Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1911 Page: 3 of 12
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SYNOPSIS.
A foolish youns tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold, artful wife or i%
drunken prospector In a western mining
town. They prepare to elope In a
Ing blizzard but an* confronted by tne
maudlin husband. He Is shot by the
wife, but the chivalrous boy pins
note to the body taking the crime
upon himself. In their flight *°.
railroad station the woman s how
falls exhausted; the youth puts her
on his own and follows hanging to the
stirrup strap. Seeing he is an lmpeai-
ment. tin* woman thrusts her escort Into
a snow drift and rides on. Half-frozen
he stumbles Into the railroad station just
as the train bears the woman away.
Twenty-flve years later, this man George
Gormly, is a multi-millionaire in New
York. He meets Eleanor Haldane a
beautiful and wealthy settlement worker,
and co-operates with her In her wor .
Oormly becomes owner of a steam 3 nip
line and finds himself frustrated in pier
and track extension plans by grafting at
dermen. backed by the Gotham rra
company. An automobile accident brings
the Haldanes to his country home. Oorm-
ly announces that ho will be r
New York and redeem the ^ty Cth0
ruptlon. The political decoration of the
merchant prince produced a f'rnendou
sensation. The whole machinery of the
city's detective force is to be used to dig
up something damnglng to nhia
press heretofore unanimously favorable
to the merchant candidate, under Pr "
sure, divides and the campaign waxes
warm. A resolution is introduced grant-
ing a gratuitous renewal of th®. .{J*0}?1 ,n
franchise. Gormly offers ten million dol
lars for the franchise. Miss Haidanecon^
gratulates Gormly on what she terms a
new Declaration of Independence, and he
makes an unexpected declaration of lo •
He Is shocked by the conflrmat on of his
suspicions that her father is the head
and backbone of the notorious traction
company which he is attempting to over
throw. Young Haldane discovers his
father's connection with the Gotham
Traction company, and is Incensed, in
an Interview between Gormly and Hal-
dane the latter practically offeTs hls
daughter's hand ns a bribe for Gormly to
withdraw. Gormly refuses. In an inter-
view with Gormly Miss Haldane learns
of her father's baseness though Gormly
vainly tries to hide it. Members of the
King find the woman for whose sake
Gormlv declared himself a murderer and
deride'to force him to withdraw under
threat of prosecution. The chief of police
visits Gormly. who makes a full confes-
«ton of the truth.
CHAPTER XVI.—Continued.
pose. You see there la my word, the
word of Somes yonder, the corroborat-
ive evidence of Mr. Chalone. that you
were here."
"And what about my word?"
"Well, If you say you weren't here,"
said Gormly, coolly, "that'll be about
the strongest evidence that could be
presented that you were."
"I'll swear that it's a damned con-
spiracy; that you inveigled me here,
knowing that this was going to be
made public, and turned it to your ad
vantage in (his way."
"You can swear anything you like."
"I'll take oath to what I said, ^ir,"
Interposed Somes.
"Good," said Gormly. "Mr. Chal-
oner, I believe you are a notary pub-
lic?"
"Yes," said Mr. Chaloner, looking
up from the typewriter,,which he was
electric bell had been ringing before;
but no one bad noticed it.
"See who it Is, Somes," said Gorm
ly. "And as for you, keep silent."
In a moment the Englishman came
back, followed by Livingstone Haldane
In a great state of excitement.
"Mr. Gormly," he cried as he burst
Into the room, not seeing the chief,
who sat on the other side of the open
door and somewhat sheltered by It,
"they are going to do you up! They
have unearthed some cock-and bull
story and are going to force you out
of the campaign. My father gave it
away to me tonight. He said you
would be out of it in the morning,
and—"
"This," said Gormly coolly to the
chief, "Is confirmation of your plan, If
we needed it."
"What!" exclaimed Livingstone Hal
dane, observing for the first time the
other man. "Are you here?"
"I'm goin' now," answered the chief,
rising.
"Before you go, remember that here
Is another witness that you were
here," said Gormly, pointing to young
Haldane.
