Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1902 Page: 3 of 8
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She had not any wor l to say-
There was no one who stood by her;
For one misstep in life's youns day.
When love had seemed so good to her,
She walked from all the world apart.
And kept her grief locked In her heart—
A comrade drear seemed Memory;
So all alone walked she.
But sang the blackbird In the brake.
It seemed his song was made for her;
And all along the calm blue lake
The lilies pure were laid for her.
The honeysuckle In the dew
Around her door its fragrance threw,
The ewe lamb by her side would lead.
And white doves there would feed
I dream the Christ of Galilee
Who on the dread cross died for her.
When near to death her steps shall be,
The gate will open wide for her.
That angel hands will draw her In,
And lock without the old-time sin.
And on her brow again will press.
Her lost youth's happiness.
—Cora A. Mataon Dolson, In the Er*.
Tho iwakoninir nf Prinppcc Icl0U(llike' sombre, from which the
I lib HnQnulllllg Ul ll liiuuOO white marble of throat and bosom
I gleamed like frost.
Valerie.
BY CURRAN RICHARD GREENLEY.
(Copyright, 1002, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
Pretty Princess Valerie, they had
called her, back in the little kingdom
of Arstadt, when Duke Fritz had
wooed and won her in the guise of
the Count of Neinheim, and with the
wily old Prime Minister had plotted
against a girl's willfulness to give
her the sweetest of love marriages.
Well! That was years ago. Since
then, only yesterday, a weary truth
had come to Princess Valerie—that
men may love; but men will tire, and
the newest face has ever a charm.
It was a bitter smile that curved
the proud red lips, as she watched
Duke Fritz stroll under the lindens,
murmuring pretty speeches into the
dainty ear of the Countess Isobel.
Countess Isobel of Hohenhauffcn, the
veriest flirt ever sent to overturn tho
peace of the little court of Auer-
stadt.
Valerie rested lier hot cheek in her
hand and gazed down at the sleeping
boy, heir to the duchy, child of her
love, all that was left of that love,
Valerie told herself, as the countess'
gay laugh rang up beneath the win-
dow.
She had been so happy, only last
night, when that little vixen, Kath-
erine de Graffenried, had spoken
lightly in her hearing of Countess
l8obel's latest conquest. Katherine
had seemed properly dismayed when
the duchess" angry faoe appeared be-
tween the portlers and bade her say
out her meaning. She had wept and
sobbed with a pretty reluctance, and
then had come the story of the moon-
light walks, of the rides in the forest
and the little notes that went to and
fro, and Valerie listened with death
in her heart and a proud smile on
her lips.
"Is that all?" she had Lsked. Then,
at her bidding, the girl crept away,
the malice half hid in her sleepy
green eyes. Katherine hated the
duchess, as her small soul hated all
things gracious and lovely.
Poor, proud Valerie. All that night
•he lay in her great state bed with
wide staring eyes "facing the future,"
she called it, with all a girl's high
trngedy, with all a loving woman's
pain. At breakfast, the duke came
in to Join her, with a song on his
lips, and a rose in his buttonhole;
fcut Valerie thought she knew whose
Ingers had plucked that rose, and
she would have none of him, and the
duke went away with a scowl on his
handsome face and found the Count-
ess Isobel upon the terrace, where a
little later Valerie saw them talking
together. She could imagine what
they were saying, and her jealous
heart throbbed nigh to bursting.
"Fool! fool!" she told herself. "Is
not this the portion of royal women,
the cross that goes with the crown?"
but she had loved him so.
A dry sob arose in her throat and
a blackness was before her eyes, all
the day, as she moved through the
stately rooms. Duke Fritz had care-
fully kept away from her. He was
puzzled, hurt and a little resentful.
Duke Fritz stood at her side until
the tedious ceremony was ended;
then he made his way to the Countess
Isobel, and Valerie, glancing up, met
the eyes of Katherine de Graffenreld
filled with mocking laughter. The
ebb and flow of the music, the glide
of the feet over the polished floor,
j the murmer of voices, with their set
I speeches, came to her as through
mist. She had some wild thought of
I leaving it all and rushing out into
| the white night, of going to Rudolph,
I her brother, the king of Arstadt. She
would ctaim his protection. Then a
! thought gripped her heartstrings—
I her child. She could not leave him,
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"Valerie!'
