THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORP. ORKOON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 19.10.
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WEDS; GOES HOME;
FINDS CHILDREN
Brldo Greeted With Shouts of
"Mama!" From Eight Lusty
Throats Tarries But
a Moment.
WALLA WALLA, Wn., Jan. IS.
To fall in love -with n "real nice'
man. then to say "yes," and a short
time afterward to be married and go
to the new home to discover eight
little children her now husband's
all shouting "mamma" proved too
much (or Mrs. Halver Vetterson, ac
cording to the complaint in a divorce
suit just filed by the husband him
self In n local court. In fact,
tt
proved so much that Mrs. Vetterson
hardly tarried long enough to say
"good bye,'' further avers the com
plaint, though not In this language.
The divorce was granted by do-
fault. Mrs. Vettterson having no ad
dress so she could be served. Judge
Brents gave the eight children to
IlalveY vrtio had not even asked for
them.' '' '
He stated that he had failed to
notify his helpmeet that she was
marrying a Roosevelt family at the
time ho asked her to become his
wife.
IDAHO TOWN SUFFERS .
$25,000 LOSS BY FIRE
LEWISTON, Idaho, Jan. 18. A
fire -which for n. time threatened the
destruction of tho entire business
district of Qrangoville, destroyed
ihn Rtnrn nf H. Kornseld last mcut
The loss is estimated nt $25,000. A
hiKh wind fanned the flames and for
a while it was feared that the bus
iness district was doomed. Tho or
igin of the fire is unknown.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
' M. E. Owens to P. J. Neff,
land in section 27, town-
ship 30, 1 west $ 9,000
Frances A. Kleinhnmmer to
4U,T.JJL Ilamlin, part D. L. C.
Ira Marshall to Ernest S.
Palmer, 92 acres in D. L.
C. 56, township 36, 2 west 40,000
E. S. Palmer to It. N. Pax
son, 62 acres in D. L. C.
56, township 30, 2 west.. 27,500
I. Dnliack to P. M. Centers,
. 10 acres D. L. C. 60, town
ship 37, 2 west 10
Q. H. Qaniere to A. H. Hays,
part lot 10, block 32, Cool-
idce addition to Ashland.. 1,400
S. A. Pattison to B. A. Bis
. sell, lot 3, block 4, Patti
son addition to Central
Point 129
A. Lawrentz to S. V. Davis,
lo.ts 7 and 8, block 18,
Medford 1
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
The Nash J. C. Gribble, Port
land; J. P. Watt, Jerome, Idaho; F,
II. Austin, E. C. Johnson, W. E,
Bliss, Portland ;.W. It, Follis, Med-
ford; C. S. Brown, Daris; S. S. Ack
ley, HcCloud; W. E. Bronson, Seat
tle: J. B. Harvey, Galice: Geo. San
ders, Cleveland; C. R. Arnndell, W.
B. Envoy, Portland; Prof. J. St
Ange, Ashland; Mr. and Mrs. W. E,
Erickson; Mrs. C. A. Hawkes, Alon
quin, N. M.
The Moore T. Irvine, Portland;
F. M. Nelson, Butte Falls; Marion
Bhrnes, G. E. Stevenson, R. Foucb,
Wilbur Telford, J. Siemens, V. T.
Mptschenbacher, E. W. Jacobson, G.
Dufault, A. F. Panck, Klamath
Falls; H. S. Stryker, G. T. Ellis, J.
A. Fisher, Portland; J. M. Mauring,
Talent.
FOR
100 Acres of Good Fruit Lund
4 miles west of Grants Pass.
Forty seven lots in Jacksonville,
flno location. ,
I have also got a pair of fine
Cougar Kittens, five months old,
which can bo bought at a reasonable
price.
ENQUIRE
GJUewis
Jacksonville
THE PERFUME OF
THE LADY IK BLACK
Hy GASTON LKKOUX,
Author of "Tho Mystery of
tho Yellow lloom."
Copyright, 100l, by llretnno'a
CHAPTER XIII.
When My Father Wears a
Will It Will Fit."
T was literally true that ho was
I
frightened. And 1 was more
terrMed myself than words
could express. 1 had never
seen him in such a state of mental in
quietude. "I want to ask you. my boy,
whether your mother told you tho story
of the accident with the revolver?"
"No," he answered, "and 1 asked her
nothing."
"And you 6wore to see nothing and
hear nothing without her saying any
thing to you about the pistol shot and
cryr
Tho young man now gazed at mo In
tently. "It was necessary for me to believe.
