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PAOTC FIVE
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The Secret of Mohawk Pond
By Natalie Sumner Lincoln
RYN0P8I8! Veto Tragedy con
front Peggy whtn learns
from Philander Chase that the
bulk of the estate lor which the
hat endured misery and faced
death and disgrace 1 ephemeral.
A million dollar e worth of secur
ities Herbert Prescott had placed
in a eaie deposit box it missing
and Chase corroborates Peoou'e
prowina belief that her uncle was
mad. Yew Lodge alone rem aim
end Chase urges her to come to
A'ew York to aid the search tor
the securities. The only clew is a
Up of paper found in the box, on
which was scrawled a Biblical
quotation. , - t
. , Chapter Is. :JI
THE LUCKY BAG.
ITHIN a few minutes Peggy
bad regained her aeK-contml
. It' and, tbankful no one had been pres
ent to witness ber breakdown, she
dried her eyes, dabbed on more
powder to cover the tear stains and
at back in ber cbair.
After all, she still bad much to
be thankful for, even It her uncle's
large fortune bad dwindled to Yew
Lodge, Its contents and Its sur
rounding property. Philander
Chase's comments on the furniture
and paintings had indicated that
tbe belongings within the house
I were of real and perhaps commer-
clal value. No, Instead of being
I unset. 8hA tlAft AVArv rpnann tn faol
elated. .
Peggy's spirits eoared high as tbe
Inevitable reaction set In; she was
of too buoyant and happy a tem
perament to remain long downcast.
Why should she worry?
Never before bad she owned any
thing more valuable than a dia
mond brooch and, as affairs stood.
It Uncle Herbert was found to have
been Insane, such property as be
had, would go to her father, and.
If tbe will stood, then sbe would
Inherit, provided sbe carried out
the stipulations therein.
She bent forward and consulted
the calendar on tbe desk but 13
days remained to tbe 17th ot June.
An unlucky . number perhaps!
Peggy's determination to remain at
Yew Lodge for that lengtb ot time
grew adamantine; nothing should
budge her; the detectives could
come to ber, and her exercise here
alter would be an bour's constitu
tional around tbe bouse, witb Julia
timing her.
She would leave no loophole for
the courts to award Yew Lodge to
Comm. Jamleson Sinclair sbe was
commencing to loatbe the man,
even bis name was growing obnox
ious. With her . arms resting on the
desk, Peggy did some figuring; 8h
bad just enough ready cash to meet
current expenses for the monthT
provided sbe Included the $20 gold
piece sbe had tound In the old
Bible two nights before.
Tbe goldpiece again brought to
mind the Bible and Its three under
scored passages. ' No need to look
at the pages again she could re
cite them blindfolded:
" 'Good news from a far coun
try,' " she repeated, aloud. " 'Fret
not thyself because of evil doers.'
'When thou bast found It, then
there shall be a reward, and thy
expectation shall not be cut off.' "
The disjointed phrases, when run
together Into sentences, made
sense. Peggy sat up. Was her too
vivid Imagination playing ber false,
was sbe attaching too much im
portance to this message "from a
far country"?
And, strange as It seemed, the
completed message, as she recited
it, seemed most appropriate to her
situation. Evil men, Edgar Stan
ton, for Instance, had "fretted" ber,
to put It mildly: her "expectation"
of a large inheritance had been
summarily "cut off" by the news
that ber uncle's negotiable secur
ities were missing.
But It those quotations applied to
her did not the passage, "When
thou bast found It, then there shall
be a reward," bold an even deeper
significance? Suppose it related to
the missing securities? Suppose
ber uncle himself had removed the
securities and brought them to Yew
Lodge and secreted tbem In some
secret hiding place?
Electrified by the thought, she
sp-ang to her feet. If Herbert
Prescott bad gone dait on religion,
what more likely than that he bad
used tbose passages to cloak the
biding Place ot his wealth? -
Sbe paused with her hand on tbe
two Bibles; sbe bad already gone
over them again and again and bad
found no more black arrows on the
margins ot any page.
