THE iMEDffOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, CRISOON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 3030.
HOME RULE FOR
IRISH NEXT ISSUE
Asquith and Redmond Beach Under- j
standing Which May Give
Ireland Long-Sought
End. '
LONDON, Jnn. 27. Home rule for
Ireland will bo the next issue for the
Uritish elections, according to an
agreement reported to have bcon
reached today by Premier Asquith
and John liodtuond, leader of the
Irish Nationalists.
Following tho recent declaration
of Redmond that he could "answer"
THE PERFUME
OF THE
IADY IN BLACK
By GASTON LEROUX,
Author at "Th Mrtery ot th Yellow
Room.
COPYRIGHT. 1503. DY DKENTANO'S
! shrinked In his death struggles be
drew fortli tho nnetont wenion f,rom
tho wound with a violent effort that
upon the threshold, we nil hnlted, stu- Moving onward In the direction of
polled by the sight which mot our te oubliette. I saw Itoulotnbtllo and
eyes. Larsan was there, plainly to be Jacques-two dark shadows bend
.. I - .. .. ...i ..... ..... .... Il.i- til1... tllli.lkl.il. . limlm. il ulirtiljit.
own uj- I'vvry twe. aim huh iimo ......".. . ......... . i vi1P(im .ii.tniil
there was no dlitlculty In revm-nltlng wltfli I nwRiilmil and which on Hint ; "ont It ll.vlg nnls distant.
. . ... ...I. ..i m i i i .ti . I fit VMIV
IT. i.n.i 1.1.. a. fiiimr lutnii iir iiiirrnr I iiiiii iimiitviwi in i
ho hnd put aside his "Dnrxuo mask:" contain another dead body. The sack
seeineu ueavy. rue two
ho had resumed onco mora the pale.
i clean sharen face of that Frederic
Larson whom we had known at the
Chateau of (Handler. And his pres.
cnee seemed to till the entire room,
lie was lying back comfortably In nn
easy chair In the center of the room
nud was looking at us with his great.
, calm eyes. His arm was stretched
j along the nnn of the chair. Ills bond
CHAPTER XXI.
men were
scarcely able to lift It to thrf edge of
the shaft. And 1 could see that the
little passageway was open -yes, th
heavy wooden lid whleh ordinarily
closed It had Uvn. removed and was
lying on the Kromtd. Itmiletabllle leap
ed lightly over the edge of the oubb
lette and then made a step downward.
He showed no hesitation. The way
seemed to be familiar to him. In a
few moments his llgure vanished from
sight. Then IV re Jacques pushed the
A WELL-KNOWN LADY OF YOLO,
MODOC AND SACRAMENTO
COUNTIES.
Sacramento, Jan. 2U, ID 10,
I wish to stnto to tho public, for
tho bonofit of my fellow-men and
women that aro suffering from nstli-
Here Is the Body Too
Many.
T was an Indescribable scene a
moment never to be forgotten.
At t lie gesture of Rouletabllle
the door of the pauel swung
j was resting on the cushion at the back,
i One would have said that he was glv
! Itic us an audience nml wns unltlm-
i for us to make known our business. snck '"to the passageway and leaned tun, complicated with kidney trouble,
It seemed to me that I Could even ver tile edge, apparently still holding ti,n( for years mv wife wim in u
d. "I!.!.ro",L"m,!OB Ms. I'!"- ? ' hi" b,m,,,n whlch 1 W,,,M " fri,htful condition-could not sleep
, Joiily as sho sat up in bed or on it
I left the square tower. I went to chair, and finally had n sovero attack
my own room in the new castle. I llmt couM ll0, ,0 ri,icVed by any one
Rouletnbillo advanced toward him.
Larsun." he said In a voice which
was not quite steady "tjtrsnn. do yott
give yourself up"
Hut Ijirsan did not reply.
