The Sopar Democrat (Choctaw County, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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"Yes Uvcr hora on tna bakony
What were you Join down them?
‘ Oh Nora I'm sorry I lost my tem
Hut Molly's begun to nag nia
ly and I can't aland It I went
(ter that book Did you throw soma
flow era out of the window T
"Yea"
"A bunch of daisies?"
"Marguerites" she corrected
"All the same to me picked up
the bunch and look at what I found
luslde”
lie extended his palm flooding It
with the light of hla pocket lamp
Nora's heart tightened What eho saw
was a beautiful uncut emerald
CHAPTER XI
SYNOPSIS
Kleanora de Tosrann rw s’relng In
Puns uin-h pt riL'H ai'vuril) ter I-M-ward
l"irikn Jt a n t-' ui unre tl-Tv Mul-
1 ! ni' diora ! re (e wandi-d hImhi wicro
fancy du iatcd He might tie tit Parts end
day and Kamchatka the nct I'oll-'Win
the cpt-ra he got- lo a cute and Is a -coeted
I y a pretty young w oaten She
gave him the address tf h lora I'cetnione
vocal rival of Toscana and Flora givis
hint the uddicga of Fieanora whom he Is
determined to see Courtlanvlt enters
Kleanora's apartments fcihe orders him
out and shoots at him The next day
Paris is ahoeked by the mvsttrous dls-ajpi-arani'c
d the prims donna Ih-al zlng
that he may he smp-rted of the ahhte-
tion of Fl imra t'ourtlandt arranges for
n allbh Kleanora rt-apitears anil accuses
Courthindt of having ateluctel her His
wltbl Is satisfactory to the police and the
charge la dismissed Kleanora flees to
Iak t'omo to rest after the shock the
1s followed by a number cf her admirers
among them the prince who really pro-
cured Iter abduction Courthindt uiso goes
to Como and there meet Jimmie Hant-
aan retired priz tighter and father of El-
eanora whose real name Is Nora Mxrri-
gan Harrigaa takes Courtlandt Into his
favor at once He Introduces Courthindt
to his daughter but the latter gives no
sign of ever having met him before She
studiously avoids him Nora’s confessor
scents a mystery Involving Nora and
Courtlandt He take a strong fancy to
the young man Nora’s suitors become
more and more persistent
A Comedy with Music
The llarrlgun occupied the suite
In the cast wing of the villa This
! consisted of a large drawing room and
two ample bedchambers with window
balconies and a private veranda In
the rear looking off toward the preen
of the pines and the metal like luster
of the copper beeches
It was raining a fine soft blurring
Alpine rain and a blue-grav monotone
prevailed upon the face of the waters
and defied all save the keenest scru-
tiny to discern' where the mountain
tops ended and the sky began It was
a day for Indoors for dreams good
bool and good fellows
Here they all were Mrs Harrlgan
was deep In the Intricate maze of the
Amelia Ars of IlologDa which as the
initiated know Is a wonderful lace By
one of the windows sat Nora winding
Interminable yards of lace hemming
from off the w illlng if aching digits of
the Barone who was speculating as
to what his Neapolitan club friends
would say could they see by some
trick of crystal gazing his present oc-
cupation Celeste was at the piano
playing (pianissimo) snatches from
the operas while- Abbott looked on
CHAPTER X— Continued
"Abbey j wouldn't climb those stairs
for a bottle of Horace's Falernian
served on Seneca's famous citron
table”
"Not a friend In the world” Abbott
lamented
Laughingly they hustled him Into
the hallway and fled Then Courtlandt
went bis way aloDe
Harrlgan was In a happy temper He
kissed his wife and chucked Nora un-
der the chin And then Mrs Harrl
gan launched the thunderbolt which
having been held on the leash for
several hours had for all of that lost
none of its ability to blight and scorch
"James you are about as hopeless
a man as ever was born You all but
disgraced us this afternoon”
"Motherl”
"Me?” cried the bewildered Harrlgan
“Look at those tennis shoes one
white 6tring and one brown one It's
enough to drive a woman mad What
In heaven's name made you come?”
