Sequoyah County Democrat (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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Sequoyab County Democrat
J S WAGLE Pub
VIAN ' OKLA
Now is the tithe to have your straw
It cleaned
For the sake of peace give the worn—
en the ballot!
Why jeer at the spring poet when
we all feel theaame way? s
Soon will be warm enough for the
open-window cornet player -
The milliners have solved the pmh
le 1'bat shall we do with our ex
wastebaskets?
It must be much pleasanter to pilot
a war balloon before hostilities begin
than afterward
dlIN — — —
Now the price of liberty is quoted
it the market rate of a sufficient sup
ply of Dreadnoughts
London complains of a shortage of
doctors The diploma mills must be
more exacting over there —
A wise man will enjoy Ivery pleas-
ant day to the fullest extent for he
never knows what is coming
The taxicab is after all an automo-
bile and it does not hesitate to run
over the innocent pedestrian -
An English peeress has written
cookery book Perhaps the reac-
tion from the suffragette craze is
coming
The treasury department It is said
Is about to have new designs prepared
for the nickel five-cent pieces and the
4 more or less coppery one-cent coins
If possible the designs should be
drawn so as not to resemble in any
degree the designs on the new Ave-
dollar gold pieces
Each succeeding generation- is bet-
ter than the last That is why we
do not burn witches nor own slaves
And we do many things -which our
children's children will think criminal
and silly Our youngsters have every
Indication of living in a better time
than we have seen
It the Chicago police have cap-
tured the leader of the Black Hand in
that city they have done an excellent
work It is said that this man has
given information concerning his fel-
lows He was arrested in the act of
taking money from an Italian physi-
clan who had been threatened by the
gang
A looker-on in Venice—illinols not
Italy—might well be surprised that
the recent spanking pf three boys in
that peaceful village should be so
elaborately treated by the metropoli
tan press Time was when this was
an almost daily observance in every
home in the land that boasted young
barbarians at play "The old order
changeth"
A railroad posts in its suburban
cars warnings against "disembarking
from the cars tu the terminal yards"
This as the Frenchman observed is
most well but might it not be worth
while to join with it an admonition
to the careless suburbanite to cease
disembarking on the port side of the
trains at stations where the platform
lies to starboard?
The' coast artillery companies at
Fort Washington Md claim the
world's record in mortar firing having
hit a target moving at the rate of five
miles an hour six times in ten shots
at a distance of from 4000 to 6000
yards and the ten shots were fired in
less than 6 minutes With marks-
manship reduced to an exact science
the leviathan battleships will have to
be wary
An American company is to be
formed to capitalize an expedition to
search in the ocean for the hidden
treasures of Capt Kidd As a hider
that piratical gentleman is still hold-
ing the record He would be worth
his weight in his own gold at this day
when other hidden treasures are be-
ing dragged to light by probes inves-
tigations and other forms of "trust-busting"
How culpably ignorant of the early
bistory of our country the children are
being kept is freshly illustrated by
some examination papers filed at a re-
cent college examination in which it
was stated that Gen Grant and Ad-
miral Farragut commanded in the
British army and navy during the rev-
olution Apparently good work will
be found for every post in detailing
comrades to inspect the duties of the
children in the schools
1 The New York taxicabs having be-
- come established the inevitable result
follows that their proprietors are feel-
ing around for the highest charges
that the traffic will bear This is go
usual as to create little surprise but
the public would like for once to see
how it seems to encounter a public
service novelty that is conducted on
the effete notion of discovering the
lowest prices thq will yield 151gger
Milts by multiplying the tragic
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OMENI
Three girls -- Elisabeth Gabrielle and
Elise--started for Canada to spend the
summer there On board steamer they
were frightened by an apparently dement-
ed stranger who finding a bag belonging
to on of them took enjoyment In ecru-
tinising a photo of the trio Elise shared
her stateroom with a Mrs Graham also
bound for Canada The young women on
a eightseeing tour met Mrs Graham
anxiously awaiting her husband who had
a mania for sailing They were intro-
duced to Lord Wilfrid and Lady Edith
A cottage by the ocean was rented by
the trio for the- summer Elisabeth
learned that a Mead of her father's was
to call Two men called one of them
being the queer-acting stranger on the
steamer The girls were "not at home"
but discovered by the cards left that one
of the men was Elizabeth's father's
friend The men proved to be John C
