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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-03-30
For County SURVEYOR.

l hereby announce that my name
Will be placed before the voters of
Josephine county at the primary
election, April 20, 1906. as candi
date for nomination for the office of
cornty surveyor, on the republican
ticket. FRED MENSCH
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-03-30

FOR SALES acres River Bottom
land, AZ miles down Rogue river
from Grants Pass on county road,
known as the Turner ranch. Two
houses. one j-room frame, large
barns, hop house and all out. build
inRs. acres hon, 10 acres orchard
Winter apples. For sale at $500.
A bargain for 60 days. Inquire of
A. N. Hubert, Sans Valley, Ore
gon. 30 If
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IE alarmed echoes caught up the crack
Of Carshalton's rife, fiinging the sound
from rock to rock in the ravine below.
A second shot followed the first so
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In angushed suspense Rexford chung TO the
boulder, while his companion continued TO call
out the progress his eyes were too dim to fol-
low.
"see how small it's gittn'-no bigger than
mammy's ole patteri You'll halter 60 pretty
fast. mister man down thar, If you git in fust.
Hard work ketchin' up with woman an
wheell Thar, clp hits on the track. Hoorayl
Seth 8 seed hit-he's on ther kyar-lne hisself.
I'd know that red shirt Of his in a thousan'
He's bendin' over hit;"
She turned and climbed back toward Rexford,
tossing the wind-tangled hair from her forehead
with satisfaction as she talked Don't We fret,
stranger, hits all right. I reckon ] might ez
well tell ye-Seth will do anything fer me. He's
to be my man. | don't alters run ez wild-look-
in ez You ketched me, fer / had jest slipped
down her ter peep at ther office from that big
rock. You bet he'll send IT, You warn't foolin'
me bout that money-was you?"
This query was not answered until later. when
she met full assurance of her prize. Rexford had
tainted.
Below, the astounded agent had barely secured
and promptly dispatched the message so cavalier
ly hurled at him (he happened to be loungng on
the platform the impromptu wheel struck the
track, when a horseman galoped up and swung
into the narrow office.
"Send that message, Instantly" he said impera.
lively, fingng piece of paper on the table.
mark it rush"
The operator read it slowly aloud, to make sure
he had deciphered it correctly, then as he sat
down he said dryly, with the freedom Of the
provincial
Sought of contrairy-mnded fellow! Air you
his agent?"
Carshalton nodded. 'Why?'
"Oh, nothin'; only l jest sent one from him
to the party savin' the Lady Du' wuz the
biggest swndle out"
Carshalton went purple.
''You lie! He could not. l left hin--that is
know | got here first"
'I amt dsputn that" returned the agent cool
ly, his shrewd mind suddenly grasping an ink
ling of the truth "He amt been here, but
his message has Thar's the copy ef you-un don't
believe me-"
Carshalton snatched up the shalily scrawed
message. "How did it get here?" he asked,
burning with suppressed rage.
How'd it come? It-say, do you want me to
send this er not?"
BLAINE you-no How did this Gomez"
''By the particar post" said the operator, grin
ming "See that ole wheel out thar? Smartes'
woman in the State sent it down the tie-chute
Come like creased lightnin', just afore you turn
ed up, and say, stranger, but you can swear!"
Copyright by Lippncott Coz
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24
Speed VS.. Speech

| That's one of the reasons I'm Offering Won a.
share of the car" he ventured, after minute
You see, I'm going away tomorrow and if YOU
had share of the machine he paused with
vague gesture.
But half car-that's no fun. Jack Bratton
says he had one in partnership that wav once
and whenever he wanted to 60 North his part
ner wanted to go South and as a consequence
they never went anywhere
Blaney groaned Bratton was not onv his chief
tormentor, but apparently, his successful rival.
Bratton was staying on at Hampden and for
that reason Blaney was anxious to win this
grl-or be refused-before he went away
i am willing to promise that shall be more
agreeable as a partner" he suggested 'I-I
want to marry you, Mabel'
I'm afraid / shall have to decline both car
and chauffeur" she said, frigidly
DO You mean that?" he asked impulsivelv
i certainly do" There were glowing red
spots on either cheek now.
