Legal Publications
Government Sale Indian Lands.
Absolute Title Given.
The unallotted lands of the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw Nations of the
Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma,
and not including the coal and timber
segregations, will be sold at public
auction to the highest bidder at the
following terms, times and places at
not less than the minimum price
stated in the advertisement:
Grady County, Chickasha* 588
tracts, 37,680 acres, November 2, 3, 4;
Stephens County, Duncan, 730 tracts,
(9,300 acres, November 6, 7, 8; Jeffer-
son County, Ryan, 702 tracts, 49,400
acres, November 9, 10,11; Love Coun-
ty, Marietta, 854 tracts, 75,500 acres,
November 13, 14, 15, 16; Carter Coun-
ty, Ardmone, 1,178 tracts, 93,300 acres,
November 17. 18, 20, 21, 22, 23; Mur-
ray County, Sulphur, 352 tracts, 26,-
600 acres, November 24, 25; Garvin
County, Pauls Valley, 621 tracts, 39,-
500 acres, Nevember 27, 28, 29; Mc-
Clain County, Purcell, 285 tracts, 14,-
600 acres, December 1, 2; Pontotoc
County, Ada, 699 tracts, 45,300 acres,
December 4. 5, 6; Johnson County,
Tishomingo, 664 tracts, 39,200 acres,
December 7, 8, 9; Marshall County,
Madill, 879 tracts, 18,506 acres, De-
cember 11; Dry an County, Durant,
608 tracts, 26,160 acres, December
12, 13; Atoka County, Atoka, 1,309
tracts, 124,000 acres, December 14.
16, 16, II, 19; Coal County, Coalgate.
609 tracts, 54,600 acres, December 20,
21, 32; Hughes County, Calvin, 437
tracts, 66,700 acres, December 26, 27;
(Pittsburg County, McAlester, 1.630
tracts, 167,160 acres, December 28,
29, 30, 1911, January 1. 2; Haskell
County, Stigler, 418 traats, 30,300
acres, January 3, 4; Latimer County,
Wilburton, 191 tracts, 15.000 acres,
January 6; Leflore County, Poteau,
375 tracts, 21,800 acres, January 6;
Notice is hereby given, that in
pursuance of an order of sale issued
out of the district court of Choctaw
county, state oi Oklanoma, on the
29th day of November, 1911, in an
action wherein V. Bronaugh is plain-
tiff and Gavin D. Duncan, A. J. Mar-
key, Annie Markey, George W. Dun-
can, Thomas H. Duncan, Jink L. Mas-
sengale, Warreu C. Massengale, First
National Bank of Boswell, Oklahoma,
and 0. A. Simmons, trustee in bank-
ruptcy, are named as defendants, di-
rected to me, the undersigned sheriff
of Choctaw county, state of Oklahoma,
commanding me to levy upon, ap-
praise and sell the following describ-
ed real estate to satisfy a judgment
and decree of foreclosure in favor
said plaintiff and against said defend'
ants, obtained and made in said court
on the 17th day of October, f#r the
sum of $1,254.00, with interest there-
on at the rate of eight per cent per
annum from the date of judgment, and
the costs of said action, taxed as $26,
50, said premises being described as
follows, t-owit:
Lots numbered One and Two, in
Block numbered Fifty-Two, in the
town of Boswell, according to the duly
recorded plat thereof, and located in
Choctaw county, state of Oklahoma
I will on the 8th day of Janu
rv. 1912, at the hour of 1 o'clock, in
the afternoon of said day, at the front
door of the court house in the city
of Hugo, in said county and state,
offer for sale and sell to the highest
bidder for cash, the said property
above described, or so much thereof
as will satisfy said judgment, with
accrued costs, together with interest
on the judgment.
Witness my hand this 7th day of
December, 1911. W. L. LOFTIN,
Sheriff of Choctaw County, Oklahoma.
clerk, acting as clerk of the meeting.