Then Ihmletabllle touched' the mau's my eyes lost themselves lit the depths of 'no four doctors Hint. I nulled in,
for nil but ten of tho prospective ( open, pushed by an Invisible hand, i frtC0 aua" "I hand, and we saw that ot the shadows whleh covered the sea. i ho I suggested Dr. iling. Ho not only
Nationalist members of parliament,! Just as It had been on that terrlblo ar' wi dean. All at
at once far. very far off I fan- . ii wii tuti ttiifiwtilinln rut inf. lint in mi v
it was predicted that tho Irish lead- night which had witnessed the mystery ; Rouletabllle pointed to a ring on the cled that I could see In the narrow I , . . . .
er Mvinirimr tho balance of power f "the body too many.- middle flnser. The collet was open red band which was all that remained . I"0"'"1 ,10r- "10 M
v., o,ii.iih i.iv U.......VW ti i.v. .,1......... .....I , . ., .i .. Iinil nil nt 111 ill- imr ulimvn illlV liulll.
that is his through tho unusual!. Anu Iue iarm or a man appeared. , "u " uuuo tup which wax i u"h sun suiiieuiing mat , ..... .......... ......
viuiuui a ui surprise. 01 jov null 01 ,ltrv .iiii.-1. mu..- vviiiuiiiirii 11 s-v-.,n. ..n.iv- uiiivui itimi u i.siuu, iih..v (-.j i.i..i..n.-. pmvi
The ueauly poison
equnl division of Liberals and Con
servntives, would demand tho final
settlement of tho homo rule problem
Tho agreement reported to have been
reached between tho two statesmen
outlines tho program which will cul
minate in tho introduction of the
paramount question of Irish pol
itics. Vll Aid Liberals.
Tho Nationalists will work togeth
er with tho Liberals to accomplish
tho proposed reformation of the
houso of lords. Thoy will stand with
Asquith's party in its fight for the
budget and for election reform1;.
When these matters are disposed of
tho homo rule question will be intro
duced. It is' confidentially believed among
politicians that the compact between
Asqnith and Redmond assures Ire
land of ultimate success in tho fight
she has waged for decades. It is
deemed hardly possible, however,
that home rule bill will be introduced
at tho coming session of parliament
terror tilled the square tower.
Lady In Mack uttered a heartrending i Arthur Itnnce put hN bead against
cry. "Kobert. Itobert. Itobert!" j the mun's chest and, assured us that
And it wns a cry of Joy. Two Dar- i al1 """ ov,i. And Kouletabllle en
zacs before us so exactly similar that , treated us to leave lilin alone In the
every one of us save the lidy In square tower and to try to forget the
Black might have been devolved But i terrible events whleh hud passed there,
her heart told her the truth, even nd- will charge myself with every-
mlttlng that her reason, untwlthstnud. ' thing. he asserted gravely. "Here Is
!ng the triumphant condition of Kou- ! the 'body too many.' No one will In.
letubllle. might have hesitated. Her ' quire luto the disposition which may
arms outstretched, her eyesullght with I be made of It."
love and joy. she rushed toward the ' And he gave nn order to Walter
secoud manifestation of Daruic the which Arthur Ranee translated Into
one wulcb bad descended from the fcngiisb.
panel. Mnthlldes face was radiant J "Walter, bring me the sack which
with new life: her sorrowful eyes. you found nt the Cnstlllon yesterday."
which 1 bud so often beheld fixed with
somber gloom upon that other, were I
shining upon thU one with a Joy as
glorious as it was tranquil and as- j
sured. It was he! It was he whom '
she bad .believed lost whom she bad
sought In vain lp the visage of the 1
other and bad not found there and. '
therefore, had accused herself, during
the weary hours of day and night, of
folly which was akin to madness. '
As to the man who up to the last '
Then he made a gesture to whleh we
were -nil obedient n gesture of dl
missal. And we left the son fact t
face with the corpse of the father.
The uext moment we saw that .M.
Darzac was swooning, nnd we wen
obliged to carry him Into Old Dob"-
This was in
Into that narrow red baud an object I August, ll'OS. Anil that she is well
entered. Jt was the shadow of a tlsh- nnd honlthy, which can' be proven 10
Ing smack, which glided over the wa- ny ono thnt will tnko the trouble to
as aiitimmtli-nllj-asthoughltweroli, , fl0iv K nsoL
propelled by machinery, and as Its n M , r . ... .
movements became .lower and I "U"M "-V ' "f ,'0of'
It omerglug from the gloom I recog. i wop 1f','' ' ph'ascd to
nlzed the form of Itouletnbllle. The j rpfl'r ,0 and recommend Dr. Ming,
oars ceased to move, aud I saw my ( f hineso physician, nt 7'Jo J stred,
friend rise to his feet. 1 could recog. aernmeuto.
nlze him and see everything which he I Ilr. Hinir bus cured mnnv of mv
dl.l ns clearly as If he bad not been j friends of appendicitis without tho
TJU H,VUy tn? ?P;, l,U ,tur?s 'f lc knife. W. WILSON,
were outlined against the red back- i w w-t .1 1 1 .
ground of the sunset with a fantastic! ,V ,,so" t,w 'K'-
pnclslon. .'" " 'lo'ision, a lormer prouu
What he had
lie Icuucd over
In. I.. 1. 1.. .........
uik iu ui.i mujn rtuiui'uiiiiir w uieu MCCIII- i
cd to mix with his form nud become a P. MorrN. wlnsc huslmnd, the lute
part of himself in the darkness. And ' rr Morris, nt one timo represented
then the burden glided down Into, the! r,l minlv in tho li,.ilnt.m..
