Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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Tha ovtr iii« w*k u-^iiw 10 move
New York * tmadwl tlt-bi It 11,000,
M0,oud Ureal!
If lb* railroad* do nothing *\*> they
abciild b« careful.
Our felicitation* lo the Ice utan, but
BOt Hie artificial ice umn
Conaerve your coal supply If you
til. but avoid overdoing It
No matter how chilly twice ero la,
we have no preaent dealre to eaperl-
e«ce li.
Clprlano Caatro to Joae ffantos Re-
lay a: "Come to Pari*; the climate's
•■e."
In thla cold weather the defective
flue huda the oppurtunity It haa been
waiting for.
Kanvaa aatronoinera have now locat-
ed llnlley'a comet. n may aa well
come In and aurrender,
ftomn wealthy persona go to the
Riviera and othera atay at home and
spend their money for fresh egga.
Every cold snup meana Intense Buf-
fering to many lie charitable and
make your charity count for good.
Thla beneficent cold-air treatment la
what the janitor haa been trying to
give you, hut you did not appreciate It.
No wonder Columbia unlveralty la
willing to spend f2.0o0,0(M for an agri-
cultural achool when foodatuffa are «o
high.
A motor road from the Atlantic to
the Pacific la proposed, with rond
houses, garagea anil hospitals every
five m I lea.
People who will not clean off their
aldewalka ahould contribute to a fund
to aupply the public with arctlca, gum
ahoea and hip boota.
The Campcador's Donkey-Man
U'l/JOritflil, l ) |il< || liluiln, Cu,, I.lil l
The ptilleaa raya of tlte tropic aun rotten barneaa beef an' crawlln' water
beat dow u upon the ('auipeador'a Iron 1 here—they'll have lota ol good li*b.
decka, aa, wild coiuplalnlug engine*,, palm wlue and guavlea. Hay, aup-
ahe ahoulitiired her way at four knot*
an hour over a (taming sea
Che had not been a handsome ve
ael when ahe flrat naik the water, and
now ahe waa very old, while the pre*
ent ownera had bought her In dltlUul
ilea among the pbillpplnea.
Perched up on the broken akyllghta
of the engine room, a gaunt akeleton
clad In dungareea alternately laughed
dellrloualy, and hurled Incoherent In
vectlvo at *oine one below. Thla waa
all that fever had felt of the chief
engineer, and he waa there becauae,
being the blggeat man on board, none
ol the alckly crew felt fit to take him
away Conroy, the little donkey-man.
lay *pread out In the ahadow by an
open gangway, aplttlng contemplative
ly at the gray ahnpe which flitted
without apparent motion through the
lap of tranaparent *well.
There wa* a growl from the hollow-
eyed aeamen who lounged about the
deck, for all of them were hungry,
and moat of them were alck, but the
boa'n pointed vaguely towurd the horl-
mm, "There muat lie lalttnda yonder;
Total reaourcea of all the bank* In
the ITlilted Btatca reach $21,100,000,-
000. Induatry and sobriety are grund
little toola, are they not?
Austrln thinka It want* a nnvy to
protert Ita citizens working In "the
undeveloped count rleR overseas." Now,
what countries are those?
One of the fashion Journals says the
ladles will not wenr rats next year.
Pessimists will at once decide that
something equally absurd will be
worn.
A new book Is entitled "Short Talka
with Young Mothers." Don't spank
Is the best short tnlk for young
mothers that comes to mind at the
moment
"The custom of waving the handker-
chief vigorously in the air Is a dan-
gerous one," snys Dr. Badlng. Yea,
the handkerchief flirtation has led to
serious results.
Church debts commonly have to be
canceled with stress and strain. But
a Koboken church actually had Its
canceled mortgage dropped In the
contribution plate.
One of the professors says woman's
senses are less acute than those of
man. He probably bases his decision
on the fact that a woman can get
along all winter with low shoes.
A burglar stole diamonds worth
$300,000 from a woman's room in a
New York hotel. We shall probably
hear, now, how he overlooked $S0,000,-
000,000 In cash which was lying on the
dresser.
