Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 223, Ed. 2 Friday, December 17, 1920 Page: 2 of 4
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A Business Deal
Br ALVAH J GARTH
SELECTING THE PROPER
PHONOGRAPH IS AN EASY
MTTER IF ONE KNOWS DEFI-
NITELY WHAT TO LOOK FOR
WHEN INVESTIGATING THE
VARIOUS MAKES.
Come in and let us outline in
brief the vital points to be taken
into consideration in the purchase
of such an instrument.
Each item should be considered
separately, for their arrangement
in no way signifies that any one is
more important than another.
HENRY PURMORT EAMES
Don't fail tc have the Brunswick demonstrated to you at
Weinberger's
The
Store
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SANTA CL*US
is irf tpinioi
that electrifo)
Bitis art? rtal
teoi-ifcle off. -i-r
Wbeii'r it in «
W.v j< Imr futher
or a Tacoitm
tleanf-r for mother h a «<i>ible
ei[.rt lioii of a>fe-<-tio* And of
course you mn't forget the l;?ot
for the trte and tfcat can hay
a battery and a ccmplete 3ft o'
lights '-bat will illuminate tbn f-
tirkSe? if jour -« te 't v-ired.
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"Say It Electrically"
Ideal
106 W. Broadway
—AN ELECTRIC
WASHER MAKES
A GOOD CHRIST-
MAS PRESENT
FOR MOTHER.
WE Carry the
MOLA and THOR
Electric
Say It
Electrically
Give that wife something to
lighten her labors.
&MW
Co.
Drumright
iggarargs
mi^srssnr-.
tfc. 1111. WiMnB S(««pAVt* Ivsai
It «ii good-beartrd. jovial faced
Farnnrn Gritbr wbo "financed" jounf
Ned Wharton when the latter told h'ai
of the (reat scheme he had for mak-
ing a fortune. In a preliminary way
all Ned bad waa an advertisement cut
from a newspaper. In extravagant Ian-'
claiming that any bright, enter-1
prising young fellow with a little
spare time could start In bosinesa in
a promising way. provided he would
Invest J5 with the A. B. C. Novelty J
company for "an oulflt."
Ned spoke timorously to Grisby .
about the venture, but the latter really ;
encouraged htm. He liked the lad.
Grisby had plenty of money and then, '
too. Ned was a cousin of Nettle Do e. ■
That meant a good deal to Farnuin ;
Grisby. | •
If there was any girl he had ever '
met whom Farnum considered about
perfect and his Ideal of beauty, grace
and fas«lnatlon it was Nettle. She |
bad so msny admirers, however, that
Grisby after several times being the
honored one as her escort to a nnm
ber of entertainments, made up big
mind that it could not he possible
that she would prefer him out of a
coterie of very superior and well-
appearing young men. Most of them
were younger than Farnum; the latter
was candid enough with himself to
realize that he was by no means a
brilliant or handsome person, and
somehow he drifted away from Nettle,
not from choice but because he had
become about hopeless of ever win-
ning her interested consideration.
His sister Kate, keen-witted and
perceptive, read the oracle aright and
quoted playfully, but to no avail, the
aphorism regarding "faint heart never
winning fair lady."
"Why. Farnum." she told him one
day, "Elsie Deane told me that when
the local paper printed your picture
in connection with the charitable do-
nation for war orphans, Nettie cut it
out with the remark: 'It is worth pre-
serving—the picture of the gentleman
wbo made our girls' league a success in
contributing handsomely to the fund.'"
"Oh, yes," spoke Farnum, "that
I might be quite natural, but she prob-
I ably cast it aside after the first Im-
pression of her naturally generous na-
ture."
Famnm took the pains, as said, to
encourage Ned as to his proposed
business venture, and Incidentally
probed bim pretty thoroughly as to his
pretty cousin. Artless, unsuspicious
Ned never guessed the situation and
dilated upon the number of her beaux
and how she was the veritable queen
of her social set. Farnum sighed in-
wardly. This beautiful star In the
firmament of beauty was then farther
away from him than ever and he
saved himself the suffering of acute
disappointment and despair by keep-
ing away from her as much as possi-
ble. He loaned Ned the capital neces-
sary to start In business and the next
week spent an hour looking over a box
holding the outfit which made Ned
sole representative in the town for the
A. B. C. Novelty company.
It was simply a number of packages
of gold paint ready for instant use, iiiid
really a quite dazzling preparation.
