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abIing guests or visitors % reach
Tie guest chambers and reading
room without entering the Office.
Another hallway leads back from
the reading room, and on either
side oi that il series Of guest
chambers. All The rooms are well
lighted, well ventilated and very
comfortable and cheerful. Adjacent
to the ladies' sitting room is a com
modious and well fitted bath room
and toilet for ladies, and a similar
suit for gentlemen at the back part
of the building Il 1" ""as"" ~
The new house is in charge of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gruvey, who will
look carefully to the wants of
guests. II is located centrally and
conveniently, and offers the travel
ling public a pleasant place OF
sojourn.
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The east, able 70 III young people
Tor college II necessary
Another question ~ importance
was The discussion Of the possibility
oi interesting the government in
building al underground dam on
the Santa Cruz for raising The
underhow Of the river TO the sur.
face. This the farmers of the val
ley consider a much more feasible
plan for securing water than the
building OF an impounding dam
for food waters. The secretary
with Mr.. Wise, the chairman Of the
Irrigation Committee, hopes short-
ly to go over the ground and make
a report to the reclamation Office
at Phoenix.
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-05

ADDRESSING the people of Arizona
upon the topic of his recent defeat
Mark Smith has limited that joint
statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico is possible yet. And the
threat is implied that it will be by
the union of democrats in Congress
with the implacables--such as
Cannon, Beverage and others who
are known to favor jointure in
spite of platform declarations. So,
then, reading between the lines of
Mr.. Smiths fulminations the de-
mocratic party was no more honest
in its declaration for separate state
hood than he claims was the re-
publican party. ~
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-05

The regular meeting of the Board
of Trade was held Tuesday evening
with the usual number of directors
present. Mr.. s. S. Proto has lately
been elected member of the Board
Of Directors to fill vacancy. The
firm OF Gull Il Hart were unani-
mously elected to membership at
this meeting. The Tribune Gold
Mining & Milling Co., of Magda-
lena has also lately become mem.
Der OF the Board of Trade.
The Board of Trade has made
arrangement for advertising in one
of the New England educational
weeklies calling attention to the
promising field for establishment
of large preparatory school for
girls and boys, with hope of inter-
esting proper parties in establish
ment of an institution which may
resemble the high class schools of
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Saturday, Dec. S, 1908
National Hotel.

The caption OF this article 10 the
name of pew and elegant carav.
ansery opened in Nogales on the
first of the present month by Mr..
George b. Marsh, who remodelled,
and rehtted for the purpose the
Marsh Building, on Morley avenue,
facing Park street. p
The new hosiery is arranged
verys conveniently .and. furnished
anew entirely, Notwithstanding
and fhrniture being new complete
ly. wItembraces aboutaforty rooms,
ofwhich thirty are guest chambers,
the others being the Office, reading
room, ladies' parlor, bath rooms,
etc. sfe' 'R t+'f1at N,e ~
Ascendingthe stairway the guest
or visitor enters the office which is
Immediately in front of the land
ing, and is al spacious apartment
we'll fitted and finely furnished for
the purpose intended Beyond'that
isthe ladies' sitting room,separated
byora squared arch and curtains
from the reading room.Io From the
lattera door opens intoia.hallway
leading to- the front of the nhouse,
and the broad and spacious balcony
for lounging in fine weather, and
commanding always good view of
Morley avenue, Park street and the
park. Upon either side of the hall
way mentioned are several guest
chambers, and a cross hall connects
with the head of the stairway in
front of the Office entrance, en-
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Madame Elis.

TonightSehor Elisthe lightning
change artist" who was mentioned
in THE OASIS several weeks ago.
will make her first appearance in
Nogales. The lady will give four
or five performances here. From
accounts of her performances in
Hermosillo and Guaymas by the
newspapers, she is one of the best
i"transformists" ever seen in Sonora.
A number of acts she presents are
"Amor Nifo;" LA Mascotajp "Chi-
quillo. Fenomeno." The lady will
also give a number of acts in Eng
lish. From Nogales Sonora Ellis
goes to Cananea thence to towns in
Arizona and California.
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Recognition of q Local Scientist.