The board of commissioners order-
ed A. J. Steen, county treasurer, to
take out $5,000 fire and $5,000 tornado
insurance, divided equally among the
following companies: The Home of
New York. The Continental of New
York, London and Lankshire of Liver-
pool, and Liverpool, London & Globe
of Liverpool, the same to be on the
'builder's risk" form, and the board
to take out $5,000 in the Amazon com-
pany of Oklahoma City.
Board adjourned to meet January
2. 1912. JOHN HUSKEY,
J. . .MILAM, Clerk. Chairman.
December 19, 1911.
First published in the Hugo Husonian
Dec. 21, 1911; 4-t
STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
In County Court.
CHOCTAW COUNTY:
In the Matter of the Estate
of W. M. Morris, Deceased:
Now, on this 18th day of December,
Pushmataha County, Antlers, 641 1911, comes D. J. T. German, as ad-
tracts, 62,000 acres, January 8, 9, 10; j ministrator of the estate of W. M.
Choctaw County, Hugo, 561 tracts,
37,500 acres, January 11, 12, 13; Mc-
Curtain County, Idabel, 778 tracts.
54,500 acres, January 15, 16, 17. 18,
1912.
Not more than 160 acres of agricul-
tural and 640 acres of other lands will
Morris, deceased, having filed in this
court his petition for the sale of cer-
tain real estate of said estate for the
reasons in said petition stated.
It is ordered that said petition be and
is hereby set for hearing on the 16th
day of January. 1912, at the hour of
First published in the Hugo Husoniaa
Dec. 2S, 1911; 3-t.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
In the County Court.
COUNTY OF CHOCTAW.
In the Matter of the Estate
of W. H. Harris, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given, that in pur-
suance of an order of the county
court of the county of Choctaw, state
of Oklahoma, made on the 13th day
of November, A. D.. 1911, in the mat
ter of the estate of W
Raleigh at the Blook.
Pate and Justice worked some pee*
"«r pranks Ui rhe olden days. Sir Wal-
ter Raleigh, with the death sentence
banking over him for eighteen years,
'anine In his final voyage of discovery,
returned to England and went cheer-
fully to the block. He left the Tower
without the royal pardon In Itilft The
adreurtiroiiN |>ut still condemned man
had received permission to make an
other voyage to South America. If ne
should be successful in the outcome of
his venture liaieigh knew tne king's
mercy would be granted him. But tins
last expedition, undertaken with such
a vital interest at stake for Raleigh
was unfortunate in all its respects.
At San Tomas. on the Cayenne river tn
Guiana, his men made a hostile attack
upon a Spanish settlement. As Eng
ce with Spain,
the people of a
Wanted—
A Husband
He Was Obtained Through
a Singular Courtship
By HARRIET C. BONSALL
Copyright by American Press Asso-
ciation, 1911.
Helen Trevor had the misfortune to
he an heiress. Her father, Donald Tre-
cor, had accumulated a iaree fortnn 
=■ :,:irrrrr,r,ne u" - ■  '=
this act of war against the people of a 1 b s deatb Possess it all. Heaping
friendly nation was a most grievous ! "P s b,'romes a Passion. Rather
offense against rhe kins. On Oct. 2!). 11 ls a bablt- and we all know that a
1018, he suffered death by the ax. Hav- . habit once fixed on an individual is
ing flu ire red the edge, he returned it ' hard to break.
and said, smiling to the sheriff. "This | Mr. Trevor illustrated this as fol-
from her attorney within the prom-
ised "few days." and her father grew
worse. One morning after the doctor
had been visiting Mr. Trevor the med-
ical man said to Helen:
"It is a question between your fa-
ther's tniud beiug relieved of the sub
ject that is worrying him or his suc-
cumbing. He fears be will die. you
will never marry and the estate that
he has been at so much pains to build
up will become dissipated. In my
opinion if you will decide upon mar
tying be will get well."
"I'll come to a decision at once,"
was the reply.