Blake and Gordon Bennett The party
was told of the search for smugglers in
the vicinity of the cottage Elise visited
Mrs Graham to end that her life was
not the happiest She learned that the
Grahams and Lady Edith were acquaint-
ed A wisp of yellow hair from Mr Gra-
ham's pocket fell into the hands of Elise
Mrs Graham's hair was black During
a storm the young women heard a crash
in the basement of the cottage and a mo-
ment later Mary Anne thefr woman serv-
ant entered her arm bleeding To as-
sure them there was no danger Mary
Anne descended to the basement alone
and quieted their fears Lady Edith told
the girls of a robbery of jewels at the
hotel Fearing for the safety of her own
gems she left them in a safe at the cot-
tage Mr Gordon Bennett was properly
introduced explained his queer actions
returned the lost bag and told of mysteri-
ous doings of a year before connected
with the cottage Exploring the cellar
one of the girls found a rphinx cuff-button
the exaet-counterpart of which both
Gordon Bennett and Lady Edith were
found to possess also Elise alone ex-
plored the cellar overhearing a conver-
sation there between Mary Anne and a
man He proved to be her son charged
with murder The young women agreed
to keep the secret Lady Edith told a
story of a lost love in connection with
the Sphinx key Elise end Gordon Ben-
nett discovered Lady Edith and Mr Gra-
ham the latter displaying a marvelous
baritone voice
CHAPTER X—Continued
It is all very well for you to
laugh" she remarked "but you don't
even know whether there is as much
as a cracker in the house I'll have
to go to the village and see what I can
find"
I really sympathized with Elizabeth
and tried to show it in a practical man-
ner ' "Suppose I do the marketing I
love poking round in those queer little
shops"
"You'd buy whatever they told you"
she returned ungratefully "and prob
ably come home with a leg of mutton
and a head of cabbage for a picnic sup-
per No—hi send Mary Anne that
will be best of all"
Mary Anne as usual came nobly to
the resent
"It's not the first supper I've spread
on the rocks" she said "and most
likely it won't be the last So rest
easy Miss Elizabeth fur well I know
how to purvide and there's nothin' to
worrit yerself over at all Though why
folks should- want to do etch things
when they might set up at a table and
eat like Christians I can't fur the
life of me make out"
Gabrielle repeated this speech as
we sat around our fire that night and
watched the waves break against the
rocks sending up little fountains of
foam that sparkled in the moonlight
Her hands were clasped about her
knees and her hair glistened here
and there where the spray had
touched it
"of course" said Iord Wilfrid "one
could not expect the lower classes to
understand the subtle fascination of
an evening like this"
"Wilfrid knows so little of the lower
classes" interposed Lady Edith
"wouldn't it be better dear to give
them the benefit of a doubt? They
may enjoy the beauties of nature in
their own way you know although it
is of course quite different from
yours" —
It was a very innocent little speech
laughingly uttered yet Lord Wilfrld's
face darkened disagreeably and he
pulled his cap down over his eyes in
a manner distinctly irritable Evi-
dently he brooked no criticism how-
ever slight and I wondered whether
this was the effect of his illness or his
natural disposition His sister looked
at him a moment then turned to Eliza-
beth with a perfunctory remark about
the beauty of the night She never
noticed his sulky moods although
they occurred quite often and was al-
ways ready to respond with a smile or
a cheerful word when he deigned to
be pleasant again
Elizabeth laid her band on Lady
Edith's with a caressing gesture She
said afterward that -she was glad she
had done it for at the moment she
quite bated Lord Wilfrid and knew
from the way his sister's hand clasped
hers that she needed sympathy
They sat together upon a large flat
rock with their backs against a
higher boulder while Mr Blake and
Mr Graham sat at their feet feeding
the Art with DIU Of &Inwood and
casting appreciative glances at the
picture Just above them
I thought Mr Blake looked as
though be envied Elizabeth and would
have been quite willing to be sympathet-
ic himself I could not see Mr Graham
$o distinctly for his face was in the
shadow so I leaned forward a little
that I might get a better view As I
did so I noticed that Mrs Graham
also was looking toward him and be-
Yond him to the sea her dark eyes
widely opened and her lips slightly
parted
The fresh salt air bad brought no
touch of color to her face which
seemed even paler than usual in the
white light as I followed the direction
of her gaze past the blazing are over
the rocks and out where the ocean
stretched undulating into space A
broad silver path was spread directly
opposite uth quivering with the in
We Continued to Talk for
coming tide and sparkling here and
there where the billows broke into lit-
tle whitecapped waves
"It is lovely isn't it?" I said think-
ing I understood her abstraction