Last Wednesday morning, the
second inst, Mr.. Ygnacio Stafford
Bonillas, Of Nogales, Sonora, took
his departure for the City of Mexico
to fill an engagement with the
Mexican government, in the Corps
of Engineers of the Geological Sur
vey of the Republic, carried on
under the direction Of the Geolog-
zeal Institute of Mexico, whose
director, is the eminent geologlst,
Don Jose @. Auilera.
Mr.. Bonillas graduated last June
in the Mining Engineering course
at the Massachusetts Institute OF
Technologyin Boston, and at the
time he was called to Mexico, he
was engaged in making a geological
study of the Twin Buttes region,
with the view of presenting thesis
to the Faculty of the University Of
Arizona for his Master of Sciences
degree. This work, though inter
rupted for the present, will be re.
assumed by Mr.. .Bonillas, at some
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future time
TINS OASIS bespcaks Tor Mr..
Bonillas successful career IN the
scientific field which he is just en-.
terinQ.
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City of Mexico, Mex.
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Fort Worth, Texas.
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-12-31

Fielder. the lawyer, entered the saloon
just In time to see Big Devlin, the
owner of the corner dance hall, rise
from a table. rolling up flannel sleeves
along tattooed arms. He saw him
stride forward and. with we'll direct
ed shove, send the shambling inebriate
Keeling across the floor.
1.-TWO ours at the bar are enough at
a timer quoth Devlin.
Then the lawyer saw an extraordi-
nary thing. The emptied glass rang
sharply on the bar, the arm that held
It Strengthened. the 1.-THE form behind
1t seemed to expand, and the big bulk
of Devlin went backward through the
doorway and collapsed in a sprawling
heap on the pavement.
For my part" said an even, infuri.
ate voice from the threshold. II prefer
but one."
The face the roomful saw now as
they pushed to the outer air and
which turned on the flocking crowd
bore anything but the sinking look
they had been used to see on the face
Of Hugh Stires. The smile that meant
danger played over it. There were both
calculation and savagery in it. 1t was
the look of the man to whom all risks
are alike, to whom nothing counts. In
the instant confusion every one there
ecognized the element Of hardihood
dumfounded. Here was one who, as
Barney McGinn, the freighter, said
afterward, hadn't the sand Of a sick
coyote" boarding bully and the most
formidable antagonist the town af-
forded
The PROSTATE man was on his feet in
an instant, wiping the blood from
cleft lip, and peeled off his vest with
vile epithet.
'"That is incidentally venturesome
word to select from your vocabulary"
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calls JesSica and he had met She had
liked his keen. good humored face and
waving, slightly CRAVING hair. She
had met him once since on the noun
tain road, and he had walked with he1
and told her quaint stories Of the
townspeople. He had taken her to
Mrs. Halloran, whose heart she had
won by praise Of her cherry cordial.
1T brings back my boyhood," David
Stires said to her one afternoon, tap
ping the bottle by his wheel chair.
'Somehow this has the old TASTE"
1T is nearly gone," she said. ''I'n
get another bottle. am going for a
ride now. think it does you good.''
Before you co." he said, fetch my
writing case, and I will dictate a let
ter"
trouble at her heart, for the request
showed his increasing weakness. IN
til today the few letters he had writ
ten had been done with his own hand.
Thinking Of this as she waited, her
fingers nervously plucked at the inside
VI SAC ACnIACA SOtCA. Liz LuOlOCCO Lap
fell and disclosed slip of paper. It
was a Cancelled bank draft. It bore
Hugh's name, and across its face in Da-
vid Stires' Grabbed hand, written large,
was the venomous word Forgery"
The room swan before her eyes.
Only by a fierce effort could she COM
pei her pen to trace the dictated words.
Hugh's misdeed, evil as it was, had
been to her but an abstract crime.
Now it suddenly lay bare before her, a
concrete expression of coarse thievery,
a living symbol Of crafty stimulation.
Scarce knowing why she did it, she
drew the draft covertly from its re-
ceptacle and slipped it into her bosom.
The evidence Of Hugh's sin! That
paper must remain, as the sin that
made 1t remained, the sign manual of
her dishonor and loss. The man whose
hand had penned it's lying signature
was the man she had thought she
loved. By that act he had thrust him.
self from her forever. Yet he lived.
Somewhere in the world he walked in
shame and degradation beyond the
pale of honorable living, and she was
his wife! She was his wife! Though
she called herself Jessica Holme, yet in
the law his name and fame were hers.
"Look at that steady hand now, an
her hair as red as gloryv' said Mrs.
Halloran, gazing admiringly from the
doorstep where she had been chatting
with Tom Fielder. I'VE needn't stare
yer gray eyes out, though, or she'll
