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OKLAHOMA WEEKLY LEADER. THURSDAY. MAUCfl 10, 1921^
I'M t<< I'.'
A TRAGIC ROMANCE ' 'SS
OF THE OIL FIELD tii," top M«ir «be saw hi* er«, the mnnnur of falling Witer right. 1 am :• ur«-at "'•,n thf^A^h* S'^'hat m#r\-el amMn iti wake ro* the might of li.lm-ws of the Mat year*. Hjr
,, ,1.. Hi stonmi!.'ohr.ll,rr ears. The es-.-n.-e ..f I.iii " .-J'1 ' • , '• L.IVi,t ...hi. ay. ail ..neo.Hiuer- Rreatest desire .- to sr.- Mil.
! oir.ra turned the Knob « garden of the valley 8he Hatened intently {-« ^n- able atful. Like a blinded thing grow, imo staler. mwhooi
, , ,SC..II1 almost unearthly. In tin- ,.„v.il.|e tl.nt In- add. .1 's . ^ she IVimht :iii.l slowly but sitrelj. know me that women arc to «
Her girlkh heart waa Idled . ,hf. flallid dlaeern i at ti o the li*t ing.i « gained on her advamry. Making sheltered, nroteetedand loved.
With loathing as she stood just tleavenlv beauty float,.,, WmMmum. I In- Kalli-r t >•- 11 1,1 ;,J(s1 M1,,rente effort .he strng-| .Months later we l.n.l Hilly and
IinM.l hi. office and watched him £ « ^ Abraham Ltoooln, the hearlthHUedigjhwrtw j. idesperately atnl freeing her- hi* mother ... their new home
I h. .nilingl.v advam-ed to meet ( a) j.|s| slli. sa„ |„.|llV,(1 fr, side.,t. and -dot. 1 xviti.i,, the -heller of>lf 0,u,':l!'s 1"au,-,!' to be eontinue.l .!• \t week.,
her The words site had come t. „ ,ittje chiM. Her heart u It. the 1A"l;'n"'"1; his arms' For years ahe bad .apinst ttie table for -
• I... I-.-., red won,.." I •' ( J(, 1;in til tlx H.-r shaking hand touelie.l ' j fire HUGS WORK tN ENGLAND
I as mm-mi-I nlj « ^ ,.neirele.l ;little pearl handled rev.dver and\ ^ M#rch M....Ab3n, •,
She i'-lt Sickened a (|. ^ h)>l. , hi ise.oosly her J lingers flow <1; doeen f&rm flre| W(>dne. ,a). in a *,
cheek m token of iWuiwi.. - # vc; it. I be •moment was, ens Bround Liverpool on ho 1. a'rte
i -.raek," her voiee sound.-.l like aAs. adyam-ed towar. • • of tU Mersey river nr.. worthed to
111.ri,|• 11> he_fared he, J«r.P|.ed ,t t.ghtly and unknow
(Con"i icd from
and hake. t each her
Godfearing.
I lor musings drifted If •
thorc and presently tin- nl - '
She awoke to t'ind the <1111 filn-aiii-
ir.t: int.. her room anil the bird
twittering inerrii II" wuu 11 ••
worn?' NIL uo*i - w (s i
Hf nay trembled unaaid on tor lips to.ichcd hy the sight and the
1 denoted for the fir.ttbm.hh waau uenei ^ ^ .
clanec. A vagtw s..^ „hp stretched out her ;:r> s
hr
-d
,_:>n 11 i n • •
the contrast,
va.lit \ never
Woii
the man'
Turnine
in ti the
clothes eh.s 'I -le pulled ' 1
coffee and I; a-*""" | ,|anee. A vague son — /-i;;.t(.hod nn, her arms ti.
no nils and s! e -plan ' terror seized her and she ■ its eve I
bed to make hast, -tartc'l to step back and then ch" d • t.« .1In .>< s ^ (.n
Quickly she lirn-heil her lull' a,m, Tlic girl could never,"" m .mlicnt inirl v tin
powdered her nose (,I.,.„forward just how it a ha.p;j ."lm;kc(, af h(.r. it was, , ,m
l>end It WM over .0 qdekij. uwy ^ ^ Mmotbiu(?. An(1 whi,
- - ill 1 I She remembered that h.li.nF | f, | to melt;
slipped ,t-.>ver her head. It dcly crushed b.-r ngiimK him,. ^ b|w. ()f lh hkj Th. sh(. 0l(M;k head. Don't
nhoeked jtintthani with a rounciwr j^nt ""s,. I that his'wiml rose to a shriek and the;, j|, |t iR inevitable thatwe
rosH I ron1
the banner
her
of blue and white
I'll put ,V"U i"
ISC i:
\ I11 >|, world lil
white oi-giuiy that tied in
1 pleading tone le was le ^^in^ bet-
to treat him that way.
the man
id einbni'
.I r. 11 • man
he realized that she was pattering of rain flgamn u"'jt0 (.(aim your own ■■■ ««.«>«
ante Her window pane awakened Carrie to nt,of'Bill.v' «on ethingnt was too late to mend things.
