Geary Bulletin. (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1902 Page: 8 of 16
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The Geary Bulletin.
A. C. STACKHOUSE. Publisher.
GKALY, • • OKLAHOMA
11902 JULY. 1902$
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TOPICS OP THE DAY.
IrrlKMlIon In Inilla.
Ill JikIIu iii'i'i'M nf land
have l».*i*n r«*(*lailin'd mill rendered
highly fri t He hy meuiiN of irrigation,
Pr»ml*r Wm Forinrrlr n Prleaf.
Mr. ('oinlii’M, the iii*w l«'n*nch prime
minister, wiih formerly a priewt ami,
an tin* real executive, will now be
charged with the enforreineiit of re-
cently pUK*ed Ntiitiiti'H which will
drive half of the priest* from France
out of l he roimt ry.
IIK Llb.rty Buy* are
up aad out;
__ Th.y'r. her* with a
► "iik am) Ihti• wlthaxhout;
Ph> y'n U*n- In * flu eh anil there In a flame,
AnU they fl*#r and J***r at King Oeorge *
i.uine.
n < Torli» may blueter and fluxter ai d fret,
'.(lit tin Lllerty Hoy* will beat them yet;
And ilia chief of l he lioy r u Hubert Halictls.
ftobi rt Halleite hie limb* ere lor,*,
And ble good rl*bi arm la uncommonly
elron*.
He ridee nice a rental!?, he e wlm* like a flab;
Ai d tlie I,lb. rty Hoy* will rle# at hie wish;
And the Torlee have never a chance to
forget
The name and the fame of Hobart Balletic.
Thi re’e a kintleman Tory, rich and old;
J!e hiiN boiikbt up acre* and hoarded up
Hold,
lie *|i» in hi* hou*f n« v<r makinga nolle,
For fear of a vl*lt from the Liberty lloya.
And be »uy* aloud; "A price I will act
On the hi ad of thli* trulior, Hob* rt Hullette.
"Ob, Governor \Vright lx rnlld and kind,
And Juxtlce and mercy are much to hla
mind;
Hut it haraher voice than hla ehould be
heard
To uphold the rauxe of Kin* George the
Third,
And in >11, nee (hi* horrible nolee that come*
From Horton way of fife* m il drum*.
Ji ' hundred guinea* the man shall get
Who will bring me (he III ad Of Hubert Hal-
letle!”
r»rn**l*'« f<l7,000,000 In Ulflm.
Andrew Carnegie'* gift* now uggre-
gnlc $117,000,000. Of Unit viiMt Hiiin
<ilimit. $f,a,000,000 muy br elmrged to
the United Stale* and $I;I,000,000 to
Scotland, lint ho will huye lo give
away many more million* before lie
cnii die a poor mini,
. iiMtnue n Iti-inedy for llrnnkennext
< a Oblige 1h an old mire for drunk-
film***. The Kgypllnn* ate it boiled
before their other food if they In-
tended to drink wine after dinner,
mid Home of the remedie* Hold a* *
preventive of intoxication on the
continent are Haiti to contain cub*
huge Need.
/ i*——___
All P'oaniie<| mi imirrafltutlnn.
II Nee him appropriate enough that
all the HiiperNtltlon* should be rnketl
up in connection with King Ed-
ward n illne**, hii(*li ith the prophecy
that he would never la* crowned, and
the falling of his picture at Windsor
rn*tle. The kingly idea i* founded
on HupcrHtitlnn.
A Foregone Coiieltialon.
A letter was lately received at the
pension office asking that the writer’s
pension he reduced, as lie thought it
wiih too large. When the tlrat shock
was over an investigation was made.
The writer was found to be insane.
A bit of practical comment on pa-
triotic human nature Is to he found
In the fact thut thin result surprised
oo one.
V
k* Rteheat nml Moat Corrupt.
Ilitssun Dasha 1ms the reputation
of being the richest, man and the
most corrupt man in the Turkish
government. He is supposed to be
worth $40,000,000 or $50,000,000, all of
which he has acquired while in the
service of the government, lie has
great influence with the sultan. The
latter considers him one of his most"]
loyal ami efficient officers and trusty
him implicitly.
