Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 15, 1908 Page: 2 of 4
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE
want®
A TRUE LOVER
WITH
'(WCZF£Y"
By GELETT BURGESS
ILLINOJS OFFICIAL WEDS
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(Copyright, 1908, by Joseph B. Bowl.-s.)
A younger man would have called
Miss Allison effete. He might have
enid that she was "burned out." But
It was evident from Conrad's manner
that he did not think so, that he at
least bad hopes of arousing her. He
Bill] held her cold hand and pleaded
With her. a lover amply qualified in
ardor and freshnesB.
She did not seek to restrain him
with any gesture of protest—that was
not her way—she gazed at him stead-
fastly, her hazel eyes suffused. Her
eyes showed too much wearness, al-
most too much wisdom, for her age;
but neither quality detracted from the
compelling, romantic charm of her
face; rather did it lend a more piquant
contradiction to its Boft contour.
"Can't 1 wake you up?" he de-
manded. "Can't 1 do something to
make you break through yourself? Do
I have to set the house on fire before
you will show your soul at the win-
dow? You're the kind of woman for
whom men do wild things."
She leaned slightly forward towards
him for an Instant, and, In the height
of his fervor, her hand returned his
pressure. For that Instant he had
succeeded In shaking off her apathy.
You're n dear!" she exclaimad,
with her quick, sudden smile. "You're
so young and so dellciously virile. You
know how fond 1 am of you, don't
you?"
"I've a good mind to strike you!"
he Bald. "[ wonder what you'd de?
Would you give one honest shriek of
torror?"
She patted his hand gently. "I sup-
pose not." she sighed. "I can't ima-
gine your terrifying me. I'd be sorry
you Bhowed Biich poor taste, that's ali.
Please don t strike me, Conrad!"
"Don't Joke about it," he said, sul-
lenly. "You know well enough what
I meant!"
"Yes; I know what you meant. But
I don't know what's the matter. 1
suppose you don't love me enough."
"I don't love you enough!" he re-
pealed. "How could I possibly love
you more?"
"I don't know," she replied, a little
wearily, sinking back into the cush-
ions. "But if you really love me
enough you could make me love you,
I'm sure. You say you really care,
Con-
Deliberately Took His Hand.
nnd I am very, very fond of you Con-
rad."
"Are you really dead, then? Is your
soul lost forever? I tell you it la not
possible for a man lo go farther than
I've gone. No man could love a wom-
an more utterly and desperately!"
"1 wonder If that's true?" she said
half to herself. "The
How else, Indeed?" she said,
dreamily. "That's what I'm wonder-
ing. Yet there might be a better way
even than that."
Ab she had grown more remote
Conrad became more fervent. It was
as if he hastened after her, to draw
her back as often as she eluded him
I must go on!" he said excitedly.
"I ve gone too far, now, not to put you
lo the test, oven if I make the blunder
of my life. I'm risking my whole hap.
plne.ss, my whole life, on the throw
can't live without you, nnd I won't.
It s a threat, if you like—I know what
1 m saying. You will have me, won't
you, Almec?"
There was a knock at the door,
(ome in!" she called, welcoming
the delay. Conrad rose in anger.
A inaid entered, bearing a letter
which she put in Miss Allison's hand,'
than left the room. In an Instant
Almee's poise had asserted its dom-
ination. She looked curiously at the
address.
"You must answer me now!
rail exclaimed.
She held the evelope In her slim,
tapering fingers, delicately, as if
ceivlng some subtle, sentient Impres-
sion. "Will you excuse me for a mo
ment while I read this letter?" she
asked, trembling.
No, I won't!" he cried, distracted-
ly. "Why should you trifle with me
«t n time like this? If you mean to
refuse me, you might at least do It
quickly and mercifully."
"I'm not Bure what I may do," she
said, softly. "It may be better for
I you if you wait, though I don't prom-
se It will. I don't recognize this
handwriting at all, but somehow I
have a feeling that it will help me to
answer you. Of course, though, I
may be mistaken. I wish you'd let
me try II, Conrad."