-L. ,jf ,1, ji
and see us in our New
Quarters, 108 W. Main
St., next door to York &
Co. Realty Office.
EfRex Market
Huth & Pech Props. Phone 3071
REAL ESTATE
in n r. iKi'iMiui, n iiiniiiT pninu
to do did not take long. 'm,"t '",rohant of Woodlnnd. nnd liv
r nnd got up ugulu. Ilft , l'd Modoc county for 5.ri yonrv.
i something which Hcetn. i ""'f W:,von wn" formerlv Mrs. W.
water, and the man's figure reappeared
alone, still (tending, still leaning over
the edge of the boat, remaining thus
Mrs. W. V, Wilson former! e reided
at nil.l Cvpre avenue. Onk Park,
!'d is row nt liOlV. K street.
Tn vpw nf H. fn fl.nt nJ.nnt on moment I hud not believed to be guilty
per cent of the Liberal members . tti!1tl,,"t who
1, , , . . tracked to earth, found himself sud-
themselvcs are opposed to the plan. denlv fm. to fnce wUb ,he Ivln
politicmns declare it will gbe the pr0of of his crimes, he attempted yet
issue of the next parliamentary again one of the daring coups which
election. , had so often saved him. Surrounded
The fact that the home rule bill i on every side, he yet endeavored to
w-'ll be advocated by the Liberals will ; Then we understood the auda-
weaken that party nt the polls is nd- ! clous dm" wnl?h ,D, lat fow
milled. Tho added support it will I chB" t SJ,.!
. .. When he could no longer have any
secure, however, through its spon- I Uoubt as to tue ,MUe of the dlllcllS8lo
sorship for tho election reform bill which he was holding with Rouleta
is expected to offset this loss. bilie he had had the Incredible self
control to permit nothlug of his emo-
$59,242,000 IN GOLD IS Hons to appear and had also been able
MINES' OUTPUT IN 1909 prolong the situation. iKrmlttlng
Rouletnbille to pursue at leisure the
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. The I thread of the argument at the end of
year 1909 in gold mining was mark-' blch heknew that be would And his
... . , doom, but during the progress of which
ea uy increased recoer trom mo he mJght d!scover prehau
some
depressed conditions for tho two pre- meslua 0f escape. And be had effected
ceding years, according to data pre-, his maneuvers ho well that at the tno
sented In a report by tho United ' ment when we beheld the other Dar.
States geological survey. There was Z!IC advancing toward us we could not
e general advance in development of ! u'ndor Impostor from disappearing ,
. . . .,..,, r,. nt one bound within the room which
proved mines and districts. From tho . , , , , , . ...
', . .. ...... - had served as the bedchamber of Mme. I
preliminary figures of the director of and cIo8,nr the doop roltfnt,r f
tho mint It is estimated that the out- Rouletabllle during the scene which
put of gold for tho year reached the bad passed hnd thought only of guard- !
total of $99,242,000, an estimated big the door opening Into the corridor, j
Increase over the production of 190S , nnd ne ba(1 Dt noticed that every
from low market price for tho metal. ' movement of the false Darzac as soon
,. , ,, . . ,. ., .as he realized that he was being con-
and for copper and lead. The estl-lvlcteJ of ,m ture ,)nd ,
mated production In 1909 of B3,- .tlie direction of Mme. Darzac's room.
849,000 fine ounces of silver valued; The reporter had attached no Impor
at $28,010,100, Indicates aa Increase , tance to these movements, knowing, ns
.of 1,408,200 fine ounces In Quantity, he did, that this room did not offer
You nro anxious to savo tho best
saletsmnn, nmnng your clctks, work
every day your storo Is open. Your
store nil Is tho real master snlesmnn
for your store nnd It ought novor
to have a day off.