She turned toward me with a quick
nervous movement
"I beg your pardon I'm afraid my
thoughts were wandering" -
I repeated my remark with the
Inane feeling such repetitions cause
and she replied with a repressed ve-
hemence which the subject scarcely
seemed to warrant
"Lovely? Oh no—not to me Look
beyond the little path of light to the
Interminable darkness and think what
lies beneath" -
"Don't think" interposed Mr Gra-
ham with his light laugh "and don't
look too far There is where Mrs
Graham and I differ She is always
looking into and beyond—though she's
awfully afraid of what she may dis-
cover As for me I prefer not to go
below the surface I'd rather float on
those jolly little waves for instance
than dive beneath them"
"And I" said Elizabeth "would
rather sit here and watch them than
do either"
"I'm afraid you are not ambitious
Miss Elizabeth" said Mr- Bennett
"one must dive a bit if one considers
the future" -
"Who cares for the future?" inter-
rupted Mr Graham "it is the present
we live in Isn't it? The past is gone
and not worth worrying about the
future will look out for Itself but the
present—where we I1sa4 breathe
love and hates Ah that the time
for me and I think I make the most
of It No one can accuse Me et cry-
ing over spilt milk or taking undue
thought for the morrow eh Jullitr
"No" she returned "no HarrY-N
She spoke dully and Immediately
lapsed into silence in it manner that
provoked me Mr Graham frequently
made such little jocular appeals to his
wife and always endeavored to in-
clude her in any merriment or general
conversation that interested him I
thought she should mpond some-
times at least and could understand
what Gabrielle meant when she said
she often bad to resist an inclination
suddenly to shake Mrs Graham and
see if she would then be roused from
her usual 'apathetic indifference -
We continued to talk for a while in
a desultory way but as the moments
passed we lapsed into - silence and
watched the water dash noisily over
the rocks for the lurt was wonderful-
ly fine that night So we sat around
our fire looking out upon the restless
moonlit ocean and listening to the
roar of the breakers as wave followed
wave in quick succession each think-
ing our own thoughts and no doubt
carried by them beyond the distant
horizon of our most cherished hopes
and ambitions
of course I moot answer for the
others but I know that I was it first
oppressed by a sense of my own insig-
nificance and then blissfully happy
Awhile in a Desultory Way
' content with the present moment and
oblivious to the flight Of time
As I sat dreaming dreams so vague
that they had no individuality but
merged one into the other like mist
into clouds a little boat glided si-
lently into the silver path It came
out of the darkness into the light with
spread sails that glistened pearly
white and as it floated on the spark-
ling water it seemed to me a phantom
ship upon an enchanted ocean I
watched it entranced wishing I knew
Its destination and whence it came
"It is your ship" said Gordon Ben-
nett "coming home to you" '
I do not believe I was 'surprised
when he spoke for it was not the first
time be had responded to my unut-
tered thought He Alit upon a lower
boulder at my right his cap in his
hand his hair powdered by occasional
showers of spray from an especially
large breaker while Mrs Graham at
my left was wrapped in a shawl and
hovering over the lire- His voice was
I scarcely more than a whisper as he
continued:
"It labringing you many treasures
Pearls beyond price—" --
"Pearls mean tears"I interrupted
"Not these pearls they are gems
of real joy spotless in their purity
and of great value There are other
jewels toe—rubies emeralds dia-
monds—and sapphires like your eyes"
"But I want my ship to bring me
more than jewels" ' -
"There are other things Perfumes -
and spice tea Arby Vie Mest gold I
straight trona the Intakes - without
Roy and aerie ps Miss Elise it may -
bring yoe the elixir of eternal youth '-
Would you like that?" -
I bad a quick vision of Gabrielle and
Elisabeth wrinkled and palsied by age
while I wu still quite young and "
tenish -
"No"I said "I do not want btarnal -
youth" - - -
"But I want it for you I should like
to think you would alays look &sloe
do to-night" -
"Where has it been?" I chose to
sore the implied compliment - - - -
-"The ship? To the Land of Dream -
of Course and deep down ha the -bold -
beneath the jewels I think it Si bring- -
ing yett—" - -
"What r
"Ah that is not for me to tell you
You must discover it yourself" - :
"Suppose" I remarked "it !aspens -
to be your ship -not mine What A
then?" '
"It isn't my ship Miss Elise Mine
Is somewhere on the black water but - -
It has not reached the light as yet I
sent it out long ago and sometimes I -
have thought it was lost" -
- "Wrecked?" r: - '
- "So I feared But jut lately I have ')
begun to believe it will come wifely
home Sometimes I have even - Ics
dreamed I could see it coming into
port and bringing me—" - -
"What?" - - -
"My heart's' desire" -
- I wanted very much to ask him whit 1 1!
