The Haileyville, Herald. (Haileyville, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1919 Page: 2 of 6
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,riy, young man,' said the portly
M . Horace Seymour, rising to Indicate
1hat t!ie ten-minute Interview was at an
■ 1; "but your <juest Is futile. I can*
i. i : ilo.v my daughter to marry a n/an
v.' h i: j alluring future than the
u • Mint confronts you."
(tut Weldon Miller did not move to-
v:t'1 (lie door of the blinker's office.
I'i-i I v"iiitin« lit showed on his clear-
countenance, hut through It gb'ain-
i-! :i hint i f o smile, n somewhat deter-
i.iii:"] smile. lie creased his felt hat
'; . fully ami asked:
TI n i hero's no hope, Mr. Seymour?
1..• si know I love Ruth sincerely, and Its
i.- t I" auso of your financial standing,
i Ither. It's just her I want, not your
money."
Mr. Seymour paused In his march
imtoss Hie room.
' I'm re.iily Inclined to believe you
• i'" sincere about II.at," ho conceded,
I ; ' Miij n • ig. "However, that Is not
'I<i• /• u. It is not so much that
, n;e iiot wealthy, hut that you evi-
dently have not Ilia resourcefulness,
i!i iitiX't: to accumulate money. My
daughter nui. t. become the wife of a
successful man, r.nd tie must have the
goods to show that he is successful.
I '..it you sire a mail carrier, au<l while
i! Is siu honest occupation and a very
1.1 •• one In the running of the
l<i, it Is -.j pro.-*.;\ so devoid of
thrill*. so lacking In opportunity for
neM vement that—well, no, I cannot
m <• much hopj for you. Vou need not
tell n,o tlint Iluth loves you. I he-
i ■ ■■ • shr: does, or thinks she docs, hut
: ' e will forget you. I'm sorry I let the
i.iatt<r g i 'j far. I didn't realize that
her activities In entertaining service
iirr, would lead to any such serious
;.T ;r."
"Jsi '"ii'iote terms, Mr. Seymour,"
sai l V. i i.Ion, ' juii what would you
rujrire of me to make nie eligible as
a 1 ;i in-i.: *. ? I'm determined to meet
!■ sir r-'-'iulrements. just tell nie how
to - >: ■ out it rnd I'll leave you."
1'h!n wrs a f;.ir proposition, the
brnki i* conceded.
•.It fie said abruptly, and
< oppc-d Into lis own swivel chair.
' i v f g tii'ie, but I want to be
ki, If«the crux of the thing.
You're i. t ■ . your feet, figuratively
wkl Tl'O're upside down. Nine
J ■ : r ' :i i :e down;
• I i.1l< • (lot ped on lli'-ir
• >". «.. I ti su.ike progress. fkim"-
i • sj fe ; iw v.ill get on Ills fee* over-
i:i. .t and then he can speed to the
heigh:# of suco You're honest or
you wouldn't be Currying mail for a
li* in?. Y' Vr - lo.i hone.-1 to .succeed.
Mjr advice may sound liard, but It's
th- oi: y recipe for success. (Jo after
ike coin and get it, no matter how, so
:. i.; as ; ; don't nin al"jl of the law.
I' <• your hrnlns; put It over the other
l :l i . ; grab hi- coin and you'll win
everybody's admiration* especially
your victim's, to use a harsh but appll-
t !.le term. You'll find such a course
|.r<l io ai.d ni o thrilling; not hum-
drum like enrryiug mail.
"You ask for a plain business propo- I
sitiun. Weil, here It Is. It sounds lui-
|n ,ibie, riinl for you It probably Is. If
Ion can coine to me Inside of two
v. . el;.; with a tcn-thousand-dollar bank
: ■•■omit you can have Ituth and there'll
be no questions asked. It will prove
your resourcefulness. Good day."
11 i Idon Miller went to ills boarding
hi::: <• and spent the rest of the day
f lint in his room, smoking and think-
ii■ l-arlj in the evening he appeared
to rouse to a decision, for he Hung on
Ills eoat and hat and took a street car
to the Second National bank. Ills
••aid brought quick action, for In a few
moments he was shaking hands with
Hi- president of the Institution, who
appeari d to have seen no more thau
thirty years.
