D 1 1) THE MEDHHflD MATT, TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1909. 6 v in 1 I if? .ff. "Be Ventriloquist He Eaietl Mary's Conscience and Made George Happy Dy TEMPLE BAILEY ?UopyrlKht, VTi, by Associated Lit- f entry Press. t It viih Just n little village street show-u slinhliy, gray haired ventrilo quist Hlttlntr between two hliink fneed dolls linn turned their liendn and Jerk ed llielr wide inotitba and cracked stale Jukes for the edlllenllou of the crowd I Im I hud Bothered, . Wlx fi the program wnR finished the 'old nititi pnsscd uround some thin 7)ii:ii)hletH. "Only a dime!" be cackled. ".Just one dime to learn how to make the dolls inlk." ; "Only one dime!" echoed tho woolly bulled doll, which Iny JImply on top of a 1 1 in II trunk. 'Ten rents." murmured Irish Paddy from wlihln the trunk. Kilt In spite of much spirited din. lofjile only llvo hookn were sold. Then ns I he crowd drifted away tho little man packed his silent dolls into tho trunk, Hwung It by a strap over his shoulder and tramped down the vil lage hi reel. lie turned In at n little store on tho very edke of town. It was n remark iibly ueai little store, and at the back wuh a table with u clean white cloth. U'he old man asked for rolls and milk, which he tile at the tuble. lie also bought a cuu of sardines, some crack ers and cheeso to take away with lilm. When he hud puld for these there was no nunc money in his old pockutbook, but he smiled to himself happily as ho nte his lunch and listened to tho talk of the fresh faced little woman In . charge and of the neighbor who had run In for a moment. "When ure you going to marry George?" the neighbor teased. The fresh faced woman blushed. "I shall never marry ugnlu. llenry was such u good husband." "You can't live on memories of good" nosa," said the neighbor bluntly. "No." the little woman agreed, "but Ilcury would turn lu his grave If 1 should look ut anybody else." "Iluh!" tho neighbor sniffed. "1 Euess you've looked all right!" Again the widow blushed. ."I can't help It if Ueorge will come here," she said. "You'd better tako him or lot him eo.y "1 know. I believe I could like blm. tut Henry oh, Mrs. Perkins, Llenry 'Would come hack and hauut me If I married Ueorge Mills." "Fiddlesticks'." suld tho incredulous Mrs. IVrltlns. "As If I'd let n thine like I hut come between me and hnppl .ueHsJ" ' "Well, Henry was Jeulous, nml be used to say. 'Alary, if you over marry tiny body else I'll come and haunt you.' " , , ' "Henry ought to get over such things when he's been In heaven ns long tia this." "Do you think so?" the widow ques tioned wistfully. "It seems ns if lieu ry would always be Just llenry even lu heaven," The neighbor nodded, "That's so. llenry was certainly set in his wnys." "You see. that's what I'm afraid of," the little widow stated. "1 suppose It Is silly, but I always did hnvo n fear of spirits, and Ib-ury knew It." Back lu the dim store the ventrilo quist chueku-d. Hut thoy had forgot ten htm And when ho finally sham bled out they were still talking of Henry and his heaven born posslhllt- Once out In tho street tho old man studied tho signs, and "George- Mills, Uutcher," was tho one townrd which lie made his way. Within the shop tho counters were bare, At tho meat block tho butcher himself was slicing bacon. "nelto," he said as tbe ventriloquist ', tddled In. "You are the man who was making the dolls tnlkr "Yen." "I don't see how you do It," Georgo titnilghtened up. "I couldn't even son you move your lips." "That's nothing," the other stated. f "Well. It's great," said Ueorge. "Yes." the old man admitted, "but It , doesn't line my pockets with gold." "Kind of precnrlousV" "Yes." The old man hesitated, thon 'blurled out, "I wonder If you'd like to . Jhavo me help you-wlth a lady, a widow," "Mrs. llassett?" The young man's tone was eager, "Well, her husband's namo was m llenry," And the ventriloquist repeat T' ed .