g Booth
CHAITKR V. 1 ''Thru she tiirned nnd ran nwny from
MY nnkle had taken Its wonted ! y"":" . . , , , .
time to mover I was on 'cs-" ? salJ 8Wn 7,nf V
my feet npilu and into tho ,,onswl " 1 t0"u5?' t0
tvoods. frlshteu n woman In the woodsl"
July came, and one afternoon 1 sat ' J sct nbout pncklnu my traps, gruni.
in the mouth of the path Just whew . b"K r'ous f rcasms, the last mu
I had played the bounding harlequin I torlnff ot a departed storm, for nl-
ready I realised that I had taken, out
lor the benefit of the lovely visitor ni niv own u,rUtlcatlou upon him. and I
vucsuoj.
I heard the light snapping of a twig
nnd n swish of bruuehes from tho
direction tn which I faced. Evident!)
pome one was npproachlug the glade.
though concealed from me for the mo
ment by the winding of the path. Tak
ing It for Saffron as a matter of
course for we bad arranged to meet
at that time and place 1 raised my
voice In what 1 lutended for a merry
yodel bf greeting.
1 yodeled loud. I yodeled long, and
my best performance was not unsug
gestive of calamity lu the poultry yard.
And wbeu my mouth was at its wid
est lu the production of these shock
ing ulla hootings the person approach
Ins came round a turn In the path and
withlu full sight of me. To my hor
ror It was Mme. d'Armand.
I grew so furiously red that it burn
ed me. I was plainly a lunatic, whoop
lag the lonely peace of the woods into
Her dark eyes
stared widely straight
ahead.
pandemonium. She kept straight on.
(Then suddenly, while 1 waited lu siz
zling shame, a clear - voice rang out
from a distance in an answering yodel
to mine. There was a Uual call, clear
and loud as a bugle, and she turned
to the direction whence It came. Then
Oliver Saffrcu came running lightly
round tbe turn of the path. lie stop
ped short.
Her hand pressed against her side.
lie lifted bis hat and spoke to her,
and I thought she made some quick
reply in a low voice, though I could
not be sure.
She held tbat startled attitude a mo
jnent longer, then turned and crossed
tho glade so hurriedly that it was al
most as If she ran away from him.
She did not seem to see me. Her dark
eyes stared widely straight abend, her
lips were parted, and she looked white
uud frightened.
I stepped out to meet him, indignant
upon several counts, roost of all upon
bis own.
"You spoke to tbat, lady!" And my
voice sounded unexpectedly harsh and '
sharp to my own ears, for I had meant
to speak quietly.
"I know I know. It it was wrong,"
be stammered. "I knew I shouldu't
and 1 couldn't belp it."
"You expect me to believe that?"
"It's tho truth. 1 couldn't!"
I laughed skeptically. "I don't un
derstand. It was all beyond mo," bo
added huskily.
"What was it you suld to her?"
"I spoke her name 'Mme. d'Ar
mand.' "
J'w said more
ri uHked her If
vseo her again."
than tbat!"
she would let me
v . "Whnt fiHi?"
"Nothing." he unswered humbly. , within me. for It was no purpose of
"And then she-then for a moment it i mine to set Inquiries on foot In re
seemed for a moment she didn't seem card to tbe affairs of Mme. d'Armand.
to be uble to sneak" i U was early dusk. From the court-
"I should think not!" I shouted and j
Imrst out ut iiiiu with satirical iiiut?h.
ter. He stood patiently enduring It,
bis lowered eyes following tho aunlens
movement of his hands, which were
t wis tine and untwisting bis flexible
straw bnt.
"But she did say something to you,
didn't she?" I inked finally.
"Shesuld, 'Not now!' That was all."
, "I suppose that was ull she bad
breath for! It wan Just the Inconse
quent and meaningless thing a fright
ened woman would say!"
"Meaningless?" he repeated nnd
looked up wonderiugly.
"Did you tpke it" for an nppolnl
niciit .'" 1 roared.
"No. IU), iio! Bhe said ouly that uud
thiai" -
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Uf imu IW. IT Ibt ncClar CsmpaiT
, wnH strlektMi with remorse.
