The Leedy Times (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 1915 Page: 7 of 8
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SYNOPSIS
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St ho ohowo alirno of tnootorfulnono and
IporOlnalo "olltahnaos Ho roorrloo Laura
Johnoon Ho to a dork In a 8t Iouls
railway offleo arhon hla daughter Oro
la bora Toaro lator bo hooro Oraeo'o
lorar a round onalnoor named Charles
HalOor airoak of a acheme to utlllao thr
loot current of electricity Ho appropriate
the Idea aa hto own and Induroa Halx-y
to perfect an experimental machine lie
forma a cranpany with hlmaelf an preol
dent at a oalary of $100000 a year and
Haloey ae ouperlntoaidont of the worko at
a oalary of $4000 Hawn takea ehorao of
the office In Chlcaao Virtonle Delaoro
la aoolirned ao hlo otonotrraphor She ao-
diti In pickles the furniture and deco
ration for the princely manelon Room bee
tea Hawn fee It out of place In
erected Mr —
the new nrroundlnaa Halsey doee
Mew York with Rtwn lird Miss I e la-
ware to explain delays In perfectme the
new motor to the Impatient dlrectore He
ante a mesaeae that a deformed dauehtar
nee been born to hlo wife Grace Raws
Hawn trar xl n with Mlaa Delaware to
waar hla Jewelry and appear In public
with him aa a means to help him In a
buetnaas Way Hawn la fortunate In mar-
ket opeculatlone plleo up wealth and at-
tains prominence He Crete beceuee hie
Wife doee not rise with hli In a aoelal
way Ha alvaa her a million dollars to
Leevo blm He neks hie daughter Mrs
Halsey fU take cheiwe of hla household
Gram moves to Hrayatone hall and Hal-
aey mntinuee to live alone In the cot-
tape near the works Heleey'e machine
proves n eucceee but he keeps the feet n
stint Virgin's Ielawere beromea more
and more Indispensable to Rtwn He
tekae her to New York on a business trip
Idle talk prompts him to oiler her roar-
dean CHAPTER XI— Continued
The net wax thrown Bllently gent-
ly iha tightened Its edge with the
liken cords He loved har The reat
was simple 6 he saw the world un-
rolling before her Ilka scroll All
Isa was but matter of detail Above
all aha exulted In her etrengtb at thla
crucial moment She knew that love
fa dangeroua for a woman always had
feared aa any woman may that love
might sweep her away from her own
aafa moorings Bbe rejoiced now to
aaa thla danger past rejoiced to And
her pulse cool and even her voice un-
der control herself mistress of her
Belt She did not love blm
But she drew back now apparently
startled apprehensive “We must go
Mr Hawn" aha said and would have
risen
He pat ent a hand almost rude in
Its vehemence “Yon shall not go!
Ive got to tell you Sit downl Listen!
We’ll separate la one way yea Tou’re
dose now with your clerking days for
“I Want You"
ever Bat you’re going to ba my wife
1 want you and by God I lov you!”
Hla voice rose until ah was almorl
alarmed She looked about In real
apprehension She turned to see John
Hawn’s face convulsed suffused his
protruding lower Up trembling his
pyaa almost ready to burst Into tears
he might almost have smiled so eas-
ily was It all done for her Yet this
taker’s daughter dared to make no
mistake tn a situation such as thlsl
“Mr Itawn" she began casting
down har eyes although she allowed
him to retain her hand “what can you
mean? Surety yon must be In Jest
Have yoa ao regard for a poor girl
who la trying to make her way in the
world T I’ve done my beet — and now— “
“Make your way In the world!