• " .,nu .7-uj tlic dawn of another day and her,. ... - • ' 1 •"
against tb. j
ti f.tiiiy: bow in the back. I^ittto |
di I the vi. 1 dreiiu. of tli. lat.■ that |,.u.|,v|hin,^ wns a|| right he as-
laill store lor her • 1 H'!", llri.(| heeaiise lie loved her.
rrily along 011 lie1 ; ' \ „„|itv ol'
1?. l.ndiim a corner, tie- "I- (, ,(| H„
one!" s:iw ii. r lor tie In-t tune. ^ ^ ^
Hi 1* W'holCM.IIM'llt^S S.THH'd t'1 | jn,r «r j | flit'. IH'l I « ""
61. .use the air aa «he paised and gjy ng thinking had the dawn of another day and her
he noted the whiteness of her •' l , nttered After a time drcam returned in Bn iu !t"rt'^
throat, her beautilnil, eunc. ' (>;,ll|(.(1 |u |,er desire to! vividness. Alwav she had bee.
back, her well tiu-ii.-, ankle A ■ wi|| was broken.
pri'.e lie I .|'|U. llin,., of the '-Colonel"
I -'Ve to |.OS-. - M-r ••• • 1|S ,lsnll|. had stood him ill good
n.H rowed l mere piiip.'int- '■ , lljm the battle was
gH'.e lifter her ivt.valing f,„. the woman it was .nisi
and laid plans her But. .'nniD hjg ma8terful way
day after day th- 1 j I i„."|iri,.,| her from the davenport
him up an. Iimdlj j" , sW,IllB h(>r the top of I.,*
•ii-1 decided 011 .1 b,,l.i -I.ok • ,|,.sk. lie was very
!' ■ would K« to the ?diii«' \ 1 1 „:(i "(.'arrio, I
«l C worked and tell her what a 'J|n<| t nm going to have.
>:weet 1 i111«- pirl 1 «' thought. si o ^ ,irms aronndland she sprang to an upright po
• t tell her how much hi '" ^Jf® . ^rcw |,,.r head to ft rent (Hition, pressing her hand against
her coinpanionship and il ^u' " ' *' M. ,,n hie shoulder. Oently 1 her hi art to still its wdd lifatiiiL-.
wo:del go riding with him on.-.- m (I" •' ^ ^ ^ straying There was no evading th. mitli.
a while that he won!,, buy a j ' J- ' . • ,f ,oluierly he Her dream had been „ warnim
cur for her. So one allen I, ... .,.iain and again. I lis Terrified, she drew the cover.
"Colonel enter,',I the st...-e > •> tiT't wliFper j,s he toldj.w.ver her In ad in a vain effort to
where Carrie l„„. . wrkedv";-e_;;: \« Sft.iThing. he ,.,,-rpoae her-If. The
-j-irir of the giii Was hreakiir^
and she eried r tin' fi•'-' time
in vears.
•( 'atrrii1, I
. . .1 mif. in«««i i ,
valley and its wondrous ,"'aul,r,„.Ver i iv * you up tor gotei.
behind and entering a rough road. , will |t,v<! v0„ till the sand* of
The way aeemcd dar!-: and drear.* . ^ rl grow
and she wondered if she would ^ 1(> ui|.
ver reach home. The ^";i'.l> j • ■ |tnt Vou were n
!" . I love \ oti, hut tomorrow u
ll« use and I 11 make pal.t ' Withdrawing
, I from his emhrare sin* rro.ss .1
her room and with her hand
the knob, turned. • ..dniuhK 111
she said <|iii. kly an-' ,ne next
moment v he was gone.
I!,- stood in the middle ol' the
.floor where she I eli lii'ii t h i 11 tv i n
thinking. What a fool h« had
lik it whip: : to want po.wer gi> n' and
t man enough riehes when lie ould nave the
I. Vour love of a good woman. And ww
Incendiaries. Five men were arrest
must • m-'-x I... ,OM' •'J . 'at Crosby, where a larpe iiuantitv
rself l1'" r,'I",rt Was inS,rt" i Lftammatle spirits ,M foua.l
•d t.. , . I
.My li.id, ( arr.c, you v>- sno i —
CLARA TRIAL IS ON TODAY
enid.
