'THE MElfcFOia) MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY", NOVEMBER 8, 1909.
The
(Continued.)
I "have something to say to you,"
fee said, "upon wblch your .future wol-
Care largely depends."
"I am listening." She sbowed sur-
prise.
"There has been a tremendous won-
der, as I understand, about this ball
In regard to the strango manner ln
which the invitations were issued."
"Have you found out who did it?"
he demanded,
"Yea." The light ln bis eyes was
feverish,
"Who was it?" fiercely.
"I issued those invitations."
"You!" Iler lips parted.
"Yes. I am tho guilty man. Tho
Mst was the main obstacle. I rcpre
Twrtctf myocL; as secretary to her high-
And you buvo the effrontery to con
Mw your crinw to mo!" her fury binz
JK Torth.
. "Call it "What you please."
"What purposo had you in mind
when you did this cowardly thing?"
"I bad a dotldlte purpose. An Im
posture? like yourri is n prison offense
You have seen that I love you, yet al
ways ignore me. You must marry
e." ,
"You are hiding n threat."
"I shall hide It no longer." Marry
bbc or 1 shall disclose the 'Imposture to
ho police."
"Oh!" Tbeu she laughed tho laugh
ter of one In deadly anger. "Mr.
Worth, do you suppose, even hud I en
tertained some 'sentiment toward you,
.that It would survive n circumstance
like this?"
"I am waiting' for your answer. Yes
r no?"
"No!"
"Take care!" He advanced.
"I am perfectly capable of taking
care. And, Mr. Worth, you will leave
this villa nt once. And if you do not
go quietly I shall order the servants i
pat you forth."
"You speak ns though you were the
princess," be snarled.
"Till Thursday morning I am!'' La
MgDorina replied proudly,
A man who loses his last throw is
generally .desperate, no seized her
toagbly 'in his arms. She struck lilra
across the eyes with full strength. Ho
Eped and released bcr, .
"If I were n man," she said quietly,
Imt with llghtnlug lu her eyes, "you
would die for that!" Blia left mm. Their paths had rccrosscd. It was doa-
Worth burst Into tears. IIo wont to tiny,
fcla room, got together his things ami The leaving of the guests had been
droro secretly Into Florence hurried and noisy. In truth, it rcaom-
Ou tho night of the ball tboro was a bled u disorderly retreat moro thnn
brilliant moon, llosy Ohlncso lanterns anything else. Tho denouement was
stretched from tree to tree The or-1 ovlduutly sulllclent. They hud no do
tfeestra was playing Strnuos, tho sire to witness tho anticlimax, how
treaiuy waltzes i from "The Queen's ovor Interesting and Instructive ;t
Xsice Handkerchief." Bright uniforms ' might be. His highness the I'rlnclpl
mail haudsome gowns Unshod by the ' dl Monte Uluuru, Eurico by uuuic,
period windows, I strode up and down the lloor, hi spurs
Leaning ugalust the door which gavo tinkling mid bis saber rattling Imrsh
Htrnnco to the ballroom from tho hull y. Occasionally he gluuced at tho
were two officers negligently lntorcst- group on tbo opposite hUIo of tho
ed In tho moving picture room. He laughed silently. Ob, ho
"Shall wo go?" would enjoy himself tunlght. IIo
-Ko, no! Tho prlnco himself will bo would extract every drop of pleasure
cro nt 11. He was, singularly cnougli.UwH tills' unexpected moment, Had
not Invited, nnd, knowing tho story ns Mie been mad, be wondered, to glvo
X do, I am curious to witness the htm this longed for opportunity? A
eerie" I month longer mid this scene would
Hlllnrd, peering gloomily over their have been Impossible. At last bo enmo
boulders, overheard. Tho prlnco! Oh. ' to a stand ln front of La Slgnorlua,
this must not bo! There could.be ouly who was white nnd weary,
eee prlnco lu n mutter of tins kind.' "So," he said, "after tlvo years I
os pushed by tho Italians without
neology for his rudoneu, edged around
jfcf gruck him crm th
L
Lure
Of the
Mask
By
HAROLD
MAC GRATH
Copyright, 1908. by Iho
Dobbi.