"I'y CJcorgel I'm glad to see yi)u,
Weill." said the president, shaking his
visitor's hand warmly. "What can I
for j n V Ever Since I Inherited
I've been trying to start'
'■■' 'm-i nr.but you've always re-
fnsed."
"You can do something, all right,
Ken!," said Wehlon. accepting a long,
brown < .ir and a light. "Y'ou can help
turn me righislde up. You know old
iiiiin .Seymour of the.First State, don't
you? Well, listen—"
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If tlier was one subject on wdiich
Mr. Horace .Seymour was touchy It
wi.s his nn .!• During his rather
l:d\ < i.'itro'.is i-nreer. before settling
ilmvn to bi'i oine rich and rotund, he
bad I j >: r: t • • I lit the luugles of both Wall
streei nutl Air.en.
He liail ingaged In hot struggles
I'gulnst hroliers. with money as the
olijei t. >i: ,I iiisaiiist wild beasts, with
life . • !;•' ."-..ike. lie had never been
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wes la" KTs vrTmelTveFif he the
scales at 211. "I eat danger," was his
boast.
Consequently, when the question of
courage in aeronautics came up at the
club one Dlght be took a prominent
part in the debate. He had read up on
the subject more or less and sssumed
the role of an authority.
"It takes nerve to fly," he admitted.
' bet not so much as I have been forced
to display at times on terra firma."
He then related some instances to
prove hi* statement.
"It may he true," observed Gt-erge
Hollister, the youag president of the
Second National bank, "that going up
In an airship d*s not require an extra
amount of courage, but when it comes
to looplcgthe-lo"p and golug through
all those fancy maneuvers—weli, I
reckon you wouldn't care to try it
yourself."
"Wouldn't, hey? How much do you
w*nt to bet on that''"
"I'll wager ten thousand," replied
the challenger, "that if you wiil go up
In an airplane and let the aviator put
you through a program of stunts you
^.ill be crying quits inside of aa hour
after leaviug the ground."
"It's a go," said Mr. Seymour. 'Tut
up the cash."
A committee was selected to ar-
range for the bet. All that was neces-
sary was to secure the services of an
aviator at the local flying field and
swear him to seciecy, for it would not
do for the Seymour family to learn of
the matter. TI. arrangements were
duly made and two days later, c>n a
clear afternoon, Mr. Seymour, attired
in aviation clothes, was strapped to
the passenger seat of a biplane. If he
*a$ nervous be it to his credit that he
did not show it. The p'n*" rose grace-
fully and Mr. Seymour's stomach
seemed to climb Into his tnroat with
the same motion. He had read it *as
best not to look down, so he kept his
gaze averte I, with the result that bo
did rint suffer severe nausea. In fact,
1;^ enjoyed the sensation of scaring
through space and could not refrain
from mentally "poo!i-[ ooli!ng'' at the I 1
dangers of aviation and chuckling | |
over the ten thousand that would be
hi?.
However, he bad reckoned not * ith
the. man In control of the craft. Sud-
denly the in: chine tipped and started
iijse first at a sharp angle for the
earth. The banker lo^t his breath and
clung desperately to the seat. It
seemed that be w; :i going to be dashed
to pieces, but abruptly the plane right-
ed ifself and sh«t upward at the same
angle. Then It turned far cu one side
and seemed about to tip completely
over, but re'o\!T<*d its equilibrium and
tippi'l fij tli* " h"r side. Before Mr.
Seymour could realize what had oc-
curred the machine tool; another nose
'i: Ihij t!: le ill pplng >j far that it
aim ;-t scraped the top of a tree. Then
up, far up, :t soared again and—
h< avenn! It turned completely over
iideways and begun rolling over and
over. 1 his lasted for, it seemed, an
I our, although It was actually only fif-
teen seconds. Hardly had the craft
got to a horizontal position when It
took another dive, but instead of head-
ing for the earth the nose turned clear
under, the engine was shut off and the
plane, upside down, begun falling
rapidly. The passenger could have
sworri that the machine had dropped .
fifty miles, but it was only a thousand
feet, when It si niggled once more to
an upright position and began looping-
the-Ioop.