Perhaps It was the after effect of a
good dinner that dwindling away of
pleasant emotions perhaps it was the
very triviality of the offense for which
he was thus suddenly arraigned at
any rate he lost his temper and he
was rather formidable when that oc-
curred "Damn it Molly I wasn't going but
Courtlandt asked me to go with him
and I never thought of my shoes You
are always finding fault with me these
days J don't drink I don't gamble
I don’t run around after other women
1 never did But since you’ve got this
social bug In your bonnet you keep
me on books all the while Nobobdy
noticed the eboe strings and they
would have looked upon It as a joke
If they had After all I'm the boss
of this ranch If I want to wear a
-white string and a black one I'll do
It Here!” He caught up a book on I
social usages and threw It out of the I
window "Don't ever shove a thing
like that under my nose again If you
do I’ll bike back to little old New
York and start the gym again” "
He rammed one of the colonel's per-
fectos (which he had been saving for
the morrow) between his teeth and
stalked Into the garden
Nora was heartless enough to laugh
“He hasn't talked like that to me lh
years!” Mrs Harrlgan did not know
what to do — follow him or weep She
took the middle course and went to
bed
Nora turned out the lights and sat
out on the little balcony The moon-
shine was glorious So dense was the
earth blackness that the few lights
twinkling here and there were more
like fallen stars Presently she heard
a sound It was her father returning
as silently as he could She heard him
fumble among the knickknacks on the
mantel and then go away again By
and by she saw a spot of white light
move hither and thither among the
grape arbors For five or 6lx minutes
she watched it dance Suddenly ail
tvearae dark again
"Nora are you there?”
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What She Saw Was a Beautiful Uncut
Emerald
his elbows propped upon his knees
his chin in his palms and a quality of
ecstatic content In his eyes
"Play the fourth ballade” urged
Abbott
As Celeste began the andante Nora
signified to the Barone to drop his
work She let her own hands falL
Harrlgan gently closed his book for
In that rough kindly soul of his lay
mighty love of music He himself
without expression of any sort and
somehow music seemed to stir the dim
and not quite understandable longing
for utterance Mrs Harrlgan alone
went on with her work she could
work and listen at the same time
After the magnificent finale nothing
In the room stirred but her needle
"Bravo!" cried the Barone breaking
the spell
You never played that better"
declared Nora
“That's some!” Harrlgan beat his
hands together thunderously “Great
stuff eh Barone?”
The Barone raised his hands as If
to express bis utter Inability to des-
cribe his sensations His elation was
that ascribed to those fortunate mor-
tals whom the god3 lifted to Olympus
At his feet lay the lace hemming hope-
lessly snarled
"Father father!” remonstrated Nora
’’you will wake up all the old ladles
who are having their siesta”
”Bah! I'll bet a doughnut their ears
are glued to their doors What ho!
Somebody’s at the portcullis Probably
the padre come up for tea”
He was at the door Instantly He
flung It open heartily It was char-
acteristic of the man to open every-
thing widely his heart his mind h!a
hate or his affection
“Come In come in! Just In time
for the matinee concert”
The padre was not alone Court-
landt followed him In
"We have been standing In the cor-
ridor for ten minutes” affirmed the
padre sending a winning smile around
the room "Mr Courtlandt was for
going down to the bureau and sending
up our cards But I would not bear
of such formality I am a privileged
person"
“Sure yes! Molly ring for tea and
tell ’em to make It but How about a
llttlo peg as the colonel says?”
The two men declined
How easily and nonchalantly tbs
man stood there by the door as llarrl
gan took his hat! Celeste wsssqulver
with excitement She wss thoroughly
a woman ahe wanted something to
happen dramatically romantically
But her want waa a vain one Nora
bated scenes and Courtlandt had the
advantage of her In his knowledge of
this Celeste remained at the piano
hut Nora turned aa If to move away
"No you must alng That Is wbat I
came up for" Insisted the padre If
th re wss any malice In the church-
man It was of a negative quality But
it was In his Latin blood that drama
should appeal to him strongly and
here waa an unusual phase in The
Great Play lie bad urged Courtlandt
much against the latter's will this day
to corno up with him simply that ho
might set a little scent) such as this
promised to be and study It from the
vantage of the prompter Ho knew
that tho principal themo of all great
books of all great dramas was antag-
onism antagonism between niun and
woman though by a thousand other
names has It been called He had
often said In a spirit of raillery that
this antagonism was principally due
to the fact that Eve had been con-
structed (and very well) out of a rib
from Adam Naturally she resented
this that she had not been fashioned
Independently and would hold It
against man until the true secret of
the parable was made clear to her
Nora saw that opposition would
be useless After all it would be
better to sing She would not be
compelled to look at this man she
so despised At the beginning she had
Intended to sing badly but as the
music proceeded she sang as she had
not sung in weeks To fill this man's
soul with a hunger for the sound of
her voice to pour Into his heart a
fresh knowledge of what he had lost
forever and forever!
