1
fJHE MlfSEQRD MAIL mtBUNE, MHBKOttD, ORMOON, WfeDNlSSDAY, MWRUAUY 2, M10.
how 1 take u vinittlon. II Is his hour
for study, Imt I think tii looks moro
out of the front whitlow ttmu nt his
c
The GUEST
OF QUESNAY
By
Booth
J0 &
Tarkington
opjnttit. I'M- t ik HcOin Ctspi
BUSSNESS MEN
OFF ON JUNKET
Roscutiru Merchants Lcnvo on "Know
Your Country First" Trip
Working Up Trade.
CHAPTKU IV.
NO doubt th.- most absurd thing
1 could huvu dune after the
departure of Professor Kero
tfev and his singular friend
would have been to settle myself be
fore ray canvas again with the inten
tion of painting, and that Is what 1
did. At least. 1 resumed tny camp
etool and went through some of Uio
motious habitually connected with tbo
act of painting.
Id tine, 1 sat there brush paddling
my failure like an automaton and say
ing over and over aloud: "What is
wrong with him? What is wrong with
htar
I came out of my varicolored study
with a start, caused by tho discovery
that 1 had absentmlndedly squeezed
upon my palette the entire contents of
an expensive tube of covalt violet.
The turpentine rag at least proved
effective. 1 scoured away the last
tokens of my failure with It. wishing
that life were like tho canvas and that
men had knowledge of the right ce
lestial turpentine. After that 1 clean
ed my brushes, packed and shouldered
my kit and. with a flnal imprecation
upon all sausage sandwiches, took up
my way once more to Lea Trols Pi
geons. I
Striding along at a good gait and I
Lcs Trols Pigeons Is oue of the regu
' lar sights"
"Ain't It in nil the history hooks?
"No: 1 don't think that it is men
, tioned In nuy of the histories or even
tho guidebooks."
( "Look a-here," he said, taking a step utatlon
i nearer me. "in oinesi, now. on your rrotu a
wold, dklu' morc'n half them Jeannn
d'Arc tnmalos and William the Couker
live at that hotel wunsti"
"No."
"Stung again!" Do broke
sudden loud cackle of laughter.
a feller at Trouvllle tola mo
Pigeon place was all three rings
it come f history. Yesslrl"
I tarried no longer, but, bidding this
good youth and tho generations of
Baudry good night, hastened on to my
belated dinner.
"Amedee," I said when my cigar was
lighted and the usual hour of consulta
tion had arrived. "Isn't that old lock
on the chest where Mmc. Brossard
keeps her silver getting rather rusty?"
"Monsieur, we havo no thieves here.
"Wo are out of, the world."
"los, but Trouvllle Is not so far
away, and strange people go to Trou
vUle grand dukes, opera singers, Jock
eys, gamblers, tourists"
"Truly." assented Amedee.
"It follows," I continued, "that many
book yea. very much since tho pass.
I lug of that charming young lady soiuo
days ago."
i "You Nay jour young friend's name
Is SnltrcU?"
! "Oliver KatTren." The benevolent
gtue continued to rest upon tne, but u
shadow' like n faint anxiety darkened
tho Homeric brow. Finally ho wild
abruptly, "It Is about him that I have
come to talk to yon."
"I shall be very glad."
"lla. my dear sir." he cried, "but you
are u mnn of feeling! It wns th way
you have received my ioor young geu
, tieiiniuVs excuses when ho was so rudo
i which makes me wish to tulk with you
r on such a subject. It Is why 1 would , . . k i iouril.,,, ... fivHt i.,.
uot have you hellevo Mr. .m run nud n mK 111 auri,l ,u 1,181 1,11,1
; mo two very suspected Individuals , trnu extent utid olmrnotcr ot ro
wlio hide here like two had criminals!" sources that await development, Ufi
i "No. no!" I protested nastily, 'The of Hoseburg'a lending business nun
name of Professor Keredee"- loft this morning in u special our on
"Tho name of no man," he thunder. thu tir!i, uxK ot n fom. (laV8. 0XtMir.