Perhaps It she could locate the
missing pages from the big Bible,
there might be some Indication
TELEGRAPH GIFT ORDER!
F Taking ndvuntngo of the hew
Klft . . order liolim fi-Hturecl thin
yi-nr., the Medforrt offlca of the
Western Union" Ti-lPRraph om
ntiny In rushed ly jredfnnl people
sending- out orili'rs to friends and
sr-latlvrs. The orders can bo Kent
anywhere In the United States and
arc aroocl until used- or nmy be de
posited itt a bank until needed. A.
D. Collier, local manager, explain
rd todav. They are redeemable at
face value on Identification at any
Western Union office.
A telegram of bent Wlnhen for
Christmas la sent free of charge
with the gift order. The dlsplay
wlndows of the local office have
been tastily decorated for the
Christmas holidays and are at
tracting considerable atten 1 1 o n
from passers-hy.
Gold Hill. Old Rhoten mine lo
lled seven inllea- from thin, city
will be reopened.
J
some hint. She r.r.d Obadlo'j
Evans had found the oook In tbe
basement In the padlocked room;
why not, therefore. Investigate that
room more thoroughly? .'
Tbe thought appealed anil Pecey
searched in one of Hie smaller
drawers of tbe desk which she kept
locked; sbe bad placed tbe fey
there, carefully. marked. '. Locating
It with. several others, she went,
to get her electric torch., But at
tbe cellar stairs she' . hesitated:
Julia bad not returned and she was
alorfe In the bouse. For a inoiuent
doubt assailed her.1 then, with a
characteristic toss ot ber. head, .sbe
ran down the stairs.
Placing her torch where the light
would play directly on the door,
she thrust the key Into the pad
lock. It would not turp. Surprised,
she tried Inserting' It upside down,
but that did not work either.
Much perturbed she withdrew
the key and examined the tag at
tached to It "Bedroom door in
basement," so read ber wrltlnE.'
Had she been sucb a fool as to
attach tbe tag to tbe wrong key?
Swiftly she tried tbe other bouse
keys; none fitted.
Baffled, Peggy looked mors
closely at the padlock, and Its fresh
condition caught ber attention. Tbe
padlock, as she recalled it. had been
rusty; even the locksmith had
spoken ot it. Then bow came tills
new padlock on tbe door?
Peggy stood upright, thinking.
thinking yes, she had gone up
stairs leaving Obadlah Evans to
close and lock the bedroom door.
He might have given ber the wrong
key before leaving.
Sbe opened ber band and held
tbe long thin steel key under ber
torch; the marks made by the tile
ot the locksmith as be fitted It to
the padlock were plain upon It. No,
decidedly the key was the same
but tbe padlock; that bad been
changed. By whom?f Obadlah
Evans had had the opportunity, but
what motive, would have Inspired
him to thus bar her from tbe room?
Shaking a puzzled head, Peggy
moved slowly about the cellar, us
ing her flashlight on every object.
Perhaps she might find the right
key dropped by Obadlah: not real
izing his loss, he might have given
her one ot his farmers nse pad
locks far more frequently than city
dwellers.
Under- tbe windows toward the
pond side stood several boxes; the
upper one, a slat fruit box con
verted into a packing case, held
books, and through the slats Peggy
made out a larger volume lying
under six- or more paperback
novels. - Suppose it was anotber
Bible?
Spilling out the - novels, she
clutched the big volume and has
tened back to the living room, first
stopping to get a dustcloth out of
the pantry. Layers' ot dust cov
ered tbe book, and some of it, as
she used ber cloth with more vigor
than discretion, got up her nose
and in her eyes, half blinding ber.
