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Richard the Brazen Copriifht, 1900. by Mo Continued from last week. Back of them came the sprlng wagon, drawn by mule ou the dead run. Old Jacob Itenwyck knew enough about cattlt to realize hit daughter danger. lie bad also realized tbat be could do absolutely nothing to help lier. But, aa luck would bavt It, bla outfit waa near at baud. . It waa tbat be bad algoalcd ber from tbe top of the bill. He and hla daughter bad made a detour, aud tbe wagon, travel ing on the chord of tbe arc, waa almost up with him when the atampede came. He raced down tbe bill toward It, ahoutlng tbe terrible tldlnga. Cowboys and guldea In hla outfit galloped up to do exactly what bad lutn done. In a moment they bad gathered around tbe two. "Ob, father!" aald tbe girl aa Ben wyck awung ulmsolf from bla aaddle and dropped ou bla kneea bealde ber. "Are you aafe, my dear I' "Perfectly aafe, tbauka to thU gen tleman." "Hlr," began ber father linpreaalvely, I owe" "Oil, It'a nothing," aald tbe cowboy lightly, "nothing at all. It waa Just breaking a mill. Any of tbeae boya will tell yon bow enally It can be done. Now, If you'll eirune me, I've got to go after my bunch. Goodby, mlaa; you'll le all right In no time." He swung blinaelf Into hla aaddle. "But, my dear air," cried Mr. Resv wyck, "your name?" The cowboy waa already on tbe gal lop, lie turned and ahoutcd aometblng that no one could understand and then wna gone. The girl atared after him to great disappointment, lie bad eaTod ber life, reacued ber like a hern but to Ira re her that way, and for lot of wretched cattle It waa too provoking! "Do any of you know that manT" aked Mr. Renwyck. -"Ain't never aeed blm afore,' i plied their guide. "From wot be aaya, though, be aure knowa bla bla," aald auother. "The cbaocea of git tin' ours tbat mllP-he looked at the ground torn by the tram pling bard "waa aura leaa'n notblu', ail right" "Father," aald the girl weakly, the reaction aettlng In, "let'a go borne. I've had enough of tbla terrible country fhose awful cows." "It breeda men, though, mlaa," aald tbe guide, "mi well aa cattle." "yea," aH the girl, "It certainly bred one. I ivlsn I knew bla name." "I'll try to find It fer ye, mlaa," aald the guldo, "ullhougb 'taln't jeat the thing to ax n gent's name out Here Tlie boya guiicr'ly don't una their own cnuiea ou n l.inge. They'vo frequently got reusous for uot mentlouln' of Yin. But, wotever hla name la, he'a a intui, all right." "He la, Imlvd." aald Mlaa Renwyck. and then aim promptly collapsed a sec oiid time, ('HAPTEN III. RICIIAUIt V I I.I.I AM a, a ymi-.ii: iniiii of twenty four, a t;rinl n -ate of the I'lilvemlty f Tex ' aa, hint xnt the two year allien he liiid won IiIm sheepskin on u range of IiIh own, which had eouie to blm through till mother. Foolish tllf fereiu-cH hail nrlHcn lM-tweeii lilin nml bin futlier, In which tliu young man whs geiietully In the wrong. A reeou filiation luul heeu effected, however, n alioi't time In-fore the urrlvnl of Mr. Heuwyck, ami Itlchiird hail combined Tali cuttle with mime of his father's. It wu t IiIh Joint herd w hich had near ly ended the life of Miss Keiiw.vck. The day lifter the departure of Ja cob Itenwyck and the young lady Kleh ard Williams hud waved In mo daring -and romantic a nmuner the young man waa summoned to the ranch tl.V a men age from his father. Itecognl.lng that It was war to the kulfe between him nn 1 IiIk former partner, the Texan laid 111 plana to bring to hla feet the BcliemcK of New oik. It waa the wot iiimIiisI the cant, and uo mercy van to I o Kliottii ou elllier hide. lilt hard's experience had leen on the practical side of the business, lte win 1:U father' son, however, anil Bill WI1 Ham had every confidence that he could be aafely tutrustcd to look after Ms father'. Intervale In New York. He explained the detail of hla operation carefully to the toy, provided blm with the necessary credeutlala aud Jh'M ltttu to liu-.Ho east and uot lu com munication with a firm of broken with whom hi father already had dealt, who were to advise with Richard with regard to whatever action wa re. HUlred. Of curc the fining man leu rued the dotal! of the ipiarrvl bctnoou the two partner, and a few tiu.