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. rierriii wo.
tbo bnllroom tilt bo rcncbcd La Slgno
rlrm's side. IIo must tifivo bet ut all
hazards.
"The prince blmself will bo boro at
bo wblspcrcd.
"Wbat prince?"
"Dl Monte Blanca. Comoj there la no
time to lose. I have been holding my
carriage ready."
; "Thank you. but it Is too late." She
' smiled, but It was n tired and lonely
Httlo smile. She had long slnco armed
j'licr nerves against this moment,
Ho stepped back, discouraged. lie
"would wait, and woo to any who
touched berl
I At precisely 31 the music ceased for
intermission. There was n lull. Two
i carablnlcrl pushed their way into tho
ballroom. Tableau!
"Which among you is called tho
Prlnclpcssa dl Monto Blanca?" was
asked authoritatively.
"I urn she," said La SIguorlua, step
ping forth. "What do you wish?"
"You aro under arrest for Imposture
You aro not the Prlnclpcssa dl Monto
Blanca."
Illllard, wild with despair, started to
intervene
As tho carablnlcrl wero about to lay
bands upon La Slgnorlna a loud voice
from tho hull stopped them.
"One moment!" An officer in riding
breeches and dusty boots entered and
approached the dramatic group. 1111
lard and Mcrrlhcw recognized him In
stantly. It was tho man with tho scar,
"This woman" explained ono of tho
carablnlcrl, saluting respectfully, i'ls
posing as your wife, highness. Wo aro
hero to arrest her,"
"Do not touch berl" said tbo prince,
"Sho Is the Prlnclpcssa dl Monto Bl
anca, ray wife I"
CHAPTER XVIII.
UEABUnc irortHuKAsuitE.
S
ILENCE invested tbo Villa Arl
adnc, yot a warm and mellow
light Illumined many a window
or marked short pathways on
tho blackness of tho lawn. A solitary
saddle horse rattled his bit, pawed
restively and tossed bis head worried
ly from side to side, as if pesclfluco
bad touched him with foretelling.
On tho other sldo of the wall, lurk
lug lu tho dark niches, was a tall, lean,
gray haired old man, who watched
and listened and waited. Ho was
watching nud listening and watting
for tho horse. Seven ycarsl It was a
long time. IIo had not bunted for this
map. IIo was breaking no promlso,
find you, my beautiful wife! What a
dovll of n tlmo you have gtven mo
across oceano nnd continents! A hun
dred times I have passed you without
knowing it till too late And here, at
tho very moment when I believed it
was nil over, you lllug yourself Into tbo
loving nrms of your iidorlug husband!
I do not tiudcrstutid!"
"Be brief." she replied, the chill of
snows In her voice. Her bate for this
man hail no empty corners, "Say what
you will and tie gone."
("1 shall telegraph the attorneys In
Itome to partition the estates, my
heart!" he mocked her. "The king
will not add to Ills private purso tho
riches of Colonel Grosvcnor and tho
Prluclpl dl Monto Blancu, your father
nnd mluo-old fools! To tell tho truth,
I atu badly lu" ueed of money, and,
bead of Bacchus, your appearance
hero Is Ufa to .me, my dear Sonla.
Life! T am a rich nan. But," with a
sudden scowl, "what position ln my
household decs this gentleman occu
py?" Indicating Illllard and smiling
evilly.
