The Okeene Leader. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1909 Page: 2 of 36
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OKEENE,
OKLA.
THE LOVES
qf Ih*
LADY
ARABELLA
■OUT ELLIOT UVBL
IVunritfkL iwi
At M T*«ra of AitinlraJ Mr P«-t«*r
Itwkihiw'i m-plifw, Richard fell
lecply In lovo at Aral with Ijuly
trahalla Ht.irmont, wlio a|»urn«l III" »t-
•nilnna. TI»o U.t an orphan. waa given
t berth aa niltlahlinran on tha AJns by
tla uncle. Ollca Vernon, nephew of Mr
Thnniaa Vernon, became I he boy a pal.
They attrn<1e<l a I healer where Hawfc-
ihaw'a nephew a«w l.mly Arabella. \er-
ion met I'lilhp Overton, In llu* for
Hr Thonuta Vernon's ealate. They atari-
at a iluel which waa Interrupted. Vernon.
>verton an«l llaakatiaw'a nephew found
iheinaelvea attracted by pretty l.udy Ara-
yella. The AJa* In battle defeated French
aarahlpa In the Medllerraneiiit. Richard
3lyn got tL’.nnO prl*e money. He waa
tailed home by lardy Hawkahaw aa he
ni about to "Mow In” Ida enrntmr* with
Vernon At a Hawkahaw party tllyn dla-
mvered that l.mly Arabella waa a poor
pul peralatent Ratuhler He talked much
aith her roualn I lapline, lardy Arabella
liraln ahowed love for Kanilng l.ater ahe
trld Olyn and Overton prlaonera. thua
Relaying the duel. In the Ovarton-Ver-
lon duel, neither waa hurt, lardy Ara-
kella humiliated Richard by her pranka.
Richard and Otlea ahlpped on a frigate,
llh-a waa captured by the French. Sir
Peter arranaed for Ida erchanfe. Daph-
ne ahowed a Ilk lute for (Hyn, who waa
then 21 yeara of axe. Ollea waa rrleaaed
nilea and Richard planned elopemonta.
Sir Peter objected to the plan to wed
Daphne. Ry clever ruaea tlllca and Rich-
ard eloped with l.ady Arabella and
Daphne. respectively. The latter pair
were married Daphne waa plcaaed; Ara-
bella raved In anger. When the par-
ty returned, Arabella naked Sir Peter to
aid In prosecuting tlllea In court on the
charge of commit tine a capital crime.
K
■ul I chill to my heart. I tad stealthily kept
Lady I aye* lied oa Ik* Judge* to
la their couoteo
••4 tato tha hall Itself.
Wlthla that plarc of
wraa dignity sad dernro
Jaotlree la their robes
tltuda sat up a about of “Way far Lady
Hawkahaw!" mad tha people fit hark, whathac they gave
leaving aa a risar path to tha deer. I saoas aay algaa of lealty or aeveruy-
1 *Tb*y vert altogether unmoved, •**
all I ropt oaa, who waa refuted to be a
Tha lorda I auil merciful man. He grew j>ale and
wlga aat pater aa Lady Arabella a lory pro
like a tat iiea* aad presently when we I sreeaed, and I saw him several times
wars all sealed and tha erter had pro wipe the cold sweat from hU brow.
tha court opea, Giles Vernon I *ud at last a sigh ru ’
waa brought la aad placed la tha pris b«l I think no one noted Ujmt m^for
oners’ dock. Ha laokad pals from his tha multitude of
confinement. hut I thought I had never »a tha sight 1 this beautltel > <>'JJJ
his plala features so aaarty hand I woman, so coolly swearing Y
. His Una figure was nobly aat Ufa of a man who had loved her.
off by the Ideatlcal brown aad liver Giles Vernoa bora the ordeal un
ault which the poor fellow had bought I flinchtogly, aad when at Intervals she
for his wedding with Lady Arabella. I looked toward him with a quiet hatred
and. la m Hash, came back to me that I hi bar glance, ha gased steadily back
atraaga vlaloa I had had at his Ua-1 at bar.
don lodgings oa tha night that this qa ghe wag than to be cross-examined,
fortunate elopement waa drat talked 1 Many questions were asked her by the
of between us. My heart stood still, great London barrister, who was one
and I grew sick and faint at tha raool I of tha three defending Giles. Oae
tectloa of the rest of that dream, or
revelation, or whatever It was.
alias, meanwhile, had bowed re
s pact fully to the Judges, than to the
assembled people, who vary generally
returned hit salutation with every
mark of politeness. Turning to where
we aat, be bowed aad smiled. We all
query was, whether aba had ever given
Mr. Vernoa reason to think ahe would
marry him, to which ahe replied:
"No; never la my life.**
She was then naked If there waa an-
other gentleman la tha case, aad for
the trst time she ahowed confusion.