"So he's been here with his dirty
story, has he?" growled the young
man.
"He has."
"And what have you done?"
"Chaloner Is preparing a statement
that I have issued for the press."
"Re warned by me, Mr. Gormly,''
said the chief, his voice a singular
mixture of entreaty and bullying.
don't send that fool stuff to the pa
clicking busily
"Will you kindly administer an oath I pers. Perhaps we can deal on some
to Mr. Somes here." | other basis. If we let you get the
It was the first time that Gormly
had ever dignified his valet with such
a title, and the man's face gleamed
with pleasure.
Chaloner picked up his pencil.
"What Is the oath?"
"Allow me to dictate it," said Gorm-
ly
"I, William Somea, do solemnly
swear that at half after eleven o'clock
tonight I admitted to the apartments
of Mr. George Gormly, In whoso em-
ploy I am, one Ben Connell, to me
known to be the chief of police of the
city of New York; that on receiving
permission, I ushered said Connell in-
to the library, where he had an inter-
view with the said George Gormly,
that from my position outside In the
hall I heard every word of said Inter-
view; that It took place exactly as It
Is described in the statement of said
George Gormly; that the chief of po-
electlon and keep quiet about tills
thing, maybe we can get together
and—"
"Somes," said Gormly, "show this
man the door, and if he opens his
mouth or says another word, 1 give
you leave to accelerate his exit In any
manner you may desire."
The chief of police opened his
mouth.
"Remember," said Gormly, "If he
says a single word, he Is in your
hands.
"At my feet, sir, beg pardon, sir,"
returned Somes.
Without making a sound, the chief
turned, and, followed closely by the
valet who hung on his flanks like
bulldog, his fingers itching to grasp
his collar, the officer strode from the
room.
"Now, what Is It all about?" asked
"Why the woman told me she threw
you down herself after you gave her
your horse," said the chief of police.
"Don't put that down, Chaloner.
That's not necessary. Now," said
Gormly quietly," "just add this;
"After a frightful experience I suc-
ceeded in reaching the station. I
came to Chicago, drifted about there
for awhile, and thereafter came to
New York determined to retrieve the
past. Whether I have done so or not
It is for you, my fellow citizens, to
judge. Whether this story which I re-
late to you now, because I am com-
pelled to do so—naturally not from
choice—destroys your confidence In
me and makea you believe that I am
unworthy of your suffrages and there-
by unfit to fill the office to which I
aspire for your service, It is for you
to decide. At any rate, I declare to
you, what is now quite evident, that
00 far as I am concerned—conscious
that however you may regard this
solitary episode in my life, which I
confess to my sorrow—I am now as
confident of my competence and my
Integrity to do what I said I would
do if you elect me as I was before
the disclosure was made.
"I have Informed the chief of po-
lice in closing that this statement is
to be sent to every paper In the city.
He and those associated with him
who authorized this blackmailing
proposition—and I point out that the
fact that ihey made it is evidence of
their quality—may do whatever they
please in the premises. It only re-
mains to add that in the west for some
boyish whim I wont under the name
of George Fordyce. The last is n.j
middle name, and I sign this state
ment therefore
, "GEORGE FORDYCE GORMLY."
"Why, you Infernal fool!" roared
the chief, "you're not going to give
the whole thing away like that?"
"Mr. Connell, that statement goes
out, and by the hands of Somes, to
every paper in New York as quickly
as it can be typewritten. Mr. Chal-
oner, will you please make the ve<*y
best speed possible to you?"
"Yes, Bir."
"1t won't serve your purpose," blus-
tered the officer. "In the first place I
can deny my part of It—I do deny It!
You hear me, you short-hand man, be-
fore you go, and you, you English
whelp! I say it's a damned lie! I
never made any such proposition to
him. It's just one of his grandstand
plays."
"I beg your pardon, sir," said
Somes, addressing his master, "but I
can testify that he did make such a
proposition."
"How can you testify?" asked
Gormly.
"1 listened, sir, at the door; my
ear to the keyhole."
"You hound!" cried the officer.
"1 don't generally resort to that
practise, Mr. Gormly, as you know,
sir," pleaded Somes.