What do you meanf It’s made now!
lax down the list as far aa you like
)a there anywhere you want to goT la
Ihera anything you want to dot Can
jyon think of anything I’U not get for
you? Look at your neck your hands—
you’ve wora those jewels almoet ever
lace yen selected them and no one
wise has though I told you one there
was a string to them There’s no
etrlng to them now The firnt time you
wore them down there In the dining-
room below I UHd yon they were not
youra that thay were only loaoed to
yon for one night that we were only
both of us masquerading trying our-
pelves out I I told you then you’d do
feat I didn’t know what I meant 1
don’t believe I loved you then al-
though now M enema ! always have
know always wilt Those things are
nothing — yoa shsU have everything
you want — handfuls of jaw la There's
toothing you want to do that you shall
pot dot You can't dream of aaythlng
that III not get for you I You war
made fur mo la every way tn the
woild every little way as I’ve oome to
know mtle by BtUe all this tins
Bnt sow tonight It’s all oome over
me at once I don’t know that I
planned when I came here to do more
than to stand between you and talk!
But — this— caught me all at once I
don’t know how It's the truth before
God! I never loved a woman before
now — I don’t know what It was Vir-
ginia — Jennie — girl — I love you! We’re
going to be married to-morrow!”
“Mr Rawn“ she said her voice
trembling ‘T must ask you to consid-
er well before you make any mistake
— a mistake which would mean every-
thing lor— for me You have no right
to Jest"
"I'll show you who's In earnest!" he
retorted h!s hand cruelly hard on her
wrist as he forced her back Into the
eat “We’ll go home from here as
man and wife that's hst well do
Well go from the tralji not to the of-
fice but to Graystone Hall I'll find
a preacher In the morning here It's
wonderful! I love you! If they want
to talk we’ll give them something to
talk about! Let them oome to the
Little Church Around the Corner — to-
morrow — and aee us you and me!"
He had both her hands In bis large
ones now and was looking Into her
eyes intoxicated mad She leaned
Just gently toward him Forgetful of
their situation he caught her In bis
arms and kissed her full
“Mr Rawn how could you!" eh
said at last softly seeking to disen-
gage her hand "It’s like a dream! I
have worked ao hard so long Llf
haa had ao little for me!"
"But you love me — you can?" he de-
manded “Oh Mr Rawn!" aha said lifting
her eye to hla face then gently turn-
ing them aside
"You do — you have— tell me! Con-
fess It!"
She laughed now rlppllngly her col-
or rising and at least was spared that
Instance of her perjury John Rawn
accepted It ae her oath
They parted after a time she scarce
remembered bow he to a couch which
knew no aleep ahe to one that long
remained untouched
In her own room Virginia Delaware
stood for a long time before her mir-
ror In silent questioning of herself
her brows just drawn Into a faint ver-
tical frown At last she nodded ap-
provingly satisfied that ahe would do
A wave of aensuouaneaa of delight tn
her own triumph swept across her
She stood straight swueg back her
shoulders gated at the superb Image
In the glass through half-ahut eyes
There was no question of It! She waa
a very beautiful woman stately gra-
cious — and aristocratic Bo It was
done Bbe had won She caught
glimpses of the jewels blazing at her
throat She removed them and tossed
them lightly on the dresser top as she
turned to call for her maid
“Madam la very beautiful to-night"
ventured that tactful creature when
at last ah had performed her closing
duties for the day
Virginia Delaware looked down
upon her with the amused tolerance
of the superior classes
“You may perhap find a little sliver
on the dresser mald“ said she gra-
ciously CHAPTER XII
Ths Royal Progress of Mr and Mrs
Rawn
Bo they were married Graystone
Hall at last had a mistress worthy of
Its architect and decorator when — love
and affection and other good consider-
ations moving thereto aa the law hath
It— the new Mrs Rawn moved Into the
place of the old Mrs Rawn Thera-
after matter went at least as merry
as most marriage hells celebrating the
nuptials of middle age and youth of
wealth and beauty
Aa Mr Rawn had spent a million
dollars to free himself from one wife
he seemed willing to spend much
more In the process of taking on an
other It became current rumor that
the one great diamond show of the
western city waa Virginia Rawn The
sobriquet “The Lady of the Light-
nings' passed from New York to Chi-
cago and became permanent there
Not that that lady delighted tn dis-
play but there were occasional oper-
atle or theatrical event which de-
manded compliance with her hue
hand's wlahea In which event ahe
blaaed almost better than the best
But gradually she showed the
tastes of the aristocrat as alien to vul-
gar display as to crude manners
Gradually the tone color atmosphere
of Graystone Hall began to change
The porcelains which Virginia Rawn
purchased were not large and gor-
geous but a connoisseur would have
called them worthy The vast and