Ho walked to the other end of the
room and stood, moodily, at the win
dow, looking out. She tore open the
envelope and found two inclosures-
At the sight of one, as It fell upon her
lap, half-opened, her color changed
and her breath came faster. She read
tile other one first, however:
"My Dear Miss Allison: I am sending
a letU'r whlch have
able ,Tr„ /'""Y momhs "«"• lla<i I been
able to determine positively for whom It
was Intended. 1, was wrlJte„ b™;'
In"'which" 1 *Ke the engagement
in which lie was killed. He was prob-
ably compelled to fall In suddenly be-
fore he had time either to complete or
address the letter. 1 attended l.ieut
erne In the field hospital, and was with
him till he died. He recovered conscious
ness for a lutie while after the operation
,Rt" enough only to ask ,no
to deliver his letter, without being able
to communicate the proper address. You
wil understand that It was a delicate
matter to find the person for whom it
was meant, as none of his friends knew
or your engagement to him. It was nl-
!h t it iCSr ',ef"re 1 was able to be s"r«
that it was meant for you. I hope that
you will forgive the delay and will be-
lieve me worthy of his and of your
confidence. MAKGAIiKT TABARD."
Miss Allison cast a swift glance
towards the window before Bhe took
up the second sheet. Conrad hud not
stirred She held the penciled paper
to the light.
"My Dear, Dear: I have onlv a few
minutes, perhaps, before wo go Info Vic
Ion, and some presentiment, which bv
,e;Trnr°,W Wl" Pr°bably prove have
" nervousness, makes me want tn
write a word to you before the fun com!
mewes. n may be that I won't null
S ? tl,ne' The officers have been
picked on In a rather nasty way, of late
,nf"' anything should happen
Inert'a one thing 1 want to toll you if i
could only know how to do it. *jn 'spite
Sin .1 happened, it may be pos-
• 'hie that you don't quite realize just
how much 1 care for you, dear girl. I
Lawrence Yates Sherman, lieutenant governor
of Illinois, who was quietly married the other day
to Miss Mary Estelle Spltter, left orders that no
public mention should be made of the affair. The
orders were obeyed until the smoko of Mr. Sher-
man's train died away, and then the telephone ex-
change and telegraph wires were crowded with
messages announcing the gladsome tidings.
I he wedding explains the mysterious visits
which the lieutenant governor has been making to
kmngham, where it had been reported he owned
a farm. It also explains lavish orders left with
the tailors. Sherman had led a life almost monas
lie. *or years his home was a room in a lodging
house.
denial and sociable among men, he has been
inconveniences to escape ZZn? M
memory Just U) %>£! hl'^r Sh^ ^ " 3 ^ *
ci:zzizn:r u
Hn Y™tL and Shorm!e„!i^6'r0!:S '° break "" the four-Deneen, Ham
offered Sherman a place on fh« I f contro,led Ule sta,e convention of 1901
nnnanir*.i ... , , . . the Interstate commerce commission. The work
mTjfrVuemn"? iTd 1? agr?ed to acce"f' Th™ the two senators fell down
thathe aw* ofintend JewVfC,,t0J,lm- Pre8idc'nt Roosevelt "atly
. lawyer £2* """" " "«
two Ben™™. ^ ^ the
WHIPS ZAKKA KHELS
Gen. Sir James Wlllcocks, who has brought
the punitive expedition against the Zakka Khels a
tribe of Afridls on the frontier of India, to a bril-
liant conclusion by destroying their forts and vil-
lages, killing several hundreds of their fighting
men and ravaging the country, has had more ex-
perience In that kind of warfare than almost any
man alive to-day. Ho was only 22 when the Leiti-
ster regiment, to which he belonged, was ordered
out on the second Afghan campaign, and the young
soldier so distinguished himself that he was men-
tioned in dispatches. Wlllcocks was second In
command of the West African frontier force in
3 896, and was taken thence to accompany the
Borgu expedition of 1898. Then he went back to
his old post and took command of the Ashanti
linn tin "eld torce* anti was at the relief of Coomassie In
1900 He was also with the field force in South Africa, and has since been
repel ing minor raids upon India by the restless tribes in the mountains. '
When It was decided to carry the war into their native glens Gen Will
and e,rs BeM h>r the WOrk' Besid<* the Inmimerable Llals
d clasps he has received and the different mentions in dispatches he has
Zeew eCelVed ?, t.hanks of the Imperial government, once been mentioned in
and freedom oeftndor ment' ^ Prt'8ented W'th a 9Word o£ houor
has juat ',rought to a successful termination has
Heaven.
