The Ralston Independent (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1913 Page: 2 of 4
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In a spirit of fun Mayor Hedleht, a
summer visitor, Is chased through
woods by ten laughing girls, one of whom
ths
ho catches, and klsaes. The girls form
themselves Into a court and sentence him
to do the bidding of one of their number
each Any for ten days. A legislative
measure opposing woman suffrage, which
dropped from the mayor's pocket, is used
to rompel him to obey the mandates of
the girls. His first day of service Is with
May Andrews, who takes lilm Ashing.
They are threatened by the sherlfT with
srrest. Miss Vining sees what she con-
siders a clandestine meeting between one
of the girls und the mayor. The next
day he goes driving with Mabel Arney.
They meet with an accident, are arrested
■ nd locked up, but escape.
CHAPTER VI.
In the office, Bmoklng one of Mine
HoBt's best cigars, his dignity out-
raged, eat the sheriff, waiting
Mayor Hedlght walked up the hotel
stairs, oblivious to bis pending fate.
Suddenly a door opened and a head
appeared, a blonde bead, a piquant
head, n head to catch the fancy of
an artist
"Shh!" said the owner of the pretty
profile.
Hedlght stopped, looking around cau-
tiously.
"Hurry!" commanded the girl, hold-
ing open the door of her room.
111b Honor, the Mayor, hesitated for
a moment—and then, throwing con-
ventionality to the winds, bolted
through The girl turned the key In
the1 lock and faced him accusingly.
"Well of all the blundering bound-
ers! Do you know the sheriff has
been hanging around here all after
noon waiting to arrest you?"
The mayor looked brazenly at the
girl.
"I expected as much," be said, care-
lessly
"What have you been doing nowT"
she demanded, giving him a severe
reprimand from two otherwise kindly
bar,el eyes
"Oh. chuck the attitude, Bess,"
growled the mayor, disgustedly.
"That little tmp of a Mabel Arney
Insisted on riding the black sad-
dler. He ran away with her and In
trying to catch the minx, I collided
with a baby carriage and spilled the
baby's milk. That's all. The con
founded natives are always ready
to arrest a summer resorter, and be-
lieving the peace and the dignity
of the village had been shattered,
they threw us in Jail We broke out,"
sullenly "Do you blame us!
Before she could reply there was
a knock on the door.
The girl's face went white.
"I—I'm afraid somebody Baw you
come in here!" she whispered.
"Nonsense," he \>reathed. "Here
—I'll slip under the bed. Qo to the
door." V
In a twinkling the mayor was safe-
ly out of sight The girl opened the
door
"Oh, hello, Jackie," she cried, in
a relieved voice. "Come In."
"Bess, we're In a terrible pickle."
sobbed Miss Vining. "That horrid
man took Mabel Arney to Lakevllle
this morning and got her arrested.
The sheriff Insists she must be In
tbe hotel and I've promised to bring
the entire crowd out on the veranda for
Inflection. Mabel 1b frightened al-
most lo death. Bess," dramatically
"we've got to dress her so the officer
won't know her. Have you a switch
ByronWilliams
The mayor lay on his bact, facing
the mattress.
Where's that white princess of
yours?" demanded Jackie. "8he
wore brown today. We'll hare to
take some tucks In It," going to the
closet and helping herself.
"Here, Mabe, get Into this, and live-
ly.
"Oh, not here!" protested Bess Win-
ters, snatching the dress from Miss
Vlnlng's hands.
The Judge looked at Bess blankly.
"Why not?"
"Be—because!" shrilled Bess "I'm
afraid Slip Into your room, that's
a dear, and I'll bring the switch in
at once."
"Oh, who's afraid?" gurgled Mabel,
reaching for the gown.
Step Into the «loset," Implored
Miss Winters. "Somebody might
come."
"Bess, you're an awful coward,"
anathematised the Judge, sternly
The man under the bed heard the
closet door close and waited There
didn't seem to be snythlng else to do.
Presently Miss Arney reappeared
With hysterical laughter the chang-
ing of blackhalred Mabel into a rav-
ishing blonde proceeded rapidly
There!" exclaimed MIbb Vining
triumphantly, "the sheriff will never
know her In the world. Come on."
Mayor Bedlght heard the door
close. Rolling from under the bed,
be locked the door and sat down to
await developments.. Half an hour
tenoe but these outraged natives
have butted In on the game and they'll
have me In Jail 'nalde of a week, as
sure as Fate. You wouldn't want me
to lose my election, Bess?" lookiag
at her with appealing eyes.
"Walter. It Is downright mean of you
to even think of introducing a bill
such as you have prepared. You de-
serve to lose—but I'm willing," con-
descendingly, "to do what 1 can for you
The bill—your bill—Is In the personal
possession of Judge Vining. She—In
fact, she wears It Inside her shirt-
waist to avoid losing It," blushing.
