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THE AtEDFOUD MAIL TRLBUNE, AllSPJX)ltD. ORKGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY, 2(1, 1010. - H THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK lly fiASTOX I.KUOt'X. Author of "The Mystery of the Yellow Kooin." CopyrlRlit, IDO0, by Ilrotnno's J CHAPTER XX. You Arc Larsan!" rjTlOULKTAnil.LE I M I continued: still merciless. "wlM'" n"11 n th nets "' ur turu from San llemo 1 can see now tn each cue of them an expression of the , Eer nt once You kMk tUttt overv. terror which she experienced from herthlnff ,9 lost unles3 vou cnu lnimet. fenr that she should allow the secret to at. nrrane ,ui,tteri, 80 that vour escape her. Everything must be said. !C.!F?;? n J everything must explained here nndj now If there Is to be peace tn the fu-j ture! e are nlsiut to clear up the sit-1 iiuuuu. i nere was noining nniurai or happy In Mile. Stnngcrson's behavior. The very eagerness with which she as sented to your desire to hasten the marriage ceremony proved the longing she felt to definitely banish the tor ment of her soul. "From the momcut of your return from the south until the apparition at the railroad station, monsieur, she lived In the most utter misery. She was al ready crying for help for help against herself, against her thoughts and per haps even against you. Dut she dared not reveal her thought to any person, because 6he dreaded that any confi dant might say to her" And ItouletabUlc leaned over and said In.M. Darxac'8 ear, not so low-that 1 could not hear, but so softly that the words did not reach Mathllde, 'VAre you going tnad again?" Then, lifting bis head again, he con tinued: "iou ought to understand every thing better now. my dear M. Darzac, both the strange coldness with which yqu were treated occasionally and also thc tits of remorseful tenderness which In thc doubt which filled her brain would impel Mme. Darzac to surround you with every e- l.lence of attention and affection. I have fancied that you must have discovered that whenever Mme. Darzac looked at you she could not In spite of herself chase from her mind the Image of Larsan, and conse quently It was, not the belief that she would have known It whlh removed my suspicions, since in spite of her self she entertained the fear all the while that you and Larsan were one. No. no: my suspicions were removed by another cause." "They might have been removed." exclaimed M. Darzac at once ironically and despairingly "they might have been removed by the simple course of reasoning that if I had been Larsan. having her for my wife. I would have bad every cause for making her believe In Larsan's death. Aud 1 would have never resuscitated myself. Was It not upop the day that Larsan returned to earth that I lost Mathllde?" "Pardon, monsieur, pardon!" replied Itouletabllle, whose face had grown as white as a Bheet. "You are abandon ing now. if I may say so. the directions of pure reason. The facts which you mentioned show us just the contrary of that which you believe we should see. For my part, it seems to me that when one has a wife who believes or who comes very near to believing that one Is Larsan one has every Interest iu showing her that Larsan exists out- side of oncselfl" As Itouletabllle uttered these words the Lady in Black, supporting herself by groping with her bands against the wall as she walked, came stum bllngly to the side of Rouletabllle and devoured with her eyes the face of Darzac, which had grown frightfully harsh and strained. The young man lmpcrturbably. went on: "And. If you had nn Interest in showing her that Larsan existed else where than In yoar body, there arose an exigency In which that Interest was transformed Into an immediate necessity. Imagine I aay Imagine, M. Darzac. that you bod really brought Larsan to life once once only In pplte of yourself, in your own rooms, before the eyes of Professor Stanger Tonf8 daughter, and you will be. I re peat, under the necessity of bringing him to life again and yet again, out side of yourself, In order to prove to your wife that the Larsan