-attoti put him In iKMM-Kkton of the uame aud address of the girl who had made ao deep lift Impression upon hlni. With unttsual dlM-rellun, he aald nothing whfttever to his father aUmt the adventure Pucb thing do haien ontxhlo of book, aud Klchard was thoroughly In love with the girl whom for ono brief moment lie had held lu I I arms, Ii, Viia luv'.c ttiaa l.:iug, tuvrvtore, to CYRUS TO WNSEND -BRADY, Author of "For lh Free doin of Hon." "Tb hoatberiwrm." Et., EDWARD PEPLE, Author of "A Broken Uatft," "The Prlnc Chap." KM. (Tit. Ytrd fc Company. carry out uhi fatber'a wlabea. In the purault of the old man'a business 'be waa determined that be would find time la eome way, in aplta of tbe rup ture, to further bla own affair. Tbe mere fact tbat enmity bad given a place to friendship and tbat there waa open warfare between tbe two houses added zeet to bla love affair. He bad cut ber out from a berd of ateera, and be bad faltb that he could win ber from the Wall atreet "bunch," aa be phrased It, or from any other group of men who. If they bad bla appreciation of a good thing, would aurely be stam peding In ber direction whenever ahe appeared. In due aeaaon, therefore, Rlcbard William arrived In New York, where be aettled blinaelf comfortably at the St. Itegla. Preliminary to entrance on bla flnoiiclal campaign, and especially In the hope of making blinaelf out wardly more -fit for bla role of a paa alonate pilgrim, be discarded bla Ban Antonio clothing. Including bla aoft felt bat of eonibrero-llke dimensions, for an outfit ao completely up to date tbat bin bct friend on the range would not bave recognized blm and then plunged Into the hUHlneHB which bud i rought him north. He presented himself at the offices of Messr. Benton & Cart well, In Wall atreet, where the prepara tory detail looking toward the final adjustment of his fatber'a complicat ed lntereata wttb Mr. Kenwyck were put In train for settlement with amaz ing celerity. Where In Texas duula were consummated over a pipe and several long drinks sometime behind the barrel of a gun, too In New York tbe corea of the aame deala were bored Into by snappy little gentlemen with tbe feverish energy of a belated com muter In the elusive hope of catching tbe next train. "Mr. Benton," aald Richard aa be ahook bauds with tbe aenlor partner, "seem to me we've branded tbla mar erlck in record time." Mr. Benton gave blm a hurried amile and a hurried band. "The er calf will grow Into beef, I troat Honored to bavt met yon. air. Good morning." The young man entered the elevator, waa dropped down twenty-one stories, mora or lea, and found himself again In the buay, roaring atreet. With the exception of the al of one large batch of railroad bond, which could not be negotiated for at leaat a month on account of aome restriction clause, bla father' bualnesa would require no furthor attention from blm for the next two weeks. Ill time waa now hi pwn, and every energy wa bent upon one subject-picking up the trail, ao to apeak, of Mis llarrlrt Itenwyck. It waa an easy task, for the "alga" waa good and plenty, aa a cowboy would have phrased It. Ho easily lo cated the office of old Jacob Itenwyck ou Broad atreet and learned without difficulty that the family wero at pres ent occupying their country place near Irvlngton on the lludnon. But this knowledge, after all, was of little value. He could not present himself as the son of William Williams fm ibvlou reasons. He mulled us he pic tured hi fiither'a apoplectic rRe at such a proceeding and censed to smile at the fancy t.f hi visiting card In the band of the tartar, Jacob itenwyck. Ho made t living trip to Irvlngton and walked n round the extonsbe grounds seve-nl times In the hope of catching n cil.iipxc of his divinity, lull fulled, even nun the vantage point of l tuJ (or kis III f, !, rt.l.-w.ilk .e aorrmimlliig U. to discover a liElo Imnnt.v with the except Ion of a giH.in exervisVg , i,)nitt lu riding with a cui.iis up ,! jown Kngllsli motion that nearly turned the Texan toinach returned to New York despoil, "ei ,( .,. H 1,,,-utnl picture ol the (.. j,. ,., u! j, (1v- i. whi.-'i w I . . . .'