AIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDIFORD, OREGOX TUPRSDAY, APRIL M, 1!)10.
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Through the Wall
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By CLEVELAND MOFFETT
Copyright, 1905, by D. Appleton & Co.
la Tain the poor prirl protested
xcstast this breach of hospitality
Mother Bonneton held her ground
STlsaJr, declaring that she had n duty
o perform and would perform It.
HSTt duty?" asked the American.
A4ty to M. Greener."
At ttils name Alice started npprehen
arvely. Klttrrtlce know that Bhe had a
Ycaste named Greener, a woodcarrcr,
irk Mred In Uclfrlam and who came
to Parifl occasionally to boo her and
to get orders for his work.
Xke test time M. Groencr was here
Iteifs about a month ago," tbo woman
"!d asked roe and my husband
- roake inquiries about you and see
vrttt we coald find out And we
:fean eat things well. Just a fowP
"Wt bare found .oat; my pretty sir,
4kt yea ltrcd for laoatha I&st year by
gaai&XBg. I suppose you will deny
X.V
3aT aaaweicd KKtredge In a low
mz "H'a tre.-
rAkl We found also that tbo money
;jwb aad fey gasabUBg you spent with
nalnzea creature who"
atepr Interrupted the American,
mat, tarsias to the girl, he said:
TAHce, 1 didn't aaeaa to so Into these
'Cetafcs. Z dkla't see the' seed ot It.
asr
J"T.Mst waat to kaew the details,"
Sate Jeterrapted. "I kaew you, Lloyd.
Xtet 1 eBoWh."
M looked him la the' eye trusting
, 4 fee bllakei a little.
"Ketckyr he marBared. "They're
"JcyiS to queer me, aad maybe they
yrW. bat I'm sot solas to Ue about
at. Uetea. I came to Paris a year
ace- acceant of a certain person. 1
aoaght 1 lered her, and I made a fool
aqraeK I gare up a good oosltion
Wew York, and after. I had been
' awsBe I went broke. So I gam-
"Med. It's pretty bad. I don't defend
jajaelf, ealy there's one thing I want
Tea W know. This person was not a
3ew woman. She was a lady."
"HatiX" granted Mother Bonneton.
"is. lady! The kind of a lady who
iMnrif aleae with gay yeaag geatlemen
prrrate rooms! Aha. we have the
Actsr
The yesag Beau's eyes kindled. "No
xsattor where she dined. I say ehe was
siladx, and the proof of it Is I I want--&
feer to get a divorce and and mar-raae.-Oar
wlaced Alice.
"Tea see what he la," triumphed the
aacrletan.'a wife "running after a mar
afed wo ma a."
Sat Klttredge west on doggedly:
Toare got to hear the rest now. One
Say same thing happened that that
-viade me realise what aa Idiot I had
&een. So at last I decided to break
lavay, and 1 did. It wasn't exactly a
jnta ef rosea for me those weeks, but
1 stack to It, because because I had
-seme one to help mo" he paused and
Jgeked tenderly at Alice "and well.
cat the whole thing out, gambling
.-seed all. That was six months ago."
-Aad the ladyr sneered Mother
XeaaetoR. "Do you mean to tell us
Sa h&Yca't had anything to do with
Jker fer stx months?"
T haven't even seen her," ho declar
ad, "for more than six months,"
"A Xkely story! Besides, what we
iaow Is eaoagh. I shall write M.
Qroener tonight and tell blm the facts.
SKeantlme" She rose and pointed to
&e doer.
"Well," said he, facing Alice with a
tecouraged gesture, "I I'd like to
know why you turned ma down this
afternoon."
JHe was actually moving toward the
foot when the bell in the hall tinkled
suarpljr. Mother Bonneton answered
tho call and returned n moment later,
followed by the doorkeeper from bo
Sow, a cheery little woman, who bus-
fcied la, carrying a note.