whom she has seeu returned to life Is not you! Ah, calm yourself, my dear M. Darzac, I entreat you. Ilavo I not told yon that ray suspicion has been banished completely banished? See, then, whero 1 am obliged to como in considering thl hypothesis as realized (these are the procedures of mathematics which you know better than I you who are , a scholar) In considering, as I said, . as realized tho hypothesis that you are tho counterfeit Darzac, the one who bides Larsan, According to my rea soning, then, you are Larsan! And I asked mysolf what could have hep pened in tho railway station at Dourg to make you appear lu the form of Larson before the eyes of your wife." He paused for a moment, but Darzac did not utter a word. "As you were suying, M. Darzac," Itouletabllki -yent on, "It was because of this apparition of Lartan that your cup of happiness was dUHhed empty to the ground. Therefore, if this res urrection should not havo been voluu- tary, there Is only ono other way In which it could have happened through v accident. And now Just let us con- (dcr, how this latter supposition clears, up the entire situation. Ob, I have spent a lot of thought upou the inci dent at Dourg, You see, T am still muoulng out the problem. You (the you who N Larsnii. be It tiutlorstocHli nre nt Hour In tho buffet. You be lieve tlmt your wife Is walling for you somewhere tu the station, ns she told you she would do. After having (lnUhrd your letters you wish to go to your compartment In the car In order to nttend to some detail of your toilet or to cast a critical eye over your disguise to see If In any point It might lie lacking. You thluk to your n self. few more hours of this com edy and we shall have passed tho frontier, she will be nil uiy own. en tirely alone with me. and I will throw aside this mask.' You cast awny your 1 assumed charaeter and your disguise, i You relieve yourself of the false bcanl and the sMctacles, and at that very ' moment the door of the sectlou opens. Your wife, thrown tuto a spasm of terror at the sight of Lnrsan'8 smooth, beardless face In the glass, does not I wait to make any further Investlpt- , tIon nnil rushw otit Into the night, her . sercatns drowned by the noise of an i ,,,. ,Mi vn, rnmnr,.)i.it,i .in.,. You uIckIr WVIW thc mask; , out of ,ue p aml buffet b a snorlcr roule than that taken by your wife, who rushes there to look for you. She I finds you standing up. You have not 1 even had time enough to seat yourself i before she enters. Is everything safe j now? Alas, uo! Your troubles are only beginning, for the fearful thought ! that you may be at one and the same time both Darzac and Larsan wilt not leave her mind. Upon the platform of the station, while passing beneath u i-aju, u iriKuicm-u glance at you. lets go your hand and runs wildly Into the office of the sta- tion master. V . .1 I. UM..Mt.fc. .. At l t hnd V.M,kPU. It. Th.. ..homlnnht:. tit..., j must bo bjtnlshcd without a moment's i lIay You quit the office, leaving the i ,at1" H t.ue rare of 'be superintendent. and immediately return, closing the door quietly, seeking to give "the Ini- to warn me that something unforeseen has happened to send tne n dispatch. See how clear and plain as the day your every urt becomes! You cannot refuse to take her to rejoin her father. She would go without you. And. since nothlug Is vet really lost, yon have the hope that everything may be re gained. In the course of the Journey your wife continues to have alternat ing norluds of faith In you and of fear of you. ' She gives you ber revolver l: a sort of Inlf delirium, which might sum Itself up In some such phrase ns thisr lf he Is Darzac. let him protect me: If be Is Larsan. let him hill me! But Iu pity, let me know which , he Is.' At Rochers Itougra you realized once more how utterly she had withdrawn herself from you, and In order to re assure her as to your Identity you showed her Larsan ngalu. See how In accordance with reason such a proceed ing would be. my dear Darzac! Every fact would fit perfectly Into every oth er under the supposition which I am placing before