If cereals can be substituted for
meat in the making of sausage, re-
ducing the cost while adding weight,
and if butter is surcharged with salt
lor the same reason, where does the
UiJmate consumer get his?
A man is soon to be relpased from
the Connecticut penitentiary after
having been for 50 years a prisoner.
He will find that there are many more
things to be dodged than when he
went in.
A Roumanian physician has discov-
ered an anesthetic by which opera-
tions can be performed upon con-
scious patients without any feeling of
pain to them. It would be a line test
to apply this remarkable discovery to
the operation due these shopping
times of operating upon the keenly
sensitive pocket nerve of the heads of
families.
A petition is in circulation in Penn-
sylvania asking the legislature to es-
tablish a closed season for muskrat.
The reason for this is found in the
fact that in Pennsylvania and Mary
land the flesh of the muskrat Is es-
teemed as highly by epicures as the
flesh of the 'possum is esteemed in
the south. Instead of hunting for
rat hides, the marsh sportsmen are
now after food that brings a good
price In the markets.
I've been puzzling the chart," ho said.
"She's steaming slower an' slower; so
don't philosophize any more, but stir
her up Instead. There's a little breeze
coming ahead there, and two big mat-
canvassed native schooners. They
aren't a nice lot generally to fall
among short-handed."
Conroy crawled below, and the old
Campeador wallowed sluggishly across
the shimmering sea, while, with a fit-
ful breeze behind them, the tall mat
sail came nearer, until at last to-
ward sunset, one, with two long
sweeps splashing drove straight to-
ward her.
But the white seamen had no liking
for such guests, and hungry, haggard
and savage, they swarmed along the
rail, or hung out from the davits with
lumps of coal in their hands. Also
Conroy, who ascended, dripping with
rancid oil from the engine-room, said:
"They're a set of murderln' rascals,
an' might do somethin' nasty If they
got hold of us. Take her away home
before we fire Into you."
Whether the others understood did
not appear, but a group of naked men
swung stendily over the sweep, and
the craft rolled in nearer the steam-
er's side, until one huge sail almost
brushed her rail, when with a creak
of cumbrous tackle It slowly lumbered
down. Then a ten-pound lump of coal
fell on the helmsman's head, and the
carpenter's grindstone, descending
with violence, doubled two of the row-
ers up, after which there was a howl
of fury from the would-be visitors and
her dripping side crashed against the
Campeador. But the air became thick
with coal lumps and the ends of brok-
en fire-bars, while Conroy, the donkey-
man, howled fierce encouragement to
his comrades, and shoveled hot cin-
ders from a bucket on to those be-
low, so that wild panic broke out
pose Instead f waiilM' III) tb«y board
uk, we (urn round an' board them"
Then conroy, chuckling grimly,
pulled the link motion over, the en
pines whisked and thudded, and
there waa a sudden whirl of green
flame about the plunging screw which
a wept seething forward as the Camp-
eador sidled stern flr*t toward the
pursuer* The naked crews It was
evident did nut understand this, or
perhaps had never seen a steamer
handled lb that fashion, for the near-
est vessel rolled on unchecked until
the poop of the steamer hung right
over her, when amid an excited howl-
ing. they strove to trim over tha
yard of the half lowered sail. It waa
too late, however, for the Intense
glare of a blue light broke out across
the sea, showing the thin, hard edge
of the steamer s rudder, and the Iron
tip of the thrashing screw scarcely a
fathom away. Then there came a
crunching shock, the craxy fabric
shivered, and with a crash the mast
snapped off by the Campcador's coun-
ter fell along the deck, while the
green glare turned to crimson aa an-
other port tire was lit. Bo some were
burled under the cumbrous sail, and
some leapt Into the sea, while tho
flerce white devils, who even when
sick did unaccountable things,
dropped one after another upon the lit-
tered dcck. There sotno smote with
handspikes which outstretched the
knives, and others grievously burned
naked bodies with furnace prickers,
while here and there and everywhere
the little donkeyman scrambled and
shouted, until he cast his greasy arma
round a tall man's neck and fell back-
ward with hlin.lnto the open waist.