Danger In Volubility.
Don’t talk! That, was Grant's rule,
and Is the rule of other leaders who
have triumphed iti war and politics.
There is safety in silence and dan-
ger in volubility. Polonius gave
priceless counsel when he warned
his son to give all men his ear, but
his thought no tongue. The princi-
ple is a wise one to follow in any vo-
cation. and its value in the military
profession is so great that it might
properly be printed in letters of red
in the army regulations.
t'onaolatiom for the Boers.
1 ndor the treaty of peace the bur-
ghers can return to their farms with
the assurance of greater material
assistance than was ever before
granted a defeated people. The
Hritish government allows the sum
of $15,000,000 to be distributed under
the advice of ltoer commissions to
persons resuming their normal oc-
cupations. This amount is equiva-
lent to $1,000 each to 15.000 burghers,
and they alone can participate, as
foreigners and colonial rebels are ex-
cluded.
5"* n Welcome Kvlilenee.
1 he number of immigrants coming
to the l nited States this voar prom-
ises to be nearly one-fourth greater
than that of last year, and 2‘*s times
us great as the number four years
tgo. I'he treasury department be-
lieves that the total immigration for
the year will be nearly, if not quite.
* O.t't'O; an evidence of prosperity,
>o doubt, but in view of the fact that
‘•most one-fourth of those irhd en-
ded the port of New York in March
H*uld not read or write, not a wel-
come evidences
Tli<- Tory xllx In hi* old ouk chair,
With urm* olid blazonry carvcn fair;
lie hit* and quak**, und hi* very heart
ache*,
And not even the ghost of a noise he make*;
For new* came luut night that the Hoys
would r!d<*;
A nd hi- hear* the tra mp of a horse outside,
A Jingling stirrup, a ringing tread;
And the soul within him *ll« cold with
dread.
There fall* on the floor n Ihundcroux knock,
Ami li Jar* his ear like a cannon’* shock.
And into ihe room thi re strides, before
I’ll, trembling darky can close the door,
A stalwart man with a ponderous sack,
A sword at his aide and u gun at his back.
II” drops the suck with a heavy thump,
And li strike* th, floor like a leaden lump,
And Ik* say*, with a look so stern and bright
11 seems to pierce Ilk,, a sword of light:
"A huiidr.-d guineas 1 come to get,
For | bring you the head of Hubert Sul-
k-tie!"
Tin* Tory *tnrt«, and hi* heart grows sick,
And hlw eye* grow dim, and hi* breath
come* quick,
As he stares at the thing that bulges round
At Ihe end of the suck that lies on the
ground.
"Show me the head, ere you speak so bold!”
"Nay!” quoth the stranger. "First, the
gold!
1 have ridden too fast and ridden too far,
And have seen too much of your Liberty
War,
To run a rl*k nt the very end.
Ho out with your money, my loyal friend,
And then, 1 promise you, you shall get
A sight of the head of Robert Sallrtte!"
The gold rings out on, the, table there;
It He* In a heap lioth broad and fair,
A glittering pyramid rich and rare,
Outshining Egypt’s, beyond compare.
The stranger laugh* at the splendid sight,
Hut again his look Is stern and bright.
"A bargain’s a bargain, friend," he said.
"You pay right well for a homely head!
For’’—he swung his hat from his forehead
clear—
’The head of Robert Snllette is—here!"
There's & man who rides, and sings as he
rides
And shakes in his saddle, and claps his
sides,
For glee at hearing the guineas chink
In his pockets so merrily—tlnk! tlnk! tlnk!
He laughs "Hu! ha!" and he laughs "Ho!
ho!"
And he’s oft to the forest like shaft from
bow.
"My tin? old friend, 't will be some time yet
Ere l part with the head of Robert Sal-
lette!"
There’s a Tory gentleman, rich and old,
Who sits and quakes with an ley cold,
His teeth they chatter with fear and rage.
And he says some things unbecoming his
age,
As he glares at the ground, and at some-
thing round
That rolls from a sack with a thumping
sound.
