The Mustang Mail. (Mustang, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1902 Page: 2 of 8
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Assassination without disc rimiuation
is a favorite polic y in Russia.
This spring's crops of Brussels
sprouts consists mostly of bayonets.
A Rerris.rka.ble Story of Love, Gold .r\d
Advent vire.
By ST. GEORGE RATH BORNE
1 "Wright, by S'l'iUhJl J ^ SJill H. New \ uil
Andrew Carnegie's new book will bo
bought by all the Carnegie libraries,
of course.
Mr. Carnegie says he is "not a phil-
anthropist" He doesn't want to die
disgraced that is all."
Dr. English, the author of "Hen
Bolt." contributed more t< the Hirers.-'
of "Trilby" than Du Maurier did.
Suppose indigestion dors cans • ly
ing in mild forms some cook are
lucky that it does not cause murder.
A horse twenty hands high is the
latest Kansas production. It will
make a good mount for Minerva Na-
tion.
Just to sort of wind up the "r" sea-
son, word comes from Baltimore that
a man in that city choked to death on
an oyster.
"God bless my people, blac k and
white," were the last words of Wade
Hampton. There is a text which needs
no sermon.
Ben Butler's monument will have to
wait until a generous public c an de-
cide whether to locate it at Boston or
New Orlcan .
German professors say American
meat is all right; but then the pro-i
feasors are not interested in any (ler
man hog farms.
Kipling's reference to (V< il Rhodes
as a "devout" man seems to be
stretching the de mortuls maxim to
the breaking point.
Now that chorus girls are beginning
to write books, perhaps the bald-
headed men will have a chance to fig-
ure as novel heroes.
Those fellows in Belgium who have
three votes each think it is preposter-
ous that those with but one each
should want a change.
A German newspaper has been call-
ing J. Pierpont Morgan "an unscrupu-
lous adventurer." Vet we have not de-
clared war on Germany!
Gen. Chaffee reports a brief engage-
ment with the Moros at Parang Pa-
rang. This cannot be very far from
the province of Ping-Pong.
Mr. Carnegie says "poverty is a ricn
heritage." Mr. Carnegie gets off these
little things with the comfortable air
of a man who has dined well.
Since the Nebraska Indians have
formed a relic trust persons who de
sire to purchase ancestral scalps may
cxpect to pay hair-raising prices.
There are people inquisitive enough
to want to know how many times in
seventeen years, anyhow, the seven-
teen year locusts may be expected.
Five hundred girls from New York
stormed the White House and shook
hands with the president. No, it will j
never do to elect Hobson to that office
Morally speaking, limburger cheese
has one great advantage over oleomar
garlne. Nobody can accuse it of try-
ing to pars itself off for something
else.
Mme. Calve says she will never re-
turn to make any farewell tours of Am-
erica. She mufct have her money buried
where moths cannot eat nor rust cor*
rupt it.
The price of strawberries has drop-
ped to a point where church festival
committees will be justified in putting
at hast half a dozen on a ftfty-ccnt
plate of ice cream.
Miss Stone says that Mme. Tsilka's
baby softened the hearts of the bri-
gands. Ah. what a wonderful thing
a baby is. And what a pity that it has
become unfashionable.
Frenchmen who are after J. Pier-
pont Morgan with wild-cat schemes
should know that he lias plenty of
opportunities to purchase gold bricks
in his own beloved land.
The Belgian socialists are reported
to have dropped "one man. one vote,"
suffrage. It Is more likely, however,
they have merely laid it down to mois-
ten their hands for a better hold.
The ancient Greek sandal, consist-
ing of a sole laced over the bare foot.
Is to be affected by some New York.
Boston and Philadelphia women this
season. Special sizes will be provid-
ed for Chicago.
J. Pierpont Morgan has bought a
Bible for $."•( ,000. It is understood
that the high value of the volume to
Mr. Morgan lies in an error by the
publisher, which left out the well-
known verse, "Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth."