As soon as the doctor had departed
Helen hurried to her attorney. She
told him that she must decide be-
twen her tjvo suitors immediately and
a decision would not avail without a
marriage. A vague hope was in her
that Thurston would take pity on her
ind solve the problem by offering to
marry her himself. But he did not.
He treated the affair pvofessioually.
"I have looked the matter up," she
is a sharp medicine, but it is a' sound 'lows: Since his daughter was to take I fi°ld W'th the gravit3' of a Judge on
cure for all diseases." his place he laid n,Ja ZZl ,1°..-. the su""?me bp <*. "and I would nd-
his place he laid out a course for her.
This course involved her marriage; for
he not only laid out for her her future
concerning the estate, but for her heir
Mad Fun With the Foreigners.
i'" S" ®ates' "Touring  o .-v. uui tor ner neir
ter or the estate «f vv u ,, ■ i " makes the "bleeding" which J °r heirs. The man his daughter should
deLL .t, ! H" rri8,1 Americans in Europe must expect marry did not so much concern h m
. the undersigned administn., seem a great Improvement over other J a  that she should marry. He made
a will tying up the property to her
trix of the said estate of said de-
ceased. will sell at public sale to
the highest bidder for cash, subject to
confirmation by said county court on
the loth day of January, A. D., 1912,
at the hour of 10 o'clock, a. m., in
front of the court house door at Hugo,
Choctaw county, Oklahoma, all the
right, title and interest that the said
times
"The two worst towns for brutaiitv
toward foreigners were by general
consent London nnd Toulouse. In the
former, according to Giordano Bruno,
the shop people and artisans on seeing
a stranger make faces, grin, laugh,
hoot, call him dog. traitor, foreigner,
the last name being the rudest they
can think of. qualifying him for any
estate has. by operation of law or! ?th<T lnstllt- sbould b« take the of
otherwise, acquired in and to all the'0I* ?Ut ha"d t0 hls weai>on
8,1 army of ruffians seems to spring
out of the ground, flourishing a forest
of sticks, poles, halberds and parti-
sans. In a more playful humor, one
will pretend to run away behind a
booth and come out charging on the
stranger like an angry bull. If an arm
gets broken, as happened to one Ital-
ian. the bystanders shout with laugh-
ter. and the magistrate sees nothing
reprehensible in the affair. "
be sold to one person in any one na- j '° ° cIock' a' m" at which time the
tion. Agricultural lands are those "eXt °f k'n and a" persons interested
having a minimum valuation of! tht\es,ate of 8aid deceased, are
j required to appear and show cause, if
$8.00 or more per acre. Terms |
are 2S n«r ,.„t  >, , | any they have> why an order should
are 25 per cent at the t.me of sale. not be granted fop the ga)e
2d per cent in twelve months and 50 much of the real estate of said «
per cent in two years, with 6 per cent! >ate as is necessary for the reasons
interest. Pajments must be made in j in said petition stated.
the form of draft or certified check,! It is further ordered that a copy
payable to J. G. Wright, commission | <>t this order be published in the Hugo
er. Upon full payment being made at I 'fusonian, of Hugo, Oklahoma, for
any time deed will issue. Immediate-
ly after approval of sale certificate of
purchase will issue and possession be
Riven, but cutting of timber or drill-
ing or mining for minerals thereon
will not be permitted until full pay-;
ment of purchase price. Right is re- j '
served to reject any or all bids
For Information apply to the Com-
missioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.
Muskogee, Oklahoma, or any of the
district agents as to lands within
their respective districts. Lists of
these lands have been prepared by
counties,, showing the terms of sale,
the description of the various tracts
and minimum price. It will be im-
practicable to furnish each inquirer
all of these lists and it is suggested
that persons desiring such intorma-j
tion specify the locality in which they 1
are Interested.
Blue prints of the various counties, I
showing the location of the land to |
be sold, will be furnished upon appli-
cation to the undersigned, upon the
payment of $.50 for each county. In j
hree successive weeks and that copies
thereof be posted up and mailed
required by law.