-
"Highness, the prince Is ill and should
have tb.<. Herr doctor Immediately."
yet he glanced wistfully toward her
once or twice; but that inscrutable,
cold -smile lay on the lovely lips, re-
pelling all approach, rnd unfortunate-
ly, Valerie never caught that look,
only suffered and wound the scourg*
closer to her tared bosom.
When ber women came to robe her
for the evening she thrust aside the
gay tissues, the shimmering satins,
and bade them put on a trailing
black gown of some misty material,
and the people of Auer3tadt would
never suffer their little prince to be
raised in another land. No, she must
stay and bear her martyrdom. Ru-
dolph would be the first to bid her
return, and Princess Valerie could
have risen then and there, and beat
her hands against the wall in sheer
despair. Across the room, she could
see the duke's fair head bent low
above Countess Isobel; it was mad-
dening.
A little page came hurrying down
] the long room and bowed before her,
his face white and anxious. "High-
ness, the little prince is ill, and
should have the Herr doctor immedi-
ately."
Valerie Bprang to her feet, and an
instant hush fell over the audience
chamber, as she swept past the little
knots of courtiers and laughing wom-
en, a princess, but yet a woman, who
has heard the cry of her child in need
of her.
A group of frightened attendants
made way for her, as she fell on her
knees beside the low, white bed. The
rosy limbs, that she bad kissed so
I short a time before, were rigid, and
a blue shadow grew around the tight-
ly drawn lips, as the child lay locked
in one convulsion after another.; To
the end of her life she never knew
whence came the strength that en-
abled her, when the doctor called for
assistance, to brush aside the panic-
stricken nurses, and herself force the
clenched mouth open, while he pour-
ed the medicine down. What mat-
ter that the little white teeth ground
upon her delicate fingers until the
blood trickled down, the child had
ceased to struggle, and the warm
pink came back to the little face, and
the tense limbs relaxed. With a
burst of tears, she gathered the
sleeping baby to her breast, and the
old doctor's eyes were misty, as he
laid a kindly hand upon the rebel-
lious curls that had somehow slipped
their fastening and tumbled in head-
long beauty to her waist.
The minutes slipped by, as Valerie
knelt with the child's cheek pressed
against her own, then someone enter-
ed and colsed the door, very gently.
Valerie never stirred, scarcely con-
scious of anything but the fact that
the child was given back to her arms
—a thankfulness that almost blotted
out the other great sorrow for a time.
Duke Fritz knelt down beside his
wife, and drew the darn head to his
breast. For a moment she yielded to
the Bense of rest and peace, then
pride awoke, nnd she drew haughtily
away from him. "Why come to me?
Where is the Countess Isobel? Is she
indisposed that you should turn to
me and the child?"
The duke sprang to his feet, his
fair face flushing like a girl's. "Val-
erie!" There was a world of re-
proach in the mere word, and Valerie
winced, half-guiltily. A long silence
fell between husband and wife. Afar
off In the distance, the midnight bell
proclaimed the passing of another
!ay, and the quiet lay over the city
like a pall; only, here in the palace
were flashing lights and anxious
faces lingering in the corridors to
know how fared the little prince. A
'.on,? time, the blue eyes of the duke
held the brown ones of Princess Val-
erie with that proud reproach; then,
.voman-like, she fell to sobbing upon
hi3 breast, knowing, without a word,
that the wrong was right; and the
duke asked no questions, but present-
ly, stroking her curls, told her how
the Countess Isobel, who had laughed
down love and many suitors, was at
last caught in the web of her own de-
vising. and that the matter was a
difficult one, as the man In question
was a mere officer in the guards, the
bare mention 01 whom as a husband
for their imperious beauty had set
the whole Hohenhanffen clan by the
cars. In desperate case, the lovers
had appealed to no less a person than
the hereditary duke, and, though
hereditary dukes are mighty In their
small worlds, there are some things
in which It Is not safe to meduie,
hence, all the walks, and talks, In
which the young officer had formed
an anxious third, and which the little
De Graffenried had forgotten to men-
tion when relating the story to t! e
princess.