That Kansas man who imagines
himself a second Paderewskl will have
to prove that he can draw a mob of
hysterical women after him before his
claim can be considered. The mere
acquisition of a head of corn silk hair
isn't enough.
( II \ I'T I II \\. (Continued.)
It se- :iicd that the captain owned a ;
house far off in the neighborhood of j
West Brompton, and into this he had ;
moved the wreck of his fortunes, iu
eluding his family.
The marquis waited a certain length |
of time.
Then one afternoon he appeared at j
the new Home of the I.ivormores.
To himself he declared many times
that he intended this visit as a posi-
tive means of increasing his hold upon
the captain's wife, over whom h j
seemed to be exerting some peculiarly |
hypnotic- i )\v« r. with the eventual aim j
in vi< \v oi Induc ing her to leavr
home and seek some asylum on the
continent.
For yean he had look* d forward to j
this same moment with the keenest j
anticipation; for years he had in hi ' >
mind gone over every little detail, h nl :
seen her surprise and alarm, with hi
own great triumph, as he sent hi. j
shafts home with the arm of ample
revenge; yet. strange to say, he did !
not approach the subject with the
eagerncra he had expected, the fever j
Ish thrill was only conspicuous bv it
absence, and he even started guiltily j
when from some distant part of the
rambling old structure a peal of child- ;
ish laughter was borne to his ears, j
there was something so condemnatory I
in the merry sound.
By degree-:; he brought the subjer* I
arcund to where he wanted it and the .
manner in which he accomplished this i
declared that his strategic powers had
not waned a particle.
"Have you had any American'
friends?" he asked.
"Yes, one." came the rather confus- i
efl reply, and the listener knew he had |
caused her mind to revert to that un- !
happy past about which she even j
usually avoided thinking.
"Pardon me; but 1 once knew a poor j
fellow, an artist, out in Mexico, who j
said he hacl been well acquainted with i
Captain Livermore's wife," he went on |
deliberately.
"An artist," she echoed, looking j
pained, and yet showing an eagerness
In her voice.
"Yes; by name Jack. I chanced to
do him several favors, and he even
confided his history to me. Poor fel-
low. he had suffered bitterly."
"Confided to you then you know—"
in alarm.
"That you and he were once be-
trothed yes. That while he labored
unceasingly in the hope of gaining
fame and fortune, your love for him
began to grow cold. He had been the
means of reconciling you to your
proud old English grandfather. In the
whirl of society you met Captain Liv-
ermore. then the lion of the hour. You
forgot to write to the man who be-
lieved in you as he did in Heaven. He
came to Ixmdon. unable to breathe
outside your presence. Then you
crushed him by declaring that while
you still loved him. you loved position
still more, and that you had agreed to
marry the captain."
Fedora's head had fallen on her
wildly heaving bosom, but she neither
looked up nor uttered a word as yet.
being too stunned as the tremendous
revelation was forcing itself upon her
mind.
He went on pitilessly!
"Jack sought a quarrel with the
man who had robbed him of all he-
had on earth perhaps you neve r knew
of it. but they met at dawn in the
deadly duello, each determined to kill
the other. The captain, as they ad
vanced toward each other, fired first
and only inflicted a wound. He was
then at Jack's complete mercy, since
he was allowed the privilege of walk
ing up as close* as he pleased and Rend-
ing a ball through the heart of hi
adversary."
Fedora groaned, but never moved.
"The captain was no coward; believ
Ing his hour hacl come, he deliberate-
ly opened his coat and awaited th
fatal shot, his eyes looking into those
of the man he hacl wronged without
knowing it. Twice Jack took aim. but
each time he failed to pull the trigge r.
Finally he raised his pistol, tired In
the air and lied from the scene."
For the first time she raised her head
and looked at him. her troubled face
marked by conflicting emotions.
"Then came the wedding, which poor
Jack saw from the organ loft, enduring
the tortures of the damned while the
woman whom heaven had given to him
was united by law to man she did not
love.