"It for the gentleman," she explain
ed; "from a lady waiting In a car
a4age. it's very Important" With
t&U she delivered a not to Klttredge
zi& a tided In an exultant whisper to
the BaeiMan's wlfo that tbo lady bad
Xfrca her a franc for hex trouble.
"What kind of a lady?" chuckled
Mother Bonneton.
-"0&, very swell," replied the door
Xteper aaysterlously "grand toilet
,, aaeslders and no hat I should
total: sfeed take cold."
cr thlagr Jeered the other.
mtndge stood as If In a daze, star
Sac; at ot. He reed It, then read
3t agalit Then he crumpled It In bis
JkaaeV mtterlng, "O Godr And bis
Sce wh white.
"Goodly !" be said to Alice in ex
1nss agitation. "I don't know what
;je thtek of this. I can't stop to ex
plain. I I must go at oncol" And,
teking vp his hat and cane, ho started
away.
She went to him awiftly and laid a
&tu)d ea his arm. "Lloyd, you must
xetoe kack. You must cotno back to
salcht It's the lust thing I'll ever ask
jwl Yob need novcr boo mo again,
'Jtst vov mutt eom back tonight."
She iitood transformed as she spoke,
raet pleading,' but commanding and
lautifal beyosd words.
"It aaay be very late," be stam
saered. TH watt natll joa cone," ahe said
;ste$tyJ. auttar vMi time. I'll
wait But youlT surely come, Lloyd?"
lie hesitated n momeut and then
before the power of her eyes, "I'll sure
ly come," ho promised. And a mo
ment later he was gone.
Then the hours passed, and still
Alice waited for her lover, silencing
Mother Bonnctou'a grumblings with n
look that this hard old woman had
once or twice seen In the girl's face
and had learned to respect At half
past 12 a carriage sounded In the
quiet street, then a quick step on the
stairs. Klttredge had kept his word,
and there was something In the Anter-
i lean's face, something half reckless,
half appealing, that startled her.
"Well, I'm here." said Klttredge.
with a queer littlo smile. "I couldn't
come any sooner, and I can't stay."
The girl questioned him with fright
ened eyes. "Isn't It over yet?"
He looked at her sharply. "I don't
know what you mean by 'It;' but as a
matter of fact, It hasn't begun yet"
Alice turned and said quietly, "Was
the Woman who came In the carriage
the one you told us about?"
"Yes."
Whllo they were talking Mother
Bonneton had gone to the window, at-
"HE'S CnABOED WJTU MURDER. "
tractcd by.BOunds from below, and as
she peered down her face showed sur
prise and then Intense excitement
"Kind saints!" she muttered, "The
courtyard Is full of policemen."
An Impatient band sounded at the
door, while a harsh voice called out
thoso terrifying words, "Open .In the
name of the law!"
With a mingling of alarm and satis
faction Mother Bonneton obeyed the
summons, and a moment later as she
unlatched the door a fat man with a
bristling red mustache and keen eyes
pushed forward into the room where
the lovers were waiting. Two burly
policemen followed him.
"Ah!" exclaimed Glbelin, with a ge
tnro of relief as bis eyo fell on Kit.
tredge. Then, producing a paper, be
said: "I am from headquarters. I am
looking for" He studied tho writing
In perplexity. "You ,are M. Lo-eed
Kee tredge?"
"Yes, sir."
"I have a warrant for your arrest"
But Alice staggered forwnrd. "Why
do you arrest blm?"
The man from headquarters answer
ed, shrugging his shoulders: "1 don't
know what he's done. He's charged
with murder."
CHAPTER. V.
COQUEiril. GETS IX THE QAilE.
T was a long night at tho An
sonla and a hard night for M.
GrlU. France is a land of in
finite red tape, whero even
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such a simple thing aa getting born or
getting married leads to endless formal
ities. Judge, then, of the complicated
procedure Involved In so serious a mat
ter as getting murdered, especially in
a fashionable restaurant! Long before
tho commissary had finished bis re
port there arrived no less a person
than M. Blmon, the .chief of police,
round faced and affable, a brisk, dap
per man, whose ready smile bad led
more than one trusting criminal into
regretted confidences. And n little
later came M. Uautoville, tho judgo lu
charge of tho case, a cold, severe fig
ure, handsomo in his younger days,
but soured, It was said, by social dis
appointments and 111 health. IIo was
In evening dress, having been sum
moned posthaste from the theater.