"Why didn't they come to me?" de-
manded Valerie. There is nothing so
provoking to the average woman
than to find out that an interesting
love affair, with all of its proper
complications, has been going for-
ward under her very nose and she not
aware of it.
The duke pulled his long, fair
mustache helplessly. "The truth is,
the countess tried to tell you, but
after you had left the terrace the lit-
tle De Graffenreld came back and
told her that you did not approve of
her choice; in fact, desired that, the
subject should not bo alluded to in
your presence, and, naturally, she
could not expect any sympathy from
you."
"Oh!" said Valerie.
Ten minutes later, in the presence
of the court that was still assembled
in the audience chamber, Princess
Valerie summoned Fraulein De Graf-
fenried and bade her return at the
earliest possible moment to her fath-
er's schloss.
Thus, the awakening of Princess
Valerie.
BE BRAVE.
The world Is wide, remember this,
Nor shrink from fate's deep furrowed
frown.
Woo fortune with your brightest smiles.
Don't let the world know when you're
down.
It spoils your chance for future deeds,
To frame your face with dull care's
crown;
Brace up, and higher hold your head
Don't let the world know when you're
down.
The world will bow In servile zest
To one who sways It with a frown:
Toss up your head, and flash your eye—
Don't let the world know when you're
down.
If scandal's lip should seek to stain
The name you hold as honor's crown
By your own life refute the lie,
Don't let the world know when you're
down.
If bare your purse, your heart most sad,
Your life near crushed by sorrow
crown,
Then mask them well with song and
Jest,
Don't let the world know when you're
down.
—Kate Tliyson Marr,
MILITARY AND NAVAL MANEUVERS OF GREAT INTEREST
TO AMERICANS.
, -J';}
Should a great and powerful nation
declare war against the United States
the objoctive point of its fleets and
armies would undoubtedly be New
York city, the approaches to which
would, in all probability, be attacked
and defended in the manner demon-
strated in these army and navy
maneuvers. The possibilities for loot
and tribute offered by the seizure of
the metropolis of the western conti-
nent are so vast and alluring that they
have often formed the fabric of Irides-
cent dreams In the minds of European
statesmen.
The military and naval establish-
ments of every great European nation
have made a study of the best means
to capture New York. German officers
have especially considered the prob-
lem and pamphlets have been written
by them on the subject.
The maneuvers follow as closely as
possible the conditions of actual war
and stimulate as nearly as may be the
plan of operations which would un-
doubtedly be adopted by a hostile ex-
pedition, while at the same time giv-
ing practical demonstration of what
the defense would be undi r m.rh eli-
cumstances. The maneuvers will de-
velop as thoroughly as can be done
except by actual war our strength and
weakness of defense. They will be
an object lesson not only to the Amer-
ican government, but to foreign gov-
ernments—provided foreign govern-
ments can find out just what takes
place, a thing that is carefully guard-
ed against.
In the event of a foreign war with
a great power the fate of New York
would be decided, in all probability,
by a second battle of Long Island,
just as the first battle of Long Island
decided it in the war of the revolu-
landlng In Gardiner's I!ay, or some
other convenient place, could capture
Newport, they would still ba able to
threaten New York by an army mov-
ing through Connecticut, and would
be able to ravage the wealthy and
populous New England cities. Also
Newport would afford an excellent
vantage point from which to put a
stop to all the commerce of the New
England coast.
Lying, as it does, half way between
the entrances to Buzzard's Bay and
Vineyard Sound on the east and the
eastern entrance to Long Island Sound
Gen. MacArthur, as commander of
the Department of the East, which em-
braces all the states of the Atlantic
and Gulf coasts from Maine to Louis-
iana inclusive, is in charge of the as-
my part of the maneuvers. The advo-
cates of disappearing and non-dlsa(>-
pearlng gun systems of coast defense,
Into which two camps the army is di-
vided, each rely upon the coming oper-
ations to prove their theories. The
disappearing gun batteries will be
worked for all they are worth, and If
they work without a hitch those who
believe in them will rejoice and be ex-
ceeding glad.