For my part. I respectrd tho secrets of
the Lady In Black. I had nothing to
ask of her when she said to me, We
must leave each other now, my child,
but nothing can ever separate us
again r" mx-
"Ah, she said that to you?"
"Yes, and there was blood upon her
hands."
We looked at each other In silence.
I was now at the window and beside
the reporter. Suddenly his hand touch
ed mine. Then ho pointed to tho little
taper which was burning at tho en
trance to the subterranean door which
led to Old Bob's study in the tower.
"It is dawn." said Rouletabllle, "and
Old Bob Is still nt work. Wo will go
and have a peep at him."
A few moments later we descended
Into the octagon room of the Tower of
Charles the Bold. The lamp was burn
lng on the table, bnt thero was no sign
of Old Bob.
He picked np tho lamp and exam
ined everything. We came to the little
desk table. Thero we found the skull,
and It was true that It had been spat
tered with the red paint of the wash
drawing which Darzac had set to dry
upon that part of the desk which
faced the window. I went from one
window to the other and shook the
bars to assure myself that they bad
not been tampered with.
"What are you about?" asked Rou
letabllle. "Before thinking about bow
he could have got out at the windows
wouldn't it be better to find out
whether he went by the door?"
He set the lamp upon the parapet
and looked for traces of footprints.
Then Rouletabllle said:
"Go and knock at the door of the
square tower and ask Beruier whether
Old Bob has come In. Ask Mattonl
and Pere Jacques. Go quick!"
Five minutes after I went out I was
back with the information. No one.
had seen Old Bob In any part of the
fortress. Rouletabllle said:
"He left this lamp burning in order
to make people believe that ho was at
work. There- Is no sign of a struggle
of any sort, and in the sand I find the
traces of the footprints of only Ranee
and Darzac, who came to this room
daring" the storm last night and have
brought on their feet a llttlo earth
from the Court of the Bold and also of
the claylike soil of the outer court.
There is no footprint which could be
Old Bob's. Old Bob reached here be
fore and perhaps went out while the
tempest was raging, but In any case
ho has not come in since."
Like a flash an Idea pierced through
my brain. I rushed through the court
till I came to the oubliette. I dis
covered that the Iron bars were still
fast. If any ono had fled by that way
or had fallen Into the shaft the bars
would have been opened. I hurried back.
"Rouletabllle! There is no wuy that
Old Bob could have got out except in
tho sack!"
My friend was not listening, and I
was surprised to see him deeply en
grossed in a task of which I found It
impossible to guess the meaning. lie
was making drawings with a rule, a
square, a measure and a compass, seat
ed In the geologist's easy chair, with
Darzac's drawing board before him.
lie was qnletly making a plan.
He had pricked the paper with one
of the points of his compass while
tho other point traced the circle which
might represent tho Tower of the Bold
as wo could see It in the design of M.
Darzac. Then, dipping bis brush into
a tiny dish half full of the red paint
which M. Darzac had been using, bo
carefully spread tho paint over the en
tire space occupied by the circle. In
doing this be was extremely particu
lar, giving the greatest attention to
seeing that the paint was of the same
thickness at every point His face
took on a look like that of a maniac.
Then he turned toward me so quickly
that bo upset the great easy chair In
which ho had been seated.
"Snlnclalr! Sainclalrl Look at tho
red paint! Look at the red paint!"
I leaned over the drawing, terrified
by his savage tone.
"Tho red paint, the red paint!" he
kept groaning, bis eyes staring in his
head as though ho wero witnessing
some frightful spectacle.
"But what-what is it?" I stam
mered.
" 'What Is it?' My God. man. can't
you see? Don't you know that that Is
blood?"
No, I did not know It Indeed, I was
qulto euro that it wasn't blood. It
was merely red paint, B,ut JLJook
care not to contradict' Roulctnblllo. t
feigned to be Interested In this Idea of
blood.
"Whoso blood?" I Inquired. "Do you
think that It can bo Lamm's?"
"Oh. oh. oh! Lnrsan's blood 7 Who
kuowa anything nbout Lamm's blood?
Who has over seen tho color of It? To
see that, It would bo necessary to open
my own veins, Snluclalr. That's the
only way. My father would not let
his blood bo spilled like that."
lie was speaking again with that
strange, desperate pride of his father.
"When my father wears i wig it
will M. My father would not lot his
blood be spilled like that."
Ho spoke again:
"My poor mother did not deserve
this. I did not deserve It." A tear
ran down his cheek and fell Into tho
little dish of paint.
"Ah!" he cried. "It isn't necessary
to till It any fuller." And ho picked
up tho tiny cup with luilnlto care ami
curried It to the cabinet.
