The Tulsa Chief. (Tulsa, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 14, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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H Chapman wi» a cowman §
daHt’.tr, very pret’y, very tearful at.I
Pall of r«*n'..meni as *bt «t-»l In tit
dix-rway of ter re.ft t^.ee t me.
“You are Jut mad at me, Charley
Yarre! “ »te cried. “ a^e I went rid-
ing writ Mr McIntyre "
•-rtain of hU aim t*f re firing the fa-
tal (hot. A spurt of fiame and smoke,
ni tfi-e girl hid ter face In ter arms,
"hat she might not see Then ate heard
a steady voice.
' X w you tit ’he 'rail. Jim Noman,“
ini looked up to see tte man holding
hi* mangled hand which he gated at
:r t rr.r. with Farrs! standing by.
-m ice still curling from the muzzle
of his run.
Van. >§'“ Farrei continued, "and if j
I sight you again I'll kill you. Just the ■
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Iron pie
clothe* .
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took aw
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when te
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ventures
ly and r
Flnallj
down the
ten p. c.
“Say, s
“Saw.
ger boy Its c
tulldm in Var h
“Why don't y
ter*. a‘>- ‘he
tte detai!* >1 the
“Hate to,“ aaid
thUl"
But finally the thill drove him up
Surf avenue a’tired in trunks to a
fhari’r tent beside polo e headquarter*
Here hi* pride prevented him from
telilnr what 'he tr- ■ e was He ad-
mitted that te didn t have a cent In tent and ask ’hem if they
til* isxkt'.s, but the manager of the a llr s te”er
relief tent had no sense f tumor, and J bn £
failed to tee the dei.'ately conveyed th.- time he told ’he wh le truth and
Iwlnt. nothing but the truth everybody
Jo
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in B
froz
an when he heard
John B
.in.
‘I d.n't Just trust these tenderfeet same as I w aid any other wolf Leave
•hat al.ne.'’ as X man reached for his
pistol. “Now, git!”
When Xc man was out of sight. Far-
rel turned to McIntyre.
“Bad hurt. Chase?” he asked.
“Winged. I guess. Charley," he re-
plied. “ 'Tis nit so deep as a well, nor
as wile as a church door,” he quoted,
but it's a plenty.''
Baniaetr.sr ’he wounded arm as best
he could Farrell started to get Nigzer
to go for the doctor. 3' miles away.
"Ahen he re’urned for a final word wi’h
patient he found Mollie just out-
side the door, weeping bitterly.
“Don’t cry, little girl.” he said, ten-
irriy, his vol< e dull with concealed
pain "Chase is not much hurt, and
will be all right In a pair of moons "
"I did not know you cared so much
She stared unwinking!;.- at the dl»- ,or him. Mollie. " he continued, “or I'd
tant mountains Still. I love you bet- have hft lhe tra„ ,ong ^ ..
ter than anything else In the world, "Charley. Charley, don't go.”
Mollie I—" He looked over his shoulder as he
“Jim Noman told me -he same thing ?.lmb!ed with the cinch
only yesterday." she said, with a side don't want to. Mollie,” he said
glance at hts troubled face. "but I ain't never vet run no brand I
wh - st •
clothe* ' te replied, for I've seen too
many of that kind f cattle, and I
think too much of you to give anyone
a chaf e to pUy low-down mean tricks
on you.”
“Jealous, ain't you?" she Jeered.
“No. not jealous, he said, low an!
qulet-ilke, "only, I love you—”
" 'I love you. I love you.'" she
m 'kel "I don't believe you love a
thing n ear'll except yourself an!
that brute of a pony you ride ”
C nsiierinz that her . ve f >r Nigger
was fully as great as his own. the re-
mark showed that she was becoming
quite unreasonable, and the man
smiled.
"Of co urse I love Nig," te said, "and
so do you."
"If I catch that coyote prowling
ar mnd here," he gr w.ed, "IU attend
had no right to, so I guess I'll travet.