brilliantly framed paintings came down
one by one and one by one master-
pieces went np selected by one who
knew The walks the grounds took
on simpler and cleaner lines Rawn
of tha International got a new credit
as a person of tests He was accept-
ed aa a collector a patron of the arts
a connoisseur In fact yet more a wor-
thy and a rising cltlsen
The hospitality of Mr Rawn's man-
sion bouse also now Increased per
eeptlbly and delighted that at last
number eame to see him Mr Rawn
at first did not analyse those numb—
very closely Even the faatldlons
many of whom came to be amused
were unanimous In the feeling that
Mr Rawn's house Its furnishings Its
decorations Its pictures Its works of
art Its hospitality also were beyond
reproach The trace of gaucbeiie was
gons The spirit of the place waa del-
icately reserved dignified yet well as-
sured The seal of approval was
placed upon Grayatone Halt Who in-
deed should smile at the man who
had made ao meteoric a rise who had
by a tew years of labor become mas-
ter of this mansion Its furnishings
and Its mistress? Who upon the other
hand might smile at that mistress
whose appearance npon the front page
of the leading journals of the city be-
came now a matter of course— a lady
of auch reserved tastes aa led her to
forsake the larger marts and to set
the seat of fashionable approval upon
a little florist a little modiste a little
milliner all her own— even a little sur-
geon hitherto unknown who honored
a little hospital and made It fashion-
able by taking there thla distinguished
patient for a little operation?
Rawn himself expanded In all tbl
octal success He saw doors hitherto
closed opening before him saw bis
future unrolling before him also like a
scroll A hundred times a week he
walked to hla young wife caught her
In hla arms nxorioualy Infatuated
with her youth her beauty her
aplomb her fitness for this life which
be had chosen For once he almost
forgot to regard himself as a collector
of beautiful objects although the
truth waa that his wife Virginia bi
came more beautiful each day more
superb of line more calmly easy In
air more nearly faultless of garb and
demeanor She took her place easily
and surely among tha young matrons
of the wealthier circlet of the western
city Whereas thousands of auto-cars
bad pasted by Grayatone Hall and
only a dozen stopped scores now of
the largest drove up Its winding walks
and baited at Its doors The dearest
dream of both seemed realized The
hunt In couple had won! They had
gained ahnt they desired that la to
ay self-indulgence ease Idleness ad
ulation freedom from care What
more la there to seek? And la not
this America?
Gradually John Rawn had been los-
Ing the rusticity which had accompa-
nied him well up to middle age The
city now began to leave Ita Imprint
The waistcoat of Mr Rawn gradually
attained a curve unknown to It In ear-
lier yeara ao that hla watch fob now
hung In free air when he stood erect
Hla face waa perhaps more florid hla
hair certainly more gray Hla akin
remained freah and clean and always
he waa well-grocmed having the able
assistance of his wife now In the se-
lection of hit tailoring aa well as her
coaching In social usage They always
looked their part At morning at
noon or at dewy eve In any assem-
blage or any chance situation they
both played the rule assigned to
them In their own ambitions Bona of
an environment wholly unconvention-
al they now took oa that of conven-
tionality aa though born to that In-
stead You could not have found a
more perfect type of respectability
than John Rawn a more absolutely
valid exemplar of good social form
than bts wife Virginia All thing
prospered under their magic touch
the genii of the lamp teemed theirs
Nq problems remained for them to
solve They had In their own belief
attained what may be attained In
American life and they were hippy
Or that la to say they should ai least
have been happy If their theory of
life and success and of those like to
theirs be correct At least they were
what they were — products of a won-
derful country which makes million-
aires overnight and produces out of
bakeries women of one generation fit
to be the wives of prince bom of
forty kings
We are some of us at least accus-
tomed to worship such as these as
they ride by upon the high car of suc-
cess accustomed to envy and to emu-
late them If that vehicle be the car
of Juggernaut crushing under Its
wheels multitude of those who wor-
ship It Is no concern of those who sit
aloft For a long time Mr Rawn and
hla wife temalned Ignorant of the fact
that one victim of the wheels of their
success waa none other than Rawn'a
daughter Grace
Alaa! for that young lady Bhe un-
fortunately bad been now for almost a
year an aspirant In her own right to
a seat upon the car of ease and lux-
ury yet here she saw herself ewlftly
supplanted and worse than that swift-
ly forgotten' Her year of quasi-place
an? power bad left her unwilling to
TROUBLE NOT ON HIS MIND
It Waa New Woollen Underwear That
Caused Mr Twinkle to Leave
Bo Suddenly
“What's the trouble Mr Twinkle?”