i, inivrrupuuH. can proieci ms rep- ..-i.,!,!,,,-!,,,. !.. iv.,,,,1
when ho Is caught peeping - ".-
curtain! lla. my dear sir. 1 co""1 Oloudnle, Kiddle and Myr-
kuow what you think! iou think: Uo t-"-'" " tho .south will he visited
Ue Is a nice. Hue man. that old pro-! first two days of tliu jouruoy,
fessor ob, very nice, only ho tildes nud Dram, loucullu, Oakland nud
behind tho curtains sometimes. Tory ! Suthorlin on tho north on tho lust two
liOStillUKU, Or., Feb. 2.-Fur tho
purpose of arousing iv moro general
spirit of co-operation in liooHtor
the
into a lino man-oh. yes. only ha Is a spy!' j days, as well as the morn important
."Why. Eh? Ha. ha!" , f mitgrowing and fanniug localities
chanting sonorously, "On Linden when strange people may come from Trou-
the sun was low." 1 left the rougher
boscages of the forest behind me and
emerged Just at sunset upon an or
derly fringe of woodland where the
ground was neat and unincumbered
and the trimmed trees stood at polite
distances, bowing slightly to one an
other with small, well bred rustlings.
1 Btood upon Quesnay ground.
Before me stretched a short broad
avenue of tur. leading to the chateau
gates. A slope was terraced with
strips of flower gardens and Intervals
of sward, and against the green of a
rising lawn I marked tho figure of a
woman pausing to bend over Rome
flowering bush. Tho lady upon tho
slope was Mme.d'Armand, the Inspira
tion ot Amedee's "Monsler has much
to live for."
On-e more this day 1 Indorsed that
worthy man's opinion, for. though I
was too far distant to see clearly. I
knoflSUbat roses trimmed Mme. d'Ar
mond'afhlte hat and that she had
passdjme no long time since lu jho
forest,-
1 haitcome far out of my way, so I
retraced my steps to tho intersection
ofttue paths and thence made tor the
inn by my accustomed route. Not lar
along the road from where I came Into
it stood an old. brown, defp thatched
cottage, a branch of brushwood over
the door prettily beckoning travelers,
to the. knowledge that cider was here
for tbb thirsty, and as 1 drew near l
perceived that one availed himself of
the Invitation. A group stood about
the opeu door, the lamplight from
wltblii disclosing the head ot tbehouso
filling u cup for the w.uytarer.
The latter was a most mundane nud
elaborate wayfarer indeed a small
young man very lightly made, like a
Jockey and point device In khaki, put
tees, pongee cap, white aiid green
8 took-, a knapsack on his back and a
bamboo stick under his arm. He spoke,
though with a detestable accent, in a
rough and ready, picked up dialect of
Parisian slang, while Pere Haudry
contributed bis share of tbo conversa
tion In a slow patois. As both mou
epoko at the same tlmo and neither
understood two consecutive words tho
other said, It struck me that the diu
Jogumight prove unproductive f an
highly important results this side of I
Mlchnelrans. Therefore, discovering J
that the very pedestrian gentleman
was making somo sort of Inquiry con-,
corning Lcs Trols Pigeons, i enmo t6
a halt and proffered aid.
"Are. you looking for Mme. IJros
sard's?" I asked In English.
Thptrnveler uttered an exclamation
and faced about with a Jujnp, bird
llko for quickness.
"Say," he responded in a voice of
unpleasant nusallty, finally deciding
upon speech, "you're 'ummorlc'n, ain't
you?"'
"Yes," I returned. "I thought I
heard, you Inquiring for"
"yoli, m' friend, you can sting me."
ho lnYcrrupted. with condescending
Jocularity. "My style French does f'r
them v camels up in Paris all night
But down hci'i I don't seem to bo gud
enough, fr those sheep dogs. Any
way, thby bark different. I'm lukklu'
fer a hotel called Les Trols Pigeons."
1 pointed to the lights of the li'm
flickuring tterou tho UJdn. "Yonder
heyoud tho sclmiu turn of tin toad,"
"Oh, 1 ain't goin' tin .o tt lftl.t! It'
too dark f see nuyibnig now," he re
marked. "Dives ard the choo-choo
back t little ole Trouvllle f'r initio!
1 on'y wan trid to tuke a hi at this
pigeon house Jolnr."
"Do you mind my Inquiring." I tMid.