you. There Is not a single point up to your appearance as Larsan at Mcutoue. durlug your Jour ney ns Darzac to Cannes, at the time when you came to meet us, which can not be explained in the easiest way imaginable. You had taken the train at Mentone-Garavau before the cyVs of your friends, but you alighted from the train at the next statlou. which l Mentone. nnd there, after n short star for the purpose of alterlug your l' k. you uppeared In the Image of Ijira:i to the same friends who were pnuu enadlng in the gardens nt Mentone The following train brought ynu ! Cannes, .where ynu met Salmlalr nnd myself. Only, as you had on this oc casion the vexation of hearing froiv the lips of Arthur Ranco when he m" us at the station at Xlep the news tb ' Mme. Darzac bad not on this occasion caught Bight of Lnrsnn. ynu were un der the necessity that samo evening of showing her Larson under the very windows of the square tower, standing erect In the prow of TulUo's boat. So. you see. my dear Darzac, how even those things which appear most com. plicated would have become entirely simple and logically explicable If by chance my suspicions should have been confirmed." At these words I myself, who hnd seen nnd touched "the map of Austra- Ha." was unable to repress a shudder 1 ll,l nllrln.lr nt TlflrMP. Inst as one might look at some poor man who is on the point of becoming the victim of some hideous Judicial error. "But. since you no longer have these suspicions, monsieur," exclaimed Dnr zac. his Intonation singularly calm In spite of the fact that IiIh voice was raised, "I should bo glad to know, aft er all this exercise of your talent of reasoning, what could bare driven them away?" "In order to have them driven away, monsieur, one thing was essential an absolute certitude! Aud I found It a simple but conclusive proof which showed me iu a manner complete and undeniable which of the two manifes tations of Darzac was in reality Ijir- san. That proof, monsieur, was, Hap pily, furnished me by yourself at the very moment when you closed the cir cle the circle In which there had been found the 'body too umny'.'-the time whon. after haying sworn that which was the truth, that you bad drawn the bolt of your apartment as soon as ynu bad entered your sleeping room, you bad lied to us In concealing from us that you had entered that room nt it o'clock instead of at 5 o'clock as Perc Dernier said and us we ourselves cotlld have proved, You were then the only person except myself who knew that the Darzac who had entered at 5 door quicciy. seeKlng to give the Ini- pass in koomnt? Medford tlrv nroinnts, oay -"".L vui"" Ml 1 "cui'miim. pression mat you. too. nave seen L.ar- tn offer von nositiou ns lield boss.'n. ...Li , P'r . - - . "... ,. . ....... . . ut 10 oxitr you.posiwuu u -iiliu uui. or Wako tho1 dreamer with rnv vain nn. ill,.. n,i. ..witl,r.r nt a,ii,. Tnn,.iut. . .. . . - " 1 I mmn (n i.nll ft... Ml.. 1. 1 " ASM liA r 1 1. .Inn 2r..Mrtt .IlinillRll . (sau. in oruer io ease ner mtnu aim 1(, . lak ..ii Orecon tlrv. roar. ' . . t'. , i also for the purpose of deceiving us qT.tp wti ? M fiOV T V VOt'l' 1 0ut of n thouaml. Imply, now and then conirnctor nnci iiuiuior, nnd or .Mrs. all In case she dared reveal her bus- , . V- i J . i . . "nr. jr no near again nnd yet aguln. Dr. J. II. Fnwcett of this city, tiled I I A K ii nil nil NMrrttit-jimwirf Will i .... piclous to auy one. you are the first " T, """i, LV,"" , ".B"iV of ptienmonla at the homo of her o'chu k and of whom we had spoken t you an yourself was In reality another man Hut you said nothing Alid you , need not pretend 'hat you did not nt tncti any Impoitam e to t' n :r nf o'clock, since It oxplnlnel own lilnc , to you-since It told you that aiu ther Dantao than yourself-tin true Uohon Pnwne-luul come Into the sipiare tow er at that time. And, after your falc expressions of astonishment, how quiet you kept! Your very silence lied tons' And what Interest could the true I Mr- , xnc have In concealing that uuothei I Pnrwtc. who might he tarsnu. had , come ' before you had and was hid Ing In the souare tower Mrum was the only one who was Interested In hiding from us that there was 1111 other manifestation of n.nta.e than tit" one he littuscll Is re! Of the two man ifestation of Durznc the false inn t have necessarily been that one wlilt-h lied Tims my suspicious were driven away by eertalnty. You are Ursuu! And the man who was hidden oeh.ud the panel wits Da rate!" "You lie.