stop at the joolry shop to buy ye
ring-to shame ye fer Jest hankerin'
and sayin' nothin'!''
Fielder laughed as he crossed the
street, raising his felt hat CALAMITY to
the approaching rider. Mrs. Halloran
was privileged character. It was not
Michael Halloran who kept the Noun
tain Valley House popular! The old
woman hurried to the curb and tied
the horse as Jessica dismounted.
How did ye guess made some
more this day." she exclaimed. "Sure,
II ye drink it yerself, my dearie, them
cheeks is all tn trademark l need"
She led the way into the little carpeted
side room, by courtesy denominated
1.-The parlor." ''1'll go an put it up in
two shakes" she said. "Sit ye down
an I'll not be ten minutes" So say
ing, she hustled away.
Left alone. Jessica gazed abstract
edly about her. Her mind was still
full Of the painful reflections Of her
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rtted expectancy.
said the even voice, a sort of detona-
ton in it. You will feel like apollo
giving presently"
Devlin came on with bull-like rush.
The lawyers eye. shrewdly gaging the
situation. gave the slighter man short
shrift, and for several intense seconds
every breath stopped. Those seconds
called up from some mysterious covert
all the skill and strength of the old
hard hitting Satan Sanderson, all the
science Of parry and feint learned in
those bluff college bouts with the
gloves with Gentleman Jim.
It was short. sharp contest Not a
blow broke the guard of the man whose
back was to the doorway. On the
other hand. Devlin's face was pulled
and bleeding. When for a breath he
drew back. gulping. sudden CLINT of
doubt and fear had slipped beneath
the blood and sweat
The end came quickly. Harry stepped
to meet him. there was a series of
swift passes-then one, two lightning
like blows. and Devlin went down
white and stunned in the dust of the
roadway.
So high was the tension and so in.
Simultaneous the close that for a mo-
ment the crowd was noiseless, the spell
still upon them. In that moment Tom
Fielder came hastily forward, for.
though sharing the general dislike.
admiration was strong in him, and,
knowing the temper of the bystanders.
he expected trouble.
The man who had administered Dew
Inns punishment. however, did not see
his approach. He was looking some
where above their heads-at the upper
balcony Of the hotel opposite
in kind of strained and Mortified ex-
pectancy at girl who leaned forward,
her hands clinching the balustrade.
her eyes fixed on his face There was
something in that face, in that in
tense look, that seemed to cleave the
gray vel; that swathed Harry Sander
sons past
Only an instant the gaze hung De-
tween them. 1t served as a distrac-
ton. for other eyes had raced to che
balcony.
| The clamoring voices were suddenly
hushed, for there was not wanting in
the crowd that instructive regard for
the proprieties which belongs to com.
munities where gentlewomen are few.
In that instant Fielder put his hand on
the arm Of the staring man and drew
him to the door of the hotel.
Inside. quickly!" he said under his
breath, for a rumble from the crowd
told him the girl had left the balcony
above. He pushed the other through
the doorway and turned for a second
on the threshold.
whatever private feelings you may
have" he said in tone that all heard,
don't disgrace the town. Fair play,
no matter who he is! McGinn. should
think you, at least, were big enough to
settle your grudges without the help
of a crowd ..Fs..-
~
~
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In the confusion she
had slipped into the little sitting room
unnoticed, feeling a sense almost Of
physical sickness, to sit in the half
light, listening to the diminishing
noises of the spilling crowd. She was
wind swept, storm tossed, In the grip
Of primal emotions. The surprise had
shocked her, and the strange appeal Of
the violin had disturbed her equipoise.
The significant words of awakening
spoken in the Office had come to her
distinctly. In their light she had read
the piteous puzzle Of that gaze that had
held her motionless on the balcony.
Hugh had forgotten the past-aN of it,
its crime, its penalty. In forgetting
the past he had forgotten even her.
his wife Yet in some mysterious way
her face had been familiar to him. It
had touched for an instant the spring
Of the befogged memory.
As she spurred through the transient
twilight, past the selvage Of the town.
and into the somber mountain slope.
she struck the horse sharply with her
crop. He who had entrapped her, who
had married her under the shadow of
criminal act. who had broken her fu-
ture with his, when his whole bright
life had crashed down in black ruin
could such one look as he had looked
at her? Could he make such music.
that had wrung her heart?
All at once the horse SHE'D violently,
almost unseating her. A man was ~
ing by the side of the road. tossing
and muttering to himself. She forced
the unwilling animal closer and, lean
ing from the saddle. saw who It was
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Chapter II

