PAGE EIGHT
Sunder at
SYNOPSIS! Alible are lit In a
ehutlered u vulli. cunffnua -i
liuQQeii hunt tor cteive fa tlit mir
der ot Dim Hnradoa and 'II. Itlrrii
tnan, ttrntnuer, Sliaa lahrtta,
hontekeeynr in the I'arudoa tatinul
home, tella ot flurflno Cttitide lit
neraleu in lia oaf ot tootino Pnrri
rfo' ehortlu alter hie murder.
tuneralej deiile. tis murder,
though he admits takino vntirrt
from the tale Ho had a yim
iltntlar to oho found bu Annlole
Fiinue. titrated French detective.
Hnmueta devutu attorney, thtnka
Anneralev unlltv and ordere that
he be locked up. Annetalejt telle
Fltijne that the vorlor window tana
open immediately alter Parados
tune ahot. The detective, tolto hna
flame and theoriea ot hia own, aalia
that tact ia ot utmoat alonllcance.
Chapter 28
THE LITTLE GREEN STONE
I ET us consider our principal
clews," Fllque continued.
. "We uad first what were they?
The Indiscretion ot Mile. Brent, a
price ticket In the dead liana ot
monsieur, a rose petal, two roses,
the blackness poor Grainger trod
Into the carpet, the broken com'
pnrttuent In that safe, and tlio
liroon bird that Is broken In two.
But do I enthuse? Not su. And
why, you ask? Because tbey were
not of the living tissue, all those.
Did I not tell you?"
"Not even that price ticket?" I
demanded, "Millionaires aren't
shot with 35-cent price tags In their
hands every day,"
"Ah, that! A curious affair, mats
out. but not ot the living tissue. J
cannot tell you why. A secondary
matter, perhaps. : We shall see.
And then poor Grainger Is killed
and whut have we?"
Kllqne's volco took a higher,
vibrant pitch. "Is It not then that
we behold the living tissue and
Anultilu Kllqne is enthused? Grain
ger Is shot In front ot Hie llrcplace
us he lights tlio tire, au einpt shell
lies on the Moor, the telephene Is
upset, a trllle ot steel shaving Is
found In Grulnger's pocket, the
patio window ia open, and mon
sleur, this is ot the prime Impor
tance! '
"Tht window was onen when
M.' Annersley entered the rucm on
Friday night! Did he not assure
us that It wus he who closed It?
"There, my friend," and Fllque
sproad his hands engagingly, "It is
nu open book, You have but to
turn the pages. Yon will not tell
mo you cannot read what Is writ
ton?" "o 3alafre and Bee are out
then?" 1 asked, Ignoring his chal
lenge. "I did not say so, M. t'Antlqu
aire."
"But they have no alibis to
break!" I exclaimed, exasperated
"'Moreover, both affdlrB Imply a
familiarity with the house and the
movements of those In It which le
Ha In f re and Dec could hot have
had."
"O'est vrn." Fllque chuckled,
"yet I Insist that those little ones
havo their place In this urn
tragic mosaic." i
"Those advertisements ' In - the
Marseilles newspapers are algnlU
cant, then?"
"Immeubcly so."
"And If they are, Dan Parados
was Jules l.acnte, the man who be
trayed Dec and le Unlnfro!" I con
tinued. "Ah!" Fllque exclaimed, beum
lug "That I do not know. Ann
tola Fllque is' the principal agenl
of In NHfTli'," the little mnn re
minded me seriously, "but he is
. not Infallible."
Fortunately Manning appeared at
that moment, a duster In ber hand.
"Let us leave tlio gnml Manning
In her dutlos," Fllque suggested.
As we stepped onto the terrace.
Fllque glanced at the outside stair
Unit lod up the wost aldo of the
east wing to the Hat root above the
sun room. ,
"So charming are these Calltor
nlan um adaptations of our old
world architecture." Fllque re
marked, picking his words with
tare, "Consider that llttlo' tair
Ho encliantlngly placed and so ad-
mlnib'y useless I shall wager you
a cigar that It Is never used. Oh,
my good Manning," and Flliiua
lapprd on one" wludow of the sun
room.
The girl came running.
"Thnt stair there, mo fillc,"
Fllque snld. "Is It over used?"
"Hardly ever, sir," Manning as
sured us., "It's Just another pile
of stups to keep swept"
' "But that, my little one Is It
not a' labor ot love? Could It be
otherwise In this templo of
beauty 7"
"Oh. go on, Mr. Fllque," and
Mumilng giggled behind her duster.