He grumbles and groans, and he savagely
tear*
In a painful way at hi* grltiled hairs;
And he cries: "Oh the murderous, traitor-
ous bumpkin!
Instead of his head, he’s left me a pump-
kin!"
-Laura E. Richards. In St. Nicholas.
girl (it only 15 to king. It’* kind of j
curious; I can't *ing no more than a -
blue jaj, and when her pa trie* it Ihe * 1
ben* scatter in terror. She get* it
from iier Grandfather Hut field over in
Ware. He'll be 75 come the 10th of
next month, und he'll *it down to u
little orgun In*’* got and ring away bv j
the hoar. He’* coming clear over from
Ware to hear Louixy May king. He’*
goto’ to leave her hi* organ in hir will."
“A piano would be better for her,”
“Yea, Louiry May'* wild to huve u
piano, but we can never get her one
with five younger children to rear and
kchool. Her Grandpa Hat Held mebbe
could get one; but i don't know that
be * aide to, although lit* always ha*
been dose-mouthed about bis money
affair*. You'll be at the celebration?”
"Oh, yes; we are all going. And I
expect to hear Louisy May beat ’em
all."
There the conversation ended, be-
cause a red-haired girl came hurried-
ly into the sitting-room. She blushed
furiously ax she heard her nume.
On the morning of the Fourth of
July Louisa May was very hapjiy nx
she stood before the small mirror in
her bedroom and gave the last touches
to her toilet. Herchallis had made up
very prettily, and her mother had de-
lighted her by an unexpected gift of a
pretty pink ribbon sash. She had never
before had such a beautiful lint, and
there was but.-one thing to detract
from her satigfuction with her appear-
ance.
If only I didn't have such a mop
of red hair!" she said to the mirror.
“If It was mouse-colored, like Amanda
Dane’s, or n regular brindle, like Lucy
Trent’s, I shouldn’t care. Hut red! It
isn’t as red as it used to be, though,
and 1 shall w'cnr my hat while I sing—
that will hide it a good deal.”
There had been few holidays in
Louisa. May’s life, and never one so
full of promise of pleasure as this.
She had been to the village the day
before to rehearse her song with Miss
Hope, who was to play the accom-
The old man picked up the flag which
► he had let fall to the platform, and
holding itk staff in one hand while hia
other arm was round Louisa May’s
wuikt, lie began to >ing in a thin, wav-
ering, but not unmusical voice:
"Oh >*-«>•, can you fct. by (he down's early
light,
What ro proudly wc hailed at the twi-
light’* last gleaming—
Who**- broad ktrlpcr and blight star*,
through thi- pt-rtloux fight,
O'* r the ramparts we watched were to
gallantly streaming!"
He stopped at tin* end of these lines
and said gently to Luuisu May:
“Come, now, honey, you sing, too.”
.She had taken her hands from her
face, and us she looked into the sym-
pathetic faces of the people before
her, she felt her courage rise. When
the old man began to sing- the next
lines Louisa May's voice, clear and
steady and sweet, rose high above his
own:
"Ar.d the rocket’* red glare, the bomb*
bursting In air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag
wu» still there.
Oh! nay, does that star-spangled banner yet
wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of
the brave?"
Something of the lofty spirit of
the grand old song kuddenly filled
Louisa Mays heart, and mude her
forget her wounded feelings. Her
grandfather held the flag so that
its foldh were falling about her,
und her eyes were shining and her
face was smiling as she began
the second stanza in a voice without the
least quaver. The old man did not sing
now. He stood beside her with one
arm still around her, and nodded time
with his snowy head and gently waved
the flag above Ihe singer.
When Louisu. May's voice diecl away
after the last lines, the applause was
deafening. While it was still at ifs
height, her grandfather stepped, to the
edge of the platform, holding the flag
aloft. When he could be heard he
chlled out shrilly:
“Everybody join me in singing the
HER GRANDFATHER HELD THE FLAG.
CELEBRATI OK.
—^ SW 3.N__WpaWsowp X—
.fttiftfG-
OU18Y MAY is to
sing a solo at the
celebration," Mrs.