"Bo it is all true, then?" HUIard
exclaimed. "You uro his wlfcl"
Well J" cried tho prlnco Impatient
ly, "I inquire again, what portion
m ko holdr
"This villa '
to Hit' n1.-iuio
"Ilfuvovi-r the!
bunting In her lii'iirt
oRtnrcK iniiy ih nninuniiini. run win
bo mine I command ynti to Ip.ivc II
n otiro M.-Mt'.r ymi
1 lie in-" I:m.kim(1 jMh- tv,w, ,!
it mvU of pJd lint Mil 1w his li-vi
or iniiiiipn. iiiki lie prop.u m tnnut
he- imfot of II V ,
'I
could li'ivo. let the cnrablnl
in':o you m c tfoii."" lie slid iirliaiio'v
"A nl" lit In n iliilnji coll would Imco
hivtoi'o.l your .plrlt."
"Is It poHHlliloV returned Hlllnrd
"'Your hlaliiMW luls but to say ih
wi n! nid I will undertake the pious
uro of' rolloolbg yjlu of this mini
pi'OfOIVO."
"Bo Htlll." she said. "Will you go?'
to the prince
"Presently. First I wish to add that
your dear friend Is both thick skulled
nnd cowardly. I offered to slap his
face n few nights ugo, but he discreet
ly docllsod."
"I am calm." replied Illllard. gently
releasing his arm from, her grasp. Hp
approached tins prince, smiling, but
there were murder and despair
his heart. "Hod I known you that
night ono of us would not bo hero
now.
"It Is not too late" suggested the
prince. "Come, are you In iovo with
my wife?"
"Yob."
Tho bluntness of this assertion rath
er staggered tho prince "You admit
It, then?" his throat swelling with rage,
"Thcro Is no reason to deny It"
"She is your"
But tb word died with n cough
lllllord, a wild Joy in his heart, caught
tho prince by the throat and Jammed
him back ngalnst tbo rose satin panel
HUIard solzcd his sword arm and pin
ncd it to the panel abovo bis head
Again and again tbo prlnco made des
perate attempts to free himself. Ho
was soon falling ln n bad way. Ho
gasped, his lips grew blue aud tho
whites of his eyes bloodshot This
man was killing hlui! And so ho was,
for Hlllnrd, realizing that be bad lost
everything In tho world worth living
for. was mad for kllliui:.
La Slgnorlua was first to recover.
She sprang toward tho combatants
and grasped Hlllard's hand, the ono
burled lu the prince's throat, and
pulled. She was not strong enough
"Merrlhow! O'Mnllyl Quick! Ho
is killing blm!" she cried wildly.
Tho two dually succeeded in separat
lug tho men, and nono too soon. A
moment more and tho prlnco bad been
a dead man,
Ln Slgnorlua turned upon Ulllard.
"And you would bavo dono this thing
before my very eyes!"
"I was mad." ho panted, shamed. "1
lovo you better than anything elso ln
Qod's world, and this man means that
I shall lose you."
Tho prince lurched toward nillard,
but fortunately Merrlhow heard tho
slithering sound of the suber as it left
Its scabbard. Merrlhow witb a des
porato lungo stopped tho blow. He
flung the saber at O'Mally's foet
"Y'ou speak English," said Merrlhow
in an ugly temper. "You may send
your orderly to tho notel Italic tomor
row morning, nnd your saber will be
given to him. Wo can got along with
out you nicely."
Tho prluce toro at his mustaches.
Moddlers! To return to Florence with-
out bis saber was dishonor. Ho cursed
them all roundly and turned to La
Slgnorlna.
"I am ln the way here," ho cried.
"But listen. You shall remain my
wife so long us both of us live I had
intended arranging your freedom once
the estate and moneys wcro divided,
but not now. You shall read my wlfo
till the end of the book, for unless I
meet you halfway the raarrlago con
tract ennnot bo broken. In tho old
days It was your conscience Tho still
small voice seems no longer to troublo
you," turning suggestively to HUIard.
You are stopping at tbo Hotel Itallo?"
"1 am. You will tlnd mo there" ro-
turned Illllard, with good understand
ing.
"Good! Your hlgbuess, tomorrow
night I shall have tbo oxtromo pleas
ure of running your lover through tho
throat." lie picked up his cap and
took his princely presence out of their
immedliito vicinity.