Dated this 14th day of December,
19n' W. T. Glenn,
County Judge
PUBLISHER'S REPORT
Of The Condition of The Bank Of
Grant, of Grant, Oklahoma,
Dec. 5. 1911,
Resources:
Loans & discounts
Overdrafts, secured
cured  
Banking house
Furniture & fixtures
Due from banks ....
133.77
1.816.8,S
30,462.39
1,0:J4.44
otai
Llab
certain lots, pieces or parcels of land
situate, lying and being in the coun-
ty of Choctaw, state of Oklahoma,
bounded and described as follows, and
upon the following terms, towit:
A on^half undivided interest in
ots One & Two, and the El-2 of the
NWl-4 of Section 31, Township 6,
Range 16 East, containing 157.23
acres;
A one-fourth undivided interest it
Lot One, Block Eighty-Three, know-
as the Texas Livery Barn, accordin
to the map and survey of the City
of Hugo, in Choctaw county, Stat
of Oklahoma;
Also a one-half undivided interes
in Lots 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 in Block
fronting one hundred and forty
feet on Broadway in the City of Hugo,
according to the map and survey of
the said City of Hugo, Choctaw coun-
. state of Oklahoma;
Upon the following terms and con-
ditions. to-wit: Cash in hand, 10 per
cent of the purchase price to be de-
posited with the said administratrix.
Dated this the 27th day of Decem-
ber, A. D„ 1911.
FLORENCE I. HARRIS,
Administratrix.
and her children, excluding the hus-
band nnd father entirely. Therefore
it made little difference to him wheth-
er Helen married n good man or a
"stick."
Behind the Scenes.
"The people who had the coveted
privilege of the stage' in the days of
ojr parents used to tell about the
chorus women killing time between
"calls' with knitting and sewing. Tbey
would open their eyes wide if they
could get a peep behind the scenes in
one of the great vaudeville houses of
London today," says a letter from that
city, "where the managers have pro-
vided for the spare time of the enter-
tainers. There are tea rooms for the
women, where comfortable furniture
and rugs take the places of the rick-
ety chairs and bare floors of long ago
For the men there are club rooms
where between -turns' one may see
'artists' in all the various branches of
But he found Helen hard to manage
in this matter of matrimony. 'She be-
ing twenty and he sixty, the two look-
ed at It from opposite standpoints. He
thought he was giving her a great
deal of leeway when he told her that
he didn't care whether she married
Tom. Dick or Harry so long as she
chose a husband. A girl who would
not be satisfied with that must be
very unreasonable, neleu expressed
herself as content with the conditions,
hut since she was either not In love
or the man she wanted did not pro-
pose to her she did not choose anv one.
The 0id nian fretted and fumed nnd
scolded till the poor girl was driven
nearly distracted. Feeling obliged to
encourage some man. she hit upon
rom Fisher, who would not onlv have
been glad to marry her for her money,
but for love. After a month's dawdling
with Fisher she tired of him and took
up with Archie Briggs. A fair trial
with Archie convinced her that per
haps, after all. she could stand Fisher
better. Fisher was recalled and dis-
missed. Briggs was reinstated nnd
dismissed, nnd so the game went on.
The one least injured by it was Miss
Trevor. Both her suitors were kept
on tenterhooks, while her father was
made positively ill by her indecision.
He was ordered to his bed by his phy-
sician. who said that he must not I*
troubled about anything. He must be
/he profession at billiards, pool, bridge ". ye" h,s own w"-v ln everything. If
or chess. A trained nurse and a phy- I fUle were 1101 obsprved the doctor
sician are always within call and the I "°"ld not answer for the conse
management provides „ school, where
are educated while 1 ,Ile Perversity of girlhood nel
Easy to Make Space.
"Old Colonel Ruffenreddy was night
editor of a morning paper." said the
major, "and I was night city editor
The paper was small, aud there was
always more than enough to fill, even
when the ads. were at 'he lowest point.
