Ellis County Republican. (Gage, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, June 28, 1907 Page: 4 of 10
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Ellis County Republican
(Oenyrlgl.t. lt*5. * C°>
CHAPTER I.—Continued.
"Well. sir. I should feel much better
If 1 could co over there into the swirl
and smash it out for myself. You see
if 1 could win out alone and pay back
the seat price, and then make a pile
for myself, if you felt later like giving
ine another chance to come into the
firm, then I should not be laying my-
self open to the charge of being a
mere pensioner on your friendship.
You know what I mean, sir. and won’t
think 1 am tiled with any low-down
pride, but if you will let me have the
price of a t ock exchange seat on my
note, and trill give me the chance,
took command ot a business that gave
me an income of two millions and a
naif a year.
Once more I begged Bob to come
into the firm.
"Not yet. Jim." he replied. “I've got
my seftt and about a hundred thtffisand
capital, and I want to feel that I’m
, free to kick my heels until 1 have
raked together an even million all of
nty own making; then I'll settle down
with you. old man, and hold my handle
of the plow, and if some good girl hap-
pens along about that time—well, then
it will be 'An ivy-colored cot' for
mine."
He laughed, and 1 laughed, too. BoD
was looked upon by all his friends as
a bad ease of woman-shy. No woman,
young or old, who had In any way
crossed Bob's orbit but had felt that
fascination, delicious to all women, in
the presence of:
A soul by honor schooled,
A heart by passion ruled—
hut he never seemed to see it. As my
wjfe_for I bad been three years mar-
ried and had two little Randolphs to
show that both Katherine Blair and 1
knew what marriage was for—never
tired of saying, “Poor Bob! He’s
woman-blind, and It looks as though
he would never get his sight in that
direction.”
"Then again, .lim,” he continued in
a tone of great seriousness “
little secret 1 have never h
into. The truth is 1 am no
not safe to speak for the c
Randolph & Randolph. Y«
laugh—you who are. and 8
been, as staunch and stead
bronze John Harvard In tb
w ho know Monday morning
| % ou are going to do Satu
and all the days and nil
j (ween, and who always dc
! have found since 1 have bi
j the floor that the souther
I blood that made by gran
j one of his trips back from
though he had more land
press 'aim to come into our firm as A
full partner.
Five years later, during which time
affairs, business and social, had been
slipping along as well as either Bob
or 1 could have asked. I was preparing
for another sit-down to show my chum
that the time had now come for him
to help me in earnest, when a queer
thing happened—one of those unac-
countable incidents that Giid some-
times sees fit to drop across the life-
paths of His children, paths heretofore
as straight and far-ahead visible as
highways along which one lias never
to look twice to see where he is trav-
eling; one of those events that, looked
at retrospectively, are beyond all hu-
man understanding.
It was a beautiful July Saturday
noon and Bob and 1 had just "packed
up" for the day preparatory to joining
Mrs. Randolph on my yacht for a run
down to our place at Newport. As we
stepped out of his office one of the
clerks announced that a lady hud come
in and had particularly asked to see
Mr. Brownley.
"Who the deuce can she be, coming
in at this time on Saturday, Just when
all alive men are in a rush to shake
the heat and dirt of business for food
and the good air or all outdoors?"
growled Bob. Then he said, Show
her In.’’
; ' .' i
^Styles
TlNOXlH'’
Copyright: 1*07: by Byron William*.
That City Faller. i
1 do knot cure 2 Run and Play-
nil hart Is OfuT sad today!
Whore onct thee (lowers bloomed for
ttiee Husks of Woe Is awl I sea.
SHE luved me then! O flekul mad*,
who Vowed tliroo shifting Sun and Sha**,
throout the hole of Ftetetng life
2 B my true und faithful Wife.
and now False gurl she turns away
2 greet thee lover of a day
Beawa his klothes is maid with car*
and lie has Perfoom on his Hatr.