What are you going to do with
him?" a seaman asked, and Conroy
answered:
"This pleasant gentleman was skip-
per of that enterprising crnft, he's
win' to be useful, that's what I caught
him for. If he can take his own ship
somewhere he can take ours, too."
Tho man of mixed Mnlay origin
probably spent a most unhappy time
on board the Campeador, for they
kppt blm always standing near the
wheel, while Conroy sat close beside,
and supplied Interesting details of his
personnl history with edifying com-
ments, also, on the evil ways of en-
gineers. His comrades had evidently
had quite enough of that ship, for
when daylight came their sails were
hull-down upon a sparkling sea, and
so, unmolested, next morning the un-
willing pilot brought the steamer In
through the surf-swept opening of an
Island's circling reef. In case he had
any hereditary hankering after cast-
ing them ashore, the bos'n Btood be-
side blm with a capstan bar, and he
conned her circumspectly with the
fear of death before his eyes. 8o,
though the long green rollers burst
apart with a crash like thunder Into
a tumultuous spouting on either side,
the old Campeador crept safely
through the still, deep passage with
the spray driving across her, into an
oily lagoon, beyond which the serried
palms rose steeply from the rim of
glistening sand. Also close In be-
neath them lay a little, cream-fun-
neled gunboat, and Conroy chuckled,
as he said: "Now the trouble's over,
or just beglnnln'. Fetched up under
the pertectlon of the British navyi
Good old navigator—good old me!"
Hardly had the grinding roar of
cable died away, repeated from the
step hillside, than a white gig came
flashing through the green transpar-
ency of shimmering water, and the
gunboat's lieutenant interviewed two
unabashed worthies in the Campea-
dor's cbartrooro
Then a wrathful apparition, wear-
ing a seaman's coat over garments of
primitive fashion, stalked in, and in
reply to a question in a familiar
tongue told a tale of grievous wrongs.
"You are an extraordinary pair,"
said the officer, when he had done.
"Fever and piracy, quite a romance in
itself, and, from your own account, an
exhibition of reckless bravery—but
this man solemnly declares he only
wanted to sell you flsh. No, you
VOYAGE Of T
LAST
The alary opens with Urn Introduction
of John Nlfptitn*, adventurer, a M**aa-
liuiaeiia inun maruoiKil t>y Muttioriilea at
Valparaiso. t'hlle. ll.Ui* Interval*! In
mlnlna oparallnna In Hullvla, tie waa de-
nounced by dill* k iin Inaurrei ilunlvl
and aa roniequeiK < wa* billing' At Ida
boinl Ida attention wa* attracted liy aa
Kiigllsbman and a young woman.
CHAPTKR II.
among them. Dusky men fell over I needn'1 begin U a11 agftln> the .proof
"In five years from now," says an
eminent physician, "it will not be re-
spectable to be 111." Does he think all
the vermiform appendices will have
been removed in the meantime?
Of the translator in the employ of
the government, who knows 20 odd
languages and as many dialects, it it
that he knows more diplomatic
aecreta than any other man excepting
the* president and the secretary of
•t te. It must be a great thing to be
able to keep still In 20 different lan-
guages.
Chicago street railway conductors
kin been ordered to smile sweetly
If coned by passengers. And yet some
folk* think a street car conductor's
la Just one long, aweet dream of
d bliss!
the chief engineer of the Unl-
geological survey estimates
i lose fram the amok* neie-
• rear. At thla
each other, some thrust with naked
limbs against the steamer, and, rasp-
ing and bumping along the plates,
their vessel slid astern.
Thereupon the donkey-man ad-
dressed the gathering at length, and
In spite of many digressions the rest
found his counsel good. "The chief's
cleverer mad with an engine than
many men sane," he said, "so I'll coax
him below, and, even if he can't do
anythln', there's always me. Little
wind now! but when it comes after
sunset those vermin will creep up
again, and we haven't any reason for
bein' too civil to them. We've only
of one side of the story is plain on
the face of it, and I'll make It my
business to Investigate this gentle-
man's antecedents. Still, your mate
had probably better try to settle with
him, for if he happens to hall from
some outlandish place under Dutch
protection, wicked persons may make
out It was you who did the piracy.
