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ll-l.l..l'."'IBJIll 11 The OF By Booth I'll M'l l.!l Mil. I WHNT Ii.iiim. i iiur.i- the hiti I hiiw MImk ;Xim h IllllU'tllll, Ittil It w.im nut Alius Htlxabetll who liml limn- In tin phaeton, t tioii u li n lnily from (jiicHiuiy Old prove III 1)1' till' IHTUII A I Hj(llt .If IllT I bidlcd Hioi'liHilll under Hie archway There Hlii' Hiit, n nkoielibooU on n green table beside Iter unit n Ismrd In her In p. hriuonly pnlniliiir, mid a mure liliintilimx piece n( assurance thnn MUm ,iine i:ill'Ht thus engaged ttieao eye hnve never beheld, Hhe wnH not no hardened t tint sho did not nlTeet n little timidity nt sight of inc. looking nwny vi'ii more quick ly tliiin hIic looked up, while I wiiIUihI slowly over to her mill took tho gnr don ehnlr beside her. Thnt gnvo mo it view of her sketch, wlilcli wns n vlnli'iit little "Iny-lti" of shrubbery, trers nud (lie sl;y lltin of the Intl. To my prodigious surprise mill, nnttirnlly enough, with u degree of pleasure I perceived- tlutt It was not very had not Imd nt nil, Indeed It displayed n sense of values, of placing mid even In it young mid frantic way of color. Hero wii h n young woman of inure tli. in accomplish incuts!" "You nee." nIio wild, iitcfctiiK olio of the tiny t ul nt almost dry mid cote Uniting In pnlnt with a lino elfect of nlcirptlon, "I Imd to show you thnt I wn In the most abysmal earnest. Will you dike me painting with yoiiV" "I appreciate your scrloiiitiot." I re Jollied. "Hum It leeii rewarded?" "llo t-Hii I My? You linven't told mo whether or no I nmy follow you to the wIIiIwihh! " "I uifHii iitive you cNiiglit another glimpse of Mr Sn"ren7" At Unit "he NiHiHfd h prettier eolur In tier i Itei'UH thnn any In Iwr lcicb "I think i mutt fx) in loec" book, hut gave no other sign of ah nine nor eTen of being tlumored. cheerfully replying: "Thnt 1 fnr from the point. Do you jrrnnt my burning plea?" "1 undemtood I had offemled you." "You did," nho enld. "VIcloUHly:" "1 am eorry," I continued. "1 want ed to nk you to forgive me" "Whnt made you think 1 wn of fendedr "Your look of reproach when you left the tuble"- "1 wn only playing offended. I thought your note was fetching!" she aid. "Will you tnko uje painting with you?" sho added. "If It will convince you thnt 1 luenn It I'll give up my hopes of seeing thnt sumptuous Mr Saffron and go buck to Qucsnny now, before ho comes home. You can't know how enervating It 1 up there it the chntenu-nll except Mru. Hurmnu, and even ho" "Whnt about Mrs. llarmnu?" 1 ssked as she pailsed, "1 think hIio must bo in love." "Whnt!" "1 do think ho," nuld the girl. "She's like It. nt least. I'm afraid she's my rival!" "Not with"- 1 begun. "Yea. with your beautiful nnd mad young friend." "Unt-oh, it's preposterous!" 1 cried, profoundly disturbed. "HIio couldn't be! If you knew a grent denl about ber"- "I may know more thnn you think My simplicity of uppenrnnen Is decep tive," she mocked, beginning to set her sketch box In order, "You don't realize thnt Mrs, llurninn unit 1 nrb quite hurled upon each other nt Cues, nny, being rwo rnvlshlngly Intelligent women entirely surrounded by lurgo bodleH of elemental!. Hhe bus told me a jjrent deul of herself since that llrt veulng, nud I know-well, I know why she did not come back from Dives this afternoon, for Instance." "Why?" I fairly shouted. She idld her sketch Into n groove In tho box, which she closed, and rose to her feet before answering. "I might toll yon some day," she Hlllll l'llincri.ilv "If I glllU'd enough eonliOcnci ..i 'in tlironti 'ix-i'i i.liin I TfllC M1CDK0R1) MAT fjLHl F THIN W. MFAWOUIX '.Ji-IUHlJ GUEST QUESNAY 0 0 Tarkington CofjfljU. 