- shouted the man 1 could not ex-en yet believe him to be Ltr- snn)" himself upon Kouleta- blllc. But none of us stirred n linger, and Roulctnbtlle. who had lost nothing of his calm demeanor, extended his arm toward the panel and said: "lie U bahlttd the panel uowP (To be continued.) JOSHES HURLED. (Continued from Pago Fonr.) Portland Or Jan "5 Medford ! ''0h' ao'"M other. "We ,,, nu.roi,nnt of Woodland, and liv i orunnu, ur., Jan. -j. jiiuiuiu haven't anrthlni? to bo ashamed of." . . . , . L'ommcrcmi ujud, .ieuioru, ur.: 'iiExchauge depot iocation not satisfactory to n-.i.-.. n-.-i ,.;n in tlmm 1 onBnr.,n!w l.n5t,1 ln nmro on onr rinht of wav 1 111 Slt8 to SU, enC" J. P: O'BKItlK Mike Portland, Or., Jnn.' 25. llanley, Wnssou Canyotj: Your suc- Cess in keeinR Medford dry prompts Manila, P. I., Editress, Mail Tribune, Medford, Or.: Please inform ladies of Medford j smart set that I will be in Medford in time to give n course of instrue- : tion in houchi couchi, cau-enn. nnd , other dances suitable for next New j Year's eve. LITTLE EGYPT. Portland, Or., Jan. 25. Medford Commercial Club, Medford, Or.: In sdUc of me nnd the Oreconinn. un Jan. -. society derstand Medford is growing fnster,,nK lo young men. Kindly tell mo than Eugene nnd threntens to become J w''. wns Caln's w,fe " lareer Call a halt nt once Enncue lbat 8cculwl " IHwer. and tho audi larger, tnu a nan ni once. r.uj,LUL , wnltmi with int...w.. irw ..,.,. ..fc. ... ... -""fccnco waited with intense interest, tern is our 'favorite city and must not bo peroU wlt nmU80Iueuti t0 Bw uou. tll( Salt Lake, Utah, Jnn. 25. Charles Hazelrigg, Medford, Or.: Wiro quick probable attitude constitutional con vention new state of Siskiyou on prizefights. Can stage Jeffries Johnson in Medford in 1914. TEX RICKARD. Ashland, Or., Jnn. 25. John II. Allen, care Commercial club, Med ford, Or.: In submitting trolley fran chise your representative states it may enable us overtake Medford Xothinjr stirring in Ashland in the overtaking line; bettor business for undertaking. Try Tolo or .some live place with your franchise. SNELL, Mayor of Ashland. Ashland, Or., Jan. 25. Wm. M. Colvig, Medford: Please wire written opinion as to legal effect of our be coming suburb of Medford. If wo can como in under present Medford charter will vote Allen franchiso and stnrt Greater Medford move. E. T. STAPLES. Santa Rosa, Cal., Jan. 25. Col. F, L. Tou Velle, care Commercial club, Medford: Congratulate yon, Alfn berry wonderful hybrid. Hnvo just succeeded in grafting it onto the ginseng plant, resulting in marvel ous creation of an nlfaberry gin fl toTiinli atnrra n ttstn1 arte T Wnnt m. ftt t Wnnt When I Want TWn,nt "J1111 )vaJl ""P" 1 wnnt It" Thl8 plant should be 0 WOP- 'derful moneymaker in Ashland LUTHER BUR BANK. Portland, Or., Jnn. 25. J. F. Redely, Medford, Or, : I have just re signed as president "Can't Do It club" in your favor. Your attitude on Medford depot places you in fore ranks; would you accept nn offer on Oregonian staff. HARVEY SCOTT. Salem, Or,, Jan. 25. Shorty Qar nett, President State Hardware Trust, Medford, Or.: Quote giant powder carlonds f. o, b. Medford. May bavo to blow up Crater Lake, Looks like supreme cour( about sus tain road bill, in which event hell will bo to pay on the Willamette. L. II. M'JUnON. Rosoburg, Or,, Jan. 25. George Putnam, Medford : Return toothbrush you removed from county jail. SHERIFF DOUGLAS COUNTY. . .Portland, Qr., Jan. 25. Medford Commercial Club, Medford, Or.: Tho new booklet is a ,hiimdingor; bents 'o mall. Ready next Christmas. WM. BITTLE WELLS. SNOW SHOE TRIP ACROSS CASCADES Supervisor Erlcksoil Will Mllko tho Trip Over the Cascatlo Moun tains With Snow-shoes. only us tOto sat tip lit bed or on it ' Supervisor M. K'rlckson of tho ! chair, mid finally had n sovoro attack j Crater Koroat loft .Med ford today for j that could not bo relieved by any one the I'ollcnn bay section lit Klamath ;0f j10 four doctors that I culled iu.l county, whero ho will look over tho' f .,, .i n, n:.. n aj-L -f Mitt rit Ij ifj fin Vit 1wiili i oswumwiiK winner 10 on soui. Mr. Krlckson will cross tho Cas- i cades front Ashland, going as far oast as possible by team and then taklK. to 8M0W Bnm,s, , T, crualnK .... hnB ,)0on WOrk.l cj t..