It was but something prevented So
I looked out over the rippling silver
path and wished my ship was really
coming home laden with treasures
from the Land of Dreams -
I wondered too what I might die :
cover hidden in the hold and Whether
I would be able to find it without ak
sistance The little boat however -
merely sailed on and I saw that it waq
going steadily away from the taking -
with it my unknown treasures
Gabrielle also had been watching It
and presently voiced her theories
"There goes the smuggler" she an -
flounced as one having authority in
such matters ' - -
"He is taking Mrs Bundy's emer
alds" supplemented Elizabeth "we
ought to hope he will be wrecked"
"Do you wish it?"
"Why no" Elizabeth hesitated "no
Mr Blake I'm afraid I don't"
"Nor I" said Gabrielle "somehow
I can't help taking an interest in him
Every time I hear of a new lot of
things being smuggled in I feel quite
a thrill of relief But I can't forgive 2
the emeralds he might have let the
poor old woman alone"
"I suppose he could not resist them"
said Lady Edith "I have read some g
where that there is an irresistible im
pulse—" - -
"Could you understand such an ink
pulse?" inquired Mr Blake
She conlidered a moment before re
plying - - 4
"No I cannot understand it I do
not wish to be intolerant but some
things are inconceivable"
"Try he he insisted "put yourself in
his place and remember the tempt&
hon Human nature is weak you
know" - ' '
- (TO BE CONTINUED) - -
BY THE LIGHT OF SPLINTERS
Religious Meeting Under Peculiar Cir
oumstances a Great Success -
—
' Elder J W Cook In hts "Forty-Five
Years a Minister" relates this inci-
dent: "I remember one time up in
Clair county Missouri I arrived at
my appointment just at night It was
raining but the people turned out just
the same The schoolhouse was of
logs and inside it was dark as a dark
night could make it A brother said: -
Will someone please light the can-
dle?' But there was no candle to
light no grease no oil of any kind
The little cabin was crowded and the
rain was pouring down It was a good -
half mile to the nearest house where
a candle might be procured But a re
sourceful brother relieved the situa-
tion thus: We must have a meetin'
that's sartin The boys traveled way
over here to preach for us and he's
goin' to do it Now we'll tear off some
planks from the platform -and light
'em and take turn about holdin"em
so he can see his Bible I got matches'
That 'meeting under the flickering
splinter light was an astonishing sue-
eels"
A Side Light
The fortune-teller whose specialty
was restoring lost and stolen articles
by her powers of divination and spirit
help was perturbed
She had missed a wallet full of hills
and a diamond ring from her bureau
drawer -
S "Maria" she cried to her assistant
"have you taken the most effective
means to get those articles hack?"
"Yes'm" said Maria "I reported It
right off to the police"
Knew One of the Firm
Attendant (showing- him thmugli
the structure)—This house is built on
what to known as thS "slow combus
tion" plan
- Mr Fneuritch—Ah yes I think I
know Slocum I have seen him at the -
club but I bave never had the plea&
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