~< ulnS DAY at the white
n IN house in the aspens
YrA\ Jessica had passed
* * through confusion of
experiences. She had
always lived much in herself, and to
her natural reserve her blindness had
added. As a result her knowledge
both Of herself and of life had been
superficial. The first bitter shock of
her catastrophe seemed to burn up in
her the very capacity for further poig-
nant suffering, and she went through
the motions Of life alphabetically.
Change Of scene and the declining
health Of David Stires occupied fortu-
nately much Of her waking thoughts.
After the first few months Of travel
he failed steadily. His citric acid
moods were forgotten, his harsh tenn
pers put aside. Hour after hour he
lay in his chair, gazing out from the
wide sun parlor of the sanitarium on
the crest of Smoky mountain, whittier
their journeying had finally brought
them. He had never spoken Of Hugh.
In time her fercer pain had dulled,
and her imagination. naturally so i'm
Fortunate. had begun to seize upon her
surroundings. In the summer season
the sanitarium had few guests, and
for this she was thankful. DR.. Brent,
Its head, rallying her on her paleness.
drove her out of doors with good ma
tured severity, and when she was not
with David Stires she walked or rode
Tor hours at time over the mountain
trails Breathing in the crisp air of
attitude. her spirits grew more buoy
ant She fed the squirrels. listened to
the pert chirp Of the whisky jack and
the whirring drum of the partridge or
sat on a hidden elevation which she
named THE Knob" facing across the
shallow valley to the south.
The knob overlooked a little grassy
shelf few hundred feet below, where
stood a miners cabin, with weed
grown gravel heaps near by. in front Of
winch a tree bore the legend painted
roughly on board, THE Little Paw.
master Claim"
Her interest had opened eagerly to
o~>AASS' Ac SOuLuUcS SOOCQ0Q.
Jnd the life Of the community below.
srankly primitive and uncomplicated.
attracted her. Between the town of
Smoky Mountain and the expensive
sanitarium on the ridge a great social
gulf was fixed. The latter's patrons
Tor the most part came and went by
the narrow gauge road that linked with
northern junction. The settlement far
below waa only feature of the PIANO.
rama for which they paid so well.
Even DR.. Brent, who had perched this
place of healing where his patients
could breathe air fresh from the Pa
cidc and cooled by the snow peaks,
knew it chiefly through two of it's citi-
zens-Mrs. Halloran. the capable, bus
thing wife Of the proprietor Of the
Mountain Valley House. the towns
single hostelry, who brewed old fash
toned blackberry wine and cordials for
his patients, and Tom Fielder, a youne
lawyer whom he had known on the
coast before ill health had sent him to
hang out his single in a more genial
altitude. .....-
The latter sometimes came for a chat
with the physician, and on one Of these
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thing in the penetrating odor of the
contents seemed to cleave through far
mental wastes to an intimate, though
mysterious, goal. He put it to his lips
and drank thirstily.
AS the burning liquid scorched his
throat a recrudescence Of old impulses
surged up through the crust Of more
modern usage. The Harry Sanderson
of the new, remorseful, temperate life,
of chastened impulses, of rote and rule
and reformed habit-the rector Of st.
James-had been lost on that wild
night ride. The man who had awak-
ened in the freight car was the Satan
Sanderson Of four years before.
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The room s,cam before her eyes,
ride. A door opened from the room
into the Office. 1t was ajar She step
ped close and looked in.
A group Of miners lounged in the
space before the front windows-fa-
miliarly referred tc by its habitues
as 1.-The amen corner and
watching the passersby.
Suddenly she clapped her hand to her
mouth to stifle cry. A name had
been spoken-the name that was In her
thought-the name of Hugh Stires.
She leaned forward, listening breath
lessly.
II wonder where the young black
legs been," said one, peering through
the windows. He'd better have stayed
away for good, I'm thinking. What
does he want to come back for, to
place where there aren't three men
who will take drink with him?" -.
Jessica looked about her an instant
wildly, guilty. She could not be mis-
taken in the name. Was Hugh here.
whittier by the veriest accident she
had come-here in this very town that
she had gazed down upon every day
for weeks? Was he? No, no; it could
not be! She had not heard Alright.
But she had an overwhelming desire
to satisfy herself with her own eyes.
From where she stood she could not
see the street. She bethought herself
Of the upper balcony.
Swiftly she crossed to the hall door.
threw it open and ran hastily up the
stair.
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truculent shuttle came from the stand
Ing men Their faces were dark. Tom
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ment Of dotsam
tossed on the
tide Of failure.
Il erred in my
general saluta.
tion," he said.
"Gentility is. aft
er all, less q
habit than an in
stinct." He lift
ed his classic
the castaway. Il
drink to the
health of the
only other gen.
tleman present"
he said. and
tossed the drink
off.
A c~o,% $3.50
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Chapter 14GS
o