"I'm not anybody's 'little one.' '
Then setlously: "And It's no tomple
nf beauty, sir inside, anyhow. It's
a wicked bouse and 1 don't euro
who hears mo say so."
"The virtue of mademoiselle re
deems It," Fllque snld, bowing
solemnly. ' "It Imrlcuca mo, thai
little stair. Whose chamber do
see at the ton of It?"
"Mrs. Parados'." Manning snld.
RALKM, Or., Juno 2. D Tho
Orrgon Osteopnthtr nwoclrt 1 1 o
'will bcffln Un nnmml convpiillon
here today. U Ih pKthmtted thnt 40
fletPKnton will nttcnrl. Hpcjirtors nf
nolo wilt be Dm. 13. V. Jlliuluy,
Ufn Mot non; K, (J. Itirnhn, l,im An
pplon; L. H. OprdtiiP, Loh AhkcIoj.
An rclupfltlnnnl motion ptrturo will
he Mi own tonluht, Election of nf-
6
'CHARlEfkl
BOOTH
"Ah! Ana tiler Is a door. It
opens into madume's chamber?"
"Well, not exactly," Maiming re
plied. "You see, there's u bedroom
and a bathroom and a you know, a
little hall, in between."
"And the root door I seo up
there opens Into the little hall is
that It?"
"Yes. sir."
Fllque beamed. "It Is clear that
mademoiselle Is a woman of intelli
gence."
"1 try to make the best of the
talents that were given to me, sir,"
Manning said.
"Who could doubt It?" Fllquo In
quired, and 1 wondered what his
game was. "And now, mademo-
sellle.' be continued, "you will re
member that monsieur was killed
between half-past six and seven on
Friday evening?"
Indeed I do, Mr. Fllque."
Aril you were with madamo
every moment of that tragic halt
hour, yes?"
"I was, sir, 1 told Mr. Samuels,
too."
"Mais out. That Is to say, you
were with madame ovory moment
of that half hour except, of course.
for the was It ten minutes? In
which she bathed?"
"Of course, sir." and Manning
simpered. "Mistress bathes her
self, sir"
To be sure," Fllquo chuckled.
"And when she had prepared her
self for tlio bath and slipped on her
green robe "
"Her blue robe, sir. Her robln's-
egg blue "
Imbecile that 1 am!" Fllque
cried vehemently. "Her - robin's-
egg blue, to bo sure! And then she
went Into tho hall that opens into
the bathroom, shutting the bedromn
door behind her, while yon. my
little one,' plied your twinkling
needle "
"Why, yes, I did. sir. Mlslrers
being economical and all thai, J
was letting out onu of her gowns."
Fllquo bowed acquiescently. "Hut
madame went into tho little hall,
shutting the door behind her ?"
"Oh, yea, Mr. Fllque."
"And perhaps she bad one hand
thrust deep into i pocket of her
robln's-egg blue gown? No? I am
wrong?"
"Oil. but she had. sir!" Manning
burst forth excitedly. "She seemed
to be holding something tight null
I wnnilorod what It was."
"Mademoiselle would, being a
woman of Intelligence," Fllque mur
mured gravely. "But madamo wns
um nervous, perhaps?"
"Yes. she was." Manning cried,
glowing. "All upset. But I didn't
think much ot It, for Mr. Parados
never treated her properly. But
she needn't have snapped at mo
the way she did whou I showed her
that little stone 1 found on the
carpet."
"A llttlo green stono?"
"That's all It was. sir." Manning
continued wnrnily. "1 Bhowcd It to
her and she knocked It out or my
hand. 1 thought she wns going to
slop my face. Keally I did. sir."
Mndomolselle has hen problem.
But who has not, 1 ask you?" Fllquo
laughed.
That's right, sir," Manning
sighed piously. "We ull have our
crosses.
"Mademoiselle has tho philoso
phy, also," Fllque boamed, nntl bo
chucked Manning under tho chin.
"But this little green stone you
have It, ottit"
"No, sir, I haven't. When 1
looked tor It, It was gone. Mistress
must havo plckotl It up."
Fllque shrugged. "A nothing,"
he murmured casually. "It. hap
pened, this, after madame had
bathed?" '
"Yes, sir. You always guess
right, Mr, Fllque."
"Madomolscllo tempts me to try
again." Fllque snld. bowing. "Toll
mo, when madame mtered her
bathroom you hoard um water
running?"
