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FORTUNE
HUNTER
Novelized by
LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
From the (May of (lie
Same Name by
WINCIIELL SMITH
CwrlfM. 1910. by Wln.h.ll Smllh
nJ Leal Jipli Vine
(Continued fnnii hint Saturday.)
II" cmijiht hIkIk or hl hut nliruptlr,
citti(l tnlUliij;, Krnbltod Ihu littt and
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"iixnut iiomj ofl wiirns Atir. you oo
tHV Jammed It on hi head, tiuittvrlnjr. then
turtcd on n run for Itio door.
"Hut wIiiii'm the mutter?" deinnnded
Kellogg, ihuuderMtrm'U. "Mero! Hold
on! Where nro yon gulag?"
"To Iho only pliii'o I enn get tmj con
Notation. I'm going to church!"
('IMPTICIt XXII.
BUT nt Iho doomtvp of tho Meth
od! t churuli Nat heNlmted.
Tho building ivu dimly light
cd, for It wait choir pmcllco
nlKlit, nml the door wn njur, but he
couldn't brine hluntulf to cuter.
Having nud ranting with tho ex
travnguticu of youth, ho pasuml through
tho village, out Into tho open country,
nml, In tho -oure of nu hour mid n
half, buck, nil blindly, circling buck to
tho atore, In tho eourmt of till wander
ing, us limtlnctlvely iin n carrier pigeon
shapes Km ciiumo for homo.
It wan with Incredulity Hint ho found
himself ngnhi In that cheerful, cher
ished, homely plnce. Hut (hero ha wn
when ho cairte out of IiIh nbxtrnctlon
there In tliono fnmlllnr surrounding,
with Trucey'M round red face beaming
nt him over thu clear mnud llko n
lively counterfeit of the round red
moon ha hud watched lift up Into tho
iIcIcn, bnck thoro In (ho ntlll country
I'de, Juxt nu hcpniucd to turn bnck to
town.
Ho recollected lib faculties nml rc
HUtncil command of hlumelf Niitllcleiitly
to ackiiowletlKu Trncey'ii Kreetlnj: with
n moody word.
"All rlclit. 'J'nirey," he unld nbrupt
ly. "You limy uo now, I'll Mhut up the
toro."
Ho looketl nt hi watch nml wns ur
prUed to dlncover tlint It wns no Inter
than half pant H. lie Heeinod to linro
lived a llfctlmo lu tho hud few hours.
"Thnnk you. ulr," Mnld Trncoy. wth n
trush of Bratltude. "I'll bo clad to ut
off. AiikIo's wiiltluV
"AiikIo?"
"Qood ovcnlnir. Mr. Dancnn."
TJJK UltiltAtiT MJIU ribtilMU,
i
SllllllllllllHillllllllllllllllllllllllWiB
"Oh, Mhm Tullillll" Nil i discovered
Hint IKtlo roKU(, nil million mid dlm
IiIcn nml liliiHlii'd, not (IlKtiinl from hln
I'IImiw. "I didn't ou jou-l twii think.
lliu,"
"Ont'M wo know wlmt you wn
thliildii' nliout," olmoncd Trncey,
urtiikliiK IiIm lint round the counter.
"Kvorybody In town' tulltlu nbotit It."
"About wlmtr
"All, you know about wlmt, nnd
we're iiilphiy Kind of It, nnri we wnnt
to conttratuluti jou, don't wo. Ancle'"
"Oil, yen. Indeed. Mr. Duncan. It'n
ut too sweet for riuyihliiK."
"0 I-ordl" k roil ned Nnt.
"I'm iiwful clnd you done It when
foil did." pursued Trncey. oblivion to
Nnt In lilx own ecMnilc icmpi-r. "I
juicwi I wouldn't never 've got U) the
ipuuU to-to tell Ancle wlmt I did to
tilelit 'f It hadn't been wo wn tftlkln'
Ixiut your eURii:cuieiit to JonIo. Then,
loiueliow, It J lint seemed to but rlbt
out of me, like I couldn't hold It no
loimer. Didn't It. Angle?"
"Oh, Trncey, bow enn jou tnlk sol"
"Then you're ciigiiKcil, loo'" Nnt In
quired, routing hliiiNoir n III t lu nml
iiiilllnit feebly upon them.
"Yen, Kir."
"I'm chid to henr It. It'n Krent new.
Now, run nloiiL'. ImiIIi of you, mid don't
fore! you'll never bo ho happy nenln."