Modford, Oregon: This certifies
thnt we hnvo sold Ilnll's Texas Won
der for the cure of all kidney, blad
der nnd rhotimntic troubles for ton
years, and have never hnd a com
plaint. It gives quick nnd permanent
relief. Sixty ilnys' treatment iu ench
bottle. Medford Phnrmnoy
Farm Land Timber Land
Orchard Land
Residences City Lots
Orchards and Mining Claims
Medford Realty Co
Room 10, Jackson County Bank Building
M
ONEY
AKER S
Nice B-room modern house, elec
tric light, hath, four blocks from city
park, for ono week nt $2050,
I" Ono B-room bungalow, completed
I February 15; modern conveniences;
.well located; two blocks from pave-
rnont; bargain at $2200. $1000 will
handlo It.
Ono G-room houso, electric lights,
icloao to sower, half block from .Main.
, Good buy at $1850.
RESOLVED
The best resolution for you
to make is to come to us fur
your next suii. If you want
Homeihiiig out of the ordinary.
We do the host work nud uhurgo
the lowest prices,
W. W. EIFERT
run I'uoctaufisivu tailo
MflV-IWaCMMjni
but n decrease In value over the prod
uct of 1908 of $40,500.
WILD DUCKS SWIM IN
HENRY IV PARK IN PARIS
PARIS, Jan. 27. A member of
the United Press staff saw wild
ducks swimming about among the
branches of the trees in Henry IV
park on tho Isle de Cito in the Seine
today.
The need keeper of this park, who
hnd been seriously il), arose from
his bed when tho rising waters began
to encronch upon its boundaries. He
himself led tho workmen who bat
tled against the flood until they were
practically swept away.
IDAHO LOCAL OPTION LAW
IS HELD CONSTITUTIONAL
BOISE, Idnho, Jnn. 27. The su
premo court handed down a decis
ion yesterday declaring constitution
al the local option law which has
been attacked on almost overy pro
vision Binco its passage.
The court doclarcs that tho legis
lnturo may enact a law the provis
ions of which will not become oper
ative until n futuro date, and may
specify upon what conditions or
event such statute will becomo op
erative. Notice.
Ts bweby given that tho undersigned
will "apply at the regular meeting of
the city council of Medford, Oregon,
on February 1, 1010, foi lieensa to
sell malt, vinoous and spirituous )i
quors in 1ms quantities than one gal
lon for a period of six months, nt
lot 11 blook 20t In Medford, Oregon.
' W. M. KENNEDY,
Dd January 21, 1910.
any way by which Larsan might es-
cape. But. however, when the scoun- I
drcl was behind the door which nf sitting room. Hut It was only n pa-t.
ing fjlutuess. a ml soon he ope ui-d hl
eyes again and smiled nt .Mnthilde
when he saw her beautiful face bend
ing over him with the look of dread In
which we rend the fear of losing her
beloved huslmnd at the very liniment
In which she had, through a chain of
circumstances which still remained
wrapped In mystery, found him again.
He succeeded In convincing her that
his life was not in any danger, and he
added his entreaties to those of Mme,
Edith that she would go away for n
little while aud try to get some rest.
When the two women bad left us. Ar
thur Ranee aud myself turned over
our attention to our friend. For bow
could a man whom alt of us had be.
lleved to be dead and who bad been,
with the deuth rattle In his throat,
tied up In a Hack and carried away
have been able to rise ugnln and step
down living from the fateful pnuel?
But when we hud opened his shirt uud
discovered the bandage which hid the
wound thnt he bore In his brenst we
recognized that this Injur' Wuh not a
very serious one. The bull which hud
struck Darzac In the midst of the sav
age tight which he had been obliged to
make against Larsan had planted Itself
In the sternum, causing a bad external
hemorrhage and weakening the entire
organism, but fortunately suspending
none of the vital functions.
As we finished the tusk of dressing
the wound I heard steps In tho corri
dor and a srauge nolse-the sound
that one hears when a body Is carried
away on a stretcher. Ami I thought
of Larsan nnd of the Hack which wan
holding now for the second time the
body too many."
Leaving Arthur Hnnce to wntch ( -r
M. Durzuc. I hurried to tho window. I
had not been mistaken, I beheld tho
sinister funeral cortege In the court
outside. ,
It was nearly nightfall, A gatbeHng
gloom surrounded everything.
THE D00II OF THE PANEL SWUNG OPEN AND THE FORM OF A
MAN APPEASED.
LOTS OF LOTS Honsonnblo j rices.
forded his laid: refuge our confusion
Increased beyond all proportions. One
might have thought that we had be
come suddenly bereft of our senses.