Tho otilclals discussed tho case with
a wide vurlunce In opinions and con
clusions. Tho chief of pollco and M.
I'ougeot were strong in tho theory of
murder, while M. Unutovlllo leaned to
ward suicide. Tho doctor was unde
"But tho shot was fired nt the closest
possible range," insisted tho Judge.
"Tho pistol was not a foot from the
man's head. How else account .for
the facts? Marline, was n stroiiR,
active man Il would never have al
lowed a murderer to get no oloso to
, him without a tt niggle. Hut there Is
not the sllulitest sign of a struggle, no
i disorder In the room, no disarrange
nient of the man's clothing. It's ovl
dently suicide."
I "If It's suicide." objected I'ougeot.
; "where Is the weapon? The man died
instantly, didn't lie- doctor?"
"Undoubtedly," agreed the doctor.
"Then the pistol must have fallen
beside him or remained In his band.
Well, where Is It?"
"Ask tliei woman who was here.
How do you know she didn't take It?"
"Nonsense!" put In tho chief. "Why
should she take It? To throw suspi
cion on herself? Besides, I'll show
you another reason why It's not sui
cide. The man was shot through the
right eye. Tho ball wont In straight
nnd clean, tearing Its way to the brain.
Well. In the wholo history of suicides
there Is not vno caso whero a man has
shot himself lu tho eye. Did you ever
hear of such a case, doctor?" ,
"Never." answered Joubcrt
"A man will shoot himself In the
mouth. In the temple. In the heart,
nnywherc. but not In the eye. There
would be an unconquerable shrinking
from that. So I say It's murder."
The Judge shook his head. "And the
murderer?
"Ah, that's another question. We
must find the woman. And wo must
understand the role of this Ameri
can." "No woman ever fired that shot or
planned this crime." declared tho com
missary, unconsciously echoing Coque
nll's opinion.
"There's better reason to argue that
the American never did it." retorted
the Judge.
"What reason?"
"The womuu ran away, didn't shot
And the American didn't If ho had
kilted this man do you think anything
would have brought hlra back hero for
that cloak and bag?"
"A good point." nodded tho chief.
"Ah. yes; she knows," reflected the
commissary. "And. gentlemen, all our
talk brings us back to this wo must
tlud that woman."
At half past 1 Glbelin appeared to
announce the arrest of Klttredge. Ho
had tried vainly to get from tho Amer
ican sonio clew to tho owner of cloak
and bag.
"IH seo what I can squcczo out of
him In tho morning." said Hautovlllo
grimly.
"You'vo got your work cut out,"
mapped tho detective. "He's a stub
born devil."
(To Be Continued.)
A SNAP IN ORCHARD LAND
Ono hundred and sixty acres, of froo rod soil, .10 to 30 foot Moptli;
two wolls, nbout 25 uoren cleared; a very gradual south hill nlopui
ono-half tnilo from pontoffieo, leea than ono-fourth mllo from flohool
nnd seven and one-half miles southwest of Jacksonville. Only $H0
per ncre. Call on or nddrottd.
JOE THOMAS
222 SOUTH HOLLY STREET.
MEDFORD, OREGON
For tSale
PLUMBING
Steam and Hot Water Heating.
All work guaranteed. Prices reasonable.
I. F. MOORE AND E. E. SMITH
Old Tribune Building. Phone U931.
(HO ut'i'ca of Good Knnniiifr Lund at sjtJW.OO por aero.
Being situated three miles west of that ilae nnd
near tho government irrigation canal. This land ia
selling at a BARGAIN" and now is your time to IN
VEST. For particulars writo
Harry Moon &0?iAow" cnf.