. c.i.s,.i;u.ou lie COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, FEBRUARY 28, -s -iMMaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. grew the more restless and unhappy on that account He did not want crumb; be craved the whole loaf. He visited tbe theaters and tbe op era, but hla thought were uot with the painted puppet of bygone days. Throughout the mimic tragedies he waa in no mood for comedy be saw a more stirring acene: A piebald bron cho, (julverliig between his knee as It tore through a bunch of plunging steers, a weight In hla arms and a Hup bead hanging backward, a cheek tbat bad brushed bis own. With ber a ten cent show would be a heavenly enter tainment; without ber "Gotterdammer ung" waa Just a noise. Others not in j love bave thought the aame. 1 He spent bis time In wandering aim lessly about, making and rejecting one Idiotic plan after another. He waa en- tlrely unknown In tbe city, lonely, mis- erable and aa far from meeting the ou- Ject of bla affection aa though he were back again In tbe Lone Star State. On tbe morning of the fifth day of bla suspense while crossing upper Fifth avenue be waa Dearly run down by a coffee colored touring car wblcb recklessly swung around ' a corner, skidding aa It took tbe turn. He leap ed for bla life to the aldewalk, turned and waa about to express a candid opinion of tbe driver when bis sulphur ous salutation was exchanged for one of surprise and pleasure. Tbe offend ing automobile bad come to a atop, and is its solitary occupant Rlcbard recog nized a friend of former days, one George Henry Fitz-Clarence de Courcy Howard, earl of Croyland. This gentleman bad spent aeveral month with Rlcbard ou tbe ranch In Texas, and, while the two men bad few tastes In common, still a friend ship knit upon tbe boundless plains Is usually more lasting than one contract ed In the whirl and rush of city life. In general appearance tbe two were not unlike, both blouds, rather tall and marked with tbe branding Iron of vig orous manhood, although Rlcbard waa the younger, the fresher and tbe mora virile. Tbe earl bad been In America for perhapa a year, aceklng by various schemes to rehabilitate an Impoverish ed estate and in all hla undertakings meeting with Indifferent success. He bad become tbe sole owner of a "salt ed" mine In Colorado; he bad recouped In Birmingham real estate, only to "drop hla pile" again in Texaa cattle. At present his bow waa strung with two widely differing cords one a se cret mission, with a lucrative promise, for an oriental government regarding tbe surreptitious purchase of subma rines and other war material In viola tion of tbe neutrality lawa; the other a somewhat hackneyed cheine of ex changing an earl's coronet lor a seven figured bank account the figure of the necessarily accompanying lady being a matter of little moment The meeting between the two was cordial, not to say affectionate. A friendly face In New York to Rlcbard waa like a water bole In the desert To the earl he was art welcome aa a "11' pun note when I'm atrapped, by gild!" Lord Creyland auggeated a spin In his motor, and Richard, who had nothlug but leisure on hi hand an 4 Vaa glad ef any break id the dull md notony, accepted with alficrlty. The motof waa a four cylinder Layton, with a vlcloua back fire and a hoarse, wet cough, which woukl have warned an expert to look after his Igniter and relieve the oil vent. The auto car was reuted, and, besides, machinery was a detail to be looked after In the garage; therefore the driver hiccoughed up Riv erside drive with a charming disregard for signs and omens. The Englishman talked, and tbe Tex au listened, though be adroitly kept the conversation lu a social vein ou the cha..ce of finding some opening for an attack on irviugton. lu this he was not, disappointed. The earl had se cured letters of Introduction to Jacob Itenwyck, but ou culling at the 1 1 rout! atreet otllees hud found t ho geutlemau absent. He left Ills letter, together with a note of regret, and had prompt ly received a cordial Invitation to Join a kinall house party In the home of the lienwjcks on the Hudson lie hud accepted and Intended to ' there on the follow ing day, where his valet would Join Mm, bringing Ida lugae from Washington. Richard's heart rose ami rejoiced Heiv was u possible