Willi whut ho thought nu expiring
"it'h tvnv too iivrmrr ron amvtiiiho "
flnsh of humor ho rnUel Ids hand
above their heads, "lilcss
rlilldreul" he snld solemnly.
you, my
Now, for
heiiveu s sake, bent It!"
Alone ho went to tho prescription
desk mid. upcului: ouo of tho drawers,
took out the firm's books. After that
for some nfieen minutes there wn
nothing to bo heard lu the store snve
Nat's brenthluu mid Hie scrolchlni of
tils pen ns ho figured out u trial bal
mice, I! rink footfalls disturbed htm. He
lulled nml muted out Into the store
to Hud Kcllopii thrre. miuti1 mid eusy,
us always, yet with that In his man
lier, perceptible perhaps ouly to a
friend of long staiidlm: like Nut, to oc
troy n mind fur from complacent.
"Oh. jcrn'rw hero!" ho cried, with n
distinct start of relief. "I've been look
in u' nil over for you."
"1 Just not In." Nnt brushed nsldo
explanations curtly, Intent upon his
purpose, "Harry. I've cot something
to say to you. I'm nut uolni; through
with thli ihliik'."
"Vou're tiolV
"No, ami thal's llmtl. I was just on
tho point of draw tut; you n check for
three hundri-d-thnt's nil my shuro of
tho protlts of this concern so fnr-nud
my note for the balance. I'll pay that
up ns noon ns I'm uble, mid I'll work
like n terrier until 1 do. Uut. ns for tho
rest of It, I'm through."
"Oh, you nreT KoIIock took n chnlr
and tliicd back, frowning crnvely.
"Uut what nlmut your uoril to mo'"
"There's iioiIiIdk to that." said Hun
cnu without heat. "The wordtof hon
or of n man who'd stoop to it nick ns
vile as 1 linvo doesn't iimount to n con
tinental shliiplnster. I'll nil her be dis
honored by breaking It tbmi by rulu
lug a woman's life."
"Very well. If you feel that wny
about It," Niild Kellogg ns coolly. "And
you may keep your check nud nolo; I
wouldn't lake them. You can pay mo
back when It's convenlent-l don't
euro when. Hut wlmt I want to know
Is what you mean to do,"
"I mean to do the only thlni; left to
do. I'm going to shut up lioro mid then
leo Lock wood ami Josle mid tell them
Iho wholo story."
"IIui!" Kellogg reflected, Ulutcal.
"You've cot ii pleaBiint little Job uheiul
or you."
"I don't euro nbout that 1 deserve
nil that's coming to mo, I owe Josle n
duty. Why, It's awful, Harry, to trick
a girl Into caring for you mid then to
-to"-
"llreak her heart " KcIIobb's tono
was sardonic.
"Tlint'n what I inennt."
"Don't flntter yourself, my boy. Jo.-do
Lockvood doesn't lovo you. 8ho Just
sot herHolf to win you because you're
Iho best chance she's Been," Kellogg
laughed quietly. "The Hystom would
have worked Just as well If uny ono
else had tried It."
"Do you think so-honestV" Nnt's
cngerncss to believe him was undls-
tilsed.
"I'm suro of It. ' The trouble Is that
peoplo will any you've thrown her ovot
-there Isn't uny one In Itndvlllo whs
liiiHii't heard the news by this 1 1 mo
uld that's going to make the girl feol
protty clump, but ouly for nwhllo,
Hlio'll get over It und solace herself
with the next best thing. And don't
forget you lose u fortune."
"No, I don't," Duncan disclaimed
"I uuvor had It, nud now I don't want
It."
"That's true enough," ICellogg nd
milled evenly, "And I hopo you'll ul
ways fool that way nlmut It; but, be
llovo mo, you'll Hud pljiuly of money
a grout help If you want to live a
liuppy life."
"Thoro nro botlor tilings than tnonoy
sPV s
In mnkn a mau hauuv. I'll puss uu tho I
money mid try for Iho olhers."
"That's true loo, Hut when did you
Hud Ii out'"
"Here-ihls Inst year. You know I
had everything my heart desired until
the governor cashed In, nnd I used to
think I was u pretty happy kid In
(hose days. Uut now I've learned that
you can bent thin kind of happiness
lo death. Hurry" Duncnn wns grow
ing almost sententious "the real way
to be happy Is to work nnd have your
work amount to something and nnd
to have some ono who believes in you
to work for."
