomed to being treat ed with mixed Indifference and patron age. He nsked himself resentfully how It happened flint he had never before met such n f!r!. S!ie f isolnnted him. TI:e charn of her p"escnep S"em ed to suddenly - r.te ind satisfy n love f,ir the lieaut'f-.l. With pr-iieni?s enthusiasm he et ti wo"!c t 1 en tertaining. Then n renl'zation of the awful mental pwrfy hi which, lie dwelt burst v.ny lili;i fjr t'.!? f!'"t time. Ho longed for some t! crlit and graceful tnlent with which to bridge the wide gaps between t!ie stubborn heights of his professional erudition. He was profoundly versed on rates, grades, bnllast, motive pawor and roll In,? stock, but th!s solid Infarmatlo:! was of no avail. He could on ocea-do:: talk to n swearing section boss wl'h r grievance and a brogue In a way t make that man his friend fir life. II 'j also possessed the happy gift of In spiring his subordinates with n zJmis sense of duty, but Ms social re-; iM lillitles numbed his faculties ami lef him a bankrupt for words. The others gave him no assist iup. Mrs. Emory, smiling and pood humor ed, but silent, bent above her sewing. She was not an acute person, and t!:c Situation was lost upon her. while the doctor took only the most casual part In the conversation. Oakley was wondering how be cou! " make his escape when the diorbcli rang. The doctor slipped from the par lor. When ho returned he was nit alone. He was preceded by a dark young man of one or two and thirty. Tills was Griffith Ityder, the owner of the Antlocb. Herald. "My dear," said he, "Mr. Ryder." Ryder shook hands with the two ladles and nodded carelessly to Oakley. Then, with an easy, careless compliment, he lounged down In the chair at Miss Emory's side. Constance had turned from the strenuous Oakley to the newcomer with a sense of unmistakable relief. Her mother, too, brightened visibly. She did not entirely approve of Ityder, but he was always entertnlnlng In a lazy. Indifferent fashion of his own. "I see. Griff," the doctor said, "that you are going to support Kenyon. I declare It shakes my confidence In Satisfaction Line lA.FaIjfr.lH Km r.ru COLDER GAT EXTRACT COFFEE 1 M is M J. A. Folger & Co., with NEW-VOHK. you," and he drew forward his chair. Like most Americans. was something of a politician and as la also t. If mJTVJ?l professional conTln he htm for office, this Interest fluctuated C tween the hp .,J !! thuslasm before and nonpartisan dis gust after elections. Ryder smiled faintly. "Yes, we know Just how much of a rascal Ken yon Is, and we know nothing at all about the other fellow except that he wants the nomination, which Is a bad sign. Suppose he should turn out a thnsin.m w. . '. 1 "I J I. greater scamp! Really It's too much It dTle1, W,th 8n RffeCtn' vr,.T. , t0 whlcn he subscribed and from which I iCS , ?'T Were a 8hock he ir e ar-er of his mental I? J Z tDd8' bUt thlS ,ervM t0 ex" ! sustenance. As for music, he waa fa Plain them "remarked the doctor, with I minar with the airs from the latest comuuuyeuess. But Hyder was I not to be beguiled Into argument He I turned again to Miss Emory. "I am glad you've dropped in." "Your father Is not a practical' poli tician or he would realize that It is only common thrift to send Kenyon back, fur I take It he lias served his country not without profit to himself. Besides, 1im is clamorous nud persist ent, and there seems no other way to dispose of him. it's either that or the penitentiary." Constance laughed softly. "And so you think he can afford to be honest now? What shocking ethics!" "That Ik my theory. Anyhow I don't 1 see why your father should wish me to forego the mild excitement of assisting . to re-elect my more or less disreputable j friend. Antlocb has had very little to offer one until you came," he added, j with gentle deference. Miss Emory ! J.AJFOLGER&C" Hi&hgradS SPICES .. " .5? en San Francisco accepted the compliment with the n most composure. Once she had been rather flattered by his attentions, but four years make a great difference. Either he bad lost In cleverness or she had gained In knowledge. He was a Tery tired young man. At one time be had possessed some ex- , pectations and numerous pretensions. j The expectation had faded out of his life, but the pretense remained In the absence of any vital achievement 'ne was college bred and had gone In for literature. From literature he had drifted Into journalism and had ended in Antloch as proprietor of the local paper, which he contrived to edit with a lively Irresponsibility that won him few friends, though It did gain him some small reputation as a humorist His original Idea had been that the management of a country weekly would afford him opportunity for the erious work which he believed he could do, but he had not done this serl