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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