Celeste turned from the keys after
the final chords of “Morning Mood”
“Thank you!” said Nora
“Do not stop” begged Courtlandt
Nora looked directly Into his eyes
as she replied: “One's voice can not
go on forever and mine Is not at all
strong”
There was a knock at the door The
managing director banded Harrlgan a
card
’ Herr Rosen” he read aloud “Send
him up Some friend of yours Nora
Herr Rosen I told Mr Jilll to send
him up”
The padre drew his feet under his
cassock a 6lgn of perturbation Court-
landt continued to unwind the snarl of
lace dropped by the Barone the
Barone glanced fiercely at Nora who
smiled enigmatically
Herr Rosen! There was no out-
ward reason why the name should
have set a chill on thin all turned
them Into expectant statues Yet all
semblance of good fellowship was In-
stantly gone
Mrs Harrlgan smoothed out the
wrinkles In her dress From the oth-
ers there had been little movement
and no sound to speak of Harrlgan
still waited by the door seriously con-
templating the bit of pasteboard in
his hand
Herr Rosen brushed past Harrlgan
unceremoniously without pausing and
went straight over to Nora who was
thereupon seized by an uncontrollable
spirit of devilment She bated Herr
RoBen but she was going to be as
pleasant and as engaging as she knew
how to be She did not care if he
misinterpreted her mood She wel-
comed him with a hand He went on
to Mrs Harrlgan who colored pleas-
urably He was then introduced and
he acknowledged each Introduction
with a careless nod He was there
to see Nora and he did not propose
to put himself to any Inconvenience
on account of the others
Herr RoBen Instantly usurped the
chair next to Nora who began to pour
the tea He had come up from the
village prepared for a disagreeable
half hour Instead of being greeted
with Icy glances from stormy eyes
he encountered such smiles as this
adorable creature had never before be-
stowed upon him He was In the
clouds That night at Cadenabbia had
apparently knocked the bottom out
of his dream Women were riddles
which only they themselves could
6olve for others For this one woman
he was perfectly ready to throw every-
thing aside A man lived but once
and he was a fool who would hold to
tinsel In preference to such happiness
as he thought he saw opening out be-
fore him Nora Baw but she did not
care That In order to reach another
she was practising Infinite cruelty on
this man (whose one fault lay In that
he loved her) did not appeal to her
pity But her arrow flew wide of the
target at least there appeared no re-
sult to her archery In malice Not
once had the Intended victim looked
over to where she sat And yet she
knew that he must be watching he
could not possibly avoid It and be hu-
man And when he finally came for-w-ard
to take his cup she leaned to-
ward Herr Rosen
"You take two lumps?” she asked
sweetly It was only a chance shot
but ahe bit on the truth
"And you retnemberr excitedly
“One lump for mine please” said
Courtlandt smiling
Ghe picked up a cube of sugar and
dropped It into bis cup She had the
air of one w ishing It were poison The
recipient of this good will with per-
fect understanding returned to the
divan where the padre and Harrlgan
were gravely toasting each other with
benedlctine
Nora mado no mistake with cither
Abbott's cup or the Barone's but the
two men were filled with but one de-
sire to throw Herr Rosen out of the
window What had begun as a beau-
tiful day was now becoming black and
uncertain
Tha Itarono could control every fea-
ture savehls eyes jnd these openly
admitted deep anger He recollected
Herr Rosen well enough The en-
counter over at Cadenabbia w-as not
tlio first by ninny Herr Rosen! His
presenco in this room uuder that name
was an Insult and he Intended to call
th Interloper to nrrouut the very first
opportunity he found
Perhaps Celeste silting ns quiet as
a mouse upon tho piano stool was the
only one who saw these strange cur-
rents drifting dangerously about That
her own heart ached miserably did not
prevent her from observing things
with all her usunl keenness Ah Nora
Nora who have everything to give
and yet give nothing why do you play
so heartless a game? Why hurt those
who can no more help lovln you than
the earth can help whirling around the
calm dispassionate sun? Always they
turn to you w hilo I w ho have so much
to give am given nothing! She set
down her tpa cup and began the aria
from La Boheme
(TO BK CONTINl’FD
A GOOD COMPLEXION
CUmmED USE Z0S1 P0M1DE
the lrauty powder compressed w ith healing
gents you will never lo attorned by pim-
plrs blackheads or facial blemishes If
not satisfied after thiity days' tiial your
dealer will exchange for 5C in other goods
Zona has satisfied for twenty year — try it
at our risk At dealers vt mailed 50c
ZONA COMPANY WICHITA KANSAS
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W N U Oklahoma City No 42-1914
Tokyo Is to nave a Japanese Ameri-
can hank
Sprained ankle? Rub on mid rub In
Hanford's Balsam thoroughly Ailv
Af'n r a man has had one drink t -
many ho begins to think he is the real
article
If you wi-h beautiful r'i:r
riot lid ti-e Red Cress Bull B-C
gmd grocer Adv
while
At all
Every time a young widow meet
an eligible man nnothtr grain of hop
sprouts in her heart
Torn own intrir will mi von
ry AJhiriiit KtiDHjy lr ! Wfttry
fcn anti Kfoiul'i No MJiartm —
in l K Toiuliri f-r Jr - c- f rf Jiy
u4i lrc lurlu kj ll uit-: Lv CLtC4g
Even when they try to rest t it their
laurels some people are troubled with
Insomnia
NOT A NATION OF SAVERS
In tho Matter of Thrift tho United
States Is Far Behind European
Countries
A table prepared by Dr Ilcnry S
Williams for Moody’s Magazine places
the United States at the bottom of a
list of I" countries as a nation of sav-
ers The comparison Is on tho num-
ber of savings hank depositors per
thousand of population and ranges
from 554 in Switzerland to 99 in this
country Denmark Norway Sweden
Belgium and New Zealand follow the
Swiss France leads the big nations
then come Holland Germany Eng-
land Australia -Japan and Italy
Our 10800000 depositors with their
$4728000000 deposits or almost $440
per depositor may be contrasted with
Germany’s 22500000 depositors with
hut $4942000000 or only $189 -per
head The United Kingdom has al-
most 15000000 depositors but only a
little over $1250000000 France has
nearly as many depositors with a cou-
ple of hundred millions less but this
takes no account of the Investments
of French thrift Russia has 8000000
depositors but only $s00000000 be-
tween them Austria has 6500000
with about the same amount as Great!