Discarding the cloth she propped
the book on the desk and opened
Its pages only to burst out laugh
ing. Us highly glazed paper and
halt-tone Illustrations ot young
men In uniform were far removed
from the contents ot ancient copies
ot the Holy Bible.
Peggy turned to the leather
cover its ornamental gold letter
ing supplied the title The Lucky
Bag. She bad before her a copy
ot tbe class book issued yearly by
the graduating class of midshipmen
ot the Naval Academy at Annap
olis. Peggy had seen Us counterpart.
The Howitzer the West Pointers'
class book, often, but never before
bad she examined a copy ot The
Lucky Bag, and she spared a mo
ment to read a number of the bio
graphical sketches under tbe photo
graphs ot tbe middles.
Toward the back the book opened
naturally at a well-thuinblcd page
and she looked Into tbe eyes of a
handsome young midshipman top
captain, to Judge by the Insignia on
his uniform.
But Peggy had no eyes tor any
thing but tbe face younger by 15
years or more, the halt-tone was
an Indisputable likeness ot Jim
her Jim Obadiah Evan's Jim.
Peggy looked at the name cen
tered beneath the picture and ber
Jaw dropped Jamlesf.n Sinclair.
Unable to believe her senses she
continued to stare at tbe printed
page of The Lucky Bag.
(CovtirtgM, D. 4pp'e!oit Co.)
New liht Is thrown on h
murder of Edgar Stanton in to
morrow's Installment.
FORMER SARDINE CREEK
COUPLE PROUD PARENTS
HA UOIN1-: CllEKK,- ore., - Doe.
2i. (Hpl.) Announcements wore
received here last week of the birth
of an -eit:ht-pound Hirl, Florence
May, to Mr. Hml .Mr. Itobert Starrs
at Pacific rirove. Oil., Dm-emour
3rd. The parent nro both wtll
known here. Mr. Htftrnn being the
eldest grandson of Mrs. Kva New
ton, and Mrs. Htnrna wu former!
Florence Miller, daughter of Curtis
Mille.-. and both have many frlenJs
antl relatives here who Join In ex
tending congratulation!".
PR0V0LT SCHOOL TO
HAVE WEEK HOLIDAY
WILLIAMS CREEK. Ore., Dee.
20. (Hpl.) The I'rovolt srhool will
have a program and Christmas
tree at the Community hall.
The teacher. Mr. Edna Smith,
will leave for her home nt I'lne
vllle, Oregon for the Jiollday.
They will have nl one week's
mention. - - ,
GRUNDY TAKES
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Associated Press Photo
After three hours of harsh discussion over his right to a seat In
the United States senate. Joseph R, Grundy (right) of Pennsylvania
t advanced to the rostrum and took the oath of office. He is shown
with Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania before entering the
senate chamber. -:
Lincoln's Old Chair Brings $2400
Letter on Slavery Worth S7800
NEW YOKK, Dor. 1!0. &) Tht ,
old black walnut rocking chair in
which President Abraham Lincoln j
sat when he was shot by John i
Wilkes Uooth In Ford's theater,
Washinttfon, April 14, 18(5, wan
sold at auction last niht for $2.
400. The purchaser was I. Sack,
a dealer of New York -and Boston.
Worn and stained with the life-
blood of the CJreat ICmaneiimtor,
the red damask upholstered rocker j
was the property of Mrs. ntanchei
Chapman Kurd, descendant of John'
Ziegfeld Revue Is
Now at Craterian
ZicBfeld's "CItorifying the Amer
ican GliT' is now playing at the
Fox Craterian theater in all the
gorgeous splendor that ono would
expect from any production, stage j
or screen, bearing th& magic nam 3 ;
of Florenz Ziegfeld, , -...
Witn many of Its spectacle, scenes
reproduced in full colors , by . the ,
improved Technicolor process, with .
scores of stunningly beautiful girU
In tho singing and dancing ensem
bles, with lavish settings, with com
edy, drama- and -a, heart-gripping
story, this moving t panorama of
womanly pulchritude moves acros
the at I-talking silverscreen in a
continual parade of highly absorb
ing amusement.