When the ads. were up it was a fight
to get anything into the sheet
"But the colonel had a rule that al
ways met the situation. In the early
part of the evening, just as the crush
v as beginning, he would come into the
news room and declare that everything
must be cut to a paragraph. "Any
story can be told in a paragraph.'
"Then he would slash Into everything
and as far as possible get things into
paragraphs, even If they required
scare heads. When makeup time came
and there was a flood of ads. the colo-
nel would throw out the paragraphs
with the remark. Tf it isn't worth more
than a paragraph It isn't worth using.'
"No; he never had any trouble in j
making space for the ads.—New York I
"ierald.
  . ..ould ad-
vise you to marry both your suitors."
"Both!"
"Yes, both."
"But such a marriage would In law
be bigamy."
"Not at nil. There is no law of the
land against marrying two persons at
once. Tlnfl-e ls a law against a mar-
ried person marrying again during the
lifetime of the first consort or without
divorce, but your first marriage may be
with as many husbands as you like."
Helen looked at him in astonish-
ment.
"I stake my professional reputation
on what I say being true," added the
lawyer. "If you can induce both these
men to marry you at once you can an-
nounce to your father that you have
married either one of them you choose
to name to him. After bis recovery
you will have no trouble in getting the
courts to annul the double marriage."
But suppose these men will not con-
sent to such a marriage."
"Try them."
Helen thought hard for awhile, her
tormentor regarding her curiously.
"My advice is." be added, "for you to
write each one of your suitors an-
nouncing that you will marry him at
an appointed time and place."
"Will you be present?"
"Certainly. As your attorney I must
see that you fall into no legal error."
It is singular how much byplay will
pass between a man and a woman be-
fore unmasking their feelings, nor is
It certain at Just what point they come
to understand each other. At this
Juncture an idea shot through Helen's
brain. She told Mr. Thurston to be at
her house at 4 o'clock the next after-
noon, then took her leave.
At the appointed bou( nelen, array-
ed ln becoming costume, awaited the
coming event. At any rate, she await
ed her attorney, who at the appointed
hour rang the doorbell. He found her
in the drawing room looking very pret-
ty, but woebegone.
"Where are your suitors?" he asked.
"They have failed me."
"How BO?"
"I sent for them and told them that
>ck pa
Undivided pr
penseg and i
I es
ixes paid.
the form of draft or postal money or- ^ciT ,0
der. cnetk 44,749.42
J. G. WRIGHT,
Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes.
Muskogee, Oklahoma, August 1
1911.
(Dec. 28.)
Reserved for taxes
• $56,789.29
State of Oklahoma, County of Choc-
taw. SS: I, R. L. Cares, cashier of
the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is
' J,rue t0 the best of my knowledge and
first published in the Hugo Husonian belief, so help me God.—R I, Cares
7 10,1' 'Cashier.
Dec. 7, 1911;
STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
CHOCTAW COUNTY, S8.
In The District Court of Choctaw
County State of Oklahoma.
V. Bronaugh, Plaintiff,
Vs Case No. 681.
Gavin D. Duncan, A. J, Markey,
Annie Markey, Georg- W. Dun-
can, Thomas II. Duncan. Jink
L. Massengale, Warren C. Mas- I
Bengale, First National Bank
of Boswell, Oklahoma, and O. . I
A. Simmons, Trustee in Bann' ' |
ruptcy. Defendant.
Notice of Sheriff, Sale of Land.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 13 day oi Dec., 1911.—Wilkie Col-
lins.
Correct—Attest: B. A. Nelson, R.
L. Cares, Directors.
COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS.
The Lydd of Lyddite.
