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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, iMEDFORP, ORKGON. THURSPAV. .10J3BRUAUY 17, .10.10.
The fourth
ESTATE
Frederick t Toombs
Eroxnt the finest Play
of the Snme Name by
Joseph: McdlU Patter
o.snd. Htrrtct Ford.
Ctwrrtflttb tlXDl hy- JUneph Mcdill
iflttuaiK nut rtatxiet Tnl.
w
Urals nnd Uro'up to your IiIrIi pur-
poceti in every oilier way, nut you
must not nttnek him. Promise mo
that you'll never do It again. Won't
you promise me that? Ami you'll re
tract that article you und this morn
in. You'll do this for me. Just thlsr
"Judith It's the truth-and, knowing
that, would you hare mo retract It?"
-Tet."
-1 can't."
Judith began to take off the encase
meut ring Brand hud given her.
"You don't mean to do that!" he
cried In amncement.
"I most certainly doi"
He tra almost frantic. He grasped
her hand.
"I won't let you mean It. I cau't let
you so without your ring. You may
bo Judge Bitrtelniy's daughter, but you
are going to bo my wife. You've worn
my ring for a month, and you must
wear It forever."'
The girl passed his passionate an-
'"Hclpl" sang out McHcnry. "I'Tt
been getting that all dny."
"It's no Joke. Mclleury," snnpped
Dnpuy.
"It wni a mistake," responded the
managing editor.
"Mistake! Who was responsible for
It?" leaning forward.
"Oh. It Just slipped through In tbo
rush."
"Tell that to the murines." retorted
Dupuy sarcastically. He paused, "Who
slipped It through?"
There was another pause.
McHenry begsu to assert himself.
"Kxcuse me. Dupuy," he naked point
edly. "Hut how does the Hartcluty
story affect you?"
"Some of my clients have a Terr
high regard for the Judge. Your otory
grossly misrepresent blta."
"Yes. I nuppose so."
ctrArTEre n.
, ttw glrX an twrr uls own FLHf J10"- Se tossed
' I.... ,. . . bark her pretty head defiantly, snatch-
.v,.-V.. -- k " ' k k ed the ring- from her finger and threw
loeTn,. comfort, forth etrt of his M ' ' h n"?"SJ ?ltor . des
11 to take her ,
His arnvud. wipe away- It.' tears, but
ho knew that she would repulse htm.
He thtoooed with- tW dndrv to prove
to hetr hi love by- rx urine her that
the- ntbtcfc om her fatbur was ceded
bur hit dnty vrbhsrtO, -Kc.
And ttvhlfisicU bw repeated the "No."
for he- ruust go- ou, sad k' sot ea-
aurc and tfie Judge- snt pay the price.
. TrtA.nnlA, a! m syl baaoIa hail
BDokw tnrouglt the pea f Wheeler Independently, caught her skirt
Brand, and- be- wt ea of lhee saea
to yonr senses." So expressing herself
he stalked majestically across the
room.
"Judith!" called Brand in despera
tion, fearing that she was about to
leave him.
Will you do what I ask?" the i
queried Imperiously.
"I cannot." he answered simply.
The Judge's daughter tossed her
strong enoBcb; to rxtimt to take the
ydce- C silitoce:
He- Icdi the- girt he- tared to a chair,
'pen aa- she- sobbed sad whimpered.
"Wbecleis WfeeUr. Wseeler." endear
ingly from her bearr depths. Brand
looked dowa on her with a w&rkl of
sadness: Id. hi eyes. He well knew,
.and tbo-worid wo aid 900a know, that
those' who sic la the- high places Bust
pay the- penalty for sfea even as the
lowliest among: u who. tenure blindly
goes astray.
Judith Darreltny- bad been long
enough.- In; society to Imn the art of
the con trot antt the- concealment of
amotions- under many- trying clrcuni
stances. Probably la any other slrtxa
'Mod, than- in one where bw father
and' the man- she- lucd were so deeply
concerned; as la the- present, she
would' hnve-beeuabtv-t retain a larger
degree of self composure. Several
aalDures passetp before- she- was able
to speak in evenly- balanced tones.