101. bf Ik Ulws Cp"r In dully ptirNtiltu." "My dear young lady," I cried tylth real eiiispcratloti, "I nin a working, uinn. mid this In a working, u miner for met" "Do you think I'd upon' Itr she urged gently. "Hut I get up with the drat daylight to pnlnt." I drnteMcd. "nnd I' pnlnt nil ttiiy"- Ollver Rnffrcn had comV In from the roud nud win crossing to (he cnllery utepr He lifted lil Imt nnd kuvc me u iUluk word of crertlns im hr punned, nnd nt the Might of hi fliiHlitd nnd huppy fnce my riddle wna nolTetl for tup. AiuiikIiik id tho thlnj; wan, 1 bnd no doubt of the revelutlou. "Ah," 1 bo Id to Mlft lilllott whou hu hnd Kour, "I won't Iioto to take pupils to cut tlx iiimwer to my Question nowl" It wnN evetilnc when I hennl Bnf fren'H voice culling tny nnme. "Here," 1 ntiHwered from my veran dn, where 1 hnd Jnut llclitcil tny necond clKiir, "No more work tonlnht! All fin In li ed!" he cried Julillnntly, tiprliiKlug down the otcpK. "I'm coinlnc to Imro n talk with you. "I won't Hit down," ho suld. "I'll wnlli up nud down In front of the vo riiudu If It doesn't tunkv you uorvouK." I'nr iniHwer 1 merely Implied, nnd he IntiKhed, tixi. In Keulnl rcNponne, con UnuliiK cnyly: "Oh. U'n nil no different with inc! KverythliiK In. Thnt blind fee line 1 told you of It'M Hit none. I iiiimt have lieen very ImhyUh the other dny. I don't think I eould feel like thut airulii. It uimvI to Htietu to me thnt I lived IkhiikiI up In ii el role of blnnk Htouo wtli. I couldn't nee over tho top for myxelf nt nil. tlmunti uow nnd then ICrredee would tioost me up mid let mo Ket a little cllmuier of the country niiiiiilHlHiiii, but never Ion ciiuiikIi to nee what It wan relly like. Hut It'M not wt now Ah" Iw drew n lone brentli-'Td like to run. I think I rotilil run nil the wny to the top of u pretty fair Mcd inouulNlii toulcht nnd then"-he Imijchisl "Jump oir nnd ride on the chimin." lie punned In hlf nentry go, faclu inc. and wild In a low voice; "I've neon her apiln." "Yom; I know." "Hut ilnitV not nil," he nld. Ma voice rMiiK a little. "I ww her nfc'nln the day nfter kIuT told you"- "You did!" I murmured. "Oh. I tell mynulf thnt H'h n drentn." ho cried, "that It enn't be true, for It hns been every day Blnce thou! Thnt'n why I linven't Joined you In tlie wixd. I linve Ikimi with tier, walking with her. llHteuliig in her. looking at her. always feeling that it inuxt be unreul nud that I must try not to wake tip. She has been so kind -ho wonderfully, i beautifully kind to me!" "She hns met you?" I asked, think ing ruefully of (ieorgc Ward, now on the high seas In the pleasant company of old hopoN renewed, "She hns let me meet tier. And to day wo lunched nt tho inn nt Dives and then walked by the sea ail after noon. She gave me tho whole dny the whole dny. You see" he began to pace ngnln "you see, I wns right, und you were wrong. Sbe wasn't olTeud-ed-she was glad-tlmt I couldn't help penklug to her. Sho has wild bo." "Do you think." I Interrupted, "thnt she would wish you to tell me this?" "Ah. she likes you!" he said so heart ily and appearing meanwhile so satis fied with the completer ess of his re ply that I was fain to take some sat isfaction In It myself. "Whnt I want ed most to say to you." he went on, "U tbis: ou rememuer you promised ---.i.Jl to tell me wnutever you couiu icaru about her nud about her husbnnd." "1 remember." "It's dltferent now; I don t want you to," he said. "I want only to know what stie tells me herself. She has told mo very little, but I know when the times eomea she will tell mu every thing. Uut I wouldn't hnsteu It. I wouldn't have anything changed from Just this!" "You menu" "I menu the way It is. If 1 could hopo to see tier every dny, to bo in the woods with tier or down by tho shoreoh, I don't want to know any thing but thut!" "No doubt you have told her," I ven tured, "a good deal about yourself," and was Instantly ashamed of myself. I suppose 1 spoke out of a sense of protest against Mrs. Hnrmnu'a strange lack of conventionality. "I've told her