'THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MlSDPOltD, OREGON, P.R.I DAY, IWBKUAKY 1910.
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GUEST
QLESNAY
Tarking'ton
which 1 felt t could III nlTortl 1 ronlst
ed her kind hotipltiillty, mid thu out
come of It wii tlmt I lion? iduuild be u
kind of nrmlNtlco, to begin with my
dining tit the chateau that evening,
"Did, anybody over toll ynu," wuh hor
surprising Inquiry, "that you arc thu
iieorc8t man of those limes?"
"No." I lumwcred. "Don't you thlnfc
juu're a uiiecrcr woman!"
'Tootle'." she cried Kcoriifully, "Ho
.'IV to your woods and your woodscap.
the broad tot race below, with a big
moon iImIiik In (ho sky, I iKwciuIhI
tlu stci'H In ch.ue f thts pietty iiw
allor, allowed hor to seat too at the
most remote of the tables and accepted
without un Hlliiviiess uthu , 'I.m trie.
of hers In the matter of coffee and
aroites. "And now," tdio said "now
that I've done so much for your de.tr-
cut. hopes atid comfort, tool: up at the
milky moon and tell me all."
she loaned mi elbow on the nimble
railing that protected the terrace anil.
shltldliiK her eyes from the moonlight
with her hand, affected to giiviit at tile
drauiatleally. "Who and what Is tne
glorious Htningor 7" xhe askeil.
Itoilstltig an Impulse to chime In
Inc
iter bay horse departed at n aniart
gait.
My work was accomplished after n
fashion more or less desultory that
day! I had many absent moments.
was restless ami walked more than 1 with hor humor, I gave her so dry
painted and returned to the Inn earlier ""d coinmonphice an account of my
than usual. young friend tit the tun that I present
While dressing 1 new word to Pro-' f,l"'l myself abandoned to solitude
fessor Kerodec that 1 should not bei''1""-
able to Join him at dinner that evening. "I d""""' oxv where to go." she
Miss Kllsnbeth had the courage to complained us she rose. "Those other
take tue under her wings when I nr t PihihIo tiro most palnrul to a girl or
rived In acceptance, of- her Invltntlou, ! .v Intelllpeuce. but l cannot linger by
placing me upon her left at dinner, but J"r ""I'- I'utruth long ago lost Its
snrlKhtllcr calls than initio demanded . Interest for me. and I prefer to believe
of knocking. addtl..K Amedee with a ' nvrtiy. George won't be back for an- - " - - " f , 1 "7" " , , ' v ' ,
other ten tlays, and I've been over- " ",uu "1 " lu.uun-mi : ; ,. , ' " . ", ,
...... . lauy who oireivu a tine s ion iter nml 1 mu . nw
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CF1APTKK VI.
I HAD tlulshcd dressing next morn
lug and was strapping my things
together for the day's cnmpalgu
when I heard a shuttling step
upon the porch and the door opened
"Louise nartnan," she corrected.
"Didn't you know she was staying at
Quesnnyr"
"1 guessed it, though Atuedee got the
uamu confused."
"Yes; she's been kind enough to look
gently without any previous ceremony 1 nftcr the place for us while we were
breakfast tray,
"Monsieur," be said, nodding in a
panic toward the courtyard, "Mile.
Ward Is qnt thcrel"
"What!" But 1 did not shout the
word.
"Probably Mile. Ward has only come
to talk with Mmc. Brossard."
"I fear some of those people may
hnxe told her you were here." he ven
tured Insinuatingly.
"What people?" I asked, drinking my
coffee calmly, yet. It must be confess
ed, without quite the deliberation I
could have wished.
"Those who stopped yesterday even
inn on the way to the elintemi. They
might have rccoguUed"
"Impossible. 1 kuew none of them."
u.ti.ltit nn nvrtlMtlrtti fiit- Mm It.
don. Afterward I did n round of visits- rear wait or a coimr or penria ror ; '"' '
tlrvsome enouuh but tunomr neonlo it's m- observation throughout the evening , ' airs. Adieu,
"Si to kec in wuch wTh o,S?Koi ns "" f"rw" talking cngerlp W tl, that she made mo so.em.i
account " ' nle personage acres the ta- wnrti-jr and departed. pretty little
"I see'" I Hd with n crimness whleh le. This was a prince ending In "akl." nut Uttn- In attractiveness, the
isie, I saw. with n grimness which icrmltteil himself the slight vacarv ' strug moonlight, tinged w ith bb e
probably escaped her. "liut how did I"l"w' nimsur ine stij. in agarj , .. ? , "J . , . .