"Is this n sermon, Nnt V"
"Cull It what you llko. It goes, Just
the sume. That's whut I've found out
this year."
cHArruit xxiii.
K
ni.l.OOO let his chnlr full for
ward nud rose. Imprisoning
Nnt's shoutdurs with two
heavy but kindly hands.
"And you're ilghtl" ho cried heartily.
"I'm glnd you hud tho bnckbouo to
back out, Nat. It was a low down
trick, mid I'm nshtuiicd of myself for
proposing It. I did It, I presume, sim
ply because I'm n schemer at heart
nnd 1 knew It would work. It did
work, but It's worked n liner wny than
I dreamed uf-lt's mndo u man of you,
Nut. und I'm mighty glad nud proud
of j oul"
Nut swayed with nmiuemeiiL
"What's churged you all of a sud
den)'' ho demanded blankly,
Heleaslng him, Kellogg resumed his
seal, laughing. "Well, n number of
things. Among others, I've tallied with
0 nihil in. mid I've met his daughter."
"Oh h!"
"And that romlnds mo" Kellogg
changed Iho subject briskly "I under
stood from jou that U nihil in wus sola
owner of Hint patent burner."
"Ho ho Is"
"lie sttys not. I hnd n pioposltlon In
mate him from Iho Mutual people, mid
he referred mo to you. saying Hint you
controlled the mutter."
"I ve not the slightest Interest lu It."
Nat protested.
"I know you hnven'l. but Crnhnm In
sisted you owned tho whole thing. 1
pressed him for nu explanation, nnd
he finally furnished one In his ram
bling, Incousoquciit, Hue old way. He
admitted thut there wasn't nny sort
of existing contract or agreement of
any kind, even oral, between you, but
Just tho same you'd been so good to
him nnd his girl that he'd made up his
mind some time ngo. I gother-to
make you n present of tho burner, but
naturally ho forgot to tell you about
an Insignificant detail llko that."
"Of course that's uousenso. I
wouldn't nud shan't ucccpt."
"Of course you won't. I did you
the honor to discount that. Hut ho
wouldn't any a word nbout the offer,
yes or no-Just left It nil up to you.
lie snys you're a business man nnd
that bo's often thought what a help
you must hn.e been to mo beforo you
loft New York."
Nut laughed outright "Can you bcut
that Uut whnt Is the ofTorV
"I'm thousand ensh nnd 10.000
shiirvs of preferred stock-1100 par."
"What's that worth."
"At the market rate when I left town
S." ICellogg waited n moment "Well,
what do yon say?"
"Nay? (Inuit Cnccir'a ghost! What
Is there to say? Wire 'eui nu accept
ance before they get their second wind.
You don't know how good this makes
uio feci, Hurry. 1 can't thank you
"SO WH'YE FOOND TOU, Kll?"
enough for what you'vo done. Tuls'll
squnro mo with arahnm to noma or
tout, nud I cuu clour out"
"No, you can't, Mr. Smurtyl You
uiu't boon cute enough."
Uoth meu, startled by the luterrup
Von, wheeled round to discover ltoluud
Hnriiotte duucliig with oxcltcmout In
the doorwuy, the while ho beckoned
frantically to nu luvlulble party with
out, "Como oul" ho snouted. "Here
ho Isl"
"Whut'H eating you, Holy Poly J" In
quired Nat, too hnppy for tho money
to cherish uulmoylty ovoti toward hU
ono time rival.
"You'll ll nd out loon enough," snarl
ed Uoliiud. "Mr. I.oyk wood's got some
thing to Hity to you, 1 guuau,"
Aud on thu heels of this anuouncft
nicut Look wood strode Into tho stow,
Jolo clinging to his arm, Peto Willing
a trltlo moro untidy drunk than he
hud boon some hours previousbring
ing up tho rear.
"So' Huitrled Ullnky, halting and
traiwtlxtng Nut with tho Btaro of his
sold bluo oyos "so wo'vo found you,
eu" ,
i'OUT I dldu't know I was lost,"
Vy '
sbbIbHHi
"No iiiMiseiiHi', young mini. I uiu't
in tliu humor for foolm " Hlinkv wni
onmicstlouably In no sort of humor
nt ull beyond nu evil one. "I com
hero to huve n word with you."
"Well, slrr Nofa tone nnd attitude
were perfectly pacific,
"Ah, there nln't uo ue bcnlln' round
(ho bush. You're Iwtnved yourself
ever since you come to Itsdrlllo and
Inslnoonted yourself Into our confi
dence, 'splto of the fact that nobody
In town knows who you were before
you came. Hut now Itoland's laid n
chnrge agio you, nnd I wsut to know
the rights to It"
"Well." Ilolnnd Inferposcd cocklly,
"I nccused him of It toulght, and ho
didn't deny It."