"Wheeler,- she- fiaallj- dd. -if any
one' bad told me- that you wonld or
could" do- wHatJ yotr hare- done against
iy father, against ny lairfly" her
olco began to break: again -a gala at
Bar. X would) not. have- bettered It. And
you have not- luid n that you will
tiie your attack-.
itrandi thought to paHhtte her, He
euted hiffiam on. a, corner t tbo mun.
glng, edltofTn. (itt ajoA beat toward
ktfrafruhifsabUittchair ex him.
v "Now, Jitdilhi. let uie try to explain."
lie ftuld entreatrudyi t think can
sunke you uuderstuxid. Ton see. the
pausing Irou. coruimuy owned a lot of
nuuiuiib nnon,rtSis m ranen. raa
chltiern; rallruadi traviag etc. If it
Bi hoeni muiiaced halXway H weald
Bow be a wealth producing feniineaa.
bht some ot our speenfafors down
tuu. were trying, to get buid of It to
gamble with. ShaF wanted to milk
it. a4 the saying is. by watering It
They did.' tutve a. stock, market battle
r two, wfiftn profltft tuobody bat the
lawyers on botbi sides. Brat they 8 sal
ly got It. by Juggling: it loto a recelr
ehh. whrcb rbey neTer ctrak) bare
Tone If a United States Judge bad not
been willing, to. exi-eed. bis fanctlons.
That Judge was yonr- father.
-Since the works- ahnt linwo. be
"weuL om struiiRly "tb nsen tiro out of
employment, and the- gamblers hare
ot rich because the company's gone
"broke.. That's Just what happened.
bT tQat'ka))' 1: saiihr
"Hut it wasnt yoon tacts. 1 tcU yon.
It was your- lnslnnattoa, that was
talae."
"Not Insinuation interpretation."
"lint it wasn't true R wasa't true."
"Ob, yes. It wa tmtv aud more."
Judith, varged. on: ttle hysterical
egalii;.
"IS yon Itrrtd rxtv wr yon pretend to,
bo matter it yon thought It trse or not.
you could: not hsie wrltu-n that article-"
"Chn'f yon sevtttaT I wasaTt nrritlsg
ebout your father, hat abemt a Onlt4
Statvft Judge- who
Shit movedifiirrbersnrtcr tntm tdm.
"TUat'a- splitting: haink Wheder."
He walked, n. beirsilei
"Judith, plerae-jOmum- tefs
oacrali about this.'
Th' girl tnr-Mdi b biai faegmhdrety.
"Oh; VMlt w- m a the
verge- oC k; woovBt wr He cast
his urius- aroond. bee. "Ywre orry,
aronlt you.?" She- kookvA loedly Into
his. faca- "And- you uciU take back
that; article woefb yotrf
"You- Bamttn'fc aafc xe- to do that; I
satn'C looking. r hr eaxseaUy.
-Son oannvf
"No.!
Judith- drew a-wary Sroio him n step
r two. She- tmx eyetS bian coldly.
; "WbetiUr. U ovuno- licit thinking only
of my. father bat 1 suihUrdy find my
self f wring, a, znocb arte- ocr&ous acs
tlon not wfcftt kirxi ol a mu be Is,
but what kind ol a iuslx V you."
Bniud. was deeply cut by ber manner
and hvrlntonaUu.
MJudiUu.lt you only fc&w the truth,
all of it. things 1 ca&'t teU yoa. you'd
be wltb me huttrt autd tteul fin -u-bat I'm
toying to-dof
He caught heir in. sras nguln.
"AVbateTer I've dosv r wbaterer
t may do 1 love- yen." be Quduted pas
aioaately. Jttdllhi shorwed. xskX Stinw as sbo
taMc
"Andt yon're ooon- ft eb than my
father, bat toe my sake yew saustn't
work against kJOj. Bow oerud wo
ver be- happy tetfcr K yoc did?
Yew'U . this, tu oaav Wblw. J&st
ilU? 1 ,va6 ya 60 nry out ytwr
In her band, turned her back swiftly
on Brand ana waiicea inaignanuy
from the room.
Wheeler Brand, daxed. heartsick
tnd discouraged and torn by the emo-
t'ntiH tlt wellwl within him. leaned
helplessly agnlnst the desk. After all.
he reasoned, what did It all matter?
There were lots of evil men In the
world, always had been, always would
be. Whut barm would It do If-one dis
honest Judge were allowed to go un-
molested, even If he happened to be a j
United States Judge? Surely there
were other dishonest Judges, and he 1
could not drive all of them off the '
bench no. Indeed. And. moreover,
this thankless tusk he bad shouldered j
wouin ir be succetuea rop mm 01 me judiciary Into disrespect Is a duncerous
girl he loved, it would rob him of the j symptom of the unrest beueatb th
Iotc of the girl who loved him. surface." spoke Dunuy nomnously.
Then the thought of the enthusiasm .rhe federal bench Is the ultimate
"Well, there's the uiiswer," exWnlm
cd Dupu.v itliiiutlmiitl.v. "Ah 11 itmitet
of htHiu'MM. .Mellenr.v, If you 11 iv not
friendly to my clients, .why, you cmi
hardly expect t ttoiti to 'lie friendly to
I you, and I. shall explain to Hie new
j proprlelor of the Advance. Mr. Nolan,
the reasotm rtir the xmldoti drop lit his
advertising, lie Is u rich man, ami
he probably will not like to know dial
he Is In the way of loxlng 0 good ileal
j of money to further a radical propa
1 gatula which lie probably abhors,
I Conie, Mclleury. fur your own sake
be reasonable. Who wrote the Htory?
