The Okeene Leader. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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England has acrophobia.
rfuiiulm* arc K«n'» article*
dajs. •
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8)‘i>hiii» or uiuuuumi? That's ths
pMatlML
Ha inn »•>* Uw city man and make
the country man glad
Cuba mu»t b« Have or i’oel# Sam
a III hare to apank It again
Pretty m ar time lor Venezuelan and
Central American war scare* to break
out again
“Cuba nliiAilil be grateful." declarer
’.he Philadelphia Plena Hut ta Cuba
not a republic?
A southern tai>»r suggests "Why
not have a Father * dayT* " We bars
—It come* once a week.
Would there be the possibility of at
diluting that sleeping sickness as tt
ntake It a cure for Insomnia?
A Hrooklyn clergyman declares that j
the rum power is to bo banished from
New York. "(i«*e*d-l»y. gay old Hroad
nr ay!"
\ ’••'lent 1st t« * i . .. ^ *rs *1,1
run dry In S.000 years. Possibly. Th*
tendency is certainly making grant |
headway.
A town In New Jersey ha* a head
less ghost, and the townsju'ople are |
trying to And some one a bo will put •
head oo It
At 14 rears of age Admiral Mr Peter
flawkshasr's nephew. Ilk hard Ulya, fell
•reply In lo\e at first sight with t^dy
Arabella Stormont who spurned hts at-
rnllons The led an orphan, was siren
• berth as mt'tehlnman on the AJaa by
Ms uncle titles Vernon, nephew of Mr
Thomas Vernon, became the boy’s pal.
They attended a theater where Hawk-
•haw's nephew saw l.ady Arabella. Ver-
non met Philip Overtew, neat In line far
dir Thomas Vernon’s esists. Thar start-
ed a duel which was Interrupted. Vernon.
Jverton and Hawkahaw'a nephew found
Ihemselveo attracted by pretty l.ady Ara-
bella. The AJwc In battle defeated French
• arahlps In the Mediterranean. Richard
lltn got AIMS prise money. He was
'ailed home by lady Hawkshaw as be
was about to "blow In” hts earnings with
Vernon At a Hawkshaw party Olyn dta-
xtvered that lady Arabella waa a poor
but peratotent gambler He talked much
srlih her couatn Daphne, ladf Arabella
again allowed love for gaming Later ah#
held Olyn and Ovorton prisoners, thus
telaytng the duel. In the Overton-Ver-
non duel, neither was hurt, lady Ara-
bella humiliated Richard by her pranks.
Richard and Giles shipped on a frtgale.
lilies waa raptured by the French, dir
Peter arranged for his eachange Daph-
ne showed a liking for Olyn. who waa
then 21 years of age. Oiles waa released,
(lllea and Richard planned elopements.
Sir Peter objected to the plan to wed
Jhtphne Ry rlevrf ruses Otles and Rlch-
had heard of my marriage, gad felici-
tated me or ft.
My heart waa ao full of Olios Ver-
non that I burst oat with (he story. It
seemed gait* aew to him; aad he
listened to It with breath lees atten-
tion. occasionally ejaculating his hor-
ror at tho conduct of Sir Thomas Vsr-
aoa aad of Lady Arabella Stormont
U gave me a savage pleasure to tell
him every dreadful particular concern-
ing Arabella; and by the look of con-
sciousness which came Into hie ex
preeslve face, aad by the way la which
he avoided my eye. I saw that he knew
he waa a factor la tho case against
his wilj. At last, quit# transported by
my rage against these two. I cried out:
“Aad it la tor the purpose of secur-
ing the estate to you that Arabella
Stormont thus swore nway the life of
Gilee Vernon; but God will confound
her and Sir Thomas Vernon yet!"
“Truly." said he. In n thrilling voice,
‘God will confound all the wicked. He
dreee ti
him. he looked Mu
me gravely,
tjr; aad we
I am not St tor service; aad I
tired aa half pay oaly a tow days ago.
My life la act likely to ha loag;
as I am. hr Ood'a ha ad.
the piefeaataa of arms. I shall devote
the remnant of my ttfo to tho
of tho Lord Ood Almighty. His
to aw years ago. hut 1
It. 1 waa la torn with tho
world, aad
tho dovIL
tho----of war. V dishonored my
Maker hy my dissipations. 1 spoat
gambling and vie* tho money wru
from the poor that were boed-elavee to
labor aad poverty. 1
yet I was aot eouatod ovtl by tho
world."
t Uotoaod aad wnalwl to myaott.
should this ho troo. where stood w*
all?