Blaney looked at her for moment, then his
hand dropped to the lever and the car quivered.
de dismounted and turned the starting crank.
and when he stepped to his seat again the car
began to move, slowly, doggedly, as if it. too.
were disappointed
half mile along Blaney turned the car into
the long level stretch again and presently thew
were repeating their mad flight
Bratton was waiting on the porch when they
arrived. Mabel spoke few commonplace words
to Blaney and went off with his rival
Blaney ran his car around to the garage and
returned to his rooms. He was disappointed; he
almost wished he had not spoken. In spite of
the fact that Bratton knew the girl better than
he did-had known her longer-he had fancied
she cared for him. All hope was gone, now,
and a dull heaviness clutched at his heart
He had no lunch and it was just before dinner
that he made his way downstairs.
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/ The halberdier posted at the other end Of the
long room came hurryng to the spot oehlno
him the priest, saying something about leaving
the world at peace with God and man. Fergu-
son sat down again sullenly; 1t vexed MIN 10
hear the man in the black robe talk of eternity.
Evidently it affected Dietrichstein differently,
for he spoke out frankly 81 am sorry Fergu-
son; | hardly knew what said. What does 1t
matter now, anyway
"A mans honor matters to him long as
there is a breath of life in his body" muttered
Ferguson.
Dietrichstein did not hear him: he stand
ing side to the window once more, with his face
pressed close against the little panes "They are
bringing Won Kroneberg to the block he said,
duly
"The turn will soon come to us, then, said
Ferguson, gazing curiously at his companion;
something about the short, almost boyish figure
reminded him of his friend Rupert Won Lobko-
WITT. A friend indeed! Won Lobkowitz had not
been near him for three days. Oh, it was caut-
ious of the fellow: he might compromise himself
by showing interest in condemned man. Yet
Ferguson could not but think he would not
have treated Rupert so. An odd, choking sound
startled him; Dietrichsten reeled in his place,
cutching at the sill for support; his face was
grayish white. 'Is it over?" Ferguson asked.
Dietrichstein nodded swallowed, and said,
family "It took five blows--fve; I counted
them.
"The more fool you'll" said Ferguson, roughly,
because he felt just bit sick himself Dietrich
stein stood there moment, moistening his dry
lips with his tongue; then he staggered across
the room and flung himself full length at the
feet of the priest burying his face in his arms.
Mary Mother, take pity on me" he groaned.
The priest knelt beside him. Ferguson jerked
his chair around noisily; he wished to see and
hear nothing more of Dietrichstein; he despised
such snivelling knaves.
The wintry sunshine, streaming through the
window, threw a checkered patch Of light upon
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OF FORTUNE

Of the wheel and then dictated another TO the
astounded Rexford:
Mister Agent, send this soon's you clap eyes
! on it, er don't you never show yourself near El.
! len"
She tied this command securely to Rexford's
message, observing sagely that he would under
stand, meaning the operator
But, surely" cried Rexford. you are not 80
mad as to think you can roll that wheel down
the side, blocked as it is by thousand obsta-
cles?"
Mad" said the girl "I don't git mad very
often stranger. / reckon you mean silly; but you
wait"
She vanished behind huge rock which on the
lower side partially cut of the view of the val.
ley.
Tormented beyond words BY an agony of mind
worse than that of his body Rexford actually
rose. He was near the boulder BY clnging to
its rough surface he managed to attain the 9TH
er side.
Then he understood her idea Fifty feet be.
low them began an almost perpendicular tie.
chute or slide, once used for sending white-oak
ties to the railroad below 1t ran sheer TO the
track AS far as Rexford could see nothing stood
in the way.
The girl, having struggled to good starting
point, now stood posing the great wheel. Her
long hair blew backward in the wind, her wide
eyes were fixed eagerly on the course. Never
helmsman looked more anxiously to his ship
than she tc her wheel of fortune. Her SMALL
bare feet, seeming the smaller for her 1.-THE and
graceful height, were dug desperately into the
lea>mould, for the weight of the wheel was pull
ing to be free.
At last, after what seemed to Rexford an age
she oosed it, Tt bounded wildly forward, while
she, glancing upward to her companion, clapped
er hands joyously.
cts gwine!'' she cried. 'Tt's gwinel It'll go
plum to the very kyar-track, plum into Seths
door That it goes-tharl thar! My Gordl"
"What is it?" shouted Rexford, too blind with
pain to be able to see clearly.
"Hit struck somethin'! Bounced ten feet, and
it's cmvin' plum often the road! We're ruint
No, no. Hit didn't quite git off. You are lucky,
shore!" She clapped her slender hands exultant-
w as the broad tired wheel on the turn of which
hung fortune and the happiness of three lives,
as we'll as her own innocent dreams of wealth,
bounded with momentarily increasing impetus
down the steep declivity, while in the valley be-
low she knew that her rival was now galloping
swiftly towards the station, nearly in sight.