"i believe you, Somes."
"But In this Instance I did It be-
cause I knew the man was up to mis-
chief, and I thought you might want
a witness, sir. You know I am suffi-
ciently devoted to your Interests to
have kept silent, If you had wished
me, sir."
"Your statement is of the utmost
▼alue," said Gormly, smiling. "It will
be entirely useless in the face of this
proof for the chief of police to deny
that he came here and for what pur-
ijf
"That's all right," said the young
man, walking over to where Chaloner
sat and dictating a line or two to be
added to the statements.
"Do you know," said Gormly, "I
don't think we're out of the woods
yet. I believe that blackguard is ca-
pable of surrounding the house and
preventing the delivery of any of
these letters to the papers,"
"What good would that do him?"
"It would give him time."
"Give me what you have written," i
said Haldane. "My car's down below.
He won't have had time to do any- |
thing yet." He picked up the chiefs
pistol. "Give me this, too, and if any- j
body stops me, it won't be a happy
thing for him."
"Good," said Gormly, taking the
first batch. He marked them for the
most important of the morning pa-
pers. "If you can deliver these, we'll
chance the rest. I'll send the others j
out by Somes and Chaloner."
'Have you any objection," said
Haldane. as he picked up t he batch
of papers and buttoned his coat, "to
my telling Eleanor?"
1 wish you would do so. You will
confer a favor on me by doing it Im-
mediately."
"1 will. Jov6! wasn't It lucky that
I heard this from my father tonight !
and came down here to warn you?
Goodby. We'll win yet."
He wrung the other's hand and
darted from the room. As he stepped
Into his car a number of men turned
into the street and approached the
house. There were officers among
them, but most of them wore plain
clothes.
"Hey, stop that car!" roared a deep
voice which Haldane recognized as
that of Connell.
Gormly;s suspicions were Justified.
The car had already fortunately start- I
ed when one or two men leaped at
him. Ono of them gained a footing j
on the car With one hand Haldane
threw on the high speed, with the !
other he shoved the pistol In tho
man's face The man fell back. The i
car leaped suddenly forward. The
chance was gone.
A moment after Gormly himself
came out of the street door. The men
were huddled In front of the apart- !
ment house. He could hear Connell !
cursing terribly.
"Ah, chief," said he urbanely, "un-
fortunately you were too late. Tho
first batch of copies has gone by the
hands of Mr. Haldane in that car.
Good-night, gentlemen."
He turned and walked back to the
hallway and took the elevator to his
own apartment.
He had put a bold face upon tho
whole matter. He had taken tho
brave, the wise, course, which after
all was the only prudent course to
take. He had not weakened under the
tremendous pressure of the situation
for a single instant. He had borne
BANNER FOOTBALL SEASON IS PREDICTED
McDevitt, Right Tackle on Yale Team,
The 1911 football season will be one
of the most important in the history of
the gridiron game. Fully 1,000 Impor-
tant games will be played throughout
the country, and the game played un-
der the new rules, which make for
open play, promises to enjoy Its un-
usual popularity. Three more of the
big eastern colleges are trying the
graduate coaching system this year—
Yale, Princeton and Syracuse.
One of the big features 0 fthe sea-
son will he the meeting of Harvard
and Princeton at Princeton, on Novem-
ber 4. They last met 14 years ago.
when the Tigers lowered the Crimson
colors. Harvard, too, will play the
Carlisle Indians at Cambridge this
year.
Vail Returns to Badgers.
Rowing Coach Harry Vail assert-
ed the other day he would not return
to Harvard lie said he had accepted
the proposition of the University of
Wisconsin, and will take up his du-
ties as head coach at the Wisconsin
institution. •
MAKE-UP OF MICHIGAN TEAM STORY OF A BASEBALL CYNIC
Rather Peculiar Because of Fact That
Most of Stars Hail From One
of Three Cities.
, The make-up of the first team that
himself with amazing coolness and ! Coach Yost ot Michigan has been lln-
"Ah, Chief, Unfortunately You Were Late."
lice did offer to suppress the story if
said Gormly would withdraw from the
campaign."