The gunboat's officer was subse-
quently justified, for. though the Ma-
lay gentleman's record was not quite
above suspicion, nothing definite could
be proved against him, and It cost
the Campcador's mate a good round
sum by way of recompense.
A Word for the "Tight Wad."
In France they have an expressive
phrase, "liquid money." It means
that part of the family Income which
is used for the necessities and luxuries
of life. It is quite apart from and
kept apart from the more serious,
substantial part of the Income, which
is the saved part. In America the
entire Income is "liquid." and the
man who attempts to make part of It
solid is called a "tight wad." A
"tight wad" is really a man who cre-
ates a principal, a capital, in other
words, and he is the living example
of what every private business must
be and of how the country'* resources
should be handled.
Classification of Voices.
The standard authorities define a
mezzo-soprano aa a voice, or a voice
part, of a compass between those of
tha sopraao and tha contralto; a low
soprano, especially one with a larger,
y thaa a tnsa aopraaa
Confession Reversed.
Congressman Jack Beall of Texas
was sitting in his room in the House
office building a few days ago when a
friend entered and seated himself
for a general chat. Talk was of the
days of Beall's young manhood. "Tell
us about some of the tricks you used
to play at school; about the practical
jokes that were played in Texas when
you were a boy," urged Beall's friend,
"or were you always a good boy?"
"Well," replied the congressman, and,
as he looked scross the table at a
boy of 12 or 13, a twinkle came Into
his eye, "In the presence of my son.
I'd say yes." "How about you?" the
congressman's friend queried of the
boy. "Are you nearly always on the
right side of the fence?" The boy
hesitated awhile—might have been
thinking of cherry trees—then replied:
Well, in the presence of papa. I'd
say yes."—Washington Correspoad-
eace 8L Louis Star.
zr-
sM li
In Which I Mast His Lordship.
Chilean officers, largely naval, to
Judge from their rather respondent
uniform*, occupied thla second luble.
and It wa* evident that I hey hail been
drinking to exceaa. It wua their loud
volcea and bolateriui* laughter which
flrat attracted my attention, and I
aoon caught sufficient of their Incsti
llotis apeech to discover they were
bantering ono among their number to
carry Into execution a tipsy boaat lie
hud Just made over the wlue. The
special officer thua singled out as butt
for the boisterous wit of hia reckleaa
companion* wua a naval lieutenant,
a rather tall, cadaverous fellow, sallow
faced, his short black hair standing
erect and bristling, his mustaches
<1 looping so as to shade tho corners of
hi* mouth. Ills cheeks wore flushed
with temper from the rough sullies ut
his expense, ami his lips uttered a
burning Castlllan curse, as ho arose
somewhat unsteadily to his feet, and
f,lured about Into the expectant faces
of his laughing tormentors.
"Sacro Crlsto! you will see, camar-
adas; you will see!" he declared, bra-
cing himself for the effort. "Caratnba!
what stI lor fears In presence of beau-
ty?—puf! not 1."
He turned short about, his sword
chains rattling, and strode directly
across toward the unconscious Briton,
who stared up at him over his roast
beef In petrified astonishment. Fum-
bling awkwardly at his belt, the in-
truding officer finally brought forth a
card, and placed it ostentatiously upon
the table, bowing low as he did so.
"1 would myself to Introduce to the
senor," he announced with drunken
gravity, and In amazingly broken Eng-
lish. "I Tenlente Lootenout Sanchez,
Chilean navy; one of the tlr-rst family
in this country. Maybe you know *ie,
hey? I was with de Almlrante Coch-
rane, when the capltano call on you
lr. the leetle ship. Now 1 would the
bettar-r acq'aintunce make with the
gr-reat Ingles, an" the ladles, the most
boot'ful ladles," and his sunken eyes
rested gloatingly on the surprised face
of the girl, who had half turned, the
better to observe him.