ORCHARDS AND HOMES
Mr. Landrtookor, did you ovdr stop to coiimdor that it iu not tin cany
task to Holoat n profitable orchard or orchard alio, onpooially for ono
iitiacnuaintud with tho country or tho bunlnoHH? I havo boon right next
to tho soil lmro for tho pant twenty yours, raining trcen nnd fruit, nnd
I feel that I can givo, vou information that in of valuo to you. Would
you hiro n lawyor or dentiHt to liulld you n hotiHot No. Then why
not Bock n practical fruit-grower to adviao you na to a location for
nnorohnnl T
Phono 5003, Ashland, or Address E. E. F0SS, TALENT, Off.
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WW am A m M JLM-J
Timber and Coal Lands
ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING CON
TRACTS TAKEN AND ESTIMATES
FURNISHED.
B. H. Harris & Co.
MFDFORD - - - - OREGON
Office in Jackotm county Bank TJpst&ira
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NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that tho un
dersigned will apply at tho next reg
ular meeting of tho city council of tho
city of Medford, Oregon, for a license
to sell splrltous, vlnout and malt
liquors la quantities less than a gal
lon, at his place of business at No. 22
Front street, North. In said city, for
a period of six months.
JOHN HARRINGTON.
April 8, 1910.
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NOTICE.
To -whom It may concern: I hare
no property for salo at any price. 10
MRS. J. F. HDTCHASON.
Medford Shoe
Shining Parlor
OH, HERE WE ARE AT LASTl
For ladies, gents, children, this ia
tho place where you will Bave
time and money by Kottinp-your
shoes ehined by an oxporioncod
artist. Oiling and dyeing ia my
specialty. Now, don't forRet the
place, No. 4 South Central ave
jue. Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p.
m.; Sundays till 2 p. m. The coast
Champion Bootblack.
V. W. nOWARD, Prop.
Wright's
Investments
Fivfl-ncro orchard traot. 1 mile out,
all in full bearing apples, with peach
and prone fillers; a nice orchard
home for $4000; terms.
Nice 8-room house, close in. a
good investment at $3300, $1000
cash, balance 2 yare, 0 per cent.
Neat 5-room cottage and 4 lots for
only $2500; terms; this for one
week only.
Fine corner lot on Nowtown, eux
100, cement walk; a good buy nt
$525, liberal terms.
Block of 5 choice lots in Rose
Park, fide- sofl and nice poar trees
in benrinc on each lot. all cnt front
with n mtoellent view of valley: for
one wok at $375, $125 cash, $10
per month.
Choice list of investments in all
parts of tho city.
"Let Is Show You"
J.BruceWright6Co.
Formerly Wright & Allin,
132 West Main. Phone 2691,
FOR SALE
SIX now hot frame cash, 3 ft. by 0 ft.; price, each $ 2.50
TWO fino, woll-brcd colts, 1 nnd 2 years old, sired by Black Far
ceur, imported by Ruby Bros.
FINE SEED CORN FOR SALE.
APPLY TO BROOKS' ORCHARD, JACKSONVILLE ROAD, NEXT
PLACE WEST OF THE OLD THOMAS PLACE.
Nasson9Gross Co.
Sell and Promote
Oil and Mining Properties
Mines Experted and Ores Tested
ADDRESS, BOOM 8 14,
MERCHANTS' TRUST BUILDING,
PORTLAND, OR.
J. E. ENYART, Prosidont
JOHN S. ORTH. Cannier
J. A. PERRY, Vice-ProHido.it.
W. B. JACKSON, Ass't Cashier.
THE MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK
UAPITAi ... $50,000
SURPLUS $10,000
Safety qoxm for rent. A feneral Banking Business transacted.
We solicit your patronage.
$150 AN ACRE 270 acres, fdothill land, about 0 miles from Med
ford; there are about 85 acres on this place now planted to fruit,
which includes about 20 acres in boating. The boaring varietiet
are Newtown and Spitzenberg apples and Cornice peara. Thort
are 25 acres of Newtowns in their socond year with peach fillers
and about 6 acres of Nowtowns just planted; also 20 acres of
Jonathans and 10 acres of Bartlott and Anjou pears just planted.