Calamity the wheel held its own. Tiny wood
creatures blinl<ed at it. dazed, it shot past.
notified snake, crossing its track, tried vainly
to escape it, but found his coils unchanged af-
ter all, so swift was the speed of the weight that
passed over him.
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For few seconds Rexford Law STILL in ex-
ceeding bitterness Of soul. Ordinarily the mat
ter would have been bad enough, but 10 stand
well in Colonel Wayne's eyes was more than life
to Rexford, since the Colonel's pretty daugh-
ter idofzed her father, and the best passport
to her favor was the good will of the rather
peppey Colonel Now both father and daugh-
ter would despise him for on the strength of
the telegram he knew Carshalton would send at
once, in the experts own name, the deal would
be closed and the Colonel practically ruined
He looked around him in frantic desperation.
To the right lay his dead horse, TO the left the
fragments of an old wagon abandoned by some
disgusted bark hauler, who had in vain endeav-
ored to use the discarded mountain road
The wreckage semed significant Of how little
hope he might have of passers-by. Rexford
groaned aloud, his wound reminding him that he
might die there, so far as Carshaltons mercy
went. 4
He shouted at the top OF his voice, again and
again, but only the echoes or the shrn cry Of
frightened woodpeckers answered him His head
dropped on his arms he abandoned himself to
despair for what semed century.
Then suddenly the stiffness of the mountain
woods was broken. Plantive, sweet tuned to
monotone, came the voice of a woman
The melody, dropping like honey of strange
sweetness from her lips, was only wild camp
meeting hymn, but Ellen McArthurs thoughts
were not on the church. Wrapped in a maid
en- dream of her own, not less potenty glamor-
GUS for its primeval qualities, she came on swift
bare feet around the corner, and found herself
shocked from her visions of love to compre
hension of tragedy.
Was that you a-hollerin'?" she cried in quick
repentance. 81 never lowed there wtz ANYBODY
in troube-jest thought twas one o them valley
hunters yellin' to his mates The idgits air alters
gittin' losted. What's the matter?'
My leg is broken" said Rexford feverishly.
Look here. girl, there's man gone ahead of me-
He wants to send message by wire at the sta
tion below. Mine must get in first Take it there
before him, and you shall have five hundred dol
lars of your own"
Her eyes flashed fire, not with lust of the
money, but with the thought of how easily it
would solve the problem of extreme poverty
which had delayed her wedding.
THAT feller who's trying to git his in fust,'
she returned rapidly, was he in er gray suit |
carryin' er rife, ridin bay?"
eyes, yesl"
TOO late said the girl bitterly. 81 seed him
rom the pint up yonder fifteen minutes ago.
He'd git thar afore me best 1 could do!" Then
'ich color flooded her face-she laughed out mel
owly, triumphantly mo, he won't, neither.
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AS he entered the long drawing room, figure
IN white at the end of the room set his heart
humping against his dinner coat He turned to-
ward the smoking room, but the girl called to
him.
He turned toward her.
81 was telling Jack Bratton about the acci-
dent" she said, enigmatcay
Blaney sighed, half with amusement, half with
futile realization of the reason for the "accl-
dent"
''You told him of my miserable excuse?' he
asked.
81 wanted to find out all about automobiles
and asked him why the batteries needed rest.
He said they didn't"
81 know it," he admitted.
"Then why did you tell me so?"
Because" he said, desperately, and looking
her squarly in the eyes. "I wanted an oppor-
tunity to talk to you and you insisted upon 60
ing at top speed. 1t was my only chance to tell
you 1 loved you and wanted you for wife. |
was foolish enough to believe that ! could win
you if only [ had an opportunity to-Oh, well,
| stopped the batteries invented an excuse and
here we are," he finished with sigh.
"You stopped the machine to propose to me-"
she gasped, but the pink waves were chasing
each other about her cheeks again.
eyes" Blaney said firmly. Il did"
"And | though you proposed because-oh be-
cause we we're stuck there and-there was moth
ing else to say You didn't -tell-me-you loved
me. You-you asked me to be your wife in such
a perfunctory manner" She raised her eyes to
his appealingly.
"Mabel, dear, I've thought of nothing else
but you, for two weeks" he cried, stepping close
to her
Then" she hestated-"you may give me
half interest in the car. IL love the chauffeur"
And for moment, the chauffeur was occupied
with neither speed nor speech.