"It will do my soul good to stand
bofore that scoundrel." said Illllstrd,
stretching out his hands nnd closing
them' with crushing force
La Slgnorlua laid a protesting hand
ou his arm,
"I lovo you," be murmured as ho
bent to kiss her hand, "And It Is not
dlshonorabl for you to hear mo say
so."
"I forbid you to say that!" But the
longing of tho world was In her eyes
as she looked down at hts head.
"This Is what comes of American
girls marrying these blamed foreign
er." growled the tender hearted
O'Mally. "Why did you do It?"
"I am almost Italian. Mr. O'Mally. 1
had no choice In the nun tor. Tho af
fair was prearranged by our parents,
after the continental fashion."
When Illllard nnd I.tv Slgnorlna were
at length ulono he naked, "When shall
1 seo you again?"
"Who knows? Some day. perhaps,
when time has softened tbo sharp
edges of this moment. Tomorrow 1
shall wrltu, or vury soou."
"You will send for nior' with eager
ness and hope.
"Why not? There Is nothlug wrong
In our friendship, and I prize It.
Promise."
"1 promise Good by! For u little
while I have lived In paradise. Wher
ever I may bo, at he world's rod,
you have but to call me In a mouth,
In a year, a decade, I shall come
Qooduy!" Without looking at her
gain he rushed isway.
ftha rtmatned standing tbwo as tao-
tloulevs ns u statue. He had net ask4
her it ske loved him, atd that was
W01. But there was ut at that -
IH'I ,. . . . I 111, it
raehl Id all thoJonglh aud "breadth of
r.i n iii...., ,i,., i, i,ii,
npKS llle ir,llclpMlw dl MotltP BWnca
Meanwhile tlic- prince. raging,
,nounlt.t, hor.N(. Eht WP. Ta)a
! tlm(. tomorrow night the American
8hou,i py (lparlv for jt nl,
AJ( tl)(, woim,uo cot
could nover
understand her. But for bcr fool's
conscience ho would not have been
riding the beggar's horse today. She
was now too self reliant, too Intelli
gent Sho was her father over again,
soldier and diplomat.
He was riding past the confines of the
Villa when n mini darted out suddenly
from tho shadows nnd seized the bridle
"At Inst, my prince!"
"GlovnunlV"
Instinctively tho prince reached for
his saber, knowing that he had need
of It, but tbo scabbard was empty.
Ho cursed tho. folly which had made
him loso It. Oddly enough, his thought
ran swiftly back to the Uttlc casa ln
the Sublno hills. Bah! Full of cour
age, knowing that one or the other
would not leave this spot alive, ho
struck his horse, with purposo this
time, to run his man dowu. But Gio
vanni did not lose his hold. Hate and
the nearness of revenge mado him
strong.
"No, no!" he laughed. "Sho is dead,
my prince. And 1 I was not going to
seek you. 1 wus going to let hell claim
you in its own time. But you rode by
niotonlgbt. This. Is the end."
(To lie continued.)
NOTICE.
Thcro will bo a special meeting of
tho etockholdors of tho Siskiyou
Copper & Gold Development compnuy
Friday, Novombor 12, at 7:30 p. in.
at thoir offico in tho Jfedford hotel,
to consider tho purchase of addition
al claims. 204
M. J. LOVE, President.
CITY NOTICES.
.4-4- -f
ORDINANCE NO. 251.
An ordinance declaring tho assess
mont on tho property benoflted for
tho cost of laying a water main on
outer section of . Clark street, West
and corporation boundary line soutn
to Jackson street, west, ana direct
ing tho recorder to enter a statement
thoreof In tho wator main lien dock
et.