"Let us go! Let us go!" he said
drearily at last. "The time Is come.
Salnclalr. No matter what happen,
we can never turn back uow. The
Lady iu Black must tell us everything
everything nbout the man who Is In
that sack."
Uo knocked nt the door of the square
tower. I asked htm whether he did
not wish me to leave him aloue with
his mother. But, to my great sur
prise, ho begged me not to abandon
him "for nuythlng lu the world-so
that the circle should not be closed."
And he added mournfully. "Perhaps it
may never be!"
The door of the tower again was
opened, and wo saw Bender's faco ap
pear. "What do you want? What aro you
doing here again?" ho demanded.
"Speak low. Madame Is In Old Bob's
sitting room, and the old man has not
come in yet."
Rouletnblllo pushed the door farther
open.
We were In tho vestlbulo of the
tower.
"What is mndame doing in Old Bob's
sitting room?" asked tbo reporter In a
low voice.
"She Is waiting for Darzac. She
dare not re-enter the room until be
comes, nor 1 either."
"Well, go back Into your lodge. Ber
nier." .
Ho opened the door of Old Bob's
salon, and we saw the form of the
Lady in Black. She never moved at
our entrance, but her Hps opened, and
a voice that I should never hnvo recog
nized ns hers murmnrcd:
"Why arc you como? I saw you
crossing the court. You have been
there all night. You know nil. What
do you want now?"
She added In deep misery:
"You swore to me that you would
seek to know nothing."
Rouletabllle took her hand.
"Come, mother, dearest." he said
tenderly.
Sbo did not resist in the least. But
when ho led her to the door of the fa
tal chamber she recoiled. "Not there!"
she moaned.
Rouletabllle tried the door. It was
locked. He called Bernler. who
opened the door and then hurried
away.
Once the door was opened wo looked
Into the room. What a spectacle we
beheld! The chamber was in the most
frightful disorder, and the crimson
dawn which entered through the vast
embrasures rendered the disorder still
more sinister. What an Illumination
for a chamber of horrors! Blood was
upon the walls and upon the floor and
upon tho furniture tho blood of the
rising sun and the blood of him whom
Toby had carried off in the sack, no
one knew whither, In the potato bag!
The tables, the chairs, the sofas, wen
all overturned. The curtains of the
bed to which the man in his death
agony had tried desperately to cling
wero half torn down, nnd one could
distinguish upon one of them the murk
of a bloody hand.
Mme. Darzac murmured:
"We aro delivered!"
Rouletabllle bad fallen upon bl
knees ai her side. .
Then she told us the story. She
looked nt tho closed door. She looked
at the overturned furniture and the
blood spattered walls and floor nnd
narrated tho details of tbo frightful
scene. She told us that as soon as
Darzac had entered his room be bad
drawn the bolt and had walked to the
little table In the center of the room.
Tho apartment was lighted only by n
wax cundle.
The silence of tho room was sudden
ly broken by a loud crash like that of
a piece of furniture. Tho crash carao
from tbo little panel, and then nil was
silent. Darzac made a movement to
ward tho panel which was situated ut
tho back of the room on the right hand
side. Ho was nailed to the spot where
he stood by a second crash louder
than the first, and this time It seemed
to her that she could see tho panel
raovo. But at that very moment the
panel swung open before them. A
shadowy form Issued from the panel.
Uttering a cry of rage, Darzac rushed
upon the figure
"And that shadow that shadow hud
a faco that youtould see?" Interrupt
ed Rouletabllle. "Mamma, why did
you not see the face? You bavo killed
tho shadow, but how do wo know that
it was Larson If you did not see his
faco 7 Perhaps you bavo not even
killed Larsan's shadow?"
"Oh, yes." she replied almost listless
ly. "Ho Is dead,"
Rouletablllo took tho Lady in lilacK
Into his arms, carried her tenderly to
her room and said to her: "Mnraiuu,
you must Jeavo mo now. I have work
to do for you, for Darzac and for my
self." "Don't, leavo mo until, Robert comes
back!" she cried. Some ono knocked
at tbo door of tho corridor, Rouleta
blllo nuked who was thero, and the
volco of Darzac answered.
Tho man who entered looked liko a
corpse. Never wns human faco so pal
lid, so bloodies, so duvold of all hoiu
bianco of life.
lie fell Into tho chair from which
Rouletabllle had Just raised tho Lady
lu lUnck. He looked up nt her.
"Your wish Is realized," ho said. "It
Is where you wished It to bo."
"Did you see his face?" questioned
Rouletnblllo excitedly.
"No," answered Darzac wearily, "r
have not seen It. Did you think that I
was going to open the sack?"