chance to nuv! Miss Renwyck, yet he must prm-ced with caution "ItelUNVck." he said IliitiiRhtfuMy ''tSceum to Hie I've licaid Hint name. Well offi" The carl I ccanie so eloquent on t: a subject that hi companion's s:,-- '. i t -were nt on.v aroused. ! t:i"ro so the r.nglblr.iiau's attention a; n eted upon a.i income lUil.cr lli.iu Li stt erliig gear. "A'VJ" daughters 111 Hit' (umilyV Ii ed the Texan carelessly. '1W Aw -oulte passable, 1 vtiAer standi Klchard. agreed with hlin hut d' l uot thik it necessary to 'rV-nttou the fact. -ld you eer meet f ' e lady?" "No. old chap " v "Nor any of thV 'im!!j ?" "Net it. I m't i li - uot k(sn, how eer. o. !i lie ir.vyekV - e'--re!attves. dn't yell 'kV.ow." drnwlrl h1 lordship ill hH o-t 't'nft' r-r i . t sntte;-l.ir uian'.UT. The Tcvtn's wh'ie Itv li closcl with I an luik snap lie f.m;, not luar his tnciid lu l.i.tl ) . l a l Ue put a curb uu b'. tongue. "Look lice. C.v; l.iiid." ittf asked us ludlitcifiiMy as he could, "do jou mean to tell me that you ;ire giing to Ir vlncton tomorrow wl:ti the avowed in tctiiloii of i i.iktu, '.o' c to a lady yon haw lion r . ':i V" 'V;ii! I: l'.'"-',1' i.i-.' iiii:i..icil t!u Englishman. "It'i a fair game. Isn't ur "No. It Isn't" snapped the Texan. roiling into the vernacular plains. "It'a a dlntcy deal with a cold deck. Where does the girl come InT' Coronet" drawled the noble earl, "and uot such a bad sort underwit If she is satisfied. I am. I'm sure." "Birthright mesa of poaee and pig in a poke." suggested Richard rather warmly. "But what of you? Why, great Scott maa. you've never seen her! She may be bumpbacked bldeous!" "My dear old chap," sold the earl, with a dry. indulgent smile, "you will learn aome day that a Bradstreet re port covers a multltuue oi ircckit: By Jove. I've even unowu ii iu iu.. done a hump!" Here the conversation stopped sud deuly. The nn. bine hud done the nuio They were far out on the Westchester roud in the vicinity of New Itocheile. with nothing in sight but a farmer truck wagon approaching from uu op posite direction, with a big yellow dog trotting beside the wheel. The earl drawled something about it being "most extra wd'n'ry" aud began to manipulate the vurlous levers, but without result. Clearly he was un familiar with the vagarle of this par ticular brand of motor. He descended from the car and turned his engine over, being rewarded by a clattering roar which caused him to leap back Into hla aeat asatn. He released his brake and inadvertently threw hla i weight upon tbe sieed controller. Tbe machine arose and rejoiced as a strong man going to battle. As Mr. Rlcbard Williams afterward described It "tbe thing first bucked aud then bolted for nowhere In partic ular. It attended to tbe yellow dog first then ate up tbe farmer's wagon, turned over on Its back and kicked up Its beels, hollering like a calf under tbe branding Iron." The giaphlc historian found himself sailing gracefully over a barbed wire fence until he alighted In a aoft field, where he plowed up considerable earth, but sustained no serious Injury. Tbe Earl of Croyland bad fared worse. In bis headlong plunge be bad struck a fence post, wrenching one leg badly and fracturing hla right collar bone. The Irate farmer arose from tbe dust with a bleeding nose and Immediately put In a claim for damages, not only for his wagon and bis valuable dog. but for loss of time and tbe greater portion of bis costume. Nothing seemed to have happened to bis vocab ulary. It waa noticed. Rlcbard crawled under tbe barbed wire fence back to the road and turn ed bis attentlou to hla Injured friend In the meantime a correctly attired young woman driving a Panhard topped to view the general wreck, bile a road patrolman galloped up and took bustling charge of every on. "What' the gentleman' name and nddresaV he demanded of Richard, who waa lu the act of raising the Eng lishman' bead. The Texan wa about to answer truthfully when the earl opened bis eyes jnd dr,wr-(J out languidly, but iu I sufficiently clear voice: "My name la Richard Williams of San Antonio, Texas-Hotel St. Regls-I'll pay all dnmagea This gentleman his one of my card lu his pocket" The earl then closed his eyes delib erately, a though the mutter were