Yew kin talk about th' biscuits that ycr
mother used f make,
Yew kin boust o' bread an* shortcake
that yer granny used t' bake.
But tliey's nothin' starts me thinkln' of
th' days that's gone for aye
As that honied palate tickler—mother's
juicy pieplant pie.
Don't you know how pink an' greenish
that there pieplant grew in spring?
Then she'd git it, young and tender, an'
she'd peel it while she'd sing—
An th song she sung o' gladness, sorter
croonin' like an* high.
I. sed t work right in un' flavor mother's
luscious pieplant pie!
T^or , I've et it when th' sweetness sorter
trickled down yer neck.
'Til ye felt it sloppin' over in yer heart,
about a peck!
Why! th' pie that mother molded, it wus
sweeter than th* kiss
Frum th' lips o' rosebud women in th'
land o' lover's bliss!
Country Joy.
')0se"J.n as dlmeuIt country as ever he penetrated. There is said to be not
a single square yard of level ground in the whole country, but on every =ide
can " ""eIed Wlth r0cks behind whlch the expert riflemen
Tha^'/ho'n'nh'0|< °ff th° advanclng tr00"s at ranges of from 600 to 700 yards
That the natives are expert shots is not surprising, as In that land of blood
strait T f, Zr,te" de',ends ul)0n h's quickness on the trigger and 1.1s
11 ° "g' T'iat Gen' w"lcocks has been able to take an expedition
of 9,000 men through such a country with only a trifling loss will probably
win him further honors from this government
BROWNLOW RENOMINATED
....... more than you think. It's so
much more than I can realise. No one
ran want you as much as I want
vm, to k.,7™ nK'.re l,'"n ,llat' 1 want
you to be happy—In your own way, not
you, but
Representative Walter P. Brownlow has been
unanimously renominated for the Sixty-first con-
gress. Mr. Brownlow had no opposition at all
there being no other man in his district who even
so much as whispered that he wanted the job
consequently the congressional committee of the
First Tennessee district, under the primary laws
of Tennessee, named Mr. Brownlow as the
nominee.
The First district is that which was represent-
ed from 1843 to 1853 by the late President An-
drew Johnson. Mr. Brownlow has already beaten
that record by four years, and this renomination
puts him in line for a total of 16 years' straight-
away service in the house. Incidentally Mr. Brown-
low's district has the one absolutely loyal and
rr,.„„ . consistent Republican constituency in the whole
south.
™ ™ and f 1 ion('s of the *First dis-
—,,ny ,wo b°zexr r re^nrrr^r?hla
at his hometown' ofa.Ionesboro"in KiT IT ™
j se ve, you may find at war with one an-
no ther- | ther' ^our happiness Is ail I have to
mometer to take lovers' temperatures T. " ,h,s world; it's ynur oniy
Conrad. 1 wish you could make u,r -ouii ,i i/.™ ''s,k'''1 ",e to kl" >'0"' 1
sure, so sure that I might let my.Tlf X, 'fir'" Tj/Z^TL X'Z
go at last. Id lovo to give it all up 1,1 n>e. If it would make
and trust you!" | you happier. I'd even live, when dying
AMfJS -
Just how much do you love me' ,'"lplcr ,ha" '• r oven make you
sair""
"How much? How can one say? ! Iny iMleVc'mo,Wi" "omeUyfrJm
How can one know? 1 might say all "ly l,oar': b,llrve that li is, as well «, i
the foolish, silly things that lovers I irinTlo'^for'vou ',0i,lht *"* U,e depth
say in ^books, but what good Would ■ "Wise as you' ar
111 th
that do? I would die for y ,
"That's silly enough to satisfy even ! "i v',nl ov"' nulto'stand thls'Tf'
a woman." she said, smlliiur -'i I i!'■ 1 ™y.".t0 '«•'«' to face; y,
and subtle as you
mysteries of love. I doubt
from his state to the
MsSssSSrS?