asked Mlaa Hooker giving him all
the encouragement aha could “la
there something on your mind? You
are ao uneasy I It can’t be that your
chair doesn't suit you for It's lb
same one you always alt In so It must
be something else that Is making you
restless Btop fidgeting and tell me
what It la I'm sure I'm a sympathetic
listener"
“I-I-I— 1 guess I’U have to he going
Mias Hooker M-I somehow or other
I do feel uneasy tonight and know a
long walk tn the cold air will do mo
a world ot good"
return to her own humble home 6b
remained on at Grayatone Hall now
rarely visited by her huaband She
found herself calmly accepted yet
calmly neglected a welL Very natu-
rally she hated the new Mrs Rawn
with all her soul a hatred which that
lady repaid with nothing better than
a straight look Into Grace’s eyes a
look Innocent calm and wholly fear-
leas Grace must now aeo the very
jewel her own mother should have
worn blazing at ths neck and hands of
her stepmother most see that lady
taking assuredly and as of right wbat
Grace could now never ask or expect
for herself With an unapproachable
and wholly hateful air of distinction
and good breeding which rankled moil
of all In crude Mrs Halaey’a heart
Virginia Rawn sat high on tbt car of
Juggernaut and the car of Juggernaut
passed on In pride and delight over
Fancied Himself to Be a Figure of
Dignity
his young wife John Rawn really for-
got bis daughter The young new wife
did the same or appeared to do ao
John Rawn bad told the truth to his
wife when first he bad declared hla
sentiments toward her — he never be-
fore that time really had known love
or at least bad not known infatuated
love such aa that be felt for her He
exulted In the vistas of delight which
he saw belore them fancying them
endless The very sight of his wifs
cool faultless self-possessed haughty
filled him with a sense of hla own Im-
portance making him feel that be was
one of God's chosen She was his h
had found her discovered her col-
lected her Bbe was his to put upon
a pedestal to admire to display to
worship to load down with jewels He
had something now which other men
coveted and envied He flaunted bis
ownership of auch a woman In their
tacea What more can a rich man do
than that same? la that not the dream
and teat of power — to secure what oth-
ers may not have to secure special
privileges In thla life? And Is not the
quest of beauty the first business ol
him aho has attained power? Of all
these special privileges which had
come to John Rawn ao swiftly tn these
late rapid years none so delicately
and warmly fil'ed hia heart aa that ol
being able to call Virginia Rawn hie
own Why blame blm? The sultani
of thirty or forty generations hsve do
vised nothing better than thla teat ol
power
John Rawn with all properly arts
tocratlc leanings toward sultanrr
lacked certain elements of aultanhood
in strength but bad others In weak-
ness He did not know that In reality
he was In the hands of a stronger na-
ture than bla own “She's got blm
Jumping through hoopa” waa the com-
ment of one young man “He'll alt up
and bark whenever she gives ths
word'” But Rawn did not know that
he was harking and Jumping hii
tongue hanging out excitedly In all
hia mental pictures of himaelf he fan-
cied hlmaelf to be a figure of dignity
of strength Indeed of majesty
TO BE CONTINUED
When a Man's In Lev
Love was under discussion and tbs
time-old “When-is-a-man-ln-love" quee
tlon came up “A man la In love
aid one “when It gives him physical
pain to tear np the slightest of her
notes” “When" — but It would b
violating confidences to tell otbei
answers One only — the best — w
begged leave to print “A man len t
really In love" aald thla romantically
astute old gentleman "until he be
glna to skip the descriptions of hero-
'lues In novels he reads saying 'What's
' the use of reading that? I'll have het
looking like her and talking like bet
anyway' “—Metropolitan
Then bo mshed for ths door mad
a hasty adieu and waa alone under the
cold cold star
“Oh dear!" ho sobbed In bitter an-
guish “and I’d Just worked up my
courage to pop the question tonight
too! Ding It all why did I buy that
cheap suit of woollen underwear I"
Toothsome
Her head lay pillowed upon his
broad shoulder and her face waa so
Dear his that a lock of her hair swept