"That covers It, I think."
"Yes, sir. Exactly, sir." was the
answer.
"Add.
"Subscribed and sworn to before
me, Philip Chaloner, notary public,
and so on."
"Now, Mr. Connell, have you any
other move to make?"
"You'll find yourself arrested for
murder by your own confession In the
morning," said the chief.
"That may be," answered Gormly,
"although 1 hardly think so. There
are probably cooler heads and wiser
than yours in the ring which I am
fighting, and I scarcely think they will
desire to proceed to that extremity."
"I will see the district attorney at
once."
"Do so, and ask him at the same
time his opinion of your own course—
whether as an officer of the law you
have been criminally culpable In your
action—and tell him that as soon as
it Is daylight, information, official and
formal, shall be laid before him, and
that you will be impeached, indicted,
dismissed, imprisoned. And this
whether I am elected or not."
At this moment there was a ring
at the door of the auartment. The
Haldane, when the door had closed be-
hind them.
By this time Chaloner had finished
one batch of the statements. With
out a word Gormly took one and hand-
ed it to the young man. He read it
through with staring eyes.
"You are going to send this out?"
"Instantly."
"It's the bravest thing I ever saw
done."
"It has to be," said Gormly. "What
will be the result of it on the peo
pie?"
"If I can judge by myself, it will
settle the question' forever in your
favor."
"Then you don't withdraw from me
because—"
"I am not the withdrawing kind,''
said Haldane. "You're a man through
and through. You gave me a new
hold on life, a new Interest. You
have made something of me. 1 am
going to stick by you to the very end.
Let me get my signature on that thing.
I want to testify that I saw the chief
of police here, and that 1 know from
what he said In my presence that
what you say is true. They will seo
that the Haldanes are divided, and
that those on your side are not afraid
or ashamed to support you."
"I can never be grateful enough to
you." said Gortnl*.
courage. Yet the man was absolute-
ly stricken to the heart. What the
effect of tho disclosures would be up-
on the campaign, how the people
would receive it, whether or not ho
would lose their confidence, whether
or not the honorable reputation he
had built up by years of just and gen-
erous dealing, would vanish, he could
not tell; and to be truthful, at that
moment, these questions were not the
chief of those which filled his heart.
He asked himself how Eleanor Hal-
dane would receive the disclosure, and
what effect It would have upon her,
Although she had been overwhelmed
by the revelation of her father's po-
sition, Gormly had learned from
young Haldane that he had not there-
by forfeited her regard.
Now what difference would this
make to her? She had said several
times that what she admired In him
was his splendid record, hla unblem-
ished honor, his unspotted past. And
now what would she think?
He might have made hia defense
stronger. He might have said that
the woman had shot the man. He
might have declared her abandonment
of him in the snow storm, her leaving
him to die. He might have pointed
out that he had assumed the guilt to
shelter her; but chivalry was strong
in Gormly.
He thought a long time about the
situation, plunging in deeper and
deeper gloom and sadness as the
hours dragged by. At last he aban-
doned all hope of ever winning the
woman that he loved. Well, he would
devote himself with more singleness
of heart on that account to the In- |
terest of the people; if indeed, after
this, they still thought him worthy of
leadership and service
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Galluses.
It Is claimed that the galluses are
disappearing as a feature of the ap-
parel. They are not artistic, and cer-
tainly not aristocrat ft; that Is what Is
claimed. The Idea is that If a trousers
is properly cut and fitted it sets so
neatly on the hips that it needs no
support, and therefore the presence of
suspenders Indicates that the man's
apparel is the work of a cheap tailor,
which is certainly not aristocratic
If suspenders are to go, there Is a
better reason than this, and that Is In
the trick of the trade that leaves a
weak point In the suspenders—a place
that is always breaking and annoying
the wearer until his patience Is gone.
Then he gets a belt and goes without
suspenders, out of pure disgust. He
would rather hitch up his trousers
than tie up his galluses.