Lyddite, the powder that has such
enormous explosive force and that can
be fired from a gun whicji is easiljr
carried about, does not, as has been
widely supposed, take its name from
j a man. but from an ancient town near
j the coast of Kent, ln England—the
, town of Lydd. where there is a gov-
ernment artillery range. Here the
tests were made that resulted in the
preparation of this explosive, and the
name of the peaceful Kentish village
is now associated with a substance
that has dealt out deatb to thousands
It has other odious qualities besides Its
explosive force, since its fumes are so
suffocating as sometimes to be intol-
erable. Lydd shares the notoriety
which attaches to the name of Dum-
dum, that other peaceful city. In dis
tant Bengal, where are manufactured
the expanding bullets that Great Rrit
aln has used from time to time.—Har
per's Weekly.
| the stage children are educated while . „
mamma dan.es and sings and papa ! p" Trevor rave her heart to a man,
does his share toward the entertain 0 sbowt*(1 no disposition whatever 1 would marry both of them."
ment"—New York Tribune. |'o return It. Dick Thurston, a young "What did they say?"
 —  j ,awyer. bright, attractive and in man* i "N"thing. They withdrew in high
The Fifteenth Century Gambler. ' n scapegrace, was rhe nncon dudgeon."
In the time of King Henry IV* of *C^°US rec,p,ent of her preference. But "How is your father?"
England the "smart set" manigedUo ' nnfortnnateiy she as a woman could "In a critical condition."
play bridge or its equivalent without ! "other cause with him. It was i "What do you propose to do?"
shocking the susceptibilities of those „ , f, ' whl,e she n,l'-'ht be satis- "I hnve no idea what to do. I called
who think it wrong to play for money, j , . ,th n h,|sband nnd her father upon you for legal advice. You pro-
The fifteenth century gambler, accord j restored to health by tMs posed a plan to which I acceded It
ing to one Historian, "played at cards I y0^nf man' he *b°wed no disposition has failed and I am at niv wits' end "
for counters, nails and points in ever, , „nteI^ to mflrry her- "Ready to marrv anv one?"
house more for pastime than for gain." i *fr; JreTor,.fe7 worsp' and hl* anv "Any one." She was looking not at
Lvene scholar or petyte (little onei SPe daughter married lie
!hat plaies for money* is to be ex- '"ame sn serfous that she began to fear
pelled." ordains a grammar school I U would brenk her down as well as
charter of the period. One of the du I hpr fatber- He called her to his bed
ties of hospital sisters was "to make ! slde and 1"estioned her about her in
dilygentt searche amonge the poore | fen"or,s she told him that she was
for cards or dice." j deliberating whether she should mar-
ry Tom Fisher or Archie Briggs and
promised him that she would make up
her mind as to which she would ac
cept as soon as possible. The look of
appeal he gave her went to her heart-
that is. It would have gone to her heart
had It not gone out of her possession
STATE OF C.LAHOMA.
CHOCTAW COUNTY. .. .SS.
I Board of county commissioners met
in regular adjourned session. Pres-
ent: John Huskey, chairman presid-
| ing, J. W. Bryan and J. M. Morton.
(Absent, none. J. W. Milam, county
A Sneil't Tongue.
A snail eats by rasping off small par
tides with the tongue. This tongue 1«
a narrow band or ribbon with pointed
teeth set In rows across It The cum
mon slug, often found ln damp plar-es.
has more than 25.000 teeth on the
tongue, which act like the ridges on
a file nnd wrape the fo..<| into  he
month I otlce at. lied with a r.. ^
nifying lens a small water snail feed-
ing as it slowly crawled up the sid.-
of an aquarium, and. although 1 made
no very accurate count, the tongue
•eemed to be pressed against the gins*
about forty times a minute.—Ex-
change.
Fixing the Thermometer.
men a thermometer falls without
breaking and the mercurv becomes
separated in the tube and thus fails to
register correctly, the best and quick-
| est way to repair It Is to put the ther-  
mometer into a small saucepan of cold j '"*° Thurston.
water on tb«- stove; allow the water to I A WPPl: passed. She came to no
heat until the mercury is forced to the I Ponc'usion. and the doctor told her
top. and then remove from the fir , j,flat ,be subject of her marriage was
and when it settles ihe mercury will n"e<''lng her father so seriously that
go down the column unbroken. if h  did not get it off his mind he
     j would die. Something must be done.