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EHMaM we go at a high speed" protested
Harvey Blaney.
"What is conversation compared with
going a mile minute" laughed the girl. Il
just love to go FAST
Blaney said things under his breath as he put
on the higher speed. He had been maneuvering
for five days to obtain private moment with
Miss Grandon, and now that he had her alone
she preferred speed to speech.
The girl gave gasp of delight as the hugh
forty horsepower machine shot forward. Her
cheeks flushed delicately; her eyes sparkled. Her
own electric runabout was capable of only hf-
teen miles an hour and she reveled in high speed.
They had ten miles of level road before them
and Blaney covered the distance in little less
than fourteen minutes.
The girl looked up at him merrily. Il could
go on like this forever she said gushingly.
mo: you couldn't" objected Blaney. THE
gasoline would give out"
'"Thats horrid of you! You've spoiled my
Illusion" she pouted. "I could imagine l was
Aying," and her dimples replaced the petulant
expression.
''The drawback is that sometimes the wings
give out" he reminded as, with few gasping
coughs, the big car came to standstil.
Mabel looked askance at him. Something
brokenH" she asked. anxiously.
'I think the batteries have run down. he re-
piled. 'The speed of the last few miles has worn
them out. We shall have to wait here until they
get stronger"
"rWhen the batteries in my machine run down
fhev have to be re-charged," she said Are
yours different?"
'These are gravity cells; yours is an electric
car"
"I see," she acquiesced; "stOrage batteries are
different"
ayes: if we wait here a while the batteries
will renew themselves and we shall be able to
go on again"
"Isn't it fortunate we stopped under such
beautiful big tree?" she asked. 'Now, when
nv runabout gets stubborn it always stops right
in the middle of the worst place on the road
The man nodded assent, tentatively
"You can have the conversation after all, ="
Mabel laughed '"There's no high speed now to
interrupt. What shall we talk about?"
"You,' he suggested promptly.
mo" she demurred. Lets talk about some
thing nice"
"For that very reason l suggested YOU" he
insisted.
'Tbere-there are much better topics"
.TJnfortunately, we can not all be of one
mind" Blaney parried. ITO my way of thinking.
YOU furnish the most agreeable topic of converse
tion in the category"
The girl colored prettIy. Let's talk auto
mobiles"
'T'm afraid" her companion defended, that
l might say things about that subject which
would not be at all conversational. have very
fixed notions about the brutes"
"Id love to have big one like this" sighed
the girl
Blaney turned to her quickly. "You may"
he said, pointedly.
mo" she shook her head. Father says even
an electric runabout is bad enough and he
wouldn't even hear of having gasoline motor
about"
Il was going TO offer you a share of mine"
There was a moments silence
"But you won't always be here in Hampden, 4"
she retorted, naively, and with a sauey glance
which Blaney could not iathom the interpreta.
ton Of. Did she know what he meant or had
she failed to detect the subtle suggestion?
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T~1 HE alarmed echoes caueht up the cracL
of Carshalton's rife, fineng the SOUND
E-S from rock to rock in the ravine below
tAfzkSN A second shot followed the first 81
quickly that they might have beer
deemed one, but the effect was twofold, for with
the first John Rexford reeled in his saddle
with the second his startled horse came crash
ing TO the ground.
The bursting Of a rotten girth saved Rexford
from being crushed to death, the horse rolling
clear Of him in its last struggles AS it was, his
case was bad enough, for his right leg was brok-
en- and over him stood Carshalton, seller of all
properly unstable things, who was just now
about to close deal on his wellsalted Lady
Lu' silver mine which would make him some
fifty thousand dollars richer, and the purchaser
so much the poorer for tine rest Of his Efe.
To be sure. Colonel Wayne, the wouldbe buyer,
had sent ReSford to give an expert opinion on
the mine And just here had arisen a serious
difference Of opinion between Rexford and Carsh-
alton.
Experience had so far justified Carshalton in
the belief that experts were of two kinds; eth
er they were fools who knew nothing about the
customary mine ruses and therefore were easi-
ly handled or else they were wise men who,
on the receipt of due consideration, saw every
thing through rosecolored glasses. Rexford had
Disconnected him by belonging to neither class,
and bad outraged Carshalton by his outspoken re-
marks concerning the worthlessness Of the Lady
Luz and by contemptuousy refusing the heavy
brfbe delicately offered him.