publican nominee for United Slates senator and has bad a LaT under
dome since the Fifty-fifth congress. der the
PROMINENT CANADIAN
der
liav<
what that means, pr^i „lVf""l | Sml'lnt'e^y "rength
ve come across the sentiment often
enough In books and on the stage It's
supposed to be Immensely signillcant.
What possible favor would II be? if a
man did it to protect her, that's noth-
ing—any man should be willing to do
that for any woman. But you would
do it as a mere favor if I asked you''"
"Suppose you oblige nie by jump-
ing out of the window, then " she
suggested.
"Do you mean it?' he demanded
Oh, hleBH
„ . , hut if I should
you 11 have time to think it over, and
'ii 11 understand ~ —
inless
I'll not send this
m pretty badly hurt. There's
something about sorrow that—"
•Miss Allison looked up through her
tears to see Conrad watching her
from across the room. He came over
to her eagerly, his eyes shining, and
took both her hands.
She spoke as steadily as she could
making a great effort to master her-
self. Conrad saw her now, for the
flrst time, perhaps, struggling openly
afraid *ou mighTdo I^Bu'tni IT* I °1vur",,we''l «
know. Sit down and J me another I .T" n',° !.h° "g,lt
thing. Are you jealous?" lew i, J" i t,hp S«W. "this letter
"Of course 1 am! I couldn't hear to ' * '"p' n,1(l told me what my
think of another manTln, anvth,ng nvTlfe ""'l' ' 1,aV" ■ «n
to you—In the way l want („' i,t. i ! v ' ono.tri,ly Innsnan!mous man.
mean. I want you for mv own elf ' Z "f''' "" tlu'IP WPre
I must have you, to keep.' to protect ho ha' TL U man C0,,ld lovo' nnd
to possess! How else could any man j way, Comad,'116 " "°re " ^ter
m
Hon. William S. Fielding, the father of the
Canadian government scheme to enter into com-
petition with the life insurance companies bv Is-
suing government annuities, a measure which he
hopes to put In operation next yr.r, is looked upon
as the natural successor to Sir Wilfrid Laurier
the premier. Mr. Fielding has had .be most rapid
rise of any man in public life in Canada to-day
He was a newspaperman in Halifax N S and rl
signed that in 1882 to go into politics He wn,
elected to the provincial legislature to represent
Halifax city and county, and In a few months wis
taken into the cabinet. Two years later he ™
Premier of the province, and remained so until
1896, when Sir Wilfrid called him to Ottawa to
enter the Dominion government as minister of
as soon as Sir Wilfrid steps ciT*' 8eema '° b° Blatcd fo''
feel who really loved you as v™ ' inw'i,|l "n',a<1, "nd 1 ran never accept
should be loved-any man with a I h "" " ,""a" that' for 1 1,ave
heart worth havlug?" i ., ? llK,sl "114t a woman can have!
• I unHttratood!"
""e Mr- FleldlnK'B ,lrst d",les waa 'he revision of the Canadian tariff
"try. This
"any which
taliated on
methods of
Gee! I'd like t' eat another slice o' heav-
en here on earth,
Slice o' pieplant pie that mother baked
beside th' blazln' hearth—
If I never got no nearer, I could sorter
shet my eyes
An' gist waft away t' glory eatin' moth-
er's pieplant pies!
o o o
Machine Poetry.