She kasts me off for Wlllyum flroww
who's gist a Vlsattng In town— _
Henseforth, False One, that la no In -
i eeese 2 I.ove thee aa of Yore! __
this Wlllyum I* a mama's boy
us slick and cleen as any toy.
he cannot Row or skin thee Cat
or dole or klliue or tilings like That
lie does knot no thee way of Kites
nor when a snapping turtle bites,
he cannot Hit thee Kurving bawl
or stop a Stinger—not a tall!
and Ylsterdee down In thee Run
where we hud gone 2 liaf sum fun,
lie didn't Hast 2 the with me
............ • ' ---- . See?
rite
kiss!
sea
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lad—
and Sad.
both f’.«!«.
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erroen will
a half col-
other d*y
^nonymows.
lover cf
| paper ul
credit ta
“Jim If Those Microbe* Ever Get Unleashed, There'll be Miacl
on the Floor."
when 1 get the hang of the ropes, to
handle some of the firm's orders, 1
shall be just as much beholden to you
and Jim, sir, and shall feel a lot bet-
ter myself."
1 knew what Bob meant; so did
father, and we were glad enough to do
what he asked, father insisting on
making the seat price in the form of
a present, after explaining to us that
a foundation stock exchange rule pro-
hibited an applicant from borrowing
the seat price. Four years after Bob
Brownley entered the stock exchange
he had paid back the forty thousand,
with interest, and not only had a snug
fifty thousand to his credit on Ran-
dolph & Randolph's books, but was
sending home six thousand a year
while living up to. as he jokingly put
It, "an honest man's notch." I may
say in passing, that a Wall street
man's notch woufd make twice six
thousand yearly earnings cast an un-
certain shadov,' a* Christmas time.
'Bob was the "favorite of the exchange,
as he had been the pet at school and
at college, and had his hands full of
business 300 days in the year. Be-
sides Randolph A- Randolph s choicest
commissions, he had the confidential
orders of two of the heavy plunging
cliques.
I had just passed my thirty-second
birthday when my kind old dad sud-
denly died. For the previous six years
I had been getting ready for such an
event; that is, 1 had grown accustomed
to hearing my father say; "Jim, don t
let any grass grow in getting the hang
of every branch of our business, so
that when anything happens to me
there will be no disturbance in 'the
Street’ in regard to Randolph & Ran
dolph's affairs. 1 want to let the world
know as soon as possible that after I
am gone our business will run as It al-
ways has. So 1 wv ill work you into my
directorships in those companies where
we have interests and gradually put
you into my different trusteeships."
Thus at father s death there was not
a ripple in our HffairH and none of the
stocks known as "The Randolph's
• fluttered a point because of that, to the
financial world, momentous event 1
Inherited all of father s fortune other
than four millions, which he divided
up among relatives und charities, and
than he could use. stake 1
slaves—yes. and grandme
on a card game, and—lose,
the whole face of the Bi
tiny—those same gamblil
are In my blood, and whet
to claw and gnaw 1 want
thing; and, Jim”—‘and tb
eyes suddenly shot spark
jnicrobes ever get unleat
he mischief to pay on thi
there will!”
Bob's handsome head
back; his thin nostrils
though there was in thee
of conflict. The lips
across the white teeth w;
enough to show their e<
the depths of the eyes wa'
blaze that somehow gave
sion one gets in looking
long avenue of black at t
locomotive headlight roun
night.
Twice before, way bac'
lege days. 1 had had a
gambling temper of Bob'*
poker game In our roo>
crowd of New York clas
to run him out of a hand
weight of coin. And a
Pequot house at New Lc«.
eve of a varsity boat race, when a
Yale crowd shook a big wad of money
and taunts at Boh until with a yell he
left Ills usually well-leaded feet and
frightened me, whose allowance was
dollars to Bob's cents, at the sum total
of the bet cants he signed before he
cleared the room of Yale money and
came to with a white face streaming
with cold perspiration. These events
had passed out of my memory as the
ordinary student breaks that any hot-
blooded youth is liable to make In like
circumstances. As 1 looked at Bob
that day. while he tried to tell nie that
the business of Randolph & Randolph
i would not he safe In Ills keeping. I had
to admit to myself that I was puzzled.