Overtoa's face had floahod, his oyos
were fall of rapt are; ha sssmod to
dwell la tho glory of tho Lord.
“But'aow I am fro*
of that death, aad subject only to the
yoke of the Nasareoe—the Jesus who
labored with his hands to show that
work was honorable; the carpenter
who called about him those as poor as
himself, aad preached to them the
love of God and one's neighbor; who
received the Magdalen as a slater and
the leper aa a brother."
X was silent I had heard many
srd Hoped with Uily Arabella and
The latter pair
were married Daphne waa pleased; Ara-
Daphne. respectively
W’jifB we have remodeled the If
battleships that went around the world
shall we aend them around to show
the Improvement**
A man is going to attempt an nlr
trip from Boston to Kurope He had
oetter have hi* ~C. Q D." signals In
good working order.
Says a Washington doctor: “If you
would not become a drunkard, atop
eating meat." Read men do not get
dipsomania, you know.
Count ltoni de Castellane Is coming
to this country to hunt for big game.
There Is reported to be quite n flutter
among our heiresses.
Another American princess has oh
tatned a dliorce, but having married
a prince of the usual rariety, what
else was left for her to do?
The price of potatoes ta increasing,
hut thi* wont bother the amateur
gardeners Who are confident of raising
their own vegetable* this year.
In Russia s new rebellion of an ar-
gumentative kind has broken out
rgainst the grafter* and reactionaries
who succeeded the grand dukes.
Any giraffe which would eat the ar
tifl> ial rherries off a young woman's
hat i* tn need of instruction In the
rules of hygiene and good manner*.
The great wall of China ha* been
traced I.W* mill's from the coast.
There are trace* of ten other walla,
but the gre*t w*H overtopped them all.
The weather we have had recently
ought to make It rather difficult for
anybody to bull the duck market on
the theory that there I* to be a short
crop.
European scientist will put an end
to war by mean* of liertstan wave*
Now all we need to do is to invent an
armor plate impervious to Hertzian
waves.
Terrible w»* the loss of life on both
land t^id water by the spring storm
Every season of the year makes an
awful contribution to the world's
tragedies
' China has promulgated a decree to
the effect that Chinamen domiciled in
other countries shall remain China
men Were tLer ever known to do
otherw i?e*
The proposal lo increase the rev-
enues of New Jersey by enlarging the
assessment on corporation* is frankly
defended on the ground that the state
Is poor and needs the money. Surely,
a straightforward admission Doubt-
less the trusts organized under the
New Jersey law will not vehemently
oppose the plan, for they derive from
the staw privilege* worth even the
heavier price Senator KYe’inghuysen
propose* to exact To pay up would
be ch«aper than to shut np or move
An appropriA«t feature of Flag day
celehrat on was that at Washington,
w h«-re a facsimile of the flag that
floated over Fort McHenry and in
spired the writing of the national an
them was raised over the house In
which Franc:* r- ou Kev. the author,
lived for m.aay year* While thi* cere-
mony was proceed'ng 400 school chil-
dren sang The Stat Spangled Ran
ner.’ and it >* ware to say- each re-
ceived deep ir.ip-css.ions tn patriotism
and rew conception* of the hoc nr due
lh« fUg
bells raved In snser. When the par-
ly returned. Arabella asked Sir Peter to
aid In prosecuting Giles In court on the
charge of committing a capital crime
All attended the trtaT. fpon Arabella's
testimony Giles was convicted and sen-
tenced to be hanged. 8tr Peter visited
the prince of Wales In effort to secure a
pardon for Giles.
CHAPTER X.—Continued.
Presently the prince aad 81r Peter
appeared, and his royal highness sold,
with that charm of manner which se-
duced some men and many woman:
“Hark'ee. Sir Peter; I do not prom-
ise that the affair will be complete be-
fore 8unday night; I go to Windsor
early In th* morning, and two days Is
a brief time la which to arrange so
Important a matter. But If yon will be
at Windsor on Sunday morning. I
pledge yon mf word ns n gentleman
the paper shall b* ready, signed, sealed
and delivered."
Ad that 8lr Peter fairly broke
down, and could oaly nay: “God bless
you. sir; God bless you!" and the
prince, tnrnlng the old man’s emotion
off gently, smiled and said;
’’ 'Tis for th# preservation of the
gallantry of our sex. Sir Peter, that
this young officer must sot hang.'