HE scene in the hotel Of
fee had left Jessica in
q state of mental dis
traction in which rea-
son was in allegiance.
In the confusion she
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Foolish to walk on a railroad
track" the other went on. "By your
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looks you've
been on the road
long enough to
know better. We
stopped to tank
there, and we
picked you up,
you and your
four legge d
mate. Musthave
been a bit squif-
fy, eh? ?"
He winked and
took 4 flask from
his peck e t.
Have a hair of
the dog that bit
your" he said.
Harry took the
flask and, wip-
ing the top on
his sleeve, un-
cOrke6 Some.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-08
Million Dollars for Fairgrounds

10 the fultT OF Inc StGr.
The suggestion that 81. 600. 600 should be
provided for Fairgrounds in Washington
is undeniahly startling for one who sees
1t for the first time. However for one
who knows the system of Boston. which
has cost $4,000. 900. or knows of the s15,-
100000 which has been expended in New
York city or of the $4,000. 900 already
spent by Chicago and the So, OOO, 900 voted
this spring, or of the s.. 900. 900 recently
asked by the city of Pittsburg or of the
sl.Ooo.OO0 month which is now being ex-
pended by American cities for playground
extension. it does not seem so startling
This 81, 600 900 would be invested for the
health and strength and ha ppineSsS and
social opportunity and moral training of
countless generations OF children who shall
inhabit the National capital to the end of
time, for the ground once purchased will
remain permanent possession from age
TO age. Is this an extreme amount? We
are spending millions of dollars each year
on measures Of far less Importance.
If Congress in it's wisdom will only give
us the money we can and will make these
grounds as beautiful parks. and SO
furnish breathing spaces and centerS for
the recreation OF adults we'll as the
children. Being within the city and most
ly in the poorer sections. they will be
available to those who need them most
But the great consideration is not so
much how much will it cost now. but
how much will it cost ten years from
now. If wait. There can he no uues-
ton that the Fairgrounds have come to
stay. They are being esta hlished in every
city of considerable size in the United
States. A law was passed in the state of
New Jersey last year organizing IA play
ground department in all the larger cities
in that state A law is now before the