Her fhee grew crimson, and ahe re-
CHAPTER IX.—Continued.
Such dancing! It was of the kind
that was fashionable before the Amer-
ican war, and Introduced so many cuts,
espers, pigeon-wings. slips, slides and
pirouettes, that It was really an art
In Itself. And her agility was sur-
prising. With her train over her arm.
her tiara blazing, and her bird of para
dlse nodding violently, ljidy Hawk
shaw's small, high-bred feet twinkled
She was a large woman, too, and she
proved that her boast about her legs
was well founded. When she came
face to face with Sir Thomas Vernon
In the dance, instead of turning him
she folded her arms and sailed around
him, carefully avoiding touching his
hand. And he, the old sinner, bein':
acquainted with that anctent style o',
dancing, made a caper so exuetly like
her ladyship’s, with so grnve a conn
tenance. that the whole ballroom was
In a titter, lint although the people
might laugh at Sir Thomas’ excellent
mimicry, the sentiment was totally
against him. and he found difficulty in
getting gentlemen to- notice hliu or
ladles to dance with him. With Lady
Hawkshaw, on the contrary, tt was
every man's desire to dance; slip was
besieged with partners, young and old;
but having shown what she could do
she rested upon her laurels, and sal
In state the rest of the evening, fun
nlng herself with vast dignity and com
posure, and occasionally snapping at
Sir Peter, who. It must be admitted,
made no great figure at a ball.
At last it was over, and we returned
to our lodgings. The next day but
one we were on our way to the assize
hall for the trial of Giles Vernon.
A tremendous crowd was present and
there vias difficulty in gaining au en-
rose, and Lady Hawkahaw and Daphae I «u*nt. Tha question waa not
made him deep curteeya. A Jury waa I gad ahe waa sous permitted to
soon selected and sworn, and the Aral I When she pasted out of the hall
witness called waa Lady Arabella I ^ VM ^ dlvlnest picture of beauty
Stormont. I and modesty I evar saw. Her eyes
In i moment nho onterod, i*®nln# I |Qyg^ tb# floor, and a dollcloun bluih
upon the arm of 8!r Thomas Vernon. | maBtled her cheek. I believe that
many persons, under the apell of her
beauty, thought that she waa an un
willing witness, and pitied her youth
and Inexperience.
But It waa hanging testimony ahe
gave, and well ahe knew It.
After the examination of the post-
boys and other witnesses for the prose-
cution. I waa called as the first witness
for Giles. I told the circumstances of
our agreement to run away with the
two charmers of our hearts; and the
fact that I had been so readily for-
given, not only by Daphne herself, but
by 8lr Peter and Lady Hawkshaw,
saw produced a good effect. But when
I was asked by the other side If I had
ever seen, or if Giles had ever claimed
any willingness on Lady Arabella’s
part to go off with him. I broke down
miserably. My teattmony did Giles
little good, I fear.
Sir Pier Hawkshaw waa the next
wlttness. It was plain from the start
that he desired to help Gtlea. and like-
wise that he knew very little of the
affair until It was all over. But he
"That Lawyer Fellow la Threa IHaata I proved a most entertaining, If dia-
In the Wind Iw | cursive witness.
, . .. . . tn hAP . Sir Peter evidently thought the wit
and was by him escorted to her place ne^bQX wag hla own quarter-deck.
In (he witness-box.
. ... . and he proceeded to harangue the
Her beauty was almost unearthly. I jB |,ja begt manner as a flag of-
She wore a black gown and a simple
white cap. under which the curls of
her rich hair ahone like burnished
gold. She was perfectly composed,
and. after being aworn. began her
fleer. He talked of everything except
the caae; he gave a moat animated de-
scription of the fight between the Ajax
oa our aide lid the Indomptable api
Xantlppe on The other, praising OlleR
story In a manner the most quiet and I yernon-a gallantry at every turn. He
lalin. A deep stillnesH reigned through I alred his views on the subject of
the vast room, and every one In it]
caught her lowest word.