"Then he fled from lxmdoti as from
a place accursed and sought fortune's
smiles upon a new field, hating women
because one had been false to her vows,
and always bugging to his heart the
resolution to some day return and take
full satisfaction for that treachery.
' That was Jack's story doubtless
other men have Buffered in the same
way from a woman's hand, but none
more cruelly. And yet It seemed that
fortune took a strange1 delight in com-
pensating him his loss uy throwing
into his hands the most wonderful
treasure ever known, surpassing all
tales from the days of Ophlr and Solo-
mon down to the present. More than
this, he was given power and made the
lwad of the Central American republic
Whlthl I dtl had drifted him.
"Thus, when live years had passed,
rich beyond the wildest dreams, made
n noble of Spain because of tome finan-
cial asuUtaticc lie hacl given the gov-
ernment at Madrid, Jack came back to
Loudon with the full determinating to
repay the debts he owed, at compound
interest, down to the last penny."
She was looking at him now with
fear-haunted eyes, looking at him as
one- might gaze upon some dreadful
spectre of the past.
"You- are Jack!" she said, slowly,
as ii almost unable to grasp the idea at
once.
"1 am that once miserable wretch.
Having embarked upon my campaign,
I lost no time in making your hus-
band's acquaintance. It was my hand
that, in a fair and honorable way,
stripped him of all he pc>:-.. < :• s. d. That
is only a beginning.'
"Jack! Jack! Have yon no mercy?"
she groaned, wringing her hands
wildly.
"DM you have any when you so
c >olly i urned, me d< wn to staj in the
mine, while upon my shoulders you
mounted to a position in society and
gave your - If to a man you never
loved? I know all you would say. and
be sure, 1 have steeled my heart against
all arguments. What 1 seek is only
justice a fair equivalent. I have suf-
fered. God only knows how much. It is
your turn."
He looked like a man of stone, upon
whom pleading and tears would be
wasted.
Fedora attempted neither at first—
she seemed to act and speak as if in a
dream, for his influence, whatever it
sprang from, dominated her personali-
ty to a remarkable extent.
Had it been so in those clays of yore
Fedora would never have willingly giv-
en him up.
"You speak of heaven in the same
breath with vengeance' -surely you
cannot believe. Jack, that God ap-
proves of such things. 1 did wrong
you, oh. most grievously; but 1 have
bitterly repented it ever since, and
hoped the clay might come when I
could tell you so. Often I have wept to
remember your despair. It lias been
the one black spot upon my life, and
kept me from being truly happy. But,
Jack, won't you forgive if you can
never forget—see, I [dead with you;
hold this wretched remembrance no
longer against me. Be my friend, my
brother. Yon already respect my hus-
band; why be the means of his ruin?"
"While I cannot forget, I must not
forgive. You have not yet begun to
know what suffering means. When
the world seems dark and your soul
prays for death "
"But, Jack, stop; consider; you can-
not have revenge upon me without in-
juring my children," she said, sudden-
ly remembering his weakness of old,
and how a child had never appealed in
vain so long as he had a sou left.
This was a harder task than the oth-
er. and the indomitable marquis was
compelled to grit his teeth in the en-
deavor to stem the signs of retreat that
threatened to overwhelm him.
"1 regret exceedingly that they must
suffer, for 1 am not that cruel to desire
through their hold on your heart to in-
flict pain on you; but as I, an Innocent
party, once paid the penalty of your
sin, so they, too, must inherit the leg-
acy."
"Is there no way in which you may
be satisfied without the burden falling
on them?"
"I know of none. They must suffe r
when you do. all being members of
one family. It is fate."
"Jack, have mercy!—see, on my
knees I beg you to forgive. It is true I
wronged you most fearfully. God
knows, I am w retc hedly sorry. But out
of that wrong has come your bright
fortune, and. perhaps. Jack, some more
worthy woman may till the place in
your heart I once occupied. Forget the
past and live for the future. Grasp
them before they have flown. Rise
above this spirit of revenge upon a
weak, wretched woman, who in her
thoughtlessness did you harm and
lived to repent. Already you have as
you say brought ruin upon us, and
cast us out from society. For that I
.are little; but for God'g sake, leave
me the love of my husband, my chil-
dren."