Britain Italy has as many depositors
as Russia but with one-fourth more
deposits Japan has about 20000000
depositors but they do not average $9
The savings habit It can be seen la
very much more general abroad where
the opportunity Is very much less
Three-fourths of our saving Is being
done In the New England and Eastern
States Then come the Middle West
the Pacific Coast the South and the
Western States
FEET TO BECOME OBSOLETE?
View of Present Cheap Electrlp
Conveyances There Seems to Be
Such a Possibility
As a result of the quick and cheap
modes of conveyance prevalent nowa-
days people are not walking so much
as formerly asserts a writer In Lon-
don Answers
There was a period when we were
able to move our ears at will but dis-
use of the organ did away with the
power It Is possible that our feet
may one day become obsolete
In the year 1912-13 3219857293
was the stupendous total of the num-
ber of passengers carried on the elec-
tric tramways and light railways of
the United Kingdom
In the steam period of 1898 the num-
ber of passengers carried was 858485-
542 and in the day of the horse 1879
the figure reached 150881515
The public have certainly gained In
convenience but not In health There
has never been any dispute of the fact
that walking Is the most health-giving
and natural exercise possible And
yet It does not come within the dally
curriculum of the average man and
woman to exercise nature’s own equip-
ment but bus or car Is hailed
Four Precept
Four precepts to live by: To breah
off old customs to shake off spirits
Ill-disposed to meditate on youth to
do nothing against one’s genius—
Hawthorne
Nothing Like an Understanding
”1 beg your pardon sir — ” “Granted
but it’s no use begging for anything
else!" — Glasgow Record
C'on-tijai ion ciiiimm and ngiMiiale niitiy
sernnn ili-t i-i-i It is tin t 11 1-1 inn I Uy
Dr lieree's Pleasant lVlict- 1 lv lmot-S
family laxative Adv
Didn't Work
What are you doing Ed-
Yoti
w heo
Mamma
ward?
Small Edward — I'm counting
said I should count a hundred
angry
Mamma — Yes I believe I did
Small Edward — Well I've counted
over two hundred and I'm madder
than when I started
Wonders of Nature
“Charley dear” said young Mrs
Torklns "you have no Idea how In-
structive and interesting It is to go to
market!”
“What's Interesting you now?”
“The provisions that nature makes
for our comfort It occurred to me
this morning that we should be so
thankful that removing the shell from
an egg Is so much easier than remov-
ing the shell from an oyster” ’
Sign Causes a Near Riot
A sign In the window of a grocery
store at Forty-third and Butler streets
that sugar was selling 25 pounds for
$110 caused a rush of women
Men working at night or going to-
work In the early morning had read
the sign and hastened to tell their
wives of the sale Three hundred
women congregated seeking oppor-
tunity to buy
The storekeeper found that a Joker
had been at work Wednesday eve-
ning -he had painted a sign “Sugar
25 pounds $190” Some one had
erased the loop from the figure nine
— Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Breakfasts
of “Other Days”
ran something like this :
Ham bacon or sausage
fried potatoes doughnuts and
coffee — prepared by over-
worked mothers
Today’s and
Tomorrow’s
Breakfasts
run about like this:
Post
Toasties
— with
poached
toast and a cup of Postum—
a royal starter for any day
cream or fruits a
egg or two crisp
Quick easy to serve ap-
petizing and —
“Mother has it easier I
— aold by Grocers
n
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