Her testimony was entirely clear
and straightforward. She related the
clretimstancea of her belug dragged
ciff. while coming out of the playhouse
at Scarborough; of finding herself
along tn the chaise with Giles Vernon,
who told her he was taking her to
Scotland to marry her; that she strug
gled violently and endeavored to get
nut of the chaise, and that ahe waa
withheld by force by Giles, who
severely hurt her wrists, causing blood
to flow; and flnaHy. that when she be
gan to scream, Giles put his hand over
her mouth and stifled her cries. She
said that this conduct was kept up the
whole of the night, until they reached
Gretna Green at daylight; that all the
time Giles was imploring her to marry
him, then threatening to kill hlmaelt
or her; and that she told him many
limes she preferred death to marriage
with him; and at last, on reaching
Gretna Green, she defied him and es-
caped from him.
When she had concluded there was
an ominous stillness for a time, and
then I saw something which struck a
the flannel shirts furnished to the
navy, alleging that some rescally con
tractors ought to be hanged at the
yard-arm for the quality supplied; and
wound up by declaring, with great gus
lo. that If an officer in his majesty’s
service desired to marry a young lady
it was an act of spirit to carry het
off. and for his part, fellows of that
sort were the kind he should select to
lead a boarding party, while the sneak
lug, law-abiding fellows should be un
der the hatches when the ship was
cleared for action.
Sir Peter's rambling but vigorous
talk was not without its effect, upon
which I think he had shrewdly calcu-
lated. In vain counsel for the crown
tried to check him; Sir Peter bawled
at them to pipe down, and remarked
aloud of the senior counsel who had
been most active in trying to suppress
him:
"That lawyer fellow is three sheets
tn the wind, with the other one a-
flapplng!”
The Judges, out of respect to him,
made no great effort to subdue him,
and he had the satisfaction of telling
his story his owa way.
rut ion took him la haad, they found,
though, that ho could very well keep
to the subject matter, and they did net
succeed in getting anything of the
•lightest consequence out of him.
Then came Lady Hawkshaw’s tes-
timony. Sir Peter's was sot a patch
on It. Like him, she really bad no
material evidence to give, but, with a
shrewdness equal to his, she made a
very good plea for the prisoner. 8be
began with a circumstantial account of
her own marriage to Sir Peter, In
which the opposition of her family waa
painted In lurid hues. In vain was she
again and again checked; she managed
io tell her tale against the vigorous Ab-
jections of the prosecutors, and the
somewhat feeble and perfunctory I'M
bukes from the bench. The Jury, how-
ever, were plainly so Interested In IL
that no serious attempt was made to
•top her—not that It would have
availed anything, for Lady Hawkshaw
was not used to stopping for nny one.
"No doubt my family could have
hounded Sir Peter for marrying me,"
•he announced In the beginning, "but
-my family, your honors, is an honor-
able one, and would not condescend
to n»aty tricka like—." Here ahe fixed
ter groat black eyes on Sir Thomas
Vernon, who smiled blandly and took
snuff.
And as for a man expecting opposi-
tion In a girl he is willing to marry,
I ask your honors, does n man exist
who can believe, until It la proved
to him beyond cavil, that there la a
woman alive who would not jump for
Joy to marry him?"
This produced so much laughter that
the bailiffs had to enforce order In the
hall.
Lady Hawkshaw then, with great
Ingenuity, referred to Sir Thomas Ver-
non, “who, tn those days. 40 yeara ago,
was not called ’Wicked Sir Thomas/
but plain ’Lying Tom Vernon!’”
This produced a regular uproar,
during which Lady Hawkshaw, with
great complacency, fanned herself.
After a warning from the presiding
Justice to keep to the matter In hand,
she curtsied deeply to him, and Im-
mediately resumed her account of Sir
Thomas Vernon, In which she told of a
certain occasion, In the time of the
American war, when, as the royal
family was passing to chapel at Wind-
sor, hisses were heard, the king having
declined to receive him at the levee
on account of his notoriously bad char-
acter. And Sir Thomas, being thrust
out, was taken by some of the inhabi-
tants of Windsor and ducked in n
neighboring horse-pond. At this point,
thfc Judge himself courteously but firm-
ly interrupted Lady Hawkshaw, and in-
formed her that ahe could not be per-
mitted to go on in that strain.