hts cheek 8ho spoke not a word but
her eyes gaxed tearfully and appeal-
ingly Into those dark orbs of hla now
filled wfth a smiling sort of pity
Suddenly he spoke and at hto
words tha girl shuddered
“There are two cavitlea to be fin-
ed with gold" he said and ha drew
up hto wicked little drill
EVIDENTLY NOT AN ARTIST
Judging From Comment Bilkins Had
a Good Deal to Learn About
Photography
Young Dllklns la an enthusiastic de-
votee of amateur photography He al-
ways insists upon ‘‘taking" bis family
and friends posed in more or less ar-
tistic attitudes
Not long ago there was an exhibi-
tion of the work of a local photograph-
ic club to which the young fellow be-
longs and where were displayed the
results of certain of bis efforts to Im-
mortalize his family and friends In
one corner hung a group of figures
twtoted into the most extraordinary
positions the general effect being that
ot persons In various stages of par-
alysis “Who In tho world are those queer-
looking people?” asked someone
“Oh those are some of Bilkins'
strained relations" said a bystander
One on Rufus Choate
Judge Parry In a recent article on
“Rufus Choate Advocate" says on oc-
casion Choate would meet with his
Sam Weller Defending a prisoner
for theft of money from a ship a wit-
ness was called who had turned states’
evidence and whose testimony went to
prove that Choate's client bad Insti-
gated the theft
"Well" asked Choate “wbat did be
say? Tell us how and what be spoke
to you"
“Why” said the witness “he told us
there was a man in Boston named
Choate and he'd get us off If they
caught us with the money in our
boots"
Too Much for Them
It was a minstrel performance and
In the intervals between the songs the
usual Jokes were being perpetrated
“What am de difference between an
old maid and a married woman?"
asked Sambo
“I done give it up" replied Bones
“Why” explained Sambo “de old
maid am lookin' (or a husband ebery
day an' de married woman am lookin'
for 'lm ebery night!"
There waa a pause and several eld-
erly gentlemen got up and stole softly
into the night
Speaking From Experience
“Pa what to the ‘first line of de-
fence’?" “That depends on the circumstances
son If this country were at war the
first line of defense would be the navy
When a man’s married It’s usually the
telephone line by which be tries to
square himself before he comes borne”
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winter's supply now Price 25c — Adv
And a lot of people would rather be-
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British India has 76181000 acres de-
voted to rice growing
Is it possible there is a woman in this country who con-
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From Mrs S T Richmond Providence R I
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after my baby was born and inflammation set in then nervous pros-
tration from w hich I did not recover until I had taken Lydia E Pink-
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when 1 hear of a woman with troubles like mine I try to induce her
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ITondence ILL
From Mrs Maria Irwin Peru NY
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From Mrs Jane D Duncan W Quincy Mass
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saw Lydia K 1‘inkham’s Vegetable Compound ad-
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Pun can Forest Avenue West Quincy Mass
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to opened read and answered
held la strict couiideuce
loot letter wUl be opened reed
hy to woi
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It is one of the most im-
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Stomach Bitters
Acting in One Lesson
“Do you think I could learn to he a
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"Sure you could Just remember
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emotion” — Louisville Courier-JournaL
The Test
“I have been chasing a smuggler"
“1 call that a pursuit ot duty"
Hanford's Balsam la good for blood
poisoning Adv
Canada's mineral production In 1914
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aa old at fifty j
Many people
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