Mrs. Harnian know that I was at Les of wearing a gold bnieclet. and ,,or. sn iniiit i ttu out m r tuoiui imtr ami
Z 'ls this tlavor of romance drew the' ""hlng brightly among the -pic-
"She nujt you once In the forest"
"Twlcf." I interrupted.
"She tnontloucd only once. Of course
she'd often heard both Goorgo and mo '
speak of you." j
"But how did she know It was I and
; where I was staying?" i
j "Oh. that."' tier smile changed to a ,
laugh. "Your urn It re d'hotol told For
lady.
The Iwtuitiet was drawing to n close
when Miss Kllsttbeth leaned toward,
me nnd spoke.
"Anne Klllott. yonder. Is asking you ,
n question." she rcpeatetl, nodding at
CALL
and see us in our New
Quarters, 108 W. Main
St, next door to York &
Co. Realty Office, i
2sRex Market
Huth a Pecii Props. Phne 3071
i ill
llttif fttn Warif tlinf inll fll-M .. 1 . . M ....
here witbout doubt."
""Why do ydu say so?"
"Because she lias Inquired for you."
"So!" I row at once and went to
ward the door. "Why didn't you tell
me at once?'
He saw the menace colling In my ey
and hurriedly retreated.
"Monsieur!" he gapd! backing away
i were at tne Inn.'
"He dkir
"Ob. but you mustn't be angry with
hlin. He made It quit all right."
"How did he do that?" I naked, try
ing to i-itk calmly, though there was
tlmt in iuy tnlml which wis tit have
blanched the parchment cliaek of a
grand lniihltor.
from me, and as hh) lud, fumbling ; "He told Ferret that you were vory
behind hltu, found the latch of tho , nnslous not to have It known You
door, he opned it and scrambled out think Louls very lovely to look at,
by a sort of spiral movement round ' don't you?" she asked.
the casing. When I followed a mo- "Exquisite." I answered.
mcnt later, with my traps on my ' "Every one does."
shoulder and the packet of sandwiches I "I suppose she told you" and now
in my pocket, he was out of sight. I felt tnysolf growing red "that 1 be- '
Miss Elizabeth sat beneath tho arbor haved like a drunken aerolmt when ,
at the other end of the courtyard, nnd she came upou me In thb path?"
beside her stood the trim nud glossy , ""o. Did you?" cried Miss Elba
bay saddle horse that she had ridden . bcth. with a ready credulity which 1
from Quesnay. his head outstretched . thought by no means pretty. "Loulae
above his mistress to paddle at the sal1 ,bat ,,,e wished she could havo ,
vine leaves with n tremulous upper lip. ', nad a hetter look at what yon were !
An expression in the lady's attitude 1 painting."
and air which I instinctively con-1 "Heaven bless her!" 1 exclaimed,
strued as histrionic seemed intended . "Her reticence was angelic."
to convey that she had been kept wait-, "ies " retkeuce," said my
Ing. yet had waited without reproach, companion, with enough of the sumo
and, although she must have heard me ' quality to make me look- at her quick-
coming, she did not look toward me
until I was quite near and spoke her
ly. A thin line had been drawn acros.i I
her forehead.
"You mean she's still reticent with
George?" I veutured.
"Yes." she answered sadly. "Poor
George always hopes, of course, in the
silent way of his kind when they suf
fer from such unfortunato passions,
and he waits."
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some chords were soumlid ti ( . ti a
pliiuu. whli U run on Into l.n Vi. u
llohomv" uml out ut that mio in--
titit-f cMe, , I W!a Uoit ! . a li t
revetle tlmt w.w llfee. n rhiile
peiTti wIki troktt it. She .inof - I
qo etly that I did Dot h""' lirr . 1 1 .-1 I
she wits n I most box Me tue and -ini.
to me. It wtt the second time ih.it l
hud Imppeuinl. )
REAL ESTATE
(To b continued )
Bargains For
Buyers I
MO ncret?, $125 per ncre, oi e miie ,
from station, nil cleared ; will Milttli- .
vide. j
.)3Vij acres, P-j tiiilot. from station,,
fino-t ul t'nl fit nnd apple land; nt a
lmrgnin. ,
CITY PROPERTY.
New fivo-room houso nud four lots
for $2500; witlt terms. 1
New fivo-room modern liiingnlo -v '
on KitiR street, for .?200C. 1
in .i:..: t:...s. ,
I IIP UUI l-S IKlJIMIilllK iiiu .",' lllilll-i,
I for ?G00 tier acre. This in n Hpleudid
, proKiyition for mhtliviiion.