"I shall observe your lordsbtp*a cau-
tion,” ahe replied, politely, and straight-
way launched Into a description of Sir
Thomas’ appearance when he emerged
from the horse-pond, which brought n
smile to every face in court—including
even the Judge’s—except the victim
'himself, who bit his lip and scowled In
fury.
The judges afterward said that Lady
Hawkshaw proved to be the most un-
manageable witness any and all of
them had ever encountered; for, In
spite of them, she gave a circum-
stantial account of every misdeed 8Ir
Thomas Vernon had ever been guilty
of in bis life, as far as she knew.
' The crown lawyers, very wisely, de-
clined to cross-examine this witness.
When Bhe stepped down out of the wit-
ness-box and took Sir Peter’s arm, she
passed close to the presiding Justice,
who happened to have his snuff-box
open In his hand. My lady deliberately
stopped and took a pinch out of the
Judge’s box, remarking, suavely:
“Your lordsjilp shows excellent taste
in preferring the Spanish!”
I thought his lordship would drop
out of his chair.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
republican party must live
UP TO ITS PROM I SEE.
Unlees It
Vale Alumni
TeM the
New Haven Connecticut— President
Taft paused In the conree 1 ae
after dinner speech to IBM graduates
of Yale, gathered at the eaaaal altsmni
feast, to Issue a sertoea note of warn-
ing to coegraea and to the teeders of
the Republican party. The president
declared that If tha party which placed
in him In power and so Ions had con-
trolled the government failed to live
up to its promisee end the expectations
of the people. It woald be relegated to
the position of n minority opposition.
r. Taft had been spooking humor-
ously of recollections of hlg own col-
lege days which made hie sudden
change to n serious tone of the Import-
ant utterance mpoa national eRalra all
the more impressive. The president
spoke extemporaneously and hie at-
terancea aa to the duty of the party
of which he is nominally the heed
seemed the result of a sadden Impulse
rather than of studied Intent.
WENT TO SLEEP ON THE TRACKS
Bodies 1 Two Vann* Men Pound Re-
aide M, K. A Tr Rallreed
In Missouri.
Nevada. Missouri. — The bodies
of two dead men were found lying be-
tide the Missouri, Kansas A Texes
pallway track at e pint two miles
weat of Deerfield. The men were put
off n train at Deerfield end started to
walk west. It is the belief that they
went to sleep on the track and were
•truck by the train aad killed. The
coroner's Jury returned a verdil to
that effect. Papers found an the
bodies indicate that one of the men
wee Charles Brown of Wichita, Kan.,
and the other Allen Wilson of Chi-
cago. The heads of both were crushed.
It la known that they were about SI
years old.
CHE DEFICIT NOT SO GREAT
The Actual Amount Was About |2V
000,000 Lean Than Officially Call-
mated Lai December.
Washington. D. C. — Treasury offi-
(als are pleased at the present show-
ing of the government finances. Ordi-
narily a deficit In the government rev-
enues of fM.Sll.lM. as shown by the
statement would not be a matter of
congratulation. Nevertheless at tha
close of the fiscal year lfOP the treas-
ury officials express much gratifica-
tion that the official estimate of a de-
ficit of $114,000,000 made last Decem-
ber has not been verified and are hope-
ful for a continuance of the improve-
ment which has bean especially noted
during the last four mouths.
CHILDREN LIKE PLAY FARMS
New York Innovation Declared Fruit-
ful Source of Health and
Happiness.
There is no form of benevolence that
hat produced quicker and more per-
ceptible results than that of looking
after and providing for the entertain-
ment of the children of large cities.
The efforts to And occupation for the
mental and physical energies of chil-
dren have resulted In tha discovery of
many Ingenious plana. City play-
grounds are bow of almost universal
adoption in all civilised countries. But
the city farm for children Is aa inno-
vation that has not aa yet been so gen-
erally introduced. It has proved such
s success where it has been tried, how-
ever, that there will surely eoon be
play farms in evnry American city aa
regular and abiding "Initttutlona" A
city vacant lot located in the thickly
populated section of New York and
containing something lest than one
acre has for the second season been
cut up Into farms that are just four
feet one way by eight feet the other.