(lie conversation he had heard. "I nl.wnys knew llenry wns a selfish J dog," Ueorge tlared. "If you thought it waH worth ?5 I might help you out," tho little man ventured. "How?" , The ventriloquist outlined ids plan, nd when lie had finished George cried it-ngerly. will give you ton If you -will umbo It bp!" "Did he bavo a deep voice or n thin one?" "He had it piping voice," Georgo tnted snvncely, "like tula" V "Well, I want to do it right." And. the ventriloquist picked up hid tainls and weut on his way. Late that afternoon Georgo Mills '' Itopped Ib ami asked Mrs, Jliwsett to take a walk to Marvin's grove. Tbe wMow shook br head slv ty. "1 can't," she said. "The neigh bors ure beginning to talk." "Marry me and shut their mouths." wid Ueorge ardently. "Oh. no: I citn'l inurry you. Ueorge. and I inuxtn'i go with you any more;' Uiorge looked, blank. "Oh. but so here." he said, "you've Just got to go tonight." "I don't see why you arc so anx ious," she yielded. "Because oh, look here. Mary, let It be our last walk It you will!" Mnrvln'x grove was a place, of dim. oeautlful greenness, and in Its depths a grent gray bowlder thrum up n rug ged shoulde'r. It was to this bowlder that Ueorge guided Mary llasselt. ,tm? they sat down with their backs a'galnst the stone. "Mary." he said, "tell me why you won't marry me." "If I only knew that Henry woiildn t mind," she said, weeping. "You know how good he was to me. George." "But surely he would .want you to mv happy," he said. Mary sighed. "If I only know. If T could hnve some sign." Behind tho bowlder was the faint rustle of dry leaves. It might hive boon the movement of n rabbit or Of a tortoise or of a squirrel seeking nuts. But Ueorge knew thnt It was none r.f these. He gave a significant cough. Then, ns If borne by the breeze from nowhere, came n thin, piping voice: "Mary!" The widow clutched at her lover's sleeve. "George." she cried gaspingly, ."did you hear thnt?" "What?" asked Ueorge. "That voice Henry's volte." "Nonsense!" But the young butcher's face was white. There was n silence in which they stood, pale faced, lis tening. "Mary. Mory-tnke hlm-bo happy."' As the words died away Mary gasp' ed. "It Is Henry!" He Is telling you to be happy. Will you. Mary?" She looked at him with startled brown eyes. "I'm so frightened, George." He drew her within the circle of his arm, "Nothing can hurt you hero. Say 'Yes,' Mary." And as Bhe hesi tated came the benediction.' "Bless you!" And nt that Mary yielded, with her head against George's shoulder, but listening for any further remarks from llenry. None came, nnd at last her lover led her from the wood. But he stopped by the roadway. "Walt until 1 go and get. my hat," ho paid, and pres ently he came back with It. Ho hnd left something In Its place, however, and when tho woods were still, except for the twilight call of the birds, a little old man stole around the vdgc of the big gray stono and picked up the crisp greenback. Then he went back to his hiding placo nnd nte .a supper ol' crackers and cheese and snrdlncs In the com pany of black faced Sambo and Irish Pat. Whon Ho Went Away. "I take It." he said to tho man who got on the depot car with u suit case, "that you are going to the country." "1 am, sir," was the stiff reply. "You have everything with you you will need?" "Of course." "Shirts, socks and toothbrush V" "Certainly." "Nightshirt, toilet soap and hnudker chief?" "Do you think me n child, sir?" win asked, "Of course not, but men are so nb seutmluded, you see. Did you put In an extra pair of cuffs?" "1 did, sir. You and others may be careless, but I waut you to know that I'm not, 1 bine been three days pack ing this stilt ease." "Dm. You might need a needle nud thread." "1 have them." "And some buttons." "They are here." "But there must have been some thing forgotten," persisted the oilier. "Nothing whatever," was tho decided answer. "Kor Instance, your key. You hnve It, have you?" The man sprung up nnd begun feel lug lu his pockets and looking around and after n moment called out: "Here somebody slop this old ear! I've left the key to my suit case on the mantel at homo!"- Washington Herald Cash of. the Anelcnta. The little lira ctiwh. the ('hlucs coins, are the Uncut descendants, In unbroken order, of the bronze a ol remoie Celestial nnceittors. Kioiu tbe regular hatchet to the modem coin our tan trace n distinct If somewhat bin ken bitcccsxlou, so that It Is Impossllili to say where the one leaves off and the other begins. Here Is how I III curious pedigree first worked Itself nut lu early times, tieiwie 'otn was Invent ed. barter was usually conducted be tween pividuier and consumer with metal Implements, as It slid U lu cen tral Africa at the present day. At first the Chinese In that iiiisophlstlcaled age were content to two