en tirely dlsosed of really to shut out Richard's surprised aud reproachful glance. The real Klchard Williams of San Antonio, Tex,, was thunderstruck at this limitless display of nerve, but hi rigorous protest was checked by an elaborate wink from the sufferer. Ac coldliigly he handed the ollicer one of his own card and stood ( forth ready ami eager to answer nil questions. "What I your nameV ifked the pa BLOCKADED Every Household in Grant Pas Should Know Mow 'to Reel! it. The back aches K'cftuse the kidneys are blockaded. H,.lp the kidiiev with their work The back will ache no more. Lots of proof that Donn'g KHuev Pills do this. Andrew J. Hayd.-u, tHn , ., Civil Wsr and of ,.rl Ii..i:Ua i niu- S inisns, living a KIhjI St., t.v.r Mosirr, Homir?. Or. "Ti bur ls e,.j,r.d ho ,,Si ofl jlunltl auj tr.,,gl ltljj v Uvnj .prWy well cf hut years c.r. rt inraj t". outdo with the kiuiirjs aim ;n.(.l i, r. , 1 1 do not know cht ciu'cl it lu' ") ! i ecnt ions became cloudy and showed! a tedimeut wlieu allowed to slauO. Ii lad pains through the bladder, in dicating Inflammation of m nature, and pMsar of the secretions were too fmnrents vaasing much trouble at nigtit I wa led through hearing IVian's Kidney Pills recommended by 1 wbnrg people to get a supply. Ttiey went to work right from the Mart aud relieved the jin and ths i sevrrtions were corrected. I kept cn with th treatment and am now able i to rest through ao eutire ntnb.1 with out annoyance. The pain bas entirely vnislied mci I feel better in every wy " For sale by all dealer. Price 50 cent Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, New York, Sols Agents for the United titti KcmetulkT the noe Dean's sud tWe uo other ! 't MrB8Tarjaaana r RAN K Your Money in Soils of Evans Creek Valley One grower soM $110 strawberries from i acre rows 3 ft. apart. Another grew 16 tons-pumpkins on less than 2 acres. Sold berries to local store $97, besides giving quantities of fruit for picking from 40 bills raspberries and 38 Logan berries. Ctaegrew 380 boxes Yellow Newton Apples on 2 acres young trees, worth $2.45 f. o. b. Medford. 28 boxes Gravensteins from 1 tree sold $28 f. o. b. Woodville. 225 Salway Peach Trees in four successive years sold: 1904. 1300 boxes; 1?IS, 2300 boxes; 1906, 1300 boxes, 1907, 1000. One Royal Ann Cherry, 16 years, picked 500 pounds 1907. One D'Anjou Pear 7 years picked 6 boxes. 4 acres Ben Davis picked ?500 boxes. You can get such results as these and better; come to me andl wil tell you why. You can buy a new nine-room bouse, large lot and barn for $1200. bO acres fine land 2 miles. $1000. 7 acres with 5 acres in alfalfa and berries with water $1000. 10 acres partly cleared and water right. $475. 50 acres fronting on Rogue River 1 mile from town, $1000. 160 acres and three water rights, $5o per acre.' or irrigated lots, irrigated acres, or irrtgated farms close to station, school and church. y Ben A. 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"Ah:" Ml. the petp.iltiian. "Were vou driving;" ' j "No." ii'iswered Itichnrd truthfullv. "1 Rave tlie wheel to thut Idiot, atid ou'. tliiiM.-,, ,i special dispensation of rruid..ii.v a m t now able to answer your quest!.,;,. Anything more?" In n tuoitv.'.iv he had eveued up with the earl, but not ,iUIti "How i!M your machine happen b. run lnt this man' cart? continued the officer. "Don't kn ,v. Shied at something. 1 reckon." r. i i.Hl ttio iuvoiuatary cbauf eur farcin: uily. This w,is ut.t teclmicai. but it ac:us ed the otH.-er. when-ttn, at Crov lands ad.M: -estiou. Klchard pre sented h!m v ith a twenty dollar bill -his own. i, ,t. way-aud asked hi:,, - toe m:,c::,e towed to the ne,ir est gnrs-e s ,n.,t lf Mr Wllllatpv were pr. 1r,y u ot i i.e oi.,. i . ... ,,. Llll ; ork o( Secure & Trust Co. n n r rH33, UhL. TREI TREES FROM J CRRANTS PASS Commercial Club Will furnish information of Josephine county free of jk A charge. Correspondence so- (k j licited. A6 L. B. Hait Pn;irlent W tH.L. Andrews .... Secretary w Charles Costain Wood Working Shop. , vV'est of flour mill, near R.:R. track lorning. bcroll Work. Stair Work, Band swuin.Cbinet Work, Wood PnJJey. baw pluiftand gwoiming, Repairing all kinds. Price rijrht. Wuartz Blanks at the Courier offlce-