Contrary to popular belief, there hag
been something doing in the poetry
business. A book has been, issued,
which, if studied carefully, will teach
even a Chicago politician how to
write poetry!
It is a very interesting production,
this poetical dictionary, and saves no
end of sighing on the part of the love-
sick swains, who, having exhausted
"love, dove, glove and shove" In their
rhyming, might like to know that
"above" answers very nicely for the
ending of a couplet such as;
'Come, come, my love, my turtle dove,
Open your window wide above!"
Of course this isn't very good poetry,
but it illustrates what the book will
do and shows that as an Instrument
of assistance to help a lover out of a
tight place it is worth its weight In
gold.
From this extraordinary volume we
learn that "landau" rhymes with
beau, ' which is quite appropriate,
^or example:
Then dashing Horace, the g-allant beau
He rode him forth in ze grande landeau!'
For Instance, If the poet were speak-
ing of—
"My lady's scented trousseau,"
he could very nicely tack on a line
about her nifty new hat by calling it
a "chapeau."
"Trousseau!
Chapeau 1"
Rhymes all right, doesn't it?
Again, if Uncle Cyrus went to town
and while there purchased something
"to chaw!" he could, to ease his con-
science and to make the split even,
get for Aunt Mirandy a "gew-gaw!"
o' words to that effect!
By means of this book we have
written the following as an illustra-
tion of what can be done in an emer-
gency;
Mr. John Green of Ohio,
In Chicago drank "some" drinks of rye-o
With a pert little miss,
Who vouchsafed him a kiss
And a cute, twitching wink of here eye-o.
" hen she touched him for ten,
Did the sly, petite wren
John had met in the glitter of Chl-o.
Said John Green of Ohio:
"In Chicago, they go" some,' by heigh-
ho!"
Naturally this is not the kind of
poetry Mr. Austin produces, nor has
It, the passionate emphasis for which
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Is noted—but it
may possibly be better than no poetry
at all.
Getting into the tall grass of the
dictionary one can pull up great, long
liandsful of verses ending with "o'u-
tenebration," "reverberation" and "in-
carceration" without a sentence long-
er than six months in Jail for stretch-
ing the poetic license!
The children, too, can be enter-
tained by a proper use of this book.
Any fond falher who tires of teeter-
ing -offspring on his knee can get out
the volume and by placing words like
this:
I don't go much fer city joys, a-racln'
up an' down
r "'A',1 ,a„?',are whar pleasure reigns In
Old Chlcawgo town!
Why. Great Jehosaphat! Bill writes
travels twenty mile
T' see a theayter pulled oft, an' thinks
It s quite th' style!
Well, maybe 't is, but as fer me, I ain't
so fond o' cheers
Tllat A,k,ln sPend my sleepln' hours a-
ridin on th' keers!
Why, when th' sun hez sunk t' rest fer ■
Joy I stay t' hum, ,
A-rockln' in my easy chair and snooz-
u maybe, sum.
5? tl1' Trybune here t' read while
Mandy darns my sock,
e,se I scan th* Farmer's Guide about
th kocr o' stock.
Th' cat is purrin' on my knee, th' dog Is
fast asleep—
Why comfort's forty rod acrost and six-
teen times as deep!
Sumtimes we talk about th' folks that
gallivant in town.
A-ehasin' up each pleasure scent and
runnln of it down.
They're cloyed as thunder, so they say,
frum flndin' nothing new!
why don't they stay t' hum a bit, like
me and Mandy do?
When Mandy puts her knlttin' up a**
starts t' move about
I Wind our btrikin' clock, both sides, an'
put th' kitten out!
She sets th' batter fer her cakes an'
BCes ,h' doors is looked.
"It's gittln' almost nine o'clock," sho
sez t* me. "I'm shocked!
Fust thing we know we'll be as bad as
city folks In town
Who squanders half th* blessed night
a-racln' up an' down!'
And then I beat her intew bed, an' cov-
ered up all tight,
"Th' last t' bed," sez I t' her, "must alius
douse th' light!"
o o o
Smart Weed.