Surely you arc not going to consider
a men rcorlcr In a matter so vital
to our IntertwK Who was It?"
Molleiiry surrendered.
"A young fellow named Wheeler
Urnnd."
Dupuy rose and towered above Mc
lleury as he sat at his desk.
"1 thought so I ouly wanted to
make sure." he said "lie's a danger
ous type. Comes from good enough
people, but nmbltlous to get Into the
limelight by stirring up the mob.
Thought he might hnve learned sense
' by now, but It seems he hasn't. Guess
he never will; these fanatics never do,"
1 "We consider htm the best Investl-
1 gator In town." warmly, in pralso of
Brand.
1 "He's entirely too zealous. Do you
1 catch me?" asked Dupuy. leaning over
McHcnry and gating significantly into
; bis eyes.
The mauaglng editor caught Dupuy'a
meaning und stared at htm blankly In
his surprise.
"You dou't mean"-
Dupuy smiled coldly.
"Yes I mean-get rid of blraP
(To Bo Continued.)
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nt
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shortly,
Lot us talk ronton nnd ratca with
you.
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REAL
ESTATE
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30 acres frit't laud, 20 planted to
poars, w'th ponch fillers, closo to
pchool ttnd pentoftlcc, JSG00; one
third, balanco long ttmo: no Im
provements.
1G2 acres, 7 miles from Modford,
$126 nn ncro; good Irrigation ditch:
one-third down, tnlnnco long ns
wanted. a
Qood city lots, closo In. Monoy
to loan. j
12 ouBt front lots, 50x108, half,
block off of street to bo paved this
year, $300 each, close In, half down,
balanco ono year 8 por cent. 1
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Air. X)ux)uu inn innuinfr,.
1 nfs growing tenoency TTT nnng our
that had buoyed him as he wrote the
torr that had exposed Judge Ilartel
my came to him and cluug to him. The
inspiration In doing u strong man's
work for the public gimd entbuxed the
spirit of Wheeler ttrnnd. captured bis
souL The steudy light burm-d once
niotv In bis eyes, lie sbook blmselt,
together fastened his old time .grip on
hllumMf. h for Judith, he would do
his duty, and he would wlu her yet.
hen the managing editor of the Ad-
ranee re-entered hU office nnd walked
briskly toward hi desk be found
Wheeler Hmnd lotiklug eagerly over a
notebook which, quite unknown to Mc
lleury, contulued tb data for uu ar
ticle on the Lansing irou c-use even
more damaging to Judge itartelray tbun
tne one already printed.
"Well, did you settle itr asked Mr
Henry.
It rand looked up and started toward
the door.
Yes, sir," be answered, and he wan
gone.
At this Juncture Downs, the city ed
itor, came Into the managing editor's
room. lie addressed slcuenry rapidly
"Water main burst on Morton street.
drowned seven dngo kids lo the base
ment of a tenement; mothers, scrub
women, gone out to work nnd locked
them In; water rising," lie drew closi
to the desk. "Children, climbing Ktuli
to escape, found huddled In each otb
er's arms on top step, drowned! Ah
but the youngest hanging on to 11
string of beads; must have died pray
lngr
Tbe managing editor's face Immedl
ately lightened, and be pounded his
desk enthusiastically.
Good! Good! Dy glory, that's a
dandy! That saves our lives! Now
we'll have u paper tomorrow! We'll
go the limit on this. Did you send u
photographer?"
Yea. air, I did."
McHcnry seized the office telephone.
Night editor! Oh. hello! Cut three
columns more out of those shavings.
We're got a live one. Seven dago kids
drowned. First time they ever saw
water in their lives. Hun tbrco col
umnar' He bung up the receiver and
turned to the city editor.
Put In three leads and make it
stick out like a sore thumb. And, say,
put In a black faced bulletin saying
the Advance will receive subscriptions
for their families."
Durkln entered wltb a bundle of
proofs.
And. say, Downs," added McHenry,
"print In bold faced type that the Ad
ranco will start the subscription with
$100."
Mr. Dupuy Is downstairs," announc
ed Durkln.
The managing editor could not sup
press a .sour expression which crept
across bis face. "Dupuy. eh?" he
grunted half audibly. "Wonder what
be wants around here now? He's a
regular buttinski."
McHenry knew Dupuy in a business
way, knew he was counsel for several
of the big mercantile establishments
which advertised In the Advance and
that the lawyer had represented vari
ous corporations ut the state cupltul.