"There ain't nobody go no brand on
me.” she sobbed.
TA-h-a-tV he said, with dull slow-
jHX b WENT BASHFULLY
THE BELIEF TENT.
■ ouidn't do
So the boy, af’er a c-up of coffee, set laughed except the women attendants,
forth again on hi* weary way. It was who felt maternally sympa’hetic and | c*n^Jr-
now one o'clock In the morning, and called him a "poor little fellow ”
cnllly at that. He had another swim, ' But I was all to de merry,” said
and that warmed him up a little, or John B. Dixon.
rather left his temperature at the de- The reller tent loc ked up a suit of
gree required for comfort. overalls, and the me--*nger boy ap-
About three a. m, according to pear* 1 before his anxious mother and
Dixon s own s’ory. he met a man who friends and told the whole tale,
had been all night at Brighton Bea h Tte re s ‘■otnt men said he, ”dat
The man Invited him to shoot In a g<-t* mean because dev re down on der
gallery. John B. Dixon, messenger sh'es. but a man wot steals a kid s
Uty. said: cleats must ha' bln born that way."
"Well, boss, I ain't fit to go In pub- On the whole, John B Itlxon said
lie places ” he thought the loss of his clothes was
"Aw, shucksl" *ald the man. worth the Insight he had obtained Into
They went to a shooting gallery and the wonders of nature, human and
upent an hour, which re-ilted dlsas- otherwise
"JeaJous,” she laughed.
Realizing that he was getting the ness. u he turned from the
worst of it, a* men always will in such which nickered to the girl "Ain't
encounters, and also feeling hU hot Mac_» and s,opped when he saw Mc-
temper rising, he left her abruptly. intyre's face over the girl's shoulder a
Presently, a* she worked, a voice new paln ln everv feature
from a near-by window startled her. ”i always gave'you credit for having
May I come ln, Miss Mollie? It & little horse sense. Charley," he said,
a flicker of the old smile on his lips,
■»*r.’ b -h! ;!!y, and when a hy. Mr McIntyre, where did you "but Nigzer. there, knows more than
come fran*' you do. He has been trying to tell you
Same old place, laconically. for half an hour that_that_Molly
And what brought you here?” Inno- loves you. I'm hurt in more way* than
' on*, old man." he said, his lips twitch-
same old thing—no I mean er— jng, “but ta){e her, and may b]esg
the same you both.”
' Your horse?" Ignoring his meaning ' when McIntyre recovered from a
B‘ance8' deadly swoon, Mollle's face was on his
“Well. I rode the pony, of course,” he puiow. whlch Was wet with her tears
laughed, "as I am much too lazy to •■j_i_tried to—to—love
walk However, I did not come to see McIntyre_Chase
the horse." with a suggestive accent on
the ' see.”
"Want to see dad?" clattering the
dishes she was washing.
“Saw him on the way over.”
"Maybe you want to see Mr. Parrel?
He's down—”
"Charley? Oh. he Is down at the
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WILD MAN ROOSTS IN
BRANCHES OF TREES.
Long Iiland People Thrown Into Panic els, and the watchword of all Nassau
you, Mr.
she sobbed, "but I
found I loved Charley, you see. And—
and I am only fit to he a cowman’s
wife, anyway, you know.”
"Yes, Mollie, I know," he said, turn-
ing his face to the wall.
SEES TROUBLE IN FUTURE.
Over Antic* of Creature Who
Inhabits Nests.
Baldwin, I. I That
wild
Is “Dracula alive or dead."
Drai ula has been wandering neat
the pumping station, which Is used to
man supply a portion of Brooklyn. He has
are In a state bordering on
lurks In the woods hard by this vll- also appeared at dawn to Mr. Slmp-
lage there can be no possible doubt, kin, who was gathering the products
Constable Stephen Petit ied a poHse of his Plymouth Rocks The wild man
Into the haunts of the creature, but seized the rubber da’lng stamp with
was able to find only a few deserted which Mr. Slmpkln was about to Im-
nests In the trees where the unwel- print an egg, and with a fiendish cry
come visitor had lodged. Residents tore across the railroad track and dls-
terror. appeared In a dump of blackberry
bushes.