It was all so 6wiftly, so Impudently
done that the astounded Briton could
only stare, his lean f&ce reddening
with annoyance. This hesitancy, as
well as something in the constrained
attitude of the younger woman,
seemed to entourage Sanchez; his ex-
pression changed to a satisfied smile,
while his lank figure bent in another
ceremonious bow, this tlmel directed
toward her.
"Ah, I knew It vould so be," he said.
Insinuatingly. "It vas so 1 told It to
my bravas camaradas. Si, si, it vas so
ever—the uniform make us welcome
vith the ladles. They lofe the brav';
is It not so, senorlta?"
By thla time the outraged pater-
familias had stiffened Into rock, his
eyes cold and hard behind their glass-
es. In frigid contempt he deliberately
turned bis back upon the fellow, say-
ing Wily:
"You impertinent scoundrel! I am
accustomed to selecting my own
guests, and you are certainly not one
of them."
The Chilean laughed, perhaps not
wholly comprehending the words, and
remained twisting bis mustache be-
tween long white fingers. He was far
too drunk for fear, besides being up-
held by a military contempt for civil-
ians.
"Pah! 'tis a pig of a papa," he sput-
tered, half turning to witness the ap-
proval of his laughing companions be
hind. "But the smile of beauty still
Invites, and Juan Sanchex fears not
before man or devil.'
He strode around the table, his scab-
bard clanking on the stone floor, drew
->it the single vacant chair and planted
himself in it, his back toward me, his
Impudent face leering across the
White cloth toward the startled, indig-
nant woman seated opposite. I watched
ber gray eyes widen from astonish-
ment, only to darken with Indignation.
She pushed back her chair, half rose
to her feet, and sank down again, her
cheeks flushed, her bosom rising and
falling tumultously. Her evident con-
tempt for the fellow would have utter-
Iv crushed any one leaa befuddled into
embarrassed silence. But Sanchex
merely grinned, his hands still toying
with his mustaches.
"Sangre de Crlsto, waa It not ao,
mces?" he questioned. Insinuatingly,
utterly ignoring the helpless man spat-
tering at the bead of the table, who
could only glare at him with open
mouth. "The uniform of valor la the
best Introduction to the favor of the
ladlea. 81, you vera aeon be pretty
good amlga of me, tha Untenant Juan
Bancbea. I show you the vera best
society la Valparaiso, the opera, the
grand ball, everything that pleases tha
seaorltas la my couatry. I have the
entree, aa' It la easy. I take you to
tha daace on the warship—fcaenol all
vers fine. 81, ass it aot ao. Bees?"
Tha yoaag glri, bar
W
Hoist You Over the Railing."
"Make tha Slightest Uproar and I'll
great room. Apparently no one pres-
ent had taken the slightest Interest in
the affair, with the exception of the
small party of Chilean officers who
were lnughlng uproariously over their
wine, and the girl's gray eyes, now
almost black from excitement, came
back to her persecutor.
"The dance on the warship, seno-
rita," he insisted, "the gran' dance of
my country; it will please you mucho
DIos! w'at care we for papa?"
She perceived me plainly now, lean-
ing forward Just outside the window
directly behind the fellow's back. 1
know not what message of encourage- i
mont she may have read In my face,
but into her eyes there instantly Bwept
a mute, passionate appeal. For the
fraction of a moment I hesitated, feel
ing convinced that any action on my
part would only serve to hasten my
own fate. Yet it was not in my nature
to hold back. Half rising, and bend-
ing forward, I reached through the
open window, twisted my fingers Into
the fellow's coat collar, and the next
instant he was lying flat upon his
back on the bnlcony floor, nothing re-
maining to show his recent presence
in the dining hall except an overturned
chair.
It was rather smartly, prettily done,
the astounded lieutenant possessing
neither Wind nor opportunity for the
slightest outcry, and once without, I
promptly throttled him, meanwhile
muttering a few Important admoni
tions into his ear in well-selected
Spanish.
"Lie still there, you drunken idiot.
Make another attempt to bite me, and
I'll pound your bead on these stones.
Bah! save your threats, senor, and if
you make the slightest uproar I'll hoist
you over the railing yonder, and it's
30 feet to the pavement below. Now
stand up! Do you see this, senor?"
and I pressed the cold muxzle of a re-
volver against his swarthy cheek.