"Yes, I did." and Manning nod
ded vehomcntly. "For maybe four
or five minutes it was. too. It sur
prised me tor I'd always prided my
self on having mistress's bnth Just
right. Maybe that's whnt made ner
so touchy." Manning's face at this
became troubled nnd she began to
pluck nt her apron. "I don't know
why you are asking mo all tlipio
questions, Mr. Fllque. J do hnio
I'm not saying anything I
shouldn't."
.".Yon, lion," Fllquo protest pd,
spreading his plump hands engag
ingly. "Mnilcmolsollo is a Jewel nf
discration. Thosu questions pun.'
What are they but to settle a point
with M. I'Antlqunlrc? It is done.
Madei..olsolle may return to her
duties."
Honssurcd, Manning departed,
and Fllquo regarded mo with n
twinkle.
"Well, my friend?"
"Fllquo," I snld, "you havo
broken two moro alibis."
tCuflrfpltl. n.lil, IflHIiiM Morrow
dud Company!
And now It's Mrs. Pjrsdoit FHmn
uncovers more "turprlts evidence"
tomorrow.
j fh-ei-H will be helit lemerrow lilllt
uftt-r a liiunillet.
klamathTad killed
! when hit ry auto
I KLAMATH FAM.H. Ore. .Ttinn l
j Willie Kolitn. dtrd hen
' Sundity on the rcwult of IipIiik
Nlrttck 1-0 no atitoinohllp driven hy
W. I), i'lifpr, font met or. An In
init won ordprpd. The loy" denih
wo thp oreond from nuto injuries
In thp fouitty t ti l ypfir.
t'fii'rret thiM wenienep: "Ivppp I'le
rroonlnu: tenor en the r.-tdlo,"
the hiifl.aii.l, " IlKe hlin, '."
MEDFORD MAIL
(3
j
The current entertainment hi 1 1
which opened at the Fox Itialto
j theater yent'rrtay to run until
Wednesday In strong with mirth.
. tinipi iinB the talking comedy
'feature, "Oilmen Ahoy," miirrinK ,
.(Ilenn Tryon. a abort and equa'ly !
' mirth -provokini,' short comedy i
wfiu .sneezing powder eifeci. hoc-
j lit) Sinners," and an intei PHtfnu t
news review. i rie inter i nn-
only serious tiling on the hill.
! "Dm mt'H A hoy" is a navy off-
I shore picture huilt around the fun1
1 arousing anilities of Vyun, OUs. . nn.imw.
Harlan and Kd lie tirlhlMin, three Temperature a year ago today:
j well known film romedlnn. as a! Highest 70; lowest -3.
j trio of sailor chums seeking '-!Hunset tf"day7"77To p. n "
iind an unknown Id nde wl'hj nunrse Tuesday 4:37 a. m.
; ! raw-berry hirth mark near onej Sunset Tuesday 7:41 p. m.
in ner K nees, wnitin one oi inein
(Harlan i, 3u yei.rs veteran of the
navy. In an Intemperate moment
murrleil on a previou.s off-Hhorc
leave, to get a marriage release
to save half of his pay. Jle does
not even remember tlio marriage
In fact all he recollects Is thnt
she was a blonde between Iin and
3.1 years Old and had the strawber
ry mark.
This non -sensible plot and the
amusing com plications Unit ensue
when the trio begin their fiearch
for the unknown dame furnishes
many snickers and giggleH through
out, interspersed with several Joud
guffaws of merriment. The young
er Tryon looks the part of a navy
gob all right, but the rotund, flat
footed Harlan really could have
been more appropriately cast as
one who fought with ('ommodm'e
Perry at the battle of Lake ICrie,
and the huYly, hut not quite so
old, (Irlbbon, as one of the crcv !
of the Monitor or Merrimac of
the Civil war.
lint Hie story anil cast Ih any
thing for litflu entertainment and
the three gobs prove a very com
ical combination.
The story opens with some snort
;en and on hoard battleship srencn,
with the Hullors making whoopee
In their private (inarters, according
to the moving picture director's
ideas. Such a director invariably
has a fondness for depicting gobs
always singing, dancing and mak
ing wise cracks.
However, most of the fun takes
place at a summer amusement re
sort ' (Venice), and one of the
chief comedy features is Tryon
method of exposing feminine knees
while the trio is seeking the un
known dame with the mark, by
raising skirts with the hook of
,1
his cane when engaging suspects
in apparent earnest eon versa thin.
The right blonde is finally found,
w h o a g rees to ftl vo u p her sa i in r
husband for $.100. Hebn Wright
plays opposite Tryon, and Clertrude
Aslor Is the, dame with the birth
mark. 11. A. K.