We knocked on tho door. We ciled
ont We thought of all his strokes of
genius, of bis marvelous escapes In the
past.
"lie will escape us Ue will get
away from us again!"
Arthur Itance was the most enraged
of us all. Mme. Edith, who was cling
ing to my arm, drove her finger nails
Into my hand iu a paroxysm of uurv
ous fear. None of us paid uny beed
to the Lady iu Black and Itobert Dur
zac. who in the midst ot this tempest
seemed to have forgotten everytblug
even the clamor and confusion arouud
them. Neither one bad spoken a word,
but they were looking luto each oth
er's eyes as though they bad discov
ered another world the world which
Is love. But they bad not discovered
it; they had merely found It again,
thanks to Rouletabllle.
The latter had opened tho door of
the corridor and summoned the three
domestics to our assistance. They en
tered with their rifles. But It was
axes that were needed. The door was
solid and barricaded with heavy bolts.
Pere Jacques went out and fetched a
beam, which served us as a battering
ram. Each of us exerted all his
strength, and finally we saw the door
beginning to give way. Our anxiety
was at Its height.
Wheu the door bad commenced to
yield, Rouletabllle directed the serv
ants to take up their guns, with the
order, however, that the weapons were
to be used only in case It should be
Impossible to capturp Lnrsiiu living.
Thou Rouletabllle set Ills shoulder to
the door with one last powerful elTort,
nnd ns the bourds. wrenched from
their hinges, fell to the ground, ho was
tho first to enter tho room.
We followed him. Aud behind him,
ror an Instant motionless, tint! thru
ouce more picking up the oars of tho
bark, which resumed Its automatic
motion until It had disappeared com-
pletcly from the dying glare of tho I
ever narrowing band of red. And then ) -the
band of red. too, vanished.
Rouletabllle had consigned tho body '
of Larsan to tho waves of Hercules.
Wright 6 Alii il
128 Eas Main Streot.
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Momlnyb mid Thursdays ol onoli week to custom work in the muu
u Incline of cider, npple butter mul icIIiom.
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EPILOGUE.
Tho reader will recall the finding of
a scrap of paper with "bonnet" on it,
which was banded to Rouletabllle. Ho
unraveled Its mysterious slgnltlcancc.
Salnclalr had picked It up just after
he had missed Brlgnolles and Larsan
on the mountain,
Larsan had schemed to shut up Dar
zac In a lunutlc asylum and so get rid
of an .obstacle In his way. To do this
tho signature of a rnlutlvo Is required
and of a doctor. Larsan Induced Brl
gnolles to give his name and himself
forged that of a famous alienist. Rou
letablllo discovered that Darzac bad
actually been confined In the Mouut
Bnrbonnet asylum. Ho forced Brl
gnolles to confess his crlmo and through
this bit of paper secured Darzac's re
lease Rouletabllle oxplalncd to bis friend
bis purpose when he dropped Ranee's
cane In front of the supposed Darzac.
It was to see whether this Darzac
would bundle It In Lursao's peculiar
way. When in the court ho banded It
and asked Darzac to loosen tho carved
stone with heavy blows tho real Lar
san lost his disguise us bo straightened
the stooping shoulders of tho scholar
and flourished the enne with the vigor
of a true bandit.
Only oue other person noticed the
startling transformation and allowed
Larsuu to see that he was recognized.
That person wns Homier, and bis
lack ot self control cost him his Ufo
In bis amuzeiiiont he stumbled and
fell on the flint dagger, which h wni
carrying, and as he turned ovor and
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604 WEST TENTH STREET, OR 124 KING STREET.
MEDFORD
OREGON
Office in residence, corner West Tenth and King Streets. Always prepared to show you the best Jack
son county has In tho real estate line from tho unimproved land to tho best bearing orchards, farm land
or stock ranches; also city property. Tho manager has had ten years' oxperlcnco In the county, which
will aid the prospective purchaser. Seeing Is knowing. "We also havo modern rooms to accommodato
our patrons.
Following are Some of our Good Buys
16 acres Nowtowns 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,
360 acres 1 1-2 miles north
of Eagle Point, $18,000,
easy terms.
200 acres south Eagle
Point, $.10,000, easy
terms.
Houso, two lots, well locat
ed; price $1700; terms.
293 acres near coal mines,
$0000, easy terms.
Also city property, nearly
two acres, with goo'd
buildings, well located,
modern improvements.
Price $5500.
Two lots, fine location,
$1500.
Several acre tracts, fino lo
cation to subdivido for
lots for salo,
I