"what you oxpected to sou at l.e
Trols pigeoiJV
vllle. In their excursions to tho sur-,
rounding points of Interest"
"Eh. monsieur, but that is true," he
Interrupted. "There was a strangt j
monsieur from Trouvllle here this
very day."
I had sprained my nnklo In a poppy '
neiu ami roust spend little less than a
week of idleness within the coutiucs
o Les Trols Pigeons, and, reclining
amoug cushlous in a wiener long cbalr
looking out from my pavilion upon tho
drowsy garden on a hot-noontide, I
did not much care.
A heavy step crunched the gravel,
and I beard my ivamo pronounced' in a
deep inquiring rumble, the Voice of
Professor Keredee. no less. Nor was I
greatly surprised, since our meeting in
tbo forest had led me to expect some
advances ou his part, toward friendli
ness or nt least lu the direction of a
better acquaintance.
"Here 1 am." 1 called, "lu tho Da-
vlllon. if you wish to see me." they might think ho 1.1 not Just right
"Aha. I hear you become an Invalid, In his brain, and then, ns It could hap
my dear sir!" With that tho. profess-1 Pi so easily, those same people might
or's great bulk loomed in the doorway ' uieet him again nfter awhile. 'Ha,'
against the gluro outside. "I havo ' they would say. 'there was a time
como to condole with you, if you nllow I when that, young man was lusnne, I
It" ' knew him!' And bo. he might go
"To smoku with me. too. I hope," I ' through his life with those clouds over
said, not u little pleased. , him.
"That 1 will do," he returned nnd "Iln! I wish you to know my young
came lu slowly, walking with percoptl-j mau," Keredee wont on. "Vou will
ble lameness. "Tho sympathy I offer like him no man of feeling could keep
Is genuine It Is uot ouly from ,tbe-' himself from liking hltn nnd ho Is
heart; It Is from the latlsslmus dorsl," your fellow countryman. I hope you
will bo his friend. He should mnko
friends, for he needs them. Vou will 1
i mi. - i . . . ... i . i, . .
"Eh?" Ho became serious. "u lm, ,- ,M 'rK uuroy
"1 supposed you might bo writing a j "U-hardsoii, ItosehurgV now bonMor,
book which you wished to keep from wh is wnging ti successful cutupaign
tbo public for a tlmo and that possibly i ngnitiHt exaggerated nud miHiuudin'i
you might linaglue that l was a re-1 advertising in publicity work, such H
P0"" is invnrialily followed bv harmful re-
"So! And that Is all." ho returned, notion. "Know Your County First
rieIhoCn.nr S0tr,,o;,ll0,8n,,!,,,, Till' A,-v1'" ,( ItlliKO"tly ami
l wns tho spy; It Is tho truth. 1 con ....... p...... . 4i . . n
fesa my shame. 1 wish very much to ' '"' ,fl K ,H, tlv 8,0K,U1 Vut )r,h
know what kind of a man you are. ,,v Mr' "ii'hiirdson. unit to give Hone.
Aud so 1 have watched you." i,,!,rK (,',',',,!, Pr"l,r trt in UiH
"Why?" 1 asked. f direction he promoted the excursion
"The explanation Is so simple; It was! that they might "get iicquuinteil" no;
necessary," Jonlv with the live elements in sister
"Because of-ot Mr. Saffron V I said, towns, hut with the actual nilvnn
slowly aud with some trepidation. (n. R..i, ,.VI1U rf.,r , i,,,.,,,,!;,,,.
I hoiiuKeokerH from the east.
All the localities to he visited huu
mnde preparations to receive the ox- j
MHirsionists nnd show them the hinuV j
nnd other resources they Imvo to of I
(1 JL lj
and see us in our New
Quarters, 108 W. Main
St, next dooij to York &
Co. Realty Office.
Rex Market
Huth ft Pech Props. Phone 3071
Mil I 1 L . ... .
"Precisely." The professor exhaled
n cloud of smoke. "Because 1 am
sensitive for htm and I am his guard
Ian, but I nm uot his guardian by the
law."
"I had not supposed that you wero."
REAL ESTATE
I said, "because, though i do uot uu-,for nowcomors. They appear to he
derstaud hls-his cuso. so to speak, l'in perfect accord with Mr. Hichmd
have not for a moment thought him lu- j pon8 Men of conservative nud mine
8a" , , 'publicity work.