1 had regarded my old college chum
| net only as the best mentally har-
nessed man I had ever met, hut I knew
him aa the soul of honor, that honor of
tile old story-books, and l could not
' credit bis being tempted to Jeopardize
unfairly the rights of property of Hn
other. But it was habit with me to
j let bob have his way, aud I did sot
sw mvvm |i»»aorB8C« MV *t mail II MOlllU
surely have driven him to the tented
field for his profession. But the great-
est glory of Beulah Sands was her
eyes—large, lull, very gray, very blue,
vivid with all the glamour of her per-
sonality, full of smiles and tears and
spirituality and passion; one instant,
frankly Innocent, they Illuminated the
face of a blonde Madonna; the next,
seen through the extraordinary, long,
Jet-black eyelashes underneath the
flhely penciled black brows, they ca-
ressed. coquetted, allured. 1 afterward
found much of this girl s purely physi-
cal fascination lay in this strange
blending of English fairness with An-
dalusian tints, though the abiding
quality of her charm was surely In an
exaltation of spirit of which hhe might
make the dullest conscious As she
stood looking at Bob In my ollice that
long-ago noon, gracefully at ease in a
suit of gray, with a gray feathered
turban on her head, and tiny lace
hands at neck and wrist, she was very-
exquisite and exceedingly dainty.
(To ita: continued.)
_________ „v».ua —-
eritlcs of the shirt-waist, and for this
reason they are constantly on the
alert for new designs In that partic-
ulnr article of apparel. The tailor-
made Hhlrt-waUt Is. like all made-to-
measure garments, distinguishable
for Its smartness of cut and fit, and
more and more are women appreciat-
ing this fact. The two strong points
in favor of the shirt-waist are the mul-
titude of shades and designs and
cloths In which it may be obtained,
and the comparative cheapness of this
indispensable article of dress. Freshly
laundried, what looks fresher or more
attractive than a well-made, well fitting
waist. The shirt-waist worn by
the lady to the right in our tluslintion
above is made in the gauze cashmere,
which, being pure wool, Is absolutely
unshrinkable. Other good qualities of
the goods and which should bo sought
Tor In a garment of this kind are the
smooth, clean surfaces which are re-
tained even after much wear und muny
checks und other neat effects which
look so well with plain coat and skirt
costumes, and which like so many of
the shirtwaists, is made with or-
dinary collar hand, although this may
he changed to suit the individual
taste.
In the central figure of the illustra-
tion is displayed a waist made of cqt-
I ton material which Is exceedingly
j smart in its effect. It Is of white body
; ground, patterned with blue stripe.
)■ Japleen is a new but very popular
I material for shirt-waists, in fad It is
so durable and so desirable from ev
1 erv standpoint of the shirt-waist re
quirement that it is being more and
| more used, Japleen Is a material
' made of Egyptian cotton and silk, and
has a pretty silky appearance which it
retain!) to the last One of these .1 sp-
leen waists is sketched In our illustra
lion and is the one to the extreme
left. The shade Is a delicate mauve
with a little star-shaped spot In the
same color.
r is not a
anana peel
lumber of
This may
ny drop in
lit.
thick soles
i will soon
iow whers
paper men
r boarder”
go star
go home,
man will
is paved
is well
idea” to
complains
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ine a fins
or of tho
{ home st
ewalk.
railroad
foo! ques-
soon own
by tho
limes ihoso®
as to bin
lie wishes
Oil woman! lovely woman!
F»lr and pretty us the rose.
So full of saucy ways and whims
From curly lock* to toes—
YVe love 111,'*' and we love thee.
Amt we Jove thee all some more:
YVe love thee, every one of you.
Alone and by ih« score’,
Y'on make man s life worth living -
Though you bring him sorrows, too—
On earth without your eharmlng way*.
YVhut would the male sex do?
oil woman! lovely woman!
Von who lost us Eden’s bliss
YVe bring thee fragrant flowers sweet.
All damp with dew-wet kiss!
Somehow we can't forget thee
()j< K(.t off our mind
Your voice. lik«* munle-whlapoM.
('omen ideal Inn on the wind.
K a files unjAfull of pnnHion—
i \Y« i-an’r refune von that)
For forty-»<‘-veil dollar*
To buy h mimnier hat!
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Hawkins, H. B. Ellis County Republican. (Gage, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, June 28, 1907, newspaper, June 28, 1907; Gage, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1077280/m1/4/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.