Farm Land Timber Laud
Orchard Land y? 9
Residences City Lots
Orchards and Mining Claims
Medford Realty Co
Room 10, Jackson County Dank Building
"ITTio nnd what to the gtnrluuii itrnn-
gcrT" wie athttl.
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HUNTLEY-KREHER CO.,
2M Fruitgrowers' Hank bldg.
Phone 3-101.
a very pretty girl down and uctobs the
table from me. .Miss Anne Elliott's at
tractive voice had previously enabled
me to recogulzo her us the youug wo-
1 man who had threatened to serenade
"She retained his name," I observed, j
"Harman? Yes; she retained it. At
REAL
ESTATE
SNAPS
"I suppose that former husbaud of j Lcs Trols Pigeons,
hers recovered." ; "I beg your pardon," I said, address-
I "I believe he's still alive somewhere. J lag her.
I Locked up. I hope!" she finished i "I hear you're at Lea Trols Pigeons,"
I tliajllj. , BU1U .11 IBM ,1I1UIU
"Yes?"
"Would you mind telling us some-
all events she's rid of hlra." , thing of the mysterious Narcissus?" A bnrfain '11 acres fruit or nl-
"It's hard." I reflected aloud "hard j "If you'll be moro definite." I return- falfa land, 2 miles from station,
to understand her making that mis- ed in the tone of a question. ' Finost fruit nnd alfalfa ranch in
f n l: P vniltll. nu bli .li u tVnn In 1, I t I ..l.nn n . t I ..I I ..(..( .
" ' "7 . r, . v..a ,K .3.u Applegate ynlloT, diloh nnd witter
b.inim.- ui uct i e liiu u Bin easy wun a wmie ue nnu wmte uair nnu , . . trM
to see something of what she's llke-a I white flannels," she said. , ngbt WI,U p,acc; $C0 nn ncre' en85r
fine. rare, high type." 1 "Oh." said 1, "he's not mysterious." IfJhuxa f nmt. ,nn
"But you didn't know blm, did you?" , "Uut he Is," she returned. "I Insist ACl" of timber seen miles
,Mlss Elizabeth asked, with some dry- on his being mysterious, rarely. grand-,,rom Mt,dforI ,0'" 8a, or rn(1.
ness. i jy. strancely mysterious! You will Threo tlmbor and homostead rolln-
"No." I answered. "I saw him twice 1 let me think so? This young lady qulshmonts for salo cheap,
once at the time of his accident that 1 had a whimsical manner of cmphasiz- Money to loan on city property.
RESOLVED
The bet resolution for yon
to make is to come to n for
your next suit, If you wnnt
hornet lihig out of thu ordiunry.
Wo do tho best work nnd charge
tho lowest prices.
W. W. EIFERT
Tim riioaKbSBrvB tailok
$llt Elizabeth sat beneath the arbor, and
betide her stood the saddle hone.
name. At that she sprang up quickly
enough and stretched out her band to
me.
was only a nightmare, his face cover-
ed with" I shivered. "Hut I had
caught a glimpse of him on the boule- ;
vard. and of all the dreadful" i
"Ob. but ho wasn't always dreadful,"
she Interposed quickly, "ne was a ,
fascinating sort of person, quite charm- '
iug and good looking, when she ran I
away with him, though he was horri- '
bly dissipated even then. He always I
had been that. Of courso sbo thought t
"Hun to earth.- she cried, advancing I hWd be a,e ,0 8traIghteiJ ,jlra outf
a step to meet me
"A pretty poor trophy of thu chase,"
said I, "but proud that you are Hh
killer."
To my surprise and mystification her
checks and brow flushed rosily. Sbo
was obviously conscious of it and
laughed.
i "Don't be embarrassed," she said.
"1!"
"Xa, you, poor man! I suppose I
couldn't havo more thoroughly com
promised you. Mmc, Ilrossard will
never believe In your respectability
again."
"Ob, yes, she will," said I.
"What! A lodger who has ladles
calling upon him at S o'clock in the
morning! liut your bundle's on your
shoulder," she rattled on. Iiughlng,
"though there's many could be bolder,
and perhaps you'd let me walk a bit
of the way with yon If you're for the
road."