"1 wouldu't have frightened hex for
the world." he Dually said, and his
voice and his body shook with a
8tnlUKe vIocncc. i wouldu't have
frightened her to please the angels in
heaven!"
I stared at him helplessly, nor could
I find words to answer or control tho
passion tbat my imbccllo scolding had
evoked.
Tou think I told a Her he cried.
"You think I lied when I -said I could
not help speaking to her!"
"So, no." I said earnestly. "I didn't
mean"
"Words!" He swept the feeble protest
away, drowned in a whirling vehe
mence. "And what does It matter?
You can't understand. When you want
to know what to do you look back into
your life and it tells you, and I look
back ah!" He cried out, uttering a
half choked, incoherent syllable. "I
look back and It's all Wnd! All these
things you can do and can't do all
these lndnlte little things! You know,
nnd TCerpdiH? knows, and fJlniirlnn
knows, and every mortal soul on earth I
knows, but I don't know! Your life 1
uai laugui fou, uuu yuu Know, out i
don't know. I haven't had my life.
It's gone! All I have Is words that
Kcredec has said to me. I would burn
my hand from my arm and my arm
from my body rather than trouble her
or frighten her, but I couldn't help
speaking to her any more than I can
help wanting to see her again."
He pauned. wiping from his brow a
heavy dew not of the beat, but like
tniif nn tho fnmnoifil nf n mnn In rn.
tbat on the forebedd of a man In cru
cial pain. I made nervous baste to
seize tbe opportunity and said gently,
almost timidly:
?But If It should distress' the lady?"
" "Yes then 1 could keep away. Hut
I must know that."
"I think you might know it by her
running away and by her look." I
said mildly. "Didn't you?"
"Sol" And bis eyes flashed an added
emphasis.
"Well, well." I said, "let's bo on our
way."
"I don't believe she was distressed,"
he went on. There was something,
but It wasn't trouble. We looked
straight at each other. I saw her eyes
plainly, and It was" bo paused and
sighed, a sudden, brilliant smite upon
hut Hps "it was very It was very
stmnge!"
There was something so glad and
different in his look that, like any oth
er dried w old blunderer In my place,
I felt an Instant tendency to laugh. It
was tbat heathenish possession, the
old Insanity of tbe rlsibles, which
makes a man think it a humorous thing
that bis friend should be discovered In
love.
"But if you were wrong." I said, "If
it did trouble ber, and if it happened
tbat she has already bad too much
tbat was distressing In ber life"
"You know something about her!" he
exclaimed. "You know"
"I do uot," I Interrupted In turn. "I
have only a vague guess. I may be
altogether mistaken." ,
"What is it tbat you guess?" he de
manded abruptly. "Who made her
suffer?"
"I think it was her husband," I said,
wftfa a lack of discretion for which I
was instantly sorry, fearing with rea
son that I bad added a final blunder
to the long list of the afternoon "that
is," I added, "if my guess is right."
"Is ho alive?" bo cried sharply.
"1 don't know!" 1 returned emphatic
ally. "Probably I am entirely mistaken
In thinking that I know anything of
hor -whatever. I'd rather not say any
more until I do kuow."
"Very well," he said quickly. "Will
you tell me then?"
"Yes-if you will let Jt go at that"
"Thank you," bo said and, with an
impulse which was hut too plainly one
of gratitude, offered rae his band. 1
took it. and my soul woh disquieted
yard of tho Inn ame tbe sounds of
laughter ta d chattering volcei. Be-
fore the entrance stood a couple of
open touring .irs, tb c' autTcute en
gaged In coollm.. the rear tlrea -with
buckets of water brought by a person
age ordinarily known as (Houidou,
whose look und murine" rs he perform
ed this oflico for '!ie leathern digni
taries so awed me thnt I wondered
had ever dared uddn-sa bint with anv
presumptlou of intimacy.
As wo turned to enter tbe atebway
we nlmoct ran lLto a tall man who
wns coming out, evidently intending
to spwxk to no of tbe drivers.