-" ? . . ing on snow anoes tor wio pasi sov crnt ceK3. Cheering Him Up. Ueuham-l'ni broke again. Mrs Itenlmm-Well. we must MV.iclineH0 lMv'wu nt 7.jr, j Htri,t io pieces. New York I'ress. o . . . tbo p I ' i Wasn't Niceittry. i "Our family is awfully exclusive." ; said one little girl to another who had I Just moved Into the adjoining Uut. "la ' yours? ' ! F?ol.,.h '? h? who his door I knoete but onoe. a furlv. moment 1 stuv. I Knrlntr lest "he qhall hear, then haste I uway. .Glad to eacapo hlm-to return no more. Not 80 5 1 kroc' and wait ami o'er ami u er como back to summon htm. Day after jTo play or leep nor eek nor wish to learn Who tho untimely, clownlh nuest may be. -William II. Eddy In Atlantic. A Tart Answer. The Uev. John McNeill was holding a revival service nt Cardiff, Wales, and announced that he would answer nny question nbout the Hlble. At once a uotc was sent up to him rending as follows: "Dear Mr. McNeill If you are seek tho good man would extricate himself. After a pause he snld: "I love young meu, especially young Inquirers for light, and I would give this young man it word of advice. It Is this: Don't lose your soul's salvation looking after other people's wives." Might Como In Handy. A charming Louisville girl, the daugh ter of a uiluistcr, has always beeu famed for her habit of saving things because they may como lu handy, and last summer the family told a story on her which she would give u good deal to suppress. Sho had beeu rfway ut White Sulphur Springs and, being especially popujar, had become tho re- ' clplcnt of such a variety of souvenirs 1 that before coming home she sent one trunk ahead In which sho put many of the various trinkets for her smaller brothers and sisters uud somo summer ' frocks which had become too faded for wear. Her mother Industriously un- , packed tho trunk and finally, when I reaching tho bottom, wns transfixed to find several hundred poker chips and about half a dozen decks of cards. When her horrified father later de manded an explanation tho daughter I quite innocently and unconsciously I 8afd: I "Why, father, they wero left in tho room I was occupying by somo former occupant, and I Just took them because I thought they might como in bandy." And even tho minister smiled at her j explanation. LouIbvUIo Times. ' 8tltfied. Ono evening u very tall man went j to tho theater and' took a prominent , seat In tho third or fourth row from the stage. Before the curtain rose a cry of "Down In front I" beenmo gen eral from behind. The tall man, find ing tho eyes of the cntiro audience turned toward him, felt obliged to do something, and ho be proceeded to raise himself to n standing position In such a manner, however, as to con vey nn impression that there was- no end to hfm. He was, in fact, nearly seven feet high, nnd when at last be bad risen to his full height be slowly Zlanced around at tho astonished au dlonce and very deliberately remarked: "Gentlemen, to satisfy you that I was sitting down I now stand up," A burst of laughter and applause followed, amidst which the manager, with beaming faco, como forward and conducted tho gentloman to n private box. Notice. Is hereby given that tho undoraignod will apply at the regular meeting of tho city council of Modford, Orogon, on Fobruary 1, 1010, for licenso to soil malt, vinootra and npirituouB li quors ia loss quantities than one gal lon for a period of six months, at lot 11, block 20, In Modford, Oregon. W. M. KENNEDY. Doted January 21, 1010. turn I A WELL-KNOWN LADY OF YOLO, MODOC AND SACRAMENTO COUNTIES. Sacramento, .Inn. MHO. I