Electrb'al connections, fire control,
and various other details of coast de-
fense will have a thorough test. Tho
operations will also test the ability of
the men of the c oaat batteries to ban-
die effectively the somewhat compli-
cated mechanism of modern heavy sea
coast artillery and the efficiency o( of-
ficers and men In range finding.
On the part of the army, the infor-
mation to be gained relates to the gen-
eral efficiency, down to the smallest
detail, of all that appertains to the
construction and armament of the
land defenses and the training of the
SCENE OF THE MANEUVERS.
on the west, with Narragansett Bay
extending thirty-five miles into the
country back of it, Newport is the key
of the New England coast.
Newport is defended by Forts Ad-
ams and Greble, while Fort Wetherlll,
on Dutch Island, guards the western
entrance to Narragansett Bay. This
section of coast, then, from Gay Head
at the western entrance of Vineyard
Sound to the forts at the eastern en-
trance of Long Island Sound, form
the theater of war for the army and
navy maneuvers of this year.
DISAPPEARING COAST DEFENSE GUN.
Journalist's Triumph.
Miss Janet Priest of Minneapolis
has proved to the satisfaction of
coterie of self-sausfled players in her
vicinity that in her case where there's
a will therp's a way, and, Incidentally
that she is not what is called in tho
sporting section either a "piker" or a '
"bluffer."
Miss Priest is the dramatic critic
of the Tribune in that city. Recently
she commented adversely on a per
formance gven by some members of
the Frawley company. She was sar-
castically asked if she could do bet-
ter. Miss Pries i is nervy and replied
by studying one of the roles in ques-
tion and appearing in one of the per-
formances. She scored an immediate
"hit" and has been asked to continue
in the profession. But this she has
refused to do and has returned to her
former labors.
Courtroom Repartee.
An expert does not always relish be-
ing tackled by an oversharp lawyer.
Yet in such verbal duels the former
frequently scores. A mining expert
was giving evidence in connection
with an Important mining case, and
he was being exposed to a galling fire
of cross-examination. The questions
related to the form that the ore was
found in, generally described as "kid-
ney lumps."
"Now," said the sharp lawyer, "how
large are these lumps? You say they
are oblong—are they as long as my
head?"
"Yes," was the ready reply,
long, but not nearly so thick."
The court roared, and a beautiful
smile shone upon the face of the ex-
pert.
Gossip From Tien-tsin.
A traveler in Tien tsin, mentioning
the razing of the walls of the ancient
city, relates that the work was done
chiefly by former boxers, hired for the
purpose. Even the children on the
streets made life unpleasant for these
turncoats by taunting them with i
two-line doggerel running as follows
From our cakes you ate up all;
Now you've come to spoil our wall.
The reference in the first line is to
the large flat cakes of unleavened
tion. The enemy would undoubtedly
attempt to seize Newport as a strate-
gic point, just as the British seized it
In the revolution. The 126 years
which have elapsed since the fleets
and armies of Britain descended upon
these shores in 1776 have changed
the strategic conditions attaching to
the attack and defense of New York
only in this—that the increase in the
range of lire of coast artillery has
pushed the outer line of the city's
defenses from Throgg's Neck to Fish-
er's Island on the east and from the
Narrows to Sandy Hook on the south,
while the inner line of defense now
occupies the position once held by tho
outer one.
Up to the time of the Spanish war
the outer tine of defense of the back
door of New York was absolutely un-
guarded. Now it is defended by Fort
Michie on Gull Island, Fort H. G.
Wright on Fisher's Island, Fort Mans-
field on the Rhode Island shore at
Watch Hill, and Fort Terry on Plum
Island.
The Inner line of defense for the
eastern approach consists of Fort
Schuyler at Throgg's Neck, Fort Tot-
ten at Willets Point opposite, and Fort
Slocum on David's Island.
If the enemy, unable to run by or
to carry the forts at the eastern en-
trance of the Sound and so effect a
Therefore our troops are to demon-
strate how New York can or cannot be
captured, a matter of vital importance
to the United States and of intense
interest to the maritime nations of the
world, each one of which, in spite of
the inhibition of their military and
naval attaches, will strain every re-
source of craft to find out exactly what
takes place.