Young persons who are accustomed
to visit the kissing bridge at twilight
now shun It, for the unpleasant experi-
ence of a Freeport couple there has
alarmed the community. They were
leaning against the rail when the wild
man approached and laid a heavy
hand on the youth's shoulder, and
then laughing In his face suddenly
swung himself into the branches of a
weeping willow which was on the
overhanging bank of the stream.
Miss Conway, who lives outside of
the main portion of this village, de-
clares that the other afternoon she saw
a tall man emerge from the woods. His
clothing, which was torn and thread-
bare. was black. His hair was in-
tensely black, and he also wore a black
mustache.
His eyes had a wild and restless ex-
pression. and she noted also that his
feet, which were Incased in patent
leather shoes, seeme 1 small and that
he apparently had little or no toes.
The wild man looked about him ln
every direction, and, catching sight of
They bar and bolt their floors at night an automobile, gave vent to ribald
and two or three of the inhabitants laughter and receded Into the under-
have set spring guns on their front brush.
porches. Wild men have been seen from time
Because the creature has been seen to time ln this vicinity, for several
perched like a wild turkey the story sanatorium.* for the weak-minded are
has gained circulation that he has within a radius of ten miles, but this
wings. Miss Sempronla Jenkins, prin- i„ the first one who goes to roost
ripal of the Freeport high school, has |{„<le platforms of branches on which
called him Dracula, after the principal he had been ln the habit of sleeping
character lit one of Brum Stoker's nov- are ln evidence.
GIRL FIXED HOUR OF DEATH.
Newcastle, Fa. Miss Nannie Kyle, , ldence the other day and found Miss
a handsome young woman of Spring Kyle dead. She had died of stomach
field township, handed a sealed en- trouble. When the undertaker re-
velope to William Johnston, an un- turned to his office he opened the en-
dertaker of Newcastle, two months velope and found that it contained
ugo, with Instructions that It be not the announcement of the girls death,
giving the day and hour correctly, the
opened until after her death.
The undertaker laughingly took cause of her death! and her biography
the envelope, and declared that, Judg- 1 6 vaT
Ing from appearances, he would keep
It a long time, as Miss Kyle, who was
27 years old. was the picture of good
Cat and Dog Like.
Patience—You say they live like cat
health. He placed the envelope ln J ami dog?
Ills safe and forgot about it. Patrice—Yes; when she acts kitten
1 Johnston was called to the Kyle res lsh he growls.—Yonkers Statesman.
corail, playing with Nigger No, Mollie, California a Region of Earthquakes,
I came to see you," leaning ln at the Says Noted Writer in Har-
window and trying to take her hand. per'* Weekly.
"Me?” with a brazen effort to ap- _
pear surprised. "What for?” There is no better established fact
"Oh. I Just want to see you—you— ln the history of earth than that Cal-
know I—I—” Ifornia in ages past has been the
Unsophisticated girl that she was, theater of some of the most tremen-
womanly Intuition told her that some- dous displays of volcanic energy,
thing was lacking, and all the anger There are square miles of lava beds
and resentment she had felt while |n the north mountains composed
quarreling with Farrel flared up blind- entirely of stones; innumerable rem-
lngly From the corner of her eye she nants of craters and cones; miles of
could see McIntyre pulling at his long, hills that look to this day like waves
blonde mustache, while he smiled corn- 0f arrested lava covered with a thin
placently, and his air of easy self-as- skin of soil, where no tree grows-
suranre added fuel to her rage. She to say nothing of the tale told in
had felt the fascination of his genial the layers of rock that mav be seen
personality^still It might be^s^Charley on many a bare mountalll 8l'de wmea
........... ' ' Gertrude Atherton in Harper's Week-
had said. She turned on him in blind,
unreasoning fury.