"Ha. my dear sir. you are rlcht!" ox-
Proceedings.
, II. F. HeiiHon!
Action to recover'
Farmland Timber Land
Orchard Land
Residences City Lots
Orchards and Mining Claims
claimed Keredee. "Ho Is as suno asf Circuit Court
anybody In' the whole world! Ha, ho' .
is now much more saue, for his mind iaf I). Dawson vs.
not vnt rntifliUHl ntwl limnhtvnlilivl i mill A. V. Harnett
with the useless things you aud I put . money; dismissed. j
Into ours. A few months more ha, nt Lucy Mitchell vs. Adolf Schtiltz 1
the greatest a year from now-nud he To recover money! judgment bv uV-,
will not be different any lonRcr. Ho'fuut.
will bo like the rest ot us, only"-tho i
Lr?fcJ!?r 'T"!'.0. "'"! h'" Notice to Contractors and Builders. !
ijaw vautu iivn ( UU llll' III 111 VI IJIO ' ,.-....--- , . , - - r
. ... .. . ... .. .t n.. ....1 riH I 1 1C11A .
cuair -oe huqu ue ncner man tne real v'u iun it iwiv, nw --v
. r..L. t r..!.. r . f
ui ua nm il nitmic in'diMi ivcru iu (iiiiiiiiiiiii .tniii ut i'jiin'mur wul's i
boo Ulm now," lie continued, "It wonld'will bo $:I.S0 for oijrht-hnur uiivs.
not do. There ore o many who Judge I CARPKNTKHS' UNION",
quicKiy. ii uiey snoaiu see mm now? t iu.io
Jnnunrv 1. "WW. L.V2
Room 10, Jackson County Bank Building I
REAL
TAT
SNAPS
RESOLVED
Th best rcMolutioti lor you
to mnko is to como to tin for
your next suit, if you wnnt
something out of tho ordinary.
Wo do tho host work nud ohnrgu
thu lowost prices.
W. W. EIFERT
TUB raOOKUflSIVB TAlIiOJt
' T
I t
he continued, seating himself. "I havo
cboosed this Hue weather for rheuma
tism of the back."
lie took from his pocket a worn
leather case, which he opened, dis
closing a small, browned clay bowl of
for lo or trade.
Throo tlmbor nnd homestead rolln-
SiskiyouLandCo
206 Philips Bulkllim, Mcdfortl, Or.
"It U wlclxd lor the inrtdca, but it it
ijond jar the toul."
tbo kind workmen uso, nnd, Utting 11
with a red stem, ho tilled It with a
dark and sinister tobacco from a
j pouch, "Always my plpo for mo," ho
said and applied n match, inhaling tho
sraoko ns other men. Inhale the light
, smoko of cigarettes. "Ha, it Is good!
It is wicked for the lnsides, but It is
good t r the soul. When 1 am nlono I
nm a chimney with no hebdoraadary
repose. I rmoko forever, It is on ac
count of rr-y jonng friend I am tern
peralo now."
j "IIo tins ivror smoked, your young
I frjend'" I asked, glancjug at my vis
itor rather curiously, I fear.
A bargain 41 neros fruit or nl-
dlne with us tonight?" he suggested. lnu, 2 mile from Htntion.
Acquiescing cheerfully, I nddetl. l-'inost fruit nnd nlfulfii ruuoh in
"Vou will Join tne at tho table on my Applegato valley, ditch nnd water
veranda, won't your riKlit with pluco; .$00 tin uoro; easy
i uuiiiii.- iiuntvuniin uti vusi u nuiriuuK terms
glance at the nrrnngomcnt of things, 00 ACHES of timber sovon mllos
ouisioo ine ooor. m iic screen or uoney- frotn Med ford
. sucKie ran parny. across ine iront or
f t tl n lOtln nnrnli nlmtlf linlf tt wUlnii it-
, concealed from the garden and conse- "lIhmonts for salo cheap.
ouently from the road beyond the arch- Monoy to loan on city proporty.
' way. I saw that he took note of this
I before ho pointed to that corner of tho i
verandn most closely screened by the
j vines nnd said:
' "Slay the table be placed yonderi"
! "Certainly " j
' "Ha, that iu-good!" be exclaimed.