The victor now coolly proceeded to help himself
to the fallen mans papers, especially written
message of warning which Rexford expected to
send by wire the instant he reached the foot of
the mountain. By little work this message
could be altered to satisfactory wording, and
yet appear to be written in Rexfords hand all
the way through, this copy being held for proof
later.
Rexford, despite his agony, drew his revolver
on the vulturefaced sharper approaching him,
but snap was the only result Carshalton
laughed.
Didn't reckon I'd leave your pistol in fix to
spoil the whole thing, did you" he asked.
Come now-quiet with your hands. You can't
stop me. All this is your own fault, anyway, you
blamed fooli"
Without more ado he went whistling down
the steep mountain road to his horse, fastened
fifty yards below Once mounted, he made all
speed possible, though the ground villainous
ly rocky, set with sharp limestone fragments.
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GSSess@es3.y Vi tne crowd Jney JosUle anu qudiiei
with one another for places whence
they may see; towards the centre they
stand closer-so close that man might walk
from the councilhouse to the fountain upon the
heads. They gather closest of all about the
the scaffold."
"And why not? Nine men to die! It's a
brave sight" Ferguson leaned back comfortably
in his chair and put his feet on a neighboring
stool to see him you scarcely would have suspect
ed that he was one of the nine. mo common
malefactors, either, but some of the best swords
in Bohemia, ay, or in Europe, too; officers of
the great generalissimo Wadstein himself-curse
him. Ferguson relapsed into his native tongue
and rolled off several honest Scotch oaths.
Dietrchstein faced about with his back against
the window: eve have been gallant followers
of the duke-eh, Ferguson? We did not run
away from the field of battle; we were not con-
demned to death for cowardice."
"Cowardice! His grace the duke galoped from
Lutzen as if the devil himself were on his crup-
per- He was here in Prague good three hours
before me-"
"The better for you, then" said Dietrichstein,
miserably. II could bear this myself if / were
guiltless. But II was coward; have disgrac-
ed myself and the blood from which l spring; l
have betrayed the cause of my Church and my
Emperor"
An expression of amusement at this novel man
ner of viewing the situation passed over Fergu-
sons hard face: his lips twitched into a smile
under his reddish-brown moustache. Detrichstein's s
face flushed. you do not understand me,' he
said. "How can you? A soldier Of fortune a
mere hired sword"
son started to his feet. "Now, by the Lord that
is too much, Albrecht Dietrichstein. Though
there is not an hours life left in me- 1 will have
satisfaction for those words"
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residence must of necessity, be large one, and
thus one is OF sufficient sizeNto admit of its being
divided by folding doors into two; each may be
htted up with bookcases, ETC. The kitchen, lava
Tory ana other accommodation on the ground floor,
together with the servants bedroom and the bath
room on the first floor, so arranged that they can
be shut off entirely from the rest of the house, and
heated by one stove, so that they will afford suit
able accommodation in the winter for a caretaker
The four bedrooms on the first floor are all
large airy rooms, and are each provided with a
large clothes closet, which is great advantage
and convenience AT the front and rear are
balconies, an essential feature in summer cot
tage
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III head him off yet! Quick, stranger, gimme
your piece er writing
l must pencil it first" gasped Rexforu. But
how are YOU"
Don't waste time talkn'-do ir!''
Fired, in spite of his disbelief, with new hope,
Rexford, in painful haste managed to scribble
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his warning on the back of torn envelope in
pencil.
That finished, he found the girl supporting one
of the substantial old wheels of the ox-wagon. She
had snatched long, faded ribbon from her hair
letting down the tumbled masses of black, and
now she bound the message firmly to the hub
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and rear, and colonial porch in front adding con-
siderably TO its appearance
II has stone foundations and large cellar accom-
modation so that in the event of its being desired
to make it a permanent residence, furnace can
readily be put in. On the ground floor two special
features are noticeable first the large size of the
living room; and secondly, the compactly arranged
servants quarters The living-room at a summer
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24

T~1 1HE residence Illustrated herewith was de-
signed and built a summer place, and
lS=zzsSl combines all the qualifications which
1881 should be found in cottage OF this
class II is constructed SO that with very
little alteration it can be converted into
an ideal alltheyear-round house. The exterior is
a striking one, the large verandas at the sides
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24
BY Epes W. Sargent

0'EASE 60 faster" demanded Mabel
Granden.
R "But conversation is impossible when
aM we go at a high speed" protested
Harvey Blaney.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24

HERE are many people,"
"They fill the Crosse Ring and the
streets round about; at the outskirts
u of the crowd they jostle and quarrel
with one another for places whence