"Perhaps I will." said I. She caught
up her riding skirt, fastening it by a
clasp at her side, and we pit sued out
through the archway uud went blowjy Miss Kllznbeth slowly, nud, whether
along the road bordering the forest, she could not further explain her
ber horse following obediently at half doubts or whether she would not, that
rein's length. was all I got out of her on the subject
"When did you hear that I was at i t the time. I asked one or two mow
Mmo. lirossard'sr 1 asked. ' questions, but my companion merely
"Ten minutes after I returned tc 8hook her head again, alluding vaguely
Quesnay late, vesterday afternoon."- . to her cousin's, "ways." ...Then she.
"Who told you',', .. . i brightened suddenly and inquired
"Loulkc." ' when i would h ive my UiingH sent up
I 1-i.cuted tl.c ni.mc quest U.I.IUVI: . ,0t,1,t ' ";("" '(' '" ,
"Ytm..-.in Mr. La?rubee Han... A M: lf JnlBunderstumllng
poor glrJ! She tried for three years-
three years It hurts one to think of
You see. it must have been something
very like u 'grand passion' to bold ber
' through a pain three years long."
"Or tremendous pride," said I. "Wo
men make an odd world of it for the
1 rest of us. There was good old George,
i as true and straight a
, llved"-
"And she took the other! Yes."
George's sister laughed sorrowfully.
"But George and she have both sur
, vlved tho mistake." I went on, with
coufldence. "Her tragedy must have
taught her some important differences.
Haven't you n notion she'll be tremen
dously glad to seo hlut when be comes
back from America?"
"Ah, I do hope so!" she cried. "You
see, I'm fearing that be hopes so, too
' to the degree of counting on it."
"You don't count on It yourself?"
She shook her head. "With any oth
er woman I should."
"Why not with Mrs. Harman?"
"Cousin Louise lias her ways," said
ing words unexpectedly, with ti breath'
lens Intensity that approached violence,
a habit dungcrously contagious among
nervous persons, so that I answered
slowly out of a fear that I might echo
it.
"He's a young American, very at
tractive, very simple."
"But he's mad!" she interrupted.
"Oh. no!" I said hastily.
"But he is! A persou told mo so in
a garden this .very afternoon," she
went on eagerly "a person with a
rake and ever so many moles on his
chin. This person told me all about
him. His name Is Oliver Kaffren, and
he's in the charge of a very large doc
tor and quite, quite mad!"
"Jean Ferret, the gardener," I said
deliberately uud with venom, "is fast
man as ever acquiring notoriety in these parts ns
an Idiot of purest ray, and he had his
information from another whoso con-
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tlnuanco unhanged is every hour more ,
miraculous."
"now ruthless of you," cried Miss
Elliott, with exaggerated reproach,
"when I have had such a thrilling
happiness all day In believing that
riotously beautiful creature mad! If
he Isn't, why does lie Imve an enor
nious doctor with him?"
"This is romance!" I retorted, "The
doctor Is Professor Keredee, Illustri
ously known In this country, but not
as a physician, ami they are following
some form of scientific research to
gether." The windows had been thrown open,
allowing passage to tt veranda. Mini
Elizabeth led the way outduoni with
the prince, I caught n llnal glimpse of
Mrs. Harmau, which revealed tlmt she
was looking at me with tensity, hut
with tho movement of intervening
groups I lost hor. Miss Klllott point
edly waited for mo untl' I came round
the table, theu attached me dollnilely
by taking my nnu, at .ompunying her
action with n d.i '.zllug hiiiIIo,
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The JACKSON COUNTY REALTY COMP'Y
604 WEST TENTH STREET, OR 124 KING STREET.
MEDFORD
OREGON
Office In residence, corner West Tenth and Wfifl Streets. Always prepared to show you (tie best Jack
son county has In tho real estate line from the unimproved land to the best bearing orchards, farm land
or stock ranches; also city property. The manager has hail ten years' experience In the county, which
will aid the prospective purchaser. Seeing Is knowing We also have modern rooms to accommodate
our patrons.
Following are Some of our Good Buys
1C acres Newtowns and
Spitz apples, $1G,000 easy
terms; just ready to bear.
10 acres Newtown and
Spitz apples, 4-year-old
trees; $Z3000, easy terras.
Several nice small tracts
near town just coming in
beaj'hiff.
300 acres 3 1-2 miles north
of Eatrk I" .1 8,000,
easy Lepras.
200 acrs soutk Eagle
Point, $10,000, easy
terms.
Houbc, two lots, well locat
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293 acres near coal mines,
$9000, easy terms.
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Two lots, fine location,
$1500.
Several acre tracte, fine lo
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