real hatchets for this commercial purpose, hut after a tune, with Hie piMfuund mercantile In stlnct of their race, It occurred in fume of them that when a man wanted half a hit teller's worth of goods In might as well pay fur them with huh a hatchet. Si III, as It would lie a pll.t to spoil a gtuid u orbing Implement lu cutting It lu two. the worthy Ah Sin Ingeniously ,otiiir'iulBtd llu nmitcr by limiting tbtn hatchets of the usun" slxe and ltpe. bur far ton slender tor practical usage. Bv so doing he In vented coin. and. what Is more, he in vented It far cat Her than the claimant" to that proud distinction, the I.ydlan. whose plectrum staters wery tlw struck In the seveuth century B. U. Pnrn'illl Muwulne. llTfjOOF, Didn't Want to Seize the Op portunity, but She Did. By HARRIET LUMMIS SMITH. Copyright, 1009, by Associated Mtomry Press. J "We've time enough yet to take n look at the city from the top of tbe Se curities building. It's worth seeing, you know." PruJcnce should have vetoed the sug gestlon, For the longer half of the blissful afternoon Viola had been aware that IJnymoiid's eyes were saying more than they should and that their mute eloquence was singularly sWeet and satisfying. Considering .the -fact that she was ns good as engaged to another .man... discretion counseled lllglit, A voice within, "uif authoritative voice, cried out that at tho best tho day would soon bo over and urged her to mnko the mo.it of It. Viola compromised. "Mr. Ihiymond suggests our getting a view of the city from the top of one of the skyscrap ers," she said, turning to her out of town guests, "If you are not too tired" And her heart leaped ut the promptness of their protests. She walked beside Itnymond silently, glad that he, too, seemed to have noth ing to say. She was frightened to find herself clinging so fiercely to the Joy of that afternoon together. Ho had come upon them quite by accident, but Viola know that but for her he would have lifted his hat and gdiie his way. The gladness thnt leaped to her ,eyes nt tho sight of him, the tremor In her voice as she spoke his nanio. had boon bis uudolng and hers. They had lunched and taken a drive along the boulevards. Vloln's country cousins had had the time of their lives. And now the western sky wns red, and tho time for saying goodby wns near. They stood looking down upon the city. Itnymond, its In duty bound, pointed out the objects of interest. The country cousins hung upon his words and declared that they would not have missed the sight for nny thlng. As for Viola, she had no eyes for tho crawling streets between tho steep cliffs of brick and stone nor for tho crawling creatures far below. Bra zenly sho feustcd her eyes upon him. He turned suddenly nud looked Into her eyes, nnd his own caught fire. A moment later they were standing to gether in nn nnglo of tho roof, shel tered from tho view of their compan ions. The noise of the city below them scorned fo.r nwny. Itnymond broko tho spell by a down ward gesture. "I wish it wcro all mine." "You mean tho whole town? What greediness!" she laughed. "So that I could glvo It nil to you." "Thank you, but I'm not nmbltlous to bo n plutocrat. Of course ouo must hnvo tho things one Is used to. Pov erty Is the worst of nil." "Is It?" Ills eyes chnllcuged hers. "Oh. don't! You make it so hard for me!" "You make It hard for yourself when you fight ngalnst your henrt." "Oh. you don't understand, Phil. It, isn't as if I had only myself to think of." "Do you over glvo a thought to mo?" Sho put her hands over her ears in BUdden tremor. If sho listened longer sho wns lost. "I must go," sho said hurriedly. "I've stayed longer than I should, but It was so pleasant." Sho turned In n panic and tied across tho roof, and ho followed slowly. When ho overtook her" her eyes wcro dilated.' "They're gonol" sho gasped. ' "Who?" "Why, Leonard and Bessie. What could have Induced them to go without us?" "I dou't know, I'm sure. But they will bo waiting for us below without doubt." IIo tried tho door, rattled tho knob sharply nnd mot questioning her gazo with n blank stare. "We're locked up here," ho exclaimed. Then as Viola laughed hysterically ho added in Imsto: "nnn't lirt fi-lL'hlniiPil. It will bo vorv f easy to nttract some cno's intention." Half nn hour Inter, Hushed nnd drip ping with perspiration ns a result of his fruitless exertion, bo