"You Just want to see me,” she
stormed. "Well, look at me, with your
big, green ere*, Chase McIntyre, and
what do you see? Think I’m a fool?
Do you think you can come here, where
people don’t know anything about the
world, and make fun of us? Do you
think we can't see through your store
clothe* and boiled shirts, and—and—”
"Mollie! Mollie!" he kept interject-
ing, while she raged, “What In the
world do you mean? Surely, I have
never done anything to deserve this,
have I, Miss Mollie?"
She was, however, deaf to all he said,
weeping stormlly In a corner of the
room, where she had crowded herself
beyond his reach.
ly.
We have in the north—and not to
mention the hundreds of small and
nameless cones—three great peaks—
Diablo, St. Helena and Shasta—that
are believed to have been active vol-
canoes In the unwritten period of
California's long and energetic story.
Regarding Shasta there Is no man-
ner of doubt, and during the earth-
quake I wondered If she were In
eruption; for only a month before per-
sons ln her neighborhood were much
alarmed at the phenomenon of snow
melting on one of her flanks as quick-
ly as it fell.
A year before the eruption of Pelee,
supposed to be extinct, and of the
■7“ 1 e;.Pr d°ne l° Cause you i West01ndies^ and' heard conTtanT tUk
°„I. ° niP' „ of the island of Monserrat, which had
Jim N.mnm says- shflken for f,j(jr monthg almo8t wJth.
Wei, what does that exempllflca- out pau8e. Last w,nter-withln a
of me”’" CUn t0 8ay | >’rief Period-there were C2 distinct
.... „ „ . tremors ln this part of California—
f .r,a?1P. a ,'!rVir IIK volo{ | some 13 months before the strange
from behind McIntyre, "that yer a— convulslon of Aprll 18.
sneak rylng to get yer iron onto Mav lt not be that our lava tWes
other people s cattle. |
McIntyre had turned at the first
It may rat have occurred to most peo-! George V. Winter, the can spou
pie who have seen the smart, »ol- whom devolve* tala reaponalttllty. Is
i:er!y dress of the enl.steJ men that himae.f a so.. *r. Lzv.cg seen serv-
•here was any oppertun.ty for !zn- Ice ln the South African campaign.
proveir.ent in appearance or utility during which t-ht he had ample op-
of the present unlf.rm but neverthe- portunlty of studying th* needs of
ess this Is one of the mst'ers which the *oldler In actual service He 1*
:s always receiving consideration by a man verg.ug cm c;ddla life and has
the war department with a view n't a rather ful* figure and dark mus-
only of providing the most comfort- tache and hair
a'le and most serviceable style of Mr. Winters South African expe-
dress but also one which will be as rience was used to considerable
.nconspicuous as p>os»!'le upon the profit, for he was able to des.gn va-
fteld of ’attle. This latter reason is rious article* of military equipment
the chief one why the khaki cloth which were adopted at once. He vu
was adopted some few yearn ago, but the crea'or of the putte* legging,
originated for special facility ln fas-
tening. doing away with the button*
and straps, and which is rot only
neater an 1 smarter In app'-arance, but
far more serviceable than the leg-
gings used in our own army. He has
also invented a special system of
lacing for the knees of cavalry
breeches, which garments he haa
turned into a different shape from
those worn a few years ago.
Discussing the American soldier,
Mr. Winter said he had been sur-
prised to find that the American pri-
vate via the best looking soldier ln
the world.
“I find he is at least an Inch broad-
er in the shoulders than the average
English private. I was, Indeed, al-
most astonished to find your men of
the ranks so well Eet up. In figure
they are smarter, or, perhaps I should
say, more lithe, than our men gen-
erally.