It was enough to melt a heart of ice,
and reason combined with emotion in
the argument. Had not the marquis
threshed tills same straw himself al-
most daily had it been thrust sudden-
ly upon lilni. he must have been fairly
ovt rwhelmed.
It was not his design that Fedora
should see any sign of we akness in his
manner, and h« maintained the same
passionless exterior he had shown
through the whole Interview.
I "I promise nothing. Only this I
! say. that your children have doubtless
saved you from a fate that might have
I come upon you. I do not relent. 1 sim-
ply change my tactics, and for their
j sake s spare you that humiliation, that
shame. What further means of pun
ishment I may decide to invoke you
Aill know in good time. As you sowed
so must you reap. That Is the law of
j recompense, of stern Justice. There-
fore. weep over your wretched lot. and
bitterly regret that false step In which
you were tempted by pride. I do not
; dare remain here longer In your pre?
<'lice. At least thank heaven that I
have decided to abandon the plan upon
which I was working as unworthy of
an honorable man.
"You are going. Jack?"
"Yes "
"Without seeing the children"'
pressing a button while he was not
looking.
"They remind me too bitterly of
what you, their unhappy mother,
seemed to me j i th ; long ago—all in-
nocence and trusting love. >Aj I don't
wish to see them now."
"Oh, Jack, be reconciled—I shall pray
daily that you cease to hate me, for the
tike of those little ones. Did you
know the boy's name is Jack?"
"What!" he gasped, weakening. "Do
you mean to say your husband allowed
you to do that—and I the man you
loved? Incredible!"
i told him all, and it was he who
first proposed it. You don't know his j
generous nature. I can see now what
it was so disturbed him you took his
fire and freely gave him his forfeited
life. Oh! wretched woman that I am j
to have been loved by two such noble |
n.en, and to have brought sorrow to
both. Who will deliver me from tliej
bondage of my sin?"
As if in answer to h; r forlorn cry the
patter of little feet sounded some- '
where—the marquis, alarmed at his'
own weakness, turned to ily, but made
a misc alculation, for in the hall he was
waylaid by the enemy, who rushed
upon him with exultant cries. *
He made a swoop for the little girl
and swept her up in his arms, until her 1
I golden curls lies,tied against his shou:-
I Jer when he kissed her pouting lips
| again and again.
Then came the boy. to whom he had
paid so little attention before. Now he
held him off at arm's length, where he
could look into his resolute face and
bold black ryes—yes, he was surely the
image of what Livermore must have
been as a lad. and yet, and yet, strange
to say, the marquis actually believed
he could see some traces of his own
characteristics in the boy—learned
philosophical and psychological schol- 1
ars and doctors have long argued this
point, and agreed that it is not only
possible, but actual—the image of her
first love still remained strong in Fe-
dora's heart at the time the child was j
born.
Kissing the youngster, the marquis |
hastily quitted the house, followed by
the anxious gaze of the wretched Fe-
dora, until the children, astonished at
the strange actions of their friend,
loudly bewailed his flight, and demand-
eel her attention.
Weep no more tears of repentance
and fear, wife and mother, since the
seed has been sown and the harvest
must come in due season—that name
of Jack, together with the captain's ;
generosity, proved the last straw thai .
broke the camel's back.
< II \ ITKK XXI.
"Love has redeemed me!"
The game was drawing near its-
close.
With each struggle that iron will of
the marquis, which had been the mar-
vel and admiration of his friends, came
out much weaker.
Perhaps the thing that had the most
decided influence upon him was the
startling conviction that there had
been awakened within his heart a glow
of love for the little miniature painter.
With the flower of love blossoming
again in his heart he could hardly have
continued in his former policy.
Should he be magnanimous and free-
ly forgive, or should he turn aside the
bright vision that tempted him, shut
himself up in a narrow compass and
carry out the miserable plan of the
past?