I thought that Rouletnbllle would
havo shown discomfiture at this an
swer; but, on the contrary, ho turned
to Darzac and said:
"Ah, you did not seo his face. That'a
very good, Indeed. Tho Important
thing uow Is Hint wo should close tho
circle. Walt a moment."
And almost Joyously ho throw him
self down on all fours nnd crawled
around among tho furniture nnd under
the bed.
Suddenly he rose to his feet, holding
hi ids hand a revolver which ho had
found under the puucl.
"You have found his revolver!" cried
Dnrznc. "He did not havo time to
use It."
As he spoke Darzac took from his
I pocket his own revolver, which had
saved his life, and held It out to tho
young man.
"This Is u good weapon." ho said.
Rouletabllle examined It closely.
Thou he compared the pistol with that
which had fallen from the hand of tho
assassin. The latter bore tbo mark
of a London gunsmith. It was new,
every barrel was tilled, nnd Rouleta
blllo declared that It had never been
tired.
"Lnrsnn only avails himself of flro
nrms In the Inst extremity," said tho
young man. "Ho hates noise of any
kind. Ho Intended merely to frighten
you with it or he would hnvo fired Im
mediately." And Rouletabllle returned M. Dar
zac's revolver and put Larson's In his
pocket.
Rouletabllle made a few steps
through the room and said:
"Where Is the body?"
Darzac replied:
"Ask my wife. I want tn forgot nil
itout it I know nothing more about
this horriblo thing. No ouo save Mme.
Darzac knows where the body is. She
may tell you If she likes."
"1 have forgotten, too," said Ma
thlldc. "I was obliged to do so."
"Nevertheless," insisted Rouletabllle,
shaking 'his head, "you must tell me.
You said that he was In his agony.
Are you sure that he Is dead now?"
"I nm perfectly sure." replied Dar
zac simply.
"Oh. it Is finished! Is it not entirely
ended?" pleaded Mnthllde. Sbo nroso
and walked to tho window. Sec, there
Is the sun! This horriblo night Is
dead-dead forever! Everything Is
over!"
Poor Lady lu Black! The yearnings
of her soul revealed themselves In her
words, "It Is finished!" And tho fact,
as she believed it, mndo her forget all
tho horror of tho sccno which had
passed In this room. Lnrsan no more!
Lnrsan burled burled In tho potato
sack!
And wo all started up In affright
when the Lady In Black began to
lnugh-the frantic laugh of a mad wo
man! Sho ceased as suddenly as aho
had begun, and a horrible stillness fol
lowed. We dared look neither at her
nor at each other. Sho was tho llrst
to speak.
"It Is all over!" sho said. "Forglvo
me. I won't laugh again."
And then Rouletnblllo said, speaking
In a very low tone:
"It will bo over when wo know how
ho got In."
Rouletabllle opened tho door and
called Bernler and bis wife, aud a gen
eral consultation took placo.
Rouletablllo, who wns sitting at Dar
zac's desk taking notes, aroso and said:
"So far it 13 very simple. We have
only ono hope. It Ms In the few mo
ments that Bernler was off guard
about 0 o'clock. At least at that time
no one was In front of the door. But
thero was tome oqc behind It. It wnH
you, M. Darzac. Can you reiterate,
after having thoroughly searched your
memory, that when you went Into
your room you Instantly closed the
door and drew the bolt?"
"I can," replied Durzac solmenly.
And he added: "And 1 opened that
door only when you and Salnclalr
knocked upon It. I swear It."
And In raying this, ns later qvents
proved, the man spoko tho .truth.
Rouletabllle said:
"It Is well, Darzac, you havo closed
tho circle. Tho upartmont In tho
square tower is now cloned as firmly
as was the yellow room, which was
like a strong box, or as tho 'Inexplica
ble gallery.' "
"One would guess Immediately that
Larsan was mixed up in the affair,"
I exclulmed. "It is tho samo modo
of procedure."
"Yes," observed JUmo. Darzac. "Yes,
M, Salnclalr, it Is tho samo modo of
procedure." And sho unfastened hor
husband's collar to show tho wounds
hidden beneath It.
"Seo!" she said. "They aro tho samo
nnll prints. I know them well."
"No; It I'i not tho samo thing," said
Rouletabllle. "It is Just tho opposite.
In tho yellow room thero was a body
missing. In the room in tho round
tower there h n body too many."
(To ba ooatinuod.)
Sunday School Rally.