ons work and was not likely to do It He derived a fair Income from the Herald, and he allowed his ambitions to sink Into abeyance In spite of his cherished conviction that he waa cut out for bigger. Oakley had known Kyder only since me occasion of the doctor's dinner, and felt that he could never be more than an acquired taste. If at all. The editor took the floor, figuratively speaking, for Miss Emory's presence , "if" - M Emory a presence ffiade effort seem worth his while. VPti' aUey f 0? T "". t aD of fharlty for which the latter was nard'y trrateful as he should have been. He was no fool, but there were wide realms of enlightenment where he was an absolute stranger, so when Constance and Ryder came to talk of books and music, as they did finally, his ouly refuge was In Bllence and lie went Into a sort of Intellectual quaran tine. His reading bad been strictly limited to scientific works and to the a trade and technical Journals popular operas, but the masterpieces were utterlv unknown, excent such as had been brought to his notice hv hav ! lng sleeping cars named In their honor, a practice he considered very compli mentary and possessing value as a strong commercial Indorsement He felt more and more lonely and aloof as the evening wore on, and It Trn M ii rollof vhnii iha Anninr trwtlr . him Into the library to examine speci mens of Iron ore be bad picked up west of Antloch, where there were undevel oped mineral lands for which he was trying to secure capital. This was a matter Oakley was Interested In, since It might mean business for the road. He promptly forgot about Miss Emory and the objectionable Ryder and In ten minutes gave the doctor a better comprehension of the mode of proce dure neeessnry to success than that gentleman had been able to learn In ten years of unfruitful attempting. He also supplied htm with a few definite facts and figures In lieu of the multi tude of glittering generalities on which be had been pinning his faith as a menns of getting money into the scheme. When at last they returned fc. the parlor they found another caller had arrived during their absence, a small, shabbily dressed man, with a high, bald head and weak, nearsighted eyes. It was Turner Joyce. Oakley knew klm Just as he was beginning to know very other man, woman and child In the town. Joyce rose hustlly, or, rather, stum bled to his feet as the doctor and Oak ley eutered the room. "I told you I was coming up, doc tor." he said apologetically. "Miss Con stance has been very kfnd. She bai been telling me of the galleries and studios. What a glorious experience!" A cynical smile parted Ryder's thin Hps. "Mr. Joyce feels the lsolatlou of bia art here." The little man blinked doubtfully at the speaker and then said, with a gen tle, deprecatory gesture, "I don't call It art." "You are far too modest I have beard my foreman speak in the most complimentary terms of the portrait you did of his wife. He was especially pleased with the frame. You must know, Miss Constance, tliut Mr. Joyce 1 I - 4 usually furnishes the frames, aud his I pictures go home ready to the wire to i hang on the wall." Mr. Joyce continued to blink doubt ! fully at Ryder. He scarcely knew how i to take the allusion to the frames. It was a sore point with him. Constance turned with a displeased air rroin Ryder to the little artist. There was a faint wistful smile on her Hps. He was a rather pathetic fig ure to her, and she could not under stand how Ryder dared or bad the heart to make fun. i sunn enjoy seeing all that you have done, Mr. Joyce, and of taur I wish to see Ruth. Why dldu't she come with you tonight?" uer cousin, Lou Bentlck's wife, la dead, and she has been over at his house all day. She was quite worn out but she sent vou her love." Ryder glanced again at Miss Emory and said, with hard cynicism: "The notice will appear In Saturday's Herald, with a tribute from her pastor. I nev er refuse his verse. It Invariably con tains some scathing comment on the uncertainty of the Baptist faith as a means of salvation." But this waa wasted on Joyce. By der rose, with a alch. "Well, we tollers must think of the morrow." Oakley accepted this as a sign that it was time to go. Joyce, too, stum bled across the room to the door, and the three men took their leave togeth er. As they stood ou the steps the doctor said cordially, "I hope you will both come again soon, aud you, too. Turner," he added kindly. Ryder moved off quickly with Oak ley. Joyce would have dropped behind, but the latter tuado room for him at his aide. No one spoke until Ryder, baiting on a street corner, said, "Sor ry, but It's out of my way to go any farther unless rnn'll nlnv avian a ir billiards wltn me at the hotel, Oakley." i nanus," curtly. "I don't play bil liards." "No? Well, It