acknowledg ed his mistake. "Your cousins must have thought we had gouo down bo foro them. But after they get homo and wo fall to make our appearance It will of courso occur to somebody that we'ro still up here. And tho only thing to do Is to resign ourselves to wait with what patience wo can mus ter." Sho looked at him Reproachfully, but ho did not meet her eyes. Ho sat some dlstnuco from her, stnrlug moodi ly nt the roof. Furtively Viola put back her veil .and smoothed her hair. Apparently her nppearauco was to him a mattor of complete Indifference lie never turned his eyes. Her souse of roseutmeut found volco at hist. "Aro you gotng to sit hero In nbsoluto slleuco? Haven't you any thing to say?" "I have pleuty to say, but I can't say it without taking advantage of tho situation." A long silence; then Raymond felt the slipping of n small baud down his sleeve. "I rather think, Phil," said n tremulous voice, "that I want you to tako advantage of tho situation." Help was long in coming. As tho darkness fell Vto'.a u'rew, closer, nnd her hand stole into his of Its own ac cord. It was n night without a star, and tov that reason It was tho moro star, fling when suddenly n bllntltng Illumi nation lit up tho space where they sat, Viola shrieked and Jild her faea on bet lover's shoulder. "Only n searchlight, dost Rather fdii'tiiit on Hum 11I..I1 i'i... uigti: Ausn t it?" , ' ' Vli.i'u iiltlrilictl II) hi.- uli.M. "I'm. do you supi'iiHc aii,vinHiy -'.irt".'" 'I'lic ycilfig ui.iii K ii.i.-d. "l ctlilfw." hi iieUinnviitgcil "lu liu-l -iiuie gul I miner mipe oincliou tint.' l'illeell ol' IV, em iiiliniicn lillc'r tile sound of npproitf hlug footstep lol.l I Mem that icVease wns at, hind. Ray mond shouted. There was a sound of l key tui'iilng'ln the lock. A grjiiulng policeman nnd Mie w.itchnmn of tiie building confronted them. i;s;ihuin tlolis wei'e exchanged. The elevator hud stopped mulling at li o'clock, and the two young people descended the andless tlights of stairs as blithely as If they were walking on air. Vlohi's home was In an upronr. The storv brought by the country cousins hnd nroused grave suspicions, which Vloln's mother explained ns sho clung to her dniighter. "It couldn't have happened ut n moro utiforiuiinte time. To begin with, Mr. Pickering ' wns annoyed. " Hi?' makds such n hobby of punctuality, you know. And then when Leonard and I Bessie came ln'! I She raised her head from Viola's shoulder and looked sharply at tho young man who hnd escorted her daughter home. Raymond boro her scrutiny In silence. It was Viola who prompted her Impatiently. "Go on, mamma. When Leonard nnd Bcsslo Cn mo In" "It wns. of course, entirely nbsurd," declared Vloln's mother persistently, addressing herself to Raymond, "but one must make allowances for' n lov er's natural Jealousy. When Leonard nnd Besslo said that you had been with them all afternoon and that you and Viola had suddenly disappeared tho poor man Jumped to tho conclusion that you had eloped." There was an impressive silence, which Vloln improved by removing her hat. "Of courso we must explain nt once," Viola's mother continued. "Would It bo better for you to phone him. Vloln, or will you send ,hlm a note? Perhaps you hnd better phone him nnd sny you nro sending tho note. You see.- It is im portant thnt tho mntter should bo elenred up -without delay." "I don't know thnt it's worth while to make explanations, mamma," sho said. "It is i, ae I didn't have any in tention of eloping; but. Just tho same, I'm going to marry Phil." ' What Wearied Him. A friend once nsked nu nged mnn what caused hlin to complain so often nt ovcntldo .of pnln nnd weariness I "AIns." replied be, "I bavo every day so much to do. I have two falcons to tame, two hares to keep from ruunlng away, two hawks to manage, a ser pent to confine, n Hon to chain nnd a sick man to tend nnd wait upon." "Well, well," commented his friend, "you nro busy Indeed! But 1 didn't know thnt you had anything to do with n menagerie. How, then, do you make that out?" ' "Why," continued the old man, "lis- i ten. Two falcons are my eyes, which I must guard diligently; tho two hares aro my feet, which 1 must keep from walking In' the wnys of sin; the two j hnwks nro my hnuds, which 1 must train to work, that I may provide for myself nnd those dependent on mo ns well ns for n needy friend occasionally ; tho serpent Is my tongue, which I must keep ever bridled lest It spenk un seemly; tbe Hon Is my heart, with which I have a continual fight lest evil things come out of It, nnd the sick man is my whole body, which Is al ways necdlug my watchfulness nnd care. All this dally wears out my strength." Had tho Effect. "Yes." sho snld lu nuswer to some thing ho hnd snld, "tho old sougs nro very beautiful." ' "Beautiful!" ho exclaimed enthusi astically. "Beautiful hardly describes them. They are-they are-well, com pared wjth them the sougs of today are trash, the veriest trash." "I agree with you. yet tho old s"ongs sometimes contain sentiments that one cannot wholly approve." "I think you ure mlstakeu." "I will give you nn Illustration. Thero is John Howard Payne's 'Home. Sweet Homo,' for Instance. You surely do not ngreo with till tho sentiments It con tnlns?" "Why not?" he asked warmly, "Why not?" x "Because," she said, glancing nt tho clock, which wns marking the hour of 11 "because there Is a .Hue lu that song which says 'Thero's no placo Hko homo. You do uot bellcvo that, do you?" Then ho coughed n hollow cough and nroso and went silently out Into tho night. She It So Sensitive. "I wish some persons weren't so all tired sensitive nnd ready to sco nn In sult when none Is intended." remnrked the man with tho troubled look, look ing for sympathy. "Now. last night 1 got myself Into nn awkward tlx Just trying to be agreenble nnd to plcnso everybody. I' went to seo a young lady I think a great deal of-yes, I do think a great deal of her, but 1 wish she would bo more sensible. Girl friend of hers was there, and It was her first vl-it since she'd sent a crazy looking, goed for uothlng decorated cup nml saucer with scalloped edges ns a birthday gift. '"When 1 was out shopping,' tho girl friend explained, 'and saw that cup and saucer I Just thought of you, Marguerite.' "How? Hand painted, Isn't It?' "Now. the recipient's complexion Is natural, as any onu can see, and there was no reason for her to be so chilly toward me the rest of tho ovenlng. nng such aenBltlveness!" New York Telegram. BULBS We hnvo on. hand tho following list o extra select bulb?' Tulips-r Yellow Rose, oc "each, 40c dozon. Gloria Selis Cc each, fiOc dozen. Pnrot Jlixed, 4c ench, 35c dozen. Single Hyacinths Pink, 7c each. 75c dozen. Single Ilyncinths Pink, 7c ench, 75c dozen. White. 7c ench, 75c dozen. Dark Blue, 7c. each, 75 dozen. Red, 7c ench, 75c dozen. Double Hyacinths The follow ing nt Sc ench or 85c per dozen: Dark Blue. Pink. While, Red. 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The truth Is that the big muscles nnd hypertrophlcd heart of tho athlete are perilous possesions for the man who no longer has the tlmo or the inclination for using them. When he stops the exercises hy vhteu lie gained them. Instead of simply re turning to their original size they suf for ouo or another of the many forms of degeueratlun and become Incapable of performing their original services. It is not quite true that all exercise for Its own sahe Is harmless, for It Is well to be prepared for the meeting of life's little emergencies ns well ns Its ordinary and dally demands, hut It probably Is true that, the emergencies apart, every man does enough lu going about his customary business and pleasure to keep himself In the condi tion which that business and pleasure demand and that anything besides Is superlluous or Injurious. That athletics take one Into the open air Is less o commendation of athletics than an In dictment of our houses, otlices nud stores for lack of adequate ventilation, If nil the nlr we brenthe was pure nlr wo could get along well enough with out any open nlr nt nil. Any man who hite tho muscle he needs for doing the things he wants to do and should do hns nil the muscle he ought to hnvo To ncqulre more Is n silly wnste of time and perilous besides. New York Times. 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. WANTED THE BUNGALOW RINK Open every afternoon irom 2 p. m. until 5 p. m.; avenings, 7:30 p. m. till 10 p. nu MATCH RACE on Thursday evening. Contest ants, Hardy Cdok vs. Jac Vervlllt. Distance, one mile. r . A. ROBBINS, Prop. Admission Thursday evening, 10c. COME! BOILER HOT FIR ffl ttr ni ink J. W. WHITNEY Office in Aikin Plumbing Co.'s Store, Medford. 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