( Suddenly we heard the rapid hoof
' 1 . . .. 1 1 l- .l I n ,
uvuiB ul ii uji'uau iiuHic. lie crosavii .
our vision nnd the open nrchway-a
high stepping hnckney going well,
driven by a lady In a light trap which i
was half full of wild lowers. 1 had ;
not the least dlfllculty .In rocognlzlng
;rr. At the same Inslaut the x.niilwl j
pigeons flulfered "up from the gMrdeti .
r patu. o-taxing tiiciriKeives to tiignt. and
"that .other iiioiiHleifr came leniiln,
across the cuurtyunl and Into the
. "Look quickly!" he called. "Vho I
that lady?"
AtiiitilMt nwoki with a frantic stun
nnd launched hlmculf ut the arelnva .
iVI'haf lady, mousleiir';'' hi rt
gazing afier the trap. Tim; I V..
d'Aitnaiid." ' -
"Mini'. d'Armiii il." Sa 7r. u it- i
the tm mo wnwly. "Her name N ill
d'Arumml?"
"Ves. nionslHiii'.'' wU Amm'o .
placeutly. It Is an Ani.'in . u
who has itian Ml a 1'ieiHi j .u.-hj.u.
(To bo continuod.
Medford Fron Works
E. G. TROWBRIDGE, Proprietor.
Foundry and Machinist
All b'ni' of Englnos, SpraylnQ Outfits, Pumps, Boilers and Ma
chinery Agents In Southern Oregon for
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO.
The JACKSON COUNTY REALTY COMP'Y
604 WEST TENTH STREET,' OR 124 KING STREET.
MED FORD
OREGON
"Wliy." huosclulmed iw IfastorilVh- "iIr- &ftn, o vices." lrofe.s.
i n vim ....Aaiii.i n i..t.n. or Keredee nulaced hJa silver. rimmed
cd at 'the ouowIOn. "I'm a toutlai.
onakltij.n fwdtwtium trip f all the nV
Jcr slpjitfl.' and, luaplrwl to ploqiionr- ,
he ajlqpd ns an i.terthoiifrht. -u it
"IMIfyot'i wHI mtfiitlWl' f .wild.
".Wtien i. Ui jvU got l'i. iwil'n. i., ;u
or TCeredcc rt placed his silver, rjnuncd
BpectacJen nnd turned tliemupon mo
with Korono benovolonce, "He Is in
good coudltloii, all puro. llko llttlo
ohHiIrcr, ni.d su If 1 njnjiiJio. jifyir him
Ijteuoljtti iijuj tuoi wUl4;tt ijfu oy6;
thriUf.li he docs not compi iln. .lust
Meilford, Oregon: This certifies
that wo have sold Hall's Toxas Won
der for tho euro of all kidney, blad
der und rbeumalio troubles for ton
yours, and havo novor had a com
plaint. It gives quick und permanent
relief. Sixty days' treatment in cieli
bottle, ifedford Phnrmuoy.
Oot into tho hnblt of oxocutlnir
your best and higgost plans concern
ni your otoro ndvrtli'lnfi' llio!0 nf
your lthus thut. a. llttlo vljtlo ago,
would huvo Boomed llko "dreams,"'
Office In residence, corner West Tenth and King Streets. Always prepared to show you tho host Jack
son county has In the real estate lino from the unimproved land fo the' Ii est pcarlnn orchards, farm land
or stock ranches; also city property. Tho manager has-had ten years' experience In tho county, which
will aid the prospective purchaser. Seeing is knowing. Wo also havo modern rooms to accommodate
our patrons. .
Following are Some of our Good Buys
16 acres Nowtowns and
Spitz apples, $10,000 easy
terras; 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.
3G0 acres 1 1-2 miles north
. A18,00Q,
easy icrms.
200 acres south IDaglo-
X5oint, $10,000, easy
terms,
House, two lots, woll locat
ed; price $1700; terms.
293 acres near coal mines,
$)000, easy lonu??.
f
ALSO AGENT FOR TUB SNOWV
J1UTTK ORCHARD.
Two lots,
$.1500.
fine location,
Several acre tracts, fine lo
cation to subdivide foe
lots for !-al.
t