He warmly invited us to remain and
finish up the wine, and then one of the
gentlemen at the table, whether of de-
sign or not, mentioned the extraordia
nrv reports which had Jest reached
London concerning the trial at York,
and I. encouraged thereto by a subtle
look and a question of his royal high
ness, told the whole story, asalstsd by
Sir Peter. It was listened to with the
deepest interest.
lAtdy Arabella Stormont was known
to every person there, and the prince
remarked that he had danced with her
at the last birthnlght ball. Her In-
fatuation for Overton was well known
and freely commented on. and the
strange measures that women will
sometime* venture upon in the Inter-
est. as they think, of the man they
love, waa exemplified In her testifying
against Giles Vernon. Sir Thomas
Vernon's hatred of hi* heir was also
well known—and as the web was un-
folded to the prince he listened with
an air of the profoundest thought, and
his comment was significant:
' The king can pardon."
He had pity on n* and did not press
ns to remain to card*, so we left Carl-
ton house about an hour after entering
It. and with heart* immeasurably
lighter. Our first thought was to
hasten hack to our lodgings to send
off our good new* to L*dy Hawkshaw
and Daphne hy the northern mail.
Sir Peter told me then that the
prince had directed him to go to Wind-
sor in the morning and remain, and
that he himself would bring him back
on the Sunday morning, if the coun-
ter signatures to hi* majesty's could ,
not be had before. The prince was j
quite familiar w ith the procedure, and’
engaged to get the pardon from the
king without difficulty.
Early next morning Sir Peter left
me. It was agreed that 1 shook! pro- j
reed on the Sunday morning to thh
Rear and Churn, a tavern aad posting
station near London, on the northern
mad. to arrange in advance for the
best cattle, in order that not a moment
might be lost in returning to York. So.
; after two miserable days alone tn Loo-
don. ffhUe Sir Peter was at Windsor. 1 j
was glad on Sunday morning to be on
the northern road, preparing for our
, rapid return to York The Bear and j
j Churn was directly on the highway. J
1 and was well out of London, being sur J
rounded by green field* and orchard*.
“Will You Spank to Msf
will bring this horrid scheme to
naught in every way; for know you. If
Lady Arabella Stormont were to throw
herself on her knees before me—"
He stopped, and colored violently;
be had not meant to admit what the
whole world knew—that Arabella
Stormont bad adored him for seven
years past. He hurriedly changed the
subject, saying:
“Perhaps yon do not know that I am
no longer in the army.”
I said I did not.
“Although I have recovered the use
of my limbs and look to he in health
It was n beautiful morning, more
like April than February. The green
ness of the earth, the bluenes* of the
heavens, the quiet of the conntry. after
the sattie aad roar aad dun skies of
London, were balm to my soul.
1 reached the lan by tea o'clock;
and. having arranged for their best
horses, aad sent word two station*
ahead. I sat down to pass the day as
best I might. I wrote s long letter to
Ikaphne, and then, tt being about 1?
o clock. I went out tor n walk.
There was s pretty pathway through
a little grove toward a rolling field
next the highway. I took this path,
aad presently came face to fare, at a
tarn la tki path, with Overton He
arms singularly dressed tor a man of
his quality and profession.
He wore Mark clothes, with plain
silver buckles at the knee*, mad black
silk stockings aad akoes. Hlr hair, tm
powdered was tied with a black rib-
sermons from deans and dignitaries—
all well-fed men. and every man Jack
of them after promotion from the
Whigs—and theee sermons had left
my heart as nntouched as that of the
wild Indian of North America. But
this was different. After a. while. Over
trn continued:
“As this Jesus called all manner of
men to follow him—the greedy tax
gatherer, as well as Peter the poor fish
erman. and John the gentle and studi-
ous youth—so he called me: and. like
the taxgatherer. whose stony heart was
melted by the voice of Jesus. I *ay
with tears: My God! I follow Thee! "
We bad now approached the corner
of the field, and involuntarily stopped
1 said to him blunderingly:
“Shall you take orders?"
’ No." be replied. "I do aot aspire
to open my month as a teacher—I am
not worthy: but a tow of the humblest
people about here—I have been la this
place for some time—come to me on
Sunday*, in the forenoon, to ask me
to *peak to them. They are day labor-
er*. hostlers—the kind of people 1
once fancied to he without souls. I
speak to them, aot as a preacher and
teacher, but as a brother and a friend.
It is now time for them to assemble."