Ilcr
lie looked at her dilated eyes j
and t!<• t. at her bleeding hands, j
"Great God, Carrie, I have
l,i , ii ii. 1..•;.^t If I had l.ee.i sober
(Con'JpaM frora nt-.e ...
statements, are awa ted with . xeil->
- _ . t.jent One pit h ami ,-i>1. .lie
this would never have happened. I til&t witness who will be called - ! :
t'.iotsl e|.s wet-e approaehiiu; j j,xran,. ^eie. :al mannae,- of
and in th. IwiiiKliiift ol an py.', ttaiiion protiertlen and .lake llamou-'
he ' took in" the situation.
vividness. Always, she had be.-nj
a dreamer but never before had
tihc dreamed of a littl child.
■Ii.r ihounhts touched the cum
n iona I side of her nature and her
eyes jrrew misty with unshed
teats. Why had she dreamed of
1, little child and why had th.
vhild cried' She turned lh,'
question over and over in he
mind in a wondering sort of way.
Suddenly a thought str tek lie
Quick, give me the gun and I
will that I shot myself acci
dentally,"
lie reacbed the eO.nninn.eat•
i..e d*or he I timed.
"Carrie. I am walk ill t: to th.
come, to sc.
, , mi nev-r forgive What, chance I ||er mind was made up. Ii
Has the boy in this world:" Icision irrevocable. Jo an effort
>'("Hrvle there is plenty ol (to drown bis thought.*, he poured
• himself it gl.e s of whisky and
"How maiiv tim- hav'o ymiislowly drained the ntent*.
, vou have known|Then another and aiiother. Uourajhdapital. Ton will
' ''' ' ' ' i i . . I . r • t ... : i... i ' . i' . /■' 1 v. . ..I
111 these \ , ai s IhM : u never ill-
•ended to • ■ 1.-1i■ • l-i.i'- Oi'ly'
(|.e , \ ,'s '1 ■ I he W.lt"! ! 1' I'Ol.l til"
ii11iiitiv you have lived a lie.
1' < '..it rie. think ol my \\ ell ar<
,nd n,\ position in tli • world.'
Have I Ihoiight of anylliint!
|..iU these \ ears
"( '..hi. . Tl'.is i- no lh.-
for vain regi i
later a s nil
wreathed his lips
toward his bed
said r|.iicWy "Il
and women."
„ke don't leave L '
•bu^ness overseer. Mr. Ketch oii-
Rinaff.l ami prave first circulation to
flic fabrication thai Jake limn on a<
oirtently shot himself wh i« eioaninp •>
.2,". calibre" automatic j.istol. Mr.
Ket; h i« expected to admit on the
stand that this story was in untrjth.
told with the kindly j.urrose of pro-
tecting Hamon ^rofn notoriety in-
nounced at a ti'iv when he ib- lieved
j I'gmon would survive h - wound. Th ^
much of Mr. Keich'H testimony is Ren*
rally an-ticipated.
What Does Ketch Knows?
eli,, liveii the secne over una uu-i i
« *« ./ «rth « eft Repeatedly she prayed to o.h, r .1. ■ t.™ rtr u,s s a ■
with iti rfuUanee whon Carrie, 1 le I fcnenta cannot "be forecast. Many . -
stirred t«• eonseioii<n< >-s II.r tirst
I,inu tIi'tii:• lit v\a - that today |""
i11-1 a.* t ion ' |)(4. - j-',, j- 4 it m|
he staggered j today." ,
'i'si av. lie S]|r noddetl. her heart' too tull |
" >vor i. ii jYor word*:.
Ml ni'-dit lonrr Carrie tossed on,
a r. si less bed as in fitful dreams j
she lived the scene over and over j
i,rue<i. 1 i,m * ••• • . , i • u
• i i i ii.-i nt ill th< wonderful thm^' hi.
Krankl. she looked nt linn as I ,-1 h, , o ^ ^ u .r
tldvaliced toward her. Sweetly' wa -7'' " j hands ' "
tiling lor you lie pnuiuiei
U, buy something the while watch- wor ^ ^ ^ „trnck the hour of
i„«r her narrowly. He decldcrtl . pomible that so
after close sei-utiuy hat she wa-. ^ ■ 0lle hour.
n very nice girl It would he | mu. n nan n 11 ^ ; (
t ,'■•* to go slow and I• ■11 bis wa\.
so he engaged her ill ••« uial eon
versatioti.
.if, Is. Willxinu iii'.II iii V. ;e. ' 11 a' i«mi.i\|- } * ^
||.- drew Iff to the window and! hi'ou^htt tie4 eiidiii;.- of hr old I ^,,,.