Bach of thaae tiny land parcels is put
under the care of a small boy or girl
to he farmed. And do the youngsters
lake to this Arm enterprise? Well,
there are about five applicants for
every farm. They love tt an well that
there la difficulty in persuading them
to quit, during the planting season, at
luncheon time. Those In charge of this
play farm say that It has proved a
great source of health and happiness
to the children. And, while It la not
particularly meant to ba instructive, It
really Is instructive.
Shopping Instinct.
"If hes has proposed, why don’t you
give him an answer?”
”1 can’t make up my mind whether
I would like hitn when I got him
home."—Brooklyn Life.
Stoats Hunt in Packs.
In some years stoats appear to be
more numerous than in others, and
they are seen not tu ones and twoa but
tn dozens, hunting together in small
parks
Stoats will hun* together from
scent and in full cry like a pack of
hounds, one always keeping the line
and followed closely by the others
This sight has been recorded by dif-
ferent observer*. «ho have also seen
weaseld hunting in the same way.—
Fur Nev a
Dined on Ancient Food
One of the most singular meals evar
eaten was that given to a select few
by an antiquary named Goebel In
Brussels some yeara ago. The bread
was made from wheat grows before
the children of Israel passed out of
Egypt and it waa spread with butter
made when Elisabeth ruled England.
For fruit there were apples which
ripened before the Christian era and
tha wine waa older than tha white
man’s knowledge of the new world.
The bread was made from wheat ta-
ken from a chamber In one of the pyr-
amids. the butter (of which there
were several pounds). had been found
in an earthen crock on a stone shelf
under the Icy wall of a well In Scot
land. A pantry in the ruins of Porn-
peii had furnished the Jar of apples
(which were aa sweet and finely
flavored as if only a faw oiuolbs old),
and the flagon of wine had been re-
covered from an old vault In Corinth.
Six guests enjoyed this amaalng most.
A Wrack Naar Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo.—One map pro-
bably was killed and throe dangerous-
ly Injured In a wreck on the Missouri
Pacific a half mile west of Dodson.
George P. Reed of Osawatoml#, Kan.,
the engineer, who was pulling a pas-
senger train for the first time, has
not been found. He la believed to bo
buried under the wrecked engine. Jo-
seph T. Boyle of 941 Armstrong ave-
nue, Kansas City, Kan., the fireman,
received Internal Injuries. The and
hundred passengers and remainder of
the train crew escaped with a severe
shaking up.
A Diplomatic M. D.
Askltt—To what do you attribute
Dr. -Wisely’* popularity?
Noitt—To the fact that his patients
have only the newest diseases.—Chi-
engu Dally News.
Yale Defeated Harvard.
New Haven, Connecticut.—Joy 1*
unrestrained at Yale over the victory
of the ’Varsity base hall nine over
its old rival Harvard. The final acorn
was Yale 4, Harvard 0. The event
came as the crowning feature of a
day full of excitement and merry-
making for the thousands of Tale
men back for commencent and
class reunions. In pint of attend-
ance the crowd was the largeet that
ever saw a base ball gam here.
Won European Scholarship.
Mis* Mary L. Chamberlain, of Hud-
son. Mai=* . hn» won the $1,500 achol
nrshlp nt Vassnr that will enable her
to study social conditions In Europe.
She wa* elected by her clasamatea as
well mr appointed by the faculty. She
ha* dune a great deal of work In
Boston. She Is a senior, and will
graduate sutnna cum laude.
Storm on Texao Coast. .
Brownsville, Texas.—Tai-on Beach,
a. summer resort on the lower
end of Padre Island, throe tauea from
the mainland, la Isolated and inundated
with the fate of the InhabitAnis un-
known. A number of flahtng craft and
a gasoline launch have been swept out
to sea or wrecked. There are the
meagre details known here of a storm
of extraordinary severity whlci raged
off Point Isabel and the adjacent coast.
He Bold Olee as Fancy Butter.
Chicago. Illinois.—Max Goodman, a
butter and egg dealer of this city, who
was found guilty with his brother,
Jacob, of manufacturing and selling
oleomxrgerltie as fancy butter, was
sentenced by Federal Judge K. M.
Landis to aerva two yean la tha
Leavenworth, Kansas, prtsoa.
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