wish to Htalo to tho 'ptililii. for the benefit of inv follow-inon ami women Unit are suffering from asth ma, complicated witlt kidney trouble, tlmt for yeara my wifo was in n I frightful condition- could not sloop' "hh' V" I'll iiiiif i v t'iutt - tin iiikiH.iiliiii.i ma I.aT I . t t It. .i.u . months cured hor, and hIio has not. hnd an attack nor shown any aslh- mtio symptoms since. This wuh in i '..i ,! nn1 henHhy. which can l.o proven to - i - ,... mil, ,,.. .!. , ,,,,,, .. cn , mVj j- Htroot i Hoping this may bo of benefit to Mime poor sufferer. I am nleased to jr.,f0P () ml(i r0(.Omnieiid I)r. Illnir. rmeniuiuiiiu. Or. Iling hits cured tunny of my friends of appendicitis, without tho no rtf'tho knife. W. W. WILSON'. Mrs. K, D. Wilson is thc daughter of . R. Houston, n former promt 'cd in odoc county for 2f years. 'irs. tlson was formorly Mrs. W. j 1 D. Morris.' whoso husband, tho Into Mr. Morris, lit iiiik timn rntirt.dnntnit Modoo county in tho legislature. 1 Mrs. W. W. Wilson fornicrlv resided nnr. r. rti. t..i. 1 j . u T. 7 7 T ' ",rK' ,s "w nt 001 K Street. daughter, corner of Church nnd Al mond streets, Monday ovenlng, Jnn. U I. Funeral nrrnngomotita nwnlt tho arrival of n son rosldlng lu Washing 'top, who Is expected to reach hero tonight. Medford. Oregon: This certifies that wo hnvo sold Hall's Texas Won der for the euro of all kidney, blad der and rheumatic troubles for ten veurs; and hnvo nover had a com plaint. It gives quick and permanent relief. Sixty days' treatment in each linttb.. Meilfnnl Phnrtnaev ONEY AKERS Nice 5-rooin modern house, olec-; trie light, bnth, four blocks from city park, for ono week at $2550. I ' j Ono 5-room bungalow, completed Fobruary 15; modern conveniences;1 iwojl located; two blocks from pnvo- mont; bargain ut $2200. $1000 will handlo It. - , ..... 0no G-room house, electric lights, cIoso t0 sower, half block from Main, Good buy at $1850. . LOTS OF LOTS Ilensonublo prices. Wright rS 'AIIi.ii VJH I2aa Main Stroot. A r? nil I ntltf ulftMn, r t Dnnnmnntn II m 1VI The JACKSON COUNTY REALTY COMP'Y 604 WEST TENTH STREET, OR 124 KING STREET. MEDFORD Office In residence, corner West Tenth and Kino Streets. Always prepared to show you the best Jack son county has In tho real estato line from the unimproved land to tho best bearing orchards, farm land or stock ranches; also city property. The manager has had ten years' expcrlenco In tho county, which will aid the prospective purchaser. Seeing Is knowing. Wo also have modern rooms to accommodate our patrons. Following are Some of our Good Buys 10 acres Newtowns and Spitz apples, $16,000 easy terms; just ready to bear. 10 acres Newtown and Spitz apples, 4-year-old trees; $5000, easy terms. Several nice small tracts near town just coming in bearing, and see us in our New Quarters, 108 W. Main St., next door to York & Co. Realty Office. IRex Market Huth & Pech Props. Phone 3071 REAL Farm Land Timber Land - Orchard Land Residences City Lots Orchards and Mining Claims Medford Room 10, Jackson ANNOUNCEMENT The Koguo Ilivor Canning & I'vaporating company will devote Monday ami ThtirstlayH of each week to custom work in tho tuit'.i iiliu'liiro of culor, upplo buttor anil jollicft. , I'hniin your ortlorH for nico Awoet citlor to J1X2. DolivorioH will bo matin on TucHiluyH ami Kridnv of each werk KOGtJn RIVER CANNFKY & fVU'ORAriNG COMPANY Mill In West Medford. Phono 11X2. 360 acres 1 1-2 miles north of Eagle Point, $18,000, easy terms. 200 aces south Eagle Point, $10,000, easy terms'. House, two lots, "well locat ed; price $1700; terms. 293 acres near coal mines, $9000, easy terms. T ESTATE Realty Co County Bank Building RESOLVED The best resolution for you to make is to como to us tor 1 1 r nit.tt suit, if you wan I -iiiiicthiug out of the ordinary. We do the best work and charge Hit- lowest prices. W. W. EIFERT run puonubUBivB tailo OREGON Also city property, nearly two acres, with good buildings, well located, modorn improvements. Price $5500. Two lots, fino location, $1500. Several aero tracts, fino lo cation to subdivide for lots for sale,