Tie stranger ntepped back uUb a
word of apology, ntd ! toilc nore o.
hi in for it fjnv u.iiiitryti'nii ;;ud a
worldly buck of fiisblou Indeed. ,
I
a. - im - a - it - wu m i
Wo were passing him when he ut
tered an ejaculation of surprise and
stepped forward again, holding out his
hnnd to my compaulou and exclaim
Inn:
'"Whoro did you como from? I'd
hnrdly have known you."
Oliver seeiried uucousclous of tho
proffered hand. Uo Rtlffoued visibly
u nd wild:
"I think there must be some nils
take."
"So there Is." suld the other prompt
ly. "1 have been misled by n rcsom
bianco. 1 beg your pardon."
lie lifted his cap slightly, going on,
and we entered the courtyard to tlnd
n cheerful party of nine or ten men
nnd women seated about a couplo of
tables.
1 went almost as quickly to my pa
vlllou and without lighting my lamp
set about my preparations for dinner.
The party outside, breaking up pres
rimy, cuiiu u- uiuni iiiuwuk
the nrchway with Increased noise nnd
laughter. A girls voice (a ry at -
tractive volcei called, "Oh. Crcssle,
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plied from near my veranda, Ouly
stopping to light n cigar."
A flutter of skirts nnd a patter of
feet betokened that the girl came run
nlug back to Join thu smoker. "Ores.
sle." I heard her say in nn eager, low
ored tone, "who was thnt devastating
creature lu white flannels!"
The mau chuckled. "Matinee sort
of devastator what T Monto Crista
hair, noble profile"
"You'd better tell me." she Interrupt
ed earnestly, "If you don't want me to
ask the waiter."
"Ilut I don't know him."
"I saw you speak to him."
"I thought It was a roan I met three
years ago out in Bau Francisco, but I
was mistaken. There was u slight re
semblance. This fellow might hate
been a rather decent younger brother
of the man 1 knew. He was the"
My strong Impression was that If tbe
speaker bad not been Interrupted at
this point be would have said some
thing very unfavorable to tho charac
ter ot the man he had met in Ban
Francisco.
I caught a last word from tbe girl
as the pair moved away.
"I'll come back here with a band
tomorrow night and serenade the beau-
yjul one ..
"Monsieur Is served," said Amedeo.
looking in at my door five minutes
later.
"You have passed a great hour Just
now, Amedeo."
"It was like the old days, truly I"
"They are off for Trouvllle. I sup
pose?"
"No. monsieur: they are on their way
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I, from , , , ,
! . .
made the tires too not. '
"To visit Qucmiay, you mean?"
Truly. Hut monsieur need give him
self -no uneasiness. I did not mention
to any one that monsieur Is here. His
name was not spoken. Mile. Ward re
turned to the chateau todny," ho add
ed. "She has been In England."
"Qucsnay will be gay," I said, com
ing out to the table.
(To be continued.
Mcdford, Oregon: This certifies
thnt we have sold Hall's Texas Won
der for the care of all kidney, blad
der and rheumatic troubles for ten!
years, and bavo never had a com
plaint. It gives quick and penaanont
relief. Sixty days' treatment in each
bottle. Madford Pharmacy.
You "wnlt for your chungo" after
making a purchnse, don't you?
Wouldn't be a thrifty habit not to,
oven If tho amount due you wero to
bo small would it? Not to read
and study the ads Is nhablt of non
profit on a par with not waiting for
your change
Personal.
Tf you want quick roturus on reil
estate, h'at your property with us.
Several eastern buyers will arrive in
n few days that desire large and
small tracjs. Siskiyou Land Co.,
200 Phipps bldg. 273
I HAVE ALL KINDS OF J)HY
OOUDWOOI) FOH SALE
My best fir, S7.60 per cord. And
I have some good fir for $0.50, ..nd
If you want It sawed Into otovowood
i will -ost 50 cents per cord more.
As soon as roads arc bettor wood
will bo cheappr. I rlso do wood
sawing by tho cord or by tho hour.
I also take orders for your fall wood.
I will have yovv woo.' nut now and
deliver tho s-'.mo to you any tlmo
next summer, and you do not have to
pay for it until dollrcrcd. For fur
thnr lnforma'lon call nnu poo mo at
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or phono M,ii t'.'i !'. 'n
stein. 2 os
For the Best
In harness, saddles, whips,
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r,n iliects, axle grease and
call cure, as well as all kinds
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see
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314 E. Main.
OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1910.
sir:
OF BOND ISSUE
W. D. Meyer Demands Salary as Su
perintendent of Construction
at tho Electric Plant.
ASHLAND. Or., Fob. 3.-AI
Tuosilny'n council moellnjr thu liitl of
the Wnrren (.oitsldnotion compnny
for $21,000 of tho Htreet-jiuvlnif
bonds n( pur mill intercut, iiml of ).
V. Cross of Snlcni for $8000 of thu
issue ut 1 US premium mill uccnied
.... . .... .
i interest W0I0 lld'cpU'd. THIS Ills-
1)oSUS f ull 1)ut (inu f ,10 ontirc
; fwp 1m,
, . ,,.., . . , , , ....
I A demiiml was made on the, city
!' ; l)- M"r !or aAmmr
inteiitli'iil of construction nm the
lighting plnnt for thu month 'of .lim
itary. Myer was iliseliurgejl by tint
city counuil for alleged incompet
ency, but claims tlmt his contnu't
was for one your. Thu council, vot
ed unanimously to lmvo Keconlor
Kggleston notify Myers' attorneys
that the city did not recogniro IiSh
claim. The is the "suit for (lnmiiges"
upon which is bused one of tho
charges in the Snell recall petition.
A motion nuthorir.iiig the street coin-
mittco to tnko the initiative in si
cnrinir petitions for tho paving of
North Main street, the boulevard.
Oak ami H streets, was enrred
unanimously, nn incident that aug
urs well for 1010.
An attack ot the grip la often fol
lowed by a persistent cough, which
to many proves a great annoyance.
Chamberlain's Cough Kcmody has
been extensively usod nnd with good
success for the relief and euro of this
cough. Many cases have been cured
after nil other remedies have falltM.
Sold by all druggists.
To the Mall Tribune.
This is to certify thnt my foot has
had nn itching skin disease for four
or five years nnd lmvo tried two or
three doctors withsut any rchof. Four
weeks ago I began using Chinese Dr.
Paul Young's mcdioino nnd my foot
is entirely woll. You will find Dr.
Young in Ashland and Mcdford.
LEE COY.
Notice to Contractors and Builders.
On nnd nftcr April 1, 1010, tho
minimum scale of carpenter's wages
will be $.1.1)0 for eight-hour days.
CAHI'ENTKKS' UNION,
Local No. 1810.
Janunrv 1. 1010. 2.VJ
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A bargain 41 acres fruit or al
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Finest fruit and alfalfa ranch in
AppWgate valley, ditoh und water
right with plaoe; .$60 an aor; nny
terns.
00 ACItRS of timber soven miles
from Medford for salo or trade.
Throe timber and horaoatoad relin
quishments for salo cheap.
Monoy to loan on city property.
206 Phipps Building, Medford, Or.
The JACKSON COUNTY REALTY COMP'Y
604 WEST TENTH STREET, OR 124 KING STREET.
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Following are Some of our Good Buys
16 acres Ncwtovrns ancl
Spitz apples, $16,000 ensy
terras; just ready to boar.
10 acres JSayrUmu and
Spitz applos, 4-year-old
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Several nice wnall tracts
near town juat coming in
bearing.
C
and see us in our New
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St, next door. to Yofk &
Go. Realty Office,
Rex Market
Huth & Pech Props, Phone 3071
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Farm Land Timber Land
Orchard Land j
Residences City Lots
Orchards and Mining Claims
Medford
Room 10, Jackson
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E. 6. TBOWBRIDiE, Proprietor.
Foundry and Machinist
All Unr sf Engines, Spraying Outfits, Pumps, Boilers and Ma
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FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO,
360 acrjeB 1 1-2 miles north
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300 acreu south Eagle
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torma.
Houee, two lota, well locat
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293 acres near coal mines,
$9000, easy tomiH.
. ', 1 l. m - 11 . 111
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i
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rms FBoaK&ftavB tazlok.
OREGON
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' BUTTU OIMMIAIU).
Two lots,
$1500.
fine locution,
$cyoraJ acre tracts, fine lo-,
pal ion to wfo'llv5. .
lota for rtale.