Well, 1 suppose I'll have to see him,"
be dually resolved. "Show Mr. Dupuy
In," be called to the hoy.
"Good evening." was Dupuy's greet
ing to Mclleury as be entered and
placed hla overcoat on a chair.
Good eveulug, Mr,. Dupuy, What
can I do for youV". The visitor seated
himself at itL, right of Mciienry's
desk.
"McHenry." begnu Dunuy decidedly.
Homebody on your pptr Uns been
staking bad breaks ir.tely, particularly
tbo one tblH morning."
"What one this morning?"
"The Judge Hurtclmy story, of
ettrsa."
bulwork."
McHenry laughed.
"Oh. capital lu distress! Yes. I know
all about that."
Dupuy stirred Indignantly.
"There was 110 occasion for that re
mark." he shot 'forth tartly.
Mclleury saw that Dupuy was very
much In earnest, and the management
of the Advance, us he had previously
knowu It representatives of an In
surance company would have desired
to gratify the wishes of the powerful
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We have two good business oppor
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Orchard Land
Residences City Lots
Orchards and Mining Claims
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"IVt no joke. McHcnry.
interests behind Dupuy. So far as ths
now owner witn concerned, the man
a King editor could not tell what bis at
$12,525 Eleven acres in Cornice peal's, 10 yours old,
nine acres in Bartlett and Anjou pears, 1 to 3 yenrs
old; close in; good soil. Terms.
$12,000 Eleven acres in Cornice and Bosc pears, 14
years old. These trees are in full hearing and will
on the nrice asked.
$24,000 Thirty-two acres in Bosc and Anjou pears;
trees are from 4 to 7 years of age. Complete set
of buildings. Close in.
$7000 Thirty-five acres, of black sticky, three miles
from Medford, all under the ditch and can be irrigated.
rno Xcr." wres. close to Medford; eight
chunBe the policy of the paper. Plain. , I aCl'CS in JNCWtOWnS and Spitzenbcl'gS 5 to 7 yOlll'S
or age; 14 acres in alialla; three acres m peaches;
two acres in berries; irrigated; buildings.
$13,000 Twenty acres; 10 acres in 7-year-old New
towns and balance in 3-year-old Bartlett. pears; no
buildings.
$7500 Ten acres, all planted to Newtown and Spit-
zenberg apples, 7 to 11 years old.
$18,000 Thirty-five acres, about 25 planted to apples
and pears, in bearing. Trees are from G to 15 years
old; buildings; four miles from Medford.
$14,000 Thirty-five acres; buildings; exceptionally
fine place for a home; twelve acres in apples u d
pears 3 yenrs old; about an acre of bearing orchard:
11 acres in alfalfa; all fine deep free soil.
$150 to $200 per acre Stewart aero tracts; two miles
from Medford; tracts are from 10 to 25 acres in size.
Fine building spots on all; can all be irrigated;
cheapest tracts in the Medford neighborhood; easv
terms.
$300 per acre Finest five and ten-acre orchard and
garden tracts in tho valley; easy terms,
$35,000270 acres; buildings ; 26 acrcn in bearing
Spitz, Newtowns and Cornice pears about GO acres
in one and two-year-old apples and pears; fine or
chard land.
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tho lowuHt pricoH.
W. W. EIFERT
Tim PK0QKMH8IVB TAILOR
)y tbo course of window, be reasoned, i
would be to act toward Dupuy as ho '
had m-ted in the past, when the luaur
ntico company bad Innlsted that the
papr bo operated on u purely com
mercial basis. Yes, be would deal
carefully wltb Dupuy that Is. wltb
Dupuy'a clients,
"No offpnue meant," explained Mc
Henry. "Well, we'll have nothing
more about Itartelmy. VIII tbat satis
fy your people""
Tbuuk you. McIIfnry. Tbat will lo
emlueutly xatisfuctory both to them
and to me nn tbclr legal adviser."
"All right; that Kettles that"
"Ob. not quite!" said Dupuy, raisins
bis bund warnlngly. "There's ono
more point. Who was responsible for
the story'"
"Ob. let's pass that!"
But Dupuy could not be turned aside.
McHenry bad begun to give way to
bltn, and the lawyer Intended to fol
low up IiIh advuiituKi',
"Very well; It's up to you," he said.
"But i want you to realize, whatever
happens, there Is no personul animosi
ty lu the matter."
"Wbat do you mean by 'whatever
happens?' " aslced tho mauaglng editor
quickly.
Tbo visitor was n living picture of
complacency.
"How much advertising did you get
from our coucern last year?"
The managing editor began to dis
cern more c-leurly the hidden club in
Dupuy's words and demands,
"Ob, I can't say as to that."
"About sao.UOu worth, wasn't itr
"Yes, 1 should think so," admitted
Mcneurr.
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