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MEDFORD MAIL TBTBimE, aCEDFORD, QKKaON. THURSDAY. .TUNR 2, 1910. ! U ft" UA l l ; e.- ' Va9SiawaT I i corrRHurr. s A gripping story having to do with the most vital forces that affect the human being; a thrill ing narrative of the combat of an American against the worm eaten aristocracy of the old world- as such may the novel "Half a Chance" bo briefly do teribed. The brilliantly drawn characters, typical of London, Tangc from Jocclyn Wray, the beautiful young debutante, sought and worshiped by a score of noblemen, to Tom Rogers, the brutish filcher, highwayman and debased magsman. A feature of ike story is the influence that can be exerted on her associ ates of low and high degree by " the sweetness, simplicity and parity of a little girl. She was confident that there was some thing good in a man, no matter how low he might have sunk. She 9Bt oat to prove it. The manner ef her endeavor and the events associated with it go to make the mtory one of rare fascination. And the vivid pen picture of the struggle of a great human spirit to emerge from the abyssmal depths of wrong living and deg radation will long be imprinted an the memory of the reader. CHAPTER L UR. gillett's ciiaboe. mwY all means, m'deah, let's go ft down between docks and Jl bare a look at them." t "Of course. If you wish, lr Charles, although Do you think we shall be edlflcd. Mr. Glllettr ' That depends, m'lady" and tho speaker, a man with official manners and ferreMlko eyes, shifted from ono loot to another "on what degreo or particular, class of criminal your lady nip would be Interested in. If In the ordinary category of skittle sharper or thlmblerigger," with a suspicion of xdld scorn, "then I do not Imagine jour ladyship would And much attrac , Hon In tho present cargo. But, on the ether hand," in a livelier tone, "If your ladyship bas any curiosity or shall wo Bay a psychological bent? regarding the real out and outer the excursion should bo to your liking, for," rubbing Ms hands, "a properer lot of cut throats and bad magsmen it has never been my privilege to escort across the equator, and this is my sixth trip to .Australia." "How interesting how very inter sting!" Tho lady's voice floated lan guidly. "Sir Charles is quite right. "We must really go down. At any rate, It will bo a chungo after having been shut up so long in that terrible state room." -One moment, m'lady. There's a lit tle formality that must be observed first. No ono allowed on tho prison rs' deck without tho captain's permis sion. There ho Is now." "Then bo good enough to beckon to him," said the liidy. But this Mr. Glllott, agent of tho po lice, discreetly declined to do. Captain 3iucphersou was a man not to bo beck, oned to by any one, much less by him. "Sir Charles and lady and Sir Charles' party have expressed, Cap tain Mucpherson, the desire to obtain permission to visit tbo prisoners' deck." said Glllott. Captain Mncpuerson looked toward Kir Charles uud his lady, the other passengers lounging around them, u little girl at the rail, her hair blown windward, a splash of gold against the "blue sky. "What for?" bald tho skip per brusquely. "To have a look at the convicts, 1 Buppose." "What good'll that do them?" growl ed tho commander. "Idle curiosity that'H what I call it Well, go along snd keep them away from the bars. The weather has uae improved tbo tempers of n few of the rapscallions, snd they'd like naught better than a chance for their claws." Thanks for tho permission, and," s Uttlo stiltly, "tho admonition, which latter," turning away, "a man wfcose lifelong profession has been dealing with convicts Is most likely to stand Ja need of and heed." "Mny I go too?" Tho child with tho golden hair de slstt'd in her occupation of watching tho tlylng flsh and other real winged creatures and, leaving the rail, walked toward tho group that was about to follow tyr. Glllett. Sho was a very beautiful girl of ten or cloven, slim, dejlcutely fashioned, of a definite proud type. "Mny I go, too. aunt?" she repeated. Why, of course," interposed a blase, cynical appearing young man who bad Jtwf emerged from tho cabin. "Don't know where, she wants o go or w.hat HALF A CHANCE By Frederic S. Isham, Author of 'The Strollers," "Under the Rose," "The Lady of the Mount," Etc. H 1909, BY TIIE COMPANY BODBS-MERRILL 1 cue wtimn 10 go. iTOt OOHt say sne ;cau't; really you mustn't, now." "Well, since you insist on spoiling 1 n 1 n u I f V a n 1 1 ill n t . Ho twisted iTbloml mustache which adorned a handsome face hiiniUnm fnoo. Hint bore