1 ssw. sure enough. a number of
poorly-dressed nasties coming toward
The field They came by twos and
three*, the women mostly with chil-
dren in anas, or hanging to their
skirts. When all had'arrived there
were about 30 men aad w omen. They
I listened with a strange feeling.
half pleasure, half sattsfae-
half dissatisfaction. I wished for
Bathos's sweat spirit to be near me.
It cum to my mlad how like was this
masting of tk* poor and unlearned to
the— held by ths Carpenter of Nats
rath on ths shores of ths Sea of Gall-
la*. Th# hymn echoed sweetly over
ths gross fields; It was a part of that
great aattphoa with which Nature re-
plies to ths harmonies of ths Most
High. Th* quiet scene, the woods, the
•aids, th* ktae in th* pasture near hy,
all sssmsd oas in this act of worship.
Bat presently my soul wss distracted
by what I saw on the highway close by
us. A handsome traveling chariot, fol-
lowed hy a plain post-chaise going
Londonward. stopped. Out of the
chariot stepped Laday Arabella Stor-
moat. sad. through aa opening In the
hedge, she entered the field. After n
considerable interval, Mrs. Whltall fol-
lowed her; and. after a still longer one,
81 r Thomas Vernon.
Imdy Arabella walked noiselessly
over th* grass, and. when she reached
ths edge of the group, stopped. Her
eyes wer# full of laughing contempt
at first, but, when Overton turned his
glance full upon her, she suddenly as-
■umsd a look of seriousness, and folded
her hands ns if In silent prayer. Be-
hind her. Mrs. WhltaU’s foolish face
was nil fear, while Sir Thomas Ver-
non grinned unpleasantly over her
ahoulder. Overton, without taking the
slightest notice of them, at the con-
clusion of the hymn announced that
ho would make n prayer, and asked his
hearers to Join with him in n petition
that th* Ilfs might be spared of a cer-
tain young man, Giles Vernon, now
under sentence of death In York Jail.
Ws all stood up, then, the men remov-
ing their hats. I held mine before
my face to conceal my tears, while
Ovorton made a brief but earnest
prayer tor Giles, and I could not re-
frain from crying; “Amen! Amen!"
whan he concluded.
The people then trooped off. and
ere. ths gentlefolks, were left to-
Overton surveyed Lady Arabella and
Sir Thomas with much contempt. Lady
Arabella was th* first to speak. She
held np her hand timidly, and said:
"Will yon not speak to ms?"
"No." replied Overton, sternly.
"OUee Vernon's life may be spared;
bat upon you Is blood-guiltiness. "
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
TEACHER WAS A LITTLE HASTY.
Jumped at Conclusions as te Cause of
Tommy's Presence.
Tommy had been spanked by Miss
Manners, his Srst-grade teacher, but
hia next teacher had not reached the
point where she felt she could do jus-
tice to him in spite of all his naughti-
ness.
“Send him to me when you want
him spanked,” said Miss Manners one
morning, after her colleague had re-
lated his many misdemeanors.
About 11 o’clock Tommy appeared
at Miss Manners' door. She dropped
her book, grasped him firmly by the
hand, led him to the dresslngroom.
turned him over her knee, and admin-
istered punishment.
When she had finished she said:
“Now, Tommy, what have you to say?"
“Please, miss, my teacher wants the
scissors,” was the unexpected reply —
Success Magazine.
Act Singly.
Fear never but you shall be con-
sistent in whatever variety of actions.
*o they each be honest and natural in
their hour. For of one will, the actions
will be harmonious, however unlike
they seem. These varieties are lost
sight of when seen at a little distance,
at a little bight of thought. One ten-
dency unites them all. The voyage
of the best ship Is a sigsag line of a
hundred tacks. This is only miscro
scoplc criticism. See the line from n
sufficient distance, and it straightens
itself to the average tendency. Yotsr
genuine action will explain itself and
will explain your other genuine ac-
tions Your conformity explains noth-
ing. Act singly and what you have al-
ready done will Justify you now —
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
And Then He Woke Up.
Here Is a rich man out In Washing-
ton. near Seattle, who wished to be
sure that his valuable* were ptrfectly
*afe. and ao he had a “secret closet"
built Into his new house. Nobody
knew of its existence, and ao It could
not be opened. One day recently he
found the Jewels gone; then It occur-
red to him that the men whom he
hired to put the secret closet In must
have known shout It! Surprising
'bought, wasn't It?
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Ragland, J. H. The Okeene Leader. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1909, newspaper, July 22, 1909; Okeene, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1172568/m1/2/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.