"WluitV more," Lockwood continued,
with rising color, "Itoland says ho can
prove It"
"Prove whntr Nat Insisted. "Get
down to facts, cpn't jou 7"
"That you're n thief, with n reward
out for you." said Itoland. "You'ro
that Mortimer Henry what absconded
from tho I.ougacre National bank In
Noo York."
There fell n brief pauie. Nat bowed
his head and tupgrd st Lis mustache,
his shoulders slinking with emotion va
riously construed by tliunc who watch
ed him, I'ri'-fiitly he looked up again,
Uta fentun-s i-ruvrjy omiied.
(To Bo Continued.)
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT j
(From the New York .Journal.) I
4 1
The great number of Atnerirniift
thut hud the pleasure of mooting
(Jiivrriior Went of Oregon during his
recent trip throughout the country
with the other governor- of the norlli
wcm were imprexhej by him itx u until
modern in thought, kind in heart nud
Hlinriiig in truly mlvmieed good idea.
Of tlinr-o that met him not one will
he surprixcd to' learn (lint he Iiiih
taken a linn stnud ngnm-i that fonn
of murder, imHional und gcucnil,
but murder none the lesx, which -
culled capital punishment.
The Hlato of Oregon, setting an ex
cellent example lo the rct of tho
country, will vole this year iiX)ii the
abolition of capital punishment.
And (lovernor WeM, expressing the
bt-st Hciitiment of the hest men in hix
Htate, nets without delay, and an
nounces that excrc'mipg his ower as
governor lie will jiennit no official
killings between thin date mid next
December, when the people will have
decided tho iiestion by their ballots.
It Ib unfortunate thut there should
he any man bitter, revengeful nud
primitive mid savuge enough to be
lieve that the murder by the govern
ment of men that lmvaoomitiitted mur
der cull be called now necesnry, use
ful or excusable.
We all know Hie great power of ex
ample. Tlio father that would eurehis hoy
of lying must not He in the hearing of
that child.
The fntlier tlint would discourage
brutality and vice in his children must
not himself be brutal nud vicious or
hope to excuso himself on the ground
that hiH authority permits that which
in forbidden to childhood.
And the slate that docn not wish
its citizens to commit murder in anger
for revenge or on any pretext must
not itself he guilty on any pretext of
committing nu official murder.
Capital punishment is bnttnl, de
grading1; it encourages murder and
doei not discourage it.
Ignorant criminnlity must often sny
lo itself, "If tho highest power in the
laud, the government, thinks it right
to kill, why should 1 not think it
right f"
There was a duv when witnesses
'were tortured brutally in every so
cnlled civilized country of tho world
to iniiku them tell the truth even
wholly they were accued of no crime.
This wns the rule everywhere only
a little more than 100 years ago. Men,
ordinarily Immune und wise, said: "If
you ubolis.lt torture of wituess.es you
will no longer got truth and justice
will suffer."
Hut torture of witnesses was abol
Revival
AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
lvev. Parsons will, conduct tho following meetings
on Friday:
'Address to business men at the Nash Grill 12:15 p. in.
Business men aro urged to bo present.'
Noonday mooting at Meokor's, 1 p. m.
Address to school children, from 12 to 20 years of
ago, 3:30 p. m., at tho church.
Evoning services 7:30 p. m.
Subjoot for tenight:
"The Bettor Righteousness."
ished liy Hie Vrcncli revolution.
It was the ruin in r'tiglund only a
little mom than 100 years ago to Iiiiiik
a human Id'ing guilty of slenlini; an
article worth a few shillings. Arid in
iiiio pathetic case a kind hearted man
committed perjury and swore Hint the
property stolen from hirn was worth
less than the sum that involved capi
tal punishment in order to save a
mere boy from death.
It was said that if the petty thief
were no longer hanged, if property
worth a few shilling were not pro
tected by the public hangman, thiev
ing would be universal and properly
insecure.
Hut Kuglmid mid the other coun
tries that called thcmseve civilized
reused punishing the petty thief with
the death penalty. And there is le-f
stealing now than there was then, and
property is more secure than it used
to be.
Men that menu well will tell you
that if you stop punishing murder
with murder, if you cense to do to the
murderer what hi has done to his
victim, you will make life insecure and
murder more frequent. Hut that ii
not so.