Tho city of Medford doth ordain ns
follows:
Section 1. whereas, tho city coun
ell did horotoforo by rooolutlon de-
claro its intention to lay a 6-incn
wator main on outer section of Clark
street, West, and corporation boun
dary lino south to jncKson sireoi,
West, and to nssoss tho cost thereof
on tho property' fronting on said por
tion of said street in proportion 10
tho frontago of said property, and did
fix a tlmo nnd placo for hearing pro-
tosts t.galnct the laying of sold water
main on iald portion of said streot
and tho nssossmont of tho cost
thereof as nforcsnid.
whereas, said resolution was amy
postod and publlshod n3 required by
station 116 of tho charter of Baid
cly; nnd,
Whoreas. a meeting or tno council
was held at tho tlmo and plnco flxod
ln said resolution for tho purposo of
considering any such protests, but no
protesto wcro nt such tlmo or at any
tlmo mado or rccelvod by tho council
to tho laying of said wator main or
tho assessing of tho cost tnoroor as
aforesaid, and said council having
considered tho matter, nnd deeming
that said wator main was nnd Is of
material bonoflt to said city nnd that
all proporty to bo assossod thorofor
would bo bonofltod theroby to tno
oxtont of tho probnblo amount of the
ospcctlvo assessments to bo lovlcd
gainst snld proporty, uia oruor sam
water main laid; and,
whorons. tho cost of said water
main has boon and horoby Is deter
mined to bo tho sum of $1230. B0;
Now, thorcforo, It Is horoby furthor
dotermHcd that tho proportionate
sharo of tho cost of laying said wator
main of each parcel of the proporty
fronting on snld portion of said streot
Ib Wio amount set opposite the des-
Iptlon of onrk pleco or pared or land
bolow and tbet fjch such plceo or
pnrcol of land Is bonofltod by tho lay.
ne of sa d water main to tno run cx
tout of tho nmount sp flol opposite tho
lescrintlon of such pieco or parcel,
nnd thnt tho roopecttvo nmountB rop-
esont tho proportional uonorits or
snld water main to said respective
nnrcols of nronorty and also tho
proportional frontngo thoreof on said
portion of said street, and tho council
oes horoby dcclaro each or tno pa
cols of proporty doscrlbod bolow to ho
assessed and ench of tho snmo Is
horobv asnnessod tho nmount sot oppo-
slto each rospectlvo description for tho
cost, of laying said wator mam.
AS8K8SMKNT FOB A G-INOH WAT
TS 12 H MAIN FROM INTERSEC
TION OF CLARK STREET. WEBT.
AND CORPORATION BOUNDARY
SOUTH TO JACKSON STREET,
WEST:
Assessment No. I Elfrod and Jon-
lo Barzeo. block 3. Mlngus subdivi
sion In tho city of Medford. Oregon,
frontago 802. HC foot nnu described
Vol. (1(1, pnpo 313, county recorder's
rocorda of Jnckson county, Oregon;
752.BG foot; rnto 80 & conts per foot;
mount duo IGOB.SO,
Assessment No. 2 F, w. llutciin-
son, tno west unit or ioi , iuock
Mlngus subdivision, ln soctlou 24.
township 37 south, rnngo 2 west of
tho WJllamutto moridlnn, ln Medford,
.Tnekson county. Oregon j frontago
o0.7C foot, nnd desccrlbod vol. 2S,
page 20ii, county recorder's records
f Jackson county, Oregon; 700. ill
feet; rnto per foot SOMj cents;
amount duo $322.00.
Assessment No. a Mamma uem-
mor. commencing at tho southwest
corner of lot C. block 2, Mlngus' sub
division, In section 24, township 37
south, range 2 wost of tho Wlilametto
meridian, in Jackson county. Oregon,
and running thence east on south lino
of said lot 9 chains 41 links, thence
north at right angles to said south
lino to within 30 tost of north line
of said lot, thenc west parallel with
and 3t feet dlstanca govta from nortu
30 - Acre Orchard
Two miles from Medford; all
good soil, planted to Newtown nnd
Spitzcnberg apples, Cornice, Bosc
and Howell ponrs. Trees nro 5
years of ago nud arc in fine con
dition. Price $500 per Acre
Taking everything into consid
eration, tho fino character of tho
soil, the ago and condition of the
trees, and its nearness to Med
ford, there is nothing in the valley
equnl to this ns a bargain. Let us
show you this tract.