Is a waste of time. I Suppose. Good lllcht!" Anil ll tnrmul down the side street, whispering softly. A very extraordinary young man," murmured Joyce, rubbing the tip of his nose meditatively with a painty forefluger. "And with nultn nn t. traordinnry opinion of himself." a suuileu reeling of friendliness prompted Oaklev to tuck his hand through the little artist's arm. "How is Hentlck bearing the loss of his wife?" he asked. "You said she waa your cousin." No. not mine: mv wife's. Pnnr fellow! He feels It keenlv. Thev hut not been married long, you know," CHATTER III. OAKLEY took the satchel from General Cornlsh'a band as the latter stepped from bis pri vate car. "You got my note. I see." h uM "I think I'll go to the hotel for Uia rest of the night" He glanced back over his almnlrW as he turned with Dan toward the bua which was waiting for them at th n1 of the platform. I guess no one else not off hem It'a not much of a railroad center." "No," agreed Oakley Impartially; "there are towns where the traffic la heavier." Arrived at the hotel. Oaklev led the way upstairs to the general's room. It adjoined his own. Cornish nuinud an the threshold until he had lighted the gas. Light the other burner, will you?" be requested. "There, thanks, that's better." He was a portly man of sixty, with a large bead and heavy face. Ilia father bad lecn a Vermont farmer, a man of position and means according to the easy standard of his times. When the civil war broke out young Cornish, who was Just commencing tho practice of the law, had enlisted as a private in one of the first regiments raised by his state. Trior to tills he had overflowed with fervid oratory and had tried hard to look like I)unlH Web ster, but a skirmish or two opened his eyes to the fact that the waging of war wos a sober business and the pol ishing off of bis sentences not nearly as Important as the polishing off of tho enemy. He wns still willing to die for 1 the I'nlon If there wns need of It, but while his life wns spared It was well J to get on. The numerical Importance of number one was a belief too firmly lie United In bis nature to tie or -r-thrown by any patriotic aberration. ' His own merits, which he wns among the first to recognize, and the solid backing his father was able to give won him promotion. Ho had risen to the command of a regiment, and when the war ended wns brevet ted a briga dier general of volunteers along with a score of other anxious warriors who wished to carry the title of general bark Into civil life, for be wns an ami able sort of n Shylock, who seldom overlooked his pound of fli-xli, and he Continued on page H Beware of Ointmrnti for Citarrh that Contiin Mercury, a rnerPTiry will surely destroy the tlni'" of smell and completely damaae ' rne wiiole system wui u eiit-riii it S'-rmiifh til" timennf surfaces. 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Big ind Sera Profit In FRUIT RAISING In Rogue River Valley In Eismsnn Bros. ' nretmrA an 10- year old Newton tree bore this last season 87 Vu boxes of mnrkntithU in. Dies. In the orchard nt f. r, P.n. nett, president of the Medford Froit Growers Union, a lA.vnnr nM N... ton tree bore 83 boxes this last seaton of fine nmilm Tha nrmii u. u. Froit Growers Union got 1.7 a box net on their ah inuient of Mnntnn in. Pies to New York thla last .i. Other trees In the above orchards bore from 10 to 80 boxes each and as there are from 64 to (10 trees to the acre, the value of the crop per acre would average fully $1000. As it costs for medium size orchard 68 centa box to grow and Dot a utiles on the car tha profit on an orchard will beat, the average sold mine and far ahead of wheat at 90 ornta a bushel or hay at f 13 a ton. Now is the time to investl in Josephine County Fruit Land at from $5 to $80 per acre. Tn Jackson Hnrjnfv fha Mma nn.Mi. of land and the same distanoe from the railroad sells readily at from $1M to t-100 per acre. As Josephine ooonty has the same soil, climate aud market advantages as has Jackson county land here through the interest now being taken in fruit raising will soon go booming in value. The wis investor will bay now and double bia money in two years. Foil particulars as to different kinds soils, location, coat nf marketing fruit glveo by CIJAS. MESERVE, Seller of Fruit Lands in til parti of ROGUE RIVER VALLEY TIME FLIES And monoy flics with it loss you Btart a Bank un-Ac- count early in life and make a habit of saving money Small accounts and largo are received wsth equal cordial ity at The Grants Pass Hanking and Trust Co. And every customer is treat ed with the utmost courtesy at all times, Grants Pass Banking h Trust Go. (i HANTS PASS, OKKGON. F. G. ROPER Ijlatliloiililtlo TAILOUL INC? 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