, 1 ti . 1 .1 t . . ■ r .. 11 ' Mot'lllliy l.'iin
..ethel- I lie\" surveyed Ol"
til\ soe pi 11 >« « 1 m .
u 1...' ,.r l.ArNient* cannot be forooaiit. Han>
' T"" 1, 'nirit l-evnliattHro..^ K.-eht t I
ami 111 anguish or spniii "
i 1.1a II/. m e« ■ ■ • 1 I I L. IV."1 'I I . . 1 . 1 . 1 I ,
tht'otm below .
"Carrie, nee that carriage down
tier, III.' one with the ehaufteiir
p*', l ,1 up so I.ii Ii '
"\-x."
I think it would he wise for
■ < in 1. s, 'ii 11 lit.;: down fifth | P:
A % ,1 " '
,1 Vehicle like thai.
A short while imo she had h''°n
jn: t a f-'irl and now. *
witt v.
clios • and
elf lis he
The "Colonel" ('a
eould be sweet when It
be was thinking of
,'oid there und talked lo her in
h: own charming way. lie >•;
plained after a brief chat that In-
had a pressing oil engagement
K, .fretfully he tipped he hat and
■ i I, "tlood afternoon." She
irav.ed after him in a thoiii'httul
fr, tie of mind. How nice of liini
to talk to her that win She had
never nld his like before \\ hy
did not the people of lie- world
t: 'I. that way. she wlmdcred.
He dropped ill often after that
and gradually as th.\ 1
I letter ac.|iiainled lie told her thai
|,„ had come to feel almost 1
father's love for her because he
knew that she was virtuous A
little later he told her how lull. !*
■ she was a wo nan. The whole
I tenor of her life had changed,
he She wondered if she were really
he wa- winning her sympatliy as l.ringinp
happy. To be home and alone
with her thoughts Was her great-
est desire. She gained the street
eraI.■fill for the cool breeze that
touched her moist brow, grateful
lor (lie iliglit that enfolded her
with its kindly mantle of dark ,
ness
Chapter Two, [with which to protect a ten
•The Colonel" was a thonm.-'h thousand dollar n.l Wh.-t
lie never I' ll a ,i"b halt'| Was a dia-. "iid -lie had demanded
fit'.islteil In his masterful way seornfnlly, to her physical coii.li
he made love to Carrie ever wind Ition? The name of Hiiiiimcrslcie
in.' himself closer and closer Impossible, he thonght. A di-
I the teti.lrch of h.-r heart, man had never siit 1,1 ti;
'she seemed blissfully happy j President's chair. His hope-, m
when he was near, uneasy when the political game must not l.c
j h,, was awav. Often he took her blasted. At length an idea came
the oil fields to spend the day to him and his rapid pacing f
er home ih the cool i.t'jand fro eatii.' to a halt H. .!,'•"
liuht as iii the days of vol
u.is rudely interrupted by
heavy step and a fani'ilia1' vol
saying :
■■Collie, let s go
She turned I" -
been di-inking.
•'Th,ink you. in
11 ll.-t v . I ill' .
vnur ^1 am .In,
She
"The Colonel" was pa-inu
floor of his study in deep thought j ■ I,.t, 1 yon
Hi' special pride was the solving I she looked .11 him |>ier. i.1 uly.
of weighty problems, hill today j I'll re ,.,-• times, she said
he was in 'a i|iianilary. In a halt j-ily . w It. 11 [ find yon insilfl'cr-
[•ing, broken tone I he '.'irl had tohC.ir h .1 lid 1 his is one of them."
him of lid' ciiilition, leiiiimliiu In hit 1 • rn. 's of spirit she turn
hi,n of his promise to marry lie •■,! ... I., r I eel and retired to III.
.Something must be done and thai j mv!i. ion ..I* be, room. I .ate that
ipiickly Her child must hear its] veiiiuu he heard hi.11 moving
rightful name, the name of Ham ; and kie w that li" was mak
incrstein. Back and forth lie ing preparations for the return
paced, thinking. .1.. '.line. re.ieei :i,;|. hoi,:, Her own thinus were
ing. Never had he been so pu in i nlin -s and early the next
•/led The «rirl's fine -eorii and j iiimi siiiiL' tin* fast moving train
i.lier cutting words whipped hint bore theiii westward. She felt
! like a lash. He had promised to grat. fill when at last Kusiness kept m.
protect, even given her a revolver reached their destination. The aftertliought.
[am:lu'r aurrounding spelled sh(< „
Mien, to her acting as a I.aim to . ,, , .
se inu I hat si ■■ •
her tired spud.