In a special revue sro,ne a show
within tho big show audiences are
treated to the inimitable perform
ances of Kddio Cantor, who ap
pears in a hilarious skit: Helen
Morgan, who sings a typical blues
song; and Hudy Vallce, who croons
in the best Yallee manner, accom
panied by his band.
Buster and Tige
Radio Favorites
Since I luster flrnvvn and bis
iok. TIko, made their tppcarance
in the Itmwuhilt Fontlllcs program
several weeks ago, this clever pair
has won a vast audience.
Tige has a bark that Is almost
as expressive ns The human
tongue. It' expresses Joy. excite
ment, sorrow, fear.
According to the Hootery. local
Ituster Drown and lirownbilt re-,
tallers. Muster attempts to make a
hero of Tige by staging a supposed
burglary and then having Tige
recover the loots. Hut ho doesn't
plan well enough, and no instead
of Tige becoming a hero Ituster
gets "In bad," ns usual.
The nrnwnh.lt Foot II tM each
Friday evening bring, besides Ilus
ter nnd Tice, the highlights of
entertainment features from the
newest shows, and clever novelty
acts over KFHC, at tt p. m.
Timber .Sold.
POKTLANU Ore., Dee. 20. (P)
Timber holdings In Clatsop and
Tillamook counties have been sold
by the Hammond humbev com
pany to the Markham-(allw com
pany of , Aberdeen, Wash- The
transact Inn Involved mote than
$o00.0(M It was said. ;
Find Girl's Body
HOANOKK, Vn Dm-. 20. (P)
Tho lioily of Kiciln Holt, IS-ypnr-olil
HcliiMilKlrl, inlHsliiK for thn prist
week, wns round by ('loyd county
nfH-rrs Inst night hhidnn honptith
a"tllo of Iokh on I if Tit mountain, IX
miles south of Itnanoko. A hpavy
cord was drawn tlKhtly about her
throat. ... v
'
, PORTLAND, Or.. Due. SO. IP,
D. W. Dixon, arraigned today on
a charge of asHauhiiitf a govern
ment employe engaxed in protect
Inir the-iiatinnal forests, was fined
150 when fte jrfPaded nolo conten
dere. Kxtew lr-'EU TIiimv "
WASHINGTON. Icr. it.(P)
The holme toilny paaHed ' a' ft-nte
Mil to t unl 4I time (or the
coniitriirt.on of" a hrlli;e across the
Columbia river between Lonsrvlew.
Wih . nni JUlnter Ore., to Juno
l. i3'y ' - '--. -v"
Klamath Falls. Weyerhaeuser
company's mill, under construction
four miles west of here, will start
operations In January. 1Mn,
SEAT IN SENATE
T. Kord, owner of Kord'H theater.
Lincoln's famous letter of De
cember 30, IXiil, to the editor of
the New York Times, on the slav
ery question, was sold for $7,800
to Dr. A. S. W. llosenbuch of New
York and Philadelphia. The letter
was owned by Henry J. Kaymond.
Dr. ltosenhach also bid in an
original rouh draft of portions of
Washington Irvhm's Knickerbock
er's HIMory of New York for $4,
100, and Kdpar Alien Poe's letter
Klvirip; bis reasons for leaving Or,;
ham's Magazine, for $3,000.
Rialto Will Show
I 'The Bachelor Girl'
i
iTho love story or a modern eco
nomically Independent girl and a
handsome egotistical youth will be
told on tho screen of the Fox
Kialto theater tomowow with nou
anccs of direction and acting amid
attractive Beltings. It is "The
Ilachelor Girl," with Jacqueline
Logan and William Collier. Jr.. :n
the featured roles. Thelma Todd
nnd Kdwnrd Jlcarn ably interpret
minor roles. , ,
Tho dialogue has been reproduc
ed well and tho musical synchron
ization Ih charming and extremely
melodious. .