The successful always have the
envy of their friends to combat.
TO , ☆ ☆ ☆
If you can t think of something good
to say, keep still and look wise. It
goes almost as far in this world.
... ☆ ☆ ☆
It Ib the easiest thing in the world
to sjtnle if you will just start out In
the morning with your face fixed
right.
☆ ☆ ☆ t
Enthusiasm should travel with a
check-rein. Otherwise, it will fall into r
and through many
4
I
and the drawing up of a preferential tariff with thn mniho. ~~'
involved the denunciation by Britain of u' 1Z *
gave the latter "the most favored nation
Canada by ralalnih \tmfo
retaliation on Germany. He seems to have taft ^succeZF " °'
a representative of Canada at the colonial conference In London '' ,1" ,
it was from suggestions mndo hv him it that # *- naon in 11)02, and
Joseph Chamberlain drew up the scheme of interdmno6! "J"? Prevl usly that
split up the Conservative party in Bri?aIn ! ® ] ' trRdo wl"c
Liberals at the last e'Atlon d °aUSUd tho <>' th.
Mr. Fielding will be 60 years of age In November II„ ^
from several Canadian universities. r- He holds decrees
can subsequently fill in the preceding
words and have a machine-made stan-
za that will titillate the children until
bed-time. Just to give the reader a
little practice and to further illustrate
the uses of the poetic help we will
leave these lines blank and offer a re-
ward of a new automobile for the best
poem made (herefrom. Contest open
to all wardheelers, sheep shearers and
amateur word painters. Begin early
and avoid crowding!
During the season a lover may
utilize "hammock," "smock," "has-
sock" and "sock," although the last
seems rather foreign and plebeian in
such amorous company. In this case
the young man should know little
about the "smock" until after he has
hugged in tho hammock, kneeled on
the hassock' and been accepted.
Then he can learn about the "smock"
nnd other feminine lingerie with per-
fect appropriateness.
Thus one might proceed Indefinite-
ly, for the book is rich In rhyming
words, hut I close with "apologize,"
"apostrophize" and "philosophize" no
longer!
o o o
Her Own Fault.
A Chicago woman fell dead as she
nuit talking. Well, she has nobody to
blaine but herself when she takes such
chances.—Sylvanla (Ohio) Sun.
numerous ruts
bridges.
☆ ☆ ☆
A New York burglar spent two
hours blowing open a safe that was
not locked. That fellow puts me In
mind of the way some business men
run their business.
The Press Humorists of America
are to meet in Houston in May. Afier
the Houston Post proved that Texas
has the most beautiful red-headed wid-
ows in the world, the humorists could
do nothing less than go to the foun-
tain-head—er, I mean the red-head,
for the proof. Speaking of red head-'
ed inamoratas, reminds me that I once
loved a—oh, gee! what's the use' My
wife reads this column!
it -tr ir
Yesterday being my wife's birthday,
I s'prlsed her with a beeuu-tiful vio^
let bonnet that makes her look as
good as when I got her. Say, fellows,
did you ever try making her look like
she did when you got her? It beats
the world how it rejuvenates every-
thing around home. Even the dog
seems to notice It and chases his tail
harder than over. Hut (his reminds
me of a friend of mine who paid $17
for a skirt for his wife and when he
got home with it, found it was an
underskirt!
☆ ☆ ☆
It will be but a little while until
those who knew us and those who
never heard of us will pass along
through the green mounds in the cem-
etery nnd read the epitaphs on our
tombstones. And those who knew
us will summarize our entire life into
a few essences of truth horn of (he
knowledge of how we lived and what.
we did to help make life brighter and '
better for others. They may add
casually, that we left a fortune, but
they will dwell rather upon the roses
wo strewed along the pathway than
upon what we put away in our safety
boxes for heirs to squabble over For
the money we left they will speak no
eulogy upon us, but for the good we
did and tho perfume of charitableness
and gentleness we left behind, they
will weave the only wreath that can
gl|je glory to the dead and joy to tin
living.
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