During 111, "Colonel's''
s, nee his correspondence I,-ad ac j ,|„. v.;,iti,.W
"" a, Hoping to a\ „ 1 I ,. i ■
w.uh.'.l lar into the l.itfht until'
il . last letter was answered, ller
boulder* were drooping with
wearine-- ;ind In notieed tli, tite-l
line* under her eyes and her \
Irew | ' rei'ie pa lor
. , t d'UVM 1 ITru-nrn. win speak from i
1 . wan an«i w,tnGW wWv Mr. Keftdi was witli
lit', and the l-o iiinin*r "f the im-w ' 1 \Vi111%intrj11 nm°n from almos-t the bour of th"
After eating her breakfast ph„brewed herself amM'««« Nov«|, T
■on,heI her I'air in ., becotninu - ' , ordered i Will the witness K-tell sa> to the
manner and then attiring herself] t(US \,-riving ttljW' "pfor" hs d,,''l Jul^',
in — ! >• th(; n'clospSl 11 i'tet't me bow aad w„>- «.w« hot.
«inA"w nw .t.thc coming of , ; ^ shor„y fo,ind andthe way of it was th s.
her one King. Seconds t M pre8enec of the . *** this questioni to «-sw.- .t
d int mites and . .. * , v-.,s out-Ifrobably ttie most, vital element of
into hours and still lie did not.1 ' . .j ■ tln1 „u, levldenl e will have DMi tttnM.
'■"tli". Feeling the ol r- re- ' , u . , . dropped up with S""? tears may be ahad ia .be court
„i.„, d.^-ide.! promeiiad- | .:, ,t t,, , m„ch for Iroom: some reputations may • •-
the piazzil ol the hotel. \s she j l I salted; some political and per.jon.'l
t rolled back and forth he j p ani\ ],er j sensations may be df velopcl. nut so
llioiijrhts r. vei'ted t• forirotten 1 . ' H1 ^ full of tears !",r aH roncorns matter of convi -
tenlays and h.-r heart felt ' (r.rv' Carrie .1 :,T' or acquittal. tb.« one impo t-n;
".! ' ' ' Iti ; is supposed to Ve Jak Hanion -
'""ihTnovine her wraps, she reach- ' ■' "' « <*-"«*■
hi. side and bending over him I H.art Appeal E. rong
! their lips met in a long kiss of I h™rt appeal will cat* In th«
,r,ri vcii.'ss • Ml -v.,re his arms j testimony of th- two most
, feldcl her and slowly her head oonc>rnod with Waal :1a v-nllcl wilt
n.,k against hia brcaat. Ih"- The testimony of i.hc^ w„ the
IT, looked into her wonderful Idefendant, 27 yoara old, and the slain
'• • ,villi their limpid depths audi man's widow 12 yea-s old - air-d;-
,v'" I,1 . h,.f,„.,. bail -he s vined quite H>« been told In mitotan, e in nt. i
"' nfWpd s„ i,cant if nl, quite so desirable, pdews given this correspondent.
. .lPrie for"ive me, 1 was mad, [ Mr* "anion, the widow, wHh ••■"
,,,,,,1 | 'overloaded last night I son. .lake Jr., an,] her ti year old
•ler VIII, left Sooner or lat. r a , daiwhtr.r. Olive Ben-, r. ached Aid
.,„ -dwavs pav- the price for a | more Wednesday. In advance <n
i ;'■„ dissipation." ! >lr' I,amon ''a""' J,ini s '' °'nri '
• • I ,,.!; " her voice was t.-em | Chicago attorney who earned .he
,,ln„s ' I love vou now and I j subrlquet of "Ropes- when, as an
'..Ved V..1I last ni-ht .".-n tho,i(?h • wsistan-t prose,wilng titorney .
V0l) h„r, me Tell me that j convtoted and sent to the gallows
■ vcrvthiii" is all risl.t, that yen.| a nuir.her of murderers. Mr Oil- a
will'soon be well." !* ,>fifn relaln"(1 J > Mr' TTnmon
r rill.
that la
had
e-nnind and
not int.nil
, to accept his invitation, he placed j
'' Ibis hand heavily on Iter linn audi
a. reward. And then one day h
told her that he would bin her
I bin chair to a position in front ol
friends of her! the open firclace and muse '
he evening
One hv one I tie iricli.is oi u.r...,.