"Now I hope you are satisfied—and
you may go. The sheriff has dis-
appeared for the night. You can
safely occupy your apartment."
"You're a good sport," said the may-
or, patting the girl tenderly on the
cheek—and passed out.
The mayor grinned and kept dig-
ging A ctep of thunder pealed in i
the distance As she turned appre
henslvely. the dig^er r spade pried I
up a long, ropy object.
"Here Is yotlr mound builder." he j
said soberly, raising the object upon
his spade. ,
She gasped.
The man Bmlled.
"Oh!" from the woman
"I am afraid." he breathed, softl)
"it Is exactly what It looks like—the
tall of a cow!"
As she stood frowning at him, great
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CHAPTER VII.
"There is the mound," advised Har-
riet Brooks on Wednesday morning,
pointing to a rounded heap of earth
just beyond the shade of a burr-oak
a half mile Inland from Sylvan Lake
on Ulen isle.
Mayor Bedlght took off his coat rue-
fully. Being prisoner to a prematurely
gray-haired young lady with a clear,
rosy oomplexlon and a sweet, win-
some manner was * not so bad—but
to be told to dig like a terrier in tbe
rough soli was a horse of another col-
or. But the mayor was game.
Grasping a spade, be set to work
diligently It was a warm morning
and the perspiration began to ooze
from his heated body.
"Come and sit In the shade a while,"
Invited the girl, thoughtfully. "We
have all day to ourselves—and the
skeletons will not run away."
Bedlght obeyed gratefully, throwing
himself at the woman's feet in the
cool shadows of the oak
"I'm awfully interested In ancient
and medieval things,1' she explained,
smiling down at him over her book.
"Once when I was In Iowa I met a
man who was engaged In collecting
curios—and he found a real mound-
builder skeleton along the Cedar river
while I was there. What If this
should turn out to be something like
that?" hopefully.
"Pardon me," said the mayor,
boldly, "but a nice girl like yourself
should not be so Interested in dead
ones—especially wheu the woods
are full of live ones."
The girl's face Hushed, the red
against her white hair making her
very attractive in the eyes of the man
on the sand.
"The dead ones," she said slowly,
"never stay out late nights, never
tyrannize, never take everything for
granted, never get a grouch, never—"
The mayor Interrupted her, his face
serious as he said:
"There were Darby and Joan."
"But these are the daya of divorce
courts," she answered, "and—gen-
iuses—" coloring.
"I am old-fashioned," he parried.
"I like to dream of home with tbe
woman In It"
"I fear it Is going to rain," evaded
Miss Brooks, looking anxiously at
tbe cloud-filled west. "Do you mind
digging a bit, Mr. Bedlght?"
"As the wife eald to her husband
when she wanted a sealskin," he
taunted, returning to the mound.
She came and stood over him as
be worked
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Margaret "arnsworth.
drops of rain began to fall. He look-
ed about hurriedly for shelter under a
tree.
"Come on," he cried, starting for the
boat upon the beach. "We'll have to
camp out"
She followed him blindly.
He pulled the dorj^hlgh and dry and
tipped It keel up.
"Crawl under," he said as the rain
began to fall In torrents.
"Why, Mr. Bealght, I can't do that
I—"
The man took her gently by the
arm.
"You have no other choice—and be-
sides, I'm not a cannibal!"
She stooped and sat down upon the
sand under the shelter. He followed,
sitting close to her, of necessity. The
fury of the storm broke. The day
became as dusk, lighted only by the
vivid flashes of anger that tore across
the sky. He felt the woman tremble.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Too Big sn Insult.
Angrily the head of the haberdash-
ery concern stormed tato the employ-
ment agency and demanded an Inter-
view with the manager
"I understand," he said, "that you
have been recommending as A1 col-
lectors certain young men whom you
represent as having collected money
from us. If they can get it from us,
they can get it from anybody That's
the way you make it appear, con-
sequently your clients land good Jobs."
With visions of possible libel suits
rlaing before his guilty conscience,
the agent attempted self-Justiflcatoln.
"You are considered pretty hard
nuts, you know," he said.
"Oh, that's all right!" said the
Harrist Brooks.
of thai flaxen hair of yours? I've
got Mae Andrews' puffs. They'll
match yours. Wo'll
Mayor Bedlght Took Off His Coat Rue-
fully.
later somebody knocked at the door.
The mayor waited.
"Walter!" whispered an excited
voice. "Open the door. It Is I—
Bess."
"Come In," replied tbe mayor, turn-
ing the key.
"We fooled him!" she cried, radi-
antly. "He couldn't find his prisoner.
Mine Host told him there were but
ten young ladles—and he went away
bewildered—but he's coming back
tomorrow to watch for you."