WILL BE HELD JUNE 10
OKNTItAL POINTY Ore., June 2.
Special) A pre-school rllhtc
will lie held at the health center
In Central Point on Tuewlay after
noon, June 10. All mothers hav
ing children thai will enter school
for t h o H rst time this fail, a re
urged to bring them to this clinic.
Dr. Wilson wll be in charge. Ap
pointments may be made by reg-i-M.-rhiir
nt Stone's Drug Store.
i O nil
TRIBUNE,. MEDFORD,
Meteorological Report
Juno li.- lD.tu .
Medfi
'ami Tu
' peratur
Mlfunl and vkrinHy: Tonluht
Tuesday air; moderate tern-
ature.
Oregon: Fair tonight and TueH-
day except unsettled northwest
portion, prohahly nhowern on north
c(iant; moderate temperature.
Local Data.
IP
Temperature (deKieew) 57
jiiKhe.sl , Nt ia hourx) 66
Lowest laxt 12 noun) 47
jt).i.. humidity (per ct.) U3
'recipiiatlon ( inchetO .. .()
state of weiither Lt. Knin Cldy.
Lowest temperature this,
lug 4'f decrees.
I Total precipitation since Keptem-
Observations Taken at 5 A. M.
120th Meridian Time
2h is
2 ? i 3
CITY.
linker t'ity 5K 4U- Cloudy
HIiiTnillik 116 62 Clear
BiiIko lill 4(1 Cloudy
Denver 7(1 50 P. Cdy.
Den .MoinoH KO (14 P. Cdy.
I-Vesno 78 fid clear
Helena 0 4(1 Clear
I.oh AiiKelen 72 f( Cloudy
.MnrKhfielil (Hi 4(1 Clnuily
Phoenix 100 02 Clem-
Pnrtlnnd 0(1 48 Cloudy
lied Jiluff 80 liS . Clear
Koseburs (12 40 Clear
Salt Lnko 70 52 P. Cdy.
Sun FranelHco... 0(1 50 Clear
Simla I'e 08 4(1 P. Cdy.
Seattle 0 2 4(1 Ruin
Spokane 04 48 Cloudy
Wllllu Wnlla. 48 Cluudy
Winnipeg 54 Cloudy
sanla
W. .7. HUTCHISON, Meteorologist.
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roasted
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AT A
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A FEW POUNDS' at a time is
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Fresh from the original vacuum
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COFFEE
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PARTICULAR BUILDERS ALWAYS
"Beaver
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o
Sold in Medford by Medford Concrete Construction Co., Porter Lumber Co., Roeue River I r c. j
ard Roofing & Building Supply Co., Wallace Woods Lumber Co., Big PinesLumber Medford Lvmhlrto.
OR EG ON, MONDAY,
M ED FORD STUDENTS A
OREGON STATE ' ATTAIN
! OREGON' STATE COLLEGE,
i Corvalliu, (Spl.) Two Medford
istudentH are among the 38 Oregon
i State college graduates who have j
' been named to receive their degrees !
'at the sixty-first annual commence-!
I ment here with high honors. They
are Ralph J. Bailey, commerce, and
.MIrs Mollis E. Swindle, vocational
education.
Senior honors are conferred by
the administrative council on the
Mghest ranking members of the
I graduating class, the requirement
oeniK inui muse receiving cms rec
ognition shall have maintained a
scholastic arverage of 91) per cent :
or above. Not more than 10 peri
cent of the graduates of any school I
nre eligible for this honor. This is j
tbe highest scholastic honor that
can be attained at Oregon State j
college. j
llalley had an average of 2.35 j
and Miss Swingle had an average!
of 2.25. A throe-point averaga is
tbe perfect score for four years.
Correct this sentence: ".Vow that
I'm rich,'.' said he.. "I still hate the
people I. used to envy."
City Treasurer's Notice
Notice of Consolidated Improvement Assessment
tCOTfCK IS HEREBY (ifVEN, Hint the Komi-iunmal- instnll
incnt if ono-lwi'iiticlli of iiriiifiniil nnd interest on imviii!!, sower
laiiil wiilci-imiin iiSKCssnicnls upon
cntion wns nui(l( on July 1, 1918, to extend tho time ol paynu'ii!
will he due mid piiyahlo nt tho, oli'ieo of tlio City Tronsuroi- .Inno
1, l!):i(), mid if mil pnid on or before July 1, 1 !):), will hoooino
doliiKjuonl nnd pcnnlty of live (5) per cent will bo nddod.