Thus he debated, pro and con. But j
it chanced that the marquis was not
given an opportunity to fight his battle
to a finish in the usually accepted term
—there was a surprise in store for him
a flank movement, as it were, on the
part of one who meant to be an ally,
yet proved his worst enemy.
That person was the Spanish-Ameri-
can belle of San Jose.
It was on tlu evening following that
when the marquis received such a
shock at the hands of Fedora.
It was probably II o'clock when one
of the hotel lackeys came with a card
on a silver salver and presented it to
the marquis.
This was a frequent occurrence, but
on this special occasion those who
were near by saw the usually cool na-
bob give a plain start.
(To be continued.)
I'liotnjrHplii'iw uk Sportsmen.
In a recent book a hunter tells how
he spent many weary months in the
attempt to shoot an eagle, and at last
ambushed so successfully that he ac-
tually touched the hird with his fin-
gers. Having got so far he was eon-
tent. and let the eagle >:o free. It may
be a hunter's tale, hut there are at
pre sent a very considerable number ot
sportsmen who are a great deal keener
to sec their game at close quarters
than to kill it Instead of the old
phrase "Let us go and kill some-
thing."' the hunter now says, "Let us
go and focus something." The camera
has supplanted the gun. There are
now made all manner of devices, more
ingenious and intricate . ven than the
older trappers devised, for getting the
camera to bear on unsuspecting ani-
mals. A boat, resembling a little the
duck-shooting boats used on the Irish
coast, has been de vised, which is pro-
pelled without oars or sails, and has a
beautiful photographic apparatus
rigged up in the bows. There are other
not b'ss clever means for approaching
and photographing deer iu their native
haunts, and they have been used with
altogether remarkable success. Hu-
manitarians are already pointing that,
that this sport with the camera gives
all the excitement of the chase without
any of the cruelty, and at least this
much may be conceded, that the1 diffi-
culties of photographing, say, a weasel
are considerably greater and therefore
more attractive than those of shoot*
ing it.
9COC3BOe§CiBP0OCIOOO9O O«3OOO«C
Interesting Chat on
Men and Affairs tha:
Arc of Prominence a!
the National GapitaL
(Sf-cial Lo/.jr.)
HERE has been a great S^r-l
rof smallpox in Washington,
and almo t every member >f
congress has been vaccinat-
ed in consequence. As a re-
sult visitors to the capitol
are seeing what Congress-
man Cannon calls "one-
armed oratory." By that the head of
the appropriations committee means
arguments illustrated and emphasized
with gestures made with one arm.
"It's the best thing that ever struck
congress," said Mr. Cannon in com-
menting on the epidrinic. "Formerly
when we allowed a member to make
a little speech, he; took ten or fifteen
minutes to work his mouth and about
fifty square fc ?t for his arms. Now
he works his i lotith at the regulation
rate, but only the members to the
right of him have to move their seats.
In the old days if you sat within twen-
ty-five feet of a speaker you were lia-
ble to have your head punched every
time he made a point. Now you can
sit in perfect safety right under an
orator it you only keep on the left
side of him."
Every once in a while Senator Bate
of Tennessee indulges in a burst of
humor.
Recently, while a bill was being dis-
cussed in the senate, Mr. Hoar and
Mr. Burton, who were standing side
by side, talked about the hieasure, but
addressed their remarks to each other
in a low tone.
"Mr. President," said Senator Bate,
"cannot the senators take us into
their confidence? They seem to be
having a delightful private colloquy,
and really wr would like to share in
the good things which they are say-
ing."
Senator Bate chuckled as he sat
down. His sarcasm, however, had its
effect, and when the two senators
spoke again everybody heard their
remarks.