"Oh, you do! Well, you probably
know also how it works. Now listen
to me—there are stairs at that corner
yonder; you go down them quietly
and disappear—disappear; do you un-
derstand that? If you dare return to
that dining room to-night, or attempt
again to address that young woman, 1
am going to kill you, senor."
My voice was cold snd low, but it
carried weight. Panting still from the
flerce choking, his eyes hot with an-
ger, his lips trembling, he endeavored
to speak.
"Nombre de Dloa!" he burst forth
at last, his face full of murder, yet
standing helpless before my gun-bar-
rel. "1 cut your heart out! You In
suit me, a Chilean sailor. I have re-
venge for my honor. You fight me for
this, senor."
"Oh, certainly, anything to oblige,''
I returned. Indifferently. "Only you
get out of here now, and sober np,
Sanchex."
"Caramba! you know my name,
senor; but 1 know not yours."
I drew a card from my pocket across
which hsd been written the cognomen
1 had assumed at the hoteL
"Yon possess It now," I said
what tartly. "Besides, senor,
happens to be my dinner coming yon-
der, and 1 prefer eating It undisturbed.
Yon either go down those stairs qelet
ly at oace. or 1*11 kick ym daw*."
I waa obliged to smile while watch-
tag him back away. Bay
the fellaw w^a aa an
bally, yet saSdsatly
below. The chances were strong that
I should hear from him later, but in
the meantime my interest veered to
the excellent dinner being served. The
lieutenant would have his turn, and.
perchance, bring me swift release
from all my troubles on the morrow.
The English party still remained at
their table, lingering over the dessert,
but I noticed that conversation had
lapsed, and precious little eating was
being done. Evidently only the require-
ments of good form held them to their
places, the elderly gentleman especial'
ly denoting bis nervousness by con
tinual side-glances about the long
room. I overheard him mutter some-
thing indistinctly regarding having
left his pistol upstairs, and it was
plainly apparent he felt thoroughly
ashamed of his late passiveness under
insult. Madame was flushed and un-
easy. angry still over the episode, and
greatly Inclined to sputter now that
all real danger had passed; but the
younger women merely toyed with her
spoon In silence, her eyes downcast,
her cheeks devoid of their previous
color. She made a fair picture, the
brilliant light overhead flooding her
dark hair, and it was not In young
human nature to refrain from gazing
at her through the invitingly open win-
•dow. Finally they all pushed back
their chairs to retire, and, as she
glanced up while rising to her feet,
our eyes met fairly, and a warm wave
of color swept across the uplifted, sen-
sitive face. The next Instant, yielding
apparently to some sudden impulse of
gratitude, she stepped through the
open window, and stood beside me
with extended hand.
"Senor," she said, speaking a broken
Spanish very prettily, "it was extreme-
ly kind of you to assist in removing
that horrible man, and I cannot leave
without some expression of my gratl
tude."
1 was upon my feet instantly, bow-
ing before her as to a queen, yet feel-
ing a strange embarrassment.
"That Incident was nothing, senor-
lta,"' I Insisted, yet venturing to look
directly Into the depths of those dork
gray a>ea, ao Intensely atudylng my
face under the dim light of the Ion.
tern* "I did no mora thon any man
would consider a privilege. I realised
you had no younger protector at
hand."
ihe glanced around toward the oth-
era of her party, now also upon their
feei, and gaaing out at ua In uodla-
guleed amaxenient.
"No," she explained, aa though In
unwilling apology; "he haa passed tha
age where he can safely meaaura
strength with ruffianism. It la not
lack of courage, aenor, but of bodily
vigor."
"A time of life which muat come to
all of us," I reiurned, haatlly, "and
prudence la not neceaaarlly disgrace.
Yet believe me, senorlta, I already feel
amply repaid for my little part In thla
comedy of errors by your smlls of rec-
ognition and wolds of thanks. You
are English?"
Her eyes foil slightly, the long
lashes clearly outlined against the
white flesh.