Foolish to Close. j IVrP'exed beyond endurance, she was
•W hy do you wish to close this j driven to seek a confidant. She went
show?" demanded the beautiful ac- I Thurston, told him of the situation
tress j excepting that purt of it which .-on-
"It's losing money," replied the man- | r"r"ed himself, and asked him as a
I 'awyer if there wns no way of being
''hat of that? The critics all say ! married so that after her father
that I look lovely ln my parf'-Chlca- j sl'OUid recover she could be unmar-
go Record-Herald. ried. In other words, could she ap-
 —  pen' to be married without being mar-
_ An Optimist. | ried?
There are very few real optimists," , Thurston asked her if there
remarked the contemplative citizen.
"What ls your idea of a real op-
timist?"
"A man wbo can walk to work Jnst
as cheerfully as if he were chasing a
golf ball."—Washington Star.
Fri#nds and Foes.
Dear to me is the friend, yet can I
make even my very foe do me a
friends part My friend shows me
what I can do; my foe teaches me
what I should do.—SchlUer.
Corrected Hie Veracity.
James—Pnpa. I ain't got no sirup.
Fatber-Jobn. correct your brother.
John (leaning over and peering into
.limes' plntei-Yes you is.-Harper'*
Weekly.
Her Mild With.
"Papa." said four-year-old Grace one
evening, ".•nnmfiia whipped rn.- tnday
I wish you hadn't married sucb u atrlct
voman f"
any one with whom she would enter
upon such a contract, and she told
him that there were two most favored
individuals—viz. Thomas Fisher and
Archalwld Briggs. Thurston with that
reserve lawyers are accustomed to put
en when Interviewing n ciicnt made
a n^te of the names, put on a look in-
dicating that his brain was stagger
Ing. under tbe weight of the problem
and said that It would be necessary
to look the matter up. He would do
so and give her a reply within a few
days. Just before she left his office
he asked one more question.
"Is there any one who stands above
these two most favored gentlemen?"
"If they are most favored how could
I"y one ho moro favored?" was her
reply. "There is nothing beyond the
superlative."
"Very true, very true. That would
be Impossible
him, but at the floor.
"I presume that, as your attorney, I
am bound to help you out."
There was no reply to this.
"If I had not be n sensible of my
unworthinpss to senire such a prize I
would have long oco offered to settle
this matter for you by offering myself
as a means of solving the problem."
The lady sitting mute, the gentle-
J man proceeded.
"Since your father's life depends
upon your marrinc and there is no
more favored man than the two most
favored men"—
He paused, but she did not make any
remark and he proceeded.
"You might honor me by accepting
me as a (lummy to serve for the pres-
ent and to be cast off when not nei-d-
«d."
She looked up at him, a Bmlle broke
over her sober, not to say troubled,
features, be went to her and. bending
down, kissed her.
An hour later word came from the
sickroom that Mr. Trevor was sinking,
nnd that be begged of his daughter to
give him the satisfaction of seeing her
married before he died. A clergyman'
was called, and ns soon as he arrived
Thurston and nelen went upstairs to
the invalid and Helen, kneeling beside
her father, put her arms around him
and announced that she bad come to
n decision. She was to marry Mr
Thurston.
"Whnt: Why, Nell, I thought you
were hesltntlng between two others?"
"So I was. father, but that was be
cause Mr. Thurston didn't ask me."
"So she came to my office and asked
me." said Thurston.
"I didn't."
"You did."
"I say I didn't."
"Come, come," interrupted the fa-
ther, "let well enough alone."
At that moment the clergyman en-
tered and the couple were married
"And now." said Mr. Thurston,
"since it is nil settled, I think I'll take
a nap."
He turned over, went to sleep nnd
few days was in his ofll
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