Senator Joseph Waleien Bailey, who
represents the state of Texas in the
upper branch of Congress, was born in
Mississippi in 18G3-, and moved to
Texas in 1885. His conspicuous ability
secured for him early advancement in
politics in his state and in Congress
he was given the nomination for the
speakership by the Democratic minor-
ity. this of course, carrying with it the
leadership of his party in the house,
le is serving his first term in the
|>enate. but his utterances on impor-
tant legislation are listened to with
deference by the wise men of that
! ody. * * *
When Gen. Grosvenor essayed his
speech em Cuban reciprocity his voire
was in bad condition, and he placed on
his desk a bottle, filled with a fluid as
• te as milk. From tin.e to time he
paused to sample the contents. His
allotted time had run out long before
the bottle was empty and a meml
moved that his time he extended, just
.is the neral wai taking anothei tui
at his medicine.
"I move," said "Hank" Smith e f
Michigan, at whom Gen. Grosvenor
had bee n poking fun for seeing spook,
in the Sugar Trust, "that the gentle
man be given time to conclude his
speech and take a drink."
That evened up the score for the
gentleman from Michigan.
The expected resignation e>f Dr. A.
D. White from the ambassadorship to
and diplomacy at his age. He wa> a
university president at 29 and bull*
up Rochester University in a wonder
till way. He resigned the presidency
of the University in 189(5 to perfect his
studies in international law and thp
public law of Europe but within tw.:
years President McKinley called him
to the State Department as Assistant
Secretary. In the discharge of hi
duties there he has had general charg
of the great international commissions,
m
I>r. David JH.rne Hill.
such as the Commission to the Pea e
Conference at The Hague, the ti: v
Philippine Commission and the recem
Pan-American Congress in Mexico,
preparing the instructions to delega* j
and overseeing the negotiations lrj
fact. Dr. Hill is an expert in treaty
making, and in the event of his ap-
pointment as Ambassador to Germany
j he will be able to do most excellen*
service in the probable revi.-ion of ecir
treaties with Germany.
; Members of congress are beginning'
to receive acknowledgments from th<
farmers to whom they sent seeds a few'
| weeks ago. Senator Beverielge got a
letter from a man who owns a small
j patch of land Just outside of Indian-
I apolis which tlie senator .-ays shows
' that all mankind has not lost faith in
j congress or the individuals who make
up that body. The letter is as follows
i "De; r Senator: Please a<. ] • my
! heartfelt thanks for the seeds. They
! came in very handy. If it is not too
trouble-ome I would be obliged if voti
Please ge
!? lite
i would send nie a double-sh
: a mule and some harness.
them here by the time t
; sprout."
! most loyal and persistent li-tener in
; the Senate. He s«ems to have nothing
' to do but sit ;it the feet of hi older
j colleagues and learn wisdom. His de-
! sire for knowledge has been p >rtieu-
' larly noticeable during the pending ele-
I bate on the Chinese Exclusion bi!l.
Whe n a Senator a:i ■ to . k Mr.
! Dryelen plants hin If in front of him
I i' -ts his bead on his hands anel strains
| his ears to catch e v ery word that falls
j from the orator's lips.
i
cenx jmj&ulee' (texas)
n
The busiest man on earth is the man
who keeps on a continual run getting
out of the way of work.
An old bachelor says that matrimony
Is the best cook I lit school.
Germany opens the way for the ad-
vancement of another distinguished
university president, who has glvt •
• une of the best years of his life to
I he service of the government. Dr.
David Javne Hill, the present Aski->
ant Secretary of State Dr. Hill's nam-
has been so prominently mentioned in
connection with the German amlms-i-
dorihlp In the event of Ambassador
White's resignation that It Is fair to
conclude that he may be chosen.
Dr. Hill will complete his flfty-pec-
ond year on June 10. Few men have
ever attained such eminence in lette,"
I Nearly all ol the speeches are out
and dried affan written out and rea l
in the senate for the1 purpose of homo
consumption, but the New Jersey
Senator Is not critical. Ho treats ull
speakers. Republicans and Democrat,
alike, anel moves from one side of tlu
chamber to the other as the oratorl-
' a I scene shifts. One of his colleagues
says that if Mr. Drydeti could retain
ill the Information that has been
pumped Into him since he has been
i S^iator he would know less about
more subjectr than any man In Con-
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