Thirty (HO) days al'tcr such doliiiiiioncy the pro orty will bo
advertised and sold for tho amount of such deliuiiiouoy lojMher
with penalties and costs of such sale, in accordance with Sect ion
14S of I ho City Charter-.
; Dated at Medford, Orofrou, this :11st (lay of May. l!):tll. '
H. J. BER R FAX,'
Treasurer of the City of Medford, Oregon.
Notice of Sewer Assessments
NOTICE IS HEREBY (,'IVEX, thnt ono-tenlh of Iho princi
pal' and interest on improvements by SEWER assessed July'-'
10:28, is now duo, nnd if not paid bv July 1. l!l:lll. will become do
liniuent and penally will be added and tho property advertised i
for sab; in tho manner provided by Section 1-0 of tho Charter of j
Ihe City of Medford. j
Dated at Medford, Orofrnn, this :)lst day of May, 1 !):). j
..... , 11. J. IJERIxIAX,
Treasurer of Iho City of Medford, Orojrnu. I
Notice of Street Improvement Assessments j
NOTICE IS HEREBY (,'IVEX, that one-tenth of the princi-!
pal and interest on improvements hv I'AVJXU assessed Julv l.i
j l!U!i, is now duo and it nut paid
iiii(uein and penally win no atmou and tlio property adverliscd
foi' sale in iho maimer provided by Seel ion. 7!) of tho Charter of
Iho City of Miodford.
Haled at Medford, Oreion, this 31 si day of May, Ifl.lfl.
II. J. BERRIAx!
Treasurer
USE A HOME PRODUCT
JUNE 2, 19.10.
T l HiMPn niRTRiHT : I
i iu unity uiumiiui
IIOWAICD DISTRICT, Ore.,j
June" 2. (Special) Ml Marjoriej
Smith returned to her home la.U-
week from Prospect where she has
expeet to leave soon tor Califor
nia to visit relatives amy friends.
.Mrs. Nancy Starkey left recent-
ly for Kansas where she expects
to make her home vyith her
daughter.
M r. Cashed y, who is e m p 1 oy "d
by the Armstrong Poultry farm
at Corvallis was In the valley thin
week visiting at the home of his
brother, who recently moved o
Howard Park. t
Mr. and Mr. Cooper and fam
ily left Thursday for Indiana
where they expect to. make their
home. They went by way of
Crater Lake highway stopping at
Klamath Falls to visit relatives.
If. J. Devaney left Saturday
morning for Corvallis on a busi
ness trip and will visit his daugh-
ter Vvonne, who Is attending O.
S. C. Mrs. McDonald will accom-J
pany him as far as Corvallis; from
there she will go to Portland.
Mr. Banish Is tfivlng spociai in-j
atructlons to the pupils who fulled
in the eighth grade examinations
held at the close of school. Thisj
is being done that the pupils muyi
be prepared to take the state ex-,
amlnatlons this month. i
A generous surface of gravel is
being put on a portion of tlio
nil pi-opci-tics for which nppli-
by July 1, l'KlO, will become do-
of the City of Medford. Oregon.
3C
Bramd??
Cement
school grounds which will be. used week ih Medrord with hi
!-h0.Qlu..-..n.for ears, This S. Centers.
lor H JUl nliin "I"' - t-
will eliminate ihe imrklntf of curs.
on the pluygrounus. IfMnmmmmmniimi
.Mrs. Cussedy Has "een i
but is reported to lie imiiru.r.. -mi
this writing. .if
i ..(. i.-rel.well has returned, t
hoine'from the Auplegate where
.he has been teaching me i."
year. Mer si hool closed last week.
. v...,...L-r.v- ..-I.,l Ore.. Julie
AJMT.l.ru.. .
2 (Special.) Jas. .MacDowell nnrt
family weio In Ashland Saturday.
They visited Roy llusbnell who has
been seriously 111 fr the past
month.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Mays' were in
.Medford on business Thursday.. i
' D. C. Ilnle and wife spent Satur- ,
day in Medford. I
(leo. Young wns out to the valley i
Saturday. 1
K. J. ivnier and Miss Ruth Mays
were In Ashland Saturday. ,
- .Mrs. L. ('. Jones nnd daughter j
spent Sunday In Phoenix. ;
Steve l.unnk was out to tbe val- j
ley Saturday.
Ruth -Mays t-alled at Mrs. Oeo.
McAnllys Saturday. j
F. M. Centers Is spending n"
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a chain of events that will reshape
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things .that mean so much to the suc
cessful man or woman? -
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make the start today! .
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