;r Would ridiiiR withigirlhood left her. The innocent over the Hitnation. The n«me
' « " , th, „,,i |. . nf her lil'" were at though llammoratein. Not impossibl. al
linn. In ainazcnient th. d.,\s .1 In slapped his sides m
heard hill, and she wondered in ■ ,ihev bad never been. - satisfaction. He would im-
va.-'iie sort of way if hIjo were |lv„ new wort . a wo b 1 of, ]„ with hiJ
be inu offerd an insult Oh. no. constant stn.e'jl, of ... I • . . .. ' the meantime]
it eonldn't be, she thought. I ani cruelty. The cunning of ib 1 rtterl.v
wmngili, a I friend. Hilt he, -.•.douel" :.-.'a.t, met every test hip th. „li 1 nl. I
T:,,,mI ?" he Vjuostioned. Sh-*
• •otideil at't'irniation
"C;ii-ri". how 4*jtu you t r -.it in<
V.-u I. now I t.i v• • you.''
Ip w !• at yon t all h.ve you are
ins.uie, l have civen you my
youth, beauty, everythintf a wo-
man holds dear. What more dc
• u want
:• he -ks NVei'«
at'latu.1
dis
his fertile brain
ut I'verv test .Willi' int 111 ii.'' ■ I , ,
,:.:„vvi„:..l the crushed in body and >pin. | " -as. nan, ... kis- v.,„ ,oo,
t !
Hi him with a brief nod andU.i heads of il frateimity 'jdrl bow,-J ^ ^ !
£7 h"„ ™ L th. j I*™ '•'-■
"Colonel" was hili,a^0Z„'s goul. «>■ «'hi|
I\* lie was thinking ol enter-
The 'oloncl" proved that be
«as not th man to be easily
turned down ti'1 cme ag.'iiil and
n train iint.il Carrie hc.;an to I eel
a coolness in the In. ndshin of her
daily associates. Oh, why had
she been so stupid Why had
.' e not know II that lie W as not
• nl like her father llis intcn
t oi s town..I her wer. not Inmest.
..ti' \v.,s the le.asoii he laid in\it
d her t„ his offic. <le com
r ,,.,.,1 bin. with the hoy of her
world and the man fell immcas
nrtibly ill her opinion Sli. d>
ci led that she would I" his
rffiee and dc'V liiin, tell l.iui how
- ie hated hiin for daring to think
h > could ;rifle with her virtue.
,\s th? ho.ir ,.l closing drew
■ c she grew more and nn.t'c
impatient. It was with n -i-h of
,- li. f that she al la-1 dropped
i ,• work. Taking h,r ch.ak from
the peg she slipped It ■ J',"
shoulders and set ' • r |.iin
O'S'oan., .-" .jauntily on le r head
OnHde the shadows ol evening
were gathering, the streets a 1.1 • > •'. -
c-ith lights. Across the way a
• let • ila was olavine and th.-
music was wafted to le \ on 't
Iviac I won't money buy in the hands .., a
in polities A-kin. her amis . •
> t i i i i '♦ --iii unifodlv t."in
•die replied. "I Wish you wouldn t. .
It's ,i 11 irt\ game and there is Chapter Tnrce
ii, thing fair about it." i The year: passed bv with ll-ci
lint I have plci.it of money ing swiftness hut Carrie was not
... pull thin, my way," lie de happy. I'lic "liiiiple- 1 ■'"'' '' "
eli red In the end I always tret often ill her clicks, the old spoil-
,|„ things 1 must desire." taneous laughter was gone \\>>-
Knowing she could not deter manlike she freely forgave tlic
him. Carrie run.lined silent. SI. -
felt verv tired, the novelty of lie:' of "Little Billy, cut hci to t .
u •« life was wearing off and her quick. Her hopes lor his futur. |ove
Hell." were on edge The won- crumble.! into d.ist a- t . m
d. if.il things he had promised "Colonel's" political ambitions s(|
II I had failed to materialize, 'oared lo a zenith and he ro,|. on it|,
True 'lie had fine clothes and .1 the high crest of populiual.
. I oil it. I te.l his lee: I
rung to herself but the thought | ].|k,i
igli
"Fudge."
Hi. hand .,,11■ ■ 1.• .1 tier's with a
l ief eli I'. SS.
I want your forgiveness also."
slic in,idc no answer and long
o looked at her exprcssiolilcss
I'.arlier in the day she had
Id him that tliey had reached
the "parting of the ways."
Could she have been in earnest?
' 111 < I life b. wo.-th the 1 i\ in ii
without her. lie hadn't hen
square with her, but lie loved hef,
loved I er He drew the footstool
I." ■ I,, lo r and sinking down up-
ainst her
, she told 11ihi to go to the j
hotel, adding thai she Would joil,
hin later. Her clicks were
scarlet and her heart burned with :
indignation. The shame of it all.