Ned did not find so ready a sale for
the compound as he bad anticipated,
and then be announced to Farnum
that he had struck a new scheme.
"Folks don't want to dabble with the
paint." be said, "or don't get the knack
of using it right. I've got all kinds of
little orders for gliding work. John
Bates down at the billiard parlor gave
me two dollars for regilding his win-
dow sign, and Peter Frale as much
more for fixing up the frames of some
old family portraits. I've written to
the company to let me sell out what
little of the outfit I've got left and
send me bulk gold t'!t end become a
gilder. See?"
Farnum did "see," smiled skeptical-
ly, but indulgently, but a week later
opened his eyes wide as he, with oth
ers. stood in the street gazing up at
the top of the city hall building. The
flag pole and globe on top of it shnne
like a golden sun and there, just fin-
ishing his task, was Ned in overalls,
bedaubed, hut exultant.
A new flag raising was pending and
the old pole was begrimed, discolored
and the former gilding all peeled off.
The news of the transition now effect-
ed spread like magic, and many a task
involving liberal pay came to Ned for
his voluntary efforts to make the tiag-
raising a success.
"I've got something to tell you." he
said very confidentially to Farnum a
day or two later. "Ton know my
cousin. Nettle DoleT'
"I'd like to know her better," ob-
serv >d Farnum longingly.
"She hired me to do some gilding
for her. There was a frame or two."
"Well?"
"And one of them held your picture,
and say. when It was all fixed up. she
almost hugged It And she keeps that
picture of jou in her room, just where
she can <=oe It all of the time."
"Nonsense!" flushed Farnum.
"Ask ber. Say, Mr. Grisby, she
likes you. and always did."
And the hopes and aspiration of
Farnum Grisby suddenly took a new
spur of animation. He was encour-
aged ; he called upon Nettie twice a
week for the ensuing months and
found himself a welcome visitor.
"And all the time m/ answer to your
question of how much I think of you
would have been the same as now,"
declared Nettle after Faroum bad pro-
posed to ber hi dne form.
Be Well Shod For Christmas
Why Not?
Well dressed feet add to the general appear-
ance and the desire to be well dressed is nat-
ural at th gayest time of the year.
Come in and let us show you our line of <
novelty boots.
Dark Blue, Satin Lace Style.
Dark Blue, Suede Lace Style.
Black Tongueless kid lace style.
Also a complete line of Satin Pumps, in ••
silver, black and brown. Black kid beaded
with strap, suitable for evening wear.
GILES SHOE COMPANY j;
"Where They Fit Your Feet"
102 East Broadway
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AND HE
BROUGHT
SOME
SPLENDID
BARGAINS
FOR
LADIES
TO
Holland's
COME IN
AND SEE
•M-H-H-H*
11 > 1 I I ■! i' i l11 1 !
DRUMRIGHT INSURANCE AGENCY
Telephone Number 225
Roberts Hotel Building
| —Real Estate—All Kinds of Insurance— I
i Notary Public Surety Bonds f
I Order your 1921 Auto License through our i
| Agency $
i +
m-X—M-:-:—H—M—
iopen Evenings tilt 8 p. m. Graduate Lady Dentin
In attendance
BEVERLY JONES
Dentist
£ OVER UDEN'8 BOOK STORE
DRUMRIGHT, OKLA.
EARLY
TM£" ADA
In the Daily Derrick
SEMESTER 3 PILL?
DIAMOND
BRAND
LADIES t
l«tf toop l>ruirrUt for CHI-CHES-TBR S
DIAMOND LUAisD PI1*LS in
Gold metallic boxes, sealed
Ribbon. Takb no otoek.
•lrtt|ar!il and aik for CIIl-<
riAJlOUD Hit A Nil PILL®, for twentj-fiw
• ears regarded os Best Safest, Always Reliable.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Tjuitk FVERYWHERE
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