all I know," he 8ld readily, and the uncousclous pathos of the answer smoto me. "And all thnt Kcredee has let mo know. You see I haven't" "Rut do you think," 1 interrupted quickly, anxious, lu my remorse, to divert bliu from that channel "do you think Professor Keredec would ap prove. If ho knew?" "I thiuk he would," he responded lowly, pausing in bin walk attain. "I hnve a feeling that perhaps he doe know, and yet I haye been afraid te tell him. I think ho kuows orerythlar In the world! I hnte felt tonlghtlhat Im knoVs this, andr-ltV ry atranje, but I well, whst was It that mndr lilm so i'IiiiM" M'l.l I' Nlllt " I ' 1 i I 11'i.iW.M.I "The Unlit Ik m! ill liunilii In hlx room," I mild (pilcily, "You're HkIK I'll iHI him (oiiIkIH." ThU came with Hiiilden declHlon, hut with Icn than marked what followed, "Hut ho can't Mop me now, No one on earth nlnill do that, except Mum. d'Aruiaiid bepelt -no one!" I kuw IiIh hand Kroplni; toward me In the darknen. nnd, rlxliik'. I Kave lilm mine, "flood nlnht." he mild. "I'iii lad to tu him. I'm Klud to have told you. Ah, but Inn't thin." he cried, "n hnpiy world!" 'J'urnliiK, he rim to the nailery ntepn. "At hint I'm Kind," he called hack over IiIh shoulder "I'm clnd that I wa hunt" I hrnrd IiIk voice Indlxtlnctly, hut I thoiithi, though I mlicht linve been mlHtaken, that I caiiKhv a. final word and that It wiih "ncnln." ' It wnn one of thone dnyn when nn ture throwH hernelf utrnlnlit In your fnce and you are at n Iohm to know whether nhe Iioh IiIhrhI you or Hlnppcd you, though you are coukcIoiih of the tliiKle a dny, In brief, more for Iminti-. Inn thnn for palntliiK. nnd the truth Is thnt I milled It mood only too well and laughed more than I painted, though I nut with my ennel before me nud n picture rendy upon my pnlotte to lie painted. No one could hnve understood bet ter thnn I thnt thin wnn netting a bad oxnmple to the acolyte who snt, like wine facing nn enncl, ten pacen to my left: n very uportMinanllke Ogurn of a painter. Indeed, In her nhort skirt nnd long coat of woodland brown, the flno hrown of dead oak leaves; n "devntitat Ing" Helectlon of color that, being much the xntne nhnde nn her hnlr. with brown for her lint. too. nnd the veil encircling the munll crown there of, nud hrown again for the stout, high, laced boot which protected her from the wet tnngle underfoot. Who could have expected no danhlng n young person iih Anne Klllntt to do any renl work tjt pnliitlni:- Yet (the did. narrowing her eyed to the llnent point of concentration and applying hcrclf to the tnnk In hnnd with n persbttenco which I found on thnt particular morn- Ing far beyond my own power. At her re,p..-t lfwpeete(l her vvork. I stepped Imck M-vernl ynnw to nee It Iw.t.er tlMiiirl. I Kt.onlil Imro hnd to retire nliout n (pinrter of tlio length of a city block to neo It qulto fnun her own iMilnt of view. f he moved with inc. both of us walk ing backward I lexu: "For u day like thl. with all tho color In the tree ibeutKelvort and o very little lit the air There cntiie mi Interruption, a voice of uuplcotMint him) wiry naMnllty.Miont: lug from behind u "Well, welir it Mild. "So licro we are upiln!" I fai tit about and beheld. Just emerg ed from a bypath, n fox faced young limn who Itgbt. well poised figure wiih Jauntily clud In gray serge, with Kvarlei waistcoat nnd tie. while Hhoes tiliou tiltt feet and n white lmt gayly beribboiied umui UU lieail. A rcollec tlou of the diiNky road in 1 a group of people about I'ero Hamlry'i mmpllt door tllckercd ucrosH my mind. "The lilKtorlcul tourist!" I exclaimed. "The highly pi detrlnu trlpiMi' from TroutlUe!" "You got ine right, in'dcar frlund." ro,u,, wllll voi.deiK'enlon. "1 rec'. , u llltoU. you iierfcct." 