The man shrugged his shoulders.
"Bess, you scoot out and discover
what Harriet Brooks—" consulting his
list,—"would like to have me do to-
morrow and whatever It Is we start
at five In the morning."
The girl hurried away.
The mayor seated himself at a
small desk and began to write. He
was still at It when Bess returned
"She has discovered sn Indian
mound on Glen Island and she wants
you to go with her snd open it I
have arranged to have her meet you
at the bathing beach at sun-up."
The mayor scowled. He was not
fond of grave-dlgglng.
"Thank you, Bess," he said finally.
"And now if you don't mind. I want
to write a while."
"Very well, Walter," she contented,
taking up a magazine.
For an hour neither spoke. Then
the man laid down his pen and, look
ing at the. sand:
"Bess, 1 want to know where Jackie
Vining kaeps that confounded anti-
suffrage bill of mine."
"I refuse to enlighten you," sniffed
the girl determinedly
"Bess, you've got to tell me. I
His spade struck something—and man. "It ain't that I m kicking about,
her excitement grew. but not one of your men has ever col-
-Oh I do hope it's a mound builderP lected a dollar at our shop and t
she cried excitedly. f don't do any good to lie about it
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HOW TO TAKE A SUN BATH | the a,lbe'e,"■ " lb
Treatment Is Deolsred to Be a 8ure
Cure for Msny Varieties of the
Ailments of Humanity.
new and simple cure have formet
> themselves Into an association.
uimi_ ir # cover Mabel's
bla- k thatch until she looks like an i must get out of this confounded hole,
slhlno Hi re she is now," as the My campaign opens on tho following
rtiKtle of Bkirts proclaimed a new ar-1 Saturday and
rival
I must be there,
wouldn't mind serving out my sen
Tbe sun bath Is rapidly gaining
popularity It was not unknown to
tbe Romans, who Indulged In sun
baths to cure gout and rheumatism.
The buildings they erected In their
villas for the sunray treatment were
styled Bolarlums.
All that Is needed Is the sun; but
it should not be allowed to beat down
upon the head, which should be cov-
ered. The prospective sun-bather
should get Into an ordinary bathing
costume and lie down In a convenient
spot on a rug. Care should be taken
to secure a position well out of the
wind, and. of course, the body must
be moved about every ten minutes to
avoid undue burning of any specific , qulrer
part of the anatomy. Also, a bath i
should never by any chance last
longer than an hour. Dizziness, ex-
treme excitement, even falntness will
Some Quaint Hotels.
The hotel that stands out most
prominently in my recollection Is one
In Iqulque, where, even while you are
sitting at the dining tables, venders
come In from the streets to Bell you
food. At this same hotel they have
two charges for baths—eight shillings
if you Insist on clean water and about
four shillings If you are willing to take
a second turn at the tub.
Another Instance of a quaint hotel
is Jn the town of Africa, In Peru -Her*
they are using at the present time ths
hull of an old American man-of-war.
which was taken Inland by a great ti-
dal wave many years ago and has
alnce been fitted up as a hotel and is
In great demand—Philadelphia In
Little Doubt About It.
Married a month, a young man tok
the magistrate that his wife had dont
be ~the Inevitable result should this ' the following things: Torn up thi
warning be disregarded J marriage-certificate, pawned the ring
The sun bath is eald to be an al | tern up her wedding dress, assaulted
most Infallible cure for certain skin
diseases, for undue corpulence and
run-down nervea.
Perhaps the cult of the sun bath is
more popular at a small place near
him. She followed him to court, h<
added, but he managed to dodge her
The Clerk: "You took her for bettei
or worse, and you aeein to have got
the worse."
4
"I've made a great discovery, papa."
"Well, what is It?"
"I've found out that the heavy end
of a match is the light end."
Giivng Away the Secret.
Willing to have his neighbors think
he was a fine musician, Brown install-
ed a mechanical piano near a front
window of his home, where he spent
hours each day pedaling out melodies.
"Your father is a great piano player,
Isn't he?" one of the neighbors re-
marked to Brown's boy William one
afternoon. "Yep," replied William,
"but it makes his feet awful sore."
We've Done Our Share.
Woodby—Is there any money In
writing for the magazine?
Scriblins—Sure! The postal de-
partment is about half supported that
way.—Boston Transcript.
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TO THE SETTLER
the american rush to
westerh mm
is increasing
Fr«>« Homesteads
In the new Districts of
Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta there
arc thousands of Kree
Homestead* left, which
t" I lie man making entry
in 3 rear* (Imo will be
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acre. These lands are
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sxraxm RtiuvtT moutus
In many cases the railways In
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short time there will not be a
settler who noed lie more than
ten or twelve tulles from a line
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Social Condition*
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