many marks of what Is called experi ence of the yorld. "Couldn't do that! Besides, Jocclyn nnd 1 are great chums, don't you know. We're going to be married some day when she grows up." "Are we?" said the child. "Tho man I marry must be very big and strong and must not have light hair." Lord ltousdalc laughed tolerantly. "Plenty of time for you to chango your mind, don't you know. Mean while I'll not despair. Knlnt heart, and so on. But," turning to Sir Charles, "where la It sho wants to go?" "To see the convicts." "Convicts? Ah!" He spoke rather more quickly than usual, with accent sharper. "You didn't know who your neigh bors were going to bo when you decid ed so suddenly to accompany us?" "Ho." His voice had a metallic sound. Sir Charles addressed Mr. Glllett. "Tell us something more definite nbout your charges whom wo arc going to Inspect. Meant to have found out ear lier In the voyage, but been so Jolly seasick, what with one gale after an other, I for one until now haven't much cared whether we had Claude Duval and Dick Turpln themselves for neigh bors or whether we all went straight to Davy Jones locker together. A bad let, you have already Informed us, but how bad?" "Well, we haven't exactly M. Duval or Mr. Turpln In the pen. but we've one or two others almost as celebrat ed In their way. There's Billy Burke, as desperate a cracksman as tho coun try can produce, with." complacently, "a record second to nono in bis class. He" And Mr. Glllett. with consid erable zest entered into the details of Mr. Burke's eventful and rapacious career. "Then there's the 'Frisco Pet.' or the 'Pride or Golden Gate,' n3 some of the sporting papers call him." "The Frisco Pet!" Lord Ronsdale started; bis color slightly changed; his lashes drooped over bis cold eyes. "He is on board this vessel?" "Yea. You remember him. my lord, I dare say?" "In common with many others." shortly. "Why." asked Jocelyn. "did they call him such a funny name-tbo Frisco Pet?" "Because he's a Yankee bruiser. prizefighter, or was before the drink got him." explained Mr. Glllett. "Some ono brought him to London, found out nbout his 'talents' and put him in training. He was a low, Ignorant sailor could scarcely write his own name but be bad biceps and a thick head. Didn't know wben be was whipped. I can see biro yet ns ho used to look, with bis giant shoulders and his swagger, as he stepped Into the ring. There was no nonsense about hlra or bis flst could break a board with that. And bow tho shouts used to go up! The pet!' 'a quid on tho pet!' 'ten bob on the stars and stripes!' meaning tbo costume ho I wore. Oh. no was a favorite in cam- deu Tewn: But one night tie failed them met Bonio friends from tho fore- castlo of a Ynnkco trader that had dropped down tho Thames went Into the ring with a stagger added to tho swapger. Well, they took him out un conscious. Never was a man worso punished. Ho never got back to the feawdust. and tho sporting gentlemen lost tt bright nnd shining light." "Broke his heart. I suppose." observ ed Sir Charles Tho police agent proceeded. "After ! that it was a case of the rum and tho toss pots, and when ho was three sheets in tbo wind look out for squalls He got put lit quad, broko out and overpowered and nearly killed two guards. Took to various means of live lihood until they got him again. Trou ble in prison and transferred to tho solitary, with a little punishment thrown in for a reminder When he got out of limbo again bo lived in bad company In one of the tunnels near tbe Adelphl. Hard place for tho po lico to rout n cove from. lie made it quite Interesting for tho police quite interesting. Bo much so ho attracted me, and 1 concluded to take a hand." Mr, Glllett paused. Obviously In bis caso egotism allied to enthusiasm made his duties a pleasure. lie seem ed now briefly commending himself In his own mind. "Up to this time," he resumed, "our friend the ox-pugll-1st had never actually killed any one, but soon after 1 engaged myself to look after him word was brought to tho department that a poor woman bad Jeen murdered, a cheap music hall dancer. She bad seen better days, however." Lord Ronsdale. who had been look- nig nwny, ynwtiwl. ns if muling tno police agent "wordy." thou strolled to tho mil. "Suspicion pointed strongly In his llrootlon. nnd we got him after n Btniciile. It was n hard tight, with out n referee, and maybe wo used liltu ti Uttlo rough, but we had to. Then Dandy Joe was brought in. Joo's n plain, mean little gambler and raco track follower with courage not big enough for broad operations. But ho had