"Knouglil" groaned Mr. Seymour
through the speaking tube. "Get me to
the ground In safety uud jou can have
m.j thing I ow n."
'J he next day Mr. Seymour did not
get to the office until mldafternoon.
He found Weldon Miller awaiting him. j
The banker glared at him and inquired
brusquely as to his errand.
"I've got the ten thousand," said the
young man, holding out a bank book,
one from (lie Second National. "Fur-
thermore, I have your consent to mar-
ry Iluth."
Mr. Seymour stood at his desk and
glared at Weldon.
"Where do you get that stuff?" he
said In a voice that was almost a roar, j
"N hat do you mean, ten thousand?
What do you mean, constat?"
V,'eldon helped himself to a seat.
"I won the ten thousand In a hot,"
lie said. "Mr. Hollister of the Second
National loaned me an equal amount
and put It up for me. And while we
were doing stunts In the sky you told
me I could have anything you owned
if I put you safely back on the ground.
You see, I'm an air mall carrier."
The banker dropped into his chair,
flabbergasted.
"Y'ou win," he said weakly.
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Haileyville, Okla
Remember the Place.
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
If it is in my line it will pay you to see and j^et my prices. You will find
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'.'Take a joy ride any evening"
Our Motto
"All we can give for the
money, not all we can get for
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Slim and Specs.
Slim was talking about a young lady
if h!s acquaintance, and concluded
vlth:
"And. oh, how that girl can tickle
he Ivories!"
'Some pianlste. Is she?" queried
oecs, innocently.
"No." chuckled Slim, "she gives
icalp massage treatments."
Meeting of Exiremcs.
"Another thing prohibition
done," said L'ticie Uill liottletop, "Is to
make the bartenders and temperance
lecturers :\ littla more sympathetic."
"For what reason?"
"They have been deprived of em-
ployment all at the same time and by
the same cause."
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J. L. SCHOOLFIELD
Real Estate.
Farm ar^l City Loans.
Insurance and Rentals,
HAILEYVILLE OK LA.
He Escaped.
"An' there was me, wit' me rifle an* |
bay'net an* bombs—all alone y'unner-
stan'—v.lien all of a sudden I walks
plumb Into a whole regiment o' big
Iluns!" "Ooo-oh!—what happened?'
"Well—I'm here, ain't 1?"—Judge.
Where Janet Excelled.
Rupert and Frank were much smit-
ten with the two little girls who were
camping In the cubln next to thstn.
Helen was Kupert's favorite and Janet
was Frank's. Unobserved I beard them
discussing the merits of each sweet-
heart.
"Helen's the prettiest, don't you
ihlnk?" asked Rupert.
"Maybe she Is," conceded Frank;
"but Janet's the swlmmlugest."—-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Mu ns
Harder 'ferms t or rriina.
Paris.—The supreme council decid-
ed to force Germany to sign a proto-
:ol guaranteeing hlic will carry out
he termB of Hip armistice. This will
tie attached to the original treaty as
oon as it can be executed.
Treaty Effective On Armistice Day.
London. — I'nder-lorelgn Secretary
lecll Harmsworth announced Jn the
ouue of commons that the peace
Effort ts Classify.
"What Is the difference between •
bandit and a brigand?"
"Not much," replied the Mexican
cltlxen. "My Impression Is that a ban-
dit Is a VllUsta and a brigand la a
Carranzlsta."
Long, t-cng Ago; Long Ago.
Patron—Here, waiter, take this egg
back; I want a fresh egg.
Walter—l'ardon me, sir, It is fresh.
Patron—It Is not. I was sitting right
here when you ordered It.
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JOLLY FIELD.
Haileyville, Okla.,
Selfish Hospitality.
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Hubbard, John H. The Haileyville, Herald. (Haileyville, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1919, newspaper, November 13, 1919; Haileyville, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc146916/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.