In this mimic war newspapers are
treated as spies of the fenemy, and
not only will no Information concern-
ing the maneuvers be given out, but
every possible effort is made to pre-
vent the representatives of newspa-
pers from getting information. Sec-
retaries Root and Moody are anxious
to test, by practical experiment, just
how secret fleet and army movements
can be kept in time
of actual war. What
each commanding of-
ficer of fleet, ship or
forts accomplishes
in these maneuvers
will be charged up
to his record, and
any bit of prohibi-
tive Information
concerning such of-
ficer's command
which gets . into tho
papers will be a
mark against him.
forccs manning them. The navy will
concern itself with the best means ot
obtaining ranges, the effect of mines
and obstructions, formations of attack,
efficiency of signals, the use of search-
lights and tho general control of ar-
tillery fire. Umpires of both services
are to be detailed to all ships and
forts, and will report to a hoard of
arbitration of five officers, whose Judg-
ment will be llnal. In addition, a num-
ber of observers will act witti each of
the forces as the representatives of
the other.
The defense consists of Forts Rod-
man, Adams, Wetherlll, Greble, Mans-
field, Wright, Michie, Terry and the
fort on Gardner's Point. There are no
floating defenses.
The attack consists of about fifteen
ships, of which five will rank as bat-
tleships and tho rest as cruisers and
gunboats.
At the close of the maneuvers the
attacking fleet will pass in review be-
fore tho forts.
New UGe for Marconi's Plan.
The French submarine boat Triton
has just been fitted with a complete
wireless telegraphy outfit, which has
been specially devised by Lieut. Tadle
of the submarine Algerien. During
some recent tests beforo Admiral
Fournler, the Inspector-general of the
French mobile defense, the Triton
plunged beneath the waves and both
received messages from and sent mes-
sages to the vessels on the surface.
As the submarine when beneath the
waves Is blind, the importance of
wireless communication between tho
diving boat and surface craft cannot
well be overestimated. It is believed
that the members of the slaff of the
Vernon—the torpedo school of the
British navy are hard at work devis-
ing a special wireless telegraphy out-
fit for the new British submarine flo-
tilla.
For Thorough Study of Earthquakes.
Count A. Quadt, charge d'affaires of
the German embassy, acting on In-
structions from Berlin, has invited the
United States to a conference next
spring which shall take steps for a
thorough study of earthquakes.
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Danger In Kissing. I Vikings Built Stanch Ships.
A fact of some interest revealed by I The many searches for the burled
statistics is that in the earliest years j tie -.tires of Capt. Kidd, the famous
of life the incidence of diphtheria is , pirate, have never enriched the hope-
greater upon male than upon female j lul excavators, but the diggers for tho
children, but from three years on- , galleys of the Vikings have been more
wards the position Is reversed, and fortunate. Another vessel of the fierce
with every succeeding year the rela | warriors of the middle ages, who
tlve female liability becomes greatet ! drank their mead out of the skulls of
flour, mixed with brown sugar, upon 1 This is probably due to the habit of the enemies whom they had slain, has
which tho boxers were fed by tho kissing maintained among females, but | just been unearthed in Norway. It is
patrons of the movement in Tlen-tsln.
To many of them boxerlsn: Was mere
ly a means of earning a living.
more and more abandoned by boys
from babyhood onwards. It empha-
sizes the part played by personal in-
fection. i
in a wonderful state of preservation.
The Scandinavian shipbuilders of the
tenth century did not scamp or stint
their work. They wrought hardily.
Lord Kelvin's Early Life.
Lord Kelvin, the distinguished Eng-
lish scientist, is the son of a small
tenant farmer In County Down, and
might have passed the rest of his life
among the turnips had he not chanced
to be fascinated by an old sun dial
standing forgotten and neglected In
the village churchyard. There ware
hidden meanings In that stone which
allured while they halfled him. Tho
study of this dial changed the trend
of his life and gave to the world its
most distinguished student of natural
phenomena.
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