'And I was Interested to learn," said 1, carefully observing tlie effect of my words upon Mm. "that you hnd been to l.es Trols I'lgeons. after nil. I'er Imps I might put It. you had been through I.es Trols I'lgeons. for tho uialtre d'hote! informed me you had In vestigated every corner that wasn't locked." "Sure." he returned, with rnthcr less embarrassment than n brazen ishnu ...... 1. 1 t.ll.l,.l ,.n,l,. ll.n nmi. milllli llllll" fA,lllimi, mv ra.Mv circumstances. "He showed mo what ..Ifrl.ni-. fh.iv . tn vonr -liidlo. I'll ink em ovW ngnln fer ye one of these dnys, Rome of 'em wns rlBht gUOY "You will te visiting near enough for me to avail myself of the oppor tunity r "Right In the Tlgeon house, my friend. I've Just come down t'pnt In a few dnys there." ho responded coolly. "They's a youug feller lu this nelgn- VJ " M J borhl0i , ,nWo K)na- 0. fUm'ly Inter iCS jn ,.w,;o s Umtr , nHk,.(, M,.ky, . n.or nn(iw'r he produced the effect of I , b wWpUUS nd lifting one sUJ(, ((f h,H nmxti nvl)K , other mpantjino rK,( j jl0M, C,m,u,t.rp. tl)e couv'sntlon . ,,,.. ,.,..,, ,, ... ln. nlugly, "What they call 'tnlkln arts. wasn't It? I'd liko to BOine." high hear (To be continued.) GOLD HILL ITEMS. (Gold Hill News.) .1, C. flodlovo, who offers a t'reo rijjlil of wny through his Inml for tin niiioneli to u now hililge ovor Uoguo River into Gold Hill, hns u trim little fruit I ti nn just south of (own across tho river, on which ho has 2." ueros of Spitzonborgs and Nowtowns just coining into hearing, und several acres in choice commercial ehonins. Mr. flodlovo holtoves that fluid Hill is "tho (own wiih a future," and that ejly IoIh linve avo as jjood nu invest ment, as onn lio found in tlio valley. Hov. Shields mid P Medford were f.'iies(s f Hr, nud Mrs, Chisholm yeslorday, (ho rovorond gentleman eondiio(inpr services for (lie 1'resUy (erian eonpvecatioti n( (ho M. K. eliurt'h in (ho ovonlng. Ion Hnrlier u ml family will nriivo here nest week from Tiivuiiln, u eordinif to ii leleKrutn nieoivod yes- OIM500N, MONDAY, mnilVAUY 7, 1010. Wl iLJJU.1.' . ' .'i.lH 'Umky ly W H, Oxky. H. L .S(iiire, who will vodt (lie Oley nnd Hnrlier fiitmlii'4 here, Iouvcm Toroiilmi on tlio ITilli, He mil he iieeompiinici! by lii wile, wlm will mnki; un exleniled utay for Die lienerit or Iior Jienllli. latnen Avery, wliihf ImndliiiK 'Jfc.'IO rille Moinluy, (lioelmrKeii the wniiH,n in mh'Ii h M'ny thnt tlie bullet PPkhuI throunh hiw clothing, just miiinr his thiftli. Tin; mm wiih ly ii)K on the Kromiil and Inning picked it nt by tho Imrrol nml pulled it to ward liiiu. The hummer enuvlit u twiif iimiI Mintiiiiud, with th retnilt t Hinted. OPIUM IS FOUND UNDER CUSHIONS ON STEAMER SAN PKAKCISCO, Cnl, Vvh. r,. With fViO wortli of opium nlreailv ilNootrred, officers today continued their -"ii rcli for coulruhutid opium in tho ToV'i Kineii KniMhii, liner Hii Yo Muni. Cnieful jfunrcli from stem to Hteri' mid from top to keclon of Hie veffel in under wny (odny nnd the total amount, it in believed, will equal tlio bin ban) made oit the liner Si berian, fio far the Hcnrch Iiiik been eon ducted in main rnhiiiH and fculoonf of! the vessel. The Indies' loun'iny room Iiiik ejvcn up ,18i tins, valued nt $f)2!'t). The mlnon wnite upholstery lm Yielded ten (ins, valued nt $300. Tin after tin of opium wn taken from (he npholHtory of the inuin cab iim when the inHjieetorK pot buny. The tiii were coneenled in the sprintr", excelnior nml behind the woodwork of (he cabin furniture. The fcnreli will lie thorough, even the vtwelV tinm nireii, Jife-presen-or nml enriiio rooms be'uiK duo for hii otrihiuilinK. TWO IiIVHS SAYKD. I i ninJi to certify thnt my husband .ufferln . for n lone time from .toinacl. trouble and a complication ,, ,, f,oclare,, t0 I , , i oe "rlM'B dllOaBe, and W.1B given P by thorn t die. Ho then consult-, od Dr. T. Walt HIdr nt No. ?2f. J Htreot, Sacramento, who cured the trouble entirely. TMs was seven years' ago and tacre has boon no return of , tho