GEORGE \ winter. "From the measurements I have
-Man Who Ha* Come to Help Dress taken lt appears that the average
Uncle Sam a Soldiers.) American soldier Is from a half to
It seems that lt is Impossible to pro- three-quarters of an Inch taller than
vide this kind of material in suffl- the British. This may be surprising
cient quantities to supply all the to those Americans who are famll-
needs of the army, so that it is pro- lar only with the appearance of our
posed to equip only that part of the life guard, but, then, the latter are
army with khaki uniforms which are all selected for their height and ph.v-
servlng ln the Philippines and other slque. and consequently are excep-
warm sections of American terri- tional.
tory. "Tnere Is no doubt that the Amer-
This leaves a large part of the army lean private far outclasses th*
to be provided for with other style of French, not only ln dress, but also In
uniform, and the matter has been physique. You see, the Frenchman
taken up with energy by the war de- |g bound to become a soldier. It la
partment, which Is going into the
question so thoroughly as even to
send to England and bring over a
military tailoring expert, who will
give his ideas as to what the uniform
of the United States soldier should be
ln design and fit.
not a matter of choice with him, as
It is with the American. In conse-
quence, the French army is recruit-
ed from all classes and the result
Is that a regiment la apt to present
far from a homogeneous appearance.”
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Sports and Athletics.
Jack Moakley is to the athletic field . topic. Moaklev started in at the bot-
of Cornell what Courtney has been to tom of the scale, and with his usual
the rowing branch
of the university.
He is an old-timer
at track athletes,
and not only had
a wide reputation
as a track athlete
himself In New
England, but also
as a track coach
and trainer. He
is perhaps the
youngest of the
old set of track
athletes from New
JACK MOAKLEY.
sagacity he took up the branch he
could do most with at the beginning—
that la. distance runnings. He knew
it would take years to develop an all-
round team, but If he could turn out
a high-class squad of distance run-
ners who would attract attention ln
the long races, where the competition
among college athletes seemed at that
time to be most keen, it would be pos-
sible to attract more attention to th*
other branches of track work.
After having served as coach of the
Cornell university crews for a quarter
of a century
Charles E. Court-
ney has announced
his intention of
severing his con-
nection with the
institution. Fric-
tion with the
sound of the man's voice to find him-
self looking into the muzzle of a pistol.
He had been warned of the man's cow-
ardly methods of attack, and realized
with a sickening rush of blood to his
heart that a word or a move meant in-
stant death, and while his whole na-
ture revolted, he stood quiet, both
hands ln sight.
"Ye swallows It," sneered Noman.
with an exasperating leer, trying to
goad the other Into the slightest show
of hostility. "Don't ye, ye dirty cow-
ard?"
Mollie could see the white of McIn-
tyre’s cheek growing a dull red, the
muscle* of his neck swelling tense and
hard, then she scrambled through the
window.
"Jim Noman, you quit!” she
screamed.
McIntyre thrust the girl aside, an act
of chivalry which saved his life, for his
enemy fired the Instant he moved, and
while the bullet missed his heart It
shattered his arm
"Don't, Jim, don't!” screamed the
girl, wildly, throwing herself between
them, unconscious that she clutched
McIntyre’s mangled arm. "Oh, don't!”
as Noman's gun again flashed to u
level.
are rising again? The splitting asun-
der of the Santa Cruz mountains and
the Sobrante hills, as unusual an ac-
companiment as the earthquake it-
self. may be a result of the bulge of
the crawling monster in the channels
beneath. Shasta is its natural des-
tination. Should this be so, and this
uneasy mass vomit itself through
through the volcano far in the north,
might it not mean the future peace
of San Francisco? True, she might
have her old tremors, but they have
not hurt her—not even the great
earthquake of 18C8, which was nearly
twice as long as our last, and was
followed by several weeks of con-
stant and considerable vibrations. If
this last and most malefic convul-
slon ln her known history were
caused by returning volcanic forces,
the opening lid of the northern pot
would at least preserve her from
another disastrous shaking up.