Murder, thieving nnd every other
feature of degraded human life dc
(X'lid not upon nuvagc Jaws, hut upon
intelligent, conscientious national
character accompanying benevolent
government.
There is no ciipitul pitniwhinent in
Switzerland under any circiiuistnnces
And in America, in irosirtiou to the
population, we have at least 10 times
as many murders as they have in
.Switzerland, where there i no guillo
tine, no elect tie chair and no hang
man's noose.
A witty Frenchman defended capi
tal punishment bv wiving: "If the
murderers don't want capital punish
merit let them give it up themselves.
Let them stop killinc." His exact
TUSCAN SPRINGS
Having no equal on earth in variety of
mineral waters and curing diseases
that medlclnea will not reach. If you
aro In need of health, come now. We
nro open all tho year and can give the
best or caro and attention now as well
as in summer. Stage daily from Red
Dlutf to the springs. Further par
ticulars address
E. B. WALBRIDGE
TUSCAN SPIIIXC8. OAL.
Dr. E. Kirchgessner
Practice limited to chonic diseases,
HOTEL HOLLAND
Wednesdays.
Hours, 10 to 3.
"Over Your Eyes"
You aro nuturnlly concorned, espe
cially If they begin to show signs of
weakness. Do not delay, but come
at onco and hnvo them examined. I
have tho confidence of nil my pa
trons, for they nro satisfied with my
work and with my charges for same.
Dr, Rickert
Over Keiitner's
Mcdfortl, Ore.
Services
THE
words were, "Que niessietirH Ium as
sassins nommenecnt." That wns
witty but inaccurate. It is for the
govomiont, for the heart and the
conscience of the people, to set a good
example. Only the stupid would sug
gest that the good example eorrics
from the murderer.
Hot Antiseptic Oil Treatment
which has proven to bo of groat benefit in
obstinate casoH of Dandruff, Eczema and
Hair Loss, is given at the
Marinello Shop
Cora 75. Utley, Graduate Operator
407 Garhett-Corey Bldg.
Main G751 Home 343-K
How to Make a Dollar Earn
25 Per Cent Per Annum
All the Heating Stoves in our store will be cut 25
per rent in order not to vavvy them over. We have
not changed the price to cut it but the prices that
they have sold at all the winter will be cut 25 per
cent. We have a nice line of Cut Glass and Chafing
Dishes. The same cut will apply. We have selected
quite a variety of articles from our stock and have
cut them to cost, and you stand a good chance to" get
some useful articles at a very low price. Call and
see us at the big store.
Corner West Main and Grape St.
Garnett-Corey Hardware Co.
Rex Spray Companies
Special Attention to Users of
Lime and Sulphur Spray
Notices have been sent out broadcast by a competitive firm,
claiming a spray of 15 per cent, nearly one-sixth stronger than
any other spray nnd recommending such spray to be more diluted
than 1 to 11 because stronger than REX.
The following is nn easy test by which nny grower can ascer
tain for himself as to whether such representations are correct or
not.
The spray sent out by The Rex Companies will weigh 10.9
pounds per gallon. When diluted 1 to 11 the mixture will weigh
8.56 pounds per gallon.
Any spray represented as being stronger which will not meet
the above requirements is sold under false representations, and
tho person so offering same is subject to prosecution by the Stato
nnd Federal authorities.
REX LLME & SULPHUR SOLUTION is guaranteed at abovo
strength. If made uny stronger thoro is dnnger of crystallization,
especially if tho spray is left out in cold weather.
REX is just what it represents itself to be, and Bhould bo
used according to directions to get best results.
REX SPRAYS are made in all parts of the United Slates and
Canada. We hnvo had years of experience und know whereof we .
speak. For cash or time terms, see
Producers Fruit Company
Distributing Agents for Oregon. Also for Bolton Ileaters.
See California Now
See its attractive seaside resorts, famous hotels and
resorts, magnificent scenery, delightful climate. Outdoor
sports of all kinds and pleasant drives through miles of
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tf
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Unexcelled dining car service courteous umi attentive employes
Call on aur nearest S. P. agent for interesting literature Ucucrtblng tho
various resorts, or wrlto to
JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, PORTLAND, OKKGON
A mother's kindness tenches chil
dren to ho kind. Government decency
and kindness will set n higher fitand
nrd even among the lowest.
Capital punishment should ho nliol-
Lished.
Oregon and Governor West are to
he congratulated,
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