W. T. York
West Main St., opp. Hotel Moore
The BIJOU
THEATRE
BILLY EMPEY VAN, Mqr.
TONIGHT
Friday & Saturday
BROWN'S in TOWN
A Roaring 3Act
Comedy
Laugh - Langli - Laugh
Admission 10 and 20c
Pan. de Anna
FIRST-CLASS GERMAN
WATCHMAKER, JEWEL
ER AND ENGRAVER. ALL
WORK GUARANTEED. IN
CONNECTION WITH MEI
FORD LOAN 8FFICE, COR.
CENTRAL AVE. ANB SEV
ENTH ST., MEDFORI.
For the Best
In harness, saddles, whips,
.obes, tents, blankets, wag
on sheets, axle grease and
gall cure, as well as all kinds
of custom work, see
J. C. Smith
314 E. Main.
WANT
APPLE PICKERS
By
Talent Orchard
Company
Talent
Oregon
lino ot said lot to southerly lino of
said road, crossing nortlnvoat corner
or said lot, tlionco soutn 42,15 degrees
wost to snld southerly lino or said
county road, to west lino of said lot,
thenco south on said weat lino ot said
lot to nlaco ot beginning, containing
0 acres; fvoutage 420.75 feet on east
sldo streot, described Vol. 31, pago
fi69, county recordor'a records of
Jacksou county, Oregon; 382.75 foet;
rate por foot SOi conts; amount duo
308.10.
Section 2. The recorder of tho city
of Medford Is horoby directed to en
tor a statomont of said sovoral assess
ments In tho wator main Hon docVfct
of Br.ld city as required by tho ctly
charter.
Tho forccolns ordinance was passed
by tho city council of tho cfty of Med-
ord on the 2d day of November, 1909,
by the following vote: Merrick nye,
woicu ayo, rcuert yo, umenck aye,
Wortman ayo, Demmor absent.
Approved Noyember 3, 1909.
W. H. CANON, Mayor.
Atlout:
ROBT. Y. TNLFER,
Recorder,
ED
COMBINATION RANGE)
w a v v t n wtit a m ,r int. if r I
1)0 lit ii INdULAlUK AND
HOT FIRELESS COOKER
1
omy.
J. W. WHITNEY
I Office in Aikin Plumbing
WANTED
Timber and Coal Lands
ENGINEERING AUD SURVEYING CON
TRACTS TAKEN AND ESTIMATES s
FURNISHED.
Bo H. Harris & Co.
Office in Jackson County Bank Upstairs j
APPLES AND PEARS AND ALL KINDS Oh"
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.
YAKIMA VALLEY NURSERY
Largest Commercial Nursery in the Pacific North
west. Not in the combine. Competes with all first
class nurseries.
L. E. HOOVER, Agent
MEDFORD, OREGON
I P. O. Hansen.
We make any kind and stylo of windows. ' Wo carry
glass of any size on hand.
Medford Sash & Door Co.
When we suggest that you
Toast Your Bread
On Breakfast Table
We do not mean that you should eat off
the stove toast
With an Electric Toaster
and have crisp, brown, delicious toast
costs lc per meal to operate. We
have tho best toaster on the market for
sale at $4.)0. Clean, appetising, sanitary
ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC CO.
Successors to Condor Water & Power Co.
Containing two indispensable
luxuries and two sources of econ
Call and let us demonstrate its
merits.- .
Co.'s Store, Medford.
RESOLVED
The best resolution for you
to ranko is to come to us for
your next suit, if you want
something out of the ordinary.
Wo do the best work and charge
tho lowest prices. .
W. W. EIFERT
THE PEOQEisSSIVI! TAILOR
Tom Moffat.
I