complaint. My little boy, Virgil Strickland, wan shot through the stomach and . Intestines .nd tho doctors said ho 1 could not li o unlOM ho was operated on, nod Dr. Illng cured him without j a knife. That was In September, 1907, and tho little hoy Is enjoying' good health ovor since. Wo formerly roslded nt No. 215 ISth atreot, and have sine moved to No. 3307 EnHt nvonuo, Oak Park. 1 cheorfully recommend Dr Hlng's sorvlcos to unyone needing medical , attention. (Signed) MRS. S. C. STRICKLAND I verify tho above statement. L. STRICKLAND. January Htb, 1910. PltOroSATi FOK IIDS 1 I32r.O. City of Medford, Orogon improve ment Honds Medford, Oregon. Feb. 3, 1910 1 The city council of Medford, Ore gon, will recehe sealed bids up till I 4 : :10 o'clock p. in, February 15, j littO for the sale of 13250.00 six per1 cent, ton year improvement bonds. 1 bid.-, to be nccompnnle-l by certified t check equal to five per cent of the i amount hid for. Tho rlclit to re- ( I llll'f 1IIIV II 111) lilt IiIiIk Ir HflrVI'll. I t rf ...... .... . I lld to be eddressed to Robert "W. , iei:er. Cliy recoiuer; ren.ue.i ci.evK J" J"a,'re,:a(fnnb, 10 the C,,y i -Atl' ur Sbert w Tolfer of i .--.- - I City Recorder I D: ted Medford, Orecoa, February) 'employment! and Business Chances WANTRD A place for n girl 11 years old to board; must bo reasou- nhle. i Fl'KNlTURH FOR SAliK All kinds, j olio R-room nnd ono -room nnd odd pieces; must bo sold at onco. For sale 40 ncreB 5 miles out; tim ber; ncuo. For ?alo New buggy and hnrness; n snap. For sale C-rocm houso, let 79x250. For said C-room house, lot 100x100. For sale- 7-room buugalow. For sale 5-room cottage, lot 50x10 For snlo 8-voom bunt;alow, lot 50 xlOS. For nl(? 5-roon buugalow, lot 50 xl08. For sale C-room buncnlavf. For snle Lots on Grape ntreot, For snlo 2 lotB on Oak atroet. For sale houses In dlffirent parts of the city. For salo 160 acres timber land good for orchard; snap at $1300, A relinquishment ot 120 acres. WANTRD Man and wlfo, no chil dren, to work on farm. WANTRD Dhiing room girl, out. Wnnted A woman for general housework, $1 per day. Homos for eale. k. a, mrr.VKit, iltlrt Milpps Uldg. Plume II It. l!M .. U J l '."'Jl i - t -, In Case of $icRraes P H ONE 3041 ME.DFORD PHARMACY Noar Pout Olfico All Night Service Free Dolivory 4- - 4 - PLUMBING STEAM AND HOT All Work Guaranteed COFFEEN (Si 11 North D St.. Medford, Ore. WHERE COMFORT REIGNS In tho homo oqulppod with electricity Comfort Is tho presiding goddess. Tho Illumination of tho Interior may bo augmented by a lighting arrange ment on tho porch that will add Immeasurably to tho Joy of tho homo on hot summer ovonlngs. Asldo from good lighting a houso wired fqr electricity Is propared for electric fans, whpso soft breezes are liko balm on humid nights. Fans aro portable and may bo connectod with electric sockets olthor Indoor or on tho verandah. Send for the estimate man and lot ua bring beauty and comfort to your homo. ROGUE RIVER awv Opening'Third Unit Of U. S Government Lands, Uma tila Project, at Hermiston, Ore. February 10, 1910 For the above occasion the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co nnd Southern Pacific Company lines In Oregon, wlli make an open rate ot One and One Third Fare for tho round trip from all points in their lines to HermUton. Tickets on salo February Oth and "th, with final return lim it February 20, 1910. Free booklet, la ued by tlio government containing full in formation as to cost, how to filo, water rights, etc, may bo ob tained from any O. R. & N. or S. P. Asent, or by writing to VM. McMUIlRAY, General Passenger Agent. GOLD RAY GRANITE CO. Office: 209 West Main St., Medford, Oro. Operating Quarry DEALERS IN BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND CRUSHED GRANITE 4 - WATER HEATING Prices Reasonable Phone :wa mf ELECTRIC. CO at Gold Ray, Oregon t