Hat field was explaining to a visitor.
" And 1 don’t know but she’ll be too fine
to speak to her own folks when she’s
rigged out in all her new things. Still,
l don’t begrudge her the things. She’s
worked real faithful pickin’straw ber-
ries and diving all sorts of chores to
i pay for what she's to have. She's a
good girl, Louisy is.”
"Rut has she ever sung in public be-
fore?"
"She’s never sung a solo all by her-
-f.f except at one or two little Sunday
>- ■' c, ncerts, 1 don't know how it
tv l e when she finds herself on the
platform facing the big Fourth of Julv
| crowd.”
"Oh. she'll get through it all right. I
1 have heard that she sings beautifully.**
“W ell, 1 tl, n't know but she does sing
. about as well as you could expect a
pnnlment on the organ, and Miss Hope
hud said that Louisa sang beautifully.
She had a very clear and strong voice,
and she said to her mother as they
drove toward the grove: “I don't feel
a bit nervous or afraid now.”
She did, however, feel a little nerv-
ous when her turn to •sing came, and
she found herself on the platform be-
fore the audience that filled every part
of the grove. The chairman of the
day stepped forward and said:
“We will now listen to a solo, ‘The
Star-Spangled Banner,’ by Miss Louisa
May Hatfield.”
At this some of the grand army men
set up a shout, and Louisa May walked
to the front of the platform with the
large silk flag she was to hold while
she sang.
The applause died away, and the or-
ganist had just begun to play the pre-
lude, when a boy shouted shrilly:
“Red head! Red head! Better look
out or the fireworks will catch!”
Louisa May’s pink cheeks grew pal-
lid. She opened her lips, but no sound
came from them. She was trembling
from head to foot. The flag fell from
her hand down over the edge of the
platform. Then in an agony of embar-
rassment she put both hands over her
face and began to cry.
The boy who had called out “Red
head" suddenly felt a hand grip the
back of his collar, and he was jerked
from his seat by an irate little old
man.
“I’ll let ye know how ye call my
gran’daughter ‘red head.'ye little sass-
box! You take that!” and he smartly
boxed the howling boy’s ears. Then
he hurried toward the platform and up
the steps. A queer-looking little old
- man he was, with long white hair and
> beard. He had on a stiffly starehed
linen “duster" and bright blue jean
trousers. Hurrying to Louisa May’s
side, he put his arm around her waist
and said, soothingly:
"There, there. Louisy May! Don’t
you mind that impudent little sass-
| box! Y u-ing ycur song now. Come,
1 crandoa xvill start ye off on it!”
last two lines! Come, now, everybody
sing!”
i
“And the star-spangled banner in triumph
shall wave '
O'er the land of the free and the home of the
brave.”'
The woods and the hills rang with
the melody; they rang again with the
shouts of the people when the lines
had been sung not only once, but three
times.
The governor himself congratulated
Louisa May, and handing her the beau-
tiful little silk flag he had been holding
in liis hand he said:
“Let me give you this to remember
me by.”
Louisa May thought that she could
never be any happier than she wag
during the rest of that day, but she felt
much the same way three days latei
when, on coming home from the straw-
berry patch, she found Grandpa Hat-
field wa'iting for her in the hall. He
flung open the parlor door behind him
as he kissed her, and Louisa saw in a
corner of the room a beautiful sh'n-
ing new piano. --
“Why, grandpa!” she exclaimed,and
flung her arms arou-nd his neck, half-
laughing and half-crying. His dim eye*
had a strange light in them, and hia
voice was not very steady as he said:
“I tell ye. Louisy, I don’t know when
I have heard anything that took such
hold of me as the way you sung that
grand old ‘Star -Spangled Banner.’ I
want it to be the first song you sing
on your new piano. I’ll play it and we’ll
sing it together.”
A few moments l^ter a passer-by
eined up his horse in front of the house
to listen to the fresh young voice and
the old and quavering one singing to-
! gether:
"And tho star-spangled banner ir triumph I
shall wave
i O’er ihe lar.d of the free and the home of :b# ,
! brave.”
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