"Yea, aenor." she replied, softly, "wo
are EngllHh trnvelera for pleasure.
Our yacht lies anchored In the harbor
below,"
I Imagined she waa tempted to In-
quire who I might be, but, while sba
stood hesitating, uncertain of the pro-
priety of so personal a question, the
spare, stiff figure of the Englishman
appeared suddenly In tho open case-
ment. For a moment of silence bis
cold eyes surveyed us both with manl-
feat disapproval.
"Doris," he spoke at last, his worda
cold and stern, "It would have been
proper to permit me to express our
natural gratitude to this young gentle-
man."
She drew aside quietly, making no
response, and he stood directly facing
me, bowing slightly with a statellnesa
of manner scarcely courteous, his lan-
guage Immediately changing to Span-
ish. doubtless assuming that to be my
native tongue.
"The gallant action of the senor waa
greatly appreciated by all of us," he
began formally; "the more so because
I was so astounded by the fellow's un-
paralleled Impudence as to be, for the
moment, helpless to resist Insult I
trust the senor has not suffered during
the encounter?"
"Not in the slightest."
"That is most gratifying," the calm
statellness of his features slightly je-
lieved by the flicker of a smile, as he
drew forth a gold-mounted case and
extended toward me an engraved
card. ^Permit me, senor; and we
shall feel greatly honored to receive
you at any time on board our yacht
in the harbor. The length of our stay
at this post is uncertain, yet we shall
surely remain for several days. And
let me add," he concluded, drawing
himself up with an air that compelled
my admiration, "that 1 hold myself
personally answerable for any conse-
quences which may follow upon your
timely Interference. I shall so inform
blm by a special letter immediately."
I bowed, giving utterance to a word
or two of formal thanks, believing I
read a far more cordial Invitation In
the depths of the suddenly uplifted
gray eyes behind his shoulder. But
he yielded her no further opportunity
for expression, and I remained there
alone, watching them move slowly
across the brightly Illumined dining
room, instantly the cynosure of all
eyes at the numerous tables, my heart
pulsing to a new emotion as aha
turned swiftly, beneath the half-con-
cealing shadow of the portieres, ami
cast one quick, sweeping glance bark-
ward. "Doris"—the name lingered
softly pleasant upon my lips in mem-
ory, Beemlng to bring before me tha
haunting vision of her face. I held
the card up to the light and read:
THE EARL Ofr DARLINGTON.
THE CONSERVATIVE CLUB.
(TO BE CONTINUED.;
Literature as Sleep Potion
Subject on Which Tastes Will he
Pound to Differ Vastly.
"Give me 'Pickwick,'" said a dis-
tinguished man to an interviewer the
other day, "when I want to go to
sleep. Two psges will aufflce." The
remark brings one to consider the use
of literature ss a soporific—a chspter
which Is generally left unwritten in
the critical histories of tha value of
literature. There la. let It be said at
oace, no absolute standard. We have
heard of a rising young barrister who
always reads Gibbon to put him to
sleep; he calculates that the eight vol-
ume* will last M years, aad then. If
ha Is aot lord chancellor, he will start
agaia, on tha preaumptioo that he haa
perhaps forgotten tha wording of oae
of tho footnotes la the first chapter
novel—the very
ordlaary aovel—of today; he prefers
la sat away from literature altogeth-
prosy biography of some great and
good man. who always did what ha
ought to have done, from the time ha
marched off merrily to school as a
bulgy-brained baby till the day whan
he died, having made a more or leac
virtuous pile. These are the things,
we confess, which send us to sleep,
although they are almost amusing if
read backwards. It Is like looking
through a telescope the wrong end.
and seeing the hero of commerce, tha
glorious merchant prince, becoma
gradually smaller till he Cadea alto-
gether.
Women's tweet Laughter.
A woman haa ae natural grace mora
bewitching thaa a aweet laugh It la
like tha eoaad of flutes on tha water;
It leapa from her heart la a clear
aparhltag rill, aad the heart that heaiw
It foals aa If bathed la the cool «
hilarstlag sprlag. How mach wa awa
to that sweet laaghl It
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