As an added attraction Saturday
the Itialto will show tho all-talking
Jungle mystery, "The King of
Che Kongo," and also the final
chapter of "Tho Ace of Scotlan 1
Yard."
Why Pedestrians Worry
ATLANTA (A3) Pedestrians here
at least know how much It Is going
to cost them If their joints stiffen
at the wrong moment. , A statisti
cian finds tbflt the average auto
accident victim here pays $175 for
anatomical repairs.
PITTSFIKLI). Mass. (UP
Talk about killing two birds with
one stone. Henry Hart, of New
Marlborough recently killed two
wildcats with a single, rifle hullel,
The calH worn fighting over a rab
bit whnn Hart fired from ambush.
WEAKNESS LEFT;
STRENGTH CAME
"I don't know what In the world
I would have done without Hargon
the way this medicine overcame
my troubles was simply remark
able, t
MUS. .(AMI'S A. nilOWX
"I h"meitearti-d r.9 mile north
of l-Mtilfinlon. Alberta. Cjiniidii, f.ir
a number of year, and I'll tell you
If hard work for n woman alone
in keep up and prove a claim of
ISO ncrcn, Mm hnlfeve thHt wiim
the berlnnltiK of my bad health.
For four years I suffered with
ittomar-h trouble. n nhlKgtnh liver
and conrtfpiition and I Whk so weak
and rundown I didn't know what
whw o;n to become of me. Th"n
I flirted Haraon. my weaknefn nave
wav to wonderful new strength anil
every trafp of indlKeatlon left me.
.Hnricon I'lll. overcame my consti
pation, Mtlmulftteii niy liver to
neallhv action, and I am so .tronit
and well I hardly know myself for
the mime person." Mrs. JameH A.
Hrown, It. F. I, No. X, Hentlle,
M-iKill DrilK t' Atci'llta.
1 U'Nl.'lJpTMI. m ? ""j
f - r tyi
Screen jfe
' fc "
Hollywood
Ity Itnhhlii Coons
HOLLYWOOD lludy Vallee.
that softly crooning favorite child
of fortune, really works for a liv
ing, believe it or
not.
He c o n s I dcrti
his Hollywood so
journ, to in a k e
his first talkie,
something like a
vacation, w bile
most of lirond
way's pets who
hie t h e m s elves
hither for thut
purpose arc ap
palled at first by
the rather strcn-j
mms exactions of
studio production
schedules. j
I tn t Ittidy has;
something worse,
to a n t 1 c 1 p ate
Kudy Yiilloo.
when he returns
east, after completing 'The Vaga
bond Lover." Here is a fair ap
proximation of his schedule then:
Hi is to play four show's n day1
at the Paramount, New York, with'
five on Sundays. After that he'
and the "Connecticut Yankees"
chasp over to a niuht club to play
more, giving the flappers who I
haven't the price of cover charge
a chance to listen In by the radio '
whtrh made Kudy famous.
The mornings (If any), they;
spend rehearsing, figuring out new
song arrangements, and ltudy him-hi-If
confers with music publishers
about new tunes. Once a week
they all traipse over to make
phonograph recordings. ln-be-tween-tlnios
Ittidy must take care
of mall and other personal and
business matters, with tho aid of
his secretary.
Fan mail from New York's flap-1
pers keeps mounting and Rudy. ,
who seemingly has a practical and 1
not badly turned head. In spite of i
all his popularity. Is reaping his
bay before the sun wanes.
Is Ho "Itoinnntlc?"
Valte, by tho way, presents a
peculiar paradox. He Is, In most
feminine minds among his fans,
romance personified. Yet he does
not look, the part, and knows hoi
doesn't.. Looking squarely In the I
camera, lie can novnr worry John
Gilbert. His profile is better, but!
even so Harry more need feel no j
alarm. Rudy will never look thej
part of a "romantlt! lover." Rudy1
he con f esses, won Id very m uch
like to look the part. !