Abont 200 acres of first-class fruit land on the plnce. There are
many springs on the place and considerable water oould be de
veloped for irrigation; two houses, good barn and other buildings.
Would subdivide nicely. Easy terms.
$2500 Sixty acres, 0 miles from Medford, about 15 acres cleared and
partly planted; small buildings.
$250 AN ACRE 70 acres, about 4 miles from Medford, free soil; 25
acres planted to Newtown and Spitzengerg apples, mostly 3 years
old; in addition, about 25 acres under cultivation, balance easily
clonrod ; good now G-room plastered house, new barn; also Bet of
old buildings. Could be subdivided into two or three traots nicely,
easy terms.
$5500 Six miles from Modford, good now buildings, about 8 aoroB
planted to Newtowns, Spitzonbergs and pears, 1 and 2 years old;
nbout 7 acres additional cleared, bnlanco not hard clearing; good
team, wagon and machinery gs wth th0 P,ftC0- u
acre tract.
$ 1 5,000-iA first-class fruit nnd alfalfa ranch, 185 acres, 5V3 miles
(from railway Btation, practically all bottom land, 140 acres now
..,?... A..14! 1! nit. nlnii.i tnir Itmian ln flAmfl.
schoolljouso on the place, for $15,000, which is only $81 an aero;
$0000 cash will handle, and easy terms can be had on the balance;
this is n fine chance tp got a first-class traot of low-priced land
for development purposes. W don't think this will last long, and
if you nro interested, come in and see us about it.
$12,525 Eleven acres in Comlee pears, 10 years old; 0 acres in Bart
lett and Anjou pears, 1 to 3 years old; close in; good soil; terms.
$12,000 Eloven aores in Cornice and Boso pears, 14 years old; these
trees aro in foil bearing and will pay a good income on tho prioe
asked. ,
$15,000 Twenty acres, fine now modorn bungalow, buildings easily
worth $4000; about 18 acres of apples in full bearing; trees aro 10
years old; balanco planted to npploB 2 years old; good soil; sightly
location; close to market; an assured income from tho beginning; a
fine homo.
$150 to $200 PER ACRE Stownrt acre tracts; 2 miles from Medford;
tracts aro from 10 to 25 aores in size; fino building spots on all;
can all bo irrigated; cheapest trncts in Modford neighborhood; easy
terms.
$300 PER ACRE Finest 6 and 10-aoro orchard and gardon traots in
tho valley ; easy terms. WSh'd'
W. T. YORK & CO.
35,55 ACRES
Located two miles west of Hertford, on tho nmin ronrt
to Jacksonville. The soil in this neighborhood neetla
no commendation there is none better in Orogon.
This tract is all planted, the varieties being as fol
lows: i
757 Yellow Nowtowns. t
580 Spitzonbergs. "
3.19 Bartlott Pears.
242 Winter Nelis Pours.
288 Early Crawford and Elbcrta Peaches (planted
ns fillors.) Tho router portion of theso trees were
planted in the winter of 190G and aro now in thoir t
fourth soason. They have made a nice growth and
aro in good condition. Thero are buildings on tho
place, amplo for present needs.
Tho price is $G0O an acre, and we can make good
terms. xtti&.tM&
W. T. YORK & GO.
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Here Are Some Fine
usiness Chances
BLACKSMITH SHOP, doing good business.
GENTS' CLOTHING STORE; good lcaso and snap
at price asked.
OTHER OPENINGS wo do not caro to advdrtiso.
CHOICE BUSINESS LOTS FOR SALE AT $67.00
PER FRONT FOOT.
Rogue River Land Co.
11 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE
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GOLD RAY GRANITE CO.
Office: 2094WoBt Mnin'kSt., Medford.JOre.
I OperatingQirarry at CoIdRay, Oregon
DEALERS IN
BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND
MUSHED 'GRANITE
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