A s".'!le III |>111,1 i
las. .Ia\ I,.g.■the,
e.l this, their
lie drew
cheek rested upftii his
her closer until her j a personal capacity
..i.;. • Mr. O TMen mav i
•-farrie. I do not kiuwv but ii
S|„- . nt red her r..om jgid reel-, t! (t (,om0s |f) fhfl worst i
viini you to know that 1 loved
\ ni tc. the last."
she was weeping ;in(' own
'i,. rt Uib wrun«r at the thought
• j' | : h'i .«• forever.
IIiv, voice eani(® in a vvhisju r.
'1 ('arrie, I have made peace
that • lie collld 11' t See hull .'it
present, locked the lurll door and
the . onnnunicat in? door bet ween.
Bccoi tin pi hungry she rang for
the .porter and he wns- return-
ing with a tray of food, the
•m!oloi1el" stalked in on lii^ heels.
Disregarding appearance*. he
flung himself down on her bed.
A the door cIos.mI , n the r 'tiring
porter she «ur\e, d him -corn-
fully.
• FlaVe you n<i re-ard for p'ro-
m i. t i
Mr. O BHfin may not take an .a!.•
part In the dlr«vt pro&peutlon, al-
though he arrived In town wearlne a
r^d n<v?ktto he always affected when
ai<: -p.'ing o d jury for n death vr
dot,
"Rop«&" Not In Case
Fie expected to participate in ilv
enso only insofar as tliv; interests o'
Mrs. Hanion are Involved.
' aire1, i iiu>c i
with n...l and if you can findHual prosecntlon will be conducted uy
I r,,r.'iveii.— in your heart, for me j Attorney n-rci-ai s. r. Pre.-lln-.; of
i I w.1|lt VI|U 'to meet me in | Oklahoma City, .insisted liv 11. It.
! , i n •• Mlrown of Ardmore. The defeiifc iit-
i ,l,e k I with v.i -rs ill lit'' I I Torne}-.- ar • rharles \. Coakley, .l:'.n-(s
1 mi yours in denth.'' j"- Mathews nn.i j. B. r-iiampion.
. rrie
liav.
\ eli
.1 t-
lie look.'.I lit her ill :i llfllt |
drunken stupor and Iii-; jealniw)
.lallirc ass.-rteil iN.-lt
' Where have you he,mi !
• • -Tii-1 outside." I
voie, w.-ni v.-ry t'.nilcr,
looked nt his In,wed head
a world of longing in Iter
She had n. \ er heen alile ...
V.irl; • 'it*
' ■ Alon ■ ?''
Yes."
• I Ion'. I rv t" •■• 'I 1
were riot, alone."
"What do vou mean
"I .lean that you were witli
.not her. "
"That untrue and you know
lit "
Aii'j. red hy Iter .|ili
sprang t.■ his feel ;
against the lied to steady himself
In'.ai'iiisjT with it a most precious
frei'jht. Lilly's neither is leav-
ing kindred and friends behind
to start 1
v whei
Cut Your Tire Cost
i ii thousand dollar diamond, hut They were in New' ^1 i > rcsi-1 that
v\,•.' 1.{I\ things cannot still a <911- The "(loloncl" w as .iiihilant ov.-r !?,.,llt |,er |,
seieticc. neither can they buy the recent repnhlicnn vletor>. l a -. I,,•1 j„
respeetahility. At length they ingmioRt of the honors to linns. Ii
readied home and Carrie was Hoping to quiet his egotism. -I'
■■lad lo retire to her room and repented in n low ton.*:
prepare herself for the night. "Lives of great men ;d! ren in I
slipping: on her daintv boudoir us.
ap she snapped off the li-ht and W. ^an make our live xibh . .
,... ink into downv „>t'lness. lie! \nd dep. iting. leave liehiud us r
-- - - ,, , head was welling, she felt too Footprints, on the sands ol tun,
breeze. The whok tirwl to too tired to even ."Carrie." His voiPo rang
happy while hci own heart tho tnten-ening. "Came, .«
ri w^va^' hcStX "Tiie still Small Voice." In that was I itlful of yon. Yon
lur.-yiimonwa, h- ■ f th(l sUent watches of the night it haie known all tin- linn thai I
gf ,3 ^hc ascendcd Ui'n to her disturbing her peace was the man of the W hy-
• t)UK. davs ti - !l,l slumber. She was uanderin- lid yon net tell nv
•'('olonclwas not flush v i' '■ 1,1 a bautifnl valley with a carpet farr-e remained silent while ti.
sture. For an in
I hovered over hi-
nt-diet ion and thei
:lo\v!y de^eendcl.