Titles.
"You must remember,” said the
heiress who was talking about her
love affair, "that he Is of noble line-
age."
"Yds," answered Miss Cayenne,” but
we f-bould not select husband* as we
do Ixx ks, merely because we like the
title*."—Washington Star.
England who now
are coaching college athletes on the
cinder path, and from his work with
the Cornell track and cross-country
teams he has rightfully earned the
title of the foremost trainer of track
men ln the country. Before going to graduate manage-
Cornell, Moakley used to coach school- ment, unsatisfac-
boys ln Boston, the athletes of the tory salary and
Boston Athletic association and of repeated annoy-
several other athletic clubs. While ances to which he
there he brought out the wonderful has been subject-
quarter-miler, Tommy Burke, whose ; ed by the athletic
red shock of hair crossed the line ln association are C. e. col'rtn'EY.
a quarter-mile one day, when being among the reasons given for the
trained by Moakley, a foot or so ahead break btween the "old man" and
of Maxey Long, in 48 seconds flat. The the authorities. Resident alumni
race was a match between the pair, and university officials, protesting
and was run on a clay horse track and against the impending loss of
In a driving rainstorm, with the mud ! the veteran coach, are bringing all
three Inches deep and a strong wind possible influences to bear to induce
ln the runners’ faces. Many prominent Courtney to alter his announced de-
sporting men who saw this race called termination. His contract sthl has
lt the fastest quarter-mile they ever three years to run. and the friends of
witnessed, for at the finish each man's the Ithaca school object to his release,
feet weighed four or five pounds with Influences tending to widen the breach
the caked mud. The training of Burke between the coach and the athletlo
was one of Moakley s earliest achieve- management have been developing for
ments. Burke also won the quarter some time. Of all the athletic coaches
hands down In the big International at Cornell Courtney Is said to hav*
meet In New York on Berkeley Oval ln received the lowest salary—*2 500 As
1895. Moakley went to Cornell ln 1899. he Is but 56 years of age, he feels that
and started ln to work for the end he is far from his last days of useful-
that he succeeded ln achieving for the ness. Friends of the coach say that h*
first time In lJ'-'o the winning of the has had numerous offers of Increased
intercollegiate track meet. Moakley salary from other Institutions, but ho
had a harder proposition than perhaps has steadfastly rejected them,' declar-
any other coach ln the country. He lng that his place was with Cornell,
went to a big university where track John L. Senior, graduate manager, ts
athletics did not exist even in name, held directly responsible for Court-
and he had to not only train the bare ney’s decision to ask to be relieved of
handful of men who came out volun- his contract. Frequent arguments over
tartly, but he also had to hustle about the management of the crews are said
the university to get out enough men to have resulted in settlement unfavor-
to make some sort of a competition able and unjust to the coach. Th*
for the men he wanted to bring out. governing board of the athletic asso-
There was no Interest taken ln the elation Is charged with niggardliness
sport, and It was hard to stimulate in connection with the naval appro-
any. Crew was the all-absorbing | prlatlons.
IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ
He Knew Her. ' Adulterated.
Yeast—I suppose lt would be safe to He—They say there are microbe* ln
say that you have a dutiful wife? kisses.
Crlmsonbeak—It wouldn’t be safe to She—dee; everything Is adulterated
aay anything else.-Yonke-s States- nowa(Inya--Vonliers Stateaman.
man.
___ j Natural Mistake.
Hamfatt—New Jersey audiences ar*
Exception. certainly appreciative. We gave a sum-
Mrs. Naggs—Everything the Broke- mer show there, and got round after
ieighs have is borrowed. j round of applause.
Mr. Naggs—Oh, I don't know! They Boothby—That wasn't applause, you
seem to have troubles of their own. dub. That was the audience killing
—Chicago Daily News. j mosquitoes—Cleveland Leader.
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