What Vallee is Is a very cloaji-j
cut, confident young fellow, not j
unaware that, however It came to;
pass, he possesses great rharm fori
an, Important half1 of tho theater-1
going population, find determined
tq.cupttallze on that good fortune J
w tiJUQ, It lasts. ,
And oven tho most spiteful men
lictfeMboulH, whether they like
Kudy personally, have been heard
to admit that they enjoy his sing
ing; nnd the tinraui-ous Jazx of his
orchestra.
At Kamloni.
ljupe veic., now lucuuoi.inK
In Florida, is to play that Spanish
wife of tho blind Irish bard in j
"Jtlind Ruftery" , . . with Donald
Novis, one of radio's contributions
to the talkies, playing opposite . ,
FrlUl Rldcoway Is the- only wo
man in "Three Godfathers" . .
while Gary Cooper has no nwect
heart In "Medals.".
RKDMOND. J:-fferson county
wheat growers are rejoicing ov;
the rain because a number of fields
have hern seeded that could ".lot
hnvn iron because of the drouth.
666
Is a Prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Flue, Dengue,
Bilious Fever and Malaria.
It Is the most speedy remedy
known.
This ad
Good for 50t?
on each $5 Purchase
Shop at the Picture Shop
i "Southern Oregon's Best
227 W. 6th Near Post Office
Electrotherapy Cnlropractle
Dr. H. P. Coleman
Tenth Successful Year In Medford
Treatments by Appointment
Natural Methods Food Science
Medford Center Bldg. Phone 965
WE DEVELOP
Films Free
WEST SIDE PHARMACY
TOUR REXALIa STORE
Open Sundays and Iveninp
All the Tim.
Phone J7 for
FURNITURE REPAIRING j
UPHOLSTERING, REFINI8HINO
FRANK HOWARD ,
119 West Main 8tret
wtwmamm
TOMORROW
IS POSITIVELY
The Last Day
OF
Steward's -$25 Store
Closiag.
We Must Close Our
Doors Saturday Night
Just Look at These
Final Close Out Prices
Every piece of merchandise must go. So we have slashed
prices regardless of the original cost to us.
DRESSES
$3.95
This group includes' values up
In 18.!)"); all i'all and winter
styles and nialerials.
Another Group of Better
DRESSES
$7.95
2 for $10.00
Think of it Only $2.0.1 extra
and you get another dress, in
eludiny wool, silk and jersey.
HATS
Values to 12.9."). Your choice,
while thev last,
$1.00
A Beautiful Group of 50 Dresses d a qC
That formerly sold at Adricnnc's, up to 40.50. P I jL
including velvet ensembles, crepes and satins, Fall M A
and Winter styles. These are most unusual values. g for $25.00
Closing out price
Lingerie
Including dance seis,
teddies, slips, bloom-
ers. Values to 2.0.").
Closing out price
$1.50
Your .choice While
to 3.0."), going at
THESE BARGAINS WON'T LAST
COME EARLY TOMORROW
Values
Values
find a
want.
Hosiery
Wesleott Mode Model
Hosiery, 'parked in
V I.-
A wMo
,. of shades
$1.00
2 pairs $1.75
D pairs $2.50
- they last House dresses,
103 NORTH CENTRAL AVE.
7a
Out
COATS
$5.00
to $:5;.00:' Sizes 14 to 52"
to 25.00. You will surely
coat here that you will
A Beautiful Selection of
COATS
$14.95
Luxuriously fur-t rimmed, lined
and unlined and of the late fall
and winter materials. Values
1o 2!)..r0.
RAINCOATS
"While our lot lasts, going at
$3.95
Lingerie
And Night Gowns
Crepe de chine Ted-
dies, dance sets. Val-.
lies to 1.00
$2.50
values
$1.00