Rev. J. D, Springston, stato secre
tary for tho American Baptist Publi
cation society, will hold a Sunday
school rally at tho Baptist church
Wednesday oveninp, January 10, nt
7:30 o'clock. Every ono intorostod
in Sunday school work nnd especi
ally all officers and teachers in tho
Sunday schools of tho city aro ear
nestly requested to bo present,
A Snap
Twenty nuron, level, deep soil,
eloso in, at
$625 AN ACRE.
Planted i3 follows: Sixtoon noros
in Nowtown apples, 7 yours old,
Imlnnco in Bnrtlett penrs, 3 years
old.
At Hood River you would ho
asked $1500 nn aero for n simllnr
tract.
Look into this offer as closely
yoji like this young orchard is
a bargain nt tho' prion.
W. T. YORK & CO.
EMPLOYMENT AND
BUSINESS CHANCES
l-room housjo for rent.
7-room house, furnished.
FOR SALE 4-room bunjjnlow.
0-rooin houso, lot 70x250.
Lota on C nnd liivorsido nvcuuo.
Lots on Gmpe, 50x100.
7-room buiiKalow.
Hnvo n number of bnnniiiB.
Hnvo men.
FOR RENT Land from 1 aero to
400 in ono body; hnvo spud land.
FOR SALK 10 ncroa Improved G-yoar-old
vlnoyurd located In Cali
fornia. 1 span homed, harness nnd wngon.
WANTED Man nnd rtomnn on
farm,
WANTED Womnn to cook and do
houBowork rnncL.
HOMESTEAD rollnq iiil mont enn bo
secured at '.his office.
ANY ONE hnvlnK any kind of build-
tncs to move, rail nt room 208,
WANTED A chambermaid.
Women for housework.
E. F. A. BITTNER. Prop.
R0MM 208, PHIPPS BLDG.
PHONE MAIN 4141.
For the Best
In harness, saddles, whips,
ehes, tents, blankets, wag
on sheets, axle grease and
Ball cure, as well as all kinds
of custom work, see
J. C. Smith
314 E. Main.
Bargains
For Sale or Exchange
40 acres heavy timber laid soron
miloa from Mpdford; tho wood will
moro than pay for tho land.
20-acro alfalfa ranch In valloy of
Feather rivor: Ideal location at cross
roads and Htatlon on electric car lino;
bent of boII; houso aud outbuildings;
all under Irrigation. Prlco, $4000,
torms.
Fon saijB
1C acres, quarter mllo from town;
7 acrea set to Nqwtown apples, 1
fccro chcrrlcfi, 3 to alfalfa; C-room
bouii; electric light; barn; on main
road; special prlco for a fow days,
on afvorablo torms,
41 Vi aorpo two miloa from Tal-
ont; 12 Improved; nbout 16 acreu
food wood timber; best fruit sou lies
on esntlo slope; a bargain if sold
soon.
See Townsen
104 MAIN ST.
AT CU8ICK & MtfERS.
Extra
Good Buys
Ono C-room cottngo, pantry, bath
room and woodshed, lot 05x104; flno
Investment at $1370; $800 will hnn-
dlo it.
Ono 0-room houso, two lota, two
blocks from Main utreot, closo in, A
snap for $2100.
Call and look oror our list of lots
boforo you buy. WE CAN PLEASE
YOU.
Wright & Alllii
128 East Main Stroot,
THE ROGUE RIVER LAND COMPANY
NO. 11 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE
Offers mi especially good foothill orchard for n low
prio mad ou good tonus. In thusu days of advancing
prices, it will pay to look into thin.
It pays to dual with tho "Alan Who Knowk " When
tho Roguo River Land Company Rold tho TroiiBori &
Guthrie orchard at IDaglo Point to tho prizo winning
owmoi'b, four years ago, tho salesman, W. 'M. Holmes,
assured tho purchasors thoso Spit'.onhorgtroes would
produce tho world's beat apples, and subsequent ovonts
provo tho soundness of his judgment. By tho way:
Did it over occur to you that most of tho men who havo
vrou out in tho Roguo River Valloy, bought thoir win
ning orchards through the Roguo Rivor Land Com
pany? W. M. Holmes, Manager, is always at your service
for a good buy.
There's a Reason
Why the custom of the
Rex Market is growing.
The reason is worth in
vestigating and a trial
order will explain the
reason.
IRex Maiket
Huth & Pech Props. Phone 3271
Best Groceries
At Prices Strictly in
Keeping with the
Quality of Our
Stock which is
Unexcelled
A Trial will Convince You
Allen
The Square
REAL ESTATE
Farm Land Timber Land
Orchard Land
Residences City Lots
Orchards and Mining Claims
Medford
Room 10, Jackson
Reagan
Deal Grocers
Realty Co
County Bank Building