•laek/ she said brokenly am
;e kn«'w that he was forgiven
lh pent up lonuiup of month'
•iMwdod t>. the surface as hi
an-jht her to his breast and un
< • '-tin«rly sin- yielded to his rn
Tho defense announcf * that ii fjais
Chapter Fonr. • nothing. Mr. Coakley agrees w ith Ai-
•|'j!r i-, yjiee linu' w-' stward forney General Freeling in estimatln,'
that the trial will not. continue he-
vend a week. Rut this estiinat « in
conditioned on bot'i sides ^ipon the
life anew ii^ a conn-j assiimipticn that the "other sd. t
|1(. is unknown. The down't intrude extraneous details.'
.'iiidin..' hand of fate has freed | It is tlic posnlt.ility ot ihese ' . x-
hcr I'r.ml a ho.ld.'ig.' she ,'espiscd t.annous details- ,hal. lends ■ptiHian-
•<>' to the trail prospect. Some oC
! fl « testimony will con/cm charartAr
and reputation that of the defend-
ant, several of her associates suid
Pocket 5u'and more by baying 5000 j^RHibly, .hat of 11111 who
eyes. Heeominu enraged at ti.
♦ in ;iLrht uf losing lii^ power over
her and driven by the demon
drink, he crossed the room and
catch int; her routfhly t • him, th
two swayd back and !'• • rth. 1 he
beastiality of the man's natu:• j
fed bis thirst for ltt>t ,-iud the uirl J
became the victim « t 1 >> dc-ii".
. < i-uelly he hurt the beinjr h
j loved tile niovt in an eff«.r? t--'
•aunot live without ! Ctuupicr iu-r ill He had '-ailed |
,i." J her hands I eautifnl. and now j
Iii*. own voi.-e was itrokcn. ' ' he was breaking her,
the last time." her finger* For a time he seemed J
made answer. .t« win by sheer might ol strength
looked at the brilliant while Fate looked ..ti with mock-
in in his arms She was >nP eyes nd smiled Ami then]
S'cvc O'Brien Subpoenaed
For instance, tihc attorneys of th '
« arn
•lack
1 uthri *J' 1 , .Hill molt u; KiBRIWy, ,na( OI III 11 WHO J 'k(
I., mil. Conqueror Doubl -TrMd Tirw, made .
, | | only trom the best selected materials, ' ..
1 in our own factory by thoroughly ex- I And for every reputation nssuaK
perienced workmen, insure maximum ti.ere will be a defense.
looked .it her ihrouirh half .-loseti 1 miltage at }£ to usual cost and are
placed on the market with an
IRON CLAD GUARANTY woIV1., ha.... su,poen:l„d onf.
Pet in a supply of your sizes nowat these
iiua/ingly low prices, while they last; ( Sieve o Hrien. menuoned •>' ( l.t'a in
site ti « tub. oll(> nf her Interviews with me as h*'
.^0x3 $5.25 $1.75
1.911 .' r^t i.--au.
fiS I Clara recalled this romance n< th 1
bright clean period of her life
.whcu she was a school girl in 1 ?.w-
t.f ii, and just tefore sho yielded to
tho dom'naiinq caveman tjis tics ...
.1.1, II a men. U ap;>eprs that tola
w a--''"theart, of ni oth -r time looks la-i<
uncn tais affair w'th kindly interest.
Ilo vs.'31 testify, it is understood, t'hat
Olara was a bla neless girl before
the determined ^famon lured Vov
away
. 2.15
. 2.Z5
. 2 y)
. 3.S0
. 2.65
. 2.65
Tli« Tub.
$5.25 $1.75
6.25
3>2%2l>v 6.75
31x4 7.50
32\4 8.<0
.V\4 8.25
34x4 8.50
33x4' 9 75
34x44 10.00
35x I' j 10.50
36x44 11.00 2.75
;vlx5 11.75 2.85
37x5 12.75 2.95
mklinkh frkk
lubM tre ^uara'.ttod fraah ato.-k.
Hi-ixl only l_.(x ith «u-h Cr« ord-
Unl nciiC.O.D •uhje^t u ei-
•minHtioii For f--.ll cMh withorrt«r
il. du.-t beL. wh*'thrr «tr«i.Lt
■ii]e or clinrher, i.laln or non-wiil
il- lrr6 Or.ler NOW—TODAY—
grratat v«lu« f.>r our mooey
CONQUCROR Tllli A RUBMR CO.
1011 s. Michigan Blvd. D« l. i i ' CHICAGO
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Niblack, Leslie G. Oklahoma Weekly Leader (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1921, newspaper, March 10, 1921; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc120592/m1/4/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.