n wide knowledge of what wo term the thieves' catacombs, and. well, he peached on the big fellow-gave testimony that was of great service to the prosecution. The case seemed clear enough. Thcro was somo sort of contrary evidence put In, but It didn't amount to anything. His record was ni-nttit him. nnd he cot n heavy sen tence, with death ns the ponolty if he j ever sets foot In England again." j Sir Charles assisted his Indy from i her chair. "Coming. Uonsdnle." "Relievo I won't go down." drawled tho nobleman at the rail. "Air better up here." he explained. Sir Charles laughed, got together tho other members of his party, nnd nil I followed Mr. Glllett to a narrow com- pnnlonway. There a strong I door I B"we -l"-,r l'""-. - .... .. key from his pocket, tlie police agent thrust it into a great pniuocK, gnvo it a turn nnd swung back tho barrier. Before them stretched a long aisle, at each end of which stood n soldier with a musket. On one side wero tho cells, small, heavily barred. Mr. Glllett peered Into tho cells at his charges with n keen, bright gazo tint had In It something of tho ani mal tnmcr's test for his part. "Well, how are we all today?" ho ob served in his most animated manner i to the guard. "All doing well?" "No. 0 complained of being ill, but I say it's only tbo dumps. No. 14 has been garrulous," "Garrulous, eh? Not a little flighty?" The guard nodded. Mr. Glllett whis pered a few Instructions nnd asked a number of other questious. Mennwhllo I tho child had paused before one of the cells and, fascinated, was gazing with- ( in. What was it that held her the pity of the spectacle, the terror of It? Her blue eyes continued to rest on , the convict, a young fellow of no more j than one-nnd-twenty of magnificent j proportions, but with face sodden and brutish. For his part ho looked at her open mouthed, with an expression of stupid surprise at tbo sight of the fig ure so daintily and slenderly fashion ed, at the tangles of bright golden hair that seemed to have imprisoned somo of tho sunshlno from above. "Well. I'm bio wed t" he muttered hoarsely. "Where'd you come from? Looks like ono o them bally Christ mas dolls bad dropped offen somo counter In Fleet street and got In here by mistake!" A mist sprang to tbo bluo eyes. She held her white, pretty lingers tight against ber breast. "It must be ter rible here." sho said faltcrlngly. The convict laughed harshly. "Hell!" be said laconically. The child trembled. "I'm sorry," she managed to say. The fierce dark eyes stared at her. "What for?' "Because you bavo to stay here." "Well. I'm" But this time bo ap parently found no ndequato adjective. "If this ain't the rummtest Christmas doll!" She put out her band. "Hero's some thing for you. poor man," sho said as steadily as she could. "It's my King George gold piece, date 1702. and be longed to my father, who wore it on his watch chain nnd who Is dead. Per haps they'll let you buy something with it." He looked at tbe band. "If she ain't stlckln' out ber duke to me tight through the burs! Blamed If she ain't! Looks like a Illy a bally white Illy." he reneated wondcrlnclv. "ono of them kind we wonst run acrost when the I cap turned up adrift on an Island Jest i to waller In green grass!" "Don't you want It?" said tho child. Ho extended a great, course hand hesitatingly, as If half minded to and half minded not to touch tbo white finger tips "You uln't afraid?" The golden heud shook ever so slight ly. Again the big band went toward tlio small otic then tiuddenly dropped, -Right this way. tn'Iord tn'ladyj" The face of the convict abruptly chang- ed. Fury, hatred, a blind instinct to ! kill, were unmistakably revealed in his countenance tin he beard the bland ' voice of the police agent From the I i child's hand the gold disk fell and rolled under tho wooden slab that served as a couch in tbo cell. 1 "Good heavens!" .Mr. Glllett seized tho girl's arm and abruptly drew her " MMy lcor Uttlo lady." ho said "really you don't know tho danger you tun. And near that cell of all of them!" "That cell'" observed Sir Charles. "Then that Is" "Tho convict 1 was telling you about tho 'Pet of Frisco,' tho 'I'rldo of Golden Gate." " (To Be Continued.) Medford, Oregen: This certifies that wo havo sold nail's Texas Won der for tho euro of all kidney, blad der and rheumatic troubles for ton years, and have never nau a com plaint. It gives quick and permanent clief. Sixty days' treatment in each bottle. Medford Pharmacy. tf NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. 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