But this article of apparel Is not dis-
appearing—not as long as ready-made
clothing is the joy of most men. The
suspenders necesarily go with this
habit, since the kidlike adjustment
about the hips is Impossible
ing up is peculiar because of the fact
that the men for the most part hall
from one of three towns.
Ann Arbor contributes three. Cap-
tain Conklin, Bogle and AUmendinger,
all linemen. Detroit furnishes five,
of whom four were on the central
high team together, white the tilth
was playing for D. U. S. They are
Garrels, Craig, Patterson and Torbet
from Central and Pontius from the
Elmwood school. Saginaw sends two
of the other three men, Catpell and
Thomson, who played on the same
team In the northern town.
The eleventh and most famous play-
er on the team, by virtue of hla hav-
ing won a place on Camp's All-Ameri-
can team, Stan Wells, halls from
Ohio, and from a town that was only
known to Its inhabitants until Wells
made the two forward passes that
International marriage bargains dc
not help Americans to understand Jus!
why Europe Is entitled to rebukr
American love of money.
Frank Picard.
took the ball down to the three-yard
line In the Minnesota game, and then
made the remaining three yards on
two bucks through the let't side of tne
Minnesota line
Anion the players to occupy a prom-
inent position 011 the second team Is
Frank Picard of Saginaw, of last
year's reserves.
Weather Now Interferes.
Football has so degenerated that it
Is coming to be looked upon as unus-
ual when teams practice In spite ot
rain. It used to be that they gloried
In that sort of weaU.er.
Once Famous Pitcher Couldn't Be In-
duced to Sell Milk to One of
New Generation.
Young Warhop, the pitching sensa-
tion of tho year In the Amarican
league, can now and then be coaxed
into telling stories, says a writer In
the Cincinnati Times-Star. One was
of an early adventure, when he had
reached the stage of worship for suc-
cessful practitioners of the noble art
of baseball, without having attained
to any notable eminence himself. "One
of my early heroes," said he, "was
an old pitcher. He had been a lead-
ing figure in the game In the days of
its development. Then he became an
umpire, but a somewhat hasty temper
kept him from complete success. He
finally quit the game definitely, under
a rain of pop bottles, and only now
and then could be persuaded to talk
of the old trices he had once used
with effect. In order to live he had
opened a dairy. Every morning he
drove about the streets and delivered
milk.
"I rode with him one day. We came
to a new house and the freshly laun-
dered curtains in the window told that
the owner had just moved in. The
old pitcher, on the alert for a possible
new customer, knocked at the dour.
A good looking young woman respond-
ed to his knock, he stated his errand,
and she thanked him for his cour-
tesy.
" 'This la our first day In our new
home,' said she, 'and I have been won-
dering where I could get good milk.
I'll take two bottles now.'
"The old pitcher gave her two bot-
tles, and as he truned to go she said:
'Why, aren't you Mr. Juggins, who
used to be the famous pitcher?'
"The old man said he was, very
sourly His blood used to curdle when
ball playing was referred to He
wanted lo know why slit referred to
his past.
" 'Oh.' said she, 'didn't you know?
Why, my husband is a professional
ball player himself.'
"'Gimme back that milk,' said Juy
gins. 'Giddap.'"
Would Bite Once.
Josh Devore of the New York Giants
savs he will try anything once
In Pittsburgh the Giants bean at
the Hotel Schenley, a tavern of con-
siderable class. Devore, Matty, Wil-
son and Wiitse were putting the fin-
ishing touches to dinner there one
evening on the last trip when Matty,
after perusing the 1)111 of tare to see
If anything had escaped him, re-
marked:
"Josh, the cuisine here Is great,
don't you think so?"
"You can search me," replied Josh.
"I never tried It Walter, bring me
some cuisine with my Ice cream and
coffee "
Picks American Tennis Team.
The make up of the Ainorlcau lawn
tennis team that will visit Australia,
this winter in quest of the Davis cup,
was announced the other day. The
lections are: William A l.arned, the
national champion; Maurice E Mc-
